| 1. A six-ounce can of waterchestnuts contains 26 waterchesnuts. Hong used three cans of waterchesnuts. How many waterchesnuts did she use? | |
| a) | 62 | b) | 87 | c) | 52 | d) | 78 |
| 2. There are 1.09 yards in a meter. Gary ran in an 880 yard race. How many meter did he run? | |
| a) | 807.34 | b) | 803.34 | c) | 708.34 | d) | 700.34 |
| 3. The price of 2 ounces of gold is $756. Find the price of 5 ounces of gold. | |
| a) | 1378 | b) | 1890 | c) | 3700 | d) | 2890 |
| 4. A slicing machine cut roast beef 1/16 inch thick. The giant sandwich was advertised to have roast beef 2 inches thick on it. How many slices of roast beef were on the sandwich? | |
| a) | 64 | b) | 16 | c) | 32 | d) | 34 |
| 5. How many books 7/8 inch thick can be packed in a box 35 inches deep? | |
| a) | 20 | b) | 21 | c) | 42 | d) | 40 |
| 6. There are 1.61 kilometers in a mile. The speedometer on Iris's imported car is in kilometers per hour. She does not want to speed. What is 55 miles per hour in kilometers per hour? | |
| a) | 88.55 | b) | 80.50 | c) | 88.69 | d) | 8.25 |
| 7. Pete mixed green paint and white paint in a ratio of 4:3. He used 12 gallons of white paint. How many gallons of green paint did he use? | |
| a) | 26 | b) | 8 | c) | 16 | d) | 12 |
| 8. A coal mine produced 126 tons of slag in a week. Trucks removed the slag in three-ton loads. How many trips were needed to remove all the slag? | |
| a) | 63 | b) | 24 | c) | 31 | d) | 42 |
| 9. On a wilderness hike, 6 hikers had to share 4 1/2 pounds of chocolate and 1 3/4 pounds of dry milk. If it was cut evenly, how much chocolate did each hiker receive? | |
| a) | 1 /2 (1.5 lbs) | b) | 1/2 (0.5 lbs) | c) | 3/4 (0.75 lbs) | d) | 1/4 (0.25 lbs) |
| 10. The scale on a map is 2 inches = 65 miles. The distance between two cities on the map is 6 inches. Find the distance between the cities in miles. | |
| a) | 130 | b) | 390 | c) | 195 | d) | 230 |
| 11. There are 25.4 millimeters in a inch. How many inches long is a 100 millimeter cigarette? | |
| a) | 25 | b) | 1.96 | c) | 2.92 | d) | 3.94 |
| 12. The La Ronga Bakery baked 1,460 loaves of bread in one day. If each loaf contained 1 3/4 teaspoons salt, how much salt was used by the bakery? | |
| a) | 1996 | b) | 2555 | c) | 1250 | d) | 2920 |
| 13. The ratio of the width to the lenght of a photograph is 5:7. The picture was enlarleg to be 20 inches wide. How long is the enlarged picture? | |
| a) | 28 | b) | 25 | c) | 27 | d) | 40 |
| 14. In 1978, the U.S. divorce rate was 5 for every 1,000 people in the country. The population of Tavares was 36,000 in 1978. The divorce rate in Tavares was the same as the rate in the whole country. How many divorces were there in Tavares that year? | |
| a) | 360 | b) | 7200 | c) | 720 | d) | 180 |
| 15. There are 11 ounces in a can of soup. How many ounces of soup are in a carton containing 28 cans? | |
| a) | 128 | b) | 308 | c) | 300 | d) | 208 |
| 16. The ratio of union members to non-union members at Tom's factory is 8:3. 96 workers at the factory do not belong to the union. How many union members work at the factory? | |
| a) | 188 | b) | 288 | c) | 96 | d) | 256 |
| 17. From a 15-acre field, Mr. Douglas can get 1,350 bushels of corn. How much corn can he get from a 40-acre field? | |
| a) | 90 | b) | 1350 | c) | 3600 | d) | 1800 |
| 18. A shipment of vaccine can protect 7,800 people. How many shipments of vaccines are needed to protect 140,400 people living in the Portland area? | |
| a) | 16 | b) | 14 | c) | 24 | d) | 18 |
| 19. Ellen makes $23.80 for working 7 hours. How much does she make for working 12 hours? | |
| a) | 408 | b) | 679 | c) | 308 | d) | 619 |
| 20. It costs $340 an hour to run the 1,000-watt power generator. How much does it cost to run the generator for 24 hours? | |
| a) | 8160 | b) | 8260 | c) | 4080 | d) | 1340 |
| 21. An elementary school nurse used 3,960 Band Aids last year. There were 180 school days. On the average, how many Band-Aids did he use a day? | |
| a) | 26 | b) | 28 | c) | 22 | d) | 12 |
| 22. The weight of 15 feet of aluminum tubing is 12 pounds. Find the weight of 25 feet of tubing. | |
| a) | 40 | b) | 37 | c) | 20 | d) | 12 |
| 23. The company health clinic gave out 5,460 aspirins and 720 antacid tablets last year. How many bottles of aspirin did the clinic use last year if there were 260 aspirins in a bottle? | |
| a) | 12 | b) | 24 | c) | 22 | d) | 21 |
| 24. Jim can type 52 words per minute. How many words did he type when he typed for 26 minutes? | |
| a) | 1352 | b) | 676 | c) | 2028 | d) | 1014 |
| 25. Jerry can walk 9 miles in 2 1/4 hours. At the same speed, how far can he walk in 5 hours? | |
| a) | 20 | b) | 18 | c) | 14 | d) | 25 |