Questions.
[Link] instrument store gives a 10% discount to all students off the original cost of an
instrument. During a back to school sale an additional 15% is taken off the discounted
price. Julie, a student at the local high school, purchases a flute for $306. How much did
it originally cost?
A) 325 B) 375 C) 400 D) 408 E) 425
2. If y(x-1)=z then x=?
A) y-z B) z/y + 1 C) y(z-1) D) z(y-1) E) 1-zy
3. If 5 ounces is equal to 140 grams, then 2 pounds of ground meat is equal to how
many grams?
A) 863 B) 878 C) 896 D) 915 E) 932
4. On a Map, 1 inch represents 20 miles. The distance between 2 towns is 6 1/5 inches.
How many miles are actually between the two towns?
A) 65 miles B) 84 miles C) 124 miles D) 138 miles E) 145 miles
5. How many cubed pieces of fudge that are 3 inches on an edge can be packed into a
Christmas tin that is 9 inches deep by 12 inches wide by 9 inches high with the lid still
being able to be closed?
A) 18 B) 24 C) 32 D)36 E) 43
6).15. What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile
cost $8.91 per square yard?
A) 224.51 B) 237.6 C) 246.55 D) 271.38 E) 282.32
7. You are lying 120 ft away from a tree that is 50 feet tall. You look up at the top of the
tree. Approximately how far is your hear from the top of the tree in a straight line?
A) 50 feet B) 75 feet C)120 feet D) 130 feet E) 150 feet
8. If edging cost $2.32 per 12-inch stone, and you want a double layer of edging around
your flower bed that is 6 yards by 1 yard. How much will edging you flower bed cost?
A) $32.48 B) $64.96 C) $97.44 D) $129.92 E) $194.88
9. If 3x=6x-15 then x + 8=
A) 5 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12 E) 13
10. The number of milliliters in 1 liter is?
A) 10,000 B) 1,000 C) 0.1 D) 0.01 E) 0.001
11. Find the missing term in the following sequence: 4, 9, 19, __, 79
A) 36 B) 37 C) 38 D) 39 E) 40
12. Jonathan can type a 20-page document in 40 minutes, Susan can type it in 30
minutes, and Jack can type it in 24 minutes. Working together, how much time will it
take them to type the same document?
A) 5 minutes B) 10 minutes C) 15 minutes D) 18minutes E) 20 minutes
3. A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of
games?
A) 6/8 B) 8/6 C)3/7 D) 8/14 E) 6/7
14. Sue receives a base salary of $90 weekly plus a 12% commission on all sales. Sue
had $3,000 in sales this week. How much did she make total?
A) $375 B) $450 C)$480 D) $510 E) $525
15. If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 25 1/3 yards, and the length is 22 feet.
What is the width?
A) 16 feet B) 35 feet C) 37 feet D) 40 feet E) 42 feet
16. Jimmy made a 15% profit on the sale of a custom designed boat, and the original
cost of the boat was $15,000. The boat sold for how much?
A) $17,250.00 B) $16,540.44 C) $16,230.34 D) $15,980.55 E) $15,870.88
17. A recent study showed that an increase in body weight by 10 kilograms resulted in a
0.15% increase in heart disease. What fraction is equal to 0.15%?
A) 3/2000 B) 2/750 C) 7/4000 D) 5/3462 E) 1/500
18. 6.334 * 104 =
A) 0.0006334 B) 0.06334 C) 6334 D) 63340 E) 633400
19. If 3x + 5x = -8, then x + 1 =?
A) -2 B) -1 C) 0 D) 1 E) 2
20. Two angle in a triangle equal 120°. What is the measure of the third angle?
A) 60° B) 70° C) 80° D) 90° E) 120°
Answer key.
1. C: The equation, x-0.10x-0.15(x-0.10x)=306, may be used to solve the problem.
Solving for x gives 0.90x – 0.15x + 0.015x = 306, where x = 400. Thus, the original price
was $400.
Content ability: Mathematical ability (conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge,
problem solving).
2. B: The equation may be solved by first distributing the y across the expression, x – 1,
on the left side of the equation. Doing so gives: xy – y = Z. Adding y to both sides of the
equation gives: xy = Z + y. Finally, division of both sides of the equation by y gives:
x=(Z+y)/y or x=Z/y+1.
Content ability: Algebra and functions
3.C: Since there are 32 ounces in 2 pounds (16 ounces = 1 pound), the following
proportion may be written: 5/140=32/x . Solving for x gives x = 896. Thus, there are 896
grams in 2 pounds of meat.
Content ability: Measurements
4.C: The following proportion may be used to solve the problem: 1/20=6.2/x. Solving for
x gives x = 124, so there are actually 124 miles between the two towns.
Content ability: measurements, Algebra
5. D: The volume of the tin is 972 in”. The volume of each piece of fudge is 27 in”. 972 ÷
27 = 36.
Content ability: Numbers and operations, measurements
6. B: Converting feet to yards, the dimensions may be rewritten as 4 yards by 6 2/3
yards. Thus, the area of the floor is 26 2/3 yd’. Multiplication of this area by the cost per
square yard gives the expression, 26 2/3?8.91, which equals 237.6. Thus, the cost is
$237.60
Content ability: Numbers and operations, measurements
7. D: The distance may be determined by writing and solving the following equation for
c: 502+1202=c2. c = 130, thus the distance is 130 feet.
Content ability: Trigonometry, Geometry
8. E: The length is equal to 216 inches. The width is equal to 36 inches. So, the length
may be covered by 18 12-inch stones, while the width may be covered by 3 12-inch
stones. A total of 42 stones is needed for one layer, and 84 stones need for two layers.
Multiplication of 84 by $2.32 gives 194.88. Thus, the total cost is $194.88.
Content ability: Geometry
9. E: The equation may be solved for x by first subtracting 6x from both sides of the
equation. Doing so gives -3x = -15, where x = 5. Substituting 5 for x into the second
expression gives 5 + 8, which equals 13.
Content ability: Algebra, numbers and operations.
10. B: There are 1,000 milliliters in 1 liter.
Content ability: measurements
11. D: The increase from term to term is twice the increase from the previous two terms.
Thus, the increase from 19 to the missing term will be 20, or twice the increase of 10.
Thus, the missing term is equal to 19 + 20, or 39.
Content ability: Mathematical ability (conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge,
problem solving.
12. B: The problem may be modeled with the equation, 1/40+1/30+1/24=1/t. Solving for
t gives t = 10. Thus, working together, they can type the same document in 10 minutes.
Content ability: algebra
13. C: The ratio may be written as 6/14, which reduces to 3/7.
Content ability: Algebra
14. B: The amount of money she made may be represented by the expression, 90 +
0.12x, where x represents the amount of sales. Substituting 3000 for x gives 90 +
0.12(3000), which equals 450. So, she made $450 this week.
Content ability: algebra
15. A: First, the perimeter measurement may be converted to feet. Multiplying 25 1/3
yards by 3 gives an equivalent measurement of 76 feet. Thus, the following equation
may be written: 76 = 2(22) + 2w, which simplifies to 76 = 44 + 2w, where w = 16. The
width of the house is 16 ft.
Content ability: Geometry and algebra
16. A: The problem may be modeled with the expression, 15,000 + 0.15(15,000), which
equals 17,250. Thus, he sold the boat for $17,250.
Content ability: Mathematical ability (conceptual understanding, procedural knowledge,
probl
17. A: 3/2000=0.0015, which is equivalent to 0.15%.
Content ability: Numbers and Operations
18. D: Moving the decimal point 4 places to the right gives 63,340.
Content ability: Numbers and operations
19. C: Solving the given equation for x gives x = -1. Substitution of -1 for x, in the
second equation, gives -1 + 1 = 0.
Content ability: Algebra
20. A: The interior angle measures of a triangle sum to 180°. Thus, the measure of the
third angle is equal to the difference of 180° and 120°, or 60°.
Content ability: trigonometry and Geometry.