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ARITHMETIC

Suggested  time - 40 minutes

35 questions

Directions: In this section solve each problem. Then decide which is the best of the choices given.

1     What is 7.2589 rounded to the nearest hundredth?

(A) 7.26

(B) 7.3

(C) 7.2

(D) 7.25



2     fifty two seventy eights is equal to

(A) three quarters

(B) eight ninths

(C) two thirds

(D) five sixths



3     1.37 + 9.2 + 5.001 =

(A) 5.23

(B) 6.13

(C) 52.3

(D) 15.571



4     2.53 x 3.1 is between

(A) 4 and 6

(B) 6 and 8

(C) 60 and 80

(D) 600 and 800



5     three quarters of 48 is

(A) 16

(B) 36

(C) 38

(D) 64



6     35.2 - 3.31 =

(A) 31.99

(B) 32.01

(C) 31.89

(D) 32.13



7     Beth makes fruit punch by adding 3 cups of fruit juice to every 5 liters of soda. If she uses 15 liters of soda, how many cups of juice should she use?

(A) 9

(B) 12

(C) 13

(D) 25



8     five point seven over zero point zero two eight is closest to

(A) 2

(B) 20

(C) 200

(D) 2000



9     three eights plus one quarter is equal to

(A) one half

(B) five eights

(C) four eights

(D) one third



10     If the average of 5 numbers is 50, what is their sum?

(A) 10

(B) 25

(C) 55

(D) 250



11     five elevenths ÷ three sevenths =

(A) one eleventh

(B) thirty five thirty threes

(C) one half

(D) thhirty three thirty fifths



12     one and two thirds multiplied by two and three eights equals

(A) three and twenty three twenty fourths

(B) four and one twenty fourths

(C) two and one quarter

(D) forty fifty seveths



13     seven divided by twenty equals

(A) 0.305

(B) 0.35

(C) 2.86

(D) 13



14     three qurters minus one sixteenth equals

(A) 1

(B) two three twenty fourths

(C) two thirdss

(D) seven twelths



15     If 10 percent of a number is 40, then 25 percent of that number is

(A) 4

(B) 10

(C) 16

(D) 100



16     A clock that gains 20 seconds every hour will gain how many minutes in a day?

(A) 4

(B) 8

(C) 16

(D) 32



17     three ÷ five sixths =

(A) eighteen fifths

(B) five seconds

(C) two fifths

(D) five eighteens



Tax allocation in Frazier Township

18     According to the pie chart above, if the township collected a total of $3,600,000 in taxes, what amount was set aside for the emergency fund?

(A) $900,000

(B) $144,000

(C) $90,000

(D) $14,400



19     fifty eight thousand seven hundred and two÷ five=

(A) one thousand one hundred and seventy two  and two fifths

(B) one thousand one hundred and seventy two  and three fifths

(C) eleven thousand seven hundred and forty and two fifths

(D) eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty  and four fifths



20     If eight furlongs measures 320 rods, how many furlongs are in a measure of 600 rods?

(A) 16

(B) 20

(C) 15

(D) 40



A theater was sold out for 85 percent of its performances last season. Once, the theater was sold out for 15 performances in a row.

21     From the information above, which of the following can be determined?

(A) The total number of performances last season that were sold out.

(B) The number of performances last season that were not sold out.

(C) The percent of the performances last season that were not sold out.

(D) The percent of the performances sold out in a row.



22     Three people who work full time are to work together on a project, but their total time in the project is to be equivalent to that of only one person working full time. If one of the people is budgeted for one third of his time to the project and a second person one quarter of her time, what part of the third worker’s time should be budgeted to this project?

(A) one twelfth

(B) five twelfths

(C) four sevenths

(D) one quarter



23     12.5 percent of 402 is closest to

(A) 35

(B) 40

(C) 50

(D) 480



24     5.905 × 100.04 is closest to

(A) 500

(B) 600

(C) 5000

(D) 6000



25     In year X the population of a certain city was reported to be 503,200, which represented 82 percent of the state’s population. According to these numbers what was the approximate population of the state in year X?

(A) 410,000

(B) 510,000

(C) 610,000

(D) 790,000



26     Which of the following is greater than 0.30 and less than 0.50?

(A) one eighth

(B) two fifths

(C) three fifths

(D) four fifths



27     How many _fifths are there in 2.8?

(A) 140

(B) 14

(C) 5.6

(D) 0.56



28     If N over ten equals 0.41, then N is approximately

(A) 41

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 0.06



29     If 1 pik = 10 jums and 1 dim = 25 jums, what is the ratio of the value of 5 piks to 4 dims?

(A) 1:2

(B) 2:5

(C) 5:2

(D) 5:4



30     On two tests, a student scored 85 and 92, respectively. What score must the student achieve on a third test in order to have an average score of 90 for the 3 tests?

(A) 89

(B) 90

(C) 93

(D) 95



31     Which of the following is closest to The square root of four thousand ?

(A) 20

(B) 60

(C) 400

(D) 2000



32     A rectangular recreation area 20 meters long and 15 meters wide is to be marked off by putting a rope around it. The length of the shortest rope that can be used is about how many meters?

(A) 35

(B) 70

(C) 105

(D) 300



33     seven point fourteen times zero point zero zero nine all of this divided by zero point eleven is closest to which of the following?

(A) 0.0714

(B) 0.714

(C) 7.14

(D) 71.4



34     Which of the following shows a way to change two fifths to an equivalent fraction?

(A) two fifths plus five seconds

(B) two fifths times five seconds

(C) two fifths plus two seconds

(D) two fifths times two seconds



35     eight and one sixteenth minus one and seven eightths is closest to

(A) 6

(B) six and one half

(C) 7

(D) seven and one half