Question

You scored in the 55th percentile on the GRE. If 2,000 people took the GRE, how many people had a score at least as high as your score?

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Answer 1

To find the number of people who scored at least as high as your score on the GRE, multiply the percentage of people below the percentile by the total number of test-takers. In this case, 1,100 people had a score at least as high as yours.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of people who scored at least as high as your score, we need to determine the percentage of people who scored below the 55th percentile. Since the GRE is taken by 2,000 people, the 55th percentile represents 55% of 2,000, which is 1,100. Therefore, 1,100 people had a score at least as high as yours.

Answer 2

Answer: 900 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you are in the 55th percentile then that means that you scored better than or at least as good as 55% of people who took the GRE because a peecentile is a measure that states the position of a number in a data set as a percentage.

If calculating how many people had a mark at least as high as your own, that means those people who scored higher than or at least what you scored.

If you scored higher than 55% then that means that,

= 100 - 55

= 45%

45% scored at least as high as you.

2,000 took the test so 45% will be

= 2,000 * 45%

= 900 people.

900 people scored at least as high as you.