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Question 1
Mike lives in a Fraternity House. On Saturday
he ate 1/4 of a 12 diameter circular pizza.
On Sunday he ate 1/6 of a 18 diameter
circular pizza. Assume all pizzas are of the
same thickness. Compared to how much
pizza he ate on Saturday, what multiple
amount of pizza did he eat on Sunday?
A 2/3

B1

C 5/4

D 3/2
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Question 2
Sarah never uses the elevator. One day, she
entered her office building on Floor 1,
walked up to her office on Floor 7. She had
lunch in the cafeteria on Floor 3 and
returned to her office. Later she was called
by her boss, whose office is on Floor 10, who
asked her to bring a book from the Floor 5
library. Sarah did so. She then returned to
A9
B 18
C 22
D 24
E 29
her office, and at the end of the day went
home. How many floors did she walk up that
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Question 3
I dropped off my son at the Mall, giving him
2 twenty-dollar bills. He bought a sweat-shirt
priced at $30, but selling at a 30% discount.
He watched a movie paying $8 for a ticket.
He donated $1 to the Salvation Army
bucket. Then he took a $2 bus ride home.
How much money did he have left?
A8

B9

C 10

D 12

E 20

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Question 4
Veterans Park is rectangular in shape. Its
length is 160m and width is 120m. Betsy
walked straight through the Park from one
corner to the opposite corner at a constant
speed of 2m/s (read as meters per second).
How many seconds did she need to walk
through the Park?
A 60

B 70

C 80

D 90

E 100

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Question 5

Simplify

A -1/9

B -1/3

C1

D3
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Question 6

Simplify

A 20

B 22

C 24

D 28

E 30

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Question 7
Heather has two offers to buy a car. The first
offer: $5000 down payment and $250 per
month for 5 years. The second offer: $1000
down payment and $350 per month for 5
years. By the time the car will be paid off
how much more she will have paid if she
takes the second offer than if she takes the
first offer?
A -1000

B0

C 1000 D 2000 E 6000

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Question 8
A student scored 89% in homework (worth
100 points). He scored 75% in midterm
exam (worth 100 points). He scored 70% in
final exam (worth 200 points). What is his
overall percentage score in the course?

A 75%

B 76%

C 77%

D 78% E 79%

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Question 9
Every Tuesday morning Joe measures his
fasting blood sugar level (BSL). During July
the measurements were (in mg/ml) 120,
104, 116 and 112. What was his average
BSL on these four Tuesday mornings?

A 110

B 112

C 113

D 114

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E 116
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Question 10
A randomly chosen so-called 10 pound
bag of potato has a 20% chance of
weighing less than 10 pounds. This is
because it is difficult to bag exactly 10
pounds. Which statement(s) is/are true?
(i) 80% of the bags weigh more than 10
pounds.
(ii)
If I buy
bags,
oneE bag
will to tell
A
neither
B (i)5
only
C (ii)exactly
only D both
impossible
weigh less than 10 pounds.
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