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Download Mathematics Exam Questions and Answers and more Exams Mathematics in PDF only on Docsity! PAX MATH NLN EXAM QNS & ANS 2023/2024 What is the area of a rectangle that is 4 feet wide and 9 feet long? 18 square feet 26 square feet 36 square feet 72 square feet Correct answer- 36 square feet Mr. Clark owns 150 shares of stock in the Acme Company and receives $180 per year in dividends. How much does Mrs. Grey receive for an annual dividend if she owes 400 shares in the same company? $250.00 $360.00 $480.00 $500.00 Correct answer- $480.00 If x = 4, x³ = 12 16 64 256 Correct answer- 64 How many milligrams (mg) are in 50 grams (g)? (0.5 g = 500 mg) 0.05 mg 5,000 mg 10,000 mg 50,000 mg Correct answer- 50,000 mg Which of these fractions equals 40%? 1/4 2/5 4/5 5/2 Correct answer- 2/5 A baby fell asleep at 7:55 PM and slept for 6 3/4 hours. When did the baby wake up? 2:10 AM 2:30 AM 2:40 AM 3:10 AM Correct answer- 2:40 AM .03% of 1,500 is A clerk receives a salary of $1,750.00 per month. Last year, the clerk worked overtime for the last 3 months, earning $425.00 per extra month. What was the clerk's total salary for the 12-month year? $26,100.00 $22,275.00 $21,00.00 $17,025.00 Correct answer- $22,275.00 A depositor begins the year with $9,000 in a savings account. The simple annual interest rate is 6%. If no withdrawals or additional deposits are made, how much money will be in the account after one year (12 months) has passed? $8,460.00 $9,006.00 $9,540.00 $14,400.00 Correct answer- $9,540.00 The diameter of the low power field of a certain microscope is 1.6 millimeters. The diameter of a cell that is half the diameter of the field is 1,600 microns 1,000 microns 800 microns 500 microns Correct answer- 800 microns A certain intravenous tubing apparatus releases 60 drops of fluid per minute. How many drops will be released in 2 1/2 minutes? 150 122 120 24 Correct answer- 150 Dorsey has 3 3/5 pies, which he wants to split evenly among 6 people. How much pie should each person get? 3/10 1/2 3/5 1 1/10 Correct answer- 3/5 Zero can never be used as a dividend multiplicand divisor quotient Correct answer- divisor What is the reciprocal of 2 3/4? 4/11 4/6 11/4 3 1/3 Correct answer- 4/11 2 3/5 x 3/4 = 1 19/20 2 9/20 4 1/3 6 9/20 Correct answer- 2 9/20 How many miles equal 2.75 km? (1 km = 0.6 mi) 1.65 2.15 3.35 4.58 Correct answer- 1.65 A 2-day automobile trip of 880 miles is planned. Half of this distance is to be traveled each day at 55 miles per hour. How many hours will be driven each day? (D = R ? T) 16 12 10 8 Correct answer- 8 An insecticide label specifies a dilution ration of 1 1/2 teaspoons of insecticide per gallon of water. How much insecticide should be added to one-half gallon of water? 1/8 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon 3/4 teaspoon 3 teaspoons Correct answer- 3/4 teaspoon A head nurse borrowed 35 syringes from the intensive care unit (ICU). If this was 20% of the ICU'S total supply, how many syringes did the ICU have in total? 70 135 175 700 Correct answer- 175 17 out of 25 children in a pediatrics ward are under 1 year old. Express this fraction as a percentage. 0.17% 0.68% 17.25% 68% Correct answer- 68% Carol runs 2.6 miles each weekday morning before going to work to prepare for a marathon race. If the race is approximately 26 miles, what percent of the distance does Carol run each week? 10% 20% 40% 50% Correct answer- 50% On a charity walk, Maggie can earn $5.00 for each kilometer she walks. If a mile is approximately 1.3 kilometers, how much did she earn if she walked 3.5 miles? $6.50 $14.55 $17.50 $22.75 Correct answer- $22.75 A car requires 4 quarts of oil, but only liters are available. When the engine is filled to capacity with oil, how much, in liters, will be left? (1 qt = 0.946 L) 3.784 0.946 0.216 0.054 Correct answer- 3.784 Solve for x and y: 5x - 2y = 1 x + y = 10 x = 14, y = -4 x = 5, y = 5 x = 4, y = 6 x = 3, y = 7 Correct answer- x = 3, y = 7 A uniform top costs $15.75. If a student gives the clerk $50.00 for three tops, how much change will the student receive? $47.25 19.33 5.17 Correct answer- 43.5 A patient's room is 10 feet (ft) wide and 15 ft long. If all rooms are built to the same proportions, what is the length of a room that is 18 ft wide? 12 ft 23 ft 27 ft 30 ft Correct answer- 27 ft Factor 6x2 + x - 12 into two binomial terms (2x - 4)(3x + 3) x(6x + 1) - 12 (3x + 4)(2x - 3) (2x + 3)(3x - 4) Correct answer- (2x + 3)(3x - 4) Jose, Louis, and Li bought a car to travel to and from work. If Jose paid 1/3 and Louis paid 2/5 of the cost, what fraction did Li pay? 4/15 3/8 5/8 11/15 Correct answer- 4/15 Compute: -374 - (-715) -1,089 -341 341 1089 Correct answer- 341 2/5 + 3/10 = 1/3 1/2 7/10 1 1/5 Correct answer- 7/10 A smoking cessation program was organized for 623 employees of a company, and 216 successfully stopped smoking. What was the approximate ration of successes to failures? 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 1 4 to 2 Correct answer- 1 to 2 If 15 out of 200 patients admitted to a hospital remain longer than a week, how many of the 2,800 admissions in a given year were released within one week? 210 453 2,590 2,644 Correct answer- 2,590 A 4-kilogram object revolves in a circle at constant speed and the centripetal force is 200 newtons (N). If the mass of the object is doubled while its speed and radius remain unchanged, the centripetal force on the object will now be 50 N 100 N 400 N 800 N Correct answer- 400 N Convert 4 1/5 to a decimal 0.0042 0.42 4.2 42 Correct answer- 4.2 A nursing home allows its residents to be admitted with their pets. Last month, 8 of 25 residents had their pets with them. What percentage of the residents is this? 30% 32% 35% 40% Correct answer- 32% During a sale, a bookstore reduced the price by 3/20 for each $25.00 book. The final price was $10.00 $21.25 $23.50 $24.85 Correct answer- $21.25 On a final exam, a student received 96 problems correct out of the 120 total problems. What percentage of the problems did she get incorrect? 10% 20% 40% 80% Correct answer- 20% 0.124 x 0.06 = 0.0074 0.0744 0.744 7.44 Correct answer- 0.00744