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Postby ineedmathhelp on Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:43 pm

I am having trouble figuring out this math problem:
If I am given a test with 60 math problems on the test and I get 90% correct, how many problems did I actually get correct?
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Re: Need help to solve/understand this problem please..  TOPIC_SOLVED

Postby Martingale on Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:16 am

ineedmathhelp wrote:I am having trouble figuring out this math problem:
If I am given a test with 60 math problems on the test and I get 90% correct, how many problems did I actually get correct?


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Re: Need help to solve/understand this problem please..

Postby ineedmathhelp on Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:11 am

Thank you..now what if the problem was like this:

I have 60 problems on a test and I got 54 right, what percent did I get right? How can I figure the % I got correct?

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Re: Need help to solve/understand this problem please..

Postby Martingale on Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:55 am

ineedmathhelp wrote:Thank you..now what if the problem was like this:

I have 60 problems on a test and I got 54 right, what percent did I get right? How can I figure the % I got correct?

Thank You



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