SECTION 3. MATHEMATICS

25 questions

Time limit: 25 minutes

1. How is expressed as a percentage?

(A)   4%

(B)   40%

(C)   400%

(D)   4,000%

2. Doris is leaning a 10-ft ladder against a wall. If the ladder hits the wall at exactly 8 ft, how far away from the wall is the ladder placed on the floor?

(A)   2 ft

(B)   6 ft

(C)   8 ft

(D)   10 ft

3. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of 8, 3, 6, and 11?

(A)   7

(B)   8

(C)   14

(D)   28

4. Approximately how many feet are in 3 meters?

(A)   3

(B)   6.4

(C)   9.8

(D)   12

5. 3,892+364 =

(A)   3,528

(B)   4,126

(C)   4,156

(D)   4,256

6. If Ryan is 2 years older than four times the age of his dog, Pixie, which expression represents that relationship?

(A)   R=4+2P

(B)   R=(2+4)P

(C)   

(D)   R=2+4P

7. If the longest distance across from edge to edge of a circle is 10 ft, what is the area of the circle?

(A)   5 ft

(B)   25π ft²

(C)   50π ft²

(D)   100π ft²

8. Kim needs to fill an empty 1-gallon jug. How many cups will it take to fill the jug?

(A)   4

(B)   8

(C)   16

(D)   32

9. If 3+4x=23, what is the value of x?

(A)   2

(B)   3

(C)   4

(D)   5

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(D)   

Use the information below to answer question 11.

  11. Which wine sold the most cases but the fewest individual bottles?

(A)   1997 Pinot Noir

(B)   1994 Pinot Gris

(C)   1991 Chardonnay

(D)   2001 Bordeaux

  12. What is 1,054 in Roman numerals?

(A)   MLIV

(B)   CLVI

(C)   MLIIII

(D)   MVCIV

  13. 7,259−3,687 =

(A)   3,572

(B)   3,672

(C)   4,572

(D)   5,472

  14. If it is 90°F, approximately what temperature is it on the Celsius scale?

(A)   18°C

(B)   32°C

(C)   58°C

(D)   104°C

  15. A certain rectangular room has an area of 196 ft². If the length and width of the room are the same, how wide is the room?

(A)   12 ft

(B)   13 ft

(C)   14 ft

(D)   16 ft

  16. 3.98×0.72 =

(A)   2.8656

(B)   3.26

(C)   4.7

(D)   5.0293

  17. The ratio of flour to sugar in a certain recipe is 3:2. If Don is making as much of the recipe as he can and he only has nine cups of flour, how much sugar will he use?

(A)   2

(B)   3

(C)   4.5

(D)   6

  18. What is the sum of the prime factors of 30?

(A)   2

(B)   5

(C)   10

(D)   15

  19. The number 8 is what percent of 5?

(A)   62.5%

(B)   160%

(C)   162.5%

(D)   200%

  20. Which of the following expresses 65 percent as a decimal?

(A)   0.065

(B)   0.65

(C)   6.5

(D)   65

  21. (x⁴)⁵ =

(A)   −x

(B)   x⁹

(C)   x¹²

(D)   x²⁰

  22. 385÷7 =

(A)   22

(B)   35

(C)   55

(D)   62

  23. If there are three foreign cars for every two domestic cars in a parking lot and their percentages are represented on a pie chart, what is the degree measure of the central angle that represents the foreign cars?

(A)   60

(B)   124

(C)   144

(D)   216

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