Because it goes on forever. It has an infinite number of digits after the decimal point. It can't be expressed in the form p/q, where p=the numerator and q=the denominator. All rational numbers can be expressed in the form p/q.
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Divide the number of questions she got correct by the total number of questions on the test them multiply the decimal answer by 100 to get the percent.