Type the CGPA. It uses CBSE’s rule, CGPA × 9.5, unless you set your university’s own formula. Type a percentage to turn it back into a CGPA.
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CBSE’s 9.5 rule, why it is 9.5, going back from a percentage, and university formulas.
Percentage = CGPA × 9.5. CBSE gives this as an indicative percentage for its grade-point marksheets; the same 9.5 turns a single subject’s grade point into that subject’s indicative marks.
| CGPA | Indicative percentage |
|---|---|
| 10 | 95% |
| 9.4 | 89.3% |
| 9.0 | 85.5% |
| 8.0 | 76% |
| 7.0 | 66.5% |
| 6.0 | 57% |
Grade point 10 stands for the band of 91 to 100 marks. CBSE found that students in that band averaged about 95 marks, so each grade point is worth 9.5 marks. Since the rule works from an average, the answer is indicative: a marksheet with the real marks always wins.
Divide the percentage by the same number: 85.5 ÷ 9.5 = 9.0 for CBSE. For a university formula like (CGPA − 0.75) × 10, work it backwards: percentage ÷ 10 + 0.75.
Many universities print their own conversion on the marksheet or in their rules, and it is often not × 9.5. Set it in “Your formula” above as a multiplier and a number to add or take away. If a college asks for a percentage, use the formula your university states, and attach the page that states it.
If the marksheet shows marks, work out the percentage from them directly; it is exact where a CGPA is not.
Making report cards for every class?In Scoolin, teachers enter marks once and report cards come out on CBSE’s grading scale or as percentages, with the grade points worked out for you.
Book a free demoFor CBSE, multiply the CGPA by 9.5. A CGPA of 9.4 is 9.4 × 9.5 = 89.3%. A university may use its own formula, which is printed on its marksheet or in its rules.
In CBSE’s grading, the top band of 91 to 100 marks is grade point 10. Students in that band averaged about 95 marks, so one grade point is taken as 9.5 marks. The result is an indicative percentage, not the exact marks.
Divide by the same multiplier: 85.5% ÷ 9.5 = a CGPA of 9.0 for CBSE. Type a percentage in the second box and the calculator does it.
Set it in “Your formula”: percentage = CGPA × the multiplier, plus or minus a number. For example, a rule of (CGPA − 0.75) × 10 is × 10 with −7.5. Use the formula your university prints; don’t guess.