All HSPT Quantitative Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #121 : Number Manipulation*
What number is less than the difference between
and
?
is
and
is
Subtract to find the difference:
Then subtract :
Example Question #122 : Number Manipulation*
What is the difference between and the product of
and
?
Next,
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #123 : Number Manipulation*
What is percent of
?
Multiply by the decimal version of
percent to solve this problem:
Example Question #124 : Number Manipulation*
What number is less than the greatest prime less than
?
The greatest prime less than is
. This means that it is the largest number less than twenty whose only factors are
and itself. Now subtract
:
Example Question #125 : Number Manipulation*
What is the difference between and
?
First, calculate the exponents:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #126 : Number Manipulation*
What is of the product of
and
?
First, find the product:
Then, find half:
Example Question #127 : Number Manipulation*
is
percent of what number?
Set up a proportion to solve this problem:
Cross multiply and solve:
Example Question #128 : Number Manipulation*
What is of
?
Divide by to find
:
Example Question #129 : Number Manipulation*
What is percent of
?
Multiply by the decimal version of the percent to find the answer:
Example Question #130 : Number Manipulation*
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
:
All HSPT Quantitative Resources
![Learning Tools by Varsity Tutors](https://vt-vtwa-app-assets.varsitytutors.com/assets/problems/og_image_practice_problems-9cd7cd1b01009043c4576617bc620d0d5f9d58294f59b6d6556fd8365f7440cf.jpg)