Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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school needs to buy 90 new computers as shown below. What is the total amount of money the school
will need to buy the computers?
a. | $6,300 | b. | $7,900 | c. | $63,000 | d. | $630,000 | | | | | | | | |
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playhouse is putting on a production of Show Boat. The following table shows the number of
sections of seats they have, the number of seats in each section, and the price for each seat. The
producers need to know how much money they would make if they sold a ticket for each seat in the
playhouse. Which is the most reasonable estimate?
PLAYHOUSE
SEATING | Sections | 2 | Seats per
Section | 87 | Price per Seat | $49 | | |
a. | $90,000 | b. | $9,000 | c. | $1,380 | d. | $900 | | | | | | | | |
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certain activity burns 203 calories in one hour. Use the Distributive Property and mental math. What
is the total calories burned in 8 hours? a. | 1,624 calories | b. | 1,600 calories | c. | 1,576 calories | d. | 1,520 calories | | | | | | | | |
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train has 59 cars. If each car holds 23 people, what is the total number of people the train can
hold?
a. | 1,541
people | b. | 1,357
people | c. | 1,247
people | d. | 1,150
people | | | | | | | | |
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Annie
is taking a class to learn how to speak German. For each vocabulary test, she has to learn 26 new
words. If she has 29 tests over the year, what is the total number of words she has to
learn? a. | 754
words | b. | 580
words | c. | 520
words | d. | 400
words | | | | | | | | |
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three-person committee is to be formed in the House of Representatives. The people being considered
for the committee are Brown, Katz, O'Hara, Smith, and Aydin. How many different three-person
committees can be formed from the five people? a. | There are 12 different possible
committees. | b. | There are 30 different possible
committees. | c. | There are 60 different possible
committees. | d. | There are 10 different possible
committees. | | |
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It
takes Lydia 100 times longer to run 1 mile than 40 yards. If it takes her 5.662 seconds to run 40
yards, how long will it take Lydia to run 1 mile? a. | 56.62 seconds | b. | 566.2 seconds | c. | 5,662 seconds | d. | 56,620 seconds | | | | | | | | |
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Elly
collected 4.15 pounds of aluminum cans. Her town collected 1,000 times more than Elly collected. How
many pounds of cans did the town collect? a. | 41.5 pounds | b. | 415 pounds | c. | 4,150 pounds | d. | 41,500 pounds | | | | | | | | |
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Maria
wants to purchase 10 jazz songs and download them on the computer. Each song costs $1.34. Which is
the most reasonable estimate for the total cost of the music? a. | $50.00 | b. | $35.00 | c. | $20.00 | d. | $10.00 | | | | | | | | |
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truck is transporting 50 containers like the one shown. What is the total weight the truck is
transporting?
a. | 2,085
pounds | c. | 2,050.35
pounds | b. | 2,053.5 pounds | d. | 208.5 pounds | | | | |
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theatre has 56 seats in one row. If each seat is 2.88 feet wide, what is the length of the entire row
of seats? a. | 604.8
feet | b. | 161.28
feet | c. | 116.928
feet | d. | 16.128
feet | | | | | | | | |
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What
multiplication sentence describes the dotted area on the 10 ´ 10 grid? Remember that a 10 ´ 10 grid
represents one whole.
a. | 0.4 ´
0.2 | b. | 0.3 ´
0.3 | c. | 0.3 ´
0.2 | d. | 0.4 ´
0.3 | | | | | | | | |
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The
following table shows the average price of gasoline from past years at a certain gas station. What
was the cost of 5.9 gallons of gas in 1970 from this gas station?
GASOLINE
PRICES | Year | Price per
Gallon | 1950 | $0.30 | 1970 | $0.50 | 1990 | $0.80 | | |
a. | $29.50 | b. | $2.95 | c. | $0.30 | d. | $2.75 | | | | | | | | |
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Raul
knows that the product of 30.5 and 5.9 is 179.95. What is the product of 3.05 and
5.9? a. | 0.295 | b. | 1.7995 | c. | 17.995 | d. | 179.95 | | | | | | | | |
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What
algebraic expression represents this word phrase?
4 more than a
length a. | l
´
4 | b. | l
+
4 | c. | l
¸
4 | d. | l
-
4 | | | | | | | | |
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What
is the rule for the table?
Input | Output | 14 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 24 | | |
a. | Multiply by
3. | c. | Divide by
3. | b. | Subtract
3. | d. | Add
3. | | | | |
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Miriam eats 5 apples each week for 4 weeks. An apple has 80 calories. How many
calories did all of the apples have? a. | 720 calories | c. | 320 calories | b. | 1,600
calories | d. | 400
calories | | | | |
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The
student drama club is presenting a play for the community. The following table shows the numbers of
times they will perform the play, the number of seats they have for each show, and the price for each
seat. The director of the club wants to know how much money they would make in all if they filled all
of the seats for each performance. Which is the most reasonable estimate?
Number of
performances | 3 | Number of seats | 58 | Price per seat | $12 | | |
a. | $600 | c. | $3,600 | b. | $1,800 | d. | $2,400 | | | | |
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Biking burns 240 calories in one hour. Use the Distributive Property and mental math.
How many calories are burned in 3 hours? a. | 640 calories | c. | 600 calories | b. | 180
calories | d. | 720
calories | | | | |
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20.
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If 2
´ 48 = (2
´ 40) + (2
´ n), what
is the value of n?
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Four
students from Mrs. Wilson’s class will be chosen to lead the opening song at an assembly. The
students being considered are John, Lee, Eric, Kyle, Nikki, and Shelby. How many different
four-person groups can be formed from the six students? a. | There are 5
different possible groups. | c. | There are 20
different possible groups. | b. | There are 15 different possible
groups. | d. | There are 25
different possible groups. | | | | |
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Horatio collected 12.8 pounds of food for a food drive. His school collected 1,000
times more than Horatio collected. How many pounds of food did the school collect? a. | 128,000
pounds | c. | 1,280
pounds | b. | 12,800 pounds | d. | 128 pounds | | | | |
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The
following table shows the length of each student’s drawing. Which student will enlarge the
length of his drawing to 180 centimeters if he enlarges it 10 times?
Student | Art Size | Tom | 1.8
cm | John | 18.0
cm | Andrew | 180.0
cm | Joel | 1,800.0
cm | | |
a. | Tom | c. | Andrew | b. | John | d. | Joel | | | | |
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For a
summer picnic, Mrs. Sanchez bought 8.32 pounds of cherries for $2.89 per pound. Which is the most
reasonable estimate for the total cost of the cherries? a. | $16.00 | c. | $24.00 | b. | $18.00 | d. | $11.00 | | | | |
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An
employee of a bike shop is moving 23 boxes containing bikes. Each box weighs 24.7 pounds. What is the
total weight of the boxes being moved? a. | 4,461 pounds | c. | 446.1 pounds | b. | 568.1
pounds | d. | 5,681
pounds | | | | |
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26.
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Which
10 ´ 10 grid shows
the product of 0.3 ´ 0.5?
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27.
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What
is the cost of 12.6 gallons of gasoline if the price per gallon is $1.40? a. | $14.00 | c. | $17.64 | b. | $176.40 | d. | $6.30 | | | | |
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Simone knows that the product of 2.75 and 89.1 is 245.025. What is the product of 27.5
and 89.1? a. | 2.45025 | c. | 24,502.5 | b. | 2,450.25 | d. | 24.5025 | | | | |
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29.
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If
you multiplied 0.08 by 0.33, how many decimal places would be in the product? a. | two
places | c. | four
places | b. | three places | d. | six places | | | | |
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30.
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Which
table shows the rule Add 6?
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