10th Grade ISASP -- Number & Quantity

Peter's meal cost $8.85. He left $11 to pay for the meal and to tip the server. Which expression represents the percent of the cost of the meal that Peter left as a tip?

An office supply company is making boxes for paperclips. To determine the size of the boxes, they need to know the length, width, and thickness of the paperclips. A standard paperclip is shown. Which of the following values is the best approximation for the thickness of a standard paperclip?

Trevor ran a 100-meter race. He reported his time as 11.4 seconds, accurate to the nearest tenth of a second. The actual time of his run must have been:

• exactly 11.4 seconds

• at least 11.4 seconds

• at least 11.35 seconds and less than 11.45 seconds

• at least 11.39 seconds and less than 11.41 seconds

• at least 11.399 seconds and less than 11.401seconds

A garden store sells mulch in a rectangular box that is 1 foot tall, 10 inches long, and 20 inches wide, as shown. What is the volume of the box in cubic inches?

• 200

• 240

• 1,200

• 2,000

• 2,400

A triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 meters, and one of the legs has a length of 5 meters. Which of the following types of numbers must be the perimeter, in meters, be?

• Terminating decimal

• Irrational Number

• Negative Integer

• Positive Integer

• Rational Number