All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
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 :
Example Question #481 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the difference between and ?
Also follow the order of operations and calculate the exponents first:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #132 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is percent of what number?
Set up a proportion, representing the unknown number with an :
Then cross multiply and solve:
Example Question #482 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the average of and ?
First, calculate the exponents:
Then add them together and divide by two to find the average:
Example Question #134 : Number Manipulation*
What is the product of of and ?
First, find of :
Then multiply by :
Example Question #135 : Number Manipulation*
What is of the number that is less than ?
First subtract to find less than :
Then divide to find :
Example Question #483 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is percent of ?
Multiply the number by the decimal version of the percent:
Example Question #484 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then, subtract :
Example Question #485 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number, when multiplied by , is of ?
First find of :
Then divide by to reverse the multiplication:
Example Question #486 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is less than ?
, and . Subtract to find the difference: .