Question

student missed 88 questions on a test and scored a 2%, how many questins are on the test if all were of equal value

Answer 1

There were 90 questions in the test.

Explanation:

He missed 88 questions on the test and scored a 2%. This means that the 88 questions missed correspond to 100% - 2% = 98% of the total number of questions, which is x. So

`0.98x = 88`

`x = (88)/(0.98)`

`x = 89.8`

Rounding up

There were 90 questions in the test.