mathematical reasoning- Basic Operations

A car is being driven at a constant rate. After 2 hr. of traveling, it had traveled 90 mi. After 4 hr. of traveling, that same car had traveled 180 mi. assuming a constant speed during both time periods, what is the speed of the car?

• 90 mi/hr

• 75 mi/hr

• 60 mi/hr

• 45 mi/hr

Lamar is three weeks late in collecting money from his newspaper customers. If he has 25 customers and each owes $4 per week, what expression equals the total number of dollars due for the 3 weeks?

• 25(4) (3)

• 25(3) (3)

• 25(4)(12)

• 25(3)(12)

• not enough information is given

There are 9,296 people attending a conference. If each table at the conference can seat 4 people,

how many tables will the conference need?

• 9300

• 2324

• 9294

• not enough information is given

A seed company filled 7 bags with seed. They put 80 grams of seed in each bag. How many grams of

seed are there in all the bags combined?

• 11

• 560

• 87

• 73

• not enough information is given

Rangers at Lee Lake stocked the lake yesterday with a total of 83,000 fish. 6,031 of the fish were

trout and the rest were catfish. How many of the fish were catfish?

• 89031

• 13.76

• 76969

• none of these

• not enough information is given

A team set a goal of winning 28 out of the 40 games it would play. Of the first 10 games the team played, it won only 4. How many of the REMAINING games must the team win to reach its original goal?

• 19

• 23

• 24

• 28

• 32

Jack has twelve dollars in his pocket on Monday, three dollars on Tuesday, ten dollars on Wednesday, eight dollars on Thursday, and two dollars on Friday. What is the total amount of money Jack has in his pocket during the week?

• $30

• $35

• $25

• $20

• not enough information is given

Alice needs 36 inches of ribbon to complete her art project. At the store she buys fifty four inches of ribbon. How many inches of ribbon is Alice going to have to cut off?

• 18

• 14

• 12

• 90

• not enough information is given

Bill gets a shipment of 4 crates with each crate holding 120 pounds of chicken. Bill paid a total of $1,920.00 for the chicken. What was the price per pound of chicken that Bill paid?

• $1.6

• $4

• $10

• $3

• not enough information is given

You want to take a cab to go to the zoo. The cab charges $5.00 to pick you up, plus $3.00 for every mile. The zoo is 6 miles away and you only have $20.00 to pay for cab

fare.

Your cab fare is

• less than $20

• more than $20

• equal to $20

• not enough information is given