Test 1

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Janic receives a 6% commission for

selling newspaper advertisements. If
she sells 15 ads for $50 each, how
much does she earn?
a. $30
b.
$40 c. $45
d.
$450
Jeffrey delivers newspapers for a salary
of $20 per week plus a 4% commission
on all sales. One week his sales
amounted to $48. What was his income
that week?
a. $19.20
b. $21.92 c. 1.92 d.
$39.20
Mrs. Morris receives a salary raise from
$25,000 to $27,500. Find the percent of
increase.
a. 9
b. 10
c. 90
d. 25
Pam pays $6 for a sweater after
receiving a discount of 25%. What was
the marked price of the sweater?
a. $8
b. $7.50 c. 7
d.
12
If a basket of food is sufficient to feed
12 persons for 4 days, how many days
would it last for 24 persons?
a. 8
b. 6
c. 4
d.
2
Emil put P3 000 into a savings account
in January. Six months later, he put P1
000 more into the account. The interest
rate is 5% per year. How much interest
will be earned at the end of the year?
a. 135
b. 150
c. 175
d.
200
Mr leon paid a total of P 480 interest on
P4 000 that he borrowed for a period of
4 years. What was the yearly rate of
interest?
a. 3% b. 4%
c. 5%
d.
7%
Mr Capalad earned P4 200 in
commission. If he works on a
commission rate of 12%, what were his
total sales?
a. 65000 b. 50000 c. 45000 d.
35000
Recca filled three containers- A, B and
C with orange juice in the ratio 5 : 3 :

4. If the capacity of the largest

container was 20 liters, find the
capacity of the smallest container.
a. 48
b. 28 c. 16 d. 12

10. Natalie bought 4 similar skirts and 5

similar dresses for P485. If two such
skirts and one such dress cost P175,
find the cost of each dress.
a. P65
b. P45
c. P36 d.
P21
11. 14 is what percent of 50?
a. 14% b. 20%
c. 24%
d.
28%
12. 117 is 130% of what number?
a. 80
b. 75 c. 90
d.
120
13.
In a triangle, the angles are in a
ratio of
1 : 3 : 5. What is the
measure of the largest angle of the
triangle?
a.
20
b. 180
c. 120
d.
100
14. A team won 15 games in a 35- game
season. Find the ratio of games lost to
games played.
a. 4 : 7
b.
7 : 3 c. 7 : 4
d.
4:3
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15. Express 8
as a percentage.
a. 47%

b. 0.37%

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c. 37 2 % %

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d.0.37 2 %
16. What is the value of 7 hundredths + 8
tens + 28 thousandths?
a. 80.98
b. 80.098 c.8.098
d.
0.898
17. How many sixteenths are there in 3
3
4 ?
a. 15
d. 60

b.

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c. 40

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18. Convert 0.018 to percent.
a. 18% b. 0.18% c. 1.8% d.
180%
19. 420 seniors voted to hold the JS
prom at CAP building. This represents
4
9 of the senior class. How many
seniors did not vote for the CAP
building?
a. 525
b. 105
c. 350
d.
425
20. Divide 168 by 0.35
a. 4.8
b. 0.048 c. 48
d.
480
21. * In a library, 25% of the books were
non-fiction books and the rest were
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fiction books. 10 of the non-fiction
books and

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10

of the fiction books

were borrowed by some pupils. If 1600

books were borrowed, how many more
fiction books than non-fiction books
were there in the library at first?
a. 4000 b. 3000 c. 2000 d.
1000

22. What is

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5

% of 300?

a. 180 b. 18

c. 1800

d.

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