Math in Education & Training

You are a physical education teacher. This year you are teaching four classes of eighth graders. Each class has 30 students and no student is in two of your classes. How many eighth graders are taking a class taught by you?

• 34

• 90

• 100

• 120

• 240

As a kindergarten teacher, it is your responsibility to keep track of your class's art supplies. In the beginning of this school year, your classroom had 30 boxes of crayons. Now you have 16 boxes of crayons. How many boxes of crayons are missing?

• 6

• 8

• 9

• 11

• 14

You are a school psychologist. Over the past five days, you had sessions with 30 students. Assuming you saw the same number of students each day, how many students did you see each day?

• 6

• 9

• 11

• 14

• 20

You are a principal at an elementary school. Whenever the temperature is -5 degrees Celsius or above, the students are allowed to go outside for recess. If the temperature is less than -5 degrees Celsius, the students have to spend their recess indoors. Today the temperature is -14 degrees Celsius. How much warmer does it have to be for the students to be able to go outside?

• 9 degrees Celsius

• 11 degrees Celsius

• 14 degrees Celsius

• 19 degrees Celsius

• 22 degrees Celsius

You are an earth science teacher, teaching a course to eighth graders. The students are conducting an experiment where they record the temperature outside every morning. The lowest temperature recorded was -14 degrees Celsius and the highest temperature was 44 degrees Celsius. What is the range of the temperatures recorded?

• 40 degrees Celsius

• 45 degrees Celsius

• 47 degrees Celsius

• 53 degrees Celsius

• 58 degrees Celsius

You are a children's librarian. Two sisters wish to return books. One of the sisters had two overdue books and is being charged 80 cents total in overdue fees. The other sister had one overdue book and is being charged 40 cents. What is the total amount of overdue fees the sisters have to pay?

• $0.85

• $0.95

• $1.10

• $1.20

• $1.30

You are an elementary school teacher planning for a field trip to an aquarium. Each student needs to bring money for the entrance fee to the aquarium and lunch. Entrance to the aquarium costs $11.60 and lunch costs $6.25. How much money does each student have to bring?

• $12.44

• $13.40

• $14.95

• $16.15

• $17.85

You are a physical education teacher who is teaching eighth graders. Today the students had an option of playing badminton, basketball, soccer, or football. One half of the students chose basketball, 1/8 of the students chose soccer, and 1/4 of the students chose football. What fraction of the students are not playing badminton?

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 7/8

You are a school counselor. Today you had private sessions with six students, each for 1-1/4 hours. How long did you spend in sessions with students?

• 5 hours, 15 minutes

• 6 hours, 30 minutes

• 7 hours, 15 minutes

• 7 hours, 30 minutes

• 8 hours

As a computer technology teacher, it is your responsibility to purchase software for the 24 computers in your classroom. You need to buy 3 computer programs for each computer. It cost $65 to install each program on one computer. How much do you need to spend on computer software?

• $195

• $520

• $1,560

• $4,680

• $5,134