Question

James got 5 problems wrong in a test of 40 questions. What percent of the questions did he get correct?

Answer 1

87.5%

Explanation:

If he got 5 wrong out of 40, then he got 35 correct.

35

—— = 87.5%

40

So James got 87.5% of the questions correct (12.5% wrong).

Answer: 87.5%

Answer 2

40-5=35
35/40=0.875x100=87.5%