ROPRISA MATH PRACTICE

There are 5 spiders in a box. How many legs do they have in all?

• 25

• 30

• 35

• 40

Answer explanation

8 legs

5 x 8 = 40

A basketball team won 15 games and lost 5 games. What is the ratio of games lost to the total games won?

• 1:3

• 1:4

• 3:4

• 4:3

Which of the following is an example of indirect variation?

• 2:3 = 20:30

• 3:8 = 6:4

• 3:12 = 5:20

• 4:20 = 6:30

Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4,1,-2,-5......is -29?

• 9th term

• 10th term

• 11th term

• 12th term

Tags

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

was a French mathematician and philosopher, and one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. He is credited with the first use of superscripts for powers or exponents, and the cartesian coordinate system is named after him.

• René Descartes (1596 – 1650)

• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 – 1855)

• Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789 – 1857)

• Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736 – 1813)

What is the fraction form of 2.375?

• 19/8

• 9/4

• 11/5

• 21/8

What is the common ratio of a geometric progression {4, 12, 36, 108, ...}?

• 3

• 2

• 1

Was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. He is best known for proving Pythagoras’ Theorem, but made many other mathematical and scientific discoveries.

• Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BCE)

• Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 – 195 BCE)

• Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – 495 BCE)

• Heron of Alexandria (c. 10 – 70 CE)

1.   In the number 1,234 , which digit has the greatest value?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 50

• 150

• 250

• 350