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GED CHAPTER 45 Mathematics Practice Questions NOW IT’S time to put all that you have learned about mathematics and problem solving into practice. In the following section, you will find 100 multiple-choice questions like those you will find on the GED Mathematics Test. D irections Read the following questions carefully and choose the best answer for each question. Some questions may refer to a ﬁgure, table, or graph. Be sure to answer every question; you will not be penalized for incorrect answers. Do not spend too much time on any one question so you can be sure to complete the questions in the allotted time. Record your answers on the answer sheet provided on the following page. Make sure you mark the answer in the circle that corresponds to the question. Note: On the GED, you are not permitted to write in the test booklet. Make any notes or calculations on a sep- arate piece of paper. 423
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– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 1. 4. Danny worked 40 hours and earned $6.30 per The gauge on a water tank shows that the tank is 1 hour. His friend Erica earned $8.40 per hour at 3 full of water. In order to ﬁll the tank, 16 gallons her job. How many hours would Erica have to of water are added. How many gallons of water work in order to equal Danny’s earnings for 40 does the tank hold when full? hours? a. 20 a. 20 b. 24 b. 25 c. 30 c. 30 d. 32 d. 252 e. 48 e. Not enough information is given. Question 5 is based on the following ﬁgure. Question 2 is based on the following ﬁgure. A mp Ra 12 ft. D 16 ft. 5. What is the length in feet of the ramp? a. 13 b. 17 B C c. 20 2. ABC is a right triangle, and CD AB. If the d. 24 measure of ∠CAD = 40°, what is the measure of e. Not enough information is given. ∠DCB? a. 10° 6. At a luncheon, 48 half-pints of fruit juice are b. 20° served. What is the cost, at $3.50 per gallon, of c. 40° these servings of fruit juice? d. 50° a. $6.00 e. 90° b. $7.00 c. $10.50 3. The number of students in a class is x. One day, 5 d. $12.50 students were absent. What fractional part of the e. $15.00 class was present? x a. 5 Given the equation x2 + x − 6 = 0, which of the 7. 5 b. following give(s) a complete solution of the x equation? 5 c. x−5 a. 2 x+5 d. b. 2 and −3 5 c. −2 and 3 x−5 e. x d. 2 and 3 e. 3 and −3 427
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Question 8 is based on the following ﬁgure. Question 10 is based on the following ﬁgure. 3x − y a + 2b 2a + b 2x + 3y 2a x + 2y a+b 5x + y 8. What is the perimeter of the ﬁgure? 10. What is the perimeter of the ﬁgure? a. 6a + b a. 11x + 5y b. 5a + 5b b. 10x + 5y c. 6a + 4b c. 11x + 4y d. 9x − y d. 3a + 5b e. 3a + 5b e. 8x + 3y Question 9 is based on the following ﬁgure. 11. Henry has $5 more than Oliver, and the same amount of money as Murray. Together, they have $85. How much money does Oliver have? a. $10 A = 322 square feet 23 feet b. $12 c. $15 d. $25 e. Not enough information is given. 9. A rectangular dining room has a ﬂoor area of 322 square feet. If the length of the room is 23 Question 12 is based on the following table. feet, what is the perimeter? This table gives the instructions that accompany an a. 28 feet income tax form. b. 37 feet c. 45 feet IF YOUR TAXABLE INCOME IS: d. 60 feet But Not Your Tax e. 74 feet At Least More Than Is 0 $3,499 2% of amount $3,500 $4,499 $70 plus 3% of any amount above $3,500 $4,500 $7,499 $100 plus 5% of any amount above $4,500 $7,500 $250 plus 7% of any amount above $7,500 428
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 12. Question 16 is based on the following graph. How much tax is due on a taxable income of $5,800? a. $120 30 b. $135 25 Hundreds of Dollars c. $150 20 d. $165 e. $175 15 10 13. A bed and breakfast charges $48.00 per day for a double room. In addition, there is 5% tax. How 5 much does a couple pay for several days’ stay? a. $144.00 Baked Groceries Dairy Produce Meat b. $151.20 Goods c. $156.20 16. By how many dollars do the sales in the meat d. $158.40 department exceed the sales in the dairy e. Not enough information is given. department? a. $100 Question 14 is based on the following ﬁgure. b. $1,000 c. $1,500 A d. $1,800 e. $10,000 17. A box of cereal is priced at x cents per box. A customer has a coupon for 15 cents off. If the store reduces prices by doubling the value of each coupon, how much, in cents, does the customer pay for the box of cereal? B a. x − 15 C b. x − 30 c. x + 15 D d. x + 30 If AC is perpendicular to CB and m∠CBD = 14. e. Not enough information is given. 125°, then m∠A equals a. 15°. b. 20°. c. 35°. d. 45°. e. Not enough information is given. 15. If the square of a number is added to the number increased by 4, the result is 60. If n represents the number, which equation can be used to ﬁnd n? a. n2 + 4 = 60 b. n2 + 4n = 60 c. n2 + n + 4 = 60 d. n2 + 60 = 4n + 4 e. n2 + n = 64 429
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Question 18 is based on the following ﬁgure. Question 21 is based on the following graph. A Distribution of Expenses for Sales of $240,000 Ace Manufacturing Company A: B: C = 3:2:1 Raw B Materials Labor 33 % 40% C Operating 18. The measures of the angles of a triangle are in Expenses Net 20% the ratio 3:2:1. What is the measure of the largest Profit 6% angle of the triangle? a. 65° 21. How many dollars were spent for labor? b. 70° a. $4,800 c. 72° b. $9,600 d. 80° c. $48,000 e. 90° d. $96,000 e. $960,000 Question 19 is based on the following ﬁgure. 22. The distance between two heavenly bodies is E 63,150,000,000 miles. What is the number expressed in scientiﬁc notation? D a. 631.5 × 108 b. 63.15 × 109 2 1 3 c. 6315 × 107 C A B d. 6.315 × 1010 If m∠1 = 36° and m∠2 = 2(m∠3), then m∠3 19. e. 6.315 × 10−10 equals a. 36°. b. 40°. c. 44°. d. 48°. e. Not enough information is given. Ms. Klein bought 4 pounds of beef and 3 1 20. 2 pounds of chicken for $13.98. If the beef cost $2.76 per pound, what was the cost of the chicken per pound? a. $0.72 b. $0.80 c. $0.84 d. $0.87 e. $0.92 430
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Question 23 is based on the following graph. Question 26 is based on the following graph. y A (5,4) Salaries B (0,3) $30 Materials $40 x 0 Profit ? Taxes $11 Insurance $5 Misc. 23. What is the slope of the line passing through $6 points A (5,4) and B (0,3)? 26. The graph shows what happens to each $100 a. 110 taken in by a small business. How many dollars 1 out of each $100 taken in represent proﬁt? b. 5 a. $5 3 c. 5 b. $6 4 d. c. $7 5 d. $7.5 e. 5 e. $8 24. 1 kilometer = 27. Nick scored 7 more points than Josh in a basket- a. 10 meters ball game. Paul scored 2 points less than Josh in b. 100 meters the same game. If the three boys scored a total of c. 1,000 centimeters 38 points, how many points did Josh score? d. 10,000 centimeters a. 5 e. 1,000,000 millimeters b. 9 c. 11 Question 25 is based on the following ﬁgure. d. 14 60′ A B e. 15 48′ 28. A box in the form of a rectangle solid has a E square base 5 feet in length and a height of h feet. If the volume of the rectangular solid is 200 cubic feet, which of the following equations may 80′ be used to ﬁnd h? a. 5h = 200 b. 5h2 = 200 D C c. 25h = 200 25. To measure the distance (DC) across a pond, a d. h = 200 ÷ 5 surveyor takes points A and B so that AB is par- e. h = 5(200) allel to DC. If AB = 60 feet, EB = 48 feet, and ED = 80 feet, ﬁnd DC. a. 72 ft. b. 84 ft. c. 96 ft. d. 100 ft. e. Not enough information is given. 431
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – On a road map, 1 inch represents 8 miles of Question 29 is based on the following ﬁgure. 33. 4 actual road distance. The towns of Alton and A BC D E Waverly are represented by points 2 1 inches 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 apart on the map. What is the actual distance, in 29. Which point on the number line represents the miles, between Alton and Waverly? closest approximation to the square root of 12? a. 17 a. A b. 32 b. B c. 40 c. C d. 60 d. D e. 68 e. E Question 34 is based on the following ﬁgure. Question 30 is based on the following ﬁgure. 4 units 25′ 15′ 20′ 8 units 10′ 30. The diagram represents a large living room. What is the area, in square yards, of the room? a. 16.6 b. 33.3 34. What is the area, in square graph units, of the c. 45 triangle? d. 50 a. 8 e. 450 b. 10 c. 16 31. If 1 dollar is worth x French francs, what is the d. 32 value, in dollars, of y French francs? e. 48 a. xy b. xy 35. At a certain time of day, a man 6 feet tall casts a y c. shadow 4 feet in length. At the same time, a x church steeple casts a shadow 28 feet in length. 1 d. xy How high, in feet, is the church steeple? e. x + y a. 30 b. 32 Evaluate y 2(4x − y) if y = −2 and x = 8. 32. c. 42 a. −18 d. 48 b. 18 e. 56 c. 86 d. 96 e. 136 432
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Questions 36 through 38 are based on the following 40. A house and a lot cost $120,000. If the house cost information. three times as much as the lot, how much did the house cost? A 3-foot-wide walkway is built around a swimming pool a. $30,000 that is 20 feet by 30 feet, as shown in the following ﬁgure. b. $40,000 c. $60,000 d. $90,000 e. $100,000 3 ft. 20 ft. 30 ft. 41. Joan borrowed $1,300 to buy tools for her job as an auto mechanic. The loan is for one year and six months at 9% simple interest. Which of the 36. In order to determine how much ﬂagstone to following expressions could be used to ﬁnd the buy, the homeowner needs to know the total amount she will pay back at the end of the loan area, in square feet, of the walkway. Which of the period? following expressions represents this area? a. $1,300 × 1.5 × 0.09 a. (23)(33) b. $1,300 × 1.6 × 0.09 b. (26)(36) c. $1,300 × 1.5 × 9 c. (23)(33) − (20)(30) d. $1,300 + ($1,300 × 9 × 1.5) d. (26)(36) − (20)(30) e. $1,300 + ($1,300 × 0.09 × 1.5) e. (26)(36) − (23)(33) 42. Norm borrows $8,000 for ﬁve years to make 37. If the depth of the pool is 6 feet, what volume of improvements to his home ofﬁce. If the simple water, in cubic feet, is needed to ﬁll the pool? interest rate is 13%, how much will he pay in a. 56 interest? b. 300 a. $5,200 c. 600 b. $4,000 d. 3,000 c. $1,040 e. 3,600 d. $420 e. $400 38. What is the total area, in square feet, of the pool and the walkway? The solution x = −5 makes which of the follow- 43. a. 50 ing equations true? b. 62 a. 14 − x = 9 c. 759 x b. 5 = 1 d. 936 c. x + 3 = 8 e. Not enough information is given. d. 3x0 = 6 Evaluate (6 × 105) ÷ (4 × 103). e. 12x = −60 39. a. 20 b. 100 44. Marc had $572.18 in his checking account. After c. 150 writing a check, he had $434.68. Which of the d. 1,500 following equations could be used to ﬁnd the e. 2,000 amount of the check (c)? a. $572.18 + c = $434.68 b. $572.18 − c = $434.68 c. $572.18c = $434.68 d. $572.18 − 2c = $434.68 e. $434.68 + c = $572.18 433
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 45. 50. Ken earned x dollars at his part-time job on Fri- Max needs to ship six identical packages, each day. His wife earned $12 more than twice Ken’s weighing 3 lb. 12 oz. What is the total weight of pay (2x + 12). Together, they earned $174. How the shipment? much did Ken earn on Friday? a. 19 lb. 2 oz. a. $54 b. 22 lb. 5 oz. b. $87 c. 22 lb. 8 oz. c. $108 d. 24 lb. 12 oz. d. $120 e. 25 lb. 2 oz. e. $162 51. In a theater audience of 650 people, 80% were 46. Two adults and four children pay $48 to get into adults. How many children were in the audience? the fair. A child’s ticket is $6 less than an adult’s a. 130 ticket. What is the cost of an adult’s ticket? b. 150 a. $18 c. 450 b. $15 d. 500 c. $12 e. 520 d. $9 52. e. $6 On a certain map, 1 inch represents 60 miles. If two towns are 255 miles apart, what is the dis- 47. What is the median value of $268, $1,258, $654, tance, in inches, between the towns on the map? $1,258, $900, $1,558, and $852? a. 4 b. 4 1 a. $1,258 4 b. $960 c. 4 1 2 c. $900 d. 4 5 d. $913 6 e. $852 e. 4 7 8 48. What is the mode of the following: 14, 17, 14, 12, 53. A carpenter has a board 4 feet 3 inches in length. 13, 15, 22, and 11? He cuts off a piece 2 feet 8 inches in length. The a. 13.5 length of the piece that is left is b. 14 a. 1 ft. 5 in. c. 14.75 b. 1 ft. 7 in. d. 16.5 c. 2 ft. 7 in. e. Not enough information is given. d. 2 ft. 5 in. e. 2 ft. 3 in. 49. Charlie borrowed $1,500 from his aunt. He plans to pay his aunt back in nine months. If he pays 54. A cardboard crate is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4% interest on the loan, what is the total amount 2 feet tall. What is its holding capacity? he will pay back in nine months? a. 45 ft.3 a. $540 b. 37 ft.3 b. $1,455 c. 9 ft.3 c. $1,545 d. 30 ft.3 d. $1,560 e. 10 ft.3 e. $2,040 434
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Questions 55 through 57 are based on the following graph. Question 58 is based on the following ﬁgure. Paint Sales at Carolyn’s Hardware 20 A 18 16 Number of Gallons 14 70° 12 O 10 8 B 6 4 2 M T W Th F Sa Su 58. O is the center of the circle, and the measure of Days of the Week ∠O is 70°. What is the measure of ∠OAB ? 55. How many gallons of paint were sold on a. 55° Wednesday? b. 60° a. 3 c. 70° b. 4 d. 70° c. 5 e. 75° d. 6 e. 7 59. A bookcase has 3 large shelves and 4 small shelves. Each large shelf contains 8 more books 56. How much more paint was sold on Saturday than each small shelf. If the bookcase contains than on Monday? 297 books, how many books does each small a. 6 gallons shelf hold? b. 8 gallons a. 29 c. 10 gallons b. 31 d. 11 gallons c. 32 e. 12 gallons d. 35 e. 39 57. What was the total amount, in gallons, of paint sold by the store that week? 60. Ms. Kraus buys 40 feet of wool to use for scarves. a. 20 How many scarves of 3 feet 4 inches each in b. 25 length can she cut from this material, assuming c. 30 each scarf is as wide as the original piece of d. 60 fabric? e. Not enough information is given. a. 12 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18 e. 120 435
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Questions 61 and 62 refer to the following graph. Question 64 refers to the following graph. Rico’s Beauty Supply Total Sales—March 140 B 120 A Dollars (in thousands) 100 80 60 64. What is the slope of the line that passes through 40 points A and B on the coordinate graph? Mark 20 your answer on the grid below. 0 Online Sales Catalog Sales In-Store Sales 61. Customers of Rico’s Beauty Supply can make purchases online, from a catalog, or in the store. / / / About how much more did the company make • • • • • from catalog sales than from online sales in March? 0 0 0 0 a. $35,000 1 1 1 1 1 b. $65,000 c. $130,000 2 2 2 2 2 d. $195,000 3 3 3 3 3 e. $650,000 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 62. Approximately what fraction of the company’s 6 6 6 6 6 total sales came from in-store sales? a. 2 7 7 7 7 7 3 8 8 8 8 8 1 b. 3 9 9 9 9 9 1 c. 2 1 a. 4 1 d. 6 63. Josh needs to replace the boards on a 22-foot section of his fence. If the boards are 5 1 inches 2 wide, how many boards should he buy to cover the distance? a. 4 b. 33 c. 48 d. 66 e. 121 436
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – What is the value of the expression 3(2x − y) + 65. 67. At the end of baseball season, 5% of the children (3 + x)2, when x = 4 and y = 5? Mark your enrolled in a local youth baseball program will answer in the circles in the grid below. be chosen to play in the state tournament. If 12 children will be chosen to play in the tourna- ment, how many children are enrolled in the program? / / / a. 24 b. 60 • • • • • c. 120 d. 240 0 0 0 0 e. 600 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 68. A bag contains 12 red, 3 blue, 6 green, and 4 yel- 3 3 3 3 3 low marbles. If a marble is drawn from the bag at random, what is the probability that the marble 4 4 4 4 4 will be either blue or yellow? 5 5 5 5 5 a. 7% 6 6 6 6 6 b. 12% 7 7 7 7 7 c. 16% 8 8 8 8 8 d. 25% 9 9 9 9 9 e. 28% 69. Patricia wants to order business cards. A printing company determines the cost (C) to the cus- 66. The dimensions of Box B, shown below, are tomer using the following function, where b = twice the length of the corresponding dimen- the number of boxes of cards and n = number of sions on Box A (not shown). ink colors. C = $25.60b + $14.00b(n − 1) If Patricia orders 4 boxes of cards printed in 3 colors, how much will the cards cost? a. $214.40 b. $168.00 c. $144.40 6 B d. $102.40 e. $56.00 3 4 a. The volume of Box A is greater than the volume of Box B. b. The volume of Box B is twice the volume of Box A. c. The volume of Box B is three times the volume of Box A. d. The volume of Box B is four times the volume of Box A. e. The volume of Box B is eight times the volume of Box A. 437
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 70. 71. Andrea bought a used mountain bike for $250. Ajani ﬁnds that the distance between two land- marks on a map is 6 1 inches. If the map scale She gave the bike a new paint job; replaced the 2 reads 3 inch = 120 miles, what is the actual dis- tires, chain, and gear assembly; and sold the bike 4 for 150% of the price she paid. For what tance, in miles, between the two landmarks? amount, in dollars, did she sell the bike? Mark Mark your answer in the circles in the grid your answer in the circles in the grid below. below. / / / / / / • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 72. Which of the following is a graph of the inequal- ity −2 ≤ x < 4? a. −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 b. −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 c. −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 d. −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 e. −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 438
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – Questions 73 and 74 are based on the following ﬁgure. 76. What was Edmundo’s mean score for a round of golf in August if his scores for each round were 78, 86, 82, 81, 82, and 77? a. 77 12 50 b. 78 A c. 81 x 104 d. 82 3 4 B e. 84 77. In quadrilateral ABCD, side AB is parallel to side CD. Sides AD and BC are not parallel. What is the Lines A and B are parallel. area of the ﬁgure to the nearest square centimeter? What is the measure of ∠4? A 73. 3c a. 50° m b. 76° D c. 126° d. 130° 6 cm 2.5 cm 2 cm e. 104° C 74. What is the value of x? cm a. 54° 6 3. b. 76° B c. 126° Mark your answer in the circles in the grid below. d. 130° e. Not enough information is given. 75. On a coordinate plane, a vertical line is drawn through the point (−3,4). On the same plane, a / / / horizontal line is drawn through the point • • • • • (2,−1). At what point on the plane will the two lines intersect? Mark your answer on the coordi- 0 0 0 0 nate grid below. 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 6 6 6 6 6 2 7 7 7 7 7 1 8 8 8 8 8 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 −1 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 439
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 78. Question 80 refers to the following diagram. A display of canned yams has a sign that reads “5 cans for $3.” At the same rate, how much 24 ft. would the store charge, to the nearest whole cent, Hall- 7 ft. for 8 cans? Mark your answer in the circles in the way grid below. 21 ft. Bedroom / / / 14 ft. • • • • • 80. The Wrights plan to carpet their bedroom and the adjoining hallway as shown in the diagram. 0 0 0 0 What is the area of the bedroom and hallway in 1 1 1 1 1 square feet? 2 2 2 2 2 a. 147 b. 336 3 3 3 3 3 c. 294 4 4 4 4 4 d. 364 5 5 5 5 5 e. 504 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 81. One number is 12 more than 3 times another number. The sum of the 2 numbers is −20. What 8 8 8 8 8 are the numbers? 9 9 9 9 9 a. −2 and −18 b. −4 and −16 c. −5 and −15 79. A plastic pipe, 5 feet 9 inches long, is cut into d. −6 and −14 three equal pieces. Assuming no waste when the e. −8 and −12 cuts are made, what is the length of each piece? a. 1 ft. 6 in. b. 1 ft. 8 in. c. 1 ft. 9 in. d. 1 ft. 11 in. e. 2 ft. 440
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – The graph of the equation y = − 3 x + 1 is a line Questions 82 and 83 refer to the following graph. 84. 4 that passes through points C and D on the coor- dinate plane. Which of the following points also Other lies on the graph of the equation? 12% Housing a. (2,0) 27% Credit b. (3,−1) Card Bills c. (5,−3) 24% d. (8,−5) Food e. (10,−6) 28% Transportation 4% 85. The sum of three consecutive even integers is 90. Clothing 5% What is the greatest number in the series? a. 26 The Kleins are trying to pay off their credit card debt, b. 28 so they developed the following budget based on their c. 30 monthly take-home pay. d. 32 e. 34 82. If the Kleins’ monthly take-home pay is $2,500, about how much do they plan to pay each 86. The three interior angles of JKL measure 45°, month on their credit card debt? 45°, and 90°. The three interior angles of PQR a. $600 measure 45°, 45°, and 90°. The side JK of JKL b. $450 measures 4 cm. Based on the given information, c. $300 which of the following must be a true statement? d. $240 a. JKL and PQR are acute triangles. e. Not enough information is given. b. One side of PQR measures 4 cm. c. The perimeter of JKL is 12 cm. 83. What fraction of the Kleins’ monthly take-home d. JKL and PQR are congruent triangles. pay goes toward clothing? Mark your answer on e. JKL and PQR are similar triangles. the circles in the grid below. / / / • • • • • 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 441
– GED MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS – 87. Questions 89 and 90 refer to the following information. A parallelogram is drawn on a coordinate grid so that three vertices are located at (3,4), (−2,4), 1.85 and (−4,1). At what coordinates should the 1.80 West Coast 1.75 fourth vertex be located? Mark your answer on Midwest 1.70 East Coast the coordinate grid below. 1.65 1.60 6 1.55 1.50 5 1.45 4 1.40 April April April May 3 16 23 30 7 2 89. On what date and in what location was there the 1 greatest jump in the price of gasoline from one −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 week to the next? −1 a. April 23 on the West Coast −2 b. April 30 in the Midwest c. April 30 on the West Coast −3 d. May 7 on the East Coast −4 e. May 7 in the Midwest −5 −6 90. Based on the information in the graph, which of the following is the best prediction of the price per gallon of gasoline on the West Coast for the 88. Eight athletes ran a 1 mile race. The winner’s week following May 7? time was 4 minutes 8 seconds. If the median a. $1.64 time was 4 minutes 48 seconds, what was the b. $1.71 time of the athlete who ﬁnished last? c. $1.76 a. 5 min. 28 sec. d. $1.82 b. 5 min. 4 sec. e. $1.86 c. 4 min. 46 sec. d. 4 min. 28 sec. 91. Chikita made three long-distance calls. Accord- e. Not enough information is given. ing to her phone bill, the calls were 19 minutes, 24 minutes, and 8 minutes in length. If Chikita pays 9 cents per minute on all long-distance calls, how much was she billed for the three calls? a. $2.70 b. $4.59 c. $5.10 d. $13.77 e. $15.30 442

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