| 1. A truck driver can travel 200 miles in 3 days. How far will he tracel in 12 days? | |
| a) | 800 mi. | b) | 600 mi. | c) | 48 mi. |
| 2. In Bushnell, 3 out of 10 people attended the circus. The town has 900 residents. How many attended the circus? | |
| a) | 309 | b) | 270 | c) | 300 |
| 3. On a map of Sumter County, 12 km. are represented by 1 cm. How many kilometers would be shown by 7 cm? | |
| a) | 84 km | b) | 19 km | c) | 62 km |
| 4. A TV station broadcasts 5 out of 6 playoff games every year. This year there will be about 58 playoff games. About how many games will the station broadcast? | |
| a) | 30 | b) | 52 | c) | 48 |
| 5. A Metro car travels 450 km. on 40 L of gas. How far will it travel on 110 L of gas? | |
| a) | 495.50 | b) | 440.75 | c) | 1237.5 |
| 6. At Payne's Department store, shirts are on sale at 3 for $50. how much will eight shirts cost? | |
| a) | $133.33 | b) | $187.50 | c) | $400.00 |
| 7. A baseball pitcher allowed 2 runs in 9 innings. About how many runs would he allow in 54 innings at the same rate? | |
| a) | 16 | b) | 12 | c) | 8 |
| 8. In a sample of 75 light bulbs, a store owner found 9 that were broken. How many broken lightbulbs can she expect to find in a case of 200? | |
| a) | 36 | b) | 24 | c) | 125 |
| 9. A computer printer prints 1,000 characters evcery 3 seconds. If there are approximately 3,300 characters on a page, how many seconds will it take to print 5 pages? | |
| a) | 4.95 | b) | 9.9 | c) | 30 |
| 10. In a school where there are 988 students and 38 teachers, what is the ratio of the number of pupils to the number of teachers? | |
| a) | 26 to 1 | b) | 53 to 2 | c) | 38 to 1 |
| 11. A cook is planning a banquet dinner. A recipe that serves 8 people calls for two cups of milk. How many cups of milk will be needed for 36 servings? | |
| a) | 8 | b) | 9 | c) | 10 |
| 12. The aspect ratio is the ratio of the length of an airplane wing to its width. What is the asect ratio of a wing 84 ft. long and 12 ft. wide? | |
| a) | 12 to 1 | b) | 7 to 1 | c) | 7 to 2 |
| 13. A car model is being built with a scale of 3 cm to 20 cm. The length of the car is 400 cm. What is the length of the model? | |
| a) | 120 cm. | b) | 60 cm. | c) | 133 to 3 |
| 14. Mr. Payne pays $288 taxes on a house assessed at $4,800. Using the same tax rate, find the taxes on a house assessed at $5,900. | |
| a) | $354 | b) | $254 | c) | $454 |
| 15. Mr. Payne paid $9 for 4 kg of grass seed. How much would 10 kg cost? | |
| a) | 22.50 | b) | 44.00 | c) | 11.25 |
| 16. A news report stated that 27 out of 30 people voted for Tom Mathews. Write this ratio in lowest terms. | |
| a) | 9/10 | b) | 10/9 | c) | 8/10 |
| 17. A vocational school admits 4 out of every 10 people who apply for admission. One year, 640 students were admitted. How many people applied for admission? | |
| a) | 256 | b) | 1,600 | c) | 2,560 |
| 18. The pitch of a roof is the ratio of the rise to the span. What is the pitch of a roof with a rise of 6 feet and a span of 18 feet? | |
| a) | 1 to 3 | b) | 1 to 4 | c) | 1 to 6 |
| 19. An architect is planning a city parking lot. for every 12 commuters, the parking lot will need 5 parking spaces. How many parking spaces will be needed by 132 commuters? | |
| a) | 7 | b) | 17 | c) | 55 |
| 20. There are 16 girls and 24 boys in a math class. What is the ratio of boys to the entire class? | |
| a) | 3/5 | b) | 2/5 | c) | 2/3 |
| 21. A motorist travels 204 miles in 6 hours. How long will it take him at that rate to travel 323 miles? | |
| a) | 9.5 hr. | b) | 5.3 hr. | c) | 3.4 hr. |
| 22. Find the ratio of a 24 tooth gear to a 36 tooth gear. | |
| a) | 2/3 | b) | 3/2 | c) | 2/5 |
| 23. On a map Bushnell is 2.5 inches from Tampa. Actually these towns are 50 miles apart. What is the scale on this map? | |
| a) | Scale: 1in. = 2 mi. | b) | Scale: 1 in. = 2.5 mi. | c) | Scale: 1 in. = 20 mi. |
| 24. A tree casts a shadow of 26 feet, while a 5 foot post nearby casts a shadow of 2 feet Find the height of the tree | |
| a) | 64 feet | b) | 65 feet | c) | 55 feet |
| 25. Find the ratio of 16 teachers to 112 students. | |
| a) | 1/5 | b) | 1/7 | c) | 1/9 |