Question

Vivek gets $60$ marks and fails by $20$ marks in an English Paper where the maximum marks are $200$. Find the pass percentage.

Answer 1

Given: Vivek gets $60$ marks and fails by $20$ marks in an English Paper.

Thus, passing marks $=60+20=80$

Total marks $=200$.

We know that for calculating percent of a number, divide the number by the whole and multiply by 100.

Now,

$80$ of $200$ $=\frac{80}{200}\times 100$

$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{80\times 100}{200} \\ =\frac{8000}{200} \\ =40\% \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the passing percentage is $40\%$.