Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Arithmetic Skills
There are three types of questions on the Arithmetic
test:
1. Operations with
fractions and whole numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, recognizing
equal fractions/mixed numbers, and estimating.
2. Operations with percents and decimals, including addition,
subtraction, multiplication/division with decimals, percents, recognition of decimals, fractions and
percent equivalencies, and estimation.
3. Problem solving and applications, including rate, percent,
measurement, geometry, and distribution of a number into fractions.
Arithmetic Skills Practice Questions
Solve the problems, selecting your answer from the list. You may
use scratch paper.
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a. | 2.911 | b. | .425 | c. | .521 | d. | 1.568 | | |
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a. | 11.666 | b. | 18.666 | c. | 18.662 | d. | 10.09 | | |
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Which is
the least?
a. | 0.022 | b. | 0.965 | c. | 0.22 | d. | 2.2 | | |
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Which of
the following does NOT express 75% of  ?
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Which is
closest to  ?
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The class
had 240 seniors and 85% of them graduated. How many seniors graduated?
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Jennifer is
making a flower arrangement consisting entirely of roses, baby’s breath, and greenery. If
one-half of a flower arrangement should be greenery and one third of it should be roses, what part of
the entire arrangement should be baby’s breath ?
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36 is 75
percent of what number?
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Elementary Algebra Skills
This portion of the test is made up of three types of
questions:
* Operations with integers and rational numbers (and negative
rationals), using absolute values, and ordering.
* Operations with algebraic expressions (evaluating simple formulas
and expresisons and adding/subtracting monomials and polynomials). You should be able to multiply and
divide monomials and polynomials, evaluate positive rational roots/exponents, simplify algebraic
fractions and execute factoring.
*Solutions for
equations, inequalities, word problems, linear equations/inequalities, and quadratic equations using
factoring, solving verbal problems in algebraic context, including geometric
reasoning/graphing, and translating phrases into algebraic expressions.
Elementary Algebra Practice Questions
Solve the problems, choosing your answer from the list.
You may use scratch paper.
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If a
is the number of peaches bought at 25 cents a piece and b is the number of pears bought at 15
cents a piece, which answer is the total for the purchase?
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What is the
value of  when x = 3 and y = -1?
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In the
diagram, the two circles have the same center, and the radius of the larger circle is r. If
the radius of the larger circle is 4 units more than the smaller, which answer represents the area of
the smaller circle?
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If  , then 
a. |  20 | b. |  30 | c. | 20 | d. | 40 | | |
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-6(3-4)-2(2-6) =
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If  , then
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