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MTH215T – Wk 1 Summative Assessment: Everyday Arithmetic Exam

Exam Content

You will use problem-solving in your daily life. For example, you might need to find the tip on a restaurant bill, triple a recipe, add 2/3 cups of water to rice, or even figure out how much your salary will increase with a 4.5% raise. All of these calculations are part of everyday arithmetic. In this exam, you will demonstrate your understanding of and when to use such calculations.

 

Assessment Deliverable

In this assessment, you will complete an exam comprised of 28 multiple-choice questions about using the set of real numbers to perform basic arithmetic operations to reason quantitatively and solve contextualized problems. You have 1 attempt to complete the exam, and you will not see the correct answers until all grades for the week have been posted. So, be sure you review all previous course materials before attempting it.

 

Question 1

Bella wants to weigh her baby. She weighs herself and reads 138 lbs on a scale. She then holds the baby and reads 164 lbs. How much does the baby weigh?

a. 34

b. 30

c. 26

d. 16

Question 2

When adding , a carry is generated when adding the rightmost digit. So, what is the sum’s next digit to the left?

a. 5

b. 1

c. 0

d. 6

Question 3

Which of the following amounts of water is the largest?

a. 1 2/3 cups

b. 1 1/4 cups

c. 1 3/4 cups

d. 1 1/3 cups

Question 4

Consider a cookie recipe in which  cups of chocolate chips are needed to make 25 cookies. LaTonya wants to double the number of cookies. How many cups of chocolate chips should she use?

a. 3

b. 1 1/2

c. 2

d. 2 1/2

Question 5

A house is worth $150,000. If property tax is 2%, how much does a homeowner pay yearly in property tax?

a. $300

b. $3,000

c. $6,000

d. $1,500

Question 6

Simplify 2x (3 2/3)

a. 6 2/3

b. 3 4/3

c. 7 1/3

d. 5 2/3

Question 7

A group of 1,000 people were asked if they approved of the performance of the president of the United States, and 350 said yes. What percent is that?

a. 35%

b. 0.35%

c. 480%

d. Cannot be written as a percent

Question 8

Robert makes $30 an hour and works full-time. If a full-time job is 2,000 hours per year, about how many dollars does he make per year?

a. $20,000

b. $6,000

c. 60,000

$2,000

Question 9

Convert 4/10 to a decimal number.

a. 0.004

b. 0.4

c. 4.0

d. 0.04

Question 10

a. $180

b. $900

c. 1,800

d. $3,600

Question 11

A coed (men and women) soccer league requires that at least  of a team’s players on the field must be women. Only 3 women are available to play. How many men can play?

a. 11

b. 3

c. 6

d. 9

Question 12

Maria’s car gets 28 miles per gallon. She puts in 6 gallons of gas. She wants to calculate how far she can drive.  may be hard to do mentally. Maria knows 28 is , so she starts with the tens, computing . Continuing this method, what does Maria compute for the ones?

a. 48

b. 14

c. 120

d. 20

Question 13

A pizza is divided into equal slices as shown below. What fraction represents a slice of the pizza?

a. 2/6

b. 1/6

c. 3/6

d. 6/6

Question 14

What is the largest number that evenly divides the top and bottom of 12/20?

a. 12

b. 4

c. 6

d. 2

Question 15

Add the fractions 1/4 and 2/4.

a. 2/8

b. 2/4

c. 3/4

d. 3/8

Question 16

A restaurant owner has $48 to pay for waiters per hour. Each waiter gets $8 per hour. How many waiters can the owner have working?

a. 4

b. 5

c. 6

d. 8

Question 17

A couple decides that Sophia will drive the first  of a trip and Lucas the last . The whole trip is 100 miles. How far will Sophia drive?

a. 40 miles

b. 20 miles

c. 30 miles

d. 60 miles

Question 18

Duke takes a car in for basic service. The service agent says a few extra repairs are needed, so Duke adds the cost of those repairs mentally, rounding to the nearest 10. Write Duke’s total estimate after hearing each cost. The costs are as follows:

Wheel alignment: $82

Transmission fluid flush: $157

Cabin air filter: $58

(Note: 4 or fewer rounds down, 5 or more up, so 14 becomes 10, while 15 becomes 20.)

a. 300

b. 280

c. 310

d. 290

Question 19

Convert 2 3/4 to a decimal number.

a. 1.50

b. 2.75

c. 2.3

d. 0.75

Question 20

A casserole recipe requires 2 cups of flour to serve 4 people. However, 5 times more people are expected. How many cups of flour should be used?

a. 20

b. 8

c. 10

d. 11

Question 21

A person selling software to businesses might get a 10% commission for a sale. If a person makes 2 sales of software costing $3,500 each in a week, how much will she earn as commission?

a. $350

b. $700

c. $1,400

d. $175

Question 22

A person is holding two drill bits, one 7/16 and the other 25/64, and wants to first drill a hole using the smaller bit. To compare, the person expands 7/16 to 64ths. What is the expanded fraction?

a. 21/64

b. 28/64

c. 24/64

d. 14/64

Question 23

Isabella makes $50,000 per year working full-time. What does Isabella make per hour? (A full-time job is nearly 2,000 hours per year.)

a. $25

b. $100

c. $20

d. $50

Question 24