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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 #475 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
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 #124 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the difference between and
?
First, calculate the exponents:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #125 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of the product of
and
?
First, find the product:
Then, find half:
Example Question #126 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is
percent of what number?
Set up a proportion to solve this problem:
Cross multiply and solve:
Example Question #127 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of
?
Divide by to find
:
Example Question #128 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of
?
Multiply by the decimal version of the percent to find the answer:
Example Question #481 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
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
:
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