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 Set 50 (Answers begin on page 206.) 789. Pamela’s annual salary is six times as much as
Adrienne’s, who earns five times more than
785. Which ratio best expresses the following: five Beverly, who earns $4,000. If Valerie earns one-
hours is what percent of a day? half as much as Pam, what is Valerie’s annual
5 x
a.   = 2
100 4
salary?
5 24 a. $25,000
2
b. 4 = x
5
2
x b. $60,000
c. 4 = 100
x 24 c. $90,000

d. 10 0 = 5
d. $110,000

786. White flour and whole wheat flour are mixed

790. Yolanda and Gertrude are sisters. When one-
together in a ratio of 5 parts white flour to 1
fourth of Gertrude’s age is taken away from
part whole wheat flour. How many pounds of
Yolanda’s age, the result is twice Gertrude’s age.
white flour are in 48 pounds of this mixture?
If Yolanda is 9, how old is Gertrude?
a. 8 pounds
a. 2.25 years old
b. 9.6 pounds
b. 4 years old
c. 40 pounds
c. 4.5 years old
d. 42 pounds
d. 18 years old

787. Timmy can sell 20 glasses of lemonade for 10

791. How many pounds of chocolates which cost
cents per glass. If he raises the price to 25 cents
$5.95 per pound must be mixed with 3 pounds
per glass, Timmy estimates he can sell 7 glasses.
of caramels costing $2.95 per pound to obtain
If so, how much more money will Timmy
a mixture that costs $3.95 per pound?
make by charging 25 cents instead of 10 cents
a. 1.5 pounds
per glass?
b. 3 pounds
a. −$0.25
c. 4.5 pounds
b. $0
d. 8 pounds
c. $0.10
d. $0.50
792. Kathy charges $7.50 per hour to mow a lawn.
Sharon charges 1.5 times as much to do the
788. Bill lives five miles away from school. Tammy
same job. How much does Sharon charge to
lives 12 as far away from school. Joe’s distance
mow a lawn?
from school is half way between Bill and
a. $5.00 per hour
Tammy’s. How far away from school does Joe
b. $11.25 per hour
live?
c. $10.00 per hour
a. 1.25 miles
d. $9.00 per hour
b. 3.75 miles
c. 6.25 miles
d. 7.5 miles

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793. Laura saves at three times the rate Hazel does. 797. William has one-third as many toys as Tammy
If it takes Laura 112 years to save $1,000, how who has four times more toys than Edgar, who
long will it take Hazel to save this amount? has 6. How many toys does Jane have if she has
a. 1 year 5 more than William?
b. 3.5 years a. 4 toys
c. 4.5 years b. 13 toys
d. 6 years c. 8 toys
d. 9 toys
794. Find the difference: 29a – 63aw3
9a2 – w 798. Susan and Janice are sign painters. Susan can
a. a
2 3
b. 9 – 3w
 paint a sign in 6 hours while Janice can paint
6a3
9a2 – w
a
the same sign in 5 hours. If both worked
c. 6 3
27a2 – w together, how long would it take them to paint
d. a
2 3
this sign?
a. 2.53 hours
795. If a function is defined as g(x) = x 2 – 4x + 1,
b. 2.73 hours
what is the value of g(1)?
c. 3.00 hours
a. –3
d. 3.23 hours
b. –2
c. –1
d. 1

796. Fire departments commonly use the following

formula to find out how far from a wall to
place the base of a ladder: (Length of ladder ÷
5 feet) + 2 feet = distance from the wall. Using
this formula, if the base of a ladder is placed 10
feet from a wall, how tall is the ladder?
a. 40 feet
b. 48 feet
c. 72 feet
d. 100 feet

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799. Match the graph with the inequality: c.

5y ≥ 10x – 15. y

a.
y

d.
y

b.
y

800. Solve the following system of equations alge-

braically by substitution:
y + 2x = 3
x = 3y + 5
a. (2,–1)
b. (2,0)
c. (–1,–2)
d. (2,–2)

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