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WorkKeys Assessments: Applied Math Practice Test 3
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WorkKeys Applied Math exam covers critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and problem-solving techniques for practical situations that happen every day in the workplace. This assessment has five levels of difficulty and may be administered by computer or pencil-and-paper exam.

WorkKeys Assessments: Applied Math Practice Test 3
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1. Amy, Lee, and Dani were collecting coins as shown in the chart below. How many more dimes than nickels did they have?
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2. If Louis travels on his bike at an average rate of 20 mph, how long will it take him to travel 240 miles
3. You are constructing a semi-circular wall around some property. The wall will be a 300° arc with a radius of 38 feet. What is the total length of the wall
4. A dress is marked down by 20% and placed on a clearance rack, on which is posted a sign reading, 'Take an extra 25% off already reduced merchandise.' What fraction of the original price is the final sales price of the dress
5. Luke counted the gumballs in a machine and found that there were 1.37 times as many gumballs as he had estimated. What is this number as a percent
6. Martin's bed is 7 feet in length. Which of the following represents the length of the bed, in centimeters
7. If a package of 12 cans of cola costs $7.12, how much does each can cost? Round to the nearest cent.
8. Kent has $643.82 in a checking account. He spends $312.45 on new tires for his car. How much money does he have left
9. Find the mean temperature for the week shown in the graph below:
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10. You are constructing a semi-circular wall around some property. The wall will be a 300° arc with a radius of 38 feet. What is the total length of the wall
11. Margery is planning a vacation, and she has added up the cost. Her round-trip airfare will cost $572. Her hotel cost is $89 per night, and she will be staying at the hotel for five nights. She has allotted a total of $150 for sightseeing during her trip, and she expects to spend about $250 on meals. As she books the hotel, she is told that she will receive a discount of 10% per night off the price of $89 after the first night she stays there. Taking this discount into consideration, what is the amount that Margery expects to spend on her vacation
12. A gift box has a length of 14 inches, a height of 8 inches, and a width of 6 inches. How many square inches of wrapping paper are needed to wrap the box
13. Rufus is a plumber working for ACME Plumbing Co. For a given job, he bills the customer $50 plus a rate of $85 per hour. 22% of the money goes to ACME Plumbing, the rest belongs to Rufus. How much does Rufus receive for a job that takes him 2.5 hours to complete
14. The 24 students in class each dropped a quarter in the box. How much money did they collect
15. Jordan was solving the following equation for image_016_020.png: image_016_021.png.  He moved the variables to the left by subtracting image_016_022.png. Then he moved the constants to the other side by subtracting 51 – 24. His new equation was image_016_023.png, and he divided
27 by –3 to find that image_016_024.png. Why is this solution wrong
16. According to the graph below, how many hours this week did Levi spend practicing his saxophone?
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17. Elsa bought 3 lbs of pecans for $5.89 per pound. What was her total cost, assuming no tax
18. In a town of 35,638 people, about a quarter of the population is under the age of 35. Of those, just over a third attend local K-12 schools. If the number of students in each grade is about the same, how many fourth graders likely reside in the town
19. Grant's car holds 10 gallons of gas and can go 275 miles on a tank. Ana's car holds 12 gallons of gas and can go 324 miles on a tank. Which vehicle has better gas mileage
20. Zoe had 7/8 of a pizza. She gave 1/8 to Marie and 3/8 to Kenna. What fraction of the pizza does she still have
21. Margery is planning a vacation, and she has added up the cost. Her round-trip airfare will cost $572. Her hotel cost is $89 per night, and she will be staying at the hotel for five nights. She has allotted a total of $150 for sightseeing during her trip, and she expects to spend about $250 on meals. As she books the hotel, she is told that she will receive a discount of 10% per night off the price of $89 after the first night she stays there. Taking this discount into consideration, what is the amount that Margery expects to spend on her vacation
22. Marie purchased highlighters for 30 cents each, notebooks for $1.79 each, and pens for $2.49 per dozen. She bought 3 notebooks, 2 dozen pens, and 6 highlighters. What was her cost before tax
23. A Ford dealership has 137 vehicles on the lot. 38 of them are sedans, 27 are SUVs, and 64 are trucks. What is the ratio of trucks to sedans
24. Emily ate 1/6 of a box of chocolates. The next day she ate an additional 2/9, and the third day she ate ¼ of the box. What fraction of the box did she eat in all
25. Miles added image_016_014.png by adding numerators and denominators to get 2/4. What mistake did he make