PSSA Review 1

Tristan just had a baby brother named Trey. Trey's feet are 1/5  of a foot long. Tristan's feet are 3/5 of a foot longer than Trey's. How long are Tristan's feet?

• 4/5 ft
• 1/5 ft
• 3/5 ft
• 4/10 ft

Simplify the following expression: the cubed root of 1,331

• 7
• 11
• 36.48
• 121

Two climbers started at the same point partway up a mountain side. Climber A traveled 162.5 meters up the mountainside. Climber B traveled 212.5 meters down the mountain side. How far apart are they?

• 50 m
• 187.5 m 
• 375 m 
• 750 m 

Fill in the blank: 
The fraction -3/-5  is ___________
the fraction -3/5.   

• equivalent to 
• opposite of
• reciprocal of
• neither

The cube root of which of the following numbers is between 4 and 5?

• 21
• 75
• 60
• 146

Neil took his family of five out to dinner at HogTastic Pit BBQ.  They all ordered the buffet and drink at $12.80 each.  Neil left a 15% gratuity for the waitress on the after-tax bill.  Based on a tax rate of 7.5%, what did Neil ended up paying for dinner?

• $64
• $68.5
• $10.32
• $79.12

Kaitlyn is interviewing applicants for an open job position in her department. During the interview process, applicants are required to type as much of a given handwritten document as possible in five minutes.  The results for the applicant is shown below. Calculate the applicant's unit rate in pages typed per hour. 
Applicant 1: 2 & 2/3 pages in 5 minutes

• 8/15 pages per minute
• 32 pages per minute
• 8/15 pages per hour
• 32 pages per hour

What is the likelihood of the occurrence?
Randomly selecting "drums" in the list "guitar, piano, cello, flute" 

• an event that is certain
• an event that impossible
• an event that is likely
• an event that is unlikely

If a right triangle's legs are p = 28 cm and r = 45 cm, what is the length of the hypotenuse side q?

• 35.5 cm
• 53 cm
• 1260 cm 
• 2809 cm 

A triangle has sides that measure 5 cm, 12 cm, and 13 cm. Is it a right triangle?

• yes
• no
• maybe
• who knows