SOLUTION: james got 5 problems wrong on a test of 40 questions. what percent of the questions did he get correct

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Question 908758: james got 5 problems wrong on a test of 40 questions. what percent of the questions did he get correct
Answer by JulietG(1812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If he got 5 wrong out of 40, then he got 35 correct.
=87.5% correct (12.5% wrong)

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