| 1. Mr. Weissman worked 45 3/4 hours one week and 38 1/2 hours the next week. How many more hours did he work during the first week? | |
| a) | 7 1/4 more hours | b) | 7 1/8 more hours | c) | 6 1/4 more hours | d) | 7 more hours |
| 2. Jamaal drove 117 miles in 2 1/4 hours. What was his average speed in miles per hour? | |
| a) | 58.50 mph | b) | 52 mph | c) | 130 mph | d) | 234 mph |
| 3. Alvin works 40 hours a week for the Postal Service. He spends 1/2 his time sorting mail, 2/5 his time helping customers, and the rest doing paper work. How many hours each week does he spend doing paper work? | |
| a) | 36 hours | b) | 4 hours | c) | 24 hours | d) | 8 hours |
| 4. Which fraction in lowest terms represents the decimal 5.6 | |
| a) | 5 6/10 | b) | 5/6 | c) | 5 3/5 | d) | not given |
| 5. Approximately 2/5 of the U.S. population is overweight. Another 1/5 is underweight. About 1/3 of the underweight people are on special programs to gain weight. What portion of the U.S. population is of normal weight? What portion of the U.S. population is of normal weight? | |
| a) | 3/5 | b) | 2/5 | c) | 1/5 | d) | 5/5 |
| 6. The Hernandezes electric bill was $722 for 9 1/2 months of service. What was the average cost of their monthly usage? | |
| a) | $38.00 | b) | $76.00 | c) | $78.00 | d) | $72.00 |
| 7. Which decimal represents the fraction 56/5 ? | |
| a) | 11.2 | b) | 0.089 | c) | 56.5 | d) | Not given |
| 8. Choose the mixed number for the improper fraction 52/9? | |
| a) | 5 7/9 | b) | 3 7/15 | c) | 9 7/5 | d) | Not shown |
| 9. Ms. Thompson is 5 1/4 feet tall. Her sister is 5 1/2 feet tall. Her brother is 6 1/3 feet tall. How much shorter is Ms. Thompson than her brother? | |
| a) | 1 1/2 feet | b) | 1 1/12 feet | c) | 11 3/12 feet | d) | 2 1/2 feet |
| 10. Mrs. Lopez gave a neighbor 1/6 of her apple pie and 5/9 of her key lime pie. How much pie did she giver hr neighbor altogether? | |
| a) | 3/18 | b) | 3/10 | c) | 13/18 | d) | 11/18 |
| 11. A farmer has 13 1/3 acres of land. he Plans to sell the land to a developer who will devide the property into 40 equal lots. How many acres will each lot be? | |
| a) | 1/3 acre | b) | 1/2 acre | c) | 3/4 acre | d) | 3/5 acre |
| 12. Patric gave 2/5 of his orchid collection to Elise. Elise gave 2/3 of what she received to her aunt. What amount of Patrick's collection did Elise s aunt receive? | |
| a) | 4/9 | b) | 3/8 | c) | 1/15 | d) | 4/15 |
| 13. Which fraction in lowest terms represents the decimal 0.004? | |
| a) | 4/1000 | b) | 4/250 | c) | 1/250 | d) | Not given |
| 14. When Joshua bought a compact disk player, He gave 2/9 of his record collection to his friend Brent and 4/9 of his collection to his brother Peter. How much of his record collection did he give away? | |
| a) | 6/9 | b) | 1/9 | c) | 2/9 | d) | 2/3 |
| 15. Which fraction in lowest terms represents the decimal 3.24? | |
| a) | 3 24/100 | b) | 3 6/25 | c) | 3 12/50 | d) | Not given |
| 16. Mr. Parish had 15 1/2 gallons of gas in his car. He used 7 7/8 gallons. How many gallons of gas did he have to buy to fill the tank to it s capacity of 20 gallons? | |
| a) | 12 3/8 | b) | 19 7/8 | c) | 16 1/8 | d) | 20 |
| 17. Choose the improper fraction for the mixed number 2 12/17 | |
| a) | 34/17 | b) | 46/12 | c) | 46/17 | d) | Not given |
| 18. Valerie works in the gift-wrapping department of a store. If it takes 2 1/8 yards of ribbn to decorate one medium-sized box, how many boxes can Valerie decorate with 68 yards? | |
| a) | 68 boxes | b) | 17 boxes | c) | 32 boxes | d) | 36 boxes |
| 19. Mr Baki bought 3 1/2 pounds of hard salami at $2 per pound. Matt used all but 1/7 of the salami for sandwiches. How many pounds of salami did Mr. Baki have left? | |
| a) | 1 pound | b) | 3 5/14 pounds | c) | 1/2 pound | d) | 2 1/3 pound |
| 20. Choose the mixed number for the improper fraction 42/5. | |
| a) | 4 2/10 | b) | 5 2/8 | c) | 8 2/5 | d) | Not given |
| 21. Mr. Moreau wants to make a suit. he needs 2 1/4 yards of material for the jacket, 3/4 yard for the vest, and 1 7/8 yards for the pants. How many yards of material does he need to buy? | |
| a) | 4 1/8 | b) | 3 5/8 | c) | 4 | d) | 4 7/8 |
| 22. Which decimal represents the fraction 4 1/20? | |
| a) | 1.2 | b) | 4.2 | c) | 4.05 | d) | Not given |
| 23. Mrs. Jordan makes $165.00 each week after taxes. One week she spent 1/3 of her income for food. The following week she spent 1/4 on food. How much did she spend on food during this two week perod? | |
| a) | $41.25 | b) | $55.00 | c) | $96.25 | d) | $86.55 |
| 24. Chris ate 3/8 of the pizza and his sister ate 1/8 of the same pizza. How much of the pizza did the children eat altogether? | |
| a) | 3/4 | b) | 2/4 | c) | 1/4 | d) | 1/2 |
| 25. The sum of two fractions is 1 5/12. Their difference is 1/12. What are the fractions? | |
| a) | 1/2 and 4/5 | b) | 2/3 and 3/4 | c) | 2/17 and 7/12 | d) | Not given |