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Integers & Operations

Positive/negative numbers, PEMDAS, signed operations, 10.

reasoning
A student answers 40 questions. Correct answers are worth 6
[Link]: points, wrong answers lose 4 points, and skipped questions
lose 1 point. The student answered 26 correctly and skipped 5.
−4[18 − 3(7 − 11)] − 2! + (−6)" What was the student’s score?

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2. Fractions
A student’s GED practice score changed over four weeks:
Complex fraction operations and word problems
Week 1: lost 18 points
Week 2: gained 34 points [Link]:
Week 3: lost twice as many points as Week 1
Week 4: gained 15 points fewer than Week 2 5 3 2 5
− 7 + 8
6 4 9 12
What was the total score change?

[Link]: 12.

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36 ÷ (−3)" − 5[−2(8 − 13) + 4" ] A tank is %full. After #of the water is used, 18 liters remain.
What is the full capacity of the tank?

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A company had a balance of −$4,800. It paid off $1,350, 1 5 3 1

then borrowed $2,700, then paid off half of the new debt. 72 3 − 68 ÷ 74 + 28
What is the final balance?

[Link]: 14.

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A student completed $of a project on Monday and '(of the
remaining project on Tuesday. What fraction of the whole
project is still incomplete?
6.
15.
A football team starts at the 50-yard line. It loses 12 yards,
gains 8 yards, loses 15 yards, gains 27 yards, then receives a
Simplify:
penalty equal to twice its first loss. Where is the team now?
3 7
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5 10
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{24 − [6(3 − 9) + 5" ]} ÷ (−2) 9−6

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A bank account begins with $250. Five withdrawals of $38are A rope is 15 !meters long. A teacher cuts it into pieces of
made. Then three deposits of $45are made. Finally, a service '
1 %meters each. After cutting the maximum number of full
fee of $17is charged. What is the final balance?
pieces, how much rope is left?
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17.
−2# + 3(−4)" − [18 ÷ (−3) + 7]
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A class has 48 students. %are girls. Of the girls, #passed math,
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and of the boys, !passed math. How many students passed
A phone price increased from $560 to $700. Later, it
math? decreased from $700 to $595. What is the overall percent
change from the original price?
18.
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Simplify:
18.75 − 4.6(2.35) + 7.125 ÷ 0.75
2 15 1 3
3 × −1 ÷
5 17 2 8
27.

19. A student scored 72% on the first test, 85% on the second test,
and 90% on the third test. If the tests are weighted 25%, 35%,
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A container is full. After removing of the liquid, the and 40%, what is the final weighted score?
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container has 24 liters left. How many liters can the container
hold when full? 28.

20. A store raises the price of an item by 20%, then gives a 20%
discount. If the final price is $96, what was the original price?
Which expression has the greatest value?
29.
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A family spends 35% of its monthly income on rent, 18% on
B. ) × ! food, and 12.5% on transportation. If the family’s monthly
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C. 2 # − '(
& income is $2,400, how much money is left?
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30.

A car’s value decreases by 16% each year. If the car is worth

$18,000 now, what will it be worth after 2 years?
3. Decimals & Percent

Discounts, tax, percent change, reverse percentage

4. Ratios & Proportions
21.
Multi-step proportions, rates, mixtures, scale
A laptop originally costs $1,250. It is discounted by 18%, then
a 7.5% tax is added. What is the final price? 31.

22. A map has a scale of 1.5 inches = 60 miles. Two towns are
8.25 inches apart on the map. What is the actual distance
A school’s enrollment decreased by 12% one year and then between them?
increased by 15% the next year. If the school started with 960
students, how many students are there after the two changes? 32.

23. The ratio of teachers to students is 2:45. If there are 1,215

students, how many teachers are needed?
A jacket is sold for $84 after a 30% discount. What was the
original price? 33.

24. A machine produces 360 parts in 4.5 hours. Another machine

produces 20% more parts per hour. How many parts can the
A worker earns $14.80 per hour for the first 40 hours and 1.5 second machine produce in 6 hours?
times that rate for overtime. If she works 47.5 hours, what is
her total pay? 34.
A recipe uses flour, sugar, and butter in the ratio 8: 3: 2. If the
total weight of these ingredients is 5.2 kg, how much flour is
used? 43.

35. Write in scientific notation:

A car travels 180 miles using 6 gallons of fuel. At the same 0.000000482
rate, how many gallons are needed for a 465-mile trip?

36. 44.

A group of students has boys and girls in the ratio 7: 9. After 6 The mass of one particle is 3.2 × 10+$ grams. What is the
boys leave and 10 girls join, the ratio becomes 1: 2. How mass of 5.5 × 10! particles?
many students were in the original group?
45.
37.
Simplify:
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A worker can finish #of a job in 6 hours. At the same rate, how
long will it take to finish the entire job? √196 + 2) − 5"

38.
46.
A mixture contains acid and water in the ratio 5: 19. How
many liters of acid are in 72 liters of mixture? A square garden has an area of 729 square feet. A fence is
placed around the entire garden. What is the total length of the
39. fence?

A school buys notebooks and pens in the ratio 4: 7. If pens 47.

cost $0.80 each, notebooks cost $1.25 each, and the total cost
is $205.20, how many notebooks were bought? Simplify:

40. (6& )(6+# )

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A printer prints 84 pages in 3.5 minutes. Another printer prints
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at )of that speed. How many pages can the second printer print
in 10 minutes? 48.

A bacteria population is 2.5 × 10& . It triples every hour. What

is the population after 4 hours?
5. Exponents & Roots
49.
Exponent rules, roots, scientific notation, multi-step
Simplify:
41.
√400 × 3& − 2%
Simplify:

4# × 4+" 50.
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A number written in scientific notation is 7.8 × 10) . Another
number is 3.25 × 10# . What is their difference in scientific
42. notation?

Simplify:

(3" )! ÷ 3#