WorkKeys Practice Applied Math Questions

A catering service is serving a high school picnic with 156 students. $199.50 will serve 50 students 1lb of crawfish each. How much will the school have to pay for all 156 students?

• $622.33

• $622.44

• $3.99

• $175.45

You're making deliveries and can travel 440miles on 20 gallons of gas. How far can you travel on 45 gallons of gas?

• 8 miles

• 18 miles

• 990 miles

• 738 miles

You are working as a floor rep in the local Footlocker store. The store wants to increase its Puma inventory. Last year, 76 pairs of Pumas cost $4,711.24. At the same cost, how much will 200 pairs of Pumas cost this year?

• $18,800

• $53,200

• $61.99

• $12,398

On a recent business trip, a salesman traveled 52 miles the first hour, 64 miles the second hour, and 49 miles the third hour. How many miles did he average per hour?

• 45

• 55

• 60

• 165

What is the average number of receipts per quarter at Kingpin Parts?

• 230

• 4

• 57.5

• 39

A human resource manager is researching the entry-level salary for a technician position. He determines that other companies in the area are paying $15.50, $16.85, $14.25 and $15.95 per hour. What is the average pay for an entry-level technician position?

• $14.10 per hour

• $16.95 per hour

• $15.73 per hour

• $15.64 per hour

Sales Team A at Drive-A-Lot Cars sells nine (9) cars during the first week of the new sales period. Over the next three weeks, they sell six (6) cars, ten (10) cars and seven (7) cars. What is the team’s average weekly sales for the four weeks?

• 4

• 7

• 32

• 8

Drive-A-Lot Cars runs a promotion for three years of interest-free payments on sedans. The cost of a new sedan is $22,968 (including tax). What is the average monthly payment a customer will make if they pay off the car during the interest free period? Write your answer on the line below.

• $7,656

• $1,914

• $638

• $800

Your company sells $25,543 worth of merchandise in January, $15,550 in February, and $32,461 in March. What are the average sales for these months

• $18,388

• $36,777

• $73,553

• $24,518

You’re recording inventory after a big weekend sale in the travel section of a department store. There are 20 remaining suitcases, of which 16 will be further marked down. True or False: The fraction 20/16 is in the simplest form.

• True

• False, the reduced form is 10/8

• False, the reduced form is 5/4

• False, the reduced form is 1 1/4