Deck 25: Mathematics

Question 1

If x, y, and z are integers with x?y and y>z, which of the following could x, y, and z represent (respectively)?

A)-3, -2, -3
B)3, 2, 3
C)1, 2, 3
D)3, 2, 1

Answer 1

-3, -2, -3

Question 2

Which of the following uses the doubling method of informal counting to solve the following:3+4=

A)(1+1+1) + (1+1+1+1) = 7
B)(3+4) + (3+4) - (3+4) = 7
C)3+4 = (3+3) +1 = 6+1 = 7
D)2+2+2+1=7

Answer 2

3+4 = (3+3) +1 = 6+1 = 7

Question 3

Which property is the following equation an example of?9 x 1/9 = 9

A)The distributive property
B)The multiplicative inverse property
C)Associative property
D)Additive inverse property

Answer 3

The multiplicative inverse property

Question 4

According to the US Standard system, which of the following would be used to measure the volume of water in a bath tub?

A)Gallons
B)Liters
C)Cups
D)Meters

Question 5

Sally, Nick, Bobby, and Kenny are standing in a line. How many different ways can they be ordered?

A)8
B)16
C)24
D)32

Question 6

What is the perimeter of a rectangle that has 2 sides measuring 4 cm and 2sides measuring 6 cm?

A)24 cm
B)10 cm
C)12 cm
D)20 cm

Question 7

Tim ate 8/10 of a pizza. State the fraction for the amount of pizza that was left over in its simplest form.

A)2/10
B)4/5
C)1/8
D)1/5

Question 8

Is 40÷5>, =, or < 49÷7?

A)>
B)=
C)<
D)None of the above

Question 9

In a jar of candy there are 127 red candies, 92 orange ones, 108 yellow ones, 77 green ones, and 13 blue candies. If a person reaches into the jar without looking and grabs one piece of candy, what is the probability of that piece being red?

A)25%
B)35%
C)20%
D)30%

Question 10

A company just distributed candy bars wrapped with golden tickets hidden within ordinary shipments of their product. The company spokesperson announces that there is a "one in one thousand chance" of someone finding a golden ticket when they open a candy bar, and that 500,000 candy bars have been distributed in the golden ticket promotion. If a person buys three of the candy bars, what is their chance of finding a golden ticket?

A)0)30%
B)3%
C)0)00%
D)0)03%

Question 11

Data that is weighted toward one end of the numerical range in which it occurs is:

A)Diverse
B)Peaked
C)Overweight
D)Skewed

Question 12

A variable that affects the data collected but is not accounted for or demonstrated in the statistical measure of the data is a:

A)Stealth variable
B)Lurking variable
C)Independent variable
D)Dependent variable

Question 13

People who score in the 95th percentile on an exam:

A)Earned a score of 95 on the test
B)Scored as well or better than 95% of the people who took the same exam
C)Scored in the top 95% of test takers
D)Answered 95% of the questions correctly

Question 14

The test scores for eight students are 97, 94, 98, 97, 89, 92, 68 and 96. What would the seventh score be considered?

A)Outlier
B)Mean
C)Mode
D)Standard deviation

Question 15

What is the mode for the numbers 34, 62, 58, 49, 37, 85, 22, 44, 37 and 52?

A)48
B)46.5
C)61
D)37

Question 16

What is the mean for the following test scores? 92%, 87%, 75%, 88%, 96%, 95%, 94%, 82%, 88%

A)88.56%
B)88%
C)84.92%
D)86%

Question 17

What is the mode for the following set of numbers? 1, 7, 8, 7, 9, 1, 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 6, 0, 9, 3, 0, 1, 4, 6

A)1
B)4)15
C)4
D)2)5

Question 18

In a game, one card is drawn from a complete deck of playing cards without jokers. If the card is a club or a queen, the gambler wins double his bet. Otherwise, the dealer keeps the money. How much better are the dealer's odds in this game?

A)50% better
B)38% better
C)32% better
D)44% better

Question 19

To find the percentage (p) of any number (n), which formula can be used?

A)(p x 100) ÷ n
B)(p x n) ÷ 100
C)100 - (p x n)
D)(n x 100) ÷ p

Question 20

Seven/Twelve has $4 million in sales over the past week. What were the approximate sales per day?

A)$589,000
B)$571,000
C)$518,200
D)$552,000
E)$578,750

Question 21

What is 3/8s?

A).36
B).38
C).375
D).3833
E).365

Question 22

It is sunny on 83% of the 120 days Silver Slides Waterpark is open on average. How many days will Silver Slides be open this summer?

A)100
B)102
C)98
D)99
E)92

Question 23

A car that regularly sells for $29,600 has been marked down to $22,100. What is the approximate percentage of the discount?

A)20%
B)22%
C)25%
D)30%
E)33%

Question 24

Olivia has $5,000 to invest. She invests in a fund at 4% interest. How long will it take for her money to double?

A)10 years
B)12 years
C)15 years
D)18 years
E)20 years

Question 25

Greg's Golf Shop hires teenagers to collect lost golf balls from the city's golf courses. The golf balls are then packaged in boxes of a dozen for reselling. This summer, the workers collected 2,244 golf balls. After repackaging, how many golf balls will be left over?

A)2 golf balls
B)3 golf balls
C)4 golf balls
D)6 golf balls
E)No golf balls will be left over

Question 26

Kathleen projects her expenditures for purchasing office supplies to be $85/week. How much will she spend on office supplies over a 4-week time span?

A)$290
B)$325
C)$340
D)$355
E)$342

Question 27

The wholesale price of a fountain pen is $2.80. What will the new price be if a 5% increase is instituted?

A)$2.84
B)$2.90
C)$2.94
D)$2.96
E)$2.97

Question 28

An 8-year-old boy named Albert has a 10-year-old brother named Benny. Benny joins the service at 20 leaving Albert feeling bitter that he no longer has a brother to look up to. After 7 years, Albert is finally ready to make up with Benny who has been out of the service for 5 years. How old is Albert now?

A)27
B)15
C)25
D)32
E)23

Question 29

How long will it take for Ron's $37,353 investment to double if he expects 9% returns?

A)5 years
B)8 years
C)9 years
D)9)5 years
E)10 years

Question 30

If the speed of a car is 200 km per hour, how may minutes does it take to travel 60 km?

A)3 1/3 hours
B)20 minutes
C)18 minutes
D)22 minutes
E)24 minutes

Question 31

A business has decided to resurface a floor section in their warehouse. The section is a square that measures 15 feet on one side. How much is the area that needs to be resurfaced?

A)30 square feet
B)60 square feet
C)215 square feet
D)225 square feet
E)250 square feet

Question 32

On a trip to the Netherlands you spend €275 per night in a hotel, €37.58 per day on meals and €50 per day on transportation. If you were there for four days and three nights, and the exchange rate from U.S. dollars to euros was $1.00 : €0.7515, about how much did you spend altogether, in U.S. dollars?

A)$1,564
B)$1,175
C)$1,702
D)$1,398

Question 33

Jacqueline and Lee are meeting for the weekend somewhere between their cities, which are 420 miles apart. Jacqueline drives 80 mph for the duration of her trip. If they both left home at 10 a.m. and met at 1 p.m., what speed did Lee drive to reach their meeting spot?

A)75 mph
B)70 mph
C)65 mph
D)60 mph