Question 1

What is the area of a square with 1side measuring 6 cm?

Accepted Answer

A) 12 cm2 
B) 24 cm2 
C) 240 cm2 
D) 36 cm2

Question 2

Simplify the following expression:4(4x - 8x + 5)

Accepted Answer

A) 16x +20 
B) 16x - 20 
C) ?16x + 20 
D) ?16x - 20

Question 3

Solve the following equation: 1 3/8 ÷ 2/3 =

Accepted Answer

A) 1/3 
B) 1 1/3 
C) 33/16 
D) 1 5/8

Question 4

What is the equation for the Pythagorean Theorem?

Accepted Answer

A) A³ + B³ = C³ 
B) A³ -B³ = C³ 
C) A² + B² = C² 
D) ABC² = A²B²C²

Question 5

The base of a triangle is 10 cm. The height is 6 cm. What is its area?

Accepted Answer

A) 3 cm2 
B) 30 cm2 
C) 300 cm2 
D) .3 cm2

Question 6

How many feet are in 7 yards?

Accepted Answer

A) 7 
B) 3 
C) 21 
D) 14

Question 7

Verna's Canned Vegetables, Inc. wants the color of each can of vegetables to be blue, including the bottom and the top. If the diameter of the lid (l) is 5 cm, and the height of the can (h) is 9 cm, what is the approximate total surface area for each can that needs to be colored blue?

Accepted Answer

A) 166.8 cm² 
B) 166.8 cm³ 
C) 180.6 cm² 
D) 180.6 cm³

Question 8

A box of candy contains 11 pieces of gummy candy, 13 pieces of gum, 8 truffles, and 9 mints. Sue randomly grabs a piece of gum from the bag. What is the probability that the next piece of candy taken will be a piece of gum or a piece of gummy candy?

Accepted Answer

A) 1/2 
B) 12/21 
C) 50/50 
D) 23/40

Question 9

A: {3, 6, 7}B: {2, 8}What is the union of Set A and Set B?

Accepted Answer

A) {2, 3, 6, 7, 8} 
B) {3, 6, 7} 
C) {2, 8} 
D) None of the above

Question 10

Which property is the following equation an example of?2(3+4) = 2(3) + 2(4)

Accepted Answer

A) The distributive property 
B) The multiplicative inverse property 
C) Associative property 
D) Additive inverse property

Question 11

Olivia is writing a recipe for orange-colored fruit salad. She uses 4 apricots for every cantaloupe, 2 peaches for every apricot, and one orange for every cantaloupe. If she uses 8 oranges, how many whole pieces of fruit total will be used for the fruit salad?

Accepted Answer

A) 212 
B) 232 
C) 112 
D) 132

Question 12

What is 60% as a simple fraction in lowest terms?

Accepted Answer

A) 6/10 
B) 3/5 
C) 60/100 
D) 4/10

Question 13

What is 13% expressed as a decimal?

Accepted Answer

A)  13.0 
B)  1.3 
C)  0.13 
D)  0.013

Question 14

Solve: 5²

Accepted Answer

A) 625 
B) 10 
C) 25 
D) 125

Question 15

Is 40÷5>, =, or < 49÷7?

Accepted Answer

A) > 
B) = 
C) < 
D) None of the above

Question 16

Solve the following equation:3/6 + 2/5 + 1/3 =

Accepted Answer

A) 70/64 
B) 37/30 
C) 1/3 
D) 16/3

Question 17

The radius of a circle is 3 cm. What is its circumference?

Accepted Answer

A)  1.8 cm 
B)  84 cm 
C)  18.84 cm 
D)  Not enough information to solve.

Question 18

One ton is equal to how many pounds?

Accepted Answer

A) 20 
B) 200 
C) 2,000 
D) 20,000

Question 19

According to the US Standard system, which of the following would be used to measure the volume of water in a bath tub?

Accepted Answer

A) Gallons 
B) Liters 
C) Cups 
D) Meters

Question 20

Which of the following is a composite number?

Accepted Answer

A) 14 
B) 31 
C) 7 
D) 11

Exam 1: Math: Basic Math