Deck 8: Mathematics

Question 1

What is 5/12?

A).41666
B).42
C).4333
D).41333
E).415

Answer 1

.41666

Question 2

A car that regularly sells for $29,600 has been marked down to $22,100. What is the approximate percentage of the discount?

A)20%
B)22%
C)25%
D)30%
E)33%

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

Olivia has $5,000 to invest. She invests in a fund at 4% interest. How long will it take for her money to double?

A)10 years
B)12 years
C)15 years
D)18 years
E)20 years

Answer 3

18 years

Question 4

Kathleen projects her expenditures for purchasing office supplies to be $85/week. How much will she spend on office supplies over a 4-week time span?

A)$290
B)$325
C)$340
D)$355
E)$342

Question 5

In initial production of a new video game, it is discovered that the ratio of functional games to defective games is 20 to 1. If 360 games are produced, how many could be expected to be defective?

A)12 games
B)15 games
C)16 games
D)18 games
E)20 games

Question 6

What is 1/7?

A).142857
B).153
C).12
D).125
E).144

Question 7

The wholesale price of a fountain pen is $2.80. What will the new price be if a 5% increase is instituted?

A)$2.84
B)$2.90
C)$2.94
D)$2.96
E)$2.97

Question 8

An 8-year-old boy named Albert has a 10-year-old brother named Benny. Benny joins the service at 20 leaving Albert feeling bitter that he no longer has a brother to look up to. After 7 years, Albert is finally ready to make up with Benny who has been out of the service for 5 years. How old is Albert now?

A)27
B)15
C)25
D)32
E)23

Question 9

How long will it take for Ron's $37,353 investment to double if he expects 9% returns?

A)5 years
B)8 years
C)9 years
D)9.5 years
E)10 years

Question 10

If the speed of a car is 200 km per hour, how may minutes does it take to travel 60 km?

A)3 1/3 hours
B)20 minutes
C)18 minutes
D)22 minutes
E)24 minutes

Question 11

What is 2/9?

A).17
B).19
C).1818
D).2222
E).235

Question 12

What is 3/8s?

A).36
B).38
C).375
D).3833
E).365

Question 13

What is 5/6?

A).8
B).8444
C).8333
D).825
E).875

Question 14

What is 1/11?

A).095
B).0909
C).0888
D).9414
E).142857

Question 15

Which type of chart or graph would be the best graphic organizer to demonstrate the relationship between foreign aid to a nation and the decrease in child mortality rates among its citizens?

A)Bar graph
B)Line graph
C)Pie chart
D)Histogram

Question 16

What is the mean for the following expenditures? $79.84, $278.99, $342.16, $466.25, $111.39, $502.47, $98.12

A)$278.99
B)$268.46
C)$354.22
D)$317.54

Question 17

People who score in the 95th percentile on an exam:

A)Earned a score of 95 on the test
B)Scored as well or better than 95% of the people who took the same exam
C)Scored in the top 95% of test takers
D)Answered 95% of the questions correctly

Question 18

On a trip to the Netherlands you spend €275 per night in a hotel, €37.58 per day on meals and €50 per day on transportation. If you were there for four days and three nights, and the exchange rate from U.S. dollars to euros was $1.00 : €0.7515, about how much did you spend altogether, in U.S. dollars?

A)$1,564
B)$1,175
C)$1,702
D)$1,398

Question 19

Jacqueline and Lee are meeting for the weekend somewhere between their cities, which are 420 miles apart. Jacqueline drives 80 mph for the duration of her trip. If they both left home at 10 a.m. and met at 1 p.m., what speed did Lee drive to reach their meeting spot?

A)75 mph
B)70 mph
C)65 mph
D)60 mph

Question 20

The division of your company that you oversee contains 18 employees whose total salary last year was $855,000. The average salary of all company employees with the same level of responsibility and qualifications is $50,000. Is your department above or below the company average?

A)Below by 20%
B)Above by 10%
C)Below by 5%
D)Above by 15%

Question 21

If Martin invests $20,000 for 20 years and his investment earns 20% interest compounding quarterly, what will it be worth at the end of his investment period?

A)$991,228.82
B)$120,000.00
C)$244,529.20
D)$424,872.36

Question 22

A company just distributed candy bars wrapped with golden tickets hidden within ordinary shipments of their product. The company spokesperson announces that there is a "one in one thousand chance" of someone finding a golden ticket when they open a candy bar, and that 500,000 candy bars have been distributed in the golden ticket promotion. If a person buys three of the candy bars, what is their chance of finding a golden ticket?

A)0.30%
B)3%
C)0.00%
D)0.03%