Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Problem Solving
– RIT 221 – 230
1. 2, 9, 7, 14, 12, ___, ___
What are the
missing numbers?
a. | 8, 10 | d. | 3, 5 | b. | 5, 3 | e. | 17, 19 | c. | 5,
7 |
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Yuko’s pen pal in England said her backyard was 50 meters wide.
In
customary measurement that is about 150 _____.
a. | Feet | d. | Centimeters | b. | Yards | e. | Miles | c. | Inches |
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Use a proportion to solve.
If four all weather tires cost $903.80, how much
would 1 tire cost?
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Write an equation you would use to solve the problem?
On a winter day it was
–10F at 6:00 A.M. The temperature rose 25 during
the day. What was the high
temperature?
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 Which statement is true?
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Interest formula: I = prt
Using the interest formula, how much interest is
charged on a 30 year,
$100,000 house loan at 6%?
a. | $6,000 | d. | $180,000 | b. | $27,000 | e. | $300,000 | c. | $30,000 |
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Estimate the solution to the following problem.
The times for John’s
100m dash season are: 12.9, 13.2, 10.9, 13.5, 12.0,
and 11.8. What is a good estimate of
John’s average time?
a. | 18.9 | d. | 10.0 | b. | 15.0 | e. | 11.1 | c. | 12.5 |
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A bag containing 100 M&M’s contains 23 red, 54 brown, 15 yellow, and
8
orange candies. What is the probability of getting a yellow M&M?
a. | 23
100 | d. | 46
100 | b. | 3
20 | e. | 17
20 | c. |
54
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Problem Solving – RIT 231 –
240
Which letter in the word, “probabilities” would you expect a computer
to
randomly pick most often?
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The elevator in the Empire State Building went up 3 floors, down 5 floors,
up
2 floors, and then down 6 floors. If it ended on the 4th floor, on which
floor did it
begin?
a. | 13th floor | d. | 10th floor | b. | 15th floor | e. | 2nd floor | c. | 8th
floor |
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Solve for x.
4x + 1 = 2x – 7
a. | x = 4 | d. | x = 3 | b. | x = -6 | e. | x = -3 | c. | x =
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Which expression correctly represents the formula to solve the
following
problem? Lisa is 6 years older than Mary. The sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is
Mary?
a. | x + y = -38 | d. | 2x + 6 = 38 | b. | x – 38 = x + 6 | e. | x – 6 = 38 | c. | L + M =
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Interest formula: I = prt
How much interest is earned in two years on $200 in
a bank account at an
interest rate of 6%?
a. | $6 | d. | $2.40 | b. | $24 | e. | $8 | c. | $12 |
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Find the missing number in this pattern: 3, 9, 27, ___, 243
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If the distance from Idaho Falls to Salt Lake City measures 25 inches on
a
map with a scale of 1 inch = 10 miles, how many miles is it from Idaho
Falls to Salt Lake
City?
a. | 250 miles | d. | 1,000 miles | b. | 10 miles | e. | 500 miles | c. | 25
miles |
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If Jason mows fifteen lawns he will earn enough money to buy a
bicycle.
Suppose Jason has mowed twelve lawns. What can you determine?
a. | Jason has enough money for his bike. | b. | Jason has enough money to buy a bike and a
helmet. | c. | Jason needs to mow one more lawn in order to buy a bike. | d. | Jason needs to mow
three more lawns in order to buy the
bike. | e. | Jason needs to mow eight more lawns in order to
buy a bike. |
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A $30.00 pair of jeans is discounted 20%. If sales tax is 5%, what will
be
the final price of the jeans?
a. | $25.20 | d. | $28.35 | b. | $22.80 | e. | $22.80 | c. | $24.00 |
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Identify the correct equation for the solution:
X = 5
a. | 3x + 4 = 19 | d. | x + 17 = 10 | b. | 2y = 4 | e. | x + 7 = x – 9 | c. | 3 – x =
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A store has a sale in which all items are on sale for 20% off. The tax at
the
store is 5%. Which expression models the cost (c) for an item with the
original price (p)?
a. | c = [p – (.20)p] [1.05] | d. | c = [p – 20p]
(.05) | b. | c = (.20) (1.05)p | e. | c = [p – 20p] 5 | c. | c = [p + (.20)p]
[1.05] |
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20.
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 Kali chooses her clothing using the tree diagram above.
How many possible choices for clothing does she have?
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