This guide explains a topic and a method for reading related news. It does not report a newly announced event. Check the issuing authority for current facts.
01 / UNDERSTANDING
Reading the news
A composition graphic in a financial report should be read with its total. A change in a category’s slice can reflect changing overall scale as well as changing absolute amount.
02 / UNDERSTANDING
The concept in context
Sector size shows a relative share, not an absolute amount independent of the total. A smaller slice in a much larger pie can represent more units than a larger slice in a smaller pie. Read each chart’s base separately and verify whether categories exhaust the whole before combining information across charts.
03 / UNDERSTANDING
A worked learning case
Original educational case. In an original expenditure chart with a total of ₹72,000, a 90-degree sector represents one quarter, or ₹18,000. A second chart totals ₹1,20,000 and has a 72-degree sector worth ₹24,000. The second sector has a smaller angle but a larger amount because its overall base is greater.
ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
Try it before you check.
Original practice: A 60-degree sector belongs to a pie representing 900 items. How many items does it represent?
Show the answer and reasoning
150 items.
The sector is 60/360, or one sixth, of the complete circle. One sixth of 900 is 150. Using 60 as a percentage would incorrectly treat an angle measurement as a percent share. The calculation requires both the sector angle and the total represented by the full pie.
Two traps to watch for.
- Treating degrees as if they were percentages.
- Comparing sector amounts across charts without checking totals.
YOUR TOPIC-SPECIFIC LEARNING MAP
Evidence to check
Convert each sector into a fraction.
Write the full-pie total beside the chart.
Check whether all category amounts sum correctly.
Explain the idea, apply it to a new situation, then check what changed in your reasoning.
BANKERS TUTORIAL · SOURCE NOTES
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- sbi.bank.in https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current-openings
- sbi.bank.in https://sbi.bank.in/webfiles/uploads/files_2627/09/SBI_JA-Customer_Support_Sales-IH_Pre-2026-27_Eng.pdf
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