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Practice Questions (Basic Algebra)1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes? A. 5/p
2. If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? A. 2 hours and 24 minutes
3. Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450? A. $280.90
4. The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price? A. $14,310.40
5. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A A. -2.4
6. If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? A. 8
7. Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive? A. $240
8. Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him? A. $496.30
9. The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him? A. 10 cents
10. A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a “B” in the art class, an “A” in the history class, a “C” in the science class, a “B” in the mathematics class, and an “A” in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0) A. 2.7
11. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon get paid? A. $120.25
12. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? A. 4
13. If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r = A. y
14. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate? A. 150/x
15. Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make? A. $57
16. If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 = A. 12
17. You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and the sales tax where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How much change will you receive back? A. $5.20
18. You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of $225. How much have you paid so far for the car? A. $3225
19. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchase in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will purchasing these products cost? A. $132.85
20. If y = 3, then y3(y3-y)= A. 300
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