Leas percentile rank on an exam in a class of 35 students is

Lea\'s percentile rank on an exam in a class of 35 students is 46. Maurice\'s class rank is 21. Who is ranked higher? Maurice ranks in the th(st/nd/rd) percentile. Therefore is ranked higher.

Solution

Lea\'s percentile rank = 46

which means Lea did better than 46% of the class, so

that means 54% student did better than Lea

35*54% = 35*0.54 = 18.9 = 19

Means 19 student did better than Lea, So

Rank of Lea = 20

Giventhat rank of Maurice = 21

which means Lea is ranked higher.