Yesterday, a waiter received $74 in tips. Today C) {-9,-8}
he received 125% of what he made yesterday. D) {-9,8} - ANSWER -{-9,8} (both of these
Which of the following is the amount of money numbers can be substituted for x to make the
the waiter received in tips today? equation true)
A) $18.50
B) $59.20
C) $83.25
D) $92.50 - ANSWER -$92.50 (to Which of the following fractions represents the
determine the days total, take yesterdays total sum of 0.3,0.6,0.04,0.02?
($74) and multiply by the numerical equivalent of
125% (1.25). The total is $92.50) A) 3/20
B) 24/25
C) 25/24
D) 3/2 - ANSWER -24/25
A recipe calls for 5 cups of flour, 1 1/2 cups of
sugar, and 1/3 cup of cocoa. Which of the
following is the amount of dry ingredients in this
recipe? 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 Simplify the expression.
A) 5 1/6 cups
B) 6 1/6 cups A) 2 1/4
C) 6 5/6 cups B) 2 1/2
D) 7 1/6 cups - ANSWER -6 5/6 cups (the C) 3 3/4
first step when adding fractions is to determine D) 7 1/2 - ANSWER -3 3/4
the least common denominator for the fractions.
This leads to the following expression: 5+1 3/6 +
2/6. The sum of this is 6 5/6.
A shopper a a local grocery store weighs a bag of
apples. The weight is 2.4 pounds. Which of the
following is the weight of the apples in ounces?
A computer is worth $1,500 at the time of Note 1lb=16oz
purchase. After 5 years, the computer is obsolete
and has no value. Assuming the computers A) 14.4oz
value decreases linearly, which of the following B) 19.2oz
expressions represents the computers value at C) 28.8oz
any time? (t) D) 38.4 oz - ANSWER -38.4oz
A) -300t + 1500
B) -5t + 1500
C) -300t + 5
D) -5t + 5 - ANSWER --300t + 1500 The distance from Chicago, IL, to St. Louis, MO,
is 300 miles. Which of the following is the
distance in meters (m) between these 2 cities?
(Note: 1 mile= 1.6km)
| 2x+1 | = 17 solve the equation for x
A) 187.5 m
A) {8,9} B) 480m
B) {-8,9} C) 187,500 m
1/3