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The price of fifteen limes is $9.00. Find the price of one lime.
A. $0.50 B. $0.60 C. $0.75 D. $1.67 |
B. $9.00÷15= $0.60
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A train car has 24.35 tons of cargo. What is the weight of the cargo in pounds?
A. 20,000 pounds B. 24,350 pounds C. 30,000 pounds D. 48,700 pounds E. 73,050 pounds |
D. 24.35 × 2000= 48,700 poundd
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A skyscraper is drawn to scale on a sheet of paper. The height of the actual building is 1,350 feet. Find the height of the skyscraper on the sheet of paper if 1 inch on the paper is equivalent to 50 feet.
A. 25 inches B. 27 inches C. 30 inches D. 50 inches |
B. 1350 ÷ 50 = 27 inches
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There is a 3% increase in the cost of a car. If the original cost was $14,000, what is the new cost?
A. $13,520 B. $14,030 C. $14,300 D. $14,420 |
D. $14,000 × .03 = 420.
$14, 000 + 420 = $14,420 |
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If a barge can travel 16 miles in 5 hours, how far can it travel in 7 hours?
A. 20.5 miles. B. 21.9 miles C. 22.4 miles. D. 28.3 miles. E. 35.6 miles |
C. 16 miles ÷ 5 hours = 3.2 . Then 3.2 × 7 = 22.4 miles
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Tina’s salary is 130% of Spencer’s salary. If Spencer’s weekly salary is $1,500, what is Tina’s weekly salary?
A. $1,050 B. $1,630 C. $1,800 D. $1,950 |
D. $1,500 × 1.30 = $1,950
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The area of the base of a rectangular tank is 3,000 square inches, and the volume of the tank is 324,000 cubic inches. Find the height of the tank in feet.
A. 9 feet B.12 feet C. 108 feet D. 1,296 feet |
A. 324, 000 cubic inches ÷ 3,000= 108 ÷ 12 = 9 feet
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A photograph that is 2 1/2 inches by 4 3/8 inches is enlarged into a poster whose shorter side is 16 inches. What is the length of the poster’s longer side?
A. 18 inches B. 28 inches C. 36 inches D. 40 inches |
B. 16/2.5 × 35/8 = 560/20 = 28 inches
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In a group of 32 musicians, 18 can play guitar, 22 can play piano, and 2 can play neither instrument. What fraction of the group can play both guitar and piano?
A. 1/8 B. 5/32 C. 5/16 D. 9/11 E. 20/21 |
C. Well, 2/32 don't count, because they don't play anything. If there was no overlap, you would need 40 players to have 18 guitarists and 22 pianists. So 10/32 play, which reduces to 5/16.
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Traveling at a speed of 42 miles per hour, a truck can travel a certain distance in 14 hours. In order to travel the same distance in 12 hours, the speed of the truck must be increased to
A. 44 miles per hour. B. 48 miles per hour. C. 49 miles per hour. D. 54 miles per hour. E. 60 miles per hour. |
C. 42÷12 = 3.5 × 14 = 49 miles per hour
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Peter borrowed $12,000, which he paid back after 4 years at a simple interest rate of 8%. Find the total amount that Peter paid back.
A. $12,960 B. $14,400 C. $15,200 D. $15,840 E. $16,000 |
D. A= P(1+rt)
A= $12,000(1+(0.08 × 4)) A= $12,000(1.32) A = $15,840 |
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Mary worked for a certain company for 4 years. At the end of each year, her salary was raised by 10%. If her starting salary was $30,000 per year, what was her salary after the fourth raise?
A. $33,000 B. $36,300 C. $39,930 D. $42,000 E. $43,923 |
E. $30,000 × 1.1 × 1.1 × 1.1 × 1.1 =$43,923
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When Lyle goes to the grocery store, he always leaves with 4, 5, or 6 bags of groceries. Each bag always weighs between 1 and 7 pounds. What is the difference between Lyle’s heaviest possible grocery purchase and his lightest possible grocery purchase?
A. 4 pounds B. 35 pounds C. 38 pounds D. 42 pounds |
C. Lightest = 1*4=4 lbs, heaviest = 6*7=42 lbs. 42 - 4= 38 pounds
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An architect makes a model of an office building in which 1 inch represents 18 feet. The dimensions of the model are 8 inches by 12 inches by 5 inches. What are the dimensions of the actual building?
A. 64 feet by 144 feet by 25 feet B. 90 feet by 144 feet by 25 feet C. 144 feet by 216 feet by 90 feet D.144 feet by 261 feet by 18 feet |
C. 8 × 18 = 144 feet. 12 × 18= 216 feet. 5 × 18 = 90 feet. 144 feet by 216 feet by 90 feet
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Working together, Martin and Neil can paint a fence in 5 hours. After working together on a certain fence for 4 hours, Neil left the project. Martin finished the project by working alone for 3 hours. If Martin had painted the entire fence by himself, it would have taken him
A. 5 hours. B. 7 hours. C. 8 hours. D. 12 hours. E. 15 hours. |
E. 1/5th the fence takes him 3 hours, so 3 ×5= 15 hours
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Abigail, Bart, and Cathy invested $2,400, $3,600, and $6,000 respectively to start a partnership business. At the end of the first year, the business earned a profit of 40% on the initial investment. The profit was taxed at the rate of 30%. The three investors shared the remaining profit, in amounts proportionate to their original investments. What was Cathy’s share of the remaining profit?
A. $720 B. $1,680 C. $2,400 D. $3,360 |
B. (Cathys: $6,000).
(Profit: 40% + 30% = 70% =. 7. ) ($6,00 × . 4 × .7 = 1, 680) |
