Targeted SHSAT Math Practice Verbal Translation Problems 1.

If the sum of two numbers is 29 and their difference is 7, what is the larger of the two numbers? A. -18 B. -11 C. 11 D. 12 E. 18 2. If 100 grams is half the mass of one object and twice the mass of another, the mass of the heavier object is how many grams more than the mass of the lighter object? A. 200 B. 150 C. 100 D. 75 E. 50 3. Wesley, Denzel and Earvin all pitched in to buy a VCR. Wesley paid twice as much as Earvin, and Earvin paid three times as much as Denzel. Together, they paid $350. How much did Earvin pay? A. $95 B. $105 C. $110 D. $120 E. $160 4. The length of a rectangle is equal to 4 inches more than twice the width. Three times the length plus two times the width is equal to 28 inches. What is the area of the rectangle? A. 8 square inches B. 16 square inches C. 20 square inches 7. One-third the product of two numbers is 24. One half the product of these same two numbers is A. 72 B. 54 C. 48 D. 36 E. 12 8. A water container is full. After 20 ounces of water is removed, the container is full. How many ounces of water does a full container hold A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80 E. 100 6. Lindsay has P dollars and Mark has 9 dollars less than Lindsay. If Mark receives an additional $11, how much dollars will Mark now have, in terms of P? A. P-20 B. 20-P C. P+2 D. 2-PP+11 D. 24 square inches E. 28 square inches 5. The Landmark Theater contains 3 sections of 19 rows on the main level. Each row contains 12 seats. The balcony has 2 sections of 8 rows, which 8 seats in each row. How many people can the theater seat?

9. 5 apples and 6 bananas together cost as much as 8 bananas and 9 pears. 1 apple cost as much as 2 pears. For the same price as 1 pear, how many bananas can be bought? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6 10. Andrew has d dollars. He has one-third as many dollars as Bruce. Carlos has $80 less than half the total of Andrews and Bruces dollars. In terms of d, how many dollars does Carlos have? A. 4d-40 B. 2d-40

C. 2d+40 D. 2d+80 E. 2d-80 Tip: For verbal translation word problems, be sure to read the question very carefully in order to translate the word problem into a mathematical equation. Once you get the equation, solve regularly. Challenge: 11. Aaron has 3 times as much money as Josh. If Aaron gives Josh $50, Josh will have 3 times as much money as Aaron. How much money do the two of them have together?

Age Problems Time- Angle Problems 3. In 1980, Judy was 3 times as old as Adam, but in 1984 she was only twice as old as he was. How old was Adam in 1990? A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 14 E. 16

1. Mary is m years old now. Joe is 3 years

younger than Mary. Express Joes age 10 years from now in n. A. 13-m B. m-3 C. m+7 D. m+10 E. m+13 2. Maria, Anoki and Boris are teenagers, and the sum of their ages now is 49. The sum of their ages 8 years from now will be F and the sum of their ages 10 years ago was P. What is F-P? A. 54 B. 18 C. 17 D. 6 E. 2

4. If

years ago Jason was 12, and

years

from now he will be 2x years old, how old will he be 3x years from now? A. 18 B. 24 C. 30 D. 54 E. Cannot be Determined 5. Susan is 5 years older than Phen is now. In N years, Susan will be twice as old as Phen is

now. If Susan is 22 years old, what is the value of N? A. 5 B. 12 C. 17 D. 22 E. 34 Tip: For age problems, it is always good to create a chart or a timetable to clearly see what the question is asking. Dont be afraid to plug in the answer choice to verify your answer! Challenge: 6. In 1980, Elaine was 8 times as old as Adam, and Judy was 3 times as old as Adam. Elaine is 20 years older than Judy. How old was Adam in 1988? Note: For all time related problems and finding the degrees, please use the following formula: 5.5(minutes) 30(hours) Example: Find the smaller of the two angles during the time, 4:40 Apply 5.5(minutes) 30(hours) So 5.5(40) 30(4) = 220-120 = 100 1. The mean of 3 numbers is 7. The mean of 4 other numbers is 8. The mean of 5 other numbers is 11. What is the mean of all 12 numbers? A. 4 B. 4 2/13 C. 8 2/3 D. 9

So the two degrees are 100 and 260, the smaller of which is 100. 1. Find the larger angle formed when the time is 3:20.

2. Find the smaller angle formed when the time is 11:19

3. Find the difference between the angles during the time 7:54

Tip: For time problems, my best suggestion is to remember the formula above and apply it to the problem. Dont worry, they dont show up often. Challenge: 4. What is the difference between the larger angle at 22:30 and the smaller angle at 13:40?

Average, Median, Mode Distance Questions E. 36 2. In the set (1, 5, x, 10, 15), the integer x is the median. The mean of the five numbers is one less than x. The value of x is A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9

E. None of these 3. The mean of a, b, and c is 80. The mean of a, b, c, d, and e is 84. What is the mean of d and e? A. 82 B. 87 C. 88 D. 89 E. 90 4. On Thursday, 20 of the25 students in a chemistry class took a test, and their average was 80. On Friday, the other 5 students took the test and their average was 90. What was the average of the class? A. 80 B. 82 C. 84 D. 85 E. 88 5. Let M be the median and m be the mode of the following set of numbers: 10, 70, 20, 40, 70, 90. What is the average of M and m? A. 50 B. 55 C. 60 D. 62.5 E. 65 Tip: Be sure to remember that median is the middle number when a group of numbers is in ORDER. It is also the average of the two middle numbers if there is an even amount of numbers. Remember how to solve for average too! Challenge:

Average Speed = 1. Gil is 80 miles ahead of Larry. Gil is traveling at a constant rate. Larry is traveling in the same direction, at a rate 5 miles per hour faster than Gil. In how many hours will Larry catch up to Gil? A. 16 B. 15 C. 12 D. 10 E. Larry cannot catch up to Gil 2. A motorist travels 120 miles to his destination at an average speed of 60 miles per hour and returns to the starting point at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. His average speed for the entire trip os A. 53 mph B. 52 mph C. 50 mph D. 48 mph E. 45 mph 3. Mark drove to a meeting at 60 mph and returned at only 40 mph. If the return trip took 1 hour longer, how many miles did he drive each way? A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 120 E. 240 4. David is driving to S and L Learning Center. During his trip there, he drove 50 miles per hour but on his return trip, he only drove 30 miles per hour. Without knowing how far it is from S and L to Davids house, what was Davids average speed? A. 75/8 mph

6. Justins average on 4 tests is 80. What does

he need on his 5th test to get an overall average of 85? Distance = Rate x Time

B. 75/4 mph C. 40 mph D. 35 mph E. 75/9 mph Tip: Remember the formula for the average speed and always draw a small diagram to see what the question is asking. There are few, but hard distance questions on the test. Challenge: 5. Henry drove 100 miles to visit a friend. If he drove 8 mph faster, he would have arrived in 5/6 the time he actually took. How many minutes did the trip take? Probability and Statistics Probability = 1. There were 20 socks in a drawer. Of those 8 were blue, 10 were black and 2 were white. Someone then removed 4 blue socks. If one sock is now drawn at random, what is the probability that it is not white? A. 1/10 B. 9/10 C. 1/8 D. 7/8 E. None of these 2. Box A contains exactly 4 cards, numbered 3, 5, 6 and 9. Box B contains exactly 3 cards, numbered 1, 4 and 7. One card is selected at random from Box B and one card is selected at random from Box A. What Is the probability that the sum of the two numbers one the two selected cards is even? A. B. 1/3 C. 5/12 D. E. 7/12

3. The probability that Roberto wins is 1/3 the probability that Roberto loses. What is the probability that Roberto loses? A. B. 1 C. 1/3 D. E. 4/3 4. Henry has 4 chocolate ice cream bars, 3 vanilla ice cream bars and 12 strawberry ice cream bars in his refrigerator freezer. If he picks one ice cream bar at random, what is the probability that it is vanilla? A. 3/19 B. 4/19 C. 3/7 D. 12/19 E. 16/19 5. Fran has a drawer containing 4 black shirts, 3 orange shirts and 5 blue shirts. If these are the only shirts in the drawer, and she picks one at random, what are the chances of it not being orange? A. B. 1/3 C. 5/12 D. 2/3 E.

6. John must type 70 pages. He wants to type 1/5 of the number of pages tomorrow morning, 1/7 of the number of remaining pages tomorrow afternoon and the remaining pages tomorrow evening. How many pages does John intend to type tomorrow evening? A. 8 B. 28

C. 40 D. 46 E. 48 7. A cake recipe requires 3/5 of an ounce of vanilla extract. How many cakes can be made using a package containing 60 ounces of vanilla extract? A. 36 B. 48 C. 80 D. 96 E. 100 8. On Tuesday, 2/3 of a large block of ice melted. On Wednesday, 1/2 of the remaining ice melted. If the block of ice then weighed 60 pounds, how much did it weigh, in pounds, at the beginning of Tuesday? A. 540 B. 480 C. 450 D. 360

E. 180 9. A compact disc is placed in a player that randomly selects songs. The disc contains 3 ballads, 4 instrumental pieces, X dance tracks and no other pieces. If the probability that the first song played will be a ballad is , what is the value of X? A. 1 B. 4 C. 5 D. 9 E. 12 Tip: For probability, be sure to take account all of the possibilities of your desired product and read the question carefully as to what situation is going on. You may want to draw figures. Challenge: 10. The coach wants to make a 3 man team from 5 different players. How many combinations of teams does he have? 11. How many 5 man teams can he make from 8 different players?

Homework/Continued Practice 1. A train is traveling at 30 miles per hour from point A to point B. At the same time, on a parallel track, another train is going at 70 miles per hour from point B to point A. If point A and B are 300 miles apart. How far from point B will the two trains meet? A. 240 miles B. 210 miles C. 150 miles D. 140 miles E. 90 miles 2. One half the sum of two numbers is 9. If one of the numbers is 5, what is the product of the two numbers? A. 45 B. 65 C. 85 D. 105 E. 115 3. Mei-Ling has 4 different colors. If she is to paint the inside of a box and the outside of a box two different colors, how many different possibilities does she have? A. 2 B. 4 C. 6

D. 8 E. 12 4. Lindsey is now x years old and Xiu Dan is 2 years older than Lindsey. In terms of x, how old was Xiu Dan 3 years ago? A. X B. X-1 C. X-3 D. X-5 E. 2x-3 5. In a certain month, Latoya earned twice as much as Jacklyn. Pei-Lin earned three times as much as Jacklyn. If Pei-Lin earned $240, how much did Latoya earn? A. 80 B. 160 C. 240 D. 320 E. 400 MUSEUM VISITORS 6. What is the median number of visitors for Day Numbe r 1 14 2 2 10 6 3 11 7 4 12 7 5 10 6 6 11 3 7 10 6 8 9 5 9 11 7

B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6 8. From a box containing 5 black marbles, 8 pink marbles, 6 white marbles, 5 yellow marbles, Ingrid removed 4 marbles, one of which was black. If she removes one more at random, what is the probability that it will be black? A. 1/6 B. 4/21 C. 1/5 D. 5/21 E. 9. Maria can paint 2/3 of a wall with 1 gallon of paint. How much of the wall can be painted with 3/5 gal? A. B. 1/3 C. 2/5 D. E. 5/2 10. Katie swam as many laps as Ruby. Katie swam 3 laps. How many did Ruby swim? A. 2 B. 2 5/8 C. 2 D. 4 1/4 E. 4 2/3 11. The mean of 10 players was 6.5. One player was dropped, loving the average to 6.0. How many points was the player? A. 4.5 B. 5

the days shown? A. 95 B. 106 C. 113 D. 117 E. 142 7. Tamikas salary is $26,000 and Joes $24, 500. At the end of the year, Tamika is given a $500 raise and Joe an $800 raise. After how many years will they be earning the same amount? A. 2

C. 10 D. 11 E. 54

E. $58.13 4. At a presidents day sale, Yoko, chose a sweater that was on sale for $16.20. The original price of the sweater was 36.00. What percent did Yoko save? A. 40% B. 45%

Percent Problems 1. In Ms. Hsiaos class there are twice as many boys as there are girls. Half of the boys are in the math club and all of the girls are in the math club. What percent of Ms. Hsiaos class is in the math club? A. 25% B. 33 1/3% C. 50% D. 66 2/3% E. 75% 2. The White-Bright toothbrush company hired 30 new employees. This hiring increased the companys total workforce by 5%. How many employees now work at White bright? A. 530 B. 600 C. 605 D. 630 E. 620 3. How much simply interest is earned on $300 deposited for 30 months in a savings account paying 7 % simply interest annually? (the formula is: Interest = Principle x rate x time) A. $5.81 B. $12.62 C. $19.76 D. $23.25

C. 58% D. 55% E. 60% 5. A merchant buys a product for $12.20 and then marks it up 35% to sell it. What is the selling price of the item? A. $4.27 B. $7.93 C. $16.47 D. $20.13 E. $28.67 6. The price of a $220 saw was reduced to %154. What was the percent discount? A. 30% B. 43% C. 66% D. 67% E. 70%

7. In a certain boys camp, 30% of the boys are from New York State and 20% of these are from New York City. What percent of boys are from NYC? A. 60% B. 50% C. 33% D. 10% E. 6%

8. There are 30 students in a class and 18 are boys. What percent of the class are girls? A. 60% B. .60 C. 40% D. .45 E. 12 9. If ABC all lie on the same line and the ratio of AB to BC is 2:3, then what percent is BC of AC? A. 55% B. 67% C. 65% D. 60% E. 40% 10. Joel wants to purchase a CD for $16.25. The clerk tells him he must pay a sales tax equal to 8% of his purchase. How much sales tax must Joel pay? A. $1.30 B. $1.63 C. $2.03 D. $2.18 E. $12.00 11. On a test consisting of 80 questions, Marie answered 75% of the 60 questions correctly. What percent of the other 20 questions did she need to answer correctly for her grade to be 80% on the entire exam? A. 85% B. 87.5% C. 90% D. 95% E. 100%

Tip: Be sure to understand how to translate the question in a percent problem. Always remember for percent changes, the denominator is the ORIGINAL amount that you had. Challenge: 12. Wendy drew a square. She then erased it and drew a second square whose sides were 3 times the sides of the first square. By what percent was the area of the square increased? Ratio and Proportions 1. Ms. Brady has 28 students in her class. The ratio of boys to girls in the class is 2 to 5. How many new boys must be added to the class to make the ratio 1:2? A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 12 E. 32 2. The ratio of boys to girls at a dance was 2 to 3. If 45 girls attended, what is the number of boys who attended? A. 9 B. 18 C. 27 D. 30 E. 45 3. The ratio of a to b is 3 to 4. The ratio of b to c is 5 to 6. The ratio of a to c is A. 9:10 B. 5:8 C. 1:2 D. 2:5 E. None of these

4. In a scale diagram, 1 inch represents 5 feet. One the same diagram, how many square inches would represent one square foot? A. 25 B. 4 C. .4 D. .25 E. .04 5. A map has a scale of one inch equals 5 miles. If Jane and Sarahs houses are actually 30 miles apart how far apart are the houses on the map? A. 5 inches B. 6 inches C. 22 inches D. 25 inches E. 150 inches 6. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 1:2:2:4. What is the measure, in degrees, of the largest angle? A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 80

C. 21:25 D. 25:21 E. 7:3 9. If you can buy b bananas for n nickels, how may bananas can you buy for d dimes and q quarters?

A. B. C. D. E.
10. If 80% of the applicants to a program were rejected, what is the ratio of the number accepted to the number rejected? A. 1/5 B. C. 2/5 D. 4/5 E. 4 11. If the ratio of Republicans to Democrats on a committee is 3:5, what percent of the committee members are Democrats? A. 37.5% B. 40% C. 60% D. 62.5% E. Cannot be determined

E. 120
7. The ratio of apples to bananas at a fruit stand is 5:4. The ratio of cherries to bananas is 2 to 5. What is the ratio of apples to cherries?

8. If a:b = 3:5 and a:c = 5:7, what is the value of b:c?

A. 3:7 B. 21:35

Tip: For ratio and proportion problems, be sure to write out the equation given to you and utilize other concepts that you know to solve the problem. Also, you might be able to manipulate variables very well in those types of problems Challenge:

12. The ratio of the number of freshmen to sophomore to juniors to seniors on a college team is 4:7:6:8. What percent of the team are sophomores?

A. .0005835 B. .005835 C. 58350 D. 583500

13. Three associates agreed to split the profit in the ratio of 2:5:8. If the profit was $3000, what is the largest difference between the largest share and smallest?

E. 58350000

5. When expressed in scientific notation, the

number 1, 230, 000, 000 is 1.23 x 10b, find b. A. 2

Scientific Notation

B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 E. 10 Tip: Be sure to remember that the decimal point always goes after the 1st number and before the second number of your amount. No Challenge =D

1. 3.4 x 102 + 3.4x 102 is equal to A. 6.8 x 102 B. 6.8 x 104 C. 3.4 x 104
D. 3400 E. 3434

2. Express the product of 8 x 102 and 8 x 104 in

scientific notation

A. 6.4 x 107 B. 64x 106 C. 6.4 x 106 D. 6.5 x 105 E. 8 x 106 3. Express the sum of 1.2 x 102 and 1.2 x 102 in
scientific notation Made-Up Functions 1. For any number N, we define @N@ to mean N/2 if N is even and (5n-1) if N is odd. The value of @9@ + @10@ is? A. 9 B. 19 C. 29 D. 49 E. 53 2. If 2 blobs = 3 glops and 3 blobs = 2 chunks, then 1 chunk is equal to

A. 0.144 x 106 B. 1.32 x 103 C. 1.44 x 105 D. 2.4 x 105 E. 2.4 x 102 4. 5.835 x 104 is equal to

A. 1 glop B. 2/3 glop C. 3/2 glop D. 4/9 glop E. 9/4 glop

6. If x y represents the number of integers

greater than x and less than y, what is the value of - ?

Random Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems

1. What is I x y I + I y x I if x = 9 and y 2x?

2

3. Suppose AB means A - ab. Which of the

following has the smallest value? A. 1918 B. 1514 C. 1715 D. 1411 E. 1510

A. 18 B. 9 C. 4.5 D. 0 E. -9

2. The number of integers values of n for which

1 is A. 3 B. 9 C. 7 D. 1 E. 0 3. Let x be an element of the set (.2, 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2). For how many values of x is 10x/3 an integer? A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4 4. 200% of 7 is A. .14 B. 7 C. 14 D. 21 E. 1400

4. For any positive integer n, let n represent

the number of odd factors of n. For example 15 = 4 because 15 has exactly 4 factors, (1, 3,5, 15). Which of the following has the largest value? A. 10 B. 12 C. 25 D. 27 E. 36

5. If the notation q r means (q+r)/2 then (a

b) c will be equal to a (b c) A. Always B. Never C. Only if a = b D. Only if b=c E. Only if a =c Tip: For these types of problems, there isnt really much to say but to actually follow all the directions allotted to you by the question. Make sure that you are performing the function the way they tell you to. Challenge:

5. What is the value of N if 1/5 1/6 = 1/N? A. 7 B. 30 C. 1/30 D. -30 E. -1/30 6. Let n be an integer from 9 to 38. For how many values of n will n/5 be a prime? A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 E. 29 7. Today is Saturday. What day of the week will it be 65 days from today? A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Wednesday E. Thursday

A. -11 B. -10 C. -1 D. 0 E. 12 11. Let R = 7 x 8 x 9 and S = 4 x 6 x 11 x 49. The greatest common factor of R and S is A. 12 B. 24 C. 56 D. 168 E. 504

12. 54+54+54+54+54 is A. 55 B. 520 C. 2520 D. 254 E. 104

13. Which of the following cannot be the product of two consecutive integers? A. 9900 B. 15750 C. 20448

8. In the formula V = s2h, if s is doubled and h

is tripled, then V is multiplied by?

9. Two sides of a triangle are 6 and 8. The third side is A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 10 E. Cannot be determined 10. A value of x that satisfies the inequality 2x10 >3x is

D. 38612 E. 49506 Tip: Dont forget any arithmetic rules! Challenge:

14. If -7

, what is the greatest possible value of y-x?

15. If x is an integer less than 1000 that has a remainder of 1 when it is divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, what is one possible value of x?

16. At Bens Butcher shop 99 pounds of chopped meat is being divided into packages each of 2.5 pounds. How many pounds of meat are left when there isnt enough to make another whole package? 17. If 25 cents buys 1.3 francs, how many francs can be bought for $1.60?

SAMPLE SHSAT MATH SECTION 1.