Marks Percentage Calculator for Board, School and Exam Results

How to use the marks calculator

Each row of the calculator above has three boxes. Subject is only a label, so type anything that helps you read the result. Marks is what you scored. Out of is the full marks for that paper; if you leave it blank the tool assumes 100.

Six rows are ready when the page opens. Press + Add row for a seventh subject, or the cross at the end of a row to remove one. A row with marks larger than its maximum is ignored, which protects you from a typing slip.

The result panel shows your overall percentage, a line with the total of every subject you typed, a rough CGPA line made by dividing by 9.5, and the full working. That CGPA line is only the reverse of the old CBSE rule. No board issues a CGPA this way, so do not write it on a form.

Tick Use best five subjects when a college asks for your best five. The tool sorts your subjects by their own percentage and keeps the top five.

1. Write down the marks obtained in each subject from your mark sheet.
2. Write the maximum marks next to each one.
3. Add all the marks obtained.
4. Add all the maximum marks.
5. Divide the first total by the second and multiply by 100.
6. Keep two decimal places and do not round up.

Marks to percentage formula with worked examples

The rule never changes: total marks scored, divided by total maximum marks, times 100. What changes is which subjects you count and what each one is out of.

Percentage of marks calculator table

Use this table to check the calculator or a figure someone has told you. Every row is marks divided by maximum, times 100.

For any other total, divide by the maximum and multiply by 100. On a total out of 500, each mark is worth 0.2 percent; out of 600, each mark is worth about 0.167 percent.

Best of five: what it means and who chooses

Many admission forms ask for the percentage of your best five subjects instead of every subject on the sheet. The calculator sorts subjects by their own percentage and keeps the top five when you tick the box.

Who decides which five matters more than the sum. In its circular on calculation of percentage, CBSE states that it grants no overall result in the form of a division, distinction or aggregate, that the board works out no percentage, and that where a student sat more than five subjects, the choice of the best five belongs to the college or employer admitting them (CBSE circular on percentage). A rule such as English must be included is not a CBSE rule, though a particular college may set it.

CISCE results are usually counted differently. ICSE scores are normally reported on English and the four strongest remaining subjects; ISC scores on English and the three strongest others, with some bodies taking four. These are widely used methods, not printed board rules, so the admitting body may differ.

Pick your board: marks percentage calculator for each result

Each calculator below opens with the right settings for that result and explains where its numbers sit on the mark sheet.

If you hold an older CBSE Class 10 grade sheet with a CGPA, use the CGPA page, not a marks tool. If your Kerala certificate shows only grades, the SSLC and Plus Two pages show how to estimate a percentage from grade points, and why it stays an estimate.

Slips that change a marks total

Most wrong answers come from what goes into the sum, not from the division. Check this list before you copy a figure onto a form.

Percentage, percentile and normalised marks

A percentage compares your marks with the maximum. A percentile ranks you against everyone who sat the paper: a 92 percentile means you scored at or above 92 percent of the group. Entrance exams such as JEE Main publish percentiles, and the JEE Main percentile calculator handles that formula.

Normalised marks are another thing again. Exam bodies that run many shifts adjust raw scores so shifts are comparable, and only the exam body can publish the final normalised figure. For raw scores from an answer key, first get the raw total from the response sheet tool, or from the negative marking page when wrong answers cost marks. Once you have that total and the maximum, the formula on this page turns it into a percentage.

Marksheet percentage calculator inputs: where each number sits

• Marks obtained: the column headed marks obtained, total, or marks secured. If theory and practical are shown separately, use the subject total.
• Maximum marks: printed in a column of its own or in the header. It is often 100, but some subjects or boards use other figures; type what is printed.
• Grand total: some boards print one total for all subjects. You can enter it as a single row with its maximum.
• Additional subject: marked as additional or optional. Whether it counts depends on the form.
• Provisional or online result: fine for a quick check, but forms usually want the figure from the final mark sheet.

What colleges and forms usually expect

Write the exact percentage to two decimals unless the form says otherwise. If it asks for the aggregate of all subjects, include every subject; if it asks for best five, follow its own list of which subjects count. Keep a printout of your working, as some offices ask how you reached the figure.

For CGPA on a college grade card, go to the CGPA to percentage calculator. To go the other way and find marks for a target, use percentage to marks. To combine percentages from several years, use the average percentage calculator, which handles weighting.