WGU D771 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ How do you multiply fractions?
Answer: Multiply numerators together and denominators together.
◉ How do you divide fractions?
Answer: Multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor.
◉ How do you add/subtract fractions?
Answer: Rewrite with a common denominator, then add/subtract
numerators.
◉ What does percent mean?
Answer: Per hundred.
◉ How do you convert a decimal to a percent?
Answer: Multiply by 100. (0.25 → 25%).
◉ How do you convert a percent to a decimal?
, Answer: Divide by 100. (75% → 0.75).
◉ How do you find 10% of a number quickly?
Answer: Move the decimal one place to the left.
◉ Example: What is 25% of 200?
Answer: 200 × 0.25 = 50.
◉ What is a ratio?
Answer: A comparison of two numbers (e.g., 2:3).
◉ What is a rate?
Answer: A ratio with different units (e.g., miles/hour).
◉ What is a unit rate?
Answer: A rate with denominator of 1 (e.g., $2 per slice).
◉ What is a proportion?
Answer: An equation showing two ratios are equal.
◉ How do you solve a proportion?
Answer: Cross multiply and divide.
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ How do you multiply fractions?
Answer: Multiply numerators together and denominators together.
◉ How do you divide fractions?
Answer: Multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor.
◉ How do you add/subtract fractions?
Answer: Rewrite with a common denominator, then add/subtract
numerators.
◉ What does percent mean?
Answer: Per hundred.
◉ How do you convert a decimal to a percent?
Answer: Multiply by 100. (0.25 → 25%).
◉ How do you convert a percent to a decimal?
, Answer: Divide by 100. (75% → 0.75).
◉ How do you find 10% of a number quickly?
Answer: Move the decimal one place to the left.
◉ Example: What is 25% of 200?
Answer: 200 × 0.25 = 50.
◉ What is a ratio?
Answer: A comparison of two numbers (e.g., 2:3).
◉ What is a rate?
Answer: A ratio with different units (e.g., miles/hour).
◉ What is a unit rate?
Answer: A rate with denominator of 1 (e.g., $2 per slice).
◉ What is a proportion?
Answer: An equation showing two ratios are equal.
◉ How do you solve a proportion?
Answer: Cross multiply and divide.