A student missed 14 problems and got a 72% how many problems on the test

Answer 1

There are several ways to do the problem.

14 wrong means 28% are wrong (100-72=28)

28%*n=14

0.28*n=14

n=14/0.28

n=1400/28

n=50 problems on the test

check: 36/50-72/100=72%