Question

You miss 3 out of 10 questions on a science quiz and 4 out of 15 questions on a math quiz. Which quiz has a higher percentage of correct answers?

Answer 1

Missing 3 out of 10 questions on a science quiz means that you got 7 out of the 10 answers correct. Divide 7 by 10, then multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage of answers you got correct:


`7 / 10 = 0.7`

`0.7 * 100 = 70`

You got 70% of the answers correct on the science quiz.

You missed 4 out of 15 questions on the math quiz, which means that you got 11 of the 15 questions correct. Divide 11 by 15, then multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage you got correct:


`11 / 15 = 0.7333`

`0.7333 * 100 = 73.33`

You got 73.33% of the questions correct on the math quiz.

Compare the two percentages:


`70 \ \textless \ 73.33`

The math quiz has a higher percentage of correct answers.