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Questions with Verified Answers
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1. A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar
reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the
aircraft?
Answer> 50%
2. Jerry walked a dog from 6.40 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6
per hour, how much did he earn that day?
Answer> $5.00
3. A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her
current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is
the new office?
Answer> 968 sq feet
4. If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
Answer> 441 sq ft
5. How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and
,has an area of 64 sq feet?
Answer> 32 feet
6. Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week.
what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
Answer> 16
7. If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a 48-
foot shadow, how tall is the tree?
Answer> 30 feet
8. if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
Answer> 25%
9. Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then into
triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ?
Answer> 16 sq ft
10. A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves again,
and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the
pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
Answer> 3/4
11. A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
, Answer> 22
12. A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying off the
principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being payed for
interest?
Answer> 10%
13. How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing
1/4 pound?
Answer> 20
14. Emphasize most nearly means
Answer> to accentuate
15. We will long remember our perilous journey
Answer> hazardous
16. Inept most nearly means
Answer> silly
17. void
Answer> empty
18. fervently
Answer> passionately
, 19. Devout most nearly means
Answer> pious
20. Erratically most nearly means
Answer> irregularly
21. Sustain most nearly means
Answer> to tolerate
22. Skepticism most nearly means
Answer> cynicism
23. the cashier negated the charge of the item
Answer> Nullified (forgot, nullified, ques- tioned, disputed
24. crass most nearly means
Answer> crude
25. If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
Answer> 121
26. what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
Answer> (x+3)(x+1)
27. Simplify
Answer> 3/5x + x
Questions with Verified Answers
(100% Correct Answers) /Already Graded A+
1. A radar is designed to report the track of an aircraft every second. If this radar
reports 30 tracks in one minute, what percentage of the time did the radar track the
aircraft?
Answer> 50%
2. Jerry walked a dog from 6.40 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6
per hour, how much did he earn that day?
Answer> $5.00
3. A woman is looking for a bigger square office. She finds an office twice the area of her
current office. If the perimeter of her current office is 88 feet, how many square feet is
the new office?
Answer> 968 sq feet
4. If the perimeter of a square garden is 84 feet, what is the area of the garden?
Answer> 441 sq ft
5. How many feet of chain fence are necessary to enclose a dog pen that is square and
,has an area of 64 sq feet?
Answer> 32 feet
6. Five people, each working 8 hours a day can assemble 400 toys in a 5 day work week.
what is the average number of toys assembled per hour per person?
Answer> 16
7. If a 5-foot post casts an 8-foot shadow at the same time that a nearby tree casts a 48-
foot shadow, how tall is the tree?
Answer> 30 feet
8. if 35 of the 140 cars delivered to a dealer were blue.. what % were blue?
Answer> 25%
9. Before being painted, a concrete play area was marked off into squares and then into
triangles. For the square shown, what is the area of the triangular part labeled XYZ?
Answer> 16 sq ft
10. A pie was cut into two equal pieces. Each of the pieces of pie was cut into halves again,
and each of those smaller pieces was cut into two equal pieces. If two of the pieces of the
pie were eaten what portion of the pie remains?
Answer> 3/4
11. A box of nails weigh 1-5/6 pounds. What is the weight of 12 boxes?
, Answer> 22
12. A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month. $225 of which goes to paying off the
principal, and the rest goes towards the interest. What percent is being payed for
interest?
Answer> 10%
13. How many 5-pound bags of apples can be made from 400 apples, each weighing
1/4 pound?
Answer> 20
14. Emphasize most nearly means
Answer> to accentuate
15. We will long remember our perilous journey
Answer> hazardous
16. Inept most nearly means
Answer> silly
17. void
Answer> empty
18. fervently
Answer> passionately
, 19. Devout most nearly means
Answer> pious
20. Erratically most nearly means
Answer> irregularly
21. Sustain most nearly means
Answer> to tolerate
22. Skepticism most nearly means
Answer> cynicism
23. the cashier negated the charge of the item
Answer> Nullified (forgot, nullified, ques- tioned, disputed
24. crass most nearly means
Answer> crude
25. If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A^2-B^2)^2?
Answer> 121
26. what are the factors of x^2+4x+3
Answer> (x+3)(x+1)
27. Simplify
Answer> 3/5x + x
