PSSA Practice Questions - Unit 3

Serena has one large and one small beehive. Information about the hives and the bees living in each hive is listed below. - There are 1,050 bees living in the large hive. - The number of bees living in the small hive is 0.7 times the number of bees living in the large hive. - The bees living in the small hive visit 2,500 flowers each day. - The bees living in the large hive visit 0.8 times the number of flowers visited each day by the bees living in the small hive. Which statement about the bees is true?

• There are 8,400 bees living in the two hives.

• There are 1,057 bees living in the small hive.

• The bees living in the two hives visit 2,508 flowers each day.

• The bees living in the large hive visit 2,000 flowers each day.

A bakery owner orders 6 cases of chocolate. Each case contains 4 blocks of chocolate. Each block weighs 13.2 pounds. How many pounds of chocolate does the bakery owner order?

• 58.8

• 83.2

• 103.2

• 316.8

Sophie had 60 flashlights for sale at her store. She sold 4/5 of the flashlights. Which statement about the number of flashlights sold must be true?

• Sophie sold 48 flashlights because 60 x 4/5 = 48.

• Sophie sold 75 flashlights because 60 x 4/5 = 75.

• Sophie sold 52 flashlights because 4/5 = 0.8 and 60 - 8 = 52.

• Sophie sold 40 flashlights because both the numerator and the denominator of 4/5 are factors of both 40 and 60.

Alli and Bert each have some money. Bert has 5/4 as many dollars as Alli has. Which statement about the amount of money Alli and Bert each have is true?

• Alli has more money than Bert has.

• Bert has more money than Alli has.

• Alli and Bert have the same amount of money.

• There is not enough information to compare the amount of money Alli and Bert each have.

An after-school program has 24 sports video games students can play after they finish their homework. There are three types of sports games. football: (1/6) of the video games basketball: (1/4) of the video games soccer: the remaining video games How many video games are soccer games?

• A. 2

• B. 4

• C. 18

• D. 20

A relay race is (1/8) mile long. Each relay team has 4 members. Each team member runs the same distance. How many miles does each team member run?

• A. (1/2)

• B. (1/4)

• C. (1/12)

• (1/32)

A space heater warms the temperature of a room by 2/3 of a degree Fahrenheit each minute. By how many degrees Fahrenheit will the space heater warm the room in 6 1/2 minutes?

• 4 1/3

• 5 5/6

• 7 1/6

• 9 3/4

Which change would allow all the data from the table to fit on the graph without changing the size of the grid?

• for the x-axis, using a scale of 1 instead of a scale of 2

• for the x-axis, using a scale of 3 instead of a scale of 2

• for the y-axis, using a scale of 15 instead of a scale of 25

• for the y-axis, using a scale of 35 instead of a scale of 25

Mrs. Brown has a package containing n pounds of cereal. Every day she puts 1/8 pound of cereal into her son's lunchbox and 1/8 pound of cereal into her daughter's lunchbox. Which expression represents the number of days Mrs. Brown can do this before she runs out of cereal?

• (n x 2) x 1/8

• (n x 2) / 1/8

• n x (2 x 1/8)

• n / (2 x 1/8)

Keira has 8 cups of juice. She pours the juice into 5 glasses, pouring the same amount of juice into each glass. How many cups of juice are in each glass?

• 5/8

• 1 and 3/8

• 1 and 3/5

• 3