Introduction
Percentage – Another Way of Comparing Quantities
Anita's Report
Total : 320 / 400
Percentage: 80
Rita's Report
Total : 300 / 360
Percentage: 83.3
Anita said that she has done better as she got 320 marks whereas Rita got only 300. Do you agree with her? Who do you think has done better?
Mansi told them that they cannot decide who has done better by just comparing the total marks obtained because the maximum marks out of which they got the marks are not the same.
She said why don’t you see the Percentages given in your report cards? Anita’s Percentage was 80 and Rita’s was 83.3. So, this shows Rita has done better. Do you agree?
Percentages are numerators of fractions with denominator 100 and have been used in comparing results. Let us try to understand in detail about it.