WorkKeys Applied Math

A painter uses 1 quart of paint for every 10 square feet of wall that he paints. He must paint a rectangular wall 12 feet high by 17 feet long, in which there are two circular windows, each one 4 feet in diameter. Which of the following is the closest estimate of the number of quarts of paint he needs?

• 24

• 12

• 120

• 180

• 18

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

Maxine would like to buy a new printer for her flyer business and is trying to decide between two options. Printer A: - Cost to Purchase: $16,000 - Monthly Maintenance Cost: $250 - Ink Cost (per 1000 pages): $5.00 Printer B: - Cost to Purchase: $25,000 - Monthly Maintenance Cost: $200 - Ink Cost (per 1000 pages): $4.50 If Maxine prints 50,000 pages a month on average, how long would she need to use printer B before it becomes a better deal than printer A?

• 80 months

• 90 months

• 100 months

• 120 months

• 150 months

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

John ran a mile in 6 minutes 15 seconds. If Joe ran at an average speed of 168 inches per second, Jim ran at an average speed of 875 feet per minute, and Jeremy ran at an average speed of 10 miles per hour. Who ran faster than John?

• Joe only

• Jim only

• Jeremy only

• Jim and Jeremy

• Joe, Jim, and Jeremy

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CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

A bowl of fruit is served as part of a breakfast buffet at a conference. There are 21 bananas in the bowl, which is three times as many as the number of oranges. The oranges make up 14% of the total number of pieces of fruit. If each person at the conference was allowed a maximum of 1 piece of fruit, what percentage of the 200 people at the conference could get a piece of fruit from that bowl?

• 14%

• 25%

• 42%

• 50%

• 56%

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

The volume in a water drum is halved every 2 days of a drought. If the volume of water in the drum was initially 1,000,000 gallons, what was the approximate volume after 10 days?

• 1,000 gallons

• 30,000 gallons

• 50,000 gallons

• 500,000 gallons

• 999,000 gallons

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

A pilot traveled the first 1,500 miles of a 3,000-mile journey with an average speed of 400 miles per hour. At what speed must the pilot travel the remaining 1,500 miles to record an average speed of 500 miles per hour for the entire flight?

• 261 1/2 mph

• 600 mph

• 666 2/3 mph

• 800 mph

• 5,625 mph

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

If the area of a rectangular board is 336 square inches and its perimeter is 76 inches, what is the length of each of the shorter sides?

• 10 inches

• 14 inches

• 19 inches

• 24 inches

• 65 inches

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.4

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.6

CCSS.HSA.REI.C.7

Carina consigns her children's outgrown clothing at a local consignment shop that awards her 40% of the total sales price. She uses $28 from the proceeds to purchase new clothing for her children and goes home with $64 in cash. How much did her children's old clothing sell for?

• $36.80

• $55.20

• $92

• $153.33

• $230

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

The town of Fram is planning to build a water storage tank on a hill overlooking the town. The tank will be a right circular cylinder. The plot of ground selected for the installation is large enough to accommodate a circular tank 60 feet in diameter. The planning commission wants the tank to hold 1,000,000 cubic feet of water, and they intend to use the full area available. Which of the following is the minimum acceptable height?

• 89 ft

• 103 ft

• 354 ft

• 5,305 ft

• 10,610 ft

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CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.3