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Example Question #561 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
Which statement is correct?
By the order of operations, each expression is evaluated by carrying out the operation in parentheses first:
Therefore, .
Example Question #211 : Number Manipulation*
What is forty percent of the square of nine?
The square of nine is .
Forty percent of a number is equal to the number multiplied by , so forty percent of 81 is
.
Example Question #213 : Number Manipulation*
If twenty is subtracted from a number, the difference is equal to the same number divided by two. What is this number?
If we let be the number in question, "twenty...subtracted from a number" can be rewritten as
; "the same number divided by two" can be rewritten as
. The two are equal, so we solve the equation
One way to solve this is to first multiply both sides by two to eliminate the fraction:
Distribute:
Subtract from, and add 40 to, both sides:
.
Example Question #562 : Hspt Quantitative Skills
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:
Example Question #212 : Number Manipulation*
is
percent of what number?
Set up a proportion to solve this problem:
Cross multiply and solve:
Example Question #213 : Number Manipulation*
What is the difference between and
?
First, calculate the exponents:
Subtract to find the difference:
Example Question #214 : Number Manipulation*
What number, when multiplied by , equals the product of
and
?
First find the product of and
:
Then divide by :
Example Question #214 : Number Manipulation*
What is less than the product of
and
?
First, find the product of and
:
Then, subtract :
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