ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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A store sells markers in packs of 12 and pencils in packs of 5. Lanier wants to buy an equal
number of markers and pencils. What is the MINIMUM number of markers Lanier would have
to buy? - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
What is the greatest common factor of 30, 42, and 48? - CORRECT ANSWER -6
Which expression is equivalent to 16 + 56? 2(14 + 54) 4(4 + 12) 7(2 + 8) 8(2 + 7) - CORRECT
ANSWER - 8(2 + 7)
Miley drove 288 miles in 4 hours. If she continues at the same rate, how far would she drive in 8
hours? - CORRECT ANSWER - 576 miles
What is the product of 6.4 and 1.13? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.232
The recipe for blueberry muffins requires 3 cups of blueberries for every 5 cups of flour. What is
the ratio of blueberries to flour in this recipe? - CORRECT ANSWER - 3:5
There are 14 boys and 12 girls in Mrs. Rogers class. What is the ratio of boys to girls in
simplified form? - CORRECT ANSWER - 7:6
Find the unit rate for 140 eggs from 14 chickens. - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 eggs to 1
chicken (10:1)
Lori's board is 17 yards long and 10 yards wide. How many feet long is her board? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 51 feet
,Mr. Valdez drove 420 miles in 7 hours. On average, how many miles per hour did Mr. Valdez
drive? - CORRECT ANSWER - 60
Mrs. Harvey has 100 students. Her 5th period class has 28 students. What percent of her students
are in her 5th period class? - CORRECT ANSWER - 28%
Sam made 14 out of 20 free throws. What percentage of the free throws did he make? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 70%
Carla works in a clothing store. Five hours represent 25% of Carla's work week. How many total
hours does Carla work in one week? - CORRECT ANSWER - 20
The punch recipe has a ratio of 6 quarts of pineapple juice to 4 quarts of clear soda. How many
quarts of pineapple juice are there to one quart of soda? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.5
A publisher estimates that 8 out of every 50 books published become national best sellers. What
percentage of the books do NOT become national best sellers? - CORRECT ANSWER -
84%
Using the Distributive Property, this expression is equivalent to the expression 3(2 + x). 32 + x 6
+ 6x 6 + 3x 5 + 3x - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 + 3x
This word phrase is NOT equivalent to this expression? 8w. eight times w the product of 8 and w
eight groups of w the quotient of 8 and w - CORRECT ANSWER - the quotient of 8 and w
This word phrase is equivalent to the expression 4x + 7. seven more than the product of 4 and x
the product of four and x and seven four times x minus seven the difference of 4x and 7 -
CORRECT ANSWER - seven more than the product of 4 and x
This expression is equivalent to 5x - 3. 5 + x - 3 x + 2 x + x + x + x + x - 3 5x + 5x + 5x + 5x +
5x - 3 - CORRECT ANSWER -x+x+x+x+x-3
, What is the solution for 2x + 5 = 21 - CORRECT ANSWER -8
What is the solution for 18 - x = 28 - CORRECT ANSWER - 10
This equation has x = 6 as the solution. 2 + x = 7 3x = 9 2x = 18 x + 3 = 9 - CORRECT
ANSWER -x+3=9
Solve v + 4.2 = 10 - CORRECT ANSWER - 5.8
Grace paid $27 for 6 bottles of nail polish. If x represents the cost of one bottle of nail polish,
this equation could be used to find the cost of ONE bottle of nail polish. 27x = 6 x + 6 = 27 27 +
6 = x 6x = 27 - CORRECT ANSWER - 6x = 27
Find the Median of the following data set: 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8,8,8, 10, 10, 12 - CORRECT
ANSWER - 7.5
A jacket cost $72 plus 8% sales tax. What is the total cost of the jacket? - CORRECT
ANSWER - $77.76
What is 50% of 200? - CORRECT ANSWER - 100
Which number is less than -3? - CORRECT ANSWER - -2
How many square feet of sod is needed to cover a 9 ft by 60 ft lawn? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 540 sq ft
A novel is 144 pages long. If Michael has read the first 36 pages, what percent of the book has he
completed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 25%