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Alka got the marks in different subjects in a monthly test as follows: 8
out of 10 in Maths, 9 out of 15 in EVS, 17 out of 20 in English, 19 out

of 25 in GK and 35 out of 50 in Science.

Can you say in which subject her performance was the best?

We can compare the performances in these subjects using percentage,

i.e., expressing her marks in fractions with denominator 100.

8 80
Maths : 8 out of 10 means =
10 100
9 3 60
EVS : 9 out of 15 means , i.e., =
15 5 100

17 85
English : 17 out of 20 means =
20 100
19 76
GK : 19 out of 25 means =
25 100

35 70
Science : 35 out of 50 means =
50 100
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The symbol % is used for percentage. The fraction means 1% (in
100

symbol). Hence, the performances in the above subjects can be expressed

as 80%, 60%, 85%, 76% and 70% respectively.

Also, we can display the above results through graphs:

Maths EVS

8 80 9 60
or 80% or 60%
10 100 15 100

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