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WONDERLIC PROVERBS EXAM
A store owner bought some flower pots for $1,200. The flower pots were sold for $2,700, with a profit of $30 per pot. How many flower pots did she sell? - ANSWERS-2,700 - 1,200 = 30x 1500 = 30x x = 50
What is the average of all of the integers from 13 to 37? - ANSWERS-13 + 37 = 50
/2 = 25
A repaving crew is putting a new surface on 79 kilometers of road. They have completed 28 kilometers. if they repave 3.4 a day how many more days will it take them to finish? - ANSWERS-28 + 3.4 (D) = 79
3.4D=79-28
3.4D = 51
D = 15 days
How much 1 2/3 yard lengths of wire can be cut from 25 yards of wire? -
ANSWERS-1) Make into mixed fraction: 5/3
2) Invert and change to 3/5 > 25/1 x 3/5 = 75/5 >Divide 75 by 5 = 15 1 / 3
A girl is 18 years old and her brother is a third her age. When the girl is 36, what will be the age of her brother? - ANSWERS-18/3=6 18-6=12 brothers age 36-12= 24 years old
A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his sister? - ANSWERS-23 + 17 = 40 years old
A clock lost 2 minutes and 36 seconds in 78 days. How many seconds did it lose per day? - ANSWERS-1) convert to all minutes to seconds > 2 mins = 120 secs + 36 secs = 156 156 secs / 78 days = 2
An 8-year-old boy is half his sister's age. When the boy is 12, how old will his sister be? - ANSWERS-12 + 8 = 20 years old
A car traveled 11.5 miles in 15 minutes. How many miles per hour was it traveling? - ANSWERS-convert minutes to hour > 11.5 miles / .25 hr = 46
Tickets to the fair are $ 10.00 for adults. Children receive a discount and only have to pay $ 5.00. 2 / 3
If 3,000 people attend the fair and the fair brought in $ 25,000, then __?__ children attended the fair. - ANSWERS-find out how many children attended fair?adults + children = 3,000 people adults = 3,000 - c
$10 (3000-c) + 5c = $25,000 30,000 - c + 5c = $25,000 -5c = 5,000 >>> 1,000 children
A fitness center is covering a 240 ft. by 60 ft. wall with a 240 ft. by 20 ft. mirror.
The mirror covers __?__ of the wall. - ANSWERS-20/60 > 2/6 > 1/3 = 33%
>> only calculate the value that is different<< put into fraction, cancel zeros, then reduce
A race car travels 100 feet in .5 seconds. At this rate of speed, how many feet will the race car travel in a minute? - ANSWERS-100 feet in 5 seconds = 200 feet in 10 seconds
10 seconds X 6 = 1 Minute
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