SOLUTION: Question 1 Question: If an increase from $150 to $200 is 33⅓%, what would the decrease from $200 to $150 be? Question options: 25% 33⅓% 50% 75% Que

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Question 1
Question: If an increase from $150 to $200 is 33⅓%, what would the decrease from $200 to $150 be?
Question options:
25%
33⅓%
50%
75%
Question 2
Question: A tiler drew some patterns of white and coloured tiles to fill a square space and put the information in a table.


Length of space (Tiles) Total number of white tiles
2 2
3 4
4 8
5 12

How many white tiles would be needed for a square with a side length of 50 tiles?
Question options:
250
1200
1250
2500
Question 3
Question: In a school of 600 students, 75% of the girls and 50% of the boys participate in a social service program. 360 students in total participate. How many boys attend the school?
Question options:
150
240
300
360
Question 4
Question: Jane played 10 computer games. Her average score was 304.
After her 11th game, her average was 310.

What was Jane's score in her 11th game?
Question options:
310
325
340
370
Question 5
Question: A broken ruler, marked in centimetres, is being used to measure the length of a black bar as shown in the diagram below. What is the length of the black bar?

Question options:
4.15 cm
4.25 cm
4.30 cm
7.25 cm
Question 6
Question: Mr. Smith went to the supermarket and bought the following items. How much change did he get when he paid with a $50.00 note?



Item Price
Washing powder $6.50
Razor blades $2.50
Steak $12.40
Potatoes $2.90
Butter $2.50
Question options:
$22.20
$23.20
$25.60
$26.40
Question 7
Question: In one season a hockey team played 12 games. The number of goals scored in each game is plotted in the graph below.


The team won every game when they scored more goals than their average (mean) score.
How many games did they win?
Question options:
3
5
7
12
Question 8
Question: An ancient measuring unit is the CUBIT. This was the distance between the tip of your finger and your elbow. Which of the following is the most likely answer for the length of a 20 metre cricket pitch in cubits?
Question options:
20
45
100
150
Question 9
Question: A farmer wants to know how many fish there are in his dam. He took out 200 fish and tagged each of them, with a coloured sign. He put the tagged fish back in the dam and let them get mixed with the others. On the second day, he took out 250 fish in a random manner, and found that 25 of them were tagged. Estimate how many fish are in the dam.
Question options:
450
800
2000
2175
4500
Question 10
Question: Which diagram does NOT have ¾ of the area shaded?


Question options:
A
B
C
D
Question 11
Question: A small object was weighed on the same scales separately by nine students in a science class. The weights (in grams) recorded by each student are shown below.
6.3 6.0 6.0 15.3 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.15 6.3
It looks like 15.3 is an outlier. Which ‘averages’ would be most affected by this value?
Question options:
Mid-range and mean
Mean and mode
Median and mid-range
Mode and median
Question 12
Question: An upright 1-metre stick casts a shadow that is 60 cm long.
At the same time, a flagpole casts a shadow that is 5.4 metres long.
How high is the flagpole?
Question options:
6 m
7 m
8 m
9 m
Question 13
Question: In a group of 60 students, 42 passed the spelling test.

Another group of 100 students had the same pass rate.

How many passed?
Question options:
40
56
68
70
Question 14
Question: The Jones family set out to drive from Ulverstone to Hobart. The total distance is 300 kilometres.
If their average speed was 80 kilometres per hour, how long would it take to complete the journey?
Question options:
3 hours 15 minutes
3 hours 30 minutes
3 hours 45 minutes
4 hours
Question 15
Question: A report consists of 8 pages. On average there are 350 words per page. The printer prints at 70 words per minute. Some students were asked to calculate how long, in hours, it would take to print the report and to show how they worked it out.
Jo wrote: (8 x 350) / (70 x 60)
Al wrote: (8 x 350) x 70 / 60
Sam wrote: (8 x 350) / 70 x 60
Les wrote: (800 x 350) / (70 / 60)
Which student wrote the correct process?
Question options:
Jo
Al
Sam
Les
Question 16
Question: Students were asked to place some decimals in order from smallest to largest.

Mia wrote: 0.345 0.19 0.8 0.20

Jen wrote: 0.19 0.20 0.345 0.8

Tom wrote: 0.8 0.19 0.20 0.345

Ben wrote: 0.20 0.8 0.19 0.345

Who was correct?
Question options:
Mia
Jen
Tom
Ben
Question 17
Question: Study the table below of money earned and spent.
Money Earned Money Spent
Paper round $15.75 Pay off CD Player $10.50
Pocket money $5.00 Saving for surfing holiday $5.00
Car wash money $7.75 Bus fares $3.65
What is the maximum number of chocolate bars each costing $1.75 you could purchase with money left over?
Question options:
3
5
6
7
Question 18
Question: A model of how a shell grows can be made using enlarged copies of the same triangle.
Here is a picture of a model.



What is the value of x in degrees?
Question options:
53
138
143
153
222
Question 19
Question: Below are two currency conversion graphs.



How many Brunei dollars are equal in value to 50 British pounds?
Question options:
20
50
100
150
Question 20
Question: Terry is learning to make two colour silk screens. A choice of 8 colours is available for the project. How many 2-colour combinations can be made with the original 8 colours if the colours are different and cannot be mixed?
Question options:
8
15
16
28
56
Question 21
Question: Choose the best estimate for the length of a FAMILY SEDAN CAR.
Question options:
2 m
4 m
6 m
8 m
Question 22
Question: What is the area of the shaded rectangle? (Note: The diagram is NOT drawn to scale.)

Question options:
12 units2
20 units2
24 units2
32 units2
40 units2
Question 23
Question: At a particular university, there is an average of 16 students to every professor.
Which of the following equations is true if P is the number of professors and S is the number of students?
Question options:
P = 16S
S + P = 16
S x P = 16
S = 16P
Question 24
Question: Study the following recipe for a Christmas cake.

2 cups of flour
2/3 cup of mixed fruit
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
500g butter
¼ cup mixed peel
½ cup almond
½ cup cherries

How many cups of fruit and nuts altogether (including mixed peel) would be in the three (3) cakes ?
Question options:
1 3/7
2 1/4
3 ½
5 3/4
Question 25
Question: A table can seat eight people: three (3) on each side and one (1) on each end.
When tables are put together, more people can be seated (as shown here).

Which of the following best describes the number of people (p) that can be seated at any number of tables (t)?
Question options:
t = 6 x p + 2
8 x p = t
p = 6 x t + 2
t = 7 x p + 1
Question 26

Question: The picture shows a Chihuahua dog, which is a small breed. Choose the best estimate for the weight of a fully grown adult male Chihuahua.
Question options:
500g
2000g
4500g
6000g
Question 27
Question: Peter and Gwen were planning to go to a rock concert with their friends, Ralph and Caroline. The brochure gave the information about the ticket prices. Use the information from the brochure shown below to answer the question.
Rock Concert Ticket Prices
Single (purchased before March 1) $21.00
Single (purchased from March 1) $25.00
Group Discount: 4 or more tickets (purchased before March 1) 10%
Handling charge per ticket $2.50


What is the cost of four tickets if they were purchased on February 16th?
Question options:
$84.00
$83.60
$85.60
$94.00
$100.00
Question 28
Question: A small object was weighed on the same scales separately by nine students in a science class. The weights (in grams) recorded by each student are shown below.

6.3 6.0 6.0 15.3 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.15 6.3

The value 15.3 is replaced by the value 6.25 after re-measurement. The weights are shown below.

6.3 6.0 6.0 6.25 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.15 6.3

What is the median of this data set?
Question options:
6.15
6.2
6.25
6.3
Question 29
Question: Which one of the following contains a set of three fractions that are evenly spaced on a number line?
Question options:




Question 30
Question: Study the following recipe for a Christmas cake.
2 cups of flour
2/3 cup of mixed fruit
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
500g butter
¼ cup mixed peel
½ cup almond
½ cup cherries
If you wanted to make three (3) cakes, how many cups of mixed fruit would you need?
Question options:
2
3
4
6
Question 31
Question: What are the prime factors of 30?
Question options:
2, 3, 5
1, 2, 3, 5
2, 3, 5, 30
1, 2, 3, 5, 30
Question 32
Question: The Jones family set out to drive from Ulverstone to Hobart. The total distance is 300 kilometres. Their average speed is 90 kilometres per hour. After driving for 1½ hours they stop for lunch. How far do they still have to go?
Question options:
135 kms
150 kms
165 kms
210 kms
Question 33
Question: A set menu has a choice of 3 entrees, 2 mains and 2 desserts. A person chooses a meal that has one entrée, one main and one dessert.
How many different meal combinations are possible?
Question options:
7
8
10
12
Question 34
Question: To get the average number of children per family in a town, a teacher counted the total number of children in the town. She then divided by 50, the total number of families. The average number of children per family was 2.2.
Which of these statements is certain to be true?
Question options:
The most common number of children in a family is 2.
There are 110 children in the town.
Half of the families in the town have more than 2 children.
There are 2.2 children in the town for every adult.
Question 35
Question: A $70 pair of jeans is reduced by 20%. What is the sale price?
Question options:
$20
$35
$50
$56
Question 36
Question: The minimum July temperatures for each of three (3) towns are shown below. Which of the lists below show the towns arranged from the highest minimum to the lowest minimum?
Town Minimum July Temperature
Leight -9°C
Barkerville 8ºC
Hughton -4°C
Question options:
Barkerville, Hughton, Leight
Barkerville, Leight, Hughton
Hughton, Barkerville, Leight
Hughton, Leight, Barkerville
Question 37
Question: A parallelogram has pairs of opposite sides that are equal in length.
Question options:
Always true
Sometimes true
Never true
Question 38
Question: When one number is multiplied by another the answer is bigger.
Question options:
Always true
Sometimes true
Never true
Question 39
Question: Two teams were competing in a pinball machine competition. High scores are better scores. Two machines were used (Machine A and Machine B). The scores for the two teams are shown below.


On average, which is the better team?
Question options:
Blue Team
Red Team
They are equal
Can't tell
Question 40
Question: Carol spent ½ her money at the movies and 1/3 of what was left at the shop. She now has $8.

How much did she start with?
Question options:
$10
$12
$15
$24



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For Question #1
Question 1
Question: If an increase from $150 to $200 is 33⅓%, what would the decrease from $200 to $150 be?
Question options:
25%
33⅓%
50%
75%
Solution:
The percent decrease is equal to (200 - 150)/200 = 25%
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


FORTY (40) questions. Are you kidding me? You're kidding, right?



When I use my valuable time (hours, as this is more than a novel) to do these 40, what would you be doing?

Just relaxing, right? Think again!! 

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