Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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After school
and on weekends, Schad works at an ice cream shop. In a recent week, Schad worked 18 hours at a pay
rate of $6.50 per hour. How much did he earn that week? a. | $108 | d. | $126 | b. | $95 | e. | $127 | c. | $117 | | | | |
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At a store
at the Fox Valley Center in Aurora, a customer gave Vera, the cashier, a $100 bill to pay for a
purchase. The purchase, including sales tax, totaled $84.76. How much change should Vera give the
customer? a. | $15.00 | d. | $16.34 | b. | $15.24 | e. | $26.34 | c. | $16.24 | | | | |
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A cab driver
has found that he receives tips averaging 14% of his fares. For a week in which the driver's fares
total $1,600, how much should the driver expect to earn in tips? a. | $240.00 | d. | $114.00 | b. | $224.00 | e. | $2.24 | c. | $204.00 | | | | |
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Raquel
answers the e-mails sent to her company. If Raquel answered 108 e-mails during an 8-hour workday,
what is the average number of e-mails she answered per hour to the nearest tenth? a. | 1.7 | d. | 13.5 | b. | 10.0 | e. | 13.8 | c. | 10.8 | | | | |
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Satish is a
bookkeeper who keeps track of sales for a small bookstore. The table shows the numbers of books sold
at the store each day over a one-week period. For this week, what total number of books sold should
Satish report to his store manager?
Day | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Books
Sold | 81 | 92 | 77 | 104 | 120 | 162 | 149 | | | | | | | | |
a. | 565 | d. | 765 | b. | 668 | e. | 785 | c. | 700 | | | | |
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At his job
selling kitchen appliances in a department store, Pedro is paid $5.25 an hour plus a commission of 3%
of his total sales. One week Pedro worked 35 hours and sold $16,500 worth of appliances. How much did
he earn that week? a. | $678.75 | d. | $233.25 | b. | $496.05 | e. | $183.75 | c. | $495.00 | | | | |
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A woman's
clothing store is running a special "30% Off on Everything" sale. What sale price should be
put on a dress that has a regular price of $65? a. | $19.50 | d. | $48.75 | b. | $45.50 | e. | $84.50 | c. | $46.50 | | | | |
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In Illinois,
state aid to public school districts is based on average daily attendance. Thelma Johnson works in
the attendance office at an elementary school in Montgomery County. The table shows daily attendance
at this school for one week in April.
Day | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Attendance | 315 | 292 | 303 | 327 | 298 | | | | | | |
What is the average daily attendance that Ms. Johnson should
report to the state for this week? a. | 300 | d. | 315 | b. | 303 | e. | 327 | c. | 307 | | | | |
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Sheila and
Vijay are running a small business out of their home. Their first year in business, they had a loss
of $5,528. The second year, they made a profit of $39,620. By how much did the income of the business
increase from the first year to the second? a. | $50,676 | d. | $34,148 | b. | $45,148 | e. | $34,092 | c. | $35,148 | | | | |
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A customer
at a bookstore brings three books priced at $22, $18.50, and $29.50 to the cash register. In the area
in which the store is located, the sales tax is 6%. What total amount, including tax, should the
customer be charged? a. | $70.00 | d. | $74.20 | b. | $70.42 | e. | $75.26 | c. | $73.14 | | | | |
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A recipe for
6 dozen chocolate chip cookies calls for  cups of
flour. How many cups of flour are needed to make 20 dozen cookies using this recipe?
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In a crafts
store, one of Charmaine's customers selects  yards of one
fabric and  yards of another. Both fabrics are priced at $5 per
yard. How much should Charmaine tell the customer that the total cost is for the two pieces of
fabric, not including sales tax? a. | $43.75 | d. | $36.25 | b. | $41.25 | e. | $35.00 | c. | $40.00 | | | | |
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Liesl owns
and operates a small neighborhood grocery store. The table shows the current hourly wages of her
employees.
Cashiers | Baggers | Stockers | $8.45 | $6.15 | $6.75 | $7.80 | $6.15 | $7.35 | $8.05 | $6.95 | $6.50 | $8.30 | | | | | |
What is the median hourly wage for Liesl's
employees? a. | $6.15 | d. | $7.28 | b. | $6.95 | e. | $7.35 | c. | $7.15 | | | | |
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Len Fox went
to see his doctor, Dr. Singh. She determined that Len had an infection and wrote a prescription for
an antibiotic to be taken in a 250-milligram tablet 3 times a day for one week. How many grams of the
medication will Len take over his course of treatment? a. | 0.75 | d. | 52.5 | b. | 1.75 | e. | 5,250 | c. | 5.25 | | | | |
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A quality
control technician tests computers before they are shipped from the manufacturer to retail stores. It
takes a particular technician 75 minutes to test a computer. At this rate, how long will it take the
technician to test 25 computers? a. | 62 h 30 min | d. | 31 h 15 min | b. | 50 h | e. | 18 h 45 min | c. | 37 h 30 min | | | | |
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A music
store marks up all CDs by the same percent above the wholesale cost. If a CD that cost the store $11
is priced at $13.75, what price should be put on a new 2-CD set that cost the store
$21? a. | $18.25 | d. | $26.25 | b. | $23.75 | e. | $26.50 | c. | $25.45 | | | | |
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Noriko works
at a sod farm in Peotone in Will County. Geoff and Stephanie want to have sod laid in the back yard
of their new home. The figure shows the shape and dimensions of their yard. The sod that Geoff and
Stephanie have selected sells for 16 cents a square foot, and the farm charges an additional 7 cents
a square foot for laying the sod. Sales tax in Peotone is 6.75%, which is charged on the price of the
sod only. There is a fixed delivery fee of $75. What is the total amount of the bill that Noriko
should send Geoff and Stephanie for their order?
a. | $597.14 | d. | $582.12 | b. | $592.08 | e. | $575.86 | c. | $583.38 | | | | |
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Mrs. Masetti
brought her 4-year-old son Anthony into the doctor's office with a fever and a bad cough. The nurse,
Ms. Lewison, took Anthony's temperature and told Mrs. Masetti that it was 101.5º Fahrenheit.
Because Mrs. Masetti is from Italy, she prefers to know her son's temperature in degrees Celsius.
What temperature in degrees Celsius should Ms. Lewison report to Mrs. Masetti? a. | 24.4º | d. | 43.3º | b. | 38.3º | e. | 150.7º | c. | 38.6º | | | | |
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It takes
Candace, who works as a beautician, 20 minutes to give a haircut and style, and 45 minutes to give a
permanent. One afternoon, Candace gave a haircut and style to 7 customers and a permanent to 3
customers. What was the total amount of time Candace spent with these 10 customers? a. | 7 hr 30
min | d. | 4 hr 25
min | b. | 5 hr 25
min | e. | 3 hr 20
min | c. | 4 hr 35
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On a recent
sales trip, Lowell Forester, who lives in Toronto, Ontario, drove from Springfield, Illinois, to
Kalamazoo, Michigan. The trip odometer on the rental car showed that Mr. Forester had driven 295
miles. In order to be reimbursed by his Canadian company, he must report all distances driven in
kilometers. To the nearest kilometer, how many kilometers should Mr. Forester report for this
trip? a. | 134 | d. | 475 | b. | 183 | e. | 968 | c. | 456 | | | | |
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Donatella
Lampen manages sales for a real estate developer. Her company sells residential lots for new
construction. In one area in which her company is working, land is priced at $125,000 per acre. How
much, rounded up to the nearest $100, should Ms. Lampen charge a customer for a rectangular lot that
is 80 feet wide and 145 feet deep? a. | $33,300 | d. | $66,600 | b. | $52,200 | e. | $332,900 | c. | $55,680 | | | | |
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Virginia
works in a home improvement store. Lois Wolf came to the store one day to buy a decorative border to
go along the top edge of the walls in her son Noah's bedroom. The figure shows the shape and
dimensions of this room. The price for the border Lois picked out is $2.50 per linear foot, and
customers must pay for a whole number of linear feet. The sales tax where the store is located is 7%.
How much should Virginia charge Lois for the border, including sales tax?
a. | $476.48 | d. | $143.11 | b. | $445.31 | e. | $135.00 | c. | $144.45 | | | | |
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A furniture
store marks up all items 20% above cost. On January 2, all items were marked down 10% from their
regular prices for the after-holidays sale. On February 1, all items still in stock were marked down
an additional 10% from the after-holidays prices for the winter clearance sale. If the store's cost
for a certain dining room set was $800, what price should be put on this set for the winter clearance
sale? a. | $664.20 | d. | $800.00 | b. | $774.40 | e. | $810.00 | c. | $777.60 | | | | |
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Sidney is
making punch for a retirement party at his office. Sidney bought five 2-liter bottles of lemon-lime
drink and six half-gallon bottles of fruit juice. To the nearest quart, how many quarts of punch can
Sidney make by combining these ingredients?
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Anita
Sereno's baby boy had a mass of 3,515 grams at birth. What was the baby's birth weight to the nearest
ounce? a. | 8 lb 12
oz | d. | 7 lb 0
oz | b. | 7 lb 12
oz | e. | 6 lb 8
oz | c. | 7 lb 8
oz | | | | |
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Natasha is
researching the best long-distance telephone plan for her office in the town of Morris in Grundy
county. Natasha must choose between the Buy-What-You-Need Plan, which charges no monthly fee and 10
cents per minute for all calls, and the Super Saver Plan, which charges a $5.95 monthly fee and 6
cents per minute for all calls. How many minutes of calls must be made from Natasha's office in an
average month for the Super Saver Plan to be the better deal? a. | 37 or
more | d. | 148 or
fewer | b. | 99 or fewer | e. | 149 or more | c. | 100 or more | | | | |
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On a recent
trip driving across Saskatchewan, Canada, a sales representative found that his fuel efficiency
averaged 12.5 kilometers per liter. To the nearest tenth, how many miles per gallon did the sales
representative average on this trip? a. | 47.4 | d. | 29.4 | b. | 33.0 | e. | 20.1 | c. | 30.0 | | | | |
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Yen-Yee Ko
writes the advertising copy for a kitchen and bath specialty store. For bathtubs, the store policy is
to advertise as the volume or capacity of the tub the amount of water that will fill the tub  full. A certain model of bathtub can be accurately
approximated as having a flat bottom and straight sides, with interior dimensions of 18 inches high,
24 inches wide, and 57 inches long. What capacity should Mr. Ko list in the store's ad for this
bathtub? a. | 25
gal | d. | 99
gal | b. | 80
gal | e. | 106
gal | c. | 92
gal | | | | |
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A company
manufactures programmable thermostats and sells them for $59 each. The fixed costs to produce the
thermostats total $5,000 each month. In addition, there is a variable cost of $29 to produce each
thermostat. How many thermostats need to be sold in an average month in order for the company to make
an annual profit on the thermostats of $174,000? a. | 222 | d. | 483 | b. | 246 | e. | 650 | c. | 317. | | | | |
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An
upholstery shop receives a request to recover all sides of 3 sofa cushions, and must special order
the fabric. Each cushion is 22 inches wide, 22 inches deep, and  inches thick. How many square feet of fabric should the shop order to cover all of the
cushions, assuming no waste, but that a whole number of square feet must be ordered?
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Luis and
Stella are opening a pizzeria in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago. They hope the pizzeria
will become a popular place for Cubs fans to eat after a baseball game. The table gives the planned
prices for the different sizes of the house special, the Cubs Fan's Special Deluxe pizza. Which size
pizza gives you the most pizza for a given amount of money?
Size | Individual | Medium | Large | Super | Diameter | 8
in. | 10 in. | 14 in. | 16
in. | Price | $6.95 | $9.99 | $16.95 | $22.95 | | | | | |
a. | individual | b. | medium | c. | large | d. | super | e. | Cannot be determined from the given
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Kenyon is
ordering fencing for the Effingham Park District to enclose a new swimming pool in a city park. The
fencing is to be placed 6 feet outside each edge of the pool to allow space for lounge
chairs.
The dimensions of the pool are shown in the figure. Kenyon selects
fencing that costs $26 a linear foot plus $5 a linear foot for installation. The Park District is
exempt from sales tax. How much will the Park District pay for the fence, including
installation? a. | $9,858 | d. | $4,929 | b. | $9,114 | e. | $4,790.50 | c. | $8,091 | | | | |
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Jerry Hirsch
designs, assembles, and sells custom draperies and window shades. One of Jerry's customers needs a
fabric shade to cover a window with the shape and dimensions shown in the figure. How many square
feet of fabric, rounded up to the nearest square foot, are required to cover the
window?
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A landscaper
is designing a garden to surround a circular pond in a city park. Using the measurements shown in the
figure, about how many square feet will the garden cover?
a. | 1,570 | d. | 393 | b. | 1,178 | e. | 125 | c. | 628 | | | | |
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Stephan is
an air conditioning salesman. In order to determine the size of the unit needed to cool a home, he
must estimate the total volume of the air to be cooled. The Patels have a one-story house with 2,350
square feet of living space and 12-foot ceilings. To determine the appropriate size of the air
conditioning unit for the Patel's home, what total volume in cubic yards, to the nearest 50 cubic
yards, should Stephan use in his calculations? a. | 250 | d. | 9,400 | b. | 1,050 | e. | 28,200 | c. | 3,150 | | | | |
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Sabrina is a
microbiologist who is studying a certain strain of bacteria in her laboratory. She estimates that
there are about 18,500 bacteria in a colony at 3 p.m. and that the population of the colony is
doubling every 9 hours. About how many bacteria should Sabrina expect to find at 1:30 p.m. the
following day? a. | 3,000 | d. | 105,000 | b. | 46,000 | e. | 148,000 | c. | 74,000 | | | | |
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A factory
manufactures cardboard shipping cartons. One of the sizes made in the factory is a carton with a
square top and bottom and a height of 18 inches. If the volume of this carton is 2,592 cubic inches,
how many square feet of cardboard are needed to make 10 cartons of this size? Assume that there is no
overlap of cardboard in the cartons.
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Celinda
designs products for the Kitchen Stuff store. She is designing a set of plastic cylindrical canisters
for storing juice, sauce, or other liquids. The table shows the dimensions of these three sizes of
canisters.
Size | Diameter | Height | Tall | 4
inches | 12
inches | Medium | 5 inches | 8
inches | Small | 4 inches | 5
inches | | | |
What is the volume in quarts, to the nearest tenth, of a set
of these canisters that contains one canister of each size? a. | 4.3 | d. | 12.8 | b. | 5.9 | e. | 25.7 | c. | 6.4 | | | | |
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The beach
balls sold at the Summer Fun Store arrive at the store uninflated. One of Stan's responsibilities at
the store is to inflate the balls before they are put on display. The balls come in two sizes: Jumbo,
which has a 32-inch diameter, and Standard, which has a 20-inch diameter. About how many cubic feet
of air must Stan pump to fully inflate 10 Jumbo and 15 Standard beach balls? a. | 16 | d. | 1,620 | b. | 136 | e. | 19,440 | c. | 176 | | | | |
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Annie and
Kurt Schultz own and operate a family corn and soybean farm in Ford County near Paxton. They store
the soybeans that have been harvested in a silo that has the shape and dimensions shown in the
figure. About how many cubic yards of soybeans will the silo hold?
a. | 3,528 | d. | 281 | b. | 971 | e. | 155 | c. | 882 | | | | |
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Mei-Ming
Wang is a town manager. In order to plan for the future needs of her town, including building new
facilities, she needs to estimate the town's population several years in advance. The population of
the town is continuing to grow, but at a decreasing rate. Ms. Wang has determined that the population
since 1990 can be modeled by the function
P(x) = 42,000 log (x + 10), where x = 0
represents the year 1990. Using this model, by how many people, to the nearest hundred, should Ms.
Wang expect the population of her town to grow from 2003 to 2008? a. | 3,600 | d. | 10,700 | b. | 5,900 | e. | 60,800 | c. | 8,300 | | | | |
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An open box
can be made by cutting four squares of the same size from the corners of a square piece of cardboard,
and then folding up the flaps that are formed to create sides. A square piece of cardboard has sides
of length 24 inches, as shown in the figure. What should be the side length of the squares removed so
that the box formed from the piece of cardboard will have the maximum possible
volume?
a. | 1
in. | d. | 8
in. | b. | 2
in. | e. | 18
in. | c. | 4
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Brookfield
Zoo, near Chicago, charges one rate for adults (ages 12-64) and a lower rate that applies to both
children (ages 3-11) and seniors (ages 65 and over). Children less than 3 years old are admitted
free. The admission charge for a family consisting of two parents, ages 38 and 41, and their three
children, ages 5, 8, and 10, was $28. The admission charge for another family consisting of two
parents, ages 36 and 37, their two children, ages 4 and 6, and the children's aunt, who is 31, was
$32. How much will admission to the zoo cost for a third family that is made up of a mother, age 35,
her two children, ages 2 and 5, and the children's grandparents, ages 62 and 65? a. | $36 | d. | $20 | b. | $28 | e. | $18 | c. | $24 | | | | |
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Darius
Franklin is the business manager for a school district. He is ordering fencing to enclose a
rectangular school playground on all four sides. If Mr. Franklin orders 340 feet of fencing,
approximately what fraction of an acre is the maximum area that can be enclosed?
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