Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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At the beginning of the dry
season, Alexis’s family has 50 gallons of water in their rooftop reservoir. Each day they use
at most 4 gallons of water for their household needs.
Alexis lets  . Then,  . What is the minimum number of days
that they will have water?
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2
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Pam read 29 pages on Saturday
and p pages on Sunday. Which
expression shows the total number of pages she read on these two days?
A | 29 – p | B | 29 ÷ p | C | 29 + p | D | 29p |
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3
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The sixth grade baseball team
had 11 hits in 40 attempts during their last game. Which of the following is NOT a way to express the
ratio of hits to attempts for the game?
A |  | C | 27.5% | B |  | D | 0.275 |
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4
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Martha bought a box of raisins
for herself and for each of 5 friends. The total cost of her purchase was $3.54. Which equation could
be used to find the cost of a box of raisins, r?
       
A | r – 6 = $3.54 | B |  =
$3.54 | C | 6r = $3.54 | D | r + 5 = $3.54 |
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5
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The height of a stack of 5
identical soup cans is shown below. How tall is each can?
A | 7.2 cm | B | 8 cm | C | 8.6 cm | D | 9.2 cm |
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Mr. Watson’s class did an
experiment on rainfall. They placed two barrels out in the rain on opposite sides of the city to
collect water. The following table shows the amount of rainwater collected in each barrel. How much
more water did Barrel 1 collect than Barrel 2?
RAINWATER COLLECTED | Barrels | Gallons of Water | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.52 | | |
A | 0.188 gallons | B | 1.88 gallons | C | 1.98 gallons | D | 19.8
gallons |
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A plumbing company charges an
hourly rate of $25 for labor. If the total charge for labor on a job came to $43.75, which of the
following equations can be solved to find the number of hours spent on the job? Let
h represent the number of
hours.
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8
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A child’s ticket for the
zoo costs $2 less than an adult’s ticket. If a represents the cost of an adult’s ticket, which expression represents
the cost of a child’s ticket?
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9
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Lu answered 10 out of 16
questions correctly on a math test. How can you express the ratio of correct answers to total
questions as decimal?
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10
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How many times larger is 0.5
than 0.05?
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11
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Which of the following has a
sum of 4.28?
A | 0.6 +
4.22 | C | 3.21 +
0.07 | B | 2.19 + 2.19 | D | 1.061 + 3.219 |
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Tommy earns $12.00 an hour. How
much will he earn for working 5.25 hours?
A | $64.00 | B | $63.10 | C | $63.01 | D | $63.00 |
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The following table shows the
times of four students who ran the 400-meter relay for their school track team. Each student on the
relay team ran 100 meters. What is the combined time of the four students?
400-METER RELAY TIMES | Student | Time for 100
meters | Rebeca | 12.9
seconds | Trishia | 11.5
seconds | Luisa | 12.5
seconds | My-Lien | 11.2
seconds | | |
A | 12.9 seconds | B | 24.4
seconds | C | 36.9 seconds | D | 48.1
seconds |
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