Mathematics

Practice Test

E
Try to solve this:
Rod’s mom has worked up a powerful thirst solving a ton of math
problems and asked Rod to run to the corner store and get her one of
those super-duper gigantic nuclear soft drinks. If a regular-sized soft
drink costs $0.50 and the super-duper gigantic nuclear size costs three
times the cost of the regular size, how much will Rod have to spend?

How will you write the equation?

E
x + 47,432 = 50,000

E
What is the value of x?
3x + 2x = 10

E
Find the value of x.
Find the value of √(81 ).
2

(A) 9
(B) 18
(C) 81

E
(D) 6,561
What’s the value of (0.03) ?
3

(A) 0.0027
(B) 0.06
(C) 0.000027

E
(D) 0.0009
Solve for x: x – 5 = 32
(A) x = 5
(B) x = 32
(C) x = -32

E
(D) x = 37
Let’s try:
If apples are on sale at 15 for $3, what’s the cost of
each apple?
(A) 50 cents
(B) 25 cents
(C) 20 cents
(D) 30 cents

E
A noncommissioned officer challenged her platoon of 11
enlisted women to beat her record
of performing a 26-mile training run in 4 hours. If all of the
enlisted women match her
record, how many miles will they have run?
(A) 71.5 miles
(B) 6.5 miles
(C) 286 miles
(D) 312 miles

E
Margaret gets her hair cut and colored at an expensive
salon in town. She’s expected to leave a 15% tip for
services. If a haircut is $45 and a color treatment is $150,
how much of a tip should Margaret leave?
(A) $22.50
(B) $29.25
(C) $20.00
(D) $195.00

E
A bag of sand holds 1 cubic foot of sand. How many
bags of sand are needed to fill a square
sandbox measuring 5-feet long and 1-foot high?
(A) 25 bags
(B) 5 bags
(C) 10 bags
(D) 15 bags

E
The day Samantha arrived at boot camp the
temperature reached a high of 90 degrees in the shade
and a low of -20 at night in the barracks. What was the
average temperature for the day?
(A) 55 degrees
(B) 45 degrees
(C) 70 degrees
(D) 62 degrees

E
Farmer Beth has received an offer to sell her 320-acre
farm for $3,000 per acre. She agrees to give the buyer
$96,000 worth of land. What fraction of Farmer Beth’s
land is the buyer getting?
(A) 1⁄4
(B) 1⁄10
(C) 1⁄5
(D) 2⁄3

E
A map is drawn so that 1 inch equals 3 miles. On the
map, the distance from Kansas City to Denver is 1921⁄2
inches. How far is the round trip from Kansas City to
Denver in miles?
(A) 1921⁄2 miles
(B) 577.5 miles
(C) 385 miles
(D) 1,155 miles

E
Margaret and Julie can sell their tattoo parlor for $150,000.
They plan to divide the proceeds according to the ratio of
the money they each invested in the business. Margaret
put in the most money at a 3:2 ratio to Julie. How much
money should Julie get from the sale?
(A) $50,000
(B) $30,000
(C) $60,000
(D) $90,000

E
What is the fifth number in the series 4, 8, 16, 32?
(A) 48
(B) 64
(C) 96
(D) 8

E
In the military, 1⁄4 of an enlisted person’s time is spent sleeping and
eating, 1⁄12 is spent standing at attention, 1⁄6 is spent staying fit, and
2⁄5 is spent working. The rest of the time is spent at the enlisted
person’s own discretion. How many hours per day does this
discretionary time amount to?
(A) 6.0 hours
(B) 1.6 hours
(C) 2.4 hours
(D) 3.2 hours

E
A designer sells a square yard of carpet for $15.00. The same carpet can be
purchased at the carpet outlet store for $12.50. What is the percent difference in
the higher priced carpet?
(A) The designer’s carpet costs about 17% more than the outlet-store carpet.
(B) The designer’s carpet costs about 20% more than the outlet-store carpet.
(C) The designer’s carpet costs about 25% more than the outlet-store carpet.
(D) The designer’s carpet costs about 12% more than the outlet-store carpet.

E
Terry got a haircut for $32.50, a hair color for $112.20, and a
manicure for $17.25. How much total money did she spend at
the salon?
(A) $167.45
(B) $144.70
(C) $161.95
(D) $156.95

E
Mailing the first ounce of a letter costs $0.39 and
$0.24 to mail each additional ounce. How much
does it cost to mail a 5-ounce letter?
(A) $1.85
(B) $1.16
(C) $1.45
(D) $1.35

E
Which of the following fractions is the largest?
(A) 2⁄3
(B) 5⁄8
(C) 11⁄16
(D) 3⁄4

E
What’s the product of √36 and √49?
(A) 1,764
(B) 42
(C) 13
(D) 6

E
Solve for x: 2x – 3 = x + 7.
(A) 10
(B) 6
(C) 21
(D) -10

E
A circle has a radius of 15 feet. What’s most nearly
its circumference?
(A) 30 feet
(B) 225 feet
(C) 94 feet
(D) 150 feet

E
At 3:00 p.m., the angle between the hands of the
clock is:
(A) 90 degrees
(B) 180 degrees
(C) 120 degrees
(D) 360 degrees

E
 4
2 ×2
3
=
(A) 16
(B) 108
(C) 128
(D) 148

E
Express 403,000,000,000,000 as scientific notation.
(A) 4.03 × 10 14

(B) 4.03 × 10 -14

(C) 403 × 10
(D) 0.43 × 10

E
Simplify 8x – 3x + 4xy – 9x – 5x – 20xy
2 2

(A) 5x + 9xy
2

(B) 8x – 9x 2

(C) –x – 8x2 – 16y

(D) 8x + 9x

E
What’s the prime factorization of 90?
(A) 2 × 3 × 5
2
(B) 2 × 3 × 5
2 2
(C) 2 × 3 × 5
2
(D) 2 × 3 × 5

E
1⁄4 × 2 ⁄ 3 =
(A) 3⁄4
(B) 1⁄4
(C) 1 ⁄ 6
(D) 1 ⁄ 3

E
A baker has s pounds of sugar to use in baking.
After she uses 50 pounds to make donuts,
how much sugar does she have left?
(A) s + 50
(B) 50 – s
(C) s – 50
(D) s ÷ 50

E
Six pizzas are pepperoni, seven are hamburger,
four are cheese, and three are “with everything.”
What’s the probability that a randomly selected
pizza is pepperoni?
(A) 1⁄2
(B) 2⁄5
(C) 3⁄10
(D) 2⁄3

E
 4 (31-16)
3
a. 5
b. 15
c. 20
d. 60

E
If 3 (x + 6) = 39, then x = ?

a. 7
b. 9
c. 11
d. 13

E
If 2x + 9 < 32, then x could be

a. 11
b. 12
c. 15
d. 16

E
What is the volume of a rectangular box that has a
length of 9 units, a width of 5 units, and a height of 6
units?
a. 20 cu units
b. 39 cu units
c. 270 cu units
d. 315 cu units

E
Joe is n years old. How old was he 7 years ago?
a. n + 7
b. n x 7
c. n 7
d. n - 7

E
Which of the following shows the integers in order
from smallest to largest?
a. 0, 1, -1, -2
b. -1, -2, 0, 1
c. -2, -1, 0, 1
d. 0, 1, -2, -1

E
If n / 8 = 4, then n is equals to what number?
a. 8
b. 16
c. 32
d. 40

E
If 4x = 16, then x =
2

a. 20
b. 12
c. 4
d. 2

E
If 25 = 4x - 7, then x =
a. 4
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

E
Which of the following is less than 25%?
a. 3/4
b. 1/2
c. 5/8
d. 1/8

E
Simplify the ratio 12:18
a. 12 / 18
b. 18 / 12
c. 2 / 3
d. 3 / 2

E
If x + 0.05 = 0.83, then x =
a. 0.17
b. 0.33
c. 0.78
d. 0.88

E
What is the value of 3x + 5y, when x=12 and y=4
a. 24
b. 48
c. 56
d. 72

E
If x + 3y = 7 and y=2, then x equals
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3 - 1/2
d. 13

E
If A=6 and B=5, what is the value of (A - B ) ?
2 2 2

a. 1
b. 11
c. 61
d. 121