Percentages run through Nepali education from SEE and NEB results to semester marksheets and Loksewa preparation. The arithmetic is simple and the errors are consistent — usually confusing a percentage of a number with a percentage change, or reversing the base.
Choose the calculation you need, enter two numbers, and the result appears with the working shown so you can check it rather than trust it.
Divide marks obtained by total marks and multiply by 100. Scoring 68 out of 80 is (68 ÷ 80) × 100 = 85%. This is the calculation behind every marksheet conversion, and the mistake to avoid is dividing by the wrong total when a paper has both theory and practical components.
Where a subject splits into theory and practical, convert each to a percentage of its own total before combining them by weight — averaging the two raw percentages ignores that they are usually worth different amounts. The grade calculator handles the weighting for you.
Percentage change is (new − old) ÷ old × 100. Marks rising from 60 to 75 is a 25% increase, because the base is the original 60, not the new 75. Using the wrong base is the most frequent error in student data chapters.
The asymmetry catches people out too: a 50% fall followed by a 50% rise does not return you to where you started. Down 50% from 100 is 50; up 50% from 50 is 75. Where you are reporting changes in a findings chapter, state the base explicitly so a reader can follow.
Annual programmes have traditionally reported divisions based on percentage bands, while semester programmes report grade points and letter grades instead. Students frequently need to move between the two — for a job application asking for a percentage, or a foreign university asking for a GPA.
There is no single official conversion between them, and different institutions and evaluators apply different formulas. Where an application asks for a converted figure, use the conversion that the receiving institution specifies, and if it specifies none, state your actual result and the scale it was awarded on rather than converting and hoping.
A rise from 40% to 45% is a 5 percentage point rise, but a 12.5% increase. Both are correct and they mean different things, so writing "a 5% increase" when you mean percentage points is simply wrong.
This distinction matters in any results chapter reporting changes in proportions — pass rates, adoption rates, response shares. Examiners notice it, and it is an easy mark to keep.
Divide marks obtained by total marks and multiply by 100. For 68 out of 80: (68 ÷ 80) × 100 = 85%.
(new − old) ÷ old × 100. The base is always the original value, not the new one.
There is no single official conversion in Nepal, and institutions differ. Use the formula the receiving institution specifies; if none is given, report your actual GPA and the scale it was awarded on.
40% to 45% is a rise of 5 percentage points but a 12.5% increase. Use percentage points when comparing two percentages.
No. 100 falls to 50, then rises to 75, because each change applies to a different base.