Question

Shabana scored $736$ marks out of $800$ in her exams. What was the percentage she scored?

Answer 1

Hint: As we know that a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of $100$ or as a ratio of any value to the whole value multiplied by $100$. It is denoted by using the percent sign, $\% $. A percentage is a dimensionless number means it has no unit of measurement. If the number is given in fraction then either we assume a percentage number or by conversing the fraction into decimal form then multiplying by $100$.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Here we have been given that Shabana scored $736$ marks out of $800$ in her exams.
So we can say that the total marks was $800$ and marks scored by shabana $ = 736$.
We can calculate the percentage by the formula: $\dfrac{{Marks\,\,Scored}}{{Total\,\,Marks}} \times 100$.
By putting the values we have $\dfrac{{736}}{{800}} \times 100 = 92\% $
Hence the required answer is $92\% $.
So, the correct answer is “92 %”.

Note: We should always read carefully what the question is asking, percentage or percentile as both of them are different. A percentage is a number which is represented out of $100$ while a percentile is a percentage of a given value below which a specific number is found. Percentile is the variable and it is not out of $100$ because the value of percentage is always fixed.