All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #51 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of less than ?
First, find less than :
Then, find :
Example Question #52 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is percent of what number number?
Representing the unknown number with an , we know that . Now solve for by dividing both sides by :
Example Question #53 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of ?
First, square :
Then, find percent:
Example Question #54 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number multiplied by equals more than of ?
First, find of :
Then, add :
Finally, divide by to reverse the multiplication:
Example Question #55 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of of ?
First, find of :
Then, find percent:
Example Question #56 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the average of and ?
Find the average by adding the numbers and dividing by :
Example Question #57 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then, subtract :
Example Question #58 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the product of and percent of ?
The square of is :
percent of is :
Multiply these to find the product:
Example Question #59 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of ?
Multiply by the decimal equivalent of the percentage to find the answer:
Example Question #60 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then, subtract :