Percentage and Percentile Definition

Percentage: The percentage is a Mathematical quantity which is written out of a total of 100. The
symbol used to represent the percentage is “%”. This symbol is used to represent the denominator value
is 100. The percentage can be written in the form of fractions or decimals. For the comparison process, a
percentage is the standard way to differentiate the quantities. It gives information about the ratio and
proportions.

Percentage Example: If a student scores 55 marks in their maths exams out of a total score of 100, then
he or she has scored 55% aggregate in their maths exams. 55% is the percentage scored by the student
in the math exam.

Percentile: A percentile is defined as the percentage of values found under the specific values.
Percentiles are mostly used in the ranking system. It is based on dividing up the normal distribution of
the values. Percentile is represented as xth, where x is a number.

Percentile Example: Assume that a student has 80th percentile on a test of 150. By this, we can
understand the term percentile better and know that by scoring 150 in the exam, a student has beaten
80% of the remaining class in the exam.