Question 1
27 percent of p is 100.
p is q percent of 100.
Quantity A | Quantity B |
q | 400 |
Quantity A is greater.
Quantity B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Question 2
Which expression is equivalent to ?
y3 + y − 1
−y − 1
Question 3
One cup of nuts that contains exactly half peanuts and half cashews is added to a bowl of nuts that is exactly one third peanuts, one third cashews, and one third almonds. This results in a three-cup mixture of nuts. What fraction of the new nut mixture is peanuts?
Question 4
Quantity A | Quantity B |
16 percent of 83 | 83 percent of 16 |
Quantity A is greater.
Quantity B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Question 5
Leah wants to shrink her photos to fit a computer screen. Her photos currently have a width of 1,024 pixels and a height of 768 pixels. If she reduces the width to 800 pixels, then to what height, in pixels, must she reduce the photos to preserve the same ratio of width to height?
1,066.7
600
576
544
500
Question 6
What is w if ?
Question 7
Maria removed of the cookies from a jar, and then Andrea removed of the remaining cookies from the same jar. Which of the following could NOT be the number of cookies originally in the jar?
Indicate all such values.
6
15
30
60
200
210
340
Question 8
If .002x + .004y = 4, what is the value of y in terms of x?
4 − .5x
1000 − .5x
2(1000 − x)
Question 9
What is the tenths digit of the quotient when thirty-five hundredths is divided by four thousandths?
Question 10
A group of freshmen, juniors, and seniors are going on a school trip. The number of seniors is 60% of the number of juniors, which is 50% of the number of freshmen. If there are at least 150 students on the trip, then which of the following could be the number of seniors?
Indicate all such values.
21
22
24
25
27
Question 11
Between the first day of May and last day in June, the price per kilogram of Melange, a seasoning mix, first declined by 20 percent and then increased by 50 percent. During this same period, the price per liter of Blue, a spring water, first increased by 20 percent and then declined by 50 percent. If at the end of June, the prices were the same, then, at the beginning of May, the price per kilogram for Blue was what percent of the price per liter of Melange?
2
30
50
100
200
Question 12
A container is full. After 3 liters of its contents are poured out, the container is full. How many liters would need to be poured back in to refill the container?
Question 13
The selling price of a house was decreased by 12 percent to $220,000. What was the original selling price of the house?
$193,600
$196,429
$221,200
$246,400
$250,000