WIN Applied Mathematics

A board is 4.6 feet long. How many meters long is the board?

1.4

Dallas needs liter of milk for a recipe, and there is of a liter of milk left in the carton. How much is left after Dallas makes his recipe?

1/20 of a liter

You need to buy fertilizer for a circular flower bed with a diameter of 13 feet. If one bag will fertilize 10 square feet, how many bags do you need to buy?

14

A floor plan shows the area of a room is 271.25 square feet. If the room is 15.5 feet wide, how long is it?

17.5

baker uses 2 cups of sugar, how much flour should the baker use?

2 2/3

Angela is plowing a large field for spring planting. On the first day, she plowed of the field. On the second day, she plowed of the field. What fraction of the field is NOT plowed at the end of the second day?

4/21

The area of a rectangular bathroom floor is feet. If the bathroom is feet wide, what is the length?

8 1/4

At the local animal shelter, there is a cone-shaped dog-food dispenser. If the dispenser is 54 centimeters tall and has a diameter of 24 centimeters at the top, what is the volume (to the nearest cubic centimeter)?

8,139 cubic centimeters

A recipe requires cup of milk. To make the recipe for a large crowd, Marcos needs cups of milk. One gallon of milk costs $2.49. Marcos made the equation below to find how much it will cost to buy milk for the recipe. Cost = ( ÷ 4) x 2.49 Which statement describes the accuracy of Marcos' equation?

Marcos should divide the answer by 4

The diagram shows the dimensions, in meters, of Alice's workshop. To determine what size heater to buy for the workshop, Alice must compute the surface areas of each type of surface on the outside walls of the workshop. What is the surface area of the doors shown in the diagram?

NOT: 13

A fish market advertises fresh fish for $4.62 per kilogram. The original price was $5.25 per kilogram. By what percentage did the price decrease?

12.0%

Top Cat Car Wash buys liquid soap in 5 gallon buckets. How many liters are in one 5 gallon bucket

18.9

A computer diagnostic program has completed of its analysis. If the analysis requires 1 second to complete of the analysis, in how many seconds will the program finish?

2 seconds

A bottle contains ounces of medicine. The veterinarian prescribes ounce of medicine per day. How many days will the bottle last?

21 days

Marissa is planning refreshments for a day-long conference. At her last event, there were 240 people and they drank 18 gallons of coffee. There are 320 people signed up for this conference, how many gallons of coffee will she need?

24 gallons

80% of the 350 employees at Animal Kingdom Park have college degrees. How many employees at the park have college degrees?

280

A hotel currently has 280 rooms. The management company decides to build a new wing that will increase the capacity to 405 rooms. By what percentage will this expand the capacity of the hotel? (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)

44.6%

Tim is a wildlife biologist studying deer parasites. During a study, he finds that 12 out of 32 deer were affected by parasites. How many of the 1200 deer in the local population would he expect to be affected by parasites?

450

A lawn mower uses 0.7 gallons of gas every 3 hours. The gas tank holds 2 gallons. How long can the mower run on a full tank?

8.57 hours

Kevin lives 19 kilometers from his office. It costs Kevin $0.31 per mile to drive his truck. Kevin made the equation below to determine how much it costs to drive his truck from his house to the office. Cost = 19 x 0.62 x 0.31 Which statement describes the accuracy of Kevin's equation?

A

The Wholesome Egg Company sells eggs in three different size cartons. Which carton offers the lowest price per egg?

Cartons B and C are the lowest

Louis found two bakeries to provide bagels for his sub shop. The first bakery offers 350 bagels for $168.00 and the second bakery offers 475 bagels for $209. How much will Louis pay for 800 bagels if he buys from the bakery with the lower price?=

$352.00

A sonographer is trying to determine the size of a gallstone. If the stone is spherical and has a diameter of 12 millimeters, what is its volume?

0.9 cubic centimeters

The diameter of a ball is 6 inches. What is the volume of the ball?

113.04 in^3

The CoffeeShop is creating a new blend of coffee. Coffee A sells for $5 per pound. Coffee B sells for $9 per pound. The CoffeeShop will mix 20 pounds of the new blend and sell it for $6 per pound. The following equations represent the problem of keeping the cost of the blend consistent with the ingredients. a + b = 20 5a + 9b = 120 a = pounds of Coffee A and b = pounds of Coffee B How many pounds of Coffee B should be used in the blend?

NOT: 12 or 8

The triangular gable on this house is 8 feet tall. The area of the gable is 120 square feet. What is the length of the base?

NOT: 15

Greg plowed for 2.5 hours in the morning, 1 hour and 15 minutes in the afternoon, and 1 hour and 30 minutes in the evening. How many total hours did Greg plow?

NOT: 15.5

A watch gains 18 seconds in a day. How many minutes will the watch gain in 3 weeks? Which expression can be used to solve this problem?

NOT: 18 x 21 x 60

The scale factor on a scale drawing of machine part is . If the part is inches long on the drawing, how long is the actual part?

NOT: 19

Reggie is paid by commission and earned $1,575 last month. This month he made $1,250. By what percentage did Reggie's earnings decrease? Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage.

NOT: 20%

Kerry is conducting a marketing survey. She mailed 45,128 surveys, and received 17,892 responses. Approximately what percentage of people responded to the survey?

NOT: 27%

A segmental paver is installing a circular patio that has a radius of 12 feet. How much edging material will be needed for the circumference of the patio (to the nearest tenth)? (Use 3.14 for Pi.)

NOT: 37.68 feet

Joni is placing an ad in a local paper. Her original design for the ad is 6 inches wide and inches tall, but the space available is only inch wide. If she shrinks the design to fit, how tall will the ad be?

NOT: 5 1/2

The marketing department of a cereal company proposes to reduce the size of a container of oatmeal to avoid raising the price. The package is currently a cylinder that is 8 inches tall and has a diameter of 4 inches. If both dimensions are reduced by one-half inch, by what percentage is the volume of the container reduced? (Round your answer to the nearest percentage.)

NOT: 72%

The admissions department at Springfield Technical College is reviewing applications to attend the college. They know that only about 25% of the students who are accepted will choose to attend. They would like to have 300 new students. How many students should they accept?

NOT: 75

Once a week, 50 employees have pizza delivered for lunch. Pizza Villa charges a delivery fee of $20 plus $3.00 for each personal-size pizza. Slice of Heaven Pizzeria charges $2.50 for each personal-size pizza and $30 for delivery. Which caterer offers the better deal?

Slice of Heaven Pizzeria