All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Number Manipulation*
What number is of the average of , , and ?
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, the average of , , and is , because .
Next, find of this number by dividing by and multiplying by :
Example Question #362 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is less than the product of and ?
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, and .
The product of these is , because .
Finally, less than is , because .
Example Question #363 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
percent of percent of is what number?
percent of is , because .
percent of is , because .
Example Question #364 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
of what number is of ?
of is , because .
Then, of is , because .
Example Question #365 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is less than the product of , , and ?
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, find the product of the three numbers:
Second, subtract .
Example Question #366 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is percent of the difference between and ?
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, find the difference between the two numbers through subtraction:
Then, multiply by to find the answer:
Example Question #367 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number when divided by is the sum of , , and ?
Find the sum of the three numbers through addition:
Then, multiply by to reverse the division:
Example Question #368 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the difference between and ?
First, calculate the exponents:
Subtract these two to find the difference:
Example Question #369 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is less than percent of ?
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, percent of is :
Second, subtract :
Example Question #12 : Number Manipulation*
What is less than the square root of ?
First, the square root of is because .
Second, .