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Which operation should be done first when evaluating 15 - 5 ÷ 3 + 2 - 1? |
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division |
B. |
multiplication |
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C. |
subtraction |
D. |
addition |
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2. |
The mean is the _______ of a set of numbers. |
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A. |
middle number |
B. |
arithmetic average |
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C. |
most frequent |
D. |
highest number |
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3. |
Which statistic is misleading in the following set of test scores?
2, 85, 87, 88, 89 |
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upper quartile |
B. |
mean |
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C. |
mode |
D. |
median |
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4. |
Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading? |
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incomplete data |
B. |
outliers in the data |
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C. |
too much data |
D. |
inaccurate data |
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5. |
What is the greatest common factor of 25a2b and 5ab2? |
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A. |
5 |
B. |
5ab |
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C. |
5a2b2 |
D. |
5ab2 |
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6. |
Express 21.3 out of 100 as a percent. |
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A. |
0.213% |
B. |
21.3% |
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C. |
2.13% |
D. |
213% |
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7. |
Libby had 4 inches of length cut off her hair, Jayne had 4 inches
of length cut off her hair, and Thayer had 4 cut off hers.
Who had the most length cut off? |
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They all had the same amount cut. |
B. |
Thayer |
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C. |
Jayne |
D. |
Libby |
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8. |
The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is 180°. Find the missing measure. |
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A. |
100 |
B. |
75 |
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C. |
80 |
D. |
90 |
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9. |
Estimate  . |
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A. |
36 |
B. |
27 |
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C. |
40 |
D. |
30 |
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10. |
67.2 m = ______ cm |
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A. |
67,200 |
B. |
672 |
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C. |
0.672 |
D. |
6,720 |
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11. |
In what month will Classic Comics probably begin to make more than $150 on the Internet? |
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December |
B. |
October |
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C. |
November |
D. |
September |
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12. |
What is the greatest common factor of 14p2q and 42p3q2? |
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A. |
7p2q2 |
B. |
14p2q |
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C. |
14pq |
D. |
7pq |
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13. |
The groundskeeper for a professional football team is very careless. He paints one of the end zones and keeps on painting on the regular playing field. If he paints 12 yards of the 100-yard football field all the way across before he stops and notices, what percent of the playing field did he accidentally paint? |
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12% |
B. |
0.12% |
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C. |
0.06% |
D. |
6% |
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14. |
Express 70% as a fraction. |
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A. |
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B. |
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C. |
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D. |
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15. |
Find the least common denominator for  and  . |
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A. |
112 |
B. |
14 |
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C. |
56 |
D. |
24 |
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16. |
Evaluate p – q if p = -6 and q = 14. |
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A. |
20 |
B. |
8 |
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C. |
-8 |
D. |
-20 |
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17. |
If a batch of cookies takes  of an hour to prepare and bake, about how many batches of cookies can be prepared and baked in three hours? |
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A. |
13 |
B. |
15 |
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C. |
10 |
D. |
12 |
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18. |
Find the perimeter of a rectangle with length 1 yard and width  feet. |
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A. |
3 yards |
B. |
2.5 feet |
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C. |
3 feet |
D. |
2.5 yards |
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19. |
Which sentence is true? |
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A. |
-2 > 2 |
B. |
6 > -9 |
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C. |
-5 < -7 |
D. |
1 < 0 |
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20. |
Estimate  - . |
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A. |
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B. |
1 |
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C. |
0 |
D. |
1 |
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