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1. Which of these is the best explanation of how a It was in a stream for a
smooth round stone became smooth? long
2. When a lobster grows a claw to replace one that was regeneration.
lost, the process is called
3. Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger a satellite.
body is called
4. In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, Carbon atoms.
a substance must contain
5. Which element does NOT contain any neutrons? hydrogen
6. The chemical formula of a compound describes the ratio of elements in the
elements the compound contains and the compound.
7. What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion? Н30
8. Which of the following is a renewable resource? natural gas
9. How many atoms are in a single molecule of water 3
(H20)?
10. Regeneration in man is limited to healing of wounds.
11. When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, viscosity.
they are measuring the liquid's
12. When sodium atoms form sodium ions, they lose electrons.
13. A perpetual-motion machine can never be built be- inertia,
cause it is not possible to eliminate
14. A human skin cell divides by mitosis.
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15. The filament in an electric light bulb is made from tungsten.
16. Terry earns a $250 salary plus $5 per sale. How many 103
sales must Terry make to earn $765 altogether?
17. Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. $5.00
If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did
he earn that day?
18. How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose 32
a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square
feet?
19. A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She 968 sq ft
finds an office twice the area of her current office.
If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how
many square feet is the new office?
20. A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, 1/2 hour
and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level ground. If it
goes 120 miles per hour downhill, how long will it take
to travel 45 miles on flat land?
21. ART 2 - Arithmetic Reasoning Each August, a restau- $1,607.35
rant's rent is adjusted to the cost-of-living index. The
rent has been $1,550 a month, and the cost-of-living
index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent
per month?
22. There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child .66
reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble.
What is the probability of that child getting a green
marble?
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23. The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 13 to 3
12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies
and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the
ratio of sales of puppies to kittens?
24. Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, 16 units
with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high.
The second box is rectangular and has twice the vol-
ume of the square box. If the height of the second box
is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length
of the second box?
25. If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is 4:1
the ratio of their perimeters?
26. If the perimeter of a square garden feet, what is the 441 sq ft
area of the garden?
27. The price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per $3.60
pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket. How
much would it cost per pound at the supermarket?
28. A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. 50
second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes.
How many more copies per minute will the faster
press print than the slower press?
29. If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two 125%
years, the new population was what percent of the
old?
30. 7/8
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1. Which of these is the best explanation of how a It was in a stream for a
smooth round stone became smooth? long
2. When a lobster grows a claw to replace one that was regeneration.
lost, the process is called
3. Any astronomical body that revolves around a larger a satellite.
body is called
4. In chemistry, to be classified as an organic substance, Carbon atoms.
a substance must contain
5. Which element does NOT contain any neutrons? hydrogen
6. The chemical formula of a compound describes the ratio of elements in the
elements the compound contains and the compound.
7. What is the symbol for the hydroxyl ion? Н30
8. Which of the following is a renewable resource? natural gas
9. How many atoms are in a single molecule of water 3
(H20)?
10. Regeneration in man is limited to healing of wounds.
11. When scientists measure a liquid's resistance to flow, viscosity.
they are measuring the liquid's
12. When sodium atoms form sodium ions, they lose electrons.
13. A perpetual-motion machine can never be built be- inertia,
cause it is not possible to eliminate
14. A human skin cell divides by mitosis.
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15. The filament in an electric light bulb is made from tungsten.
16. Terry earns a $250 salary plus $5 per sale. How many 103
sales must Terry make to earn $765 altogether?
17. Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. one day. $5.00
If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did
he earn that day?
18. How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose 32
a dog pen that is square and has an area of 64 square
feet?
19. A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She 968 sq ft
finds an office twice the area of her current office.
If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how
many square feet is the new office?
20. A train goes twice as fast downhill as it can go uphill, 1/2 hour
and 2/3 as fast uphill as it can go on level ground. If it
goes 120 miles per hour downhill, how long will it take
to travel 45 miles on flat land?
21. ART 2 - Arithmetic Reasoning Each August, a restau- $1,607.35
rant's rent is adjusted to the cost-of-living index. The
rent has been $1,550 a month, and the cost-of-living
index for this August was 3.7%. What is the new rent
per month?
22. There are 9 red and 6 green marbles in a bag. A child .66
reaches in the bag and randomly takes one marble.
What is the probability of that child getting a green
marble?
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23. The pet store had 6 puppies selling for $104 each and 13 to 3
12 kittens selling for $24 each. Today, only 2 puppies
and 8 kittens were left. In dollar terms, what was the
ratio of sales of puppies to kittens?
24. Jamie just bought two boxes. The first box is square, 16 units
with each side measuring 10 units, and is 4 units high.
The second box is rectangular and has twice the vol-
ume of the square box. If the height of the second box
is 5 units, and the width is 10 units, what is the length
of the second box?
25. If the ratio of the sides of two squares is 3:1, what is 4:1
the ratio of their perimeters?
26. If the perimeter of a square garden feet, what is the 441 sq ft
area of the garden?
27. The price of salmon at a fish market is $5.40 per $3.60
pound. This is 150% of its cost at a supermarket. How
much would it cost per pound at the supermarket?
28. A printing press will print 6,000 copies in 20 minutes. 50
second press can print 15,000 copies in 60 minutes.
How many more copies per minute will the faster
press print than the slower press?
29. If the population of a certain city increased 25% in two 125%
years, the new population was what percent of the
old?
30. 7/8
