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1. A Car is 4 meters long. How many millimeters long is it
400 millimeters
3,600 millimeters
4,000 millimeters
8,000 millimeters
2. School cooks at Central Middle School know that when pizza is served, three out of five students eat hot lunch. Pizza is being served for hot lunch today. If 200 students are in school today, about how many students will eat pizza?
about 40 students
about 100 students
about 120 students
about 150 students
3. Stuart drove 93 miles and used 3.75 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did he get?
18.5 miles per gallon
19.6 miles per gallon
21.5 miles per gallon
24.8 miles per gallon
4. Joan ordered 199 shirts for her store last year. She has to increase her order by 25 percent. ABOUT how many extra shirts must she order?
25
50
75
100
5. Farmer Vinh collected 75 eggs from his chicken coops. How many cartons of a dozen can he fill?
6
7
8
625
6. Pete went shopping. He bought meat for $6.35, vegetables for $1.97, bread for $1.35, and milk for $2.95. All prices include tax. How much change did he get back from a $20 bill?
$7.38
$8.48
$8.62
$12.62
7. A bicycle tire has a diameter of 20 inches. What is its circumference? Use 3.14 for pi.
23.14 inches
62.8 inches
125.6 inches
314 inches
8. Margaret got four quizzes back from her teacher. She can throw out the low score. Which score should she throw out?
8 out of 10 questions correct.
75% of questions correct.
65 out of 100 questions correct.
83% of questions correct.
9. Nine applicants for a secretarial job typed the following words per minute on a typing test: 52, 48, 72, 65, 73, 76, 78, 63, 67. The employer will not hire anyone who scored below the median of the group. What is the median of the scores?
52
63
67
73
10. A 15 ounce box of Breakfast Bits costs $1.89 while a 12 ounce box of the same cereal costs $1.74, and an 18 ounce box costs $2.15. What will be the best buy?
a 12 ounce box.
a 15 ounce box.
an 18 ounce box.
The cost per ounce is the same for all three.
11. Since 1932, no batting champion has had an average over .400 except Ted Williams in 1941. How many hits must a player have to achieve an average of .400 if he has been at bat 550 times?
137 hits
220 hits
250 hits
400 hits
12. Barb measured a line segment starting at zero. It measured 7/16 inches. Which mark on the ruler was it closest to?
1/4 inch
1/2 inch
1 inch
3/4 inch
13. Jackie bought a CD for $11.50. The sales tax is 6%. How much did Jackie pay for the CD, including the sales tax?
$10.74
$11.79
$12.19
$20.15
14. Ping pong balls are packed in boxes each containing 12 balls. The boxes are packed in crates, each containing 12 boxes. If a sports store orders 100 crates, how many ping pong balls will it receive?
1,200 balls
1,440 balls
12,000 balls
14,400 balls
15. Andrea spent $4.50 out of an allowance of $15.00. What percentage of her allowance did she spent?
.3%
3.3%
30%
33%
16. XYZ stock sold for 13 1/8 on the stock market. The stock went up 3 1/2 points. What does the stock sell for now?
16 1/6
16 2/10
16 2/16
16 5/8
17. 1,700 trees grew and 2,500 were planted. What percent of the planted trees grew?
14.8 percent
47 percent
56 percent
68 percent
18. John has nine socks in his drawer. Four of the socks are blue, five are white. If he reaches into the drawer without looking, what is the probability he'll pick a white sock?
5 out of 9
4 out of 4
9 out of 9
4 out of 9
19. You have two tickets in a school raffle. There are 600 tickets altogether in the raffle. If one ticket is drawn, what is the probability that it will be one of your tickets?
1 out of 600
2 out of 600
2 out of 6
1 out of 2
20. How many students are going on a field trip if 2/3 of the 690 students are participating in the field trip?
230 students
453 students
460 students
500 students
Score me!