ACT Math Test level 1

Shawn has ¾ of a pizza left when his friends Rick, Dave, and Mike come over. If each person eats ¼ of Shawn's remaining pizza, including Shawn, how much of a whole pizza did each person eat?

• 5/12

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/16

If Debbie has ⅓ of a bag of candy and wants to share this equally with 3 of her friends, what fraction of a full bag will they each get?

• 3/12

• 2/3

• 1/9

• 2/9

• 1/12

If Lisa has 5 ⅓ bags of craft gems and wants to give each of her 4 students ¼ of the gems for a project, how many bags of gems will each student get?

• 4 1/3

• 1 1/3

• 5 1/6

• 4 1/12

• 7/12

A backyard garden has 5 rows of vegetables. If 1 ½ rows are tomatoes and ¾ of a row are carrots, how many rows remain for other crops?

• 3 ½

• 4 ½

• 2 ¾

• 1 ½

• 2 ¼

Erica has 3 pieces of baseboard left over from a previous project. One measures 6 ½ feet, one measures 4 ⅙ feet, and one measures 3 ⅓ feet. If Erica lays them end to end along one wall of a room, how long will the length of the baseboard be?

• 14 feet

• 13 feet

• 13 ⅓ feet

• 9 ½ feet

• 14 ¼ feet

For the proportion below, what value of x makes it true? 15/(16 + x) = 20/40

• 36

• 30

• 22

• 16

• 14

A conference hall is prepared for a meeting to seat 180 people with 12 people present at each table. The meeting is then downsized to 84 people, in which the number of people sitting at each table is unchanged. How many tables must be removed for this new arrangement?

• 3

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 7

For what value of y will the following proportion be true? (7 + 2y)/(6 + y) = 3/4

• -1/2

• -5

• 1/4

• 1

• -2

A dealership contains 40 vehicles on its lot with 16 being cars and the remainder being trucks. The dealership sells 4 of these cars. How many trucks must be sold to maintain the same ratio of cars to trucks?

• 6

• 12

• 2

• 4

• 8

Mark goes to the grocery store and purchases 14 apples for $18. Approximately how much would it cost Mark to purchase 30 apples?

• $38.57

• $25.71

• $33.75

• $45.10

• $28.49