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A) x2 – 3x - 4=0 E) x2 + 5x - 6=0 I) x2 – 8x - 9=0 M) 2x2 – 3x =0

B) x2 + 5x + 4=0 F) x2 + 2x - 3=0 J) x2 – 8x + 15=0 N) 5x2 – 20=0


C) x2 – 3x + 2=0 G) x2 + 7x + 6=0 K) x2 + 14x - 15=0
D) x2 + 5x + 6=0 H) x2 – 3x - 4=0 L) x2 + 13x +36=0

1. What is the average of 2x-3, x+1, and 3x+8? List 1


2. Find the average of 1/5, 25% and .09

3. The students of South High spent a day on the street collecting money to help cure birth defects. In counting
up the collections, they found that 10 cans contained $5 each, 13 cans contained $6 each, and 5 contained $8 each.
Find the average amount contained in each of these cans?

4. If 6 pounds of nuts that cost $1.20 per pound are mixed with pounds 2 of nuts that cost $1.60 per pound, what
is the cost per pound of the mixture?

5. Karen drove 40 miles into the country at 40 miles per hour and returned home by bus at 20 miles per hour.
What was her average rate in miles per hour for the round trip?

6. Mrs. Morris receives a salary raise from $25,000 to $33,000. Find the percent of increase?

7. Steve buys a ticket to the opera. At the last moment, he finds he cannot go and sells the ticket to Judy for $10,
which was a loss of 16 ⅔%. What was the original price of the ticket?

8. Alice bought a bicycle for $120. After using it for only a short time, she sold it to a bike store at a 20% loss.
How much money did the bike store give Alice?

9. The value of Super Company Stock dropped from $25 a share to $21 a share. Find the percent of decrease.

10. The Rubins bought their home for $96,000 and sold it for $120,000. What was the percent of increase?

11. A certain customer paid $24 for a dress. If that price represented a 25 % discount on the original price of the
dress, what was the original price of the dress?

12. The price of an item is discounted by 20 percent and then this reduced price is discounted by an additional 30
percent. These two discounts are equal to an overall discount of what percent?

13. A train travels at a constant rate 25 meters per second. How many kilometers does it travel in 5 minutes?

14. Find three consecutive odd (even) integers whose sum is 219 (222).

15. 7 years ago Alice was 5 years younger than her brother Robert, whose age is 4x +3. Represent her age 3 years
from now.

16. Mark is now 4 times as old as his brother Stephen. In 1 year Mark will be 3 times as old as Stephen will be
then. How old was Mark two years ago?

17. Today Sam is 2 years younger than Fred and Jim is twice as old as Fred. Four years ago Jim was 4 times as old
as Sam. How old is Jim now?

18. Jody is now 20 years old and her brother, Glenn is 14. How many years ago was Jody three times as old as
Glenn was then?
19. Mrs. Friedman invested some money in a bank paying 4% interest annually and a second amount, $500 less
than the first, in a bank paying 6% interest. If her annual income from both investments was $50, how much money
did she invest at 6%?

20. If $8,000 is invested at 6% simple annual interest, how much interest is earned after 5 months?

21. If $10,000 is invested at 10 percent annual interest, compounded semiannually, what is the balance after 1year?

22. If 5 shirts cost $44, then, at this rate, what is the cost of 8 shirts?

23. When n liters of fuel were added to a tank that was already 1/5 full, the tank was filled 7/10 of its capacity. In
terms of n, what is the capacity of the tank, in liters?

24. Daniel spent $4.50 for a ticket to the movies. This represents ¾ of his allowance for the week. What did he
have left that week for other expenses?

25. After doing 1/3 of the family laundry before breakfast, Mrs. Strauss did ¾ of the remainder before lunch. What
part of the laundry was left for the afternoon?

26. Mark’s car uses 20 gallons of gas to drive 360 miles. At this rate, how many gallons of gas will he need for a
trip of 630 miles?

27. How many liters of a solution that is 15% salt must be added to 5 liters of a solution that is 8% salt so that the
resulting solution is 10 % salt?

28. How many quarts of pure alcohol must be added to 15 quarts of a solution which is 40% alcohol to strengthen
it to a solution which 50% alcohol?

29. A tank contains 10,000 gallons of a solution that is 5 percent sodium chloride by volume. If 2,500 gallons of
water evaporate from the tank, the remaining solution will be approximately what percent sodium chloride?

30. During the certain season, a team won 80 percent of its first 100 games and 50 percent of its remaining games.
If the team won 70 percent of its games for the entire season, what was the total number of games that the team
played?

31. How far can Scott drive into the country if he drives out at 40 miles per hour and returns over the same road at
30 miles per hour and spends 8 hours away from home including a one-hour stop for lunch?

32. Susie left her home at 11 A.M., traveling along Route 1 at 30 miles per hour. At 1 P.M., her brother Richard
left home and started after her on the same road at 45 miles per hour. At what time did Richard catch up to Susie?

33. Two busses are 515 miles apart. At 9:30 A.M. they start traveling toward each other at rates of 48 and 55 miles
per hour. At what time will they pass each other?

34. Two cars leave a restaurant at 1 P.M., with one car traveling east at 60 miles per hour and the other west at 40
miles per hour along a straight highway. At what time will they be 350 miles apart?

35. Steve gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at a rate 57 floor per minute. At the same
time Joyce gets on an elevator on the 51st floor of the same building and rides down at a rate of 63 floor per
minute. If they continue traveling at this rates, at which floor will their paths cross?

36. On a 400-mile trip, car X traveled half the distance at 30 miles per hour and the other half at 50 miles per hour.
What was the average speed of car X?
37. John can complete a paper route in 20 minutes. Steve can complete the same route in 30 minutes. How long
will it take them to complete the route if they work together?

38. If Art and Rita can do a job in 4 hours when working together at their respective constant rates and Art can do
the job alone in 6 hours, in how many hours can Rita do the job alone?

39. If machine X can produce 1,000 bolts in 4 hours and machine Y can produce 1,000 bolts in 5 hours, in how
many hours can machines X and Y, working together at these constant rates, produce 1,000 bolts?

40. Mary can clean the house in 6 hours. Her younger sister Ruth can do the same job in 9 hours. In how many
hours can they do the job if they work together?

41. Each of 25 people is enrolled in history, mathematics, or both. If 20 are enrolled in history and 18 are enrolled
in mathematics, how many are enrolled in both history and mathematics?

42. If 75 percent of a class answered the first question on a certain test correctly, 55 percent answered the second
question on the test correctly, and 20 percent answered neither of the questions correctly, what percent answered
both correctly?

43. Of the 65 cars on a car lot, 45 have air-conditioning, 30 have power windows, and 12 have both air-
conditioning and power windows. How many of the cars on the lot have neither air-conditioning nor power
windows?

44. There are 50 employees in the office of ABC company. Of these, 24 have taken an accounting course, 13 have
taken a course of finance, and 14 have taken a marketing course. Eight of the employees have taken exactly two of
the courses, and two employees has taken all three of the courses. How many of the 50 employees have taken none
of the courses?
45. In a group of 15 students, 9 can speak Spanish, 8 can speak French, and 3 can speak neither. What fraction of
the group can speak both French and Spanish?

46. In a class of 100 students, 20 play Football, 20 do not play Rugby, 10 play neither of the games. Find the
number of students who play both the games?

47. The dogs in a certain kennel are fed Brand A and Brand B dog food only. Of these dogs, 6 dogs eat Brand A
and 15 dogs eat Brand B. If 4 of the dogs that eat Brand B also eat Brand A, how many dogs are in the kennel?

48. In a certain production lot, 40 percent of the toys are red and the remaining toys are green. Half of the toys are
small and half are large. If 10 percent of the toys are red and small, and 40 toys are green and large, how many of
the toys are red and large?

49. Find the ratio of the shaded portion to the unshaded portion in the figure on right.

Figure 1
200 meters

Figure 2
Figure 3

200 meters
50. The Figure1 Figure2 and Figure3 above shows three an aerial view of a pieces of land. If all angles shown are
right angles, what is the perimeter of each of the pieces of land?
51. How many quarts of water must be added to 18 57. Janet has $2.05 in dimes and quarters. If she has
quarts of a 32% alcohol solution to dilute it to a four fewer dimes than quarters, how much money
solution which is only 12% alcohol? does she have in dimes?.
A) 10 A) 30 ¢
B) 14 B) 80 ¢
C) 20 C) $1.20
D) 30 D) 70 ¢
E) 34 E) 90 ¢

52. How many pounds of nuts selling for 70 cents a 58. Mr. Cooper invested a sum of money at 6%. He
pound must be mixed with 30 pounds of nuts invested a second sum, $150 more than the first at
selling at 90 cents a pound to make a mixture which 3%. If his total annual income was $54, how much
will sell for 85 cents a pound? did he invest at 3%?
A) 7.5 A) $700
B) 10 B) $650
C) 22.5 C) $500
D) 40 D) $550
E) 12 E) $600

53. How many quarts of water must be added to 40 59. Aaron will jog from home at x miles per hour
quarts of a 5% acid solution to dilute it to a 2% and then walk back home by the same route at y
solution? miles per hour. How many miles from home can
A) 80 Aaron jog so that he spends a total of t hours
B) 40 jogging and walking?
C) 60 xt
D) 20 A)
y
E) 50
x+t
B)
54. Miriam is 11 years older than Charles. In three xy
years she will be twice as old as Charles will be xyt
C)
then. How old was Miriam 2 years ago? x+ y
A) 6 x+ y+t
B) 8 D)
xy
C) 9
y+t t
D) 17 E) −
E) 19 x y

55. One printing press can print the school 60. Carol started from home on a trip averaging 30
newspaper in 12 hours, while another press can miles per hour. How fast must her mother drive to
print it in 18 hours. How long will the job take if catch up to her in 3 hours if she. leaves ,30 minutes
both presses work simultaneously? after Carol?
A) 7 hrs. 12 min. A) 35 m.p.h.
B) 6 hrs. 36 min. B) 39 m.p.h.
C) 6 hrs. 50 min. C) 40 m.p.h.
D) 7 hrs. 20 min. D) 55 m.p.h.
E) 7 hrs. 15 min. E) 60 m.p.h.

61. Dan has twice as many pennies as Frank. If


56. If there are 664,579 prime numbers among the
Frank wins 12 pennies from Dan, both boys will
first 10 million positive integers, approximately
have they same number of pennies. How many
what percent of the first 10 million positive integers
pennies did Dan have originally?
are prime numbers?
A) 24
A) 0.0066%
B) 12
B) 0.066%
C) 36
C) 0.66%
D) 48
D) 6.6%
E) 52
E) 66%
62. The average score on a test taken 10 student was y. If the average score for 4 students is 6, what is the average
score , in terms of y for the remaining 6 students?
63. A motorist travels from town A to town B at an average speed of 20 miles per hour. If he returns the same
distance at a rate 40 miles per hour, what is his average speed for the entire trip, in miles per hour?
64. A girl rode her bicycle from home to school, at an average speed of 15 miles per hour. She returned home
from school by walking at an average speed of 5 miles per hour. What was her average speed for the round trip, if
she took the same route in both directions?
65. During an 8-hour trip, Brigitte drove 3 hours at 55 mph and 5 hours at 65 mph. What was her average rate, in
miles per hour, for the entire trip.
66. During a trip, Nancy traveled x percent of the total distance at an average speed 40 miles per hour and the rest
of the distance at an average speed 60 miles per hour. In term of x what was Nancy’s average speed for the entire
trip?
67. During October a store had sales amounting to $30,000. If this represented a 20 percent increase over the
September sales, what were the September sales?
68. If a bicyclist in motion increases his speed by 30 percent and then increases this speed by 10 percent, what
percent of the original speed is the total increase in speed?
69. A share of Stock Q increases in value by 20%, then decreases in value by 10%. The new value of a share of
Stock Q is what percent of its initial value?
70. Lily is staying up all night to watch meteors from her roof. 10% of the meteors visible from her roof tonight
are exceptionally bright, and of these, 80% inspire Lily to write a haiku. If Lily is inspired to write haiku by 20
exceptionally bright meteors, how many meteors are visible from her roof tonight?
71. At a convention of monsters, 2/5 have no horns, 1/7 have one horn, 1/3 have two horns, and the remaining 26
have three or more horns. How many monsters are attending the convention?
72. In a used car lot, there are 3 times as many red cars as green cars. If tomorrow 12 green cars are sold and 3 red
cars are added, then there will be 6 times as many red cars as green cars. How many green cars are currently in the
lot?
73. A certain college party is attended by both male and female students. The ratio of male to female students is 3
to 5. If 5 of the male students were to leave the party, the ratio would change to 1 to 2. How many total students are
at the party? (A) 24 (B) 30 (C) 48 (D) 64 (E) 80
74. At a certain high school, the junior class is twice the size of the senior class. If 1/3 of the seniors and 1/4 of the
juniors study Japanese, what fraction of the students in both classes do not study Japanese?
(A) 1/6 (B) 5/18 (C) 5/12 (D) 7/12 (E) 13/18
75. 8 years ago, George was half as old as Sarah. Sarah is now 20 years older than George. How old will George
be 10 years from now?
76. Norman is 12 years older than Michael. In 6 years, he will be twice as old as Michael. How old is Norman
now?
77. Louise is three times as old as Mary. In 5 years, Louise will be twice as old as Mary. How old is Mary now?
78. Toshi is 7 years older than his brother Kosuke, who is twice as old as their younger sister Junko. If Junko is 8
years old, how old is Toshi?
79. 5 years ago, Lauri was 7 times as old as Amar. In 5 years, Lauri will be three times as old as Amar. How old
will Lauri be 10 years from now?
80. 12 years ago, John was twice as old as Brian. If now John is 20 years older than Brian. How old is Brian?
81. Abigail is 4 times older than Bonnie. In 6 years, Bonnie will be twice as old as Candice. If, 4 years from now,
Abigail will be 36 years old, how old Will Candice be in 6 years?
Arithmetic Аритметика, смятане Equation Уравнение
integer цяло число variable променлива величина
divisor ; factor делител coefficient коефициент
quotient частно constant term свободен член, константа
remainder остатък solution решение
even integer четно число factoring разлагане на множители
odd integer нечетно число exponent степенен показател
prime number просто число inequality неравенство
consecutive integers последователни числа Geometry Геометрия
Fraction Дроб line segment отсечка
numerator числител angle ъгъл
denominator знаменател vertical angles връхни ъгли
greatest commom divisor (factor) най-голям общ делител Polygon (convex) Многоъгълник (изпъкнал)
least common multiple най-малко общо кратно vertex връх
subtraction изваждане quadrilateral четириъгълник
addition събиране pentagon петоъгълник
multiplication умножение, произведение hexagon шестоъгълник
division деление perimeter периметър
reciprocal , multiplicative inverse реципрочно area лице
mixed numbers смесени числа scalene triangle произволен триъгълник
Decimal numbers Десетични дроби(числа) isosceles triangle равнобедрен триъгълник
decimal point десетична запетая(точка) equilateral triangle равностранен триъгълник
positive, negative положителни , отрицателни right triangle правоъгълен триъгълник
additive inverse противоположни числа hypotenuse хипотенуза
Real number реални числа leg бедро или катет
absolute value модул, абсолютна стойност altitude височина
ratio отношение, частно paralelogram успоредник
proportion пропорция rectangle правоъгълник
percent процент square квадрат
exponent ; power of number степен на число trapezoid трапец
root , square root корен квадратен, радикал Circle Окръжност
Statistic Статистика chord хорда
average ; arithmetic mean средно аритметично circumference of circle дължина на окръжност
median медиана, среда на редица arc of circle дъга от окръжност
mode мода tangent допирателна
range ранг, област , интервал inscribed вписан
standart deviation стандартно отклонение circumscribed описан
Set Множество Rectangular solid Правоъгълен паралелепипед
subset подмножество face стена
union обединение edge ръб
intersection сечение surface area повърхнина
independent независими volume обем
disjoint ; mutually exclusive взаимно изключващи се cylinder цилиндър

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