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A printer produces posters at a constant rate of posters per minute. At what rate, in posters per hour, does the
printer produce the posters?
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Jennifer bought a box of Crunchy Grain cereal. The nutrition facts on the

box state that a serving size of the cereal is cup and provides 210
calories, 50 of which are calories from fat. In addition, each serving of the
cereal provides 180 milligrams of potassium, which is 5% of the daily
allowance for adults. If p percent of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium
is provided by x servings of Crunchy Grain cereal per day, which of the
following expresses p in terms of x ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The expression represents the result of decreasing a positive quantity by what percent?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average speed of 4.76


miles per second. What is the space station’s average speed in miles per
hour?

A. 285.6

B. 571.2

C. 856.8

D. 17,136.0
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For a person m miles from a flash of lightning, the length of the time interval
from the moment the person sees the lightning to the moment the person
hears the thunder is k seconds. The ratio of m to k can be estimated to be 1
to 5. According to this estimate, the person is how many miles from a flash
of lightning if the time interval is 25 seconds?

A. 10

B. 9

C. 6

D. 5
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The population density of Iceland, in people per square kilometer of land


area, increased from 2.5 in 1990 to 3.3 in 2014. During this time period, the
land area of Iceland was 100,250 square kilometers. By how many people
did Iceland’s population increase from 1990 to 2014?

A. 330,825

B. 132,330

C. 125,312

D. 80,200
ID: 65c49824

A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the


construction of a new high school. Of those invited to join the committee,
15% are parents of students, 45% are teachers from the current high school,
25% are school and district administrators, and the remaining 6 individuals
are students. How many more teachers were invited to join the committee
than school and district administrators?
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The ratio to is equivalent to the ratio to . What is the value of ?


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A customer spent to purchase oranges at per pound. How many pounds of oranges did the customer
purchase?
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A mechanical device in a workshop produces items at a constant rate of items per hour. At this rate, how many
items will the mechanical device produce in hours?
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How many fluid ounces are equivalent to quarts?


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A group of monarch butterflies migrated from Chicago, Illinois, to


Michoacán, Mexico, flying a total of 2,100 miles. It took a single butterfly in
the group 120 days to travel this route one way. On average, how many
miles did the butterfly travel per day?

A. 0.057

B. 0.729

C. 17.5

D. 24
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If and , what is the value of ?


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In a sample, of the items are faulty. There are faulty items in the sample. How many total items are in the
sample?
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Of paper clips, are size large. What percentage of the paper clips are size large?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A table of the US minimum wage for 6 different years is shown below.
US
minimum
Year wage
(dollars
per hour)

1960 1.00

1970 1.60

1980 3.10

1990 3.80

2000 5.15

2010 7.25

What was the percent increase of the minimum


wage from 1960 to 1970?

A. 30%
B. 60%

C. 62.5%

D. 120%
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The positive number is of the sum of the positive numbers and , and is of . What percent of
is ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 312ba47c

In a box of pens, the ratio of black pens to red pens is to . There are black pens in the box. How many red
pens are in the box?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 0ea56bb2

Subscriptions
Year
sold

2012 5,600

2013 5,880

The manager of an online news service received the report above on the
number of subscriptions sold by the service. The manager estimated that
the percent increase from 2012 to 2013 would be double the percent
increase from 2013 to 2014. How many subscriptions did the manager
expect would be sold in 2014?

A. 6,020

B. 6,027

C. 6,440

D. 6,468
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Pure beeswax has a density of 0.555 ounce per cubic inch. An online
company sells pure beeswax at a price of $8.00 per ounce. What is the
selling price, in dollars per cubic inch, for pure beeswax purchased from this
company?
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The population density of Worthington is people per square mile. Worthington has a population of
people. What is the area, in square miles, of Worthington?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 0231050d

The line graph shows the total amount of snow, in inches, recorded each
year in Washington, DC, from 2003 to 2015. If is the percent decrease
in the annual snowfall from 2003 to 2007, what is the value of p ?
ID: be35c117

A wind turbine completes revolutions in minutes. At this rate, how many revolutions per minute does this
turbine complete?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The number of raccoons in a -square-mile area is estimated to be . What is the estimated population
density, in raccoons per square mile, of this area?

A.

B.

C.

D.
ID: 993000da

The positive number is of the number , and is of the number . If is of , which of the
following is closest to the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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What percentage of is ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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x y

1 4

3 12

5 20

40 k

In the table above, the ratio of y to x for each ordered pair is


constant. What is the value of k ?

A. 28

B. 36

C. 80

D. 160
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The cost of a certain shirt is $20 before a 5% sales tax is added. What is the
total cost, including sales tax, to purchase the shirt?

A. $20.05

B. $20.50

C. $21.00

D. $25.00
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The ratio of the length of line segment to the length of line segment is to . If the length of line
segment is inches, what is the length, in inches, of line segment ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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For the finale of a TV show, viewers could use either social media or a text
message to vote for their favorite of two contestants. The contestant
receiving more than 50% of the vote won. An estimated 10% of the viewers
voted, and 30% of the votes were cast on social media. Contestant 2 earned
70% of the votes cast using social media and 40% of the votes cast using a
text message. Based on this information, which of the following is an
accurate conclusion?

A. If all viewers had voted, Contestant 2 would have won.

B. Viewers voting by social media were likely to be younger than viewers voting by text message.

C. If all viewers who voted had voted by social media instead of by text message, Contestant 2 would have won.

D. Viewers voting by social media were more likely to prefer Contestant 2 than were viewers voting by text
message.
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The ratio to is equivalent to the ratio to . If the value of is , what is the value of ?
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An insurance company offers a series of three information sessions. people attended the first information
session. of the people who attended the first information session attended the second information session,
and of the people who attended the first and second information sessions attended the third information
session. How many people attended all three information sessions?
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Species of Growth
tree factor

Red maple 4.5

River birch 3.5

Cottonwood 2.0

Black walnut 4.5

White birch 5.0

American
4.0
elm

Pin oak 3.0

Shagbark
7.5
hickory

One method of calculating the approximate age, in years, of a tree of a


particular species is to multiply the diameter of the tree, in inches, by a
constant called the growth factor for that species. The table above gives
the growth factors for eight species of trees. If a white birch tree and a pin
oak tree each now have a diameter of 1 foot, which of the following will be
closest to the difference, in inches, of their diameters 10 years from now?
(1 foot = 12 inches)

A. 1.0

B. 1.2

C. 1.3

D. 1.4
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The ratio of t to u is 1 to 2, and .


What is the value of u ?

A. 2

B. 5

C. 10

D. 20
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During the first month of sales, a company sold 1,300,000 units of a certain
type of smartphone. During the same month, 15% of the units sold were
returned. If sales and the return rate remain the same for each of the next 5
months, about how many units of this smartphone will be returned to the
company during this 6-month period?

A. 195,000

B. 975,000

C. 1,170,000

D. 6,630,000
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Last year, students enrolled in an interior design program. This year, the number of students enrolled is
of last year’s number. How many students are enrolled in the interior design program this year?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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is of what number?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A special camera is used for underwater ocean research. When the camera is at a depth of fathoms, what is
the camera's depth in feet?
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A sample of oak has a density of kilograms per cubic meter. The sample is in the shape of a cube, where
each edge has a length of meters. To the nearest whole number, what is the mass, in kilograms, of this
sample?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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At a particular track meet, the ratio of coaches to athletes is to . If there are coaches at the track meet,
which of the following expressions represents the number of athletes at the track meet?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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