Math Study Guide

1. A soccer team played 160 games and won 65 percent of them. How many games did they win?

1. 94
2. 104
3. 114
4. 124

2. The Number of Employees of Company K Who Were Involved in Accidents.

The table above show the results of an industrial health survey of 10,000 people employed at Company K for more than 5 years. If 2,500 employees were surveyed in each of the four categories, which group of employees had the highest accident rate?

1. Mechanists in Plant X
2. Mechanists in Plant Y
3. Power Machine Operators in plant X
4. Power Machine Operators in Plant Y

3.

If each of the small squares above represents one square unit, what is the area, in square units of the figure?

1. 23
2. 28
3. 22
4. 18

4.

1. 0.035
2. 2.858
3. 0.35
4. 3.5

5.  7.86 * 4.6 =

1. 36.156
2. 36.216
3. 351.56
4. 361.56

6. Which of the following is the least?

1. 0.105
2. 0.501
3. 0.015
4. 0.15

7. The average weight for a group of 20 women is 130 pounds. If the average weight for ¾ of these women was 140 pounds, what was the average weight, in pounds, for the rest of the women?

1. 100
2. 110
3. 120
4. 135

Example Items ACCUPLACER Elementary Algebra

Solve the following problems and choose your answer from the alternatives given. You may use the paper you have been given for scratch paper.

1. If A represents the number of apples purchased at 15 cents each and B represents the number of bananas purchased at 10 cents each, which of the following represents the total value of the purchases?

1. A+B
2. 25(A+B)
3. 10A + 15B
4. 15A + 10B

2. √2 . √15 =

1. 17
2. 30
3. √30
4. √17

3. The  Greens scored twice as many points as the Yellows. If the Greens scored 28 points, how many points did the Yellow score?

1. 
2. N + 2 = 28
3. 2N = 28
4. N = 28 * 2

4.

In the figure above, both circles have the same center, and the radius of the larger circle is R. IF the radius of the smaller circle is 3 units less than R, which of the following represents the area of the shaded region?

1. ¶ R²
2. ¶(R-3)²
3. ¶ R^{2 - ¶ .} 3²
4. ¶ R^{2 - ¶(}R ^- 3²⁾

5. (3x - 2y)²

1. 9x^{2 -} 4y²
2. 9x^{2 +} 4y²
3. 9x^{2 +} 4y^{2 - 6xy}
4. 9x^{2 +} 4y^{2 - 12xy}

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