Quiz about Math 7 Assessment Word problems

Question 1

Marcy had $84 in the bank. She took $39 out of her account. How much does she have in her account now?

Accepted Answer

$45

Answer

$50

Answer

$123

Answer

$51

Question 2

There are 53 regular pencils and some colored pencils in the bin. There are a total of 91 pencils in the bin. How many colored pencils are in the bin?

Accepted Answer

38

Answer

124

Answer

37

Answer

144

Question 3

At a wedding reception, there are 458 guests but 324 meals.
How many more meals are needed?

Accepted Answer

134

Answer

159

Answer

147

Answer

123

Question 4

Mr. Starky decided to give a pizza party to every class on campus. He bought 189 pizza slices for 5th and 6th grade. He bought 213 pizza slices for 7th and 8th grade. How many pizza slices did he buy total?

Accepted Answer

402

Answer

401

Answer

5

Answer

400

Question 5

Barb is making a brick border around her patio. The distance around her patio measures approximately 553 inches. Each brick is about 8 inches long. About how many bricks will Barb need to make the border?

Accepted Answer

70

Answer

90

Answer

40

Answer

30

Question 6

Maria is 25 years old and her sister is 15 years older. How old is her sister?

Accepted Answer

25 + 15 = 40 years old

Answer

25 - 15 = 10 years old

Answer

25 X 4 = 100 years old

Answer

25 + 0 = 25 years old

Question 7

Brad and his two brothers shared a plate of cookies. There were 24 cookies on the plate. Each boy ate the same number of cookies.

What is the number of cookies each boy ate?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

12

Answer

72

Answer

48

Question 8

Alondra made a candy box that held 24 pieces of candy.  The box was 6 rows of __?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

12

Answer

22

Answer

18

Question 9

Gerald has grades of an 80, 100, 95 and a 73. What is Gerald's average grade?

Accepted Answer

87

Answer

97

Answer

83

Answer

77

Question 10

Ms. R wanted to buy the cuddle bear leader skin for 2,000 vbucks, but she only has 950 vbucks. How much more vbucks does she need to get?

Accepted Answer

1,050

Answer

1,049

Answer

1,060

Answer

75

Question 11

Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie's car bill was $63.

Accepted Answer

7x + 35 = 63

Answer

7x = 63

Answer

7x - 35 = 63

Answer

35x + 7 = 63

Question 12

Penelope is going to the carnival to ride the rides. It costs $20 to get into the carnival and ride tickets are $0.50 each. Write an equation that represents this scenario if she spends $35 in all.

Accepted Answer

.50x + 20 = 35

Answer

.50x = 35

Answer

.50 + 20x = 35

Answer

.50x - 20 = 35

Question 13

The steps in solving 5b - 6 = 24 are:

Accepted Answer

Add 6 to both sides and divide both sides by 5

Answer

Add 6 to both sides and multiply both sides by 5

Answer

Subtract 6 from both sides then multiply both sides by 5

Answer

Subtract 6 from both sides then divide both sides by 5

Question 14

A taxi charges $3, plus $1.50 for each mile traveled.  Mr. Lewis rode in the taxi from his home to the airport and was charged $30.  How many miles does Mr. Lewis live from the airport?

Accepted Answer

18 miles

Answer

20 miles

Answer

22 miles

Question 15

WRITE AN EQUATION

Aliyah had $24 to spend on seven pencils. After buying them she had $10. How much did each pencil cost?

Accepted Answer

10+7x=24

Answer

24-10=7x

Answer

24+7x=10

Answer

10+x=14

Question 16

WRITE AN EQUATION
Aliyah had some candy to give to her four children. She first took ten pieces for herself and then evenly divided the rest among her children. Each child received two pieces. With how many pieces did she start?

Accepted Answer

(x-10)/4=2

Answer

x-10/4=2

Answer

x-10=2(4)

Answer

2(x-10)=4

Question 17

After
paying $3.32 for a sandwich, Brenda has $19.79. How much money did she start
with? Which equation could you use to solve this problem?

Accepted Answer

m-3.32=19.79

Answer

3.32m=19.79

Answer

m-19.97=3.32

Question 18

In 2010, a tree was 8 feet tall. In 2011 the tree was 14 feet tall. Which equation would be used to find how many feet the tree grew?

Accepted Answer

f + 8 = 14

Answer

f - 8 = 14

Answer

f/8 = 14

Answer

8f=14

Question 19

WRITE AN EQUATION
Imani spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money her parents let her wash the car for $4. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $12?

Accepted Answer

0.5x+4=12

Answer

x+4=12

Answer

12-4=x

Answer

12-4=0.5x

Question 20

The Roaming Cell Phone Company charges $15.00 per month plus $0.20 per minute of airtime usage.  If Juanita uses x minutes of airtime, what is an equation that can be used to determine her monthly cell phone bill (C)?

Accepted Answer

C = 0.20x + 15

Answer

C =15 (0.20x)

Answer

C = 15 + x + 0.20

Answer

C = 0.20 + 15x

Question 21

The first play of a football game resulted in a loss of 12 yards.  Then a penalty resulted in another loss of 5 yards.  What is the total loss or gain?

Accepted Answer

a loss of 17 yards

Answer

a gain of 7 yards

Answer

a loss of 7 yards

Answer

a gain of 17 yards

Question 22

Sandy has 41 books in her library.  She bought several books at a yard sale over the weekend. She now has 94 books in her library. How many books did she buy at the yard sale?

Accepted Answer

53

Answer

134

Answer

41

Answer

60

Question 23

Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges $12 plus $6 per hour for renting a bike.  Sally paid $66 to rent a bike. How many hours did she pay to have the bike checked out?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

6

Answer

7

Answer

8

Question 24

Five more than half a number is six. Find the number.

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

-2

Answer

1

Answer

-1

Question 25

Seven less than the quotient of a number and five is two. Find the number.

Accepted Answer

45

Answer

35

Answer

25

Answer

9

Question 26

Cherokee High School order two copiers plus a supply of toner cartridges. Each copier cost $675, and each cartridge cost $80. If the total cost was $2310, how many cartridges were ordered?

Accepted Answer

12 cartridges were ordered.

Answer

20 cartridges were ordered.

Answer

21 cartridges were ordered.

Question 27

Jack bought 8 pairs of socks and a T-shirt. His bill was $18.50 without tax. The T-shirt was $6.50. What was the price of each pair of socks?

Accepted Answer

Each pair of socks costs $1.50.

Answer

Each pair of socks costs $2.00.

Answer

Each pair of socks costs $3.00.

Question 28

Papa John is 50 years old. His age is 2 years more than 3 times the age of Jimmy John. How old is Jimmy John?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy John is 16 years old.

Answer

Jimmy John is 17 years old.

Answer

Jimmy John is 18 years old.

Answer

Jimmy John is 19 years old.

Question 29

Devon does 3 math problems every 2 minutes. At this rate, how many math problems will he do in 1 hour (60 minutes)?

Accepted Answer

90 questions

Answer

50 questions

Answer

10 questions

Answer

14 questions

Question 30

Aryon reads 4 books every 3 weeks. At this rate, how long will it take Aryon to read 20 books?

Accepted Answer

15 weeks

Answer

10 weeks

Answer

8 weeks

Answer

24 weeks

Question 31

Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie's car bill was $63.

Accepted Answer

7x + 35 = 63

Answer

7x = 63

Answer

7x - 35 = 63

Answer

35x + 7 = 63

Question 32

Julian had $73.85. He wants to divide this amount evenly between himself and four of his friends. How much should each person get?

Accepted Answer

$14.77

Answer

$18.46

Answer

$18.47

Answer

$14.78

Question 33

Ms. Sublett's class has a ratio of boys to girls of 3 to 1. If there are 4 girls in the class, how many boys are there?

Accepted Answer

12 boys

Answer

10 boys

Answer

15 boys

Answer

18 boys

Question 34

If 1 foot = 12 inches, how many inches are in 5 feet?

Accepted Answer

60 inches

Answer

30 inches

Answer

40 inches

Answer

50 inches

Question 35

Adrian averages 2 out of 3 questions correct on homework. If there are 12 questions on this week's homework, how many will he probably get correct?

Accepted Answer

8 questions

Answer

10 questions

Answer

2 questions

Answer

12 questions

Question 36

Chris saved $8 every 2 weeks. If he needs to save up $40 to buy a new skateboard, how many weeks will it take him?

Accepted Answer

10 weeks

Answer

8 weeks

Answer

12 weeks

Answer

20 weeks

Question 37

Nik plays 6 hours of video games every 2 days. After 10 days, how many hours did he play?

Accepted Answer

30 hours

Answer

20 hours

Answer

12 hours

Answer

50 hours

Question 38

Angelo buys Takis that cost $5 for 3 bags. If Angelo has $20 to spend, how many bags can he get?

Accepted Answer

12 bags

Answer

6 bags

Answer

10 bags

Answer

20 bags

Question 39

If chocolate chip cookies cost $3.00 per cookie plus $2 for boxing them up in a decorated box, what would the expression be?

Accepted Answer

3x + 2

Answer

3 + 2x

Answer

3x + 2x

Answer

5x

Question 40

12 more than a number

Accepted Answer

n + 12

Answer

n - 12

Answer

12 > n

Answer

12 < n

Question 41

A plumber charges $50 to make a house call plus $40 for each hour worked.

Which is the correct expression?

Accepted Answer

50 + 40x

Answer

50x + 40

Answer

50x + 40x

Answer

90x

Question 42

What could this represent? 7x + 2 = 30

Accepted Answer

Buying pet turtles for $7 each plus $2 for tax costs $30.

Answer

Seven bags of candy plus 2 extra snickers bars equals 30 dollars.

Answer

Two yoyos plus seven frisbees is thirty cents.

Answer

Buying tow calculators plus $7 per bundle of pencils is $30.

Question 43

Six decreased by twice a number.

Accepted Answer

6 - 2x

Answer

2x - 6

Answer

6 < 2x

Answer

6 - x

Question 44

Nine times the sum of a number and three

Accepted Answer

9(x + 3)

Answer

9(3x)

Answer

9(x - 3)

Answer

9x(3)

Question 45

If you went to Six Flags with your Algebra 1 class and Ms. Byrd said to bring at least $25.

Accepted Answer

x > 25

Answer

x < 25

Answer

x < 25

Answer

x > 25

Question 46

A fitness club opens with 80 members. Each month the membership increases by 15 members.

Which equation represents the relationship between the number of months the club has been opened, x,

and the total fitness club membership, y?

Accepted Answer

y = 15x + 80

Answer

y = 15x

Answer

y = x + 15

Answer

y = 80x + 15

Question 47

Ms. Byrd's class won a donut party.

Ms. Byrd spent $34.50 for donuts for her class of 25 students,

and received a $3.00 discount. Write a function.

Accepted Answer

$34.50 = 3d - $25.00

Answer

$34.50 - $25d - $3.00

Answer

$34.50 = $25d - $3.00

Answer

$34.50 = 25d - $3.00

Question 48

If ChipCo sold their bags of corn chips for $5 per bag plus $1 for bagging it and it costs the same as $4 per bag of CrunchyChips corn chips plus their price of $2 for bagging it, which equation would make them cost the same?

Accepted Answer

5x + 1 = 4x + 2

Answer

5 + 1x = 2x + 4

Answer

9x = 3

Answer

5x = 6x

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