On-Line Part A Practice Exam



Use pencil and paper to take the quiz below.  Given each of the questions below, check the most appropriate response. When you are finished, click on the answers button at the bottom of the quiz. You will be presented with a new window telling you which questions are correct. You need a score of at least 80% to take the first part of the actual Part A exam.

1.     48900 / 27

  1811.
  1811 R 3.
  1801 R 273.
  None of the above.


2.     Divide 1944 by 18
  108.
  18.
  1080.
  None of the above.


3.     Are 10/22 and 14/26; equivalent? Why or why not?

  Yes.
  No.
  This question cannot be solved.
  None of the above.


4.     Simplify 24 / 30

  24 / 30.
  12 / 15.
  4 / 5.
  None of the above.


5.     Write 42 / 5 as a mixed numeral.

  8.
  7   7 / 5 .
  8   2 / 5.
  None of the above.


6.      Write 7 and 2/5 as an improper fraction.

  37 / 5.
  17 / 5.
  37 / 2.
  None of the above.


7.      5/14 + 8/14

  14 / 13.
  40 / 289.
  13 / 28.
  13 / 14.


8.     3/8 + 19/24

  7 / 6.
  22 / 32.
  11 / 16.
  19 / 8.


9.     Add 2 and 7/8 and 3 and 5/7
  5   33 / 56.
  5   89 / 56.
   6   33 / 56.
   47 / 56.


10.     4 and 1/5 - 1 and 7/10

  3   6 / 10.
  3   1 / 2.
  3   8 / 15.
  2   1 / 2.


11.     What length would have to be cut off a 15 ft. piece of wallpaper to obtain a piece 4 and 7/9ft. long?

   3   7 / 43 ft.
   10   2 / 9 ft.
   135 / 43 ft.
   43 / 7 ft.


12.      3/7 times 11/4 (give answer in simplist form)

   12 / 77.
   33 / 28.
   21 / 44.
   28 / 33.


13.     3 and 1/7 times 4 and 5/6 (give answer in simplist form)

   12   5 / 42.
   132 / 203.
   319 / 21.
   None of the above.


14.     5/6 divide by 6

   5.
   6.
   30.
   36.


15.     If a wall is 15 meters long, how many 2/3 wide boards will be needed to panel the wall?

   14   1/3 meters.
   10 meters.
   15 meters.
   22   1/2 meters.


16.      What digit is in the thousandths position of 12321.765234?

   5.
   2.
   3.
   6.


17.     What is the correct symbol (<, >, =) for the expression

4.5781 ________ 4.578

   >
   <
   =
   None of the above.


18.     Round off 78.9975 to the hundredths place.

   79.00
   78.00
   78.99
   79.99


19.     4 + 0.05 + 0.9 + 8.2

   26.2
   21.25
   13.15
   21.7


20.      Janice bought a sweater costing $65.72, including tax. She gave the clerk a $100 bill. What was her change?

   $65.72
   $3.29
   $69.10
   $34.28


21.     5.05 x 1.96

   9,898
   9.898
   989.8
   .9898


22.      Round off to 2 decimal places 0.0064 / 0.08

   0.08
   0.0008
   8.000
   8,000


23.     Write 3/8 as a decimal.

   2.667
   0.625
   0.375
   37.5


24.      Round off to one decimal place 14 / 0.36.

   2.6
   0.3
   0.4
   38.9


25.      A stationary store paid $26.25 for a gross of pencils. If the pencils cost $1.25 per gross, how many gross did they receive?

   21
   25
   32.81.
   27.50




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