Multiple-Choice Questions

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1. The perimeter of a rectangular concrete walk is 120 feet. The walk is 4 feet wide. How long is it?
   a) 30 ft.
   b) 56 ft.
   c) 60 ft.
   d) 112 ft.

2. If a square floor measures 23 feet on one side, what is the area in square feet of the floor?
   a) 529
   b) 46
   c) 92
   d) 276

3. A rectangular picture measures 4.5 " by 6.75". If the picture is proportionally enlarged so that the shorter sie\de is 7.5", what will be the length of the longer side?
   a) 9.75"
   b) 11.25"
   c) 13.5"
   d) 20.25"

4. What is the slop of the line containg points J(4,-3) and K(6,-2)?
   a) 1 1/2
   b) 5/2
   c) 2/5
   d) 1/2

5. A cement side walk 4 feet wide, 20 feet long and 9 inches thick contains how many cubic feet of cement?
   a) 60
   b) 80
   c) 120
   d) 66

6. Find the supplement of an angle that measures 85 degrees, 14', 19".
   a) 94 degrees, 85', 81"
   b) 14 degress, 14', 15"
   c) 94 degrees, 14', 15"
   d) 94 degrees, 45', 41"

7. If one acute angle of a right triangle is 5 times the other, the number of degrees in the smallest angle of the triangle is
   a) 18 degrees
   b) 30 degrees
   c) 15 degrees
   d) 75 degrees

8. The area of a rectangular plot of land is 60 square feet and the width is 4 feet. What is the length in feet?
   a) 30
   b) 17
   c) 15
   d) 240

9. The diameter of Frank's bicycle wheel is 25 inches. How many inches will the wheel travel in 12 complete turns?
   a) 300
   b) 942
   c) 492
   d) 342

10. How many feet is the distance around a rectangular room that measures 32 feet by 14 feet?
   a) 46
   b) 64
   c) 92
   d) 29

11. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 30 inches, and one leg is 18 inches. How long is the other leg?
   a) 24
   b) 18
   c) 36
   d) 22

12. Find the measurement of each base angle of an isosceles triangle if the third angle is 48 degrees.
   a) 66 degrees
   b) 90 degrees
   c) 18 degrees
   d) 33 degrees

13. In a circle graph a segment of 108 degrees is shaded to indicate the overhead in doing $150,000 gross business. The overhead amounts to
   a) $1,200
   b) $4,500
   c) $12,000
   d) $45,000

14. The federal Highway Commision recommends a maxium grade of 12% for a road. What is the maxium ertical rise in feet of a road covering 100 feet of horizontal distance?
   a) 24 feet
   b) 36 feet
   c) 12 feet
   d) 48 feet

15. How many square tiles each measuring 9 inches on a side does Shirley need to cover her kitchen floor, which is 72 inches wide and 90 inches long?
   a) 50
   b) 60
   c) 70
   d) 80

16. A circular water-storage tank with a diameter of 15 feet and a height of 14 feet will have a capacity of how many cubic feet
   a) 2,472.75
   b) 176.62
   c) 9891
   d) 12.6

17. A man in a motorboat traveled on a diagonal 45 miles out into the lake. Then he traveled 27 miles south. How many miles west must he travel to be at the original point?
   a) 72.9
   b) 36
   c) 20.2
   d) 27

18. If a/b=x/y, what does y/b equal?
   a) x/a
   b) a/x
   c) y/x
   d) b/y

19. Find the total surface area of a cylinder with radius 4 and height 6.
   a) 16pi
   b) 32pi
   c) 48pi
   d) 80pi

20. The area of a circle is 25pi. What is the circumference?
   a) 5pi
   b) 10pi
   c) 12.5pi
   d) 50pi

21. Which transformationis not always an isometry?
   a) reflection
   b) half-turn
   c) rotation
   d) dilation

22. What is the area of a circle with diameter 12?
   a) 24pi
   b) 12pi
   c) 144pi
   d) 36pi

23. In which polygon is it not always possible to inscribe a circle?
   a) A rectangle
   b) A right triangle
   c) An obtuse angle
   d) An equilateral triangle

24. What is the area of a trapezoid with bases 7 and 8 and height of 6?
   a) 90
   b) 336
   c) 45
   d) 168


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