Question

Max earned a 85% on his test. if there were 40 questions on the test how many did he get correct?

Answer 1

Max would have had to have gotten 34 out of 40 questions correct. Here's why:

$\frac{x}{40} = \frac{85}{100} (40)(85) = (x)(100) 3400 = 100x \frac{3400}{100} = x 34 =x$