All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #35 : How To Manipulate Numbers
is percent of what number?
If we represent the unknown number with an , we have . Divide both sides by to solve for :
Example Question #41 : Number Manipulation*
What number is less than percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, subtract :
Example Question #42 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then, subtract :
Example Question #42 : Number Manipulation*
What is percent of percent of ?
percent of is :
percent of is :
Example Question #391 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the difference between and ?
First, calculate the exponents:
Then subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #392 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
What is the average of , , and ?
To calculate the average, you can add up the three numbers and divide by three (the number of elements):
Also, if the numbers are evenly spaced, the middle number will be the average.
Example Question #45 : Number Manipulation*
What number is less than of ?
First, find of :
Then, subtract :
Example Question #46 : Number Manipulation*
is percent of what number?
Representing the unknown number with an , we know that . Solve for by dividing both sides by :
Example Question #44 : Number Manipulation*
What number, when divided by , is of ?
First, find of :
Then, multiply by to reverse the division:
Example Question #49 : How To Manipulate Numbers
What is of percent of ?
First, find percent of :
Then, find of that: