Benchmark 1 Review

There are 365 days in a year and 24 hours in a day. How many hours are there in three years?

• 8760

• 1095

• 2628

• 26280

A group of 14 people collected 1,463 pounds of tomatoes. If each person received the same amount of tomatoes from the total amount collected, how many pounds of tomatoes did each person receive?

• 14.5

• 15.7

• 104.5

• 104.7

Matt and Mary sold chocolate bars for a charity fundraiser. Matt sold 598 boxes of chocolates, where each box contained 25 chocolate bars. Mary sold 535 boxes of chocolates, where each box contained 19 chocolate bars. What is the best estimate of the number of chocolate bars Matt and Mary sold altogether?

• 28000

• 18000

• 10000

• 1150

Five cement trucks pick up 7,950 gallons of cement from a quarry. Each truck carries the same amount of cement. One of the cement truck drivers is delivering his cement to a construction site and must fill 15 holes equally using all of the cement. How many gallons of cement will be used to fill one hole?

• 530

• 106

• 1590

• 16

The owner of a restaurant took out a $2,500,000 loan to build a second location in a nearby city. The owner used the loan money and spent $107,500 to hire a general contractor to oversee the project, $675,864 on a plot of land for the restaurant, and $709,482 for equipment and furniture. How much of the loan money does the owner

have remaining?

• 1242846

• 1007154

• 1018264

• 1492846

Simplify the following expression.

 $\frac{100+\left(34-\left(4\div2\right)\times3\right)}{4}$  

• 32

• 99

• 29

• 49

Consider the following expression:

4 [48 – 6(2 + 3)]

Which best describes the relationship between the digit 6 and the parentheses in the expression?

• 6 less than 48 times the sum of 2 and 3

• 6 times 2 then add 3

• 6 less than 48

• 6 times the sum of 2 and 3

x = 284 + (8 × 20)

What is x, the amount of money the smart tablet costs?

• $300

• $312

• $344

• $444

The following equation represents money that Anna raised for her foundation.

m = (2 × 254) + (4 × 85) – 450

How much money did Anna earn for the foundation?

• $848

• $618

• $398

• $298

What is the first step in solving the following expressions?

8 × 3 + [12 – (4 + 15 ÷ 3)] + 9

• 4 + 5

• $15\div3$

• 8 X 3

• 3 + 12