84%84% of the questions on a student's test were correct

Question

84%84% of the questions on a student's test were correct. There were 5050 questions. How many of the questions were correct?

A student who scored 84% on the test answered  questions correctly.

Answer 1

To find the amount of a total given a percentage, multiply the percentage by the total. The only step you need to take is to convert this percentage to a decimal.

84% is 84/100 percent. 84 divided by 100 is .84

.84 is the decimal of 84%

Now, multiply by the total to get the number of problems that are 84% of 50

.84xtotal= .84x50= 42 problems answered correctly