Practice Placement Test (Arithmetic/Pre-Algebra)

Amby Duncan-Carr

Answer the 30 questions below and then click the button at the bottom of the page to immediately check your answers. To accurately access your skills you should take NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES to complete this test.

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9 + 208 + 751 + 34 =

Your answer:
982
992
993
1002
none of these

4306 - 1492 =

Your answer:
2804
2814
3114
3814
none of these

507 x 709 =

Your answer:
39,953
40,053
358,463
359,463
none of these

39,472 ÷ 78 =

Your answer:
4997 r 4
634 r 20
506 r 4
56 r 4
none of these

$rectangle measuring 4" wide and 11" long$

Find the perimeter of the rectangle shown above.

Your answer:
30 inches
30 square inches
15 inches
44 inches
44 square inches

60 - 36 ÷ 3 x 4 =

Your answer:
96
2
57
32
12

Which of the following is the prime factorization of 510?

Your answer:
10 x 51
2 x 5 x 51
2 x 3 x 5 x 17
2 x 5 x 7 x 13
none of these

When 39/91 is reduced to lowest terms, it is:

Your answer:
2/13
1/3
3/7
39/91
13/31

5.4 divided by 0.36

What is the answer to this division problem?

Your answer:
0.015
0.0015
15
150
0.15

Add and write your answer is lowest terms. 2/5 + 1/6 + 4/15 =

Your answer:
7/30
23/30
5/6
25/30
7/26

$0.12 divided by 8$

What is the answer to this division problem?

Your answer:
0.015
0.15
1.5
15
none of these

When 0.1846 is rounded to the thousandths place, the answer is:

Your answer:
0.184
0.1800
0.185
0.19
0.1900

Multiply and write your answer in lowest terms: 21/26 x 39/42 =

Your answer:
3/4
63/84
1 1/8
2/3
117/156

2.3 + 0.18 + 15 =

Your answer:
0.056
17.48
0.56
2.63
3.98

3/8 - 5/18 =

Your answer:
7/72
1/5
1/18
4/13
5/48

45 - 2.68 =

Your answer:
18.2
1.82
2.43
42.32
43.68

1.8 x 0.145 =

Your answer:
2.61
0.1205
26.1
0.0261
0.261

2 2/5 x 6 =

Your answer:
14 2/5
2/5
4 4/5
12 2/5
2/15

What is the ratio of 50 minutes to two hours?

Your answer:
1/4
5/12
50/2
25
none of these

5/6 ÷ 2/3 =

Your answer:
5
1 4/5
5/9
1 1/4
4/5

7 5/9 - 3 7/9 =

Your answer:
3 7/9
4 8/9
3 8/9
4 7/9
3 2/9

Write 5/16 in decimal form.

Your answer:
0.52
3.125
5.2
31.25
0.3125

Change 32% to a fraction.

Your answer:
1.6/50
16/5
4/125
8/25
none of these

Change 8.75% to a decimal.

Your answer:
0.0875
0.875
8.75
87.5
none of these

What is 4% of 180?

Your answer:
0.72
4.5
7.2
72
none of these

(-5) - (+6) =

Your answer:
+1
-1
+11
-11
none of these

75 is 30% of what number?

Your answer:
2.5
22.5
25
250
none of these

60 is what percent of 150?

Your answer:
40%
2/5%
25%
250%
400%

If the original price of an item costing $7.20 is reduced by 40%, the sale price is:

Your answer:
$5.40
$2.88
$4.32
$1.80
$6.80

$Isosceles triangle with sides of 13" and 13" and 24" with a perpendicular bisector of 5"$

Find the area of the triangle illustrated above (A = 1/2 b * h).

Your answer:
55 inches
60 inches
60 square inches
120 square inches
50 inches

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