Day 1 Quiz:
Select the best answer.
1. Simplify: 22   8  32   12   8 Answer: D
a. 2
2. Compute:
a.
5
13
3. Divide:
a.
15
68
4. Simplify:
a. 1
13
35
b. 54
4 1
 Answer: D
5 8
1
b.
10
c. 28
c.
5
40
5 3
Answer: 10/3 = 3 1/3 B

7 14
1
3
b. 3
c.
3
10
4 5 4 4
   Answer: 4/5 – 4/9 – 4/5 B
5 9 5 5
4
8
b. 
c.
9
27
d. 66
d.
37
40
d. 1
3
7
d. 0
5. What is the average of 11, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, and 5? Answer: add all and divide by 7 C
d. 6.5
6
3
2
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
7
4
7
6. Simplify: 42  6  3  4 Answer: D do division first
b. 36
c. 7
a. 12
7. Simplify:
a. 
1
4
32  23
Answer: B
13  5
1
b.
8
c.
3
8
d. 40
d.
1
4
e. 45
e.
28
40
e. 2
e. 1
1
7
16
45
e. 7
2
3
e. 48
e. 0
8. The largest prime factor of 80 is Answer: Factors are 1, 80 & 2, 40 & 4, 20 & 4, 20 & 5, 16
& 8, 10. The largest prime is 5 C
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 8
e. 11
9. What is the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 18? Answer: 72 it’s the first number all 3
divide into.
a. 12
b. 18
c. 24
d. 72
e. 144
10. What is the average of 8, 12, 13, 11, and 18? Answer: none of these, it should be 12 ¼
a. 6
b. 18
c. 16
d. 12 ½
e. 13 1/3
11. What is the meaning of 53 Answer: D
b. 15
a. 3  3  3  3  3
c. 3  5
d. 5  5  5
e. 3/5
12. Multiply 1.8  8.5 Answer: E or 1.53x10^1
a. 1.43
b. 153
c. 0.153
d. 1.53
e. 15.3
13. Five pieces of wire are cut from a length of wire that is 50 feet long. One of the pieces is 12
2/3 feet long. Two of the pieces are 5 ¼ feet long each. Two of the pieces are 6 ½ feet long
each. How many feet of wire are left from the original length? Answer: subtract all from 50,
C
a. 36 1/6
b. 35 3/5
c. 13 5/6
d. 14 2/5
e. 14
14. Jill is making bookmarks for a fund-raising sale. Each bookmark costs $1.00 to make. If she
sells the bookmarks for $1.50 each, how many will she have to sell to make a profit of
exactly $20.00? Answer: 1.50 – 1.00 = 0.5, divide $20 by 0.5 = E
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 25
e. 40
15. How many yards of material remain from a 30-yard length after two pieces, each 2 ½ yards
long, and four pieces, each 3 ¼ yards long, are removed? Answer: subtract all from 30: B
a. 5 ¾
b. 12
c. 12 ¼
d. 24
e. 18
yards
yards
yards
yards
yards
16. Ben is making wooden toys for an arts and crafts sale. Each toy costs Ben $1.80 to make. If
he sells the toys for $3.00 each, how many will he have to sell to make a profit of $36.00
Answer: $3 – 1.80 = 1.20, divide $36 by 1.20 = D
a. $1.20
b. 12
c. 20
d. 30
e. 40
17. Four adult tickets to a show cost $8.00 each. Six child tickets cost $5.00 each. What was the
average cost of the tickets? Answer: 32 + 30 = 62, divide by 10 = E
a. $6.50
b. $62.00
c. $31.00
d. $7.00
e. $6.20
18. Four specific and complete lengths of fabric are needed for a project: 2.6 yards, 3 ½ yards, 5
¼ yards, 4.1 yards
If the fabric comes in only 8 yd. lengths, how many of the 8 yd. lengths should be
purchased? Answer: match the 5 ¼ with the 2.6 this is less than 8 … so 1 so far. Next
match the 3 ½ with the 4.1, this is less than 8 … so 1 more. = E
a. 18.45
b. 24
c. 4
d. 17
e. 2
5
2
2 3 4
19. Simplify: 2 2 3 Answer: 32 – 9 – 4 on top, 49 – 25 – 1 on bottom = B
7  5 1
a. 5
e. 3
3
19
9
b.
c.
d.
14
23
21
20. Simplify, write your answer in scientific notation:
 6.4 108 8.1106  Answer:
51.84 102  0.5184  5.184 101 , E
a. 51.84
b. 51.84 10
c. 5.184 103
d. 5.184 102
e. 5.184 101