Final Exam Quantitative Literacy
After using unit rates to determine the better buy, write the unit price of the better buy for your answer.
Round your answer correctly to the nearest hundredth.
$211.85 for 620 batteries
$8.69 for 24 batteries - Answer-0.34
The ratio of 1.2 to 43 is the same as the ratio of 4.8 to what number? - Answer-172
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 72%? - Answer-18/25
Which of the following is the largest?
half of 92
one-fourth of 188
one-sixth of 276 - Answer-one-fourth of 188
Change the fraction (11/25) to a percentage. - Answer-44%
What number is 62% of 250? - Answer-155
369 is 45% of what number? - Answer-820
Your dinner bill was $36.00. If you leave a 20% tip, how much will the tip be? - Answer-$7.20
, AirPods cost $139.99 in the store. What would your total cost be if the sales tax rate is 4.75%? Round
your answer to the nearest cent. - Answer-$146.64
Three pounds of sugar cost $2.25. How much sugar do you get per dollar? Round your answer correctly
to the nearest hundredth. - Answer-1.33 pounds per dollar
You are making a dessert and need to adjust the recipe. Your cookie recipe makes 3 dozen cookies, but
you need 4 dozen cookies. If the recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups of oil, 2 1/4 teaspoons of vanilla, and 2 1/2
teaspoons of cinnamon, how much oil, vanilla and cinnamon will you need for 4 dozen cookies?
Numbers in answer choices are listed as cups of oil, teaspoons of vanilla and teaspoons of cinnamon -
Answer-2 1/3, 3, 3 ⅓
An employee's annual pay is $43,992 based on 52 weeks per year. Due to the economy, the company is
having to cut back on the number of working weeks. If the firm cuts the work year to 48 weeks but
keeps the same rate of pay, how much should the employee expect his/her annual pay to decrease?
Round your answer to the nearest dollar. - Answer-$3384
If 32 of the 84 people who swim at the YMCA are children, what is the ratio of adults to children who
swim at the YMCA? Write the ratio in lowest terms with a colon. (for example, 2:3) - Answer-8:13
If the ratio of tourists to locals is 4:9 and there are 80 tourists at an event, how many locals are there? -
Answer-180
An election is over and a new city council member has been elected. The new councilwoman received 4
votes for every vote received by her opponent. The new councilwoman received 2956 votes. How many
votes did her opponent receive? - Answer-739
If six out of every thirteen trick-or-treaters that came to your house last Halloween were dressed as
knights, what proportion of trick-or-treaters were not dressed as knights? - Answer-7/13
After using unit rates to determine the better buy, write the unit price of the better buy for your answer.
Round your answer correctly to the nearest hundredth.
$211.85 for 620 batteries
$8.69 for 24 batteries - Answer-0.34
The ratio of 1.2 to 43 is the same as the ratio of 4.8 to what number? - Answer-172
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 72%? - Answer-18/25
Which of the following is the largest?
half of 92
one-fourth of 188
one-sixth of 276 - Answer-one-fourth of 188
Change the fraction (11/25) to a percentage. - Answer-44%
What number is 62% of 250? - Answer-155
369 is 45% of what number? - Answer-820
Your dinner bill was $36.00. If you leave a 20% tip, how much will the tip be? - Answer-$7.20
, AirPods cost $139.99 in the store. What would your total cost be if the sales tax rate is 4.75%? Round
your answer to the nearest cent. - Answer-$146.64
Three pounds of sugar cost $2.25. How much sugar do you get per dollar? Round your answer correctly
to the nearest hundredth. - Answer-1.33 pounds per dollar
You are making a dessert and need to adjust the recipe. Your cookie recipe makes 3 dozen cookies, but
you need 4 dozen cookies. If the recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups of oil, 2 1/4 teaspoons of vanilla, and 2 1/2
teaspoons of cinnamon, how much oil, vanilla and cinnamon will you need for 4 dozen cookies?
Numbers in answer choices are listed as cups of oil, teaspoons of vanilla and teaspoons of cinnamon -
Answer-2 1/3, 3, 3 ⅓
An employee's annual pay is $43,992 based on 52 weeks per year. Due to the economy, the company is
having to cut back on the number of working weeks. If the firm cuts the work year to 48 weeks but
keeps the same rate of pay, how much should the employee expect his/her annual pay to decrease?
Round your answer to the nearest dollar. - Answer-$3384
If 32 of the 84 people who swim at the YMCA are children, what is the ratio of adults to children who
swim at the YMCA? Write the ratio in lowest terms with a colon. (for example, 2:3) - Answer-8:13
If the ratio of tourists to locals is 4:9 and there are 80 tourists at an event, how many locals are there? -
Answer-180
An election is over and a new city council member has been elected. The new councilwoman received 4
votes for every vote received by her opponent. The new councilwoman received 2956 votes. How many
votes did her opponent receive? - Answer-739
If six out of every thirteen trick-or-treaters that came to your house last Halloween were dressed as
knights, what proportion of trick-or-treaters were not dressed as knights? - Answer-7/13
