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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. Miles added image_016_014.png by adding numerators and denominators to get 2/4. What mistake did he make
2. 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
3. Samantha found that 42% of her socks were missing their mates. What decimal is this
4. Elsa bought 3 lbs of pecans for $5.89 per pound. What was her total cost, assuming no tax
5. Austin needs to cut a piece of lumber to an exact size. His first cut takes off 16/64ths of an inch. The lumber is still too long, so he removes 2/64ths of an inch. Then, to get it just right, he sands off the last 64th of an inch. What length of lumber has Austin removed in total
6. 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
7. If a package of 12 cans of cola costs $7.12, how much does each can cost? Round to the nearest cent.
8. 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
9. Brent purchases 2 movie tickets for $6.50 each, a large popcorn for $7, and two drinks for $3.50 each. Tax is $2.25. How much change should Brent receive if he pays with $30
10. Find the mean temperature for the week shown in the graph below:
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11. 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
12. If a space heater draws 10 amps from a 120-volt household circuit, and electricity costs 10¢ per kilowatt-hour, how much has it cost to run the space heater for 3 hours? Note that a watt-hour is equal to 1 watt of power used for one hour.
13. An ice cream cone is 6 inches tall, and the opening at the top has a diameter of 2 inches. What percentage of a gallon of ice cream can the cone hold
14. 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
15. According to the graph below, how many hours this week did Levi spend practicing his saxophone?
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16. 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
17. 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
18. Annie, David, Mark, and Liz each had several coins as shown in the graph below. What was the average number of dimes per person?
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19. The 24 students in class each dropped a quarter in the box. How much money did they collect
20. 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
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. Zane ate 5/12 of a pizza for lunch, and an additional 3/8 for dinner. What percent of the pizza is left
23. Jared thought it would take 4 2/5 hours to finish his project, but it actually took 2.1 times as long. How long did the project take
24. 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
25. 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