UNM Math Placement Test Exam with verified solutions 2024

Which of the following fractions are equal to 0.06? a. 1/6 b. 1/60 c. 6/10 d. 6/100 d. 6/100 A club has 36 members. If each member donates 12 items for an auction, how many items will there be in the auction? a. 48 b. 108 c. 422 d. 432 d. 432 What is the value of 4/10 + 3/100 a. 43/100 b. 43/110 c. 7/10 d. 7/110 a. A conference planner has put together 280 binders for attendees and another 31 binders for presenters. How many total binders did the planner put together for attendees and presenters? a. 211 b. 249 c. 311 d. 590 c. A store stocked 150 cans of popcorn for a weekend sale. That weekend, 72 of the cans sold. What percent of the cans of popcorn stocked were sold that weekend? a. 2% b. 5% c. 48% d. 72% c. 8/3, 2.28, 10/12, 0.199 What number in the list above has the greatest value? 8/3 If Manuel deposits 25% of 130$ into a savings account, what is the amount of his deposit? a. $5.20 b. $25.00 c. $32.50 d. $97.50 c. What is 1,582 + 761? a. 1,119 b. 1,243 c. 1,343 d. 2,343 d. Xiaoming is making cookies. Each batch of cookies uses 3 eggs. If Xiaoming has 20 eggs, and assuming he has enough of the other ingredients to make the cookies, what is the greatest number of batches that he can make? a. 3 b. 6 c. 7 d. 17 b. What is the value of 3.85 + 0.004 + 0.117? 3.971 Which of the following is equivalent to 8/25? a. 0.02 b. 0.32 c. 0.825 d. 3.125 b. 0.32 What is the remainder when 599 is divided by 9? a. 0 b. 5 c. 6 d. 9 b. 5 A machine is currently set to a feed rate of 5.921 inches per minute (IPM). The machinist changes this setting to 6.088 IPM. By how much did the machinist increase the feed rate? a. 0.167 IPM b. 1.67 IPM c. 1.833 IPM d. 1.967 IPM a. 0.167 IPM 0.075, 0.75%, 3/4 What is the correct order of these numbers? 0.75%, 0.075, 3/4 What is the value of 2.84 x 3.9? 11.076 What is 0.8637 rounded to the nearest hundredth? 0.86 60% of what number is equal to 30? a. 0.5 b. 2 c. 18 d. 50 d. If 4/3 divided by 1/6 = p, then the value of p is between which of the following pairs of numbers? a. 3 and 4 b. 5 and 6 c. 6 and 7 d. 7 and 9 d. Which of the following inequalities is true? a. 3/4 5/7 b. 2/3 5/6 c. 5/8 6/10 d. 4/5 2/9 c. Carole works at a bookstore and a restaurant. In a 28-day period, Carole worked 1/4 of the days at the bookstore and did not work 1/14 of the days. On the remaining days Carole worked at the restaurant. How many days did Carole work at the restaurant during the 28 day period? a. 25 b. 19 c. 10 d. 9 b. Which of the following expressions is 5 times as much as the sum of r and s? a. 5 x r + s b. 5 + r + s c. r + s x 5 d. (r + s) x 5 d. What is the solution to the equation: (1/2)x + 3/2(x + 1) - 1/4 = 5? a. 5/2 b. 13/8 c. 15/8 d. 17/8 c. What is the number of grams in 500 kg? ( 1kg - 1,000 grams) a. 0.5 b. 5,000 c. 50,000 d. 500,000 d. In the xy-plane, a line crosses the y-axis at the point (0,3) and passes through the point (4,5). Which of the following is an equation of the line? a. y = 1/2 x + 3 b. y = 2x + 3 c. y = (1/2)x - 4 d. y = 2x - 4 a.