HSPT Math : Arithmetic

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Example Questions

Example Question #116 : Percentage

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 65\%\)?

Possible Answers:

None of these

\(\displaystyle 0.35\)

\(\displaystyle 0.65\)

\(\displaystyle 0.065\)

\(\displaystyle 6.5\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 0.65\)

Explanation:

Divide:

\(\displaystyle 65\div 100=0.65\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle 0.65\)

Example Question #117 : Percentage

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 43\%\)?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 0.57\)

\(\displaystyle 4.3\)

\(\displaystyle 0.043\)

\(\displaystyle 0.43\)

\(\displaystyle 0.34\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 0.43\)

Explanation:

Divide:

\(\displaystyle 43\div 100=0.43\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle 0.43\)

Example Question #233 : Arithmetic

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 71\%\)?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 0.071\)

\(\displaystyle 0.17\)

\(\displaystyle 0.71\)

\(\displaystyle 0.29\)

None of these

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 0.71\)

Explanation:

Divide:

\(\displaystyle 71\div 100=0.71\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle 0.71\)

Example Question #234 : Arithmetic

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 16\%\)?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 1.60\)

None of these

\(\displaystyle 0.16\)

\(\displaystyle 0.016\)

\(\displaystyle 0.84\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 0.16\)

Explanation:

Divide:

\(\displaystyle 16\div 100=0.16\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle 0.16\)

Example Question #120 : Percentage

Myrtle gets 5 hours of sleep each night and takes a 3 hour nap every day. What percentage of the day does she spend asleep? (Round to the nearest percent.)

Possible Answers:

50 percent

8 percent

33 percent

20 percent

Correct answer:

33 percent

Explanation:

Given that Myrtle takes a 3 hour nap and gets 5 hours of sleep a night, she gets 8 hours of sleep per day out of a 24 hour day. 8 hours out of 24 hours is 33%. That is therefore the correct answer. 

Example Question #121 : Percentage

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 33\%\)?

 

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 33\)

\(\displaystyle 3.3\)

\(\displaystyle .033\)

\(\displaystyle .33\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle .33\)

Explanation:

Divide by 100:

\(\displaystyle 33\div 100=.33\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle .33\)

Example Question #236 : Arithmetic

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 90\%\)?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle .90\)

\(\displaystyle .090\)

\(\displaystyle 90\)

\(\displaystyle 9.0\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle .90\)

Explanation:

Divide by 100:

\(\displaystyle 90\div 100=.90\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle .90\)

Example Question #237 : Arithmetic

What is \(\displaystyle 8\%\) written as a decimal?

 

 

 

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 80\)

\(\displaystyle 8\)

\(\displaystyle .008\)

\(\displaystyle .08\)

\(\displaystyle .80\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle .08\)

Explanation:

Divide by 100:

\(\displaystyle 8\div 100=.08\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle .08\)

Example Question #238 : Arithmetic

What is the decimal equivalent of \(\displaystyle 61\%\)?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 1.6\)

\(\displaystyle .61\)

\(\displaystyle .061\)

\(\displaystyle 6.1\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle .61\)

Explanation:

Divide by 100:

\(\displaystyle 61\div 100=.61\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle .61\)

 

Example Question #239 : Arithmetic

What is \(\displaystyle 46\%\) written as a decimal?

 

 

 

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle .046\)

\(\displaystyle .46\)

\(\displaystyle 46\)

\(\displaystyle 4.6\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle .46\)

Explanation:

Divide by 100:

\(\displaystyle 46\div 100=.46\)

Answer: \(\displaystyle .46\)

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