1. Eight hundred thousand seventy is written
800,070 800,070,000 800,700 870,000,000 80,070
2. 5904 ÷ 48 =
132 123 13 1130 1320
3. The average of 14, 13, 8, 6, and 4 is
14 4 8 9 45
4. 7 hours20 minutes -3 hours45 minutes
4 hours 25 minutes 4 hours 15 minutes 3 hours 35 minutes 3 hours 25 minutes 3 hours 15 minutes
5. 1/3 + 2/7 =
3/10 3/21 13/21 1/21 2/21
6. 6 1/5 - 3 3/5
3 2/5 2 2/5 3 3/5 2 3/5 3
7. 4 ÷ 2 2/3 =
1 1/2 8/12 1 1/8 1/8 2
8. Which of the following fractions is the largest ?
1/8 2/9 1/7 2/3 1/2
9. Which of the follwing is the smallest ?
.083 2.0004 .30 .602 .6
10. 12.732 + 3.88 + 6 =
22.612 14.396 13.126 13.720 19.120
11. 44.2 - 4.33 =
40.90 39.87 40.13 48.53 4.13
12. An apartment dweller pays $42.50 per room, plus a monthly service charge of $30. He rents an apartment of five rooms. What is his monthly rent ?
$242.50 $212.50 $72.50 $192.50 $362.50
13. A theater sold tickets at $2.50 each and took in $500. How many tickets were sold by the theater ?
200 2000 45 450 20
14. 2 + 7 (6 + 4) =
48 90 72 19 46
15. Change .70 to a fraction and reduce to lowest terms.
70/100 35/100 7/10 7/50 7/100
16. 80% of 25 is
20 200 16 40 31.25
17. A tie sold for $8.50. The price was reduced by 10%. The new price was
$7.65 $.85 $9.35 $7.50 $8.40
18. A store sells 5 pounds of pears for $2.00. How much will 8 pounds sell at this rate ?
$16.00 $10.00 $3.20 $20.00 $8.00
19. The graph right shows the number of employees in a certain factory during each year from 1973 to 1977. The change from 1974 to 1976 was closest to
a decrease of 100 a decrease of 50 an increase of 100 a decrease of 50 no change
20. A company charges $3 a square foot for cleaning floors. To clean a floor of 10 feet by 12 feet costs
$120 $12 $30 $40 $360
(Mostly) Algebra Questions (21-40):
21. (-3) (7) + (-5) 2 =
45 4 -37 -26 -9
22. The sum of 9x + 4y and 3x + 6y
12x + 10y 22xy 27x 2 + 22y 2 3x - 2y 36xy + 12xy
23. The product of 2x 2y 3 and 3xy 5 is
6x 3y 8 6x 3y 2 5x 3y 8 5xy 2y 2x 2y 3 + 3xy 5
24. Simplifying 3ab - b(3a - 3b)
3b 2 -3b 2 6ab + 3b 2 6ab - 3b 2 -6ab + 3b 2
25. Subtract 3x + 4 from 2x 2 - 5x
2x 2 - 2x - 4 2x 2 - 2x + 4 2x 2 - 8x - 4 -2x 2 - 2x + 4 -x 2 + 2x + 4
26. Simplify (8x - 4) / 4
2x - 1 2x - 4 2x -1 2x + 1
27. (2a 4b) 3 =
2a 12b 3 8a 12b 3 2a 13b 6a 4b 6a 12b 3
28. Factor 6a 2b + 3ab
3ab(2a + 1) 3ab(2a - 1) 3a(2ab - b) 3a(2ab + b) 6b(a 2 - 3ab)
29. If 3x + 5 = 23, then x equals
23/3 23/5 6 28/3 18
30. A train travels 4 hours at x miles per hour and 5 hours at y miles per hour. The total distance the train travels is
4x + 5y 9xy 9x + 9y 5x + 4y 9 (x + y)
31. If (2x - 1) / 5 = (2x + 4) / 10 , then x equals
3 4 5 6 7
32. What is the value of 4ab + b 2 if a = -3 and b = 2 ?
28 -20 16 -22 20
33. Which one of the following points lies on the graph of the line y = 2x + 3 ?
(2, 5) (5, 2) (0, 3) (3, 0) (2, 3)
34. An equation for line L is given by
y = 3 y = -x + 3 y = x + 3 y = x - 3 y = 3x
35. Sqrt(3 2 + 4 2) =
7 25 5 13 3.5
36. If 6x - 5 = y , then x equals
(5 + y) / 6 (5 - y) / 6 5/6 + y 5/6 - y 5x + y
37. A store has 30 clerks of whom 40% are black. Without letting anyone go, how many more blacks must be hired so that 50% of all clerks are black ?
60 6 18 15 12
38. The perimeter of a rectangle is 40 feet. Its width is 8 feet. What is its length ?
12 ft 5 ft 32 ft 24 ft 10 ft
39. If x + y = 8 and x - y = 2, then
x = 3, y = 2 x = 5, y = 3 x = 2, y = 5 x = 3, y = -2 x = -2, y = 3
40. A club buys an automobile for $3000 and raffles it off at $5 per ticket. If it wants to make a profit of $500 it must sell
700 tickets 500 tickets 100 tickets 600 tickets 200 tickets