SOLUTION: There are 40 questions on a test. How many questions do you need to have correct to score a 90% on the test?

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Question 218367: There are 40 questions on a test. How many questions do you need to have correct to score a 90% on the test?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simply take 90% of 40 to get: 40%280.9%29=36 (note: 0.9 is the decimal equivalent of 90%)


So you need to have 36 correct questions to get a 90%