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Example Question #53 : Percentages

What is $10\%$ of ?

Possible Answers:

$\frac{1}{5}$

$\frac{1}{10}$

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{1}{50}$

$\frac{1}{20}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{1}{5}$

Explanation:

Rewrite $10\%$ as a fraction.

$10\%= \frac{1}{10}$

Multiply this value with two.

$\frac{1}{10}\times 2 = \frac{1}{5}$

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Example Question #573 : Arithmetic

Add the percentages: $6\%+20\%+86\%$

Possible Answers:

$1.12\%$

0.12

$112\%$

$11.2\%$

Correct answer:

$112\%$

Explanation:

Add the ones digit.

6+0+6 = 12

The ones digit is two.

Carry over the tens digit since this number is ten or greater.

Add the tens digits with the carryover.

0+2+8+(1) = 11

The hundreds and the tens digit is one.

The answer is: $112\%$

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Example Question #54 : Percentages

What is $6\%$ of ?

Possible Answers:

3.3

1.8

$\frac{1}{5}$

Correct answer:

1.8

Explanation:

Six percent is six out of a hundred parts.

$6\% = \frac{6}{100}$

Multiply this with 30.

$\frac{6}{100}\times 30 = \frac{180}{100} = 1.8$

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Example Question #1172 : Hspt Mathematics

$\textup{What is 10\% of 70?}$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{1}{7}$

$\frac{1}{10}$

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite $10\%$ as a decimal or fraction.

$10\%=0.1 = \frac{1}{10}$

Multiply either value with .

$\frac{1}{10} (70) = 7$

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Example Question #55 : Percentages

What percentage of is ?

Possible Answers:

$120\%$

$14\%$

$12\%$

$80\%$

$220\%$

Correct answer:

$120\%$

Explanation:

Rewrite the question in parts. A percentage is something out of $100\textup{ parts}$ .

$(\frac{x}{100})(10) = 12$

Solve for .

$(\frac{x}{10})= 12$

$x=120\%$

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Example Question #4 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage

128 is $40\%$ of what number?

Possible Answers:

300

320

360

$31\frac{1}{4}$

$51 \frac{1}{5}$

Correct answer:

320

Explanation:

128 is $40\%$ of a number we will call ; alternatively, 0.40 multiplied by is equal to 128 . Set up this equation and solve for :

0.4 N = 128

$0.4 N \div 0.4 = 128\div 0.4$

N= 320

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Example Question #2 : How To Find Percentage

is what percent of 300 ?

Possible Answers:

$25 \frac{2}{3} \%$

$33 \%$

$33 \frac{1}{3} \%$

$37 \%$

$38 \frac{1}{2} \%$

Correct answer:

$25 \frac{2}{3} \%$

Explanation:

Set up the proportion statement, where is our answer, and solve:

$\frac{p}{100} = \frac{77}{300}$

$\frac{p}{100} \cdot 100 = \frac{77}{300} \cdot 100$

$p = \frac{77\cdot 100}{300} = \frac{77}{3} = 25 \frac{2}{3} \%$

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Example Question #581 : Concepts

What is $60\%$ of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

One way to figure out what number is a percentage of a larger number is to convert the percent into a decimal and multiply it by the whole number. Since $60\%$ is equal to 0.60 , multiply this by .

$90 \times 0.60=54$

is your answer.

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Example Question #3 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage

$64\%$ of what number is 8,000 ?

Possible Answers:

14,400

12,800

15,000

16,000

12,500

Correct answer:

12,500

Explanation:

Taking 64% of a number is the same as multiplying that number by 0.64 . We can find our number, therefore, by dividing 8,000 by 0.64 :

$8,000 \div 0.64 = 12,500$

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Example Question #11 : Percentage

What is $125\%$ of 125 ?

Possible Answers:

150

137.5

100

132.5

156.25

Correct answer:

156.25

Explanation:

Rewrite $125\%$ as a decimal by writing 125 with a decimal point, then shifting it two spaces left:

$125.0\% = 1.25$

Multiply this by 125 :

$125 \times 1.25 = 156.25$

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HSPT Math : HSPT Mathematics

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for HSPT Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #53 : Percentages

Example Question #573 : Arithmetic

Example Question #54 : Percentages

Example Question #1172 : Hspt Mathematics

Example Question #55 : Percentages

Example Question #4 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage

Example Question #2 : How To Find Percentage

Example Question #581 : Concepts

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Whole From The Part With Percentage

Example Question #11 : Percentage

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