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Algebra Practice Questions
1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?

A. 5/p
B. p - 5
C. p + 5
D. p/5
E. 1- p + 5

2. If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long
will it take for both of them to paint the house together?

A. 2 hours and 24 minutes

B. 3 hours and 12 minutes
C. 3 hours and 44 minutes
D. 4 hours and 10 minutes
E. 4 hours and 33 minutes

3. Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on
an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if
the dishwasher originally cost $450?

A. $280.90
B. $287
C. $292.50
D. $306
E. $333.89

4. The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original
price?

A. $14,310.40
B. $14,990.90
C. $15,290.70
D. $15,737.50
E. $16,935.80

5. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A

A. -2.4
B. 2.4
C. 1.3
D. -1.3
E. 0

6. If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their
ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 14
D. 19
E. 21

7. Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he
receive?

A. $240
B. $480
C. $720
D. $960
E. $1,200

8. Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How
much did the statue originally cost him?

A. $496.30
B. $512.40
C. $555.40
D. $574.90
E. $588.20

9. The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends
the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes
from him?

A. 10 cents
B. 11 cents
C. 15 cents
D. 17 cents
E. 21 cents

10. A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged.
He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science
course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a “B” in the art
class, an “A” in the history class, a “C” in the science class, a “B” in the mathematics class, and
an “A” in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale?
(A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0)

A. 2.7
B. 2.8
C. 3.0
D. 3.1
E. 3.2

11. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the
hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon
get paid?

A. $120.25
B. $160.75
C. $173.75
D. $180
E. $182.50

12. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones.
What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has
one of each color?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 12
D. 13
E. 16

13. If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r =

A. y
B. 2 y
C. 5 y
D. 10 y
E. 15 y

14. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at
the same rate?

A. 150/x
B. 150x
C. 6x
D. 1500/x
E. 600x
15. Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same
pay rate, how much will she make?

A. $57
B. $90
C. $104
D. $112
E. $122

16. If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 =

A. 12
B. 25
C. 33
D. 47
E. 86

17. You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and the sales tax
where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How much change will you
receive back?

A. $5.20
B. $7.35
C. $13.40
D. $19.95
E. $21.25

18. You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of $225.
How much have you paid so far for the car?

A. $3225
B. $4350
C. $5375
D. $6550
E. $6398

19. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens
are purchased in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much
will purchasing these products cost?

A. $132.85
B. $145.75
C. $162.90
D. $225.25
E. $226.75
20. If y = 3, then y3(y3-y)=

A. 300
B. 459
C. 648
D. 999
E. 1099

Answer Key
1. A
2. A
3. D, Sale Price = $450 - 0.15*$450 = $382.50, Employee Price = $382.50 - 0.2*$382.50 = $306
4. D, $12,590 = Original Price - 0.2*Original Price = 0.8*Original Price, Original Price =
$12,590/0.8 = $15,737.50
5. A
6. A
7. E
8. A, $670 = Cost + 0.35*Cost = 1.35*Cost, Cost = $670/1.35 = $496.30
9. D
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. C

Algebra 2 Practice Questions

1. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y, what is the
remaining number?

A. ZY - V
B. Z/V - 3 - Y
C. Z/3 - V - Y
D. 3V- Z - Y
E. V- Z - Y

2. Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10
miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How
much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second
cyclist started biking?

A. 2 hours
B. 4 ½ hours
C. 5 ¾ hours
D. 6 hours
E. 7 ½ hours

3. Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45
minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together?

A. 12 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 21 minutes
D. 23 minutes
E. 28 minutes

4. Mary is reviewing her algebra quiz. She has determined that one of her solutions is incorrect.
Which one is it?

A. 2x + 5 (x-1) = 9, x = 2
B. p - 3(p-5) = 10, p = 2.5
C. 4 y + 3 y = 28, y = 4
D. 5 w + 6 w - 3w = 64, w = 8
E. t - 2t - 3t = 32, t = 8

5. What simple interest rate will Susan need to secure to make $2,500 in interest on a $10,000
principal over 5 years?

A. 4%
B. 5%
C. 6%
D. 7%
E. 8%

6. Which of the following is not a rational number?

A. -4
B. 1/5
C. 0.8333333...
D. 0.45
E.
7. A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of
the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results, how many women in a
group of 5,000 women over the age of 35 would likely be married 2 or more times?

A. 55
B. 150
C. 200
D. 400
E. 600

8. John is traveling to a meeting that is 28 miles away. He needs to be there in 30 minutes. How
fast does he need to go to make it to the meeting on time?

A. 25 mph
B. 37 mph
C. 41 mph
D. 49 mph
E. 56 mph

9. If Steven can mix 20 drinks in 5 minutes, Sue can mix 20 drinks in 10 minutes, and Jack can
mix 20 drinks in 15 minutes, how much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix
the 20 drinks?

A. 2 minutes and 44 seconds

B. 2 minutes and 58 seconds
C. 3 minutes and 10 seconds
D. 3 minutes and 26 seconds
E. 4 minutes and 15 seconds

10. If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long
would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it?

A. 0.8 days
B. 1.09 days
C. 1.23 days
D. 1.65 days
E. 1.97 days

11. Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his 36-
inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least 4 inches
longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches longer so that
the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of string will work the
best?

A. 3 feet
B. 3 ¾ feet
C. 3 ½ feet
D. 3 ¼ feet
E. 2 ½ feet

12. The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out the
first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent increase in
sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of the next month?

A. 58%
B. 119%
C. 158%
D. 175%
E. 200%

13. If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00
PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph?

A. 50 miles
B. 100 miles
C. 500 miles
D. 700 miles
E. 1,000 miles

14. During a 5-day festival, the number of visitors tripled each day. If the festival opened on a
Thursday with 345 visitors, what was the attendance on that Sunday?

A. 345
B. 1,035
C. 1,725
D. 3,105
E. 9,315

Answer Key
1. D
2. B
3. B
4. E
5. B
6. E
7. D
8. E
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. E

Practice Questions
1. Round 907.457 to the nearest tens place.

A. 908.0
B. 910
C. 907.5
D. 900
E. 907.46

2. At a certain high school, the respective weights for the following subjects are:
Mathematics 3, English 3, History 2, Science 2 and Art 1.
What is a student's average whose marks were the following: Geometry 89, American Literature
92, American History 94, Biology 81, and Sculpture 85?

A. 85.7
B. 87.8
C. 88.9
D. 89.4
E. 90.2

3. Ginger over the course of an average work-week wanted to see how much she spent on lunch
daily. On Monday and Thursday, she spent $5.43 total. On Tuesday and Wednesday, she spent
$3.54 on each day. On Friday, she spent $7.89 on lunch. What was her average daily cost?

A. $3.19
B. $3.75
C. $3.90
D. $4.08
E. $4.23

4. What is 1230.932567 rounded to the nearest hundredths place?

A. 1200
B. 1230.9326
C. 1230.93
D. 1230
E. 1230.933

5. Subtract the following numbers rounded to the nearest tenths place.

134.679
-45.548
-67.8807

A. 21.3
B. 21.25
C. -58.97
D. -59.0
E. 1

6. What is the absolute value of -9?

A. -9
B. 9
C. 0
D. -1
E. 1

7. What is the median of the following list of numbers? 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12

A. 6
B. 7.5
C. 7.8
D. 8
E. 9

8. What is the mathematical average of the number of weeks in a year, seasons in a year, and the
number of days in January?

A. 36
B. 33
C. 32
D. 31
E. 29

9. In a college, some courses contribute more towards an overall GPA than other courses. For
example, a science class is worth 4 points; mathematics is worth 3 points; history is worth 2
points; and English is worth 3 points. The values of the grade letters are as follows, A= 4, B=3,
C=2, D=1, F=0. What is the GPA of a student who made a “C” in Trigonometry, a “B” in
American History, an “A” in Botany, and a “B” in Microbiology?

A. 2.59
B. 2.86
C. 3.08
D. 3.33
E. 3.67
10. Over the course of a week, Fred spent $28.49 on lunch. What was the average cost per day?

A. $4.07
B. $3.57
C. $6.51
D. $2.93
E. $5.41

11. A roast was cooked at 325° F in the oven for 4 hours. The internal temperature rose from 32°
F to 145° F. What was the average rise in temperature per hour?

A. 20.2° F/hr
B. 28.25° F/hr
C. 32.03° F/hr
D. 37° F/hr
E. 37.29° F/hr

12. In the number 743.25 which digit represents the tenths space?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. E
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. A

Practice Questions
1. Add 0.98 + 45.102 + 32.3333 + 31 + 0.00009

A. 368.573
B. 210.536299
C. 109.41539
D. 99.9975
E. 80.8769543

2. Find 0.12 ÷ 1

A. 12
B. 1.2
C. .12
D. .012
E. .0012

3. (9 ÷ 3) x (8 ÷ 4) =

A. 1
B. 6
C. 72
D. 576
E. 752

4. 6 x 0 x 5

A. 30
B. 11
C. 25
D. 0
E. 27

5. 7.95 ÷ 1.5

A. 2.4
B. 5.3
C. 6.2
D. 7.3
E. 7.5

6. -32 + 7 equals:

A. -25
B. 25
C. -26
D. 26
E. 27

7. -37 + -47 equals:

A. 64
B. -84
C. 65
D. -75
E. -66

8. 41% equals:

A. 4.1
B. .41
C. .041
D. .0041
E. .00415

Answer Key
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. B

Comma Practice Questions

1. For the Thanksgiving reunion, relatives were sitting in the dining room, on the porch, and in
the carport.

A. Thanksgiving, reunion
B. Were, sitting
C. Porch and
D. No error

2. Lydia seems to be a kind, considerate girl.

A. Seems, to
B. Considerate, girl
C. Kind considerate
D. No error

3. This fishing pole Nathan, has seen better days.

A. Pole, Nathan,
B. Has, seen
C. Nathan,
D. No error

4. My cousin has moved to 56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882.

A. Has moved,
B. Central Street,
C. 56, Central
D. No error

5. The badger, a shy animal sometimes makes friends with a coyote.

A. Sometimes, makes
B. Friends, with
C. A shy animal,
D. No error

6. After the death of Blackbeard, the famous pirate, piracy disappeared from the coast of the
American colonies.

A. The famous pirate

B. After the death,
C. Coast, of
D. No error

7. “Silent Night” was written by two men from the village of Oberndorf Austria.

A. men, from
B. Silent Night,
C. Oberndorf, Austria
D. No error

8. On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to the base of the
Queen Maud Mountains.

A. Base, of
B. The, Queen
C. 1929,
D. no error

9. Oh I forgot to bring the cookies.

A. Oh,
B. I, forgot
C. To, bring
D. No error
10. “The boy in the kayak,” whispered Sue “is the new football captain."

A. Boy, in the
B. New, football
C. Whispered Sue,
D. No error

Answer Key
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. C

Practice Questions
1. Describe the following sequence in mathematical terms. 144, 72, 36, 18, 9

A. Descending arithmetic sequence

B. Ascending arithmetic sequence
C. Descending geometric sequence
D. Ascending geometric sequence
E. Miscellaneous sequence

2. Which of the following is not a whole number followed by its square?

A. 1, 1
B. 6, 36
C. 8, 64
D. 10, 100
E. 11, 144

3. A nurse has to record her temperatures in Celsius but her thermometer reads Fahrenheit. A
patient's temperature is 100.7° F. What is the temperature in °C?

A. 32° C
B. 36.5° C
C. 38.2° C
D. 213.3° C
E. 223.7° C
4. Art realized that he had 2 more quarters than he had originally thought in his pocket. If all of
the change in his pocket is quarters and it totals to $8.75, how many quarters did he originally
think were in his pocket?

A. 27
B. 29
C. 31
D. 33
E. 35

5. There are 12 more apples than oranges in a basket of 36 apples and oranges. How many apples
are in the basket?

A. 12
B. 15
C. 24
D. 28
E. 36

6. Which of the following correctly identifies 4 consecutive odd integers where the sum of the
middle two integers is equal to 24?

A. 5, 7, 9, 11
B. 7, 9, 11, 13
C. 9, 11, 13, 15
D. 11, 13, 15, 17
E. 13, 15, 17, 19

7. What is the next number in the sequence? 6, 12, 24, 48, ___

A. 72
B. 96
C. 108
D. 112
E. 124

8. Which of the following numbers could be described in the following way: an integer that is a
natural, rational and whole number?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2.33
D. -3
E. none of the above

9. What is the next number in the following pattern? 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, ___
A. 1/10
B. 1/12
C. 1/14
D. 1/15
E. 1/16

10. Of the following units, which would be most likely to measure the amount of sugar needed in
a recipe for 2 dozen cookies

A. degrees Celsius
B. milliliters
C. quarts
D. kilograms
E. cups

Answer Key
1. C
2. E
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. E
10. E

Exponent Practice Questions

1. 104 is not equal to which of the following?

A. 100,000
B. 0.1 x 105
C. 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
D. 102 x 102
E. 10,000

2. Multiply 104 by 102

A. 108
B. 102
C. 106
D. 10-2
E. 103
3. Divide x5 by x2

A. x7
B. x4
C. x10
D. x3
E. x2.5

4. Find 8.23 x 109

A. 0.00000000823
B. 0.000000823
C. 8.23
D. 8230000000
E. 823000000000

5. 83,000 equals:

A. 83.0 x 104
B. 8.3 x 104
C. 8.3 x 103
D. 83.0 x 105
E. 83.0 x 102

6. .00875 equals:

A. 8.75 x 10-2
B. 8.75 x 10-3
C. 8.75 x 10-4
D. 87.5 x 10-3
E. 875 x 10-4

Answer Key
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. B

Practice Questions
1. What is the improper fraction or mixed number represented by the following figure?
A. 2 1/3
B. 7/6
C. 2 5/8
D. 11/3
E. 11/9

2. Which of the following fractions most correctly depicts the shaded area of the circle below?

A. 3/8
B. 5/8
C. 3/4
D. 5/11
E. 1/2

3. Which of the following is not a fraction equivalent to 3/4?

A. 6/8
B. 9/12
C. 12/18
D. 21/28
E. 27/36

4. Solve: 0.25 + 0.65

A. 1/2
B. 9/10
C. 4/7
D. 2/9
E. 5/16

5. Which of the following statements is

i false?

A. In the fraction ½, one is the numerator.

B. When 4.89 is rounded to the ones place, the answer is 5.
C. Ten thousandths place is located 5 places to the right of the decimal
D. 7/6 is described as an improper fraction.

E. 33 1/3 % is equivalent to

6. Find the square of 25/9

A. 5/3
B. 3/5
C. 7 58/81
D. 15/2
E. 650/81

7. Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/8 cup of sugar and the
cookies require 3/5 cup of sugar. Sarah has 15/16 cups of sugar. Does she have enough sugar, or
how much more does she need?

A. She has enough sugar.

B. She needs 1/8 of a cup of sugar.
C. She needs 3/80 of a cup of sugar.
D. She needs 4/19 of a cup of sugar.
E. She needs 1/9 of a cup of sugar.

8. There are 8 ounces in a 1/2 pound.

ound. How many ounces are in 7 3/4 lbs?

A. 12 ounces
B. 86 ounces
C. 119 ounces
D. 124 ounces
E. 138 ounces

9. If the value of x and y in the following fraction are both tripled, how does the value of the
fraction change?
XZ
Y
A. increases by half
B. decreases by half
C. triples
D. doubles
E. remains the same

10. Which of the following fractions is the equivalent of 0.5%

A. 1/20
B. 1/200
C. 1/2000
D. 1/5
E. 1/500

11. Which of these numbers is a factor of 21

A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 42
E. 44

12. If the average person drinks 8, (8oz) glasses of water per day, a person who drinks 12.8 oz of
water after a morning exercise session has consumed what fraction of the daily average?

A. 1/3
B. 1/5
C. 1/7
D. 1/9
E. 1/10

13. You need 4/5 cups of water for a recipe. You accidentally put 1/3 cups into the mixing bowl
with the dry ingredients. How much more water in cups do you need to add?

A. 1/3 cups
B. 2/3 cups
C. 1/15 cups
D. 7/15 cups
E. 7/16 cups

14. ¾ - ½ =

A. ¼
B. 1/3
C. ½
D. 2/3
E. 2/5

15. 7 1/2 - 5 3/8 =

A. 1 1/2
B. 1 2/3
C. 2 1/8
D. 3 1/4
E. 3

Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. E
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. A
15. C