Percentage calculator
Percentage calculator
Marks obtained out of marks, the percentage that is, and what a given share of a total would come to.
How this is calculated
Percentage = ( marks obtained / maximum marks ) x 100.
- Rounding is yours to apply: many boards publish the raw figure to two decimals and cut-off lists round it their own way.
The one calculation every form asks for, done the way a board does it — obtained over maximum, to two decimals.
Where the rounding bites
A cut-off is often written as a round percentage, and a candidate at 59.98 per cent sits below a 60 per cent bar even though both figures look identical when rounded for conversation. Boards publish the raw quotient to two decimals on the marksheet for that reason, and eligibility lists are built from that figure rather than from a rounded one.
Where a notice asks for a class — “first class” or “distinction” — the percentage that defines the class comes from the university’s own regulations, which sometimes include only the subjects counted toward the total.
Aggregate, not average
Two ways of describing a score get confused constantly. Adding every subject’s marks and dividing by the sum of their maxima gives the aggregate percentage, which is what a marksheet and most notifications use. Averaging individual subject percentages gives a different number the moment papers carry different maxima. For papers of equal weight the two agree; otherwise use the aggregate.
Questions readers ask
Should practical and theory marks be added together?
Where the marksheet shows one combined total per subject, use it. Where theory and practical are graded separately and rolled up by the board, use the rolled-up figure on the statement of marks rather than reconstructing it here — the board’s rounding may differ from yours.
Do grace marks count?
Marks awarded by the board for a language, for an older regulation or as grace appear on the consolidated statement and are counted by the board in its own percentage. Use the statement, not the raw internal record.
More in Marks, grades and study
Marks, grades and study
Percentages, CGPA conversions, attendance, the cut-off list, study hours before an exam, typing speed and citations.
- Percentage calculator Marks obtained out of marks, the percentage that is, and what a given share of a total would come to.
- Marks to percentage across subjects Enter each subject separately and get the aggregate percentage, plus the total obtained and total maximum.
- CGPA to percentage calculator Convert a CGPA or grade point average into a percentage using the multiplier your board publishes.
- CGPA calculator from credits Credit-weighted grade points across up to eight courses, which is how a CGPA is actually built rather than a plain average of marks.
- SGPA to CGPA calculator Average a list of semester grade point averages, weighted by the credits each semester carried if you have them.
- Attendance calculator Attendance held so far, how many classes you can still miss and stay above the requirement, and how many you must attend to reach it.
- Cut-off checker Compare your score with the cut-off the commission published, and see the margin in marks and in percentage points.
- Percentage to CGPA calculator Turn a percentage back into a CGPA with the multiplier your board publishes, which is the inverse of the conversion printed on the grade card.
- Study hours calculator The hours your remaining chapters need, the study days left, and the hours a day that implies — checked against the most you can actually manage.
- Exam countdown calculator Days to the exam, the study days actually left once the weekly off is removed, and whether the hours that gives you cover the syllabus still to be revised.
- Citation generator A book, a web page or a journal article written out in APA 7, MLA 9 and Chicago 17 from the details you type, ready to copy into a reading list.
- Typing speed test Type a short passage in this browser and see your gross words a minute, your net speed after errors, and your accuracy — nothing is timed on a server.
Teacher and classroom
Course marks and class averages, a paper blueprint and a question analysis, lesson timing, seating, groups and report comments.
- Marks to percentage across subjects Enter each subject separately and get the aggregate percentage, plus the total obtained and total maximum.
- CGPA to percentage calculator Convert a CGPA or grade point average into a percentage using the multiplier your board publishes.
- CGPA calculator from credits Credit-weighted grade points across up to eight courses, which is how a CGPA is actually built rather than a plain average of marks.
- SGPA to CGPA calculator Average a list of semester grade point averages, weighted by the credits each semester carried if you have them.
- Attendance calculator Attendance held so far, how many classes you can still miss and stay above the requirement, and how many you must attend to reach it.
- Cut-off checker Compare your score with the cut-off the commission published, and see the margin in marks and in percentage points.
- Percentage to CGPA calculator Turn a percentage back into a CGPA with the multiplier your board publishes, which is the inverse of the conversion printed on the grade card.
- Exam countdown calculator Days to the exam, the study days actually left once the weekly off is removed, and whether the hours that gives you cover the syllabus still to be revised.