Question

Out of 100 students sitting in an examination, 40 students got more than 60 marks out of 100. So, percent of students got more than 60 marks.

• A. $30$
• B. $40$
• C. $50$
• D. $60$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $40$

Number of students = 100
Number of students having more than 60 marks = 40

To find the percentage of winners, let's represent the number of winners in the form of a fraction.


The grid represents the total number of students and the colored portion shows the number of students who got more than 60 marks.

$\text{Fraction for the colored part is :}\frac{40}{100}$

In a whole having 100 equal parts, the number of selected parts is known as the “percent” or “percentage of selected parts.”

So, 40 percent of students sitting in the examination got more than 60 marks out of 100.