Question

This morning, Tisha took a history test. There were 96 multiple-choice problems on the test and Tisha answered 25% of them correctly. How many problems did Tisha get right?

Answer 1

24 correct answers

Explanation:

Step One: Convert 25% to decimal form

All we have to do to convert 25% to decimal form is move the decimal point (which is assumed comes after the 5 in this case) two spaces to the left, which leaves us with 0.25.

Step Two: Find 25% of 96

To find a percentage of a number, we just have to multiply the percentage in decimal form by our number. Since we now know that 25% = 0.25, all we have to do is multiply 0.25 by 96. This gives us 25% of 96, which would be 24 correct problems.