While taking a writing course, Malan completed a problem set. Of the 50 questions, he got 40% correct.
How many questions did Malan get correct?

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We can solve this problem by simply finding 40% of 50. That will be the number of correct questions.
Step 1: Use the percent formula to calculate the number of correct questions. The percent formula is below:
 11ec0fda_98e2_7e74_a67f_9f967c498ede_NR0004_00 Here, the "whole" is the total number of questions (50). He got 40% of the "whole" correct. We are looking for the part out of the whole (50), so that is where we will put x.
 11ec0fda_98e2_7e75_a67f_5f33bb64afe6_NR0004_00 Step 2: Cross multiply.
 11ec0fda_98e2_7e76_a67f_bb12d4d55b05_NR0004_00 Step 3: Simplify the right side of the equation. 50 x 40 = 2000.
 11ec0fda_98e2_7e77_a67f_8d55b5df0434_NR0004_00 Step 4: Simplify by dividing both sides of the equation by 100.
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While Taking a Writing Course, Malan Completed a Problem Set