All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #121 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number is less than the difference between and ?
is
and
is
Subtract to find the difference:
Then subtract :
Example Question #122 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the difference between and the product of and ?
Next,
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #123 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of ?
Multiply by the decimal version of percent to solve this problem:
Example Question #124 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number is less than the greatest prime less than ?
The greatest prime less than is . This means that it is the largest number less than twenty whose only factors are and itself. Now subtract :
Example Question #125 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the difference between and ?
First, calculate the exponents:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #126 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of the product of and ?
First, find the product:
Then, find half:
Example Question #127 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is percent of what number?
Set up a proportion to solve this problem:
Cross multiply and solve:
Example Question #128 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of ?
Divide by to find :
Example Question #129 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of ?
Multiply by the decimal version of the percent to find the answer:
Example Question #130 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is what percent of ?
Set up a proportion to solve this problem, with representing the unknown percent:
Then multiply both sides by to solve for :