TEAS Math Practice test questions and answers

A farmer needs to buy fertilizer for his farmland. The instructions on the fertilizer say 49.5 pounds of fertilizer is needed for 1 acre of land. The farmer buys 2,000 pounds of fertilizer. What is the approximate number of acres he can cover with the fertilizer he bought? 40 Acres All the 1,020 students at a local high school must enroll in a foreign language course. If 269 students are enrolled in French, 663 are enrolled in Spanish, And the remaining students are enrolled in German. What is the percent of students enrolled in German? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number) A. 91 % B. 9% C. 65% D. 26% B. 9% The ratio of the width to the length of a rectangle is 1:3. what is the ratios represents a rectangle with an equivalent ratio? A. 33:1000 B. 6:9 C. 5:7 D. 21:63 D. 21:63 At a used car dealership, the first determinant in the price of the car is the model, followed by the mileage and the age of the car. Which of the following is the dependent variable? A. Price B. Model C. Mileage D. Age A. Price Which number is the least: 1/3 2/5 1/2 3/7? 1/3 The hypotenuse (side C) of a triangle is 13 inches long. Which of the following pairs of measurements could be correct for the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle? ( Note: A² + B² = C²) A. 2.5 inches,4 inches B. 2.5 inches, 6 inches C. 5inches, 8inches D. 5inches, 12inches D. 5inches, 12inches 15.75 divided by 20.5 0.768 Number of centimeters in 1 yard? 91.44 cm If the pediatric unit of a hospital has 165 beds, how many rooms are there is each room holds 3 beds? A. 495 beds B. 162 beds C. 83 beds D. 55 beds A. 55 beds A worker is paid 2,350 monthly and has $468 withheld from each monthly paycheck. What is her annual salary? A. $27,732 B. $33,816 C. $22,584 D. $28,200 C. 22,584 A store sells two kinds of candles, scented and unscented. The scented candles burn 1/12 inches in 20 min. The unscented candles burn 1/6 inches in 30 min. Which type of candle burns in 1 hour and what is its burn rate? The unscented candles burn faster ⅓ per hour. A glass that holds 0.5 Liters (L) will hold how many milliliters (mL)? A. 1 L = 1000 mL B. 5ml C. 50ml D. 500ml D. 500 mL What are the pairs of fractions with a common denominator are equivalent to 1/4 and 2/5? A. 5/20 and 8/20 B. 1/20 and 2/20 C. 1/9 and 2/9 D. 5/20 and 4/20 A. 5/20 and 8/20 To determine the insurance premium of a car, an insurance company considers the following determinants: the model of the car, the age of the car, and the mileage of the car. Which of the following is the dependent variable? A.) Mileage B.) Age C.) Insurance premium D.) Model C. Insurance Premium A pudding recipe for 50 people calls for 4 cups of sugar. Each bag of sugar contains 6 cups. How many bags of sugar will be needed to make this recipe for 300 people? 4 Bags Correctly rounds the value below to the hundredths place? 1,782.96471 1,782.96 Convert 27 to Roman Numerals XXVII What is 27% of 54? 14.58 200,000-180,000 how many % decrease? 10% Two runners are competing in a race. One runner averages a pace of 7 min per mile and finishes the race in 28 min. The second runner finishes in 30 min. Which of the following is the pace of the second runner? A. 7 minutes, 15 seconds per mile B. 7 minutes, 30 seconds per mile C. 8 minutes, 15 seconds per mile D. 8 minutes, 30 seconds per mile B. 7 min, 30 seconds per mile 250% of 60? 150 30, 29, 28, 30, 24, 12, 26, 33, 35, 23, find the mean? 27 4(x-3)=2(3x+1). Solve for X? x=-7 5 feet, 10 inches in Centimeter? 177.8 cm 20 mm to m? 0.02 m A truck driver drives from city A to city B in 5 hr at a certain average speed and drives back from City B to city A in 4 hr at an average speed 15 miles per hr faster, which of the following is the truck driver average speed from city To City B? 60 mph The width of a rectangle is 4 inches (in) and the area of the rectangle is 32 inches squared. What is of the following represents the length of the rectangle? A. 8 inches B. 28 inches C. 36 inches D. 128 inches A. 8 inches What correctly represents the phrase "five less than a number is greater than twenty"? A. x-520 B. 5-x20 C. x-520 D. 5-x20 A. x-5 20 (1/2) (10t) = 50,000, find t in the expression? t= 10,000 Fraction Form of 0.897? 897/1000 Find 95F to C if [c=5/9(F-32)]? 35 C What is the percentage to a fraction 1 and 3/5? 100% and 60% The length of a triangle is 3 units greater than its width. What correctly represent the perimeter of the rectangle? 2w+2(w+3) 4 1/6 divided by 1 1/3? 3 1/8 Which of the following is the number of ¾ inch strips of caulk it will take to completely cover a length of 10 ½ inches? A. 14 inches B. 9 3/4 inches C. 7 7/8 inches D. 8 inches A. 14 inches Seven more than twice a number is equal to twenty-0ne? A. 7(2x) =21 B. 7+2x=21 C. 2(x+7)=21 D. 2(7)+x=21 B. 7+2x=21 Which of the following is the correct conversion of 2 ¾ yards into inches? A. 11 inches B. 33 inches C. 99 inches D. 75 inches C. 99 inches Five hundred forty-eight runners participated in a recent race. 26 did not finish the race. half of those who did finish completed the race in less than 2 hours. what is the number of runners who completed the race in less than 2 hours? A. 261 B. 248 C. 522 D.274 A. 261 4/3, 27/20, 1.369, 1.357 using the numbers above. What number is greatest? A. 1.369 B. 1.357 C. 27/20 D. 4/3 A. 1.369 The student to faculty ratio at a college is 43:2. There are 2,881 students at the college. What is the number of faculty member? A. 67 B. 128 C.41 D. 134 D. 134 What is the next number in these series 84,74,64,54,44,_ ? 34 The number of bicycles ( X ) in a shop is 4 more than 3 times the number of snowmobiles ( Y ), What equations symbolically represents the number of bicycles in terms of terms of the number of snowmobiles? A. 3x=y+d B. X+4=3y C. X=3y+4 D. X=4y+3 x = 3y + 4 What is a good estimate of the length of a standard bed pillow? A. 0.5km B. 0.5 m C. 5.0 m D. 5.0 cm B. 0.5 m A farmer plants 4 apple trees for every 3 pecan trees in the orchard. She plants 2 peach trees for every 5 pecan trees. If the farmer plants 24 peach trees, how many apple trees are in the orchard? A. 60 apple trees B. 96 apple trees C. 80 apple trees D. 48 apple trees C. 80 apple trees An investor owns 50 shares of a stock worth $15.30 per share. Which of the following is the amount of money the investor would receive if he cashed in half of the shares of this stock? A.$38.250.00 B. $382.50 C. $76,500.00 D. $765.00 B. $382.50 In May the price of a gallon of gasoline was $4.00 in June, the price went up to $4.20 which of the following is the percent of increase in the cost of gasoline from may to June? A. 5.00% B. 4.80% C. 0.05% D. 0.48% A. 5.00% Which of the following is the weight of the cargo in a truck if 1/3 of the cargo weighs 516 pounds (lb)? A. 688 Ib B. 1,548 Ib C. 172 Ib D. 1,302 Ib B. 1,548 lb Which of the following is the appropriate of measure to use when finding the mass of pencil? A. Kilograms B. Meters C. Grams D. Centimeter C. Grams What is the most appropriate decimal representation for the square root of 5? 2.24 12 5/8- 7 4/5= ? 4 33/40 Monday: 4 7/8 Tuesday: 5 3/4 Wednesday: 4 1/2 Thursday: 4 4/8 Friday: 5/8 The chart above shows the number of the boxes an apple picker filled with apples during the week. which of the following is the total number of boxes he filled in the five days? A. 19 3/8 boxes B. 20 1/8 boxes C. 21 1/4 boxes D. 17 19/20 boxes B. 20 1/8 boxes