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Practice Test 1
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Deviations, Ratios and
Proportions, Variations, and Comparison of Fractions
Correct answers and solutions follow each test.
A B C D E
1. 1. Which of the following answers is the sum of the following numbers:

1 ​ , ___
2​ __ ​  21 ​,  3.350, __
​  1 ​ ?
2 4 8
(A) 8.225
(B) 9.825
(C) 10.825
(D) 11.225
(E) 12.350
A B C D E
2. A chemist was preparing a solution that should have included 35 milligrams of a chemical. If
2. she actually used 36.4 milligrams, what was her percentage error (to the nearest 0.01%)?
(A) 0.04%
(B) 0.05%
(C) 1.40%
(D) 3.85%
(E) 4.00%
A B C D E
3. A retailer buys a popular brand of athletic shoe from the wholesaler for $75. He then marks
3.
1 ​  and sells each pair at a discount of 20%. What profit does the retailer make
up the price by ​ __
3
on each pair of athletic shoes?
(A) $5.00
(B) $6.67
(C) $7.50
(D) $10.00
(E) $13.33
A B C D E
​ 1 ​  inch represents 1 foot. If a window is supposed to be 56 inches wide, how
4. On a blueprint, __
4. 4
wide would its representation be on the blueprint?

1 ​  inches
(A) 1​ __
6
2 ​  inches 
(B) 4​ __
3
1  ​ inches 
(C) 9​ __
3

(D) 14 inches

2 ​  inches
(E) 18​ __
3
A B C D E
5. If the radius of a circle is increased by 50%, what will be the percent increase in the circumfer-
5. ence of the circle? (Circumference 5 2π r)
(A) 25%
(B) 50%
(C) 100%
(D) 150%
(E) 225%

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A B C D E 6. Which of the following fractions is the greatest?

6.
403 ​ 
(A) ​ ____
134
79 ​ 
(B) ​ ___
26
527 ​ 
(C) ​ ____
176
221 ​ 
(D) ​ ____
73
99 ​ 
(E) ​ ___
34
A B C D E
7. A store usually sells a certain item at a 40% profit. One week the store has a sale, during which
7. the item is sold for 10% less than the usual price. During the sale, what is the percent profit
the store makes on each of these items?
(A) 4%
(B) 14%
(C) 26%
(D) 30%
(E) 36%
A B C D E
8. What is 0.05 percent of 6.5?
8.
(A) 0.00325
(B) 0.013
(C) 0.325
(D) 1.30
(E) 130.0
A B C D E
(​ 3__​ 21 ​  + 3​ __41 ​  + 3​ __41 ​  + 3​ __21 ​  )​
9. What is the value of  ​ ___________________
    ​? 
9. 1 ​ 
4​ __
2
1 ​ 
(A) 1​ __
2
1 ​ 
(B) 2​ __
4
(C) 3
1 ​ 
(D) 3​ __
4
3 ​ 
(E) 3​ __
8
A B C D E
10. If 8 loggers can chop down 28 trees in one day, how many trees can 20 loggers chop down in
10. one day?
(A) 28 trees
(B) 160 trees
(C) 70 trees
(D) 100 trees
(E) 80 trees

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11. ​  3   ​ 
11. What is the product of the following fractions: ____ ​  15 ​ , __
, ___ ​  7 ​ ?
100 49 9
215  ​ 
(A) ​ ______
44,100
1   ​ 
(B) ​ ____
140
1   ​ 
(C) ​ ____
196
25  ​ 
(D) ​ ____
158
3   ​ 
(E) ​ ____
427
A B C D E
12. 12. In calculating the height of an object, Mrs. Downs mistakenly observed the height to be 72
cm instead of 77 cm. What was her percentage error (to the nearest hundredth of a percent)?
(A) 6.49%
(B) 6.69%
(C) 6.89%
(D) 7.09%
(E) 7.19%
A B C D E
13. 13. A retailer buys 1,440 dozen pens at $2.50 a dozen and then sells them at a price of 25¢ apiece.
What is the total profit after the retailer sells all the pens?
(A) $60.00
(B) $72.00
(C) $720.00
(D) $874.00
(E) $8,740.00
A B C D E
14. On a map, 1 inch represents 1,000 miles. If the area of a country is actually 16 million square
14. miles, what is the area of the country’s representation on the map?
(A) 4 square inches
(B) 16 square inches
(C) 4,000 square inches
(D) 16,000 square inches
(E) 4,000,000 square inches
A B C D E
15. The formula for the volume of a cone is V 5 __
1 2
​   ​ π r  h. If the radius (r) is doubled and the height
15. 3
(h) is divided by 3, what will be the ratio of the new volume to the original volume?
(A) 2 : 3
(B) 3 : 2
(C) 4 : 3
(D) 3 : 4
(E) None of these.
A B C D E
16. Which of the following fractions has the smallest value?
16.
34.7 ​ 
(A) ​ ____
163
125 ​ 
(B) ​ ____
501
173 ​ 
(C) ​ ____
700
10.9 ​ 
(D) ​ ____
42.7
907  ​ 
(E) ​ _____
3,715

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17. Mr. Cutler usually makes a 45% profit on every flat-screen TV he sells. During a sale, he
17. reduces his margin of profit to 40%, while his sales increase by 10%. What is the ratio of his
new total profit to the original profit?
(A) 1 : 1
(B) 9 : 8
(C) 9 : 10
(D) 11 : 10
(E) 44 : 45
A B C D E
18. What is 1.3 percent of 0.26?
18.
(A) 0.00338
(B) 0.00500
(C) 0.200
(D) 0.338
(E) 0.500
A B C D E
​  47 ​ , ___
19. What is the average of the following numbers: 3.2, ___ ​  10 ​ ?
19. 12 3
(A) 3.55
10 ​ 
(B) ​ ___
3
103 ​ 
(C) ​ ____
30
209 ​ 
(D) ​ ____
60
1,254
(E) ​ _____ ​ 
120
A B C D E
20. If it takes 16 faucets 10 hours to fill 8 tubs, how long will it take 12 faucets to fill 9 tubs?
20.
(A) 10 hours
(B) 12 hours
(C) 13 hours
(D) 14 hours
(E) 15 hours
A B C D E
21. If the 8% tax on a sale amounts to 96¢, what is the final price (tax included) of the item?
21.
(A) $1.20
(B) $2.16
(C) $6.36
(D) $12.00
(E) $12.96
A B C D E
22. In a certain class, 40% of the students are girls, and 20% of the girls wear glasses. What per-
22. cent of the children in the class are girls who wear glasses?
(A) 6%
(B) 8%
(C) 20%
(D) 60%
(E) 80%
A B C D E
23. What is 1.2% of 0.5?
23.
(A) 0.0006
(B) 0.006
(C) 0.06
(D) 0.6
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24. 24. Which of the following quantities is the largest?

275 ​ 
(A) ​ ____
369
134 ​ 
(B) ​ ____
179
107 ​ 
(C) ​ ____
144
355 ​ 
(D) ​ ____
476
265 ​ 
(E) ​ ____
352
A B C D E
25. 25. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 120%, and its width is decreased by 20%, what hap-
pens to the area of the rectangle?
(A) It decreases by 4%.
(B) It remains the same.
(C) It increases by 24%.
(D) It increases by 76%.
(E) It increases by 100%.
A B C D E
26. A merchant buys an old carpet for $25.00. He spends $15.00 to have it restored to good condi-
26. tion and then sells the rug for $50.00. What is the percent profit on his total investment?
(A) 20%
(B) 25%
(C) 40%
2 ​ %
(D) 66​ __
3
(E) 100%
A B C D E
27. Of the following sets of fractions, which one is arranged in decreasing order?
27.
(A) ​ __ ​  7  ​ , __
5 ​ , ___ ​  3 ​ , __ ​  10 ​ 
​  2 ​ , ___
9 11 5 3 13

​  3 ​ , ___
2 ​ , __
(B) ​ __ ​  7  ​ , __
​  5 ​ , ___
​  10 ​ 
3 5 11 9 13

(C) ​ __ ​  5 ​ , ___

3 ​ , __ ​  7  ​ , ___
​  10 ​ , __
​  2 ​ 
5 9 11 13 3
10 ​ , __
(D) ​ ___ ​  7  ​ , __
​  2 ​ , ___ ​  3 ​ , __
​  5 ​ 
13 3 11 5 9
(E) None of these.
A B C D E
28. If the diameter of a circle doubles, the circumference of the larger circle is how many times
28. the circumference of the original circle? (Circumference 5π d)
(A) π
(B) 2π
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 4
A B C D E
29. The scale on a set of plans is 1 : 8. If a man reads a certain measurement on the plans as 5.60,
29. instead of 6.00, what will be the resulting approximate percent error on the full-size model?
(A) 6.7%
(B) 7.1%
(C) 12.5%
(D) 53.6%
(E) 56.8%

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30. 30. G&R Electronics bought 2 dozen megapixel digital cameras for $300 each. The company sold
two-thirds of them at a 25% profit but was forced to take a 30% loss on the rest. What was the
total profit (or loss) on the digital cameras?
(A) a loss of $200
(B) a loss of $15
(C) no profit or loss
(D) a profit of $20
(E) a profit of $480

31.
A B C D E
​ 1 ​ , __
31. The sum of __ ​  1 ​ , __
​  1 ​ , and ___
​ 1  ​ is:
2 3 8 15
9 ​ 
(A) ​ __
8
16 ​ 
(B) ​ ___
15
41 ​ 
(C) ​ ___
40
65 ​ 
(D) ​ ___
64
121 ​ 
(E) ​ ____
120

32.
A B C D E
​ 2 ​ % of 90?
32. What is __
3
(A) 0.006
(B) 0.06
(C) 0.6
(D) 6.0
(E) 60
A B C D E
33. 33. Lucas borrows $360. If he pays it back in 12 monthly installments of $31.50, what is the inter-
est rate?
(A) 1.5%
(B) 4.5%
(C) 10%
(D) 5%
(E) 7.5%
A B C D E
34. A merchant marks up a certain lighting fixture 30% above original cost. Then the merchant
34. gives a customer a loyalty discount of 15%. If the final selling price for the lighting fixture was
$86.19, what was the original cost?
(A) $66.30
(B) $73.26
(C) $78.00
(D) $99.12
(E) $101.40
A B C D E 1
35. In a certain recipe, 2​ __ ​  cups of flour are called for to make a cake that serves 6. If Mrs. Jenkins
35. 4
wants to use the same recipe to make a cake for 8, how many cups of flour must she use?

1 ​  cups
(A) 2​ __
3
3 ​  cups
(B) 2​ __
4
(C) 3 cups

3  ​ cups
(D) 3​ __
8
(E) 4 cups

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36. 36. If 10 people can survive for 24 days on 15 cans of rations, how many cans will be needed for
8 people to survive for 36 days?
(A) 15 cans
(B) 16 cans
(C) 17 cans
(D) 18 cans
(E) 19 cans

37.
A B C D E
​ 1 ​  inch represents 1 mile, how long is a border whose representation is 1​ ___
37. If, on a map, __
1  ​ feet
long?
2 15

1  ​ miles
(A) 2​ ___
30
1  ​ miles
(B) 5​ ___
15
4 ​  miles
(C) 12​ __
5
3 ​  miles
(D) 25​ __
5
1 ​  miles
(E) 51​ __
5
A B C D E
38. In the formula e 5 hf, if e is doubled and f is halved, what happens to the value of h?
38.
(A) h remains the same.
(B) h is doubled.
(C) h is divided by 4.
(D) h is multiplied by 4.
(E) h is halved.
A B C D E
39. Which of the following expresses the ratio of 3 inches to 2 yards?
39.
(A) 3 : 2
(B) 3 : 9
(C) 3 : 12
(D) 3 : 24
(E) 3 : 72
A B C D E
40. If it takes Mark twice as long to earn $6.00 as it takes Carl to earn $4.00, what is the ratio of
40. Mark’s pay per hour to Carl’s pay per hour?
(A) 2 : 1
(B) 3 : 1
(C) 3 : 2
(D) 3 : 4
(E) 4 : 3
A B C D E
41. 41. What is the lowest common denominator of the following set of fractions:

__ ​  13 ​ , __
1 ​ , ___ ​  3  ​ , ___
​  4 ​ , ___ ​  2  ​ ?
6 27 5 10 15
(A) 27
(B) 54
(C) 135
(D) 270
(E) None of these.

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42. 42. The average grade on a certain examination was 85. Raul scored 90 on the same examination.
What was Raul’s percent deviation from the average score (to the nearest tenth of a percent)?
(A) 5.0%
(B) 5.4%
(C) 5.5%
(D) 5.8%
(E) 5.9%
A B C D E
43. 43. Successive discounts of 20% and 12% are equivalent to a single discount of:

(A) 16.0%
(B) 29.6%
(C) 31.4%
(D) 32.0%
(E) 33.7%
A B C D E
​ 1  ​mile. If an error of __
44. On a blueprint of a park, 1 foot represents __ ​ 1  ​inch is made in reading the
44. 2 2
blueprint, what will be the corresponding error on the actual park?
(A) 110 feet
(B) 220 feet
(C) 330 feet
(D) 440 feet
(E) None of these.
A B C D E
45. If the two sides of a rectangle change in such a manner that the rectangle’s area remains
45. constant, and one side increases by 25%, what must happen to the other side?
(A) It decreases by 20%
(B) It decreases by 25%
1 ​ %
(C) It decreases by 33​ __
3
(D) It decreases by 50%
(E) None of these.
A B C D E
46. Which of the following fractions has the smallest value?
46.
6,043
(A) ​ _____ ​ 
2,071
4,290
(B) ​ _____ ​ 
1,463
5,107
(C) ​ _____ ​ 
1,772
8,935
(D) ​ _____ ​ 
2,963
8,016
(E) ​ _____ ​ 
2,631
A B C D E
47. A certain company increased its prices by 30% during 2011. Then, in 2012, it was
47. forced to cut back its prices by 20%. What was the net change in price?
(A) 24%
(B) 22%
(C) 12%
(D) 14%
(E) 0%

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48. 48. What is 0.04%, expressed as a fraction?

2 ​ 
(A) ​ __
5
1  ​ 
(B) ​ ___
25
4  ​ 
(C) ​ ___
25
1   ​ 
(D) ​ ____
250
1   ​ 
(E) ​ _____
2,500
16 + 12 + 88 + 34 + 66 + 21 + 79 + 11 + 89
49. What is the value of the fraction ______________________________________
A B C D E
    
​     ​?
49. 25
(A) 15.04
(B) 15.44
(C) 16.24
(D) 16.64
(E) None of these.
A B C D E
50. If coconuts are twice as expensive as bananas, and bananas are one-third as expensive as
50. grapefruits, what is the ratio of the price of one coconut to one grapefruit?
(A) 2 : 3
(B) 3 : 2
(C) 6 : 1
(D) 1 : 6
(E) None of these.

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