Question

5. A boy gets 29 marks out of 50 in his maths ex-
am. What percentage did he score?

Answer 1

58%

Explanation:

29 / 50 * 100% = 58 % ( rather pathetic score, huh?)

Answer 2

58%

Explanation:

the boy gets 29 marks out of 50

Then

He gets 29 × 2 marks out of 50 × 2

Then

He gets 58 marks out of 100

Therefore

He scored 58%