| 1. Which fraction is closest to 1 third? | |
| a) | 1 half | b) | 3 tenths | c) | 1 fourth | d) | 4 fiftenths |
| 2. The hypotenuse of a certain right triangle is 5cm. long and one leg is 3cm. long.Find the area of the triangle. | |
| a) | 3 cm. to the second power | b) | 4 cm. to the second power | c) | 5 cm. to the second power | d) | 6 cm. to the second power |
| 3. The indictor of an oil tank showed that the tank was one seventh full.After a truck delivered 240 gal of oil,the indicator showed that the tank was four sevenths full.What was the capacity of the tank in gallons? | |
| a) | 560 | b) | 420 | c) | 240 | d) | 60 |
| 4. There are x + 6 males and y - 3 females in the choir.Find the ratio of the number of females to the total number of people in the choir. | |
| a) | y-x-9 over x+y+3 | b) | y-3 over x+y+3 | c) | y-3 over x+6 | d) | x+6 over y-3 |
| 5. If pencils cost y cents,how many pencils can be bought for d dollars? | |
| a) | 100dx over y | b) | 100xy over d | c) | 100x over dy | d) | dx over y |
| 6. A person sews m boxes of shirts in n days.If there are p shirts in a box,how many shirts does the person sew in a day. | |
| a) | m over pn | b) | n over pm | c) | pn over m | d) | pm over n |
| 7. A bell chimes every c minutes and a horn blasts every b minutes.Assume c and b are prime numbers and the bell and horn start simultaneously? | |
| a) | b over c | b) | c over b | c) | bc | d) | cb over 2 |
| 8. How many thirds are there in five eighths? | |
| a) | 5 over 24 | b) | 15 over 8 | c) | 8 over 15 | d) | 15 |
| 9. If 2x + 7=23,then x squared + 8=? | |
| a) | 16 | b) | 72 | c) | 24 | d) | 18 |
| 10. One diagonal of a rectangle is 10 cm. long.The rectangle s length is 8 cm.Find the area of the rectangle. | |
| a) | 24 cm squared | b) | 36 cm squared | c) | 48 cm squared | d) | none of these |
| 11. A merchant paid $24 for an article.The merchant wants to place a price tag on it so that a 20% discount on the marked price can be advertised and still bring in a profit of 25% of the cost.What price should be marked on the tag? | |
| a) | $37.50 | b) | $30 | c) | $27.60 | d) | $25.20 |
| 12. If x=-2,then | |
| a) | square root of x squared equal to x | b) | cubic root of x to the third power equal to -x | c) | fourth power root of x to the fourth power equal to x | d) | cubic root of x to the third power equal to x |
| 13. If x + y over a - b =two thirds,find the value of 9x + 9y over 10a - 10b. | |
| a) | two thirds | b) | three fifths | c) | nine tenths | d) | twenty twenty sevenths |
| 14. Represent the total value of x nickels,y dimes,and z quarters. | |
| a) | x+y+z cents | b) | 40 cents | c) | 0.05x + 0.10y + 0.25z dollars | d) | 5x + 10y + 25z dollars |
| 15. A dinner check was to be divided equally among 8 people.When one refused to pay,each of the others had to pay 20 cents more.What was the total amount of the check? | |
| a) | $9.80 | b) | $11.20 | c) | $12.80 | d) | $14.40 |
| 16. Find the arithmetic mean (average) of x over 2,x over 3,and x over 6. | |
| a) | x | b) | x over 2 | c) | x over 3 | d) | x over 18 |
| 17. In a group of 87 people,58 have brown hair;63 have brown eyes;and 49 have both brown hair and brown eyes.How many have neither brown hair nor brown eyes? | |
| a) | 34 | b) | 2 | c) | 14 | d) | 9 |
| 18. The average of five numbers is 5.1.Four of the numbers are 4.2,5.7,4.9,and 5.4.Which is the fifth number? | |
| a) | 5.06 | b) | 5.14 | c) | 5.1 | d) | 5.3 |
| 19. If x=4 is an even integer,which of the following is not an even integer? | |
| a) | x + 4 | b) | x - 4 | c) | x | d) | x + 1 |
| 20. If the ratio p to q is three fifths and the ratio q to r is ten thirtenths,then what is the ratio p to r? | |
| a) | three thirtenths | b) | three tenths | c) | one half | d) | six thirtenths |
| 21. Which of the following is the greatest? | |
| a) | two thirds | b) | four ninths | c) | two fifths | d) | two fourths |
| 22. If the average of four numbers is 8,and three of the four numbers are 4,7,and 9,what is the fourth number? | |
| a) | 12 | b) | 7 | c) | 5 | d) | 2 |
| 23. If Marc makes a profit of 20% on the selling price of a hambuger,what percentage profit does he make on the cost? | |
| a) | 20% | b) | 25% | c) | 40% | d) | 80% |
| 24. Eight telephone poles are spaced 15 ft. apart in a row.What is the distance from the first to the last pole? | |
| a) | 30 ft. | b) | 60 ft. | c) | 85 ft. | d) | 105 ft. |
| 25. A cashier gave a customer change for a dollar in quarters and dimes.How many coins did the customer receive? | |
| a) | 4 | b) | 7 | c) | 6 | d) | 9 |