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Question 1: Together, two people earn $28,000. One earns $2,000 more than the other. How much is the smaller income?
Answer:
$13,000
Question 2: What is 3a^2 + a^2 added to a+6?
Answer:
4a2 + a + 6 Question 3: James regular pay is $12 an hour, plus time-and-a-half for overtime. How much is his pay for 40 hours of regular time and 10 hours of overtime?
Answer:
$660
Question 4: If x+$0.05=$0.83, then x=
Answer:
$0.78
Question 5: 8b-ab+7a subtracted from 3a-9ab+b
Answer:
-4a-8ab-7b
Question 6: Mario eats twice as many walnuts as Yolanda. If Yolanda eats 6 walnuts every day, how many walnuts does Mario eat in a week?
Answer:
84 walnuts Question 7: Jerry walked a dog from 6:40am to 7:30am one day. If he was paid at the rate of 6$ per hour, how much did he earn that day?
A. $4.50
B. $5.00
C. $5.40
D. $5.90
E. $6.60
Answer:
$5
Question 8: The factors of 2x^2 + xy - 3y^2 are?
Answer:
(2x + 3y)(x - y)
Question 9: Which of the following fractions is less than 25%?
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1/8 Question 10: The shaded region of the design shown is to be painted red. What is the area, in square units, of the shaded region? (Use = 3.14)
A 43.0
B 62.8
C 121.5
D 137.2
Answer:
43
Question 11: The coordinates of points A and B are (2,4) and (-2,-4) respectively. What is the slope of the line that connects the two points?
Answer:
2
Question 12: the reciprocal of 7
Answer:
1/7 Question 13: A boy walked to his friend's house 12 miles away. If he averaged 25 miles per hour, How many hours did it take to reach the house?
Answer:
4.8 hours Question 14: Simplify the ratio 12:18
Answer:
2/3 Question 15: If the ratio of sides of two squares is 3:1, what is the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1
C. 9:1
D. 12:1
Answer:
3:1
Question 16: A plumber has a car payment of $250 per month, $225 of which goes to paying off the principal, and the rest goes toward the interest. What percent is being paid for interest?
Answer:
10%
Question 17: Terry earns a $250 salary plus $5 per sale. How many sales must Terry make to earn $765 altogether?
Answer:
103 Question 18: What is the cost of mailing a package that weighs 2 pounds, 3 ounces, if the cost is $1.50 plus $0.05 for each ounce over 6 ounces?
A. $3.25
B. $2.95
C. $2.45
D. $2.15
E. $1.75
Answer:
$2.95 Question 19: How many 5 lb bags of apples can be made from 400 apples each weighing 1/4 of a pound?
Answer:
20 Question 20: Shawn purchased a shirt for $22.05. If this includes a 5% sales tax, what was the actual price of the shirt?