Question

A student passes an exam if she scores a minimum of 35% of the maximum marks. What are the passing marks in an exam in which the maximum marks are 800?

Answer 1

Given:
Maximum marks = 800
Passing marks = 35% of maximum marks
= 35% of 800
$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{35}{100}\times 800 \\ =\frac{35\times 800}{100} \\ =\frac{28000}{100} \\ =280 \end{gathered}$$

Thus, the passing marks are 280.