1. June bought ¼ pound of kidney beans, ½ pound of navy beans, ¼ pound of oats, 2 pounds of rice, and ¾ pound of pinto beans. How many pounds of beans did she purchase altogether

2. Allison purchased 32 apples to share with her class. If there were 8 people in the class, including her, how many apples did each person get

3. Orlando the cross-country bicyclist can ride 90 miles per day. How many days will it take him to bike from Los Angeles to El Paso, assuming the distance is 802 miles? Round to the nearest day.

4. University Q has an extremely competitive nursing program.  Historically, 3/4 of the students in each incoming class major in nursing but only 1/5 of those who major in nursing actually complete the program.  If this year’s incoming class has 100 students, how many students will complete the nursing program

5. It took Everett three and a half hours to drive from his home to the college he was visiting. How many minutes is this

6. At today’s visit to her doctor, Josephine was prescribed a liquid medication with instructions to take 25 cc’s every four hours. She filled the prescription on her way to work, but when it came time to take the medicine, she realized that the pharmacist did not include a measuring cup. Josephine estimated that the plastic spoon in her desk drawer was about the same size as a teaspoon and decided to use it to measure the approximate dosage. She recalled that one cubic centimeter (cc) is equal to one milliliter (mL) but was not sure how many milliliters were in a teaspoon.
So, she noted that a two-liter bottle of soda contains about the same amount as a half-gallon container of milk and applied her knowledge of the customary system of measurement to determine how many teaspoons of medicine to take.
Which of these calculations might she have used to approximate her dosage

7. The graph below shows the weekly church attendance among residents in the town of Ellsford, with the town having five different denominations: Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, and Orthodox.
Approximately what percentage of church-goers in Ellsford attends Catholic churches?

8. Curtis is taking a road trip through Germany, where all distance signs are in metric. He passes a sign that states the city of Dusseldorf is 45 kilometers away. Approximately how far is this in miles

9. Shoes were on sale for 25% off. Write this percent as a decimal.

10. Sylvia has 14 quarters. How many dollars does she have

11. Daniel’s truck averages 18 miles per gallon. If it took him 3 hours to go 195 miles, what was his speed

12. Emma completed 1/6 of the job and then Evan completed another 1/6. How much of the job is left

13. Zane subtracted 4² from the sum of 3 times 6 and 12 divided by 3. What was his answer

14. Abby read 25% of a book on Monday and an additional 50% on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she read 25% of a second book. What fraction of the first book has she read

15. Lenna bought 6 cents worth of gummy bears, 14 cents worth of peppermints, and a chocolate bar for 69 cents. If tax cost $0.07, how much change should she receive if she pays with a $1 bill

16. A patient was taking 310 mg of antidepressant each day.  However, the doctor determined that this dosage was too high and reduced the dosage by a fifth.  Further observation revealed the dose was still too high, so he reduced it again by 20 mg.  What is the final dosage of the patient’s antidepressant

17. You plan to build a circular wooden platform with a diameter of 28 feet. You will apply stain to the platform using a product that can cover 225 square feet per gallon. How many gallons will you need to cover the entire platform

18. Travis added the square of  to the product of 7 and 2. What was his answer

19. Jules has 1 2/5 times as many books as Jesse. If Jesse has 75 books, how many books does Jules have

20. Max worked the following problem: . He added 6 and 8 to obtain 14, then divided by 2 to obtain 7. What was his mistake

21. A ski club charges a $48 membership fee, plus $18 to rent ski equipment per day. Which of the following equations can be used to find the total cost of membership at the club, when renting equipment for  days

22. Chris buys a book for $7.99 and two DVDs for $12.99 each, including tax. If he pays with a $50 bill, how much change should he receive

23. A bullseye with a 4-inch diameter covers 20 percent of a circular target. What is the area, in square inches, of the target

24. Jess wants to buy a bag of mixed nuts (peanuts, almonds, and cashews in equal quantities). She noticed that a 1-lb bag is $6.49, but she could separately buy peanuts for $2.97 per pound, almonds for $7.95 per pound, and cashews for $6.96 per pound. Would it be a better deal to buy the store mix or make her own mix

25. A portable concrete mixer can mix 275 pounds of concrete in 30 minutes. Taking the density of concrete as 150 pounds per cubic foot, how long will it take to mix enough concrete to fill wall forms that measure