{"id":"cb_question_bank:e587d880-514f-4226-b695-518e6a16ec18","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"e587d880-514f-4226-b695-518e6a16ec18","external_id":null,"ibn":"028969-DC","question_id":"41b71b4e","program":"SAT","module":"math","domain_code":"Q","domain":"Problem-Solving and Data Analysis","skill_code":"Q.B.","skill":"Percentages","difficulty":"E","score_band":3,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"What number is 20% greater than 60 ?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p class=\"stem_paragraph \">What number is 20% greater than 60 ?</p>\n","rationale_html":"<p>Choice B is correct. The decimal equivalent of 20% is 0.2. The number that is 20% greater than 60 is also 120% of 60. The decimal equivalent of 120% is 1.2, and <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/78b01bcd83510cca2cefe4a43bedbedbfb19af8013b95e20e3fe3d3833633cb6\" alt=\"1 point 2 times 60, equals 72\"></span>.</p><p>Alternate approach: 10% of 60 is 6, and 20% of 60 is double that amount, or 12. It follows that the number that is 20% greater than 60 is 12 more than 60, or <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/9d0849f28c5c78d4f9196bbae97bf468987a3a01c37be533f89795dd9e9c54a2\" alt=\"60 plus 12, equals 72\"></span>.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect and may result from dividing, instead of multiplying, 60 by 1.2. Choice C is incorrect because it’s 25% greater than 60, rather than 20% greater than 60. Choice D is incorrect and may result from multiplying 60 by 2.2 instead of 1.2.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p></p>\n","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":true,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.623000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.623000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">50</p>\n","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">72</p>\n","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">75</p>\n","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">132</p>\n","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}