1.

A college writing seminar increased its size by 50% from the first to the second
day. If the total number of students in the seminar on the second day was 15, how
many students were in the class on the first day?

A．8
B. 10
C. 23
D. 30

Correct answer: B LEVEL 2

1. In 2005, the USGS conducted a survey to investigate water usage in the United
States. The following table shows their findings.
Categories of water usage Total estimated water usage
Aquaculture 2%
Domestic 1%
Industrial 4%
Irrigation 31%
Livestock 1%
Mining 1%
Pubic supply 11%
Thermo electric 49%
If 3.8 billion gallons of water is used for domestic use per day, approximately
how many gallons of water are used for irrigation per day?

A. 1 billion
B. 118 billion
C. 152 billion
D. 380 billion
Correct answer: B LEVEL 2

2. A baker at a successful bakery makes three types of cupcakes: vanilla, red velvet,
and double chocolate. On Wednesday, he made 18 vanilla cupcakes, which
was 17% of the total amount of cupcakes he made. How many total cupcakes did
the baker make on Wednesday?

A. 35
B. 54
C. 94
D. 106

Correct answer: D LEVEL 2

3. A construction crew was made up of 8 men and the rest women. If 40% of the
crew was comprised of men, how many people were in the crew?

Sample answers list:

an integer, like 6
a simplified fraction number, like 3/5
a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
an exact decimal, like 0.75

Correct answer: 20 LEVEL 2

4. A movie fanatic has amassed a giant collection of home movies, some on DVD
and others in the older VHS cassette mode. If the fanatic has 308 movies on DVD,
which comprises 31.3% of the total collection, how many total movies are in the
collection?

A. 96
B. 212
C. 676
D. 984

Correct answer: D LEVEL 2

5. A clothing warehouse houses about 14,000 garments at the beginning of each year.
Throughout the year, a small percentage of the garments become lost or damaged,
and must be replaced at the end of the year. Each year, about 1.5% of the garments
become damaged but not lost, and about 0.6% become lost. About how many
garments must be replaced each year due to loss or damage?

A. 80 garments
B. 130 garments
C. 210 garments
D. 290 garments

Correct answer: D LEVEL 2

6. Mr. Edwards hired a new employee to work in his bakeshop. In one hour, this
employee burned 439 chocolate chip cookies, which represented 25% of all the
cookies the employee burned in that day. How many cookies did the new
employee burn in the course of the day?
A. 110
B. 351
C. 549
D. 1756

Correct answer: D LEVEL 2

7. Hailey's laundry basket contains 7 socks. These 7 socks account for

approximately 21% of Hailey's socks. How many socks does Hailey have in total?

A. 2 socks
B. 3 socks
C. 26 socks
D. 33 socks

Correct answer: D LEVEL 2

8. A company has the goal of doubling their revenue from 32 million dollars
to 64 million dollars over the next 2 years. If the company increases its revenue
by 50% in the first year, by approximately what percentage must the company
increase their revenue in the second year in order to reach their goal?

A. 25%
B. 33%
C. 50%
D. 100%

Correct answer: B LEVEL 2

9. During last year's basketball season, Jackson attempted 150 free throws of which
he made 120. So far this season, he's attempted 24 and made 16. A player's
free-throw percentage is defined to be the percent of free throws made out of the
number of free throws attempted. Assuming calculations began with the start of
last year's season, which of the following best approximates Jackson's overall
free-throw percentage to date?

A. 67%
B. 73%
C. 78%
D. 80%

Correct answer: C LEVEL 2

1. A store holiday sale has an item marked down by $10 with an additional discount
of 25% of the new price. If the final price was $36.27, what was the original?

A. $19.70
B. $48.36
C. $58.36
D. $61.93

Correct answer: C LEVEL 3

2. A school has 63% girls and 37\%37% boys. If 23% of the girls wears contacts
and 42% of the boys wears contacts, what percent of all students wears contacts?

A. 14.5%
B. 15.5%
C. 30.0%
D. 75.0%

Correct answer: C LEVEL 3

3. Allegra and Simeon were selling containers of cookie dough for a charity event. In
the first week, Allegra sold 30% more than Simeon did. The following week,
Allegra sold 12 containers of cookie dough, while Simeon sold none. If Allegra
sold 40% more containers than Simeon did overall, how many did Simeon sell in
total?
 Sample answers list:
an integer, like 6
a simplified fraction number, like 3/5
a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
an exact decimal, like 0.75
Correct answer: 120 LEVEL 3

4. In a community service class in the fall, 3 of the 15 class sessions were lectures,
while all others were devoted to fieldwork in parks. In the spring, the number of
sessions devoted to fieldwork remained the same, but the total number of sessions
increased to 18. What percent of class sessions were lectures in the spring?

A. 16.7%
B. 33.3%
C. 66.7%
D. 83.3%

Correct answer: B LEVEL 3

5. On Monday, a fruit vendor bought 80 pieces of fruit to sell at her market, 35% of
which were apples and the rest of which were oranges. On Tuesday, the vendor
bought the same number of oranges, but she only bought 73 pieces of fruit. On
Tuesday, what percentage of the fruit she bought was apples?

A. 28.8%
B. 38.3%
C. 65.0%
D. 71.2%

Correct answer: A LEVEL 3

6. A student answered 86 problems correctly, which was 81.9% of the total number
of problems on the test. How many problems did the student answer incorrectly?

A. 4
B. 19
C. 86
D. 105

Correct answer: B LEVEL 3

7. Fabrizzio went shopping on Tuesday and decided to purchase a pair of pants that
is 15% off the regular price for the rest of the week. If he buys the pants on
Tuesday, he will receive an additional 5% off. What percent would Tuesday's sale
price be of the original price for the pants?

A. 81%
B. 85%
C. 95%
D. 105%

Correct answer: A LEVEL 3

8. In a college philosophy class during the fall semester, there were 323 students,
42% of whom were male and the rest of whom were female. In the spring
 semester, the same number of females was in the class as in the fall, but there
were only 298 total students in the class. In the spring, what percent of students
were female?

A. 46%
B. 58%
C. 63%
D. 92%

Correct answer: C LEVEL 3

9. A taxi ride cost a customer a total of $13.73, which included 4% sales tax and then
a $1 surcharge. What was the subtotal before the surcharge and sales tax?

A. $0.51
B. $12.24
C. $13.24
D. $318.25

Correct answer: B LEVEL 3

10. In the United States House of Representatives, 12.2% of congresspeople are from
the State of California. If there are 435 voting congresspeople, how many are not
from California?

A. 12.2
B. 53
C. 382
D. 488

Correct answer: C LEVEL 3

11. A chef has a large container of olive oil. In one night, after he used 25 quarts,
35.9% of the oil remained. How many quarts of olive oil remained in the
container?

an integer, like 6
a simplified fraction number, like 3/5
a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
an exact decimal, like 0.75
Correct answer: 14 LEVEL 3

12. In 2004, the number of people aged 16 years or older in the United States
was 223,357,000. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at that time 66% of
the population aged 16 and older was employed, and women made up
about 46.4% of this category. Approximately how many women aged 16 and older
were employed in 2004?

A. 68,400,000
B. 104,000,000
C. 147,400,000
D. 157,000,000

Correct answer: A LEVEL 3

1. At the beginning of the week, Josh had 32 computer games, 133% as many
computer games than Peter had. By the end of the week, Josh gave Peter 25% of
his computer games. How many computer games did Josh and Peter each have by
the end of the week?

A. Josh had 8 games; Peter had 24 games.

B. Josh had 24 games; Peter had 8 games.
C. Josh had 24 games; Peter had 32 games.
D. Josh had 32 games; Peter had 24 games.

Correct answer: C LEVEL 4

2. Owen answered a set of math and history Quiz Bowl questions. Owen correctly
answered 72% of all the 200 questions. However, Owen answered 53.3% of the
math questions. If 45%percent of the questions were in math, what percent of
history questions did Owen answer correctly? Round to the nearest percent.
 % an integer, like 6
a simplified fraction number, like 3/5
a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
an exact decimal, like 0.75

Correct answer: 87% LEVEL 4

3. In 2013, the population of Nevada and North Carolina were each growing at a rate
of approximately 3.3% per year. In addition, the US Census Bureau estimated that
the population of Nevada and North Carolina was 2.8 million and 9.8 million
people, respectively. If the population growth rates in each of these states
remained the same, approximately how many more people were living in North
Carolina compared to Nevada in 2014?
A. 7.0 million
B. 7.2 million
C. 9.3 million
D. 13.0 million

Correct answer: B LEVEL 4

4. On Monday, Harry had 75% as many toys as Teddy did. On Tuesday, after Harry
acquired 32more toys and Teddy acquired 15% more than he had on Monday,
Harry had as many toys as Teddy did. How many toys did Harry have on
Monday?

an integer, like 6
a simplified fraction number, like 3/5
a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
an exact decimal, like 0.75
Correct answer: 60 LEVEL 4

5. The chef has 36 pounds of strip loin steak. The amount of weight lost from the
trim on each pound is 35%, and 75% more of the steak's weight is lost after
cooking it. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin will the chef have left
to serve to the customers?

A. 5.85
B. 12.6
C. 17.55
D. 23.4

Correct answer: A LEVEL 4

6. Ivy is downloading a computer program from the Internet. After 8 minutes, the
computer program is 35% downloaded. If the computer program continues to
download at the current rate, about how much longer will it take for Ivy's
computer to finish downloading the program?

A. 12 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 18 minutes
D. 23 minutes

Correct answer: B LEVEL 4

7.
Baby name Denis Dimitri Lea Tanya
 Frequency 13 27 125 400
The table above displays the number of babies per million babies born
in 1985 with each of 4 names. In 1985, about what percentage of babies were
named Lea or Dimitri?

A. 0.000152%
B. 0.0152%
C. 0.98%
D. 1.52%

Correct answer: B LEVEL 4

8. A high school's graduation rate is defined to be the percentage of the senior class
that graduates. Last year 406 of Sagamore High School's 452 seniors graduated.
This year the school expects the previous year's graduation rate to increase by
approximately 2 percentage points. If there are 436 students in this year's senior
class, which of the following best approximates the number of seniors that
Sagamore High School expects to graduate this year?

A. 390 students
B. 400 students
C. 410 students
D. 420 students

Correct answer: B LEVEL 4