Sample
Questions:
These
questions could appear on either test.
Answers follow the last question.
1. Which of the following numbers is largest
A. 2.35 B. 
C. 
D. 2.305 E. 
2. The first-year class at Eastern State
University is composed of 350 in-state female students, 300 in-state male
students, 200 out-of-state female students, and 150 out-of-state male
students. What percent of these
first-year students are females?
A. 35%
B. 63.6% C
55% D. 53.8% E. 65%
3. A paint color requires 5 drops of red
pigment for every 3 drops of the blue pigment.
If the volume of paint to be mixed requires 24 drops of blue pigment,
how many drops of the red pigment are needed?
A. 26
B. 120 C. 48 D.
40 E. 35
4. The temperature of a heated liquid decreases
as a function of time, once the heat source is removed. For a particular liquid this relationship is
modeled by the following formula
, where T is the temperature in degrees Celsius and s is the elapsed
time in minutes.
Which
of the following is the best approximation for the temperature of this liquid 8
minutes after the heat source is removed?
A. 222
B. 28.75 C.
5.26 D. 162
E. 55
5. A bowl contains 10 apples, 8 oranges, and 7
pears. One piece of fruit is selected
at random from this bowl. What is the
probability that the piece of fruit selected is an orange?
A. 
B. 8
C. 
D. 
E.
6. If 3x - 9 = 21 then x is equal to
A. 10
B. 4 C. 30 D.
27 E. 9
7. 
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
8. 20 - 3×23 =
A. -4
B. 4 C. -196 D.
196 E. 136
9. What is the perimeter of the figure shown
below.
A. 65
B. 75 C. 110 D.
120 E. 130
10. A new CD player costs $90.00. There is an optional service contract
available for an additional 8% of the price of the item. If the customer purchases the item and the
service contract how much will the customer be charged?
A. $7.20 B. $90.00 C.
$97.20 D. $900.00 E. $82.80
The following questions would only appear on the test that
required the use of a calculator.
11. Which of the following is the best
approximation for (2.4)5.
A. 12
B. 32.4 C.
32.01024 D. 79.2
E. 79.626
12. Which of the following is the best
approximation for 
A. 4.736 B. 2.764 C.
3.236 D. 0.472 E. 2.776
13. It takes 7 gallons of fuel to keep a motor running
for 2.5 hours. Which of the following
best approximates the amount of fuel it will take to keep the motor running for
8 hours?
A. 15 gallons B. 17.5 gallons C.
22 gallons D. 22.4 gallons E. 21 gallons
14. A survey is sent to 650 people. 451 of these people returned the
survey. Which of the following is the
best approximation of the return rate for this survey?
A. 45.1%
B. 69.4% C.
40.9% D. 59.1%
E. 30.6%
Answers: 1. B,
2. C, 3. D, 4. E,
5. C, 6. A, 7. E,
8. A, 9. E, 10. C,
11. E, 12. B, 13. D,
14. B
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questions below)
Sample
Questions (Second Set):
These
questions could appear on either test.
Answers follow the last question.
1. Which of the following numbers is smallest
A. 2.53 B. 
C. 
D. 2.305 E. 
2. The first-year class at Eastern State
University has 2000 students. Eighty
percent of these students are in-state students and 40% of the in-state
students are males. How many in-state
males are there in the first-year class?
A. 1600
B. 400 C 800 D.
640 E. 320
3. A string of decorative lights has 6 red lights
for every 4 green lights. If the string
contains 48 green lights, how many red lights does it contain?
A. 12
B. 32 C. 72 D. 48 E. 54
4. Water is being added to a vat at such a rate
that, D, the depth, in inches, of the water in the vat at time t, measured in
minutes, is given by the formula 
. How deep is the
water in the vat at time T = 8 minutes?
A. 
B. 
C. 4
D. 
E. 
5. A bowl contains 8 apples, 10 oranges, and 12
pears. One piece of fruit is selected
at random from this bowl. What is the probability
that the piece of fruit selected is an orange?
A. 
B. 10
C. 
D. 
E. 
6. If 5x + 8 = 28 then x is equal to
A. 
B. 4
C. 20 D. 15 E.
31
7. 
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
8. 42 – 62/2 =
A. 3
B. 24 C. 338 D.
50 E. -24
9. What is the perimeter of the figure shown
below.
A.
80 B. 110
C. 137 D. 160 E. 1500
10. A hotel charges $120 per day for a room,
plus the occupancy tax which is 15%. If
these are all of the charges, what does this room cost for one day?
A. $18.00 B. $102.00 C.
$135.00 D. $138.00 E. $180.00
The following questions would only appear on the test that
required the use of a calculator.
11. Which of the following is the best
approximation for (1.06)5.
A. 1.30 B. 1.34 C.
5.30 D. 8.00
E. 10.49
12. Which of the following is the best
approximation for 
A. -.214 B. 5.386 C.
6.721 D. 1.673 E. 6.093
13. It takes 8 gallons of fuel to keep a motor
running for 2.5 hours. If 20 gallons of
fuel are available, how long can the motor be kept running?
A. 64 hours
B. 8 hours C.
6 hours 25 minutes D. 6 hours 15 minutes E. 1 hour
14. A survey is sent to 650 people. 72% of these people returned the
survey. How many people returned this
survey?
A. 468
B. 72 C. 578 D.
47 E. 903
Answers: 1. C,
2. D, 3. C, 4. A,
5. D, 6. B, 7. C,
8. B, 9. D, 10. D,
11. B, 12. C, 13. D,
14. A