Number Operations and Number Sense

Question 1: The price of corn was $4/bushel on January 2009 and $7/bushel on January 2010. By what percentage did the corn price change from January 2009 to January 2010? 25% 40% 50% 75% 100% Question 2: A family plans to spend 5% of its income on vacations? If the annual family income is $70,000, how much can they spend for vacations? $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 $4,000 $7,000 Question 3: The marked price of shirts in a store is $30. During one week, the store sells m shirts at the marked price and n shirts discounted 10% of the marked price. Which of the following is an expression of the store revenue from shirts sold during that week? 30m + 30n 30m + 27n 30(m + .1n) 27m + 30n 27m + 27n

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Question 4: A number is increased 20% and the resulting number is decreased 50%. The final number is what percent of the original number? 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Question 5: A bag of table tennis balls costs $12. There are 15 balls in the bag. How much does each ball cost? $0.45 $0.60 $0.75 $0.80 $0.90 Question 6: Write the number 99 in scientific notation: 9.9x1 9.9x10 9.9x100 9.9x10-2 9.9x102 Question 7: Write the number 7.2x10-4 in ordinary form: 0.00072 0.0072 0.072 0.72 7.2

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Question 8: The speed of sound at sea level is 3.4029x102 m/s. Write this in standard number form. 34.029 m/s 340.29 m/s 3,402.9 m/s 34,029 m/s 340,29 m/s Question 9: If a train travels 150 miles in 90 minutes, how many miles can it travel in 4 hours? 250 miles 300 miles 350 miles 400 miles 450 miles

Question 10: If 530 gallons of milk is the average daily milk consumption in a town of 2000 people, how many gallons could be sold daily in a similar town of 5000 people? 1025 gallons 1075 gallons 1150 gallons 1200 gallons 1325 gallons

Question 11: If x/4 = y/256, which of the following statements must be true? y = 64x y = 128x y = 256x y = 512x y = 1024x www.free-test-online.com

Question 12: An online bookseller sold 20,051 art books at an average price of $20.02 per book. Which of the following numbers is closer to the revenues obtained from the art books sales? $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000

Question 13: A car ran 400 miles in 7 hours. Which of the following answers approximates the best the average speed of the car? 47 miles/hour 51 miles/hour 54 miles/hour 57 miles/hour 61 miles/hour

Question 14: Which of the following answers approximates best point 'A', situated on the number line below?

3/5 9/20 11/20 2/10 5/2 www.free-test-online.com

Question 15: (3 + 1)2 + 3 (3 + 1)2 = 8 16 24 32 64

Question 16: 12 2/6 - 15 2/3 =

-6 -4 -2 0 2

Question 17: Two brothers measure their heights. The height of the older brother is 1.784cm while the height of the younger brother is 1.69cm. What is the height difference between them? 0.064 cm 0.094 cm 0.112 cm 0.122 cm 0.207 cm

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Question 18: An electric cable of length 5.675 miles is connected in series with a cable of length 9.078 miles. What is the length of the resulting cable? 13.023 miles 14.245 miles 14.753 miles 16.453 miles 16.902 miles Question 19: The length of a rectangular is 1.24 inches and its width is 3.09 inches. What is the area of the rectangular? 2.8564 square inches 3.1616 square inches 3.4228 square inches 3.4364 square inches 3.8316 square inches Question 20: What is 12.39 divided by 5.25 ? 2.04 2.36 2.62 2.84 2.96

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