SOLUTION: If a test has 60 questions, how many questions do I have to get correctly to obtain a 70 percent?

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Question 518410: If a test has 60 questions, how many questions do I have to get correctly to obtain a 70 percent?

Answer by christin(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
set them up as fractions.
(60/100)(x/70)
cross multiply
(60)(70)= 4200
divide by 100 to misolate X
x=42

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