GEN MATH

Basic Math
1.) 8 is what percent of 40?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
2.) 9 is what percent of 36?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
3.) Three tenths of 90
equals:
A. 18
B. 45
C. 27
D. 36
4.) 0.4% of 36 equals:
A. 1.44
B. 0.144
C. 14.4
D. 144
5.) The ratio of 8:5 = (?)%
A. 75%
B. 150%
C. 175%
D. 160%
6.)3/ = (?)% x ?
5
A. 75%
B. 100%
C. 78%
D. 60%
7.) Express 2/ as a decimal.
5
A. .33
B. .3
C. .4
D. .5
8.) Express .56 as a
percentage.
A. 56%
B. .56%
C. 5.6%
D. .056%
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9.) Express as a
6
percentage.
A. 300%
B. 30%
C. 150%
D. 3%
 4/
10. Express as a
20
percentage.
A. 25%
B. 20%
C. 15%
D. 40%
Algebra
1.) 5x + 3 = 7x -1. Find x
a) 1/3
b) ½
c) 1
d) 2
2.) 5x+2(x+7) = 14x – 7. Find
x
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
3.) 12t -10 = 14t +2. Find t
a. -6
b. -4
c. 4
d. 6
4.) 5(z+1) = 3(z+2) + 11 Solve
for Z
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 12
5.) The price of a book went up
from $20 to $25. By how many
percent did the price increase?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 25
6.) The price of a book decreased
from $25 to $20. By how many
percent did the price decrease?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 25
7.) After taking several practice tests, Brian
improved the results of his GRE test by 30%.
Given that the first time he took the test Brian
had answered 150 questions correctly, how
many correct answers did he answer in the
second test?
a. 105
b. 120
c. 180
d. 195
Percentage
1.) 15 is what percent of 200?
a. 7.5%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 17.50%
2.) A boy has 5 red balls, 3 white balls
and 2 yellow balls. What percent of the
balls are yellow?
a. 2%
b. 8%
c. 20%
d. 12%
3.) Add 10% of 300 to 50% of 20
a. 50
b. 40
c. 60
d. 45
4.) Convert 75% to a fraction.
a. 2/100
b. 85/100
c. 3/4
d. 4/7
5.) Multiply 3 by 25% of 40.
a. 75
b. 30
c. 68
d. 35
6.) What is 10% of 30 multiplied by 75%
of 200?
a. 450
b. 750
c. 20
d. 45
7.) Convert 4/20 to percent.
a. 25%
b. 20%
c. 40%
d. 30%
8.) Convert 0.55 to percent.
a. 45%
b. 15%
c. 75%
d. 55%
9.) What number is the largest?
a. 5 % of 400
b. 25% of 4000
c. 2 % of 500
d. 8% of 1000
10.) In a class of 83 students, 72 are
present. What percentage of the
students are absent? Provide answer up
to two significant digits.
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
11.) What is 6 more than 50% of 50?
a. 31
b. 41
c. 25
d. 26
12.) In a local election at polling station A, 945 voters
cast their vote out of 1270 registered voters. At polling
station B, 860 cast their vote out of 1050 registered
voters and at station C, 1210 cast their vote out of
1440 registered voters. What is the total turnout
including all three polling stations?
a. 70%
b. 74%
c. 76%
d. 80%
13.) What is 25 more than 30% of 120?
a. 75
b. 50
c. 61
d. 35
14.) What is the smallest value?
a. 4 % of 4
b. 5 % of 5
c. 0.3% of 12
d. 1/5 of 100
15.) 8 is what percent of 40?
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
16.) A woman spent 15% of her
income on an item and ends up with
$120.
What percentage of her income is left?
a. 12%
b. 85%
c. 75%
d. 95%
16.) A woman spent 15% of her
income on an item and ends up with
$120.
What percentage of her income is left?
a. 12%
b. 85%
c. 75%
d. 95%
17.) .4% of 36 is
a. 1.44
b. .144
c. 14.4
d. 144
18.) The price of a book went from
$20 to $25. What percent did the price
increase?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 25%
Direct and Inverse
Proportion
1.) If 14 kg of pulses cost $ 441, what is
the cost of 22 kg of pulses?
(a) $ 627
(b) $ 649
(c) $ 671
(d) $ 693
2.) If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25
days, in how many days will 15 men do
it?
(a) 50
(b) 56
(c) 60
(d) 72
3.) If 20 men can build a wall 56 meters
long in 6-daysWhat length of a similar
wall can be built by 35 men in 3 days?
(a) 49 meters
(b) 36 meters
(c) 52 meters
(d) 42 meters
4.) 120 men had provisions for 200 days.
After 5 days, 30 men died due to an
epidemic. The remaining food will last for
…………. .
(a) 146 1/4 days
(b) 150 days
(c) 2251/2 days
(d) 260 days
5.) A garrison of 500 men had provisions
for 24 days. However, a reinforcement of
300 men arrived. The food will now last
for ……………. .
(a) 15 days
(b) 16 days
(c) 17 1/2 days
(d) 18 days