1.   Which is the best buy: $4.08 for a 16-ounce box of cereal, $4.50 for an 18-ounce box of cereal, or $5.39 for a 22-ounce box of cereal?
    A. 22-ounce box B. 16-ounce box
    C. There is no best buy because they all have the same unit price. D. 18-ounce box
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  2.   Express the ratio 15 red marbles out of 50 marbles as a fraction in simplest form.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   Solve = .
    A. 1.8 B. 2
    C. 1.125 D. 2.25
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  4.   Sarah scored 96% on her math test. If there were 50 questions on the test, how many questions did Sarah answer correctly?
    A. 48 B. 49
    C. 45 D. 46
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  5.   The price of a computer system at an electronics store is $1099. Determine the percent of change in price if the computer system sold for $1349 a month earlier.
    A. 18.5% decrease B. 22.7% increase
    C. 18.5% increase D. 22.7% decrease
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  6.   Suppose William enlarges a 5 in. by 7 in. photograph of him and his best friend by 200% and then decreases the copy by 60%. What are the dimensions of the final size of the photograph?
    A. 4 in. by 6.3 in. B. 10 in. by 14 in.
    C. 4 in. by 5.6 in. D. 5 in. by 7 in.
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  7.   At the Truman Middle School, the lunch supervisor surveyed the 110 students in the seventh grade to find which school lunch they liked best. The table below shows the results. Find the inaccurate statement.
   
    A. The number of students who voted for pizza to the number of students who voted for hamburgers is 1:2.
    B. 44% of the students preferred hamburgers.
    C. Tuna casserole received about 18% less of the total vote than turkey sandwiches.
    D. Seventeen more students preferred hamburgers than turkey sandwiches.
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  8.   To estimate the number of white-tailed deer in Minnesota, biologists captured and tagged 650 deer and then released them back into the woods. One year later, the biologists captured 300 deer and counted 6 deer with tags. Estimate the actual number of deer in the forest.
    A. 32,500 B. 29,050
    C. 30,100 D. 30,600
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