FSA Countdown #1

A triangular right prism is cut perpendicular to the base. What is the shape of the cross section?

• hexagon
• rectangle
• trapezoid
• triangle

Phillip bought a used car for x dollars. One year later the value of the car was 0.88x. Which expression is another way to describe the change in the value of the car?

• 0.12% decrease
• 0.88% decrease 
• 12% decrease
• 88% decrease

The population of a city is expected to increase by 7.5% next year. If p represents the current population, which expression represents the expected population next year?

• 1.75p
• 1.075p
• p + 0.075 
• 1 + 0.075 

Delia earns $10.50 per hour working at a restaurant. On Friday she spent 1 3/4 hours cleaning, 2 1/3 hours doing paperwork, and 1 5/12 hours serving customers. What were Delia’s earnings? 

• $46.97
• $47.25 
• $53.00
• $57.75

Which of the following could be a horizontal cross-section of a cylinder? 

• hexagon
• triangle 
• circle
• octagon

Martha buys tennis rackets for $45. She marks them up 25% before selling them. What is the retail price of the tennis racket? 

• $11.25 
• $54.00 
• $56.25
• $112.50

Stanley drew a rectangle that was w inches wide. The expression 2(2w) + 2(w) represents the perimeter of the rectangle Stanley drew. Which statement relates the perimeter to the width of the rectangle?

• The perimeter is 6 inches more than the width.
• The perimeter is 6 times the width. 
• The perimeter is 2 inches more than the width.
• The perimeter is 2 times the width. 

Which of the following could not be a cross section of a rectangular prism?

• rectangle
• circle
• parallelogram
• triangle 

Pajae has a discount card that reduces the price of her grocery bill in a certain grocery store by 5%. If c represents the cost of Pajae’s groceries, which expression represents Pajae’s grocery bill? 

• 0.05c
• 0.95c
• c – 0.05
• c – 0.95

Kelly’s teacher asked her to draw a triangle that doesn’t have any lines of symmetry. What type of triangle should Kelly draw? 

• an equilateral triangle
• an isosceles triangle 
• a scalene triangle
• the triangle could be scalene or isosceles