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Example Question #71 : How To Manipulate Numbers
percent of
is what number?
Multiply by the decimal version of
percent:
Example Question #72 : Number Manipulation*
is
percent of what number?
Representing the unknown number with an , we know that
. Divide both sides by
to solve for
:
Example Question #72 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the difference between and
Calculate what's in the parentheses before exponents:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #73 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number is percent of
?
Multiply by the decimal version of
percent:
Example Question #74 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is less than the product of
and
?
First find the product:
Then subtract :
Example Question #76 : Number Manipulation*
What is the square root of the number that is less than the product of
and
?
First, find the product of and
:
Next, subtract 9:
Finally, the square root of is
, because
.
Example Question #75 : Number Manipulation*
What is of
percent of
?
First, find percent of
:
Then, find of that value:
Example Question #75 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is the average of ,
, and
percent of
?
First, and
percent of
is
.
Then, add up the numbers and divide by the number of numbers to find the average:
Example Question #75 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number, divided by , is equal to
?
First, .
Second, dividing by is the same as multiplying by
. Divide to reverse this:
Example Question #76 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What number, multiplied by , is
of
of
Work backwards to solve this problem. First, percent of
is
:
Then find of that:
Finally, divide by to reverse the multiplication:
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