98 upon 100

I have never heard anyone use 'upon' when reading aloud a score like 98/100. Always '98 out of 100', or sometimes '98 out of a possible 100'.

When the figure is actually a fraction, e.g. 3/51 you might say '3 over 51'. Of course with certain fractions the denominator is expressed using ordinal numbers. e.g. thirds, quarters ('fourths' in USA), fifths, etc.

There is no correct or incorrect way to say anything, in my opinion. If you look at a fraction, it looks like the 98 is sitting upon the 100, which may be where that derived from.

That is not a useful answer in an English language thread where the question is about common usage.

*shrug*

Thanks, contrex.

But Con, was it

The question was "Is this correct?". Questions about "correctness" are about usage.

Pointy well taken Con