Why is the percent in the headline clearly wrong

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We can read, but can we count? The Census Bureau once gave a simple test of literacy in English to a random sample of 3400 people. The New York Times printed some of the questions under the headline "113% of Adults in U.S. Failed This Test." Why is the percent in the headline clearly wrong?

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