Math Practice Assessment 1

In an American football game, a touchdown and a kicked extra point associated with the touchdown is worth 7 points and a field goal is worth 3 points. If only the two types of scoring previously described were done in a football game, which of these scores would be the highest score impossible to achieve?

• 8

• 11

• 22

• 29

What is the sum of the digits of the least positive integer, N, that when divided by 2, or 3, or 4, or 5 all leave a remainder of 1?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 9

Find the greatest common divisor of 2464 and 7469.

• 99

• 97

• 83

• 77

Below are the first 6 terms of a sequence. What is the sum of the next three terms of the sequence?

5, 7, 14, 16, 32, 34, …

• 278

• 244

• 216

• 182

The drawing to the right shows the seating pattern at tables in a banquet hall. Each ‘X’ represents a seat for a person and each rectangle represents a table. How many people could be seated at a 9-table arrangement?

• 34

• 36

• 38

• 40

Which of the following integers has the largest remainder when divided by 17?

• 29

• 81

• 122

• 312

Tom has a string that is 6 1/4 meters long. He cuts 1 2/3 meters off one end and then cuts the remaining string into 5 equal /pieces. When the length of each of the 5 equal pieces of string is expressed as a fraction what is the numerator of this fraction?

• 55

• 44

• 22

• 11

Evaluate the expression, j (h -|h|), when h = -1 and j = 5.

• -10

• -5

• 5

• 10

Including 7% tax, Sarah paid $202.22 for a bicycle that had a sticker price of $269.99 not including tax. To the nearest tenth, what was the percentage discount on the bicycle Sarah bought?

• 23.7%

• 25.1%

• 28.2%

• 30.0%

Eddie does contract hauling with his semi-truck. Last year Eddie averaged 623.5 miles per day while driving 10.25 hours per day when he was under contract. Use the averages given to calculate, to the nearest minute, how long Eddie would be on the road if a contracted trip was 3690 miles.

• 59 hours 39 minutes

• 59 hours 42 minutes

• 60 hours 38 minutes

• 60 hours 40 minutes