Fran works 6 hours each day and Karen works 8 hours each day. Fran makes $2 more per hour than Karen. How many days must Karen work to earn $240?

The diagram below shows a ramp that rises uniformly 24 feet over a distance of 80 feet.
How many feet high will the ramp be at a point 60 feet from its beginning?
A team set a goal of winning 70 percent of the 40 games it would play. Of the first 10 games the team played, it won only 4.
How many of the REMAINING games must the team win to reach its original goal?
A community is concerned about the high volume of commuter traffic in front of its elementary school between 8:30 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. The numbers of cars that passed without dropping off a student during that half hour on consecutive school days are:
65, 72, 83, 96, 53, 76, 54, 70, 75, 48, 56.
What is the mean (average) of these numbers of cars?
A new store offered its first 80 customers a chance to win a prize by selecting a ball from a container. Of the 80 balls in the container, 45% contained a number that would win the customer a prize.
How many of the first 80 customers won prizes?
Over time, a leaky faucet can waste many gallons of water. If a faucet drips at a rate of 2 ounces per minute, how many gallons of water will be wasted in one week? (1 gallon = 128 ounces)

According to the graph, how much MORE does it cost to mail an overseas letter weighing 4.1 ounces than a letter weighing 3.5 ounces?
In 0.35 hours, 4,200 gallons of water flow over a small dam. At this rate, how many gallons of water will flow over the dam in one hour?
The annual salaries of the owner and employees of a small business are listed below.

The mean (average) salary of the 5 people is $31,000, and the median salary is $28,000.
What will happen to the mean and median salaries if the owner’s salary increases to $60,000 and the other salaries remain the same?
If a, b, and c are three different numbers, and a minus b equals c, which of the following statements must be true?
Dana works four 10-hour days during the week and is off every Friday. If the first Friday of the month falls on the 3rd, which of the following dates during that month will also be a Friday?

What was the approximate height of the tree, in meters, when it was transplanted?
Refers to the following information and diagram.
Three vertices of a square are shown on the graph below.

What is the location of the fourth vertex of the square?
Click on the grid to mark your answer.
If a skydiver with mass m, in kilograms, jumps from a plane, the maximum speed she will attain in free-fall (v), in meters per second, is given by the formula

Approximately what is the maximum speed, in meters per second, of a skydiver weighing 60 kilograms?
The surface area of a cube is found using the formula A = 6e2, where A is the surface area and e is the length of an edge of the cube.
What is the surface area, in square centimeters, of a cube that has an edge of length 6 centimeters?
The ratio of trucks to cars sold at Marathon Motors during the year is about 2 to 5. If the company sold about 500 cars last year, about how many trucks did it sell?

If the postage on an overseas letter costs $1.50, which of the following could be the weight of the letter in ounces?

In which of the listed cities is the population in 2015 projected to be more than a 50% increase from the 1995 population?
John is taking a test that has ten questions. Each question has four answer choices with only one correct answer. Which of the following expressions shows the probability that John could answer all ten questions correctly by randomly guessing the correct answers?
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

If x = -3 and y = 4, which of the following is the value of the expression 2xy 2 + x 2 ?

For how many videos rented per month is the cost with Plan A the same as the cost with Plan B?
Women are 3 times as likely as men to have rheumatoid arthritis. A survey conducted in a city of 4,000,000 people revealed about 40,000 cases of rheumatoid arthritis. Approximately how many of these 40,000 could be expected to be WOMEN?
A college recruiter interviewed 18 potential students about their interests. Ten students said they participated in sports and 12 in music programs. All said they participated in at least one of these programs, and some participated in both. How many students said they participated in both sports and music programs?
A sales supervisor assigns Asha, Bella, Cameron, Donnell, and Ernesto to work the cash register on a rotating daily basis. The rotation begins with Asha on the first day and continues in alphabetical order, as shown in the pattern below, which uses their initials.
A, B, C, D, E, A, B, C, D, E, …
Who is assigned to work the cash register on the 46th day?
The cost to hire Mighty Mo Movers to deliver goods is based on the following formula:
C = 0.1w + 2.75d + 50
C is the total cost in dollars; w is the weight of the goods in pounds; and d is the distance in miles that the goods are delivered.
The Kales are moving to a new house that is 40 miles from their present home. They have budgeted $500 for their move.
What is the maximum weight of goods, in pounds, that the Kales can afford to hire Mighty Mo Movers to deliver and still stay within their budget?

What is the minimum length, in inches, of chain needed to reach from the anchor to the end of the sign?
A computer chip is designed to be 3.2 cm long, but the actual manufactured length can be up to 0.015 cm larger or smaller than the designed length. Which of the following lengths, in centimeters, of manufactured chips would be acceptable?
Elena screens all candidates for a position in her company. The candidates have exactly 1 3/4 hours to complete the screening exercise. If the exercise begins at 140 p.m., at what time must Elena tell the candidates their time has ended?

The style of fencing that Kyle has chosen requires 15 feet of wood for every 3 feet of fencing. How many feet of wood will he need?
Angie bought a snack pack of candy at the store. The pack has 24 candies in all, with 6 blue, 5 red, 7 orange, 2 brown, and 4 green pieces. If she reaches into the bag without looking, what is the probability that she would choose a brown piece of candy?

The boards on the surface of an outdoor deck are often placed at a 45° angle for decorative appeal. The hypotenuse of a 45°-45°-90° right triangle is found by multiplying the length of a leg by √2 . To the nearest tenth of a foot, how long must a board be to cover the diagonal of the square deck shown at the left?

The slopes of the lines give the average rates of speed, in miles per hour, for the two bicyclists. What is the average rate of speed, in miles per hour, for bicyclist A?
Margaret’s monthly income is $1200. Of that income, 25% is used to pay her rent, and another 10% goes into savings.
How much of her monthly income can Margaret use for expenses other than rent and savings?
The community theater put on a play on Friday and Saturday evenings. There were 68 tickets sold for the Friday performance and 82 for the Saturday performance. All ticket prices were the same, and the total amount raised from ticket sales was $1200.
What was the total amount, in dollars, of the ticket sales for Friday’s performance?
A club wanted to double its membership. It recruited 6 new members, but that was 10 short of the club’s goal. How many members were in the club before the new members joined?
To raise funds for a charity drive, Danielle convinced 40 businesses to each pledge to donate $10 per month for 6 months.
Which expression equals the total number of dollars pledged for the charity drive?
It takes Raymond 1 hour and 40 minutes to drive to his parents’ house. Raymond’s brother Carl can get to their parents’ house in half that time because he lives closer.
If Raymond leaves for his parents’ home at 00 P.M., what time should Carl leave if they plan to arrive at the same time?
Biologists tagged trout and released them into a new man-made lake. The numbers of trout by gender and species are shown in the table below.

Later, biologists will net and inspect 50 of the tagged fish and re-release them into the lake.
If the netting captures fish randomly and all of the fish remain in the lake, approximately how many of the 50 fish are likely to be speckled trout?

A basket weaver charges the following amounts for baskets:
If 7 small baskets, 4 medium baskets, and 3 large baskets were sold, which of the following expressions would equal the total amount of basket sales?

If the patterns continue as shown in the graph, under which plan would a family spend the LEAST to rent 15 videos per month?
To create a vegetable garden, Lian plans to enclose a 200-square-foot portion of her backyard with fencing. How many feet of fencing will she need?

If Keisha purchased 10 CDs during the year, how much MORE would she pay if she were NOT a member of the club than if she were a member?
To create a corral for horses, a rancher plans to enclose an 80-square-meter portion of his ranch with fencing. How many meters of fencing will he need?
On Saturday mornings, Rosa exercises by riding her bicycle along a route from her home and back again. Her ride normally takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to complete.
If Rosa leaves home at 10:30 A.M. and rides for the usual amount of time, when will she arrive back home?
Darryl borrowed a truck to move his belongings and recorded some information in a log. He recorded an initial odometer reading of 37,271 miles, and a final reading of 37,879 miles. He also recorded that he used a total of 47.5 gallons of gasoline.
What average number of miles per gallon did the truck get?

Question 13
When each plant had been growing for 6 weeks, how much TALLER, in centimeters, was the plant on which fertilizer A had been used than the one using fertilizer B?

The slopes of the lines give the average growth rates of the plants, in centimeters per week, using the two fertilizers.
What is the average growth rate, in centimeters per week, using fertilizer A?
Refers to the following information and diagram.
When segment PQ, shown in the diagram below, is moved using the translation {4 left, 5 down}, the new location of point P, designated by P’, is (-6, 1).

What is the location of Q’, the new location of point Q under the same translation?
Click on the grid to mark your answer.

What point represents the center of the circle that circumscribes the rectangle?
To meet quality control requirements, inspectors examine every 37th item coming off a factory assembly line.
How many of the first 500 items coming off the assembly line must be inspected?
Domingo hoped to save $3800 for college. He lived with his parents for a year and was able to save $350 each month. By the end of the year, how much MORE had Domingo saved than he had hoped to save?

If the interest is compounded continuously, which of the following is the best estimate of the worth of each $1.00 invested for 3 years at 6.75%?

How many minutes after the medication is taken is the increase from the initial pulse rate the greatest?

How many MORE votes did Viaman receive than the other three candidates combined?

Last month Wanda had Plan D and used 20 minutes of long distance during the month. This month she has the same plan but called 50 minutes of long distance during the month. How much MORE was her long-distance charge this month than last month?

Point C (not shown) is the reflection of point B in the y-axis. Point D is the reflection of point C in the x-axis. What is the location of point D?
What is the volume, in cubic meters, of a railway boxcar that is 10 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 3 meters high?
Exhibit:

For how many CDs purchased during the year would the cost be the same whether or not Keisha joined the club?

By what calendar year does the model predict there will be no frogs in the lake?
To be eligible to vote in the town of Clayton, a person must be a citizen of the town and at least 18 years of age. Of the town’s 5000 residents, 3000 are at least 18 years old. Of these, 2700 have registered to vote.
A pool of 35 Clayton jurors is to be randomly selected next month from the town’s registered voters. Luis, who is 15 years old, lives in Clayton.
What is the probability Luis will be among those selected for the jury pool next month?
A) 0
B)

C)

D)

E) Not enough information is given.
Because correcting errors reduces the actual number of words per minute a person might type, some people use the following formula to calculate effective typing speed (T) in words per minute:

Where w is the number of words typed in 5 minutes, and e is the number of errors made.
If Cesar types 325 words in 5 minutes and makes 5 errors, what would be the value of T?
Byron charged Theresa $4750, including the cost for transporting the materials, to refloor a room in her house. What was the area, in square feet, of the room?
The dimensions of a rectangular warehouse are 100 meters by 60 meters. Part of the floor space is used to house equipment, and the remainder is used to store crates.
If the rectangular area used to house equipment is 40 meters by 40 meters, how many square meters are used for storing crates?

What is the length of the roof, in feet, from the floor to the top of the open front of the shelter?
A local electric company charges $0.07893740 for each kilowatt-hour of electricity used. To the nearest cent, what is the kilowatt-hour charge for electricity?

The table at the left shows the distribution of 32 students in a night-school class by gender and by marital status.
If half of the females in the class are married, how many of the males in the class are NOT married?
Maggie purchased 10 drawing easels at $19.50 each and 20 boxes of crayons at $2.25 each for the pre-school she operates.
What was the total amount, in dollars, that Maggie paid for her purchases?
What OTHER point on the grid is on the line passing through the two points shown?

Gustavo bought 20 glasses for $1.50 each and had to pay an 8% sales tax. Because he was sending them to a friend, he also had the glasses securely packed for an additional charge (not taxed) of $6.95.
What was the total amount Gustavo paid for the glasses and packing?

If bicyclist B were to travel at his same rate of speed for 10 hours, how many miles would he travel?
At Grant’s Stereo Shop, economy cassette tapes are sold in packages of 10 for $16, or separately for $2 each. Jimmy buys 1 package of 10 tapes and 5 separately packaged tapes. Which of the following expressions equals the average price, in dollars, of his cassette tapes?
A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

The list price of a certain bread machine is $200. A discount store sells this machine for $130, saving the customer $70. What is the percent of discount?
Several numbers, some of which are the same, are represented by variables and arranged in order from least to greatest. The list of numbers is as follows:
a, b, b, c, d, d, d
What is the median of the numbers?
A) c
B) d
C) d – a
D)

E)

A sandwich shop offers customers a book of coupons that will allow them to purchase 8 sandwiches for $2 each after purchasing 10 sandwiches at the regular price of $6 each.
What is the total amount, in dollars, that a customer would pay for purchasing all 18 sandwiches with this offer?
TelNet charges a flat fee of $19.75 per month for the first 400 minutes of long distance telephone use plus $0.25 for each additional minute.
What would TelNet charge a customer who made long-distance calls totaling 540 minutes in a month?