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What is the solution to the inequality -3x - 42 > 3 ?
A) x > -13
B) x < -13
C) x > -15
D) x < -15
D) x < -15
Evan has a summer job to pick berries on a farm.
• He earns $2.00 every 15 minutes that he picks strawberries.
• He earns $2.40 for every 15 minutes that he picks blueberries.
• He picked strawberries for an hour and blueberries for 45 minutes.
How much money did Evan earn?
A) $4.40
B) $8.80
C) $15.20
D) $26.40
C) $15.20
Which choice shows three lengths that cannot be the lengths of the three sides of a triangle?
A) 2 cm, 8 cm, 8 cm
B) 2 cm, 3 cm, 6 cm
C) 4 cm, 5 cm, 7 cm
D) 5 cm, 6 cm, 9 cm
B) 2 cm, 3 cm, 6 cm
The circumference of a circle is 188 meters. What is the approximate radius of the circle?
A) 30 meters
B) 60 meters
C) 94 meters
D) 128 meters
A) 30 meters
Angles T and V are complementary. Angle T has a measure of (2x + 10)°. Angle V has a measure of 48°.
What is the value of x?
A) 16°
B) 19°
C) 26°
D) 42°
A) 16°
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A notebook costs $4.50 plus sales tax. After sales tax, the notebook is $4.86.
What is the sales tax rate?
A) 6%
B) 7%
C) 8%
D) 9%
C) 8%
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The Smith family went out to dinner.
• The price of the meal was $29.85.
• The sales tax was 6% of the price of the meal.
• The tip was 15% of the meal and the sales tax.
How much money did the Smith family pay for the meal, including tax and tip?
A) $50.85
B) $36.39
C) $36.12
D) $31.95
B) $36.39
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Anna saved $20 in a jar each month for 2 1/2 years. She spent 75% of her savings on a computer. How much money did Anna have left in the jar?
A) $150
B) $240
C) $450
D) $600
A) $150
Mr. Jones spent $156 to attend a college football game.
• Twenty percent of this cost was for a parking pass.
• He spent the remainder of the money on two tickets for the game.
What was the price per ticket?
A) $15.60
B) $31.20
C) $62.40
D) $124.80
C) $62.40
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When Derek planted a tree it was 36 inches tall. The tree grew 1 1/4 inches per year. The tree is now 44 3/4 inches tall. How many years ago did Derek plant the tree?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
A) 7
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Chad built a scale model of a statue. He built the model 7 inches tall to represent the actual height of 15 feet. Which equation below represents the relationship between the actual height (a), in feet, and the height of the model (m), in inches?
A a = 7/15 m
B m = 7/15 a
C a = 0.75m
D m = 0.75a
B m = 7/15 a
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John mixed 3/4 liter of yellow paint with 1 1/4 liters of red paint to make 2 liters of orange paint.
• He needed more orange paint.
• To make a new batch of orange paint, he used exactly 1 liter of red paint.
Using the same ratio, how many liters of yellow paint should John use to make the new batch of orange paint?
.6 or 6/10 or 3/5
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What is the value of -2( 42+ (1/2)2 ) ?
-32.5 or -32 1/2
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A kitchen is shaped like a rectangle with dimensions of 11 1/2 ft by 9 1/2 ft. The floor of the room is made of square tiles with a side length of 1/2 ft. What is the number of tiles that will cover the kitchen floor?
437 tiles
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Mr. Sanchez bought 2 magazines for $9.95 each and 1 book for $14.95. If the sales tax is 6%, what is the total cost of Mr. Sanchez’s purchases?
A) $25.50
B) $26.39
C) $35.45
D) $36.94
D) $36.94
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Michelle bought the same fabric on 3 different occasions and recorded the data below.
Yards of Fabric Total Cost
2.2 $2.53
3.6 $4.14
4.2 $4.83
What was the price per yard of fabric?
A) $1.05
B) $1.10
C) $1.15
D) $1.50
C) $1.15
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One lap around a track is equal to one-eighth of a mile. A horse ran a distance of 9 laps in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. What was the horse’s average speed in miles per minute?
.45 miles per minute or 45/100 or 9/20
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Brett made a scale drawing of a rectangular room in his house. The actual length of the room is 12 4/5 ft. The scale used to make the drawing was 1/4 in. = 1 ft. What is the length, in inches, of the room on the drawing?
3.2 inches or 3 2/10 or 3 1/5
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Suppose that a butterfly can fly 82 feet in 4 seconds. A dragonfly can fly 50 feet in 2 seconds. Which can fly faster and by how much?
A) The dragonfly is 4.5 feet per second faster.
B) The dragonfly is 20.5 feet per second faster.
C) The butterfly is 4.5 feet per second faster.
D) The butterfly is 24 feet per second faster.
A) The dragonfly is 4.5 feet per second faster.
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Betty makes pies. To make 6 pies, she uses 1 2/7 cups of flour.
How many cups of flour are needed to make 1 pie?
1.25 or 1 1/4
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Mike earned the amounts listed in the table below.
Hours Worked (h) Amount Earned (E)
15 $183.75
22 $269.50
26 $318.50
Which equation could be used to find the amount of money Mike earns, E, for any number of hours worked, h?
A) E = 18.75 + h
B) E = 12.25 + h
C) E = 18.75h
D) E = 12.25h
D) E = 12.25h
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A store sells ladders.
• The retail price was a 40 percent markup over the manufacturer price.
• A month later, the store reduced the retail price of the ladder by 25 percent.
What percent markup is the new retail price over the manufacturer price?
5 percent markup
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The table shows how much a store charges for certain numbers of pencils.
Number of pencils (p) Cost (c)
4 $0.72
7 $1.26
12 $2.16
Based on the table, which equation could be used to calculate the cost, c, of any number of pencils, p?
A) c = 0.09p
B) c = 0.18p
C) c = 0.54p
D) c = 0.72p
B) c = 0.18p
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A baker made two cakes of the same size.
• At the end of the day, there was 2/3 of a chocolate cake left.
• There was 5/6 of a strawberry cake left.
• The baker divided the remaining chocolate cake into 2 equal pieces and the remaining strawberry cake into 3 equal pieces.
Which cake flavor had larger pieces and by how much?
A) chocolate by 1/6 of a cake
B) strawberry by 1/6 of a cake
C) chocolate by 1/18 of a cake
D) strawberry by 1/18 of a cake
C) chocolate by 1/18 of a cake
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Mr. Adams had 24 guests at his house for a party. Each guest brought one item.
• One-third of the guests brought drinks.
• One-fourth of the guests brought a dessert.
• The rest of the guests brought chips.
How many guests brought chips?
10 guests brought chips