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Consumer Math Part 1

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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. Divide 7/24 by 35/48 and reduce the quotient to the lowest fraction.

A. 4/10

245

B. /

1152

C. 2/5

D. 42/48

2. 35.4% expressed as a decimal becomes

A. 0.354. B. 354. C. 3.54. D. 35.0.

3. You wish to mentally estimate the total cost of items that have the following prices: $1.85, $.98, $3.49,

$9.78, and $6.18. Rounding off the items to the nearest half-dollar, your estimate of the total cost of these items is

A. $22.50. B. $22.30. C. $22.59. D. $23.00.

4. If you mow 24 lawns and earn $10.50 for each lawn, your total earnings are

A. $252.00.

B. $25.20.

C. $2,520.00.

D. $214.20.

5. Divide 969 by 26.

A. 29 r 17

B. 37 r 7

C. 28 r 5

D. 32 r 6

6. If you divide an inheritance of $45,600.00 among 22 heirs, each heir will receive

A. $2,027.27. B. $2,072.73. C. $207.27. D. $2,073.72.

7. The quotient of 794.1 divided by 7.61, expressed to two decimal places, is

A. 104.35.

B. 95.83.

C. 1,043.50.

D. 786.49.

8. The sum of 1/9, 2/3, and 5/18is

A. 8/ .

30

B. 19/18. C. 4/15. D. 12/9.

9. Subtracting 8.263 from 13.48, you obtain

A. 5.217. B. 5.783. C. 21.743. D. 6.815.

10. The number 1,563,385 rounded off to the nearest million becomes

A. 1,563,400. B. 1,600,000. C. 1,563,000. D. 2,000,000.

11. If you grow 523 eggplants and sell 378, how many do you have left?

A. 197

B. 154

C. 901

D. 145

12. The number 248,682 rounded off to the nearest hundreds becomes

A. 248,680.

B. 248,700.

C. 249,000.

D. 250,000.

13. The LCD for the fractions 1/3, 3/4, 5/32, and 8/9 is

A. 24.

B. 3,072.

C. 64.

D. 288.

14. The amount $180.00 is what percent greater than $135.00?

A. 133.33%

B. 35%

C. 33.33%

D. 75%

15. The quotient of 5/

31

divided by 15/

, reduced to the lowest fraction, is

23

75

A. /

373

.

B. 115/465.

C. 23/93.

D. 93/23 or 4 1/23.

16. If 28% of a sum is $100.80, what is the sum?

A. $360.00

B. $282.24

C. $129.02

D. $277.78

17. Express the fractions 3/4, 7/16, and 5/8 with the LCD.

A. 9/

16

49 36

, /

, /

16 16

B. 3/4, 2/4, 3/4

C. 12/16, 7/16, 10/16

D. 24/32, 14/32, 24/32

18. You purchase a shirt for $8.50. There is a 6% sales tax. Your total cost will be

A. $13.60

B. $9.01

C. $8.98

D. $8.55

19. The product of 7/16, 4/3, and 1/2 is

A. 7/12.

B. 7/24.

C. 2 13/48.

D. 21/32.

20. The total of 42, 75, 189, 301, and 728 is

A. 1,297. B. 1,533. C. 1,335. D. 2,301.