Question

Alina scored 80% on her recent spelling test. If she spelled 32 words correctly, how many words were on the test?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

all you have to do is divide 32 by 80%

32/.8=40

hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Explanation:

The answer has to be 32. That's not what you are asked for. What you need is what the test was out of

80/100 * x = 32 Multiply by 100

80x = 32 * 100

80x = 3200 Divide by 80

x = 3200/80

x = 40

So the test was out of 40

Just to check the result

Test = (80 /100) * 40

Test = 3200 / 100

Test = 32