GED Review Test 1

1. How many pounds of ground beef should you buy to make 120 hamburgers, if each burger patty will weigh 5 ounces before cooking?: * 16 32 38 50 Please respond to the question above. 2. What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile costs $8.91 per square yard?: * $224.51 $237.60 $246.55 $271.38 Please respond to the question above. 3. If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 25 1/3 yards and the length is 22 feet, what is the width?: * 16 feet 35 feet 37 feet 42 feet Please respond to the question above. 4. Convert 0.03% to a fraction in lowest terms and to a decimal.: * 3/10, .3 3/100, .03 3/1000, .003 3/10000, .0003 Please respond to the question above. 5. 58 is 29% of what number?: * 200 48 160 234 Please respond to the question above. 6. Bill’s father is 45. He is 15 years older than twice Bill’s age. How old is Bill?: * 10 15 20 30 Please respond to the question above. 7. What are the numbers that complete the following sequence: 8 3 10 5 12 7 14 9: * 16, 11, 18 14, 9, 15 15, 10, 20 13, 19, 16 Please respond to the question above. 8. A dry cleaning service decided to raise the price of dry cleaning shirts from $4.00 to $5.00. The same percentage increase was applied to dry cleaning a jacket. The old cost of dry cleaning a jacket was $10.00. What is the new cost of dry cleaning a jacket?: * $11.00 $11.50 $12.00 $12.50 Please respond to the question above. 9. Bill has three times as many comic books as Chuck. Chuck has two-thirds as many comic books as Steve. Steve has 27 comic books. How many comic books does Bill have?: * 48 comic books 54 comic books 63 comic books 72 comic books Please respond to the question above. 10. Sheila has $50.00. She goes to the mall and buys lipstick, and then she buys shampoo, which is half the price of the lipstick. She then spends half of what she has left on a purse, leaving her with $15.00. How much did the shampoo cost?: * $13.33 $8.42 $6.67 $4.79 Please respond to the question above. 11. Solve 2x – 5 > x – 2: * x > 3 x < -5 x > 5 x < 2 Please respond to the question above. 12. What is the equation of the line with points (2,3) and (-4,0) which crosses the y-axis at the point (0,2)?: * y = (-3/4)x + 0 y = (1/2)x + 2 y = (-1/2)x + 2 y = (3/4)x + 2 Please respond to the question above. 13. A new race track being built is an oval that is made from a rectangle with a semi-circle on each end. If the entire track is to be fenced in, what is the minimum amount of fencing needed? (Round your answer to the nearest foot.): * 141' 154' 169' 176' Please respond to the question above. 14. John wants to put a circular garden in his back yard. The garden has a diameter of 16 feet. He needs to cover the garden with peat moss. Each bag of peat moss can cover 90 square feet. How many bags does he need?: * 3 bags 9 bags 2 bags 6 bags Please respond to the question above. 15. The Hamburger Depot offers burgers fixed 5 different ways. They also offer French fries, tater tots, onion rings, and cheese sticks as side orders. How many different combinations of one hamburger and one side could be offered?: * 4 combinations 20 combinations 8 combinations 15 combinations Please respond to the question above. 16. A bag contains blue marbles and white marbles. If the ratio of blue marbles to white marbles is 4 to 6, what fraction of the marbles is blue?: * 2/3 2/5 1/3 1/4 Please respond to the question above. 17. After 4 tests, Peyton’s average score is an 89. What score does he need on his 5th test to bring his average up to a 91?: * 96 97 98 99 Please respond to the question above. 18. When the sum of 1/8 and 1/4 is divided by the product of 1/8 and 1/4, what is the quotient? : * 12 10 6 2 Please respond to the question above. 19. Twelve billion is how much greater than eight hundred million? Write the answer in scientific notation.: * 11.2 x 109 1.12 x 1010 4.0 x 103 4 x 104 Please respond to the question above. 20. The median of these numbers is how much more than the mean? 1.4, -2.5, -2.4, 1, .3 : * -1.96 -2.84 .74 .44 Please respond to the question above. 21. Simplify: * -335 -48 244 2905 Please respond to the question above. 22. The 1/15 scale model of the statue stood 60 inches tall. What was the height of the actual statue in feet?: * 900 4 300 75 Please respond to the question above. 23. Taylor babysat for 3 hours and earned $7.50 per hour. Then she tutored for 4 hours and earned $13.25 per hour. What was her average earnings per hour for all 7 hours?: * 10.79 10.38 11.02 9.88 Please respond to the question above. 24. In 25 minutes, 200 customers entered the store. At this rate, how many customers will enter the store in 2 hours?: * 850 910 830 960 Please respond to the question above. 25. What are the coordinates of the 4th vertex of a rectangle whose other vertices are (2,1), (-6,1), and (-1, 4)?: * (-2, -4) (-1, -6) (-3, -2) (-1, -2)