Question

A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and receives a grade at 98% how many problems were only test if all the problems were worth the same number of points

Answer 1

86/x = 98

86/x(x) = 98(x)

86/98 = 98x/98

87.7 = x

There were 88 questions on the test.

Check:

86/88 = 97.7 (rounded to 98)

Answer 2

There would've have been 87 questions because 86 divided by 87 would equal 0.98