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1. There were 20 animals in the water park. Twenty-five percent were whales and 50 percent were dolphins. The remainder of the animals were sharks. How many sharks were in the park?

A. 25 sharks

B. 1 sharks

C. 5 sharks

D. 10 sharks

E. 15 sharks


2. Sam runs 5 laps for every 4 laps that Tom runs. How many laps will Tom have run when Sam runs 20 laps?

A. 16 laps

B. 25 laps

C. 20 laps

D. 1 laps

E. 10 laps


3. A magazine has 8 pages of news and 12 pages of advertisements. In simplest form, what is the ratio of advertisement pages to news pages?

A. 1 to 2

B. 2 to 3

C. 3 to 2

D. 8 to 12

E. 12 to 8


4. Dry Concrete Mix is made by mixing gravel, sand, and cement in the ratio 5:4:1 by weight. If 16 kg of sand is used, how much gravel will be needed?

A. 4 kg

B. 20 kg

C. 21 kg

D. 16 kg

E. 10 kg


Use the following information to answer questions number 5 and 6. The school does community service projects in a ratio of 2 visits to the elderly for every 3 litter pick-ups.

5. If there were 6 litter pick-ups last year, how many visits to the elderly were made?

A. 2 visits

B. 5 visits

C. 1 visits

D. 3 visits

E. 4 visits


6. This year there was a total of 20 community service projects. How many were litter pick-ups?

A. 10 litter pick-ups

B. 5 litter pick-ups

C. 12 litter pick-ups

D. 4 litter pick-ups

E. 15 litter pick-ups


Use the following information to answer questions number 7, 8, and 9. The School Service Club earned $280 this year in the following ways:

20% from a donut sale
40% from a cookie sale
25% from a car wash
15% from a spaghetti dinner

7. Which activity earned the most money?

A. Donut sale

B. Spaghetti dinner

C. Car wash

D. Cookie sale

E. There is not enough information to tell


8. How much money did the donut sale make?

A. $56

B. $20

C. $280

D. $45

E. $260


9. How much money did the spaghetti dinner make?

A. $15

B. $42

C. $265

D. $280

E. $45


10. If 2 quarts of ice cream will feed 11 people, how many quarts will be needed for 33 people?

A. 11 quarts

B. 4 quarts

C. 5 quarts

D. 33 quarts

E. 6 quarts


11. Two gallons of paint will cover 1 room. How many gallons are needed for 8 rooms?

A. 2 gallons

B. 8 gallons

C. 1 gallons

D. 16 gallons

E. 20 gallons



Use the following information to answer questions number 12 and 13.

The ratio of the length of your ring finger to your height is 1:20.


12. How tall is a person whose ring finger is 8 cm long?

A. 160 cm

B. 8 cm

C. 20 cm

D. 16 cm

E. 100 cm



13. How long is the ring finger of a person whose height is 135 cm?

A. 135 cm

B. 5.25 cm

C. 6.75 cm

D. 8 cm

E. 675 cm


14. Andre types 225 words in 3 minutes. How long will it take him to type 450 words?

A. 4 minutes

B. 6 minutes

C. 8 minutes

D. 10 minutes

E. 12 minutes


15. Sammy earns $8.25 for 3 hours of babysitting each day. How many days will it be before Sammy earns AT LEAST $13.75?

A. 1 day

B. 2 days

C. 3 days

D. 4 days

E. 5 days