CHAPTER 2/ NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS ON NUMBERS

l5
ir;; ,*cTlcE 'QUESTIONS

I . Which of the following is nor .quul to I What is the next term in the sequence: 2,8,32,129
?
..,?
r0
n' tt
9

n.*20 6. If 3J+2 - 8 l, then x :

30
A.5
c.* 8.4
c.3
D.2
o.*35 E. I
s0
E
L' 7. Which of the following has the smallest result?
90
251
a -+---
2. In which of the following choices would the symbol
362
> create an incorrect statement?
332
l3 B'+-r*1
A'4 rc
51s
c -+---
2t
n.5, 824
n
495
45 7142
c'1s 372
F -+-+-
555
o'*t5 n 8. What is the difference between the largest and small-
57
n'u est number in the set below?
g
lz _s _t
(- zl
_i
3. (17-3)+7-2(-4-8)= lz 's 's 'sJ
A. -20
B. -2
c. 26
e.* 11

D. 3l
E. 34 e.u 11

3/ c.*9
a'3/ --4- :
/8 n. ,,
1

9
1,.
U e.*l1
s.;I
c.;32
D.2

e., J
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15. Which of the following choices could be equal to set
9. SetX = even integers and Set Y = odd integers'
ThereforeXnY=
zif
A. prime numbers x = 12,s,6,7,9| and Y = l2,s,1I
B. integers
C. emptY set
XUy U Z = {t,Z,Z,+,5,e,t3,e}
D. composite numbers xnz={z,o}
E. whole numbers
Ynz={2)
10. Which of the following number sets has the property A. Z= 1,4,8)
in
that the sum of any two numbers in the set is also B. Z= 1,3,8 )
the set? C. Z= 1,3,4,8)
I. Even integers D. Z= t,2,3,4,6,81
II. Odd integers E. Z= {1,2,3,5,6,81
III. Composite numbers
A. I 16. For which of the following values of 'r is 13 < 'r not a
B. II true statement?
c.u A. -3
D. I and II B. -2
E. I and III
c. -,
1

l3 l\ +
2
l-
11.
\;-:J 5
=
1

t2. 88 D.;J
55
ab n., 1

+4 +4
24 36 17. The first term in a geometric sequence is 2, and the
common ratio is 3' The first term in an arithmetic se-
What is the value of b - a
quence is 3, and the common difference is 3' Let set
The first term in a geometric sequence is 3 and the
4th i b" tt set containing the first six terms of the geo-
13. "
metric sequence and set Y be the set containing the
term is 81. What is the 10th term of the sequence?
first six teims of the arithmetic sequence' What is the
A. l'71,147 sum of the elements in X fl Y?
B. 59,049
c. 19,683
D. 6,561
E. 2.187

14. Multiplying a number bv ana *ren dividing bV

f J
is the same as doing what to the number?

A. Dividing bY 4
I
B. MultiplYing bY :I
C. MultiplYingbY 2
D. Dividing bY 5
E. Multiplying bY 5
 CHAPTER 5/ FACTORS AND MULTIPTES
27
i.ffiffi& PRACTICE
QUESTIONS

1. What is the sum of all the factors of 24?

7. When x is divided by g, the remainder is 3. What is
A. 46 the remainder when 4x is divided by g?
B. 49
A. 1
c. 50
8.2
D. 60
E. 66
c.3
D.4
2. What is the greatest number of 3s that can be multi- E.5
plied together and still have a result less than250?
8. Let x, y, and z be positive integers such that y
is a
A.3 multiple of r and z. All of the following statements
8.4 are true except for:
c.5 A.y.zisamultipleofx.
D.6 B. x is a factor of y.
E.7 C. x. z is a factor of y.
D. z divides evenly into y.
3. Which of the following must be true about the sum
E. x divides evenly into ), . z.
of all the prime numbers between 20 and3O?
A. It is a prime number. 9. When a two-digit number is divided by 5 the remain_
B. It is an odd number. der is 2. Which of the following statements must
be
C. It is a factor of 156. true about the two-digit number?
D. Ir is a multiple of 5.
A. The sum of all the digits is odd.
E. It is a factor of 10.
B. The digit in the one,s place is odd.
4. C. The number is prime.
At a dinner party each table can seat eight people.
If D. The number is odd.
100 people attend the pafiy, what is the minimum
E. The digit in the one,s place is prime.
number of tables that are needed?
A. 12 10. The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 15. How
many
B. 13 distinct prime factors does the product of these three
c. t4 numbers have?
D. 15
E. 16 4,2
B.3
5. What is the greatest c.4
integer that evenly divides both D.5
48 and64?
E.6
6. Let P be a prime number greater than 4. How manv
1. lf a, b, andc are all integers greater
distinct prime factors does 9 . p have?
1
than I and a. b =
2l and b . c = 39, rhen
which of rhe following choices
4.2 gives the correct ordering of the numbers?
8.3 A. b<a<c
c.4 B. c<a<b
D.5
C. a<b<c
E.6 D. b<c<a
E. a<c<b
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t4. How many distinct composite numbers can be formed

an odd
12. How many positive integers less than 20 have
by adding 2 of the first 5 prime numbers?
number of distinct factors?
A.. 12
15. A rope is 13 feet long. How many ways can the rope
B. 10 be cut into more than one piece so that the length
of
c.8 each piece is a Prime number?
D.6
E.4 A.4
B.5
13. In the repeating decimal 0.714285'714285 ' ' ' '
what c.6
decimal point? D. 1
is the 50ih digit to the right of the
E.8
CHAPTER 4/ RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS 57

i*#T& PRACTICE QUESTTONS

l. '7'.4
= 2l:x: what is the value of x? 1. In a pet store there are 12 dogs and 10 cats. The ratio

A. t2 of dogs to cats is proportional to the ratio of hamsters

B. l0 to guinea pigs. How many hamsters are there in the
c.8 store ifthere are 15 guinea pigs?
D.6
8.4 8. The ratio of a person's weight on the moon to his or

her weight on Earth i, l. ff a person weighs 180

2. Julie drinks 4 bottles of water every day. How many 6^
pounds on Earth, how much does he or she weigh on
bottles of water does she drink in a week?
the moon?
A. 20
B. 22
A. 30pounds
c. 24 B. 180pounds
D. 26 C. 360 pounds
E. 28 D. 1,080 pounds
E. 1,800 pounds
-1. Two iced lattes cost $5. How much does it cost for
seven iced lattes? 9. Jerry went for an 1S-mile bike ride and got a flat after
)
A. $16.5 he ,9
completed I of his trip. How many more miles of
B. $r7
of the trip does Jerry have to complete after he fixes
c. $17.5
his flat?
D. $18
E. $19.s A. 4 miles
B. 9 miles
4. On a certain map, 10 miles is represented by 1.5 cen- C. l2 miles
timeters. What is the distance on the map that repre- D. 14 miles
sents 40 miles? E. 18 miles
A. 4 centimeters
10. Dan is preparing for a l0-mile race. He will run the
B. 5 centimeters
first 5 miles at an average speed of 6 miles per hour,
C. 6 centimeters
the next 3 miles at an average speed of 8 miles per
D. 7 centimeters
hour, and the final 2 miles at an average speed of 10
E. 8 centimeters
miles per hour. How many hours, rounded to the
nearest hundredth of an hour, will it take Dan to run
5. Dave and Chad took a 3,000-mile trip from New
the race if he follows his plan?
Jersey to Oregon. Chad Drove 1 of the total distance.
4
How many miles did Dave drive? 11. In a classroom of 25 students, l0 of the students are
females. What is the ratio of males to females in the
A. 2,500 miles classroom?
B. 2,250 miles
C. 1.500 miles A. 5:2
D. 750 miles B. 2:5
E. 500 miles C. 5:3
D. 2:3
6. 3 gallons of paint are needed for a wall that is 100 ft'?. E. 3:2
How many gallons of paint must be purchased at the
store for 480 ft2 of wall space?
A. 14 gallons
B. 15 gallons
C. l6 gallons
D. 17 gallons
E. 18 gallons
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12. A car tire rotates 3,360 times every 4 miles. How 17. A company produces baseballs at 3 different plants:
many times will the car tire rotate in 50 miles? Plant A, Plant B, and Plant C. Doubling Plant A's
A. 42,000 rotations production is equal to
1

of the company's total pro-

B. 84,000 rotations
-.t
C. 100.000 rotations duction. Doubling Plant B's production is equal to
D. 168,000 rotations the company's total production. Tripling Plant C's
production is equal to the company's total produc-
E. 612,000rotations
tion. What is the ratio of Plant A's production to
13. A baseball team has a total of 18 pitchers. The ratio of Plant B's production to Plant C's production?
right-hand pitcher to total number of pitchers is 5:6. A. l:3:2
How many lefrhand pitchers does the team have? B. 3:l:2
A. l8 C. 2:l:3
B. 15 D. l:2:3
c. 13
E. 3:2:1
D.5
E.3 18 A person running an 800-meter race averages I 30 me-

ters per minute for the first : of the race. The aver-
14. An airplane traveled at a speed of 600 miles per hour 4
for 90 minutes. How far did the airplane travel'? age speed for the remainder of the race is 145 me-
ters per minute. What is the person's average speed
A. 54,000 miles
for the entire 800 meters rounded to the nearest
B. 12,000 miles
whole number?
C. 900 miles
D. 600 miles
19. Company A, Company B, and Company C are three
E. 450 miles
Internet providers in a certain area of the country.
The ratio of subscribers of A to B to C is 2:5:6. If
l-5. Company A, Company B, and Company C are the
there are a total of 65,000 subscriptions, how many
top three cell phone providers in a certain area of the
of the 65,000 use Company A and Company C?
country. The ratio of subscribers of A to B to C is
5:4:3. If Company A has 1,000 subscriptions, what is
A. 55.000
the total number of subscribers between Company A,
B. 40,000
Company B, and Company C? c. 35.000
D. 30,000
16. If Greg lost 20 pounds, then the ratio of Ted's weight
E. 25,000
,l
to Greg's weight would be ]. ff rea weighs
-)
20. Store A, Store B, and Store C sell soccer balls. The
ratio of the number of soccer balls sold of A to B is
1 80 pounds, what was Greg's initial weight? '7

A. 1 15 pounds -. The ratio of the number of soccer balls sold of B

4
B. lzspounds
C. 135 pounds to C is :.5 If Store C sold 36 soccer balls, how many
-)
D. 145 pounds
soccer balls did Store A sell?
E. 155 pounds
A. 15
B. 90
c. 95
D. 105
E. 110
CHAPTER 5/ PERCENTS 49

ff*SS PRACTICE QUESTTONS

l. l1Vo of what number is l8? 7. There are 15 students on a yearbook committee.40To

A. 102 of the students are females. How many students on
B. 1r0 the committee are males?
c. 112 A.6
D. 120 B.9
E. 125 c. t2
D. 13
2. What percent of 60 is 14? E. 15
A. 237o
B. 23.37o 8. A camping tent went on sale from $80 to $60. A
camping chair that originally cost $20 was dis-
I
c. 23;7o
J
counted by the same percent. What is the new price
of the camping chair?
D. 23.6Vo A. 25
) B. 20
E. 23aVn c. 15
J
D. 10
E.5
3. 13 of the 18 players on the varsity soccer team are
seniors. What percent of the players on the team are 9. Jerry, Will, and Al all work at the same company.
not seniors? Jerry earns 807o of Will's salary, and WillearnsT5Vo
7
of Al's salary. What percent of Al's salary is equal to
A. 27 -7o Jerry's salary?
9
A. 80Vo
5 B. 157o
R 21 1?o
c. 10%
9
D. 657o
C.27.770 E. 60Vo
1

D. 27
=7o 10. 60Vo of the students at the high school play sports.
l4vo of the students who play sports play baseball.
E. 2'7.870 What percent of the students in the school play
baseball?
4. What is l2Vo of 70? A. 4.67o
A. 8.4 B. 4.87o
B. 8.5 C. 6.4Vo
c. 8.6 D. 8.4Vo
D. 8.7 E. l0.6Vo
E. 8.8
11. Alex weighs 185 pounds. If he decreases his weight
5. What percent of 42 is 257o of 56'! by lo%o, what will be his new weight?
A. 160 pounds
6. Erin received a raise at herjob from $14 per hour to B. 166.5 pounds
$17 per hour. What is the percent increase of her C. 170 pounds
raise? D. 170.5 pounds
E. ll5.5pounds
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12. A house was appraised at $300,000. One year later 11. On the first day of a two-day fishing trip, George
the house was appraised at $335,000. At what per- I
cent did the appraised price of the house increase? causht 9 troutl 33:7o of the trout are rainbow trout.
J
)
A. llaVo By the end of the fishing trip, George caught 6 more
J
trout, but none are rainbow trout. What percent of all
I
the trout that George caught are rainbow trout?
B. fi:70
3 I
A. 33'%o
C. 1l7o 3

') B. 33Vo
D. BlVo )
J C. 2217o
9
I
E. 13:70 D. 20Vo
3 E. t570

13. 167o of s equals t. 107o of t equals 40. What is the 18. A television set is on sale for 157o off the original
valueofs-/? price. If the sale price is $340, what was the original
price of the televisions set?
t4. Below is a table showing the classes that Mr. Lipton A. $340
taught and the number ofstudents in each class. Ifno B. $370
student was enrolled in more than one class, what c. $400
percent of the students in Mr. Lipton's classes did D. $440
not take Statistics? E. $470

19. Dan needs to gain 87o of his current body weight to

Algebra Statistics Calculus wrestle in weight Class A. Dan needs to lose the
same percent of his current weight to wrestle in
35 55 10
weight Class B. What percent of Dan's Class A
weight, to the nearest tenth, does he need to lose to
get to his Class B weight?
15. If x percent of 80 is 12, ther, "x percent of what num-
ber is 18?
20. During last year's baseball season, a certain player
A. tt2 has 625 at bats and gets a hit 327o of the time. This
B. 115 season the player increased the at bats by l2%a, and
C. II7 got a hit 347o of the time. What is the percent in-
D. 118 crease in the number of hits?
E. 120
21. Mike has a goal to bench press 220 pounds. When he
16. The percent increase from 8 to 14 is equal to the per- started working out, Mike was able to lift 150 pounds.
cent decrease from 35 to x. What is the value of x? He has currently increased that amount by 2OVo.What
A. 7.5 percent of his current lifting amount must Mike in-
B. 1.15 crease to reach his goalof220 pounds?
c. 8.25 1

D. 8.5 t 221?n
2
E. 8.75
B. 227o

C. 22.22Vo
)
D. 2217o
9

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p 22:-70
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