Basic Standards Test #3

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1) David's car can travel 289 miles on 9.6 gallons of gasoline. How many miles can David's car travel per gallon of gasoline? 
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30 miles per gallon
20 miles per gallon
10 miles per gallon
3,000 miles per gallon

2) There are 52 classrooms at North High. If each classroom holds 28 students, approximately how many students could the school hold? 
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80 students
1,000 students
1,500 students
2,000 students

3) What is the area of the rug to the nearest square yard? 
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8 yards2
9 yards2
15 yards2
20 yards2

4) 25% of the 1,009 students at Estee Middle School are going on a field trip to the Utica Zoo. Approximately how many students are going to the zoo? 
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25
250
500
975

5) The length of a car is closest to 
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10 centimeters
10 feet
10 yards
10 grams

6) If you want to make 4 dozen cookies, how much water would you need? 
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3 1/4 cups flour

Cookies Recipe

3/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3/4 cups water
  • Makes 2 dozen cookies
1/2 cups
3/4 cups
1 1/2 cups
2 cups

7) A sandwich and a soda costs $3.14. If Bobby pays with a 5-dollar bill, a dime, and a nickel, approximately how much money will he receive in change? 
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$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00

8) Ingrid is walking in a park. The walk takes 50 minutes, but she has already walked about 20 minutes. What percent of the entire walk has she already completed? 
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20%
30%
40%
50%
From here until the end of the test, you should use a calculator.

9) Abigal's car holds 12 gallons of gas. About how far can she travel on one tank of gas if her car has a gas mileage of 15 miles per gallon? 
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1.2 miles
27 miles
150 miles
180 miles

10) The length of a newborn baby is closest to 
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1 foot
1 pound
1 inch
1 yard

11) The following chart shows how far four people could run in an hour.  
Warren 4.75 miles
Xi 4 3/4 miles
Ying 17/4 miles
Zack 4.8 miles
Who could run the farthest? 
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Warren
Xi
Ying
Zack

12) Bantu's soccer team played 15 games this season and won 9 of them. What percent of the games did Bantu's soccer team win? 
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6%
9%
50%
60%

13) Cheryl paid $1.56 for a hot dog and $0.69 for a soda. If she paid for the meal with a $10.00 bill, how much change should she receive? 
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$2.25
$7.75
$8.44
$12.25

14) The following table gives the interest rates from different banks. 
ABC Bank 7.3%
Acme Bank 7 3/4%
Rob D. Bank 7 3/10%
River Bank 7.33%
Which two banks have the same interest rate? 
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ABC Bank and Acme Bank
ABC Bank and Rob D. Bank
ABC Bank and River Bank
Rob D. Bank and River Bank

15) The following chart shows how Dustin spent his earnings last week. 
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Dustin spent twice as much money on ________ as he did on movies. 
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savings
books
food
clothing

16) The following is a map of Simpletown. 
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Which two roads are neither parallel nor perpendicular? 
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Thurman Street and Slanted Avenue
Thurman Street and 1st Avenue
2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue
3rd Avenue and Thurman Street

17) The following chart shows how many cars were sold by a local car dealer. 
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According to the graph, as many cars were sold on Monday and Thursday combined as on what other day? 
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Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

18) How many of the following four figures are symmetrical? 
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1
2
3
4

19) Olga wants to buy a box of cereal that is the best deal. She sees the 4 brands of cereal shown below. 
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Frosty Flakes $3.00 for 15 oz.
Frank’s Flakes $3.50 for 16 oz.
Flakey Flakes $4.00 for 18 oz.
Football Flakes $5.00 for 20 oz.
Frosty Flakes
Frank's Flakes
Flakey Flakes
Football Flakes

20) Mrs. Olson would like to steam clean her 10 rugs. She can either buy a steam cleaner for $300 plus $20 for materials or she can rent the steam cleaner for $25 per rug. Which would cost less? 
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Renting the steam cleaner
Buying the steam cleaner
They cost the same
Cannot tell from the information given.

21) Girard took 4 history tests this year. His grades are given below: 
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7 out of 10

6 out of 8

0.75

65%

If Girard can drop his lowest score, which should he drop?
7 out of 10
6 out of 8
0.75
65%

22) What is the perimeter of the following figure? 
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6 inches
30 inches
40 inches
50 inches

23) According to the directions below for cement, how much water should be mixed with 10 cups of cement? 
 
 
Directions: Mix 3 parts water with 1 part cement mix.
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3 cups
4 cups
30 cups
40 cups

24) A drawer holds 9 blue socks, 6 black socks, and 5 white socks. What is the probability that a person will randomly draw a black sock? 
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1 out of 20
1 out of 6
6 out of 14
6 out of 20

25) The following chart shows the amount of rainfall expected in Minneapolis during the 6 month spring and summer period.  
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April

2.29 inches

May

3.37 inches

June

4.12 inches

July

3.34 inches

August

3.33 inches

September

3.00 inches

Which one of the four lines on the graph correctly plots the data? 

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Line Graph A
Line Graph B
Line Graph C
Line Graph D

26) Naomi had $500 in the bank but withdrew 25% of it. How much does she have left? 
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$25
$125
$375
$475

27) The following is Jolly Joe's menu: 
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Jolly Joe’s Pop Corn and Pop
Popcorn 75 cents
Pop 50 cents

If Jolly Joe sells 60 popcorns and 80 pops, how much money will Jolly Joe make?

$1.25
$85.00
$125.00
$140.00

28) A food shelter wants to buy 120 pounds of chicken. A pound of chicken costs $3.19. Approximately how much will the chicken cost the food shelter? 
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$37.62
$123.19
$319.00
$382.80

29) About 80% of guests at the Good Night Hotel need a wakeup call each morning. If 250 guests are staying at the hotel, about how many will need a wakeup call? 
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80
125
170
200

30) Mr. Burns receives 5% commission on all of the sales at Furniture-A-Go-Go. If he sold $14,000 worth of furniture last month, what would be his earnings? 
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$5.00
$700.00
$14,005.00
$14,700.00

31) Juan's car has traveled 500 miles in 8 1/2 hours. What is the average speed of Juan's car, rounded to the nearest mile per hour? 
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55 miles per hour
59 miles per hour
62 miles per hour
65 miles per hour

32) Banks allow 28% of a family's monthly earnings to be spent on a house payment. If the Harrison's make $1,800 per month in earnings, how much can they afford to spend on a house payment? 
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$406
$504
$602
$700

33) Ty has made a total of $545 over the last 5 weeks mowing lawns in his neighborhood. What has been his mean average earnings per week? 
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