All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #61 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is percent of ?
Multiply by the decimal version of percent to find the answer:
Example Question #62 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number is of percent of ?
First, percent of is :
Then, find :
Example Question #63 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the difference between and ?
First, .
Then, .
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #64 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is percent of what number?
Representing the unknown number with an , we know that . Divide both sides by to find :
Example Question #65 : Number Manipulation*
What is the difference between percent of and percent of ?
First, find percent of :
And percent of :
Then subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #66 : Number Manipulation*
What is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then subtract :
Example Question #67 : Number Manipulation*
What number, divided by , equals percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, multiply by to reverse the division:
Example Question #65 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number is more than of ?
First, find of :
Then, find more:
Example Question #69 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number, divided by , is percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, multiply by to reverse the division:
Example Question #66 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the average of , , and ?
Find the average by adding up all the numbers and dividing by the number of numbers: