All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #381 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
is percent of what number?
Using to represent the unknown number, we know that . Solve for by dividing both sides by :
Example Question #31 : Number Manipulation*
What number multiplied by is of ?
First, find of :
Then, divide by to reverse the multiplication:
Example Question #382 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number subtracted from makes percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, subtract from to find the difference:
Example Question #34 : Number Manipulation*
What number is percent of ?
Multiply by the decimal to find the answer:
Example Question #383 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the difference between of and ?
First calculate of :
Then, square :
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #384 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is more than percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, add :
Example Question #385 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number multiplied by is of ?
First, of is :
Then, divide by :
Example Question #386 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What number is less than percent of ?
First, percent of is :
Next, subtract :
Example Question #32 : Number Manipulation*
What number is times ?
First, .
Now, multiply by again:
Example Question #33 : Number Manipulation*
is percent of what number?
If we represent the unknown number with an , we have . Divide both sides by to solve for :