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Contemporary Mathematics For Business and Consumers Brief Edition 7th Edition Brechner Bergeman ISBN Test Bank
Contemporary Mathematics For Business and Consumers Brief Edition 7th Edition Brechner Bergeman ISBN Test Bank
Contemporary Mathematics For Business and Consumers Brief Edition 7th Edition Brechner Bergeman ISBN Test Bank
CHAPTER 2 : FRACTIONS
1. A mat hemat i ca l way of expr es si ng a par t of a whol e t hing i s c all .
ANSWER: f r ac ti on
ANSWER: nu mer at or
5. A( n) combi nes a whol e number wi t h a pr oper f rac ti
ANSWER: pr i me number
8. Proper fr act i ons t hat have the s ame omi nat or i n addi ti or subtr act i on are c all ed f r acti
ANSWER: l i ke
ANSWER: r ec i pr ocal
s
i s i nver t ed.
ANSWER: di vi sor
1 . A use f ul short cut whi ch simpl i f i mul t i pl icat i on of fr act ions i s call ed .
ANSWER: ca nce ll at i
on
ANSWER: b
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13 . Ident i f y t he t ype of fr acti on and wri t e it i n wor d f or m:
a. pr oper fr act ion, t went y-f our and ni net een -t went i et
hs b. i mpr oper f r acti on, t went y-f our and ni netee n -t
went iet hs c. mi xed number , t went y-f our and ninetee
n -t wenti eths
d. mi xed number , t went y-f our and ninetee n -t wenti es
ANSWER: c
ANSWER: a
ANSWER: c
16 . Conver t t he f oll owi ng i mpr oper f r acti on t o a whol e number or a mi xed number :
a. 8
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
ANSWER: d
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17 . Conver t t he f oll owi ng i mpr oper f r acti on t o a whol e number or a mi xed number :
a.
b. 77
c. 100
d. 10
ANSWER: d
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18 . Conver t t he f oll owi ng i mpr oper f r acti on t o a whol e number or a mi xed number :
a.
b. 6.83
c.
d. 7
ANSWER: a
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: c
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
a.
b.
ANSWER: d
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d.
ANSWER: d
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22 . Conver t t he fr act ion to hi gher ter ms. Ent er the val ue of t he mi ss ing
a. 21
b. 28
c. 42
ANSWER: a
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: d
25 . Conver t t he f oll owi ng i mpr oper f r acti on t o a whol e number or a mi xed number :
a. 13
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: a
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26 . Conver t t he fr act ion to hi gher ter ms. Ent er the val ue of t he mi ss ing
a. 6
b. 15
c. 30
ANSWER: c
27 . Conver t t he fr act ion to hi gher ter ms. Ent er the val ue of t he mi ss ing numer at or:
a. 9
b. 3
c. 18
d. 27
ANSWER: c
28 . Conver t t he fr act ion to hi gher ter ms. Ent er the val ue of t he mi ss ing numer at or:
a. 14
b. 21
c. 42
d. 84
ANSWER: b
a. 32,256
b. 1,008
c. 18
d. 288
ANSWER: b
a. 154
b. 18
c. 144
d. 27,648
ANSWER: c
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31 . Find the l east common denomi nat or of the fr acti
a. 49
b. 18
c. 8
d. 504
a. 504
b. 280
c. 39
d. 560
ANSWER: b
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
a. pounds
b. pounds
c. pounds
d. pounds
ANSWER: a
a. pounds
b. 73 pounds
c. pounds
d. pounds
ANSWER: c
36 . Subtrac t and r
educe:
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: c
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: a
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: d
39 . A pane l mea sur es yar ds l ong by yar ds wide . What i s t he ar ea of t he panel ? ( Mul ti pl
y l engt h ti mes wi dth.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: a
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: c
l a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
a. 4
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: a
43 . Di vi de and r educe:
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
44 . Di vi de a nd r educe:
a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: d
a.
b.
c.
d. 11
ANSWER: d
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: c
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: d
t housands a.
c.
d.
ANSWER: b
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER: d
a.
b.
c.
d. 1
ANSWER: b
ANSWER: d
a.
b.
c.
d.
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ANSWER: b
a. 1
b.
c.
d.
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10 2 . Af t er a part y, Dunca n not iced t hat of a pi zza was l ef t over . What f r acti onal par
t of t he pi zza was ea ten?
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10 8 . Ste ph i s f oll owing a r eci pe t hat cal ls f or pounds of chi cken. She woul d li ke t o i ncr
ease theservingsizeandwillhavetocha nge al l t he mea surement s. Bef or e St eph ca n
changethe measurements,shemustconvert t he mi xed number t o an i mpr oper fr act i on.
Whatshouldbe theimproperfractionfort he c hicken mea sur ement ?
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10 9 . At t he end of the semes t er , 25 of t he 32 student s who st art ed an acc ount ing cour se r emai
ned. Wha t fr act i on r epr ese nt s t he t ot al number of st udents who dr opped the c our se?
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99 . Di vi de t he fr act i ons a nd reduce to l owest t
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11 0 . Renna ta shi pped t hr ee pac kages t o West Vi r gi ni a. If t he pa ckages
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11 2 . Pri ce is wor ki ng at t he l ocal J if f y Lube and dur ing hi s shi ft , he used t he foll owi
ng ca ses of oil on hi s j obs:
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11 4 . A good pl anti ng soil is made up of pounds of di rt and pounds of cow manur e. How
much wil l the mi xt ur e wei gh aft er war ds?
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11 6 . Pet er Wi ll iams s ol d ac r es of his ac r e r anch. How many ac r es doe s Peter have l eft
?
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11 7 . Mori ah bought pounds of fert il i zer but only use d pounds i n her gar den. How much
f er ti li zer does she have l ef t?
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12 0 . Four s ur veys t aken t o as sess HD t elevi si on vi ewers buyi ng pat t erns has the foll owi ng r es ul ts:
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12 3 . A novel t y shop buys beads i n bul k f r om t he manuf act ur er and pac kages t hem i nt
o pound boxes . How many boxes can be fi ll ed f rom 828 pounds of beads ?
12 4 . East er n Mi ni ng Co. mi nes t ons of coal on Monday, t ons on T uesday, and t ons on We dnes
day. If t hei r goal i s t o mi ne 40 t ons t his week, how many mor e t ons must be mi ned?
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12 5 . Ci cel y Bosl ey bor rowed $21,600 fr om t he ba nk. She has r epai d of t he l oan.
What is t he r emai ni ng balance owed t o t he bank?
ANSWER: $7,200
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12 7 . Chr i s Spencer i ncr ease d hi s ea r ni ngs by f r om l ast yea r . If he made $36,480 l ast
yea r , how much di d he make t hi s yea r?
ANSWER: $60,800
12 8 . Sunny ca n asse mbl e ci rcuit boar ds i n one hour . Ast ri d can a sse mbl e i n one hour.
In an 8 -hour shif t , how many mor e c i r cuit boar ds does Ast ri d ass embl e t han Sunny?
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12 9 . T hr ee heir s sha re a n est ate of $340,000. Jor dan rec ei ves , Dani el le rec ei ves ,
and Samuel r ecei ves the bal ance. How much doe s Samuel r ec ei ve?
ANSWER: $76,500
13 0 . A r eci pe f or a mea t cass er ol e call s for t abl es poons of mi nce d garl ic. If t hi s r eci pe se r ves
8 peopl e, r ec al cul at e t he amount of gar li c neede d t o ser ve 6 pe opl e.
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occ upi es of t he spa ce, the st or age ar ea occ upi es of t he ar ea, and t he off i
ce occupies t he bal ance of the s pac e.
13 3 . A r oll of mat er ial i s 257 yards l ong. J anet Bar nett cut yar ds f rom t he r oll .
ANSWER: a. 56 yar ds b.
201 yar ds
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13 5 . Rod Har ri s ea rns $180 per day. On Monda y, he onl y wor ked of a day. How much di
d Rod ea r n?
ANSWER: $157.50
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13 6 . If a s t one c utt er has of an ounce of a prec ious stone a nd i t t akes ounce of that stone t
o ma ke one r i ng. How many r i ngs c an t he st one cutt er make f r om t he preci ous st
one t hat he has ?
ANSWER: 6
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13 7 . A r ec ent pol l showed t hat 54 of the 620 peopl e i nt er vi ewed pr ef er r ed non -al
cohol ic be er over r egul ar. What f r acti on of the pe opl e pr ef err ed r egul ar bee r ?
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13 8 . Dur i ng t he wee k, Ive y ea r ned and of her mont hl y bonus on t wo sa les t r ansacti
ons. If t hose bonuse s amount ed to $840.00, how much was her mont hl y bonus?
ANSWER: $1,440.00
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14 0 . A boar d i s f eet i n l engt h. A ca rpent er int ends t o cut bl ocks f r om that boar d of f eet
i n l engt h. How many f ul l si zes pi ece s ca n be c ut fr om t hat boar d of wood?
ANSWER: 6
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