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Miscellaneous Math

This chapter consists of 63 problems dealing with basic math concepts,

including whole numbers, negative numbers, exponents, and square
roots. It will provide a warm-up session before you move on to more dif-
ficult problems.

1. Bonnie has twice as many cousins as Robert. George has 5 cousins,

which is 9 fewer than Bonnie has. How many cousins does Robert
have?
a. 17
b. 22
c. 4
d. 7

2. Oscar sold 2 plasma televisions for every 5 DLP televisions he

sold. If he sold 10 plasma televisions, how many DLP televisions
did he sell?
a. 45
b. 20
c. 25
d. 10

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3. Justin earned scores of 85, 92, and 95 on his science tests. What does he need
to earn on his next science test so that the average (arithmetic mean) of the
four exam scores is 93?
a. 93
b. 100
c. 85
d. 96

4. Brad’s class collected 270 used books for the book drive. They packed
them in boxes of 30 books each. How many boxes did they need?
a. 240
b. 10
c. 9
d. 5

5. Joey participated in a dance-a-thon. His team started dancing at 10 a.m.

on Friday and stopped at 6 p.m. on Saturday. How many hours did Joey’s
team dance?
a. 52
b. 56
c. 30
d. 32

6. If one American dollar is worth 105 Japanese yen, how many dollars is 945
yen worth?
a. 6 dollars
b. 9 dollars
c. 1,000 dollars
d. 99,225 dollars

7. Callie’s grandmother pledged $0.85 for every mile Callie walked in her
walk-a-thon. Callie walked 11 miles. How much money does her grand-
mother owe?
a. $9.35
b. $19.00
c. $10.20
d. $8.50

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8. Tania needs 2 cups of pumpkin to make a pumpkin spice cake. The can of
pumpkin that she has contains 8 cups of pumpkin. How many cakes can
she make?
a. 4 cakes
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b. 4 of a cake
c. 16 cakes
d. 8 cakes

9. Mr. Brown plowed 6 acres in 1 hour. At this rate, how long will it take him
to plow 21 acres?
a. 3 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 3.5 hours
d. 4.75 hours

10. The price of a box of one dozen donuts doubled over a period of 4 years.
Assuming the price continues to double every 4 years and that the price of
a box of one dozen donuts was $1.50 in 2003, how much does a box of one
dozen donuts cost in 2011?
a. $4.50
b. $6.00
c. $8.00
d. $12.00

11. A piece of cardboard is 2 mm thick. Suppose it was folded in half, then

folded in half again, and folded in half once more. How thick is the folded
piece of cardboard?
a. 4 mm
b. 8 mm
c. 16 mm
d. 32 mm

12. The low temperature in Anchorage, Alaska today was −8 °F. The low
temperature in Los Angeles, California was 63 °F. What is the difference
between the two low temperatures?
a. 55 °F
b. 71 °F
c. 61 °F
d. 14 °F

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13. The Robin’s Nest Nursing Home had a fundraising goal of $9,500. By the
end of the fundraiser, they had exceeded their goal by $2,100. How much
did the nursing home raise?
a. $7,400
b. $13,600
c. $10,600
d. $11,600

14. Mount Everest is 29,028 feet high. Mount Kilimanjaro is 19,340 feet high.
How much taller is Mount Everest?
a. 9,688 feet
b. 9,788 feet
c. 11,347 feet
d. 6,288 feet

15. The area of a square is 36 cm2. What is the length of one side of the
square?
a. 6 cm
b. 9 cm
c. 18 cm
d. 24 cm

16. Mark’s car gets 30 miles per gallon, and Jodi’s car gets 21 miles per gallon.
When traveling from their home to a theater in Pittsburgh, PA, they both
used a whole number of gallons of gas. What is the shortest distance that
their house could be from the theater in Pittsburgh?
a. 420 miles
b. 300 miles
c. 630 miles
d. 210 miles

17. Lucy’s youth group raised $1,569 for charity. The group decided to split
the money evenly among 3 charities. How much money will each charity
receive?
a. $784.50
b. $423.00
c. $523.00
d. $341.00

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18. Jason made 9 two-point baskets and 3 three-point baskets in Friday’s bas-
ketball game. He did not score any other points. How many points did he
score?
a. 21
b. 12
c. 24
d. 27

19. Jeff left Hartford at 2:15 p.m. and arrived in Boston at 4:45 p.m. How long
did the drive take him?
a. 2.5 hours
b. 2.3 hours
c. 3.25 hours
d. 2.75 hours

20. Shane rolls a die with faces numbered 1 through 6. What is the probability
that Shane rolls a 3?
a. 36
1
b. 6
1
c. 3
1
d. 2

21. Susan traveled 114 miles in 2 hours. If she keeps going at the same rate,
how long will it take her to complete the remaining 285 miles of her trip?
a. 5 hours
b. 3 hours
c. 7 hours
d. 4 hours

22. A flight from Baltimore to San Jose took 5 hours and covered 3,010 miles.
What was the plane’s average speed?
a. 545 mph
b. 612 mph
c. 515 mph
d. 602 mph

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23. Larry purchased 3 pairs of pants for $18 each and 5 shirts for $24 each.
How much did Larry spend?
a. $42
b. $54
c. $174
d. $186

24. How many square centimeters are in one square meter?

a. 100 sq cm
b. 10,000 sq cm
c. 144 sq cm
d. 100,000 sq cm

25. Raul’s kitchen is 5 yards long. How many inches long is the kitchen?
a. 180 inches
b. 60 inches
c. 500 inches
d. 5,000 inches

26. Jeff burns 500 calories per hour bicycling. How long will he have to ride to
burn 1,125 calories?
a. 3 hours
b. 2.5 hours
c. 2.25 hours
d. 2 hours

27. The temperature at 6 p.m. was 31°F. By midnight, it had dropped 40 °F.
What was the temperature at midnight?
a. 9 °F
b. −9 °F
c. −11 °F
d. 0 °F

28. The total ticket sales for a soccer game were $1,260; 210 tickets were pur-
chased. If all the tickets are the same price, what was the cost of a ticket?
a. $6.00
b. $3.50
c. $10.00
d. $7.50

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29. Sherman took his pulse for 10 seconds and counted 11 beats. What is
Sherman’s pulse rate in beats per minute?
a. 210 beats per minute
b. 110 beats per minute
c. 66 beats per minute
d. 84 beats per minute

30. Jennifer flipped a coin four times and got heads each time. What is the
probability that she gets heads on the next flip?
a. 1
1
b. 32
1
c. 2
d. 0

31. Jody’s English quiz scores are 56, 93, 72, 89, and 87. What is the median
of her scores?
a. 72
b. 87
c. 56
d. 85.6

32. A gambler in Las Vegas lost $550, then won $875, then won another $430,
and then lost $1,000. What was the gambler’s overall gain or loss?
a. −$245
b. $245
c. −$2,855
d. $2,855

33. Twelve coworkers go out for lunch together and order three pizzas. Each
pizza is cut into eight slices. If each person gets the same number of slices,
how many slices will each person get?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 5
d. 2

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34. Marvin is helping his teachers plan a field trip. There are 136 people going
on the field trip and each school bus holds 51 people. What is the mini-
mum number of school buses they will need to reserve for the trip?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5

35. The stock market is extremely volatile, or goes up and down frequently. A
certain stock price gained 12 points, then dropped 8 points, then gained 1
point, then dropped 6 points, and finally gained 5 additional points right
before the closing bell. What is the total gain or loss for this stock’s price?
a. 32 points
b. −32 points
c. 4 points
d. −4 points

36. Lance has 70 cents, Margaret has three-fourths of a dollar, Guy has two
quarters and a dime, and Bill has six dimes. Who has the most money?
a. Lance
b. Margaret
c. Guy
d. Bill

37. The students at Norton School were asked to name their favorite type of
pet. Of the 430 students surveyed, 258 said that their favorite type of pet
was a dog. Suppose that only 100 students were surveyed, with similar
results. About how many students in this survey would say that a dog is
their favorite type of pet?
a. 58
b. 60
c. 72
d. 46

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38. A group of five friends went out to lunch. The total bill for the lunch was
$53.75. Their meals all cost about the same, so they wanted to split the bill
evenly. Without considering tip, how much should each friend pay?
a. $11.25
b. $12.85
c. $10.75
d. $11.50

39. The value of a computer depreciates evenly over five years for tax purposes
(meaning that every year the computer is worth less by the same amount
and that it is worth $0 after five years). If a business paid $2,400 for a com-
puter, how much will it have depreciated after 2 years?
a. $480
b. $1,200
c. $820
d. $960

40. A baker cools bagels on trays that can fit 11 rows of 5 bagels each. He has
a cart on which he can store 9 such trays. What is the largest number of
bagels that can be cooled at once if 3 such carts are filled to capacity?
a. 55
b. 495
c. 1,485
d. 2,970

41. A national park keeps track of how many people are in each car that enters
the park. Today, 57 cars had 4 people, 61 cars had 2 people, 9 cars had 1
person, and 5 cars had 5 people. What is the average number of people per
car? Round to the nearest person.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

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42. A large pipe dispenses 750 gallons of water in 50 seconds. At this rate, how
long will it take to dispense 360 gallons?
a. 14 seconds
b. 33 seconds
c. 24 seconds
d. 27 seconds

43. The light on a lighthouse blinks 45 times a minute. How long will it take
the light to blink 405 times?
a. 11 minutes
b. 4 minutes
c. 9 minutes
d. 6 minutes

44. A six-sided die is rolled and a coin is tossed. What is the probability that a
3 will be rolled and a tail tossed?
a. 12
1
b. 6
1
c. 12
1
d. 8

45. Wendy has 5 pairs of pants and 7 shirts. How many different outfits can
she make with these items (each outfit consists of one pair of pants and one
shirt)?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 35
d. 21

46. Audrey measured the width of her dining room in inches. It is 150 inches.
How many feet wide is her dining room?
a. 12 feet
b. 9 feet
c. 12.5 feet
d. 10.5 feet

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47. Sharon wants to make 15 half-cup servings of soup. How many ounces of
soup does she need?
a. 60 ounces
b. 150 ounces
c. 120 ounces
d. 7.5 ounces

48. Justin weighed 8 lb 12 oz when he was born. At his two-week check-up,

he had gained 8 ounces. What was his weight at the two-week check up in
pounds and ounces?
a. 9 lb
b. 8 lb 15 oz
c. 9 lb 4 oz
d. 10 lb 2 oz

49. One inch equals 2.54 centimeters. The dimensions of a table made in
Europe are 85 cm wide by 120 cm long. What is the width of the table in
inches? Round to the nearest tenth of an inch.
a. 30 inches
b. 215.9 inches
c. 33.5 inches
d. 47.2 inches

50. A bag contains 3 red, 6 blue, 5 purple, and 2 orange marbles. One marble
is selected at random. What is the probability that the marble chosen is
blue?
a. 143
3
b. 8
3
c. 16
3
d. 5

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51. The operator of an amusement park game kept track of how many tries it
took participants to win the game. The following is the data from the first
ten people:
2, 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 8, 4, 3, 5
What is the median number of tries it took these participants to win the
game?
a. 8
b. 6
c. 4
d. 2

52. Max goes to the gym every fourth day. Ellen’s exercise routine is to go
every third day. Today is Monday and both Max and Ellen are at the gym.
What will the day of the week be the next time they are both at the gym?
a. Sunday
b. Wednesday
c. Friday
d. Saturday

53. Danny is a contestant on a TV game show. If he gets a question right, the

points for that question are added to his score. If he gets a question wrong,
the points for that question are subtracted from his score. Danny currently
has 200 points. If he gets a 300-point question wrong, what will his score be?
a. −100
b. 0
c. −200
d. 100

54. Nicole jogs for 60 minutes four times a week, lifts weights for 45 minutes
three times a week, attends a 90-minute Zumba class twice a week, and
plays racquetball for 75 minutes twice a week. How long does Nicole
spend exercising each week?
a. 4 hours 30 minutes
b. 11 hours 45 minutes
c. 9 hours
d. 6 hours 15 minutes

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55. The Ravens played 25 home games this year. They had 11 losses and 2
ties. How many games did they win?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 11

56. Nancy has 24 CDs, and each contains between 9 and 15 songs, inclusive.
Which of the following is the correct range for the total number of songs
in her collection?
a. Between 216 and 360, inclusive
b. Between 186 and 300, inclusive
c. Between 33 and 49, inclusive
d. Between 240 and 336, inclusive

57. Determine the next number in the following pattern.

320, 160, 80, 40, . . .
a. 35
b. 30
c. 10
d. 20

58. Greg bought three boxes of holiday cards that each cost $9.00, two pack-
ages of red pens that each cost $3.00, and a package of green pens for
$2.00. Assuming tax has been included in the prices, if he gives the clerk a
$50 bill, how much change will he receive?
a. $18.00
b. $31.00
c. $36.00
d. $15.00

59. Which expression below is equal to 5?

a. (1 + 2)2
b. 9 − 22
c. 11 − 10 × 5
d. 45 ÷ 3 × 3

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60. A bus picks up a group of tourists at a hotel. The sightseeing bus travels 2
blocks north, 2 blocks east, 1 block south, 2 blocks east, and 1 block south.
Where is the bus in relation to the hotel?
a. 2 blocks north
b. 1 block west
c. 3 blocks south
d. 4 blocks east

61. Each week Jaime saves $25. How long will it take her to save $350?
a. 12 weeks
b. 14 weeks
c. 16 weeks
d. 18 weeks

62. Ashley’s car insurance costs her $115 per month. How much does it cost
her per year?
a. $1,150
b. $1,380
c. $980
d. $1,055

63. The ratio of boys to girls at the dance was 3:4. There were 60 girls at the
dance. How many boys were at the dance?
a. 45
b. 50
c. 55
d. 40

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