| 1. Mrs. Payne went to the bank to pay her electric and telephone bills. Her electric bill was $177 and her phone bill was $46. If Mrs. Payne gives the bank teller 12 $20 bills, how much change will she receive? | |
| a) | $240.00 | b) | $17.00 | c) | $223.00 | d) | $463.00 |
| 2. A city's budget rose from $985,000 one year to $1,112,500 the next year. The mayor wants to give each of the 15 departments $15,00. In addition, several corporations have donated $55,000 to the city. How much more money than last year does the mayor have to work with? | |
| a) | $179,500 | b) | $182,500 | c) | $127,000 | d) | $55,000 |
| 3. A basketball team wants to reach a city 129 miles away in 3 hours. How many miles per hour must the bus average to reach their destination? | |
| a) | 34 | b) | 126 | c) | 43 | d) | 132 |
| 4. Mrs. Payne bought 2 dozen mechanical pencils as gifts for her students. She paid $96 for the pencils. How much did each pencil cost? | |
| a) | 24.00 | b) | 12.00 | c) | 6.00 | d) | 4.00 |
| 5. A woman left her estate of $12,000 to her husband and two daughters. Her husband receives $7,500. The oldest daughter receives $1,250. How much will the younger daughter receive? | |
| a) | $4,500 | b) | $3,250 | c) | $1,250 | d) | $2,250 |
| 6. Chris saved all his change for a year. At the end of the year he sorted his change and found that he had 1,603 pennies, 392 nickels, 487 dimes, 209 quarters, and 58 half dollars. How many mor pennies than nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars combined does Chris have? | |
| a) | 457 | b) | 1146 | c) | 1603 | d) | 2749 |
| 7. The 24 members of the hiking club raised $5,012 for its 3 day trip. $1,550 was to be used for general supplies. $942 was to be used for food. The remaining money was to be divided among the members for their personal expenses. How much money was to be divided? | |
| a) | $2,492 | b) | $2,520 | c) | $1,500 | d) | $3,492 |
| 8. Jess has 177 books. He gives 63 books to his brother, gives some to the local library, and places the rest of the books on his 6 book shelves. How man books did he donate to the public library? | |
| a) | 29 | b) | 171 | c) | 177 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 9. If a man earns $5 an hour, how much does he earn in a 40 hour week? | |
| a) | $80 | b) | $200 | c) | $240 | d) | $250 |
| 10. How many miles can a truck driver drive if he averages 52 miles per hour for 13 hours? | |
| a) | 676 | b) | 679 | c) | 520 | d) | 776 |
| 11. If a pair of rabbits produce 24 offspring a year, how many babies will 178 pairs of rabbits have? | |
| a) | 4,372 | b) | 4,272 | c) | 3,272 | d) | 4,282 |
| 12. A delivery cart holding 308 dozen eggs tipped and 56 eggs were smashed. How many eggs are left? | |
| a) | 3,640 | b) | 2,696 | c) | 4,696 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 13. If an assembly line inb a bottling plant can fill 156 bottles a minute and 12 bottles go into a case, how many cases are filled each minute? | |
| a) | 168 | b) | 144 | c) | 13 | d) | 31 |
| 14. Three bars of soap cost 75 cents. How much will 8 bars cost? | |
| a) | $2.00 | b) | $2.50 | c) | $0.25 | d) | $1.50 |
| 15. A car travels 480 miles on 15 gallons of gas. What was the average number of miles it traveled per gallon of gas? | |
| a) | 495 | b) | 465 | c) | 23 | d) | 32 |
| 16. A gardener has 168 tulip bulbs and 72 iris bulbs to plant in rows of 16. How many rows the gardener can plant? | |
| a) | 15 | b) | 240 | c) | 140 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 17. A ferry that goes to an island carries 18 cars per trip. If 3,726 cars go to the island in June and 5,778 cars go to the island in July, how many trips will the ferry make during the two months? | |
| a) | 520 | b) | 528 | c) | 9,504 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 18. Before shipping the last 17,043 phones to the Phone Mart, a control clerk checked every 39th phone to make sure it worked properly. The clerk discovered 17 damaged phones. How many phones did the clerk check that were not damaged? | |
| a) | 437 | b) | 420 | c) | 454 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 19. A crate of 357 oranges that cost $65 is sent to an office where 17 people work. If each person eats one orange each day, how many weeks will it be before the oranges are all gone? | |
| a) | 3 | b) | 7 | c) | 24 | d) | 6 |
| 20. Angela jogged 2,184 miles last year. After she jogs 250 miles she needs to buy new jogging shoes that cost $49. How much money did she spen on jogging shoes last year? | |
| a) | $392 | b) | $441 | c) | $490 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 21. Each of the 73 members of the club donated an equal amount of money each month to pay the rent and the utility bills for the club room. If the rent was $584 and the utilities were $219 for the month, how much did each member donate this month? | |
| a) | $803.00 | b) | $110.00 | c) | $11.00 | d) | $3.65 |
| 22. Mrs. Payne bought nine yards of material at five dollars a yard and pattern for three dollars. How much money did Mrs. Payne spend? | |
| a) | $60.00 | b) | $45.00 | c) | $48.00 | d) | $42.00 |
| 23. Jeff receives a commission of $78 on every set of encyclopedias he sells. In May he sold 63 sets and in June he sold less than he sold in May. How much money did Jess earn in May than in June? | |
| a) | $4,914 | b) | $4,814 | c) | $3,914 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 24. Mr. Payne earns $750 every week at his regular job. He works three nights a week at another job and earns $5 an hour there. How much does he earn in one work week? | |
| a) | $950 | b) | $200 | c) | $150 | d) | Insufficient Data |
| 25. At the hardware store, Mr. Payne bought 14 6-foot varnished boards for $12 each and 25 8-foot varnished boards for $18 each. How much money did Mr. Payne spend? | |
| a) | $618 | b) | $450 | c) | $168 | d) | Insufficient Data |