document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=610155>Question 610155</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student scored 83 percent on a test, and was in the 80th percentile. Can you please explain these two numbers.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #384218 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=384218\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An 83% refers to the proportion or percentage of problems the student answered correctly. So if there were 100 questions, then the student got 0.83*100 = 83 questions correct. Normally an 83% is in the B- or B grade range.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The student is in the 80th percentile, which means that s/he did better than 80% of everyone else who took the test. So 80% of the class received a score that is less than 83% </SPAN>\n" );
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