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The hypotenuse (side C) of a triangle is 13 inches long. Which of the following pairs of
measurements could be the correct for the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle? -
ANS 5 inches, 12 inches
What is the area of a square that measures 3.1m on each side? - ANS 9.61m2
Which of the following is 3/8 divided by 5/8? - ANS 3/5
Which of the following options correctly orders the numbers below from least to greatest? -
ANS -271.906, -193.823, 145.884, 235.971
Which of the following values is the greatest? - ANS 9/2
The width of a rectangle is 4 inches (in) and the area of the rectangle is 32 in2. Which of the
following is the length of the rectangle? - ANS 8 INCHES.
To rent tablecloth from a rental vendor, there is an initial charge of $40. There is an additional
charge of $5 per circular tablecloth (c) and $3.50 per rectangular tablecloth (r). Which of the
following represents the total cost (T) to rent tablecloths? - ANS 5c + 3.5r + 40 = T
Four friends are sharing a pizza. One friend eats half of the pizza. The other three friends
equally divide the rest among themselves. What portion of the pizza does each of the other
three friends receive? - ANS 1/6
Which of the following is the value of x in the equation below? 4x- 3- 5x=24 - ANS -27
A local law school reports that 74% of last year's graduates are employed by law firms, 3% work
for the government and 2% work for nonprofit organizations. The rest of the graduates work at
jobs unrelated to law. Based on these outcomes, which of the following is the percentage of
graduates working jobs unrelated to law? - ANS 21%
For a school's annual budget, the total amount of money spent on supplies (s) and textbooks (t)
cannot exceed $12,000. Which of the following inequalities represents this scenario? - ANS s
+ t <= $12,000
A farmer needs to buy fertilizer for his farmland. The instructions on the bag of the fertilizer say
49.5 pounds of fertilizer is needed for 1 acre of land. The farmer buys 2,000 pounds of fertilizer.
, Which of the following is the approximate number of acres he can cover with the fertilizer he
bought? - ANS 40
Using the numbers below, which of the following is the greatest? 4/3, 27/20, 1.369, 1.357 -
ANS 1.369
A recipe calls for 2.5 teaspoons of vanilla, 1 teaspoon equals approximately 4.93 mL. Which of
the following is the correct amount of vanilla in mL? - ANS 12.325 mL
A patient's temperature was recorded in degrees Fahrenheit every hour for 8 hr. The
temperatures in Fahrenheit were 99.0°, 99.2°, 98.7°, 99.3°, 99.7°, 98.6°, 100.0° and 99.0°.
Which of the following is the median temperature? - ANS 99.1°F
A girl and a dog are playing tug of war with a piece of rope. The girl pulls on the rope with a
force of 165 newtons (N) towards the east, and the dog pulls with a force of 190 N towards the
west. What is the net force on the rope? - ANS 25 N towards the west
A lab scale weighs 3 pounds, 5 ounces. Which of the following is the scale's weight in
ounces(oz)? - ANS 53oz (1lb equals 16oz)
A family is planning a driving vacation and is estimating the price of gasoline. While on the
vacation, the family plans to drive 3,000 miles. The car gets about 25 miles per gallon, and the
cost of gasoline is $1.66 per gallon. Which of the following is the estimate for cost of gasoline for
the vacation? - ANS $199.20
An employee discovers that 0.0025 of all products produced at a factory contain defects. Which
of the following percentages does this represent? - ANS 0.25% (0.0025 * 100)
To determine the insurance of a car, an insurance company considers the following
determinants: the age of the car, the model of the car, and the mileage of the car. Which of the
following is the dependent variable? - ANS Insurance premium (A dependent variable is one
that when another variable changes, it also changes)
An athlete can run 6 miles in 51 minutes. At this rate, how many miles could the athlete run in
90 minutes? - ANS 10.6 miles
If the trend below continues, which of the following is the best estimate of the average price of a
home in 2016? - ANS $140,000
Which of the following is the mean of the set data below? 30, 29, 28, 30, 24, 12, 26, 33, 25, 23 -
ANS 26:
The mean is the total divided by the number of elements in the data set.
Four hundred milligrams is equal to how many grams? - ANS 0.4g (1g=1000mg)