Practice Test

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1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?

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2. If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?

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3. Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?

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4. The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price?

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5. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A

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6. If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?

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7. Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive?

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8. Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

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9. The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him?

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10. A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a "B" in the art class, an "A" in the history class, a "C" in the science class, a "B" in the mathematics class, and an "A" in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0)

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11. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon get paid?

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12. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?

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13. If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r =

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14. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate?

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15. Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make?

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16. If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 =

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17. You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and the sales tax where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How much change will you receive back?

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18. You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of $225. How much have you paid so far for the car?

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19. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchased in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will purchasing these products cost?

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20. If y = 3, then y9(y9-y)=

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Solve: 7r + 7 = 14r -7

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Solve: (5/2) + m (m - 2) = m (m - 3)

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5k + 20 - 2k = 10 - (5k + 6)

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Write the equation of the horizontal line passing through the point (8, 10).

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Graph: x = -2

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Which graph represents the equation y = 2x -3 ?

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Complete the table.

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Practice Test

1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?

2. If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?

3. Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?

4. The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price?

5. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A

6. If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?

7. Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive?

8. Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

9. The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him?

11. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon get paid?

12. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?

13. If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r =

14. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate?

15. Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make?

16. If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 =

17. You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and the sales tax where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How much change will you receive back?

18. You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of $225. How much have you paid so far for the car?

19. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchased in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will purchasing these products cost?

20. If y = 3, then y9(y9-y)=