Pretest: Mathematics Review

One copy of a new book by Amanda's favorite author cost $9.45. If a total of 2,740 copies of the book were sold on the first day of the book's release, what were the total sales that day? A. $19,854 B. $20,405 C. $25,664 D. $25,893

D. $25,893

Gina had $15. Then she bought a T-shirt for $8.75, a baseball cap for $1.99, and a refrigerator magnet for $0.75. How much money did she spend in all? A. $10.66 B. $11.49 C. $12.82 D. $14.61

B. $11.49

Dachelle does pushups every morning. She does 3 sets of 8 pushups, 7 days a week. How many pushups does Dachelle do in one week? A. 154 pushups B. 168 pushups C. 158 pushups D. 148 pushups

B. 168 pushups

Shawn downloads movies at a base price of $2 per movie. If he downloads 5 movies, he will get a 25% discount. How much will Shawn save on the base price if he downloads 5 movies? A. $7.50 B. $5.00 C. $2.50 D. $0.50

C. $2.50

Luke puts $35 in his savings account every month. Use a calculator to find how much money he will save in a year. A. $365 B. $400 C. $420

C. $420

Katrina is building a deck. She cuts 3 lengths of wood from a 72-inch board. The first length is 30 3/4 inches. The second length is 12 1/4 inches. And the third length is 16 1/4 inches. How much of the original board remains after Katrina makes her cuts? A. 12 1/4 B. 12 1/2 C. 12 3/4 D. 13 3/4

C. 12 3/4

Eddie is fishing. He has 1 1/4 ounces of weight on his line, but his bait isn't getting to the bottom of the lake. Eddie adds another 1/2-ounce weight to the line, but it's still not enough. Finally, Eddie adds a 3/4-ounce weight and the bait sinks. How much weight does Eddie now have on his line? A. 1 3/4 ounces B. 2 ounces C. 2 1/2 ounces D. 2 3/4 ounces

C. 2 1/2 ounces

Darren teaches a class of 25 students. He assigns homework 3 times a week, and each assignment consists of 12 problems. How many problems must Darren correct each week? A. 225 problems B. 890 problems C. 900 problems D. 1,000 problems

C. 900 problems

Ross and 5 of his friends are going kayaking. They rented 6 kayaks for $420. Then they bought food for all 6 people, which cost $144. If all 6 people shared the cost of the trip equally, how much did each person pay? A. $70 B. $76 C. $88 D. $94

D. $94

John needs to make a scale drawing of his school building for art class. If the building is 256.25 meters long, and John scales it down using a ratio of 25 meters to 1 inch, how long will the building be in the sketch? A. 12.62 inches B. 1.26 inches C. 102.5 inches D. 10.25 inches

D. 10.25 inches

The table gives the numbers of teachers and students in grades 6 to 8 at Earhart Middle School. Grade 6,7,8 Teachers 1,2,3 Students 25,50,75. Which teacher-to-student ratio maintains the proportional relationship described in the table?

5 teachers, students 125 4 teachers, students 100

Philip has $2,000 and spends $23.75 on supplies. He divides the remaining amount equally among his 8 employees. How much does each employee receive? A. $247.03 B. $250.00 C. $252.96

A. $247.03

Natalia is making gift bags for her son's birthday party. Each bag costs $3.24 to make and she needs to make 15 bags. How much will the 15 bags cost? A. $48.60 B. $47.40 C. $486.00 D. $4.74

A. $48.60

Which operation should be performed first for calculations involving more than one arithmetic operation? A. parentheses B. exponents C. multiplication D. division

A. parentheses

Jimmy gets a discount of 35% for a pair of sneakers with an original price of $70. He also gets a discount of 25% on a shirt with an original price of $30. How much money does Jimmy save in all? A. $28.00 B. $32.00 C. $18.00 D. $24.50

B. $32.00

Sides of three square rooms measure 13 feet each, and sides of two square rooms measure 15 feet each. Which expression shows the total area of these five rooms? A. (3 × 13^2) + (2 × 15^2) B. (2 × 13^3) + (2 × 15^2) C. (3 × 15^2) + (2 × 13^2) D. (3 × 13^2) × (2 × 15^2)

A. (3 × 13^2) + (2 × 15^2)

Selena orders CDs for a music shop. She just ordered 8 CDs from each of 11 pop artists and 5 CDs from each of 8 jazz artists. How many CDs did she order altogether? A. 128 CDs B. 138 CDs C. 148 CDs D. 158 CDs

A. 128 CDs

Jesse is building a spice rack. He cuts three lengths of wood from a 90-centimeter board. The first length is 23.5 centimeters. The second length is 33.3 centimeters. And the third length is 19.45 centimeters. How much of the original board remains after Jesse makes his cuts? A. 13.75 centimeters B. 76.25 centimeters C. 33.2 centimeters D. 3.75 centimeters

A. 13.75 centimeters

Kurt drives a total of 32 miles to and from work every day. He works 5 days a week. How many miles does Kurt drive in a week for his job? A. 160 miles B. 150 miles C. 140 miles D. 130 miles

A. 160 miles

Claudia is on a motorcycle trip. She checked the odometer at the beginning of the trip, and it showed 16,789 miles. After 15 days it showed 22,189 miles. If Claudia rode the same number of miles each day, how many miles did she ride in a day? A. 360 miles B. 540 miles C. 771 miles D. 1,479 miles

A. 360 miles

Danielle runs an afterschool program for children. The local baseball team donated 220 game tickets to the program. If Danielle divides the tickets evenly among the 4 units in the program, how many tickets will each unit get? A. 55 tickets B. 50 tickets C. 45 tickets D. 35 tickets

A. 55 tickets

What is 1/5 expressed as a percent? A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 50%

B. 20%

Sam bought 2 1/4 pounds of Swiss cheese and 1 1/2 pounds of cheddar at the deli. How many pounds of cheese did Sam buy altogether? A. 3 2/2 B. 3 3/4 C. 3 2/4 D. 3 2/6

B. 3 3/4

The Tigers defeated the Dodgers in a baseball game that lasted 9 innings. By how many runs were the Dodgers defeated? Use the scorecard to help you answer the question. A. 2 runs B. 3 runs C. 4 runs D. 5 runs

B. 3 runs

William is reading a book for class. The book is 94 pages long. For the first assignment, William read 25 pages. For the second assignment, he read 37 pages. For the last assignment, he has to finish the book. How many pages does he have left to read? A. 22 pages B. 32 pages C. 42 pages D. 52 pages

B. 32 pages

Trinh is catering a wedding that 112 people will attend. She is making two cakes, a chocolate cake and a carrot cake. 5/8 of the guests will be served chocolate cake and the rest will receive carrot cake. How many guests will get carrot cake? A. 26 B. 42 C. 50 D. 70

B. 42

Kirsten and Molly are on a 3-day bike ride. The entire route is 156 miles. On the first day, they biked 64 miles. On the second day, they biked 45 miles. How many miles do they have left to bike on the third day? A. 49 miles B. 47 miles C. 48 miles D. 50 miles

B. 47 miles

Keith ran in a marathon. It took him 3 hours and 2 minutes to run 26 miles. If he ran at the same rate for the whole race, how many minutes did it take him to run each mile? (1 hour = 60 minutes) A. 6 minutes B. 7 minutes C. 8 minutes D. 9 minutes

B. 7 minutes

Josh wants to make a set of 12 ceramic cups. He figures he'll need 0.75 of a pound of clay for each cup. How many pounds of clay does Josh need in all? A. 8.4 pounds B. 9 pounds C. 12.75 pounds D. 16 pounds

B. 9 pounds

Montel can't keep up with the demand for the latest best-selling book. He had to order more copies twice this week. On Monday he placed an order for 96 books. On Wednesday he ordered 264 more. All the books arrived on Friday. There were 24 books in each box. How many boxes of books did Montel receive? A. 4 boxes B. 11 boxes C. 15 boxes D. 19 boxes

C. 15 boxes

Julia has 2 identical rooms in her house. If each room measures 8 feet on one side and 12 feet on another, what is the total area of the rooms? A. 96 square feet B. 156 square feet C. 192 square feet

C. 192 square feet

Which is the correct solution to the expression 3 + 5^2? You can use a calculator to find the answer. A. 10 B. 13 C. 28 D. 64

C. 28

A three-story building has a total floor area of 488.52 square meters. If the owner rents out the third story, which measures 192.56 square meters, how much floor area remains for the owner to rent out? A. 274.15 square meters B. 275.54 square meters C. 295.96 square meters D. 296.47 square meters

C. 295.96 square meters

Marcus bought 1.35 pounds of Columbian coffee and 1.84 pounds of French roast coffee at the market. How many pounds of coffee did Marcus buy altogether? A. 2.19 pounds B. 3.09 pounds C. 3.19 pounds D. 4.19 pounds

C. 3.19 pounds

Aneel has 4 64-ounce cartons of orange juice and 2 48-ounce cans of apple juice. How many ounces of juice does he have altogether? A. 256 ounces B. 304 ounces C. 352 ounces D. 382 ounces

C. 352 ounces

Ms. Thornton's class visited five freshwater lakes to learn more about the crocodiles and alligators living in them. The class counted the number of species in each lake as shown in the table. LakeCrocodilesAlligatorsA45B2135C39D616E2430 The relationship between the number of crocodiles and the number of alligators is not proportional across all lakes. Only two of the lakes have crocodiles and alligators in the same proportion. Which two lakes are they? A. lake A and lake B B. lake B and lake C C. lake A and lake E D. lake C and lake D

C. lake A and lake E

Two students, Raymond and Shauna, are trying to get city council members to vote for a new park along the river. 2/6 of the 24 council members say they already support the idea, but that's not enough. At least 13 council members must support the idea before the park is approved. How many more city council members must Raymond and Shauna convince? A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5

D. 5

Kevin went fishing and caught 3 fish. The first fish weighs 1.75 pounds. The second fish weighs 2.4 pounds, and the third fish weighs 0.95 pounds. How many pounds of fish did Kevin catch? A. 4.10 pounds B. 4.15 pounds C. 5 pounds D. 5.1 pounds

D. 5.1 pounds

Saul works as a gardener. In one garden he planted 28 flowers. In another garden he planted 32 flowers. How many flowers did Saul plant altogether? A. 50 flowers B. 52 flowers C. 58 flowers D. 60 flowers

D. 60 flowers

Tony is taking inventory in a warehouse. He's counting tennis shoes. There are 43 pairs of women's tennis shoes and 39 pairs of men's tennis shoes. How many pairs of tennis shoes are there in all? A. 72 pairs B. 76 pairs C. 80 pairs D. 82 pairs

D. 82 pairs

Enrollment at Roosevelt Middle School is being reviewed by the school staff. The table gives the numbers of boys and girls in grades 6 to 9. Grade 6,7,8,9: Girls 9,12,15,25: Boys 12,18,20,36 In which two grades is the relationship between the numbers of girls and boys proportional? The two grades that have a proportional relationship between the numbers of girls and boys are

the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the 6th grade and 8th grade are proportional .