Agenda
6-6:15 Integers
6:15 -7:15 Applied Math Review
7:15 -7:30 Break
7:30 -9 Applied Math Review
Applied Math Review Questions
You may use the calculator to answer these questions.
1.) If you estimate by rounding to the nearest whole number, what numbers
should you use to estimate the product of 8.03 and 1.5?
2.) One half of a carrot cake must be split evenly among 6 children. What
fraction of the whole cake would each child get?
3.) Celine bought a coat for $120.00 that was originally marked $160. What
% of the original price did she pay?
4.) Grant bought a computer game for $32.00 plus 8% sales tax. How much
did he pay altogether?
Use the following information for 5 and 6:
Five houses in a neighborhood were sold for:
$175,000 | $183,000 | $182,000 | $177,000 | $184,700
5.) What was the mean selling price of the houses?
6.) What was the median selling price of the houses?
7.) What is the correct algebraic expression to solve this problem? Manny
worked a 40-hour week and was paid $250. This amount included a $50
bonus. What was Manny’s pay per hour?
8.) What are the next two numbers in this sequence?
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, _____
9.) Ten years ago, an antique Jenny Lynn plate sold for $12. Today it
sells for $66. Today’s price is what percent of the original price?
10.) Sylvia paid $288 for 16 square yards of carpet. How much did the
carpet cost per square yard?
11.) It takes Ann 5 minutes to type one page. How long will it take her to
type 25 pages?
12.) What should be the next letter in this sequence?
A E I M Q U _____
13.) What is the area of the triangle with a base of 14” and a height of 12”?
14.) Out of every $150 she earns, Jolene saves $12. At this rate, how much will she have saved when she has earned $1350?
15.) The Joy family makes $720 per week. If they spend $180 per week on food,
what percent of their income is spent on food?
16.) Rita wants to put a fence around her circular garden. If the radius is 6 feet,
how many yards of fencing does she need?
17.) In your job as a cashier, a customer gives you a
$20 bill to pay for a can of coffee that costs
$3.84. How much change should you give back?
A. $15.26
B. $16.16
C. $16.26
D. $16.84
E. $17.16
18.) It took you 1 hour to unpack, price, and shelve 3 boxes of jeans at work. On the average, how many minutes did it take you to unpack, price, and shelve 1 box of jeans?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
E. 60
19.) You work in a bakery. A customer orders a dozen doughnuts priced at $5.75 a dozen and 4 cinnamon rolls at 75¢ a roll. How much should you charge the customer for this order?
20.) As the sales manager of an automobile dealership, you are expected to figure the average number of sales per month at the end of each quarter. In the first quarter of this year, 17 cars were sold in January, 25 in February, and 15 in March. What was the average number of sales per month of the first quarter?
21.) In the hospital where you work, one of your duties is to take pulse counts. One patient has a pulse count of 21 beats in 15 seconds. At this rate, what should this patient’s pulse count be for 60 seconds?
22.) A customer purchased clothing totaling$54.00 from the clothing store where you work. The state sales tax rate is 5%. How much tax should you charge the customer for this purchase?
23.) Over the last five days, you made the following number of sales calls: 8, 7, 9, 5, and 7. To help in planning staff time, you track the average number of calls you make each day. What was your average over the last 5 days?
A. 4.1
B. 7.0
C. 7.2
D. 9.0
E. 36.0
24.) The discount store where you work is selling a video game for 15% off the regular price of $39.00. You have to change the price tags for the sale. How much should you take off from the regular price?
A. $0.15
B. $1.50
C. $2.60
D. $5.85
E. $7.00
25.) The shoe store where you work is having a off sale. A customer purchases a pair of shoes that regularly costs $48.50. How much should you deduct from the regular price?
26.) As a teacher’s aide, you must figure percentage scores on student tests. If a student has 72 points out of 87 possible points, what percent of the total possible points did this student obtain?
27.) The drugstore where you work marks up the price of batteries by 35%. You must price some batteries that cost the store $4.80 per package. What price should you put on each package?
A. $1.68
B. $3.50
C. $5.15
D. $6.48
E. $7.38
28.) In your job at the kennel, you groom dogs. It takes you 1 hour 15 minutes to groom an average-sized dog. Large dogs, however, take 1 hour 45 minutes to groom. Today you have to groom 3 average-sized dogs and 2 large dogs.How much time should it take you to groom all 5 dogs?
A. 3 hours
B. 3 hours 45 minutes
C. 6 hours 15 minutes
D. 7 hours 15 minutes
E. 7 hours 45 minutes
29.) The total cost below is for four people to visit a museum. It is represented using the following equation: c = 4t + f
Let:
c = cost
t = ticket
f = fee to park
If one ticket is $25 and the fee to park is $6, how much will it cost 4 people to visit the museum?
A) 35
B) 49
C) 106
D) 119
E) None
30.) What is the value of x in the inequality x -3>8??
A) x<5
B) x<11
C) x>5
D) x>11
31.) Which of these numbers as a great value in the tenths place than the number below? 47.32
A) 26.17
B)50.01
C) 56.61
D)85.55
32.) Jenny is a doctor and she works a 12-hour shift. If she has worked for 3 hours, what fraction of her shift does she still have to work?
A) 1/2
B) 1/4
C) 1/3
D) 3/4
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