Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A

Unit 4 Practice Test #2

1 The atmosphere normally exerts a pressure of
about 45 pounds per square inch on surfaces at
sea level. About how much pressure does the
atmosphere exert on a surface of 25 square
inches in area?
6 The distance a spring stretches varies directly
with the force applied to it. If a 4-pound weight
stretches a string a distance of 36.5 inches, how
far will the string stretch if a 35-pound weight is
applied?

2 Citizens of Brazil use real for their money. In 7 100 nautical miles equals about 185 kilometers.
January 8th, the conversion rate for U.S. money To the nearest kilometer, how far in kilometers is
to Brazil was about 5 cents to 1 real. What dollar 220 nautical miles?
amount was equivalent to 500 real?

8 Juanita earns $154 for 14 hours of work. At that

3 The scale on a map is 1 inch : 7 miles. If rate, how long would Juanita have to work to
Ransville and Summerville are 20 inches apart on earn $2156?
the map, what is the actual distance between the
cities in miles?
9 If there are 4 teachers for every 60 students, how
many teachers are needed to for 480 students?
4 The chart below describes the speed of four web
browsers.
10 At the zoo there are 8 elephants for every 47
Web Browser Description monkees. How many elephants are there at the
Internet Explorer Loads 4 megabytes zoo if there are 188 monkeys?
per second
Firefox Loads 1 megabytes
every 3 seconds
Google Chrome Loads 240 11 A pigeon flew at 21 miles per hour for 9 hours,
megabytes then at 24 miles per hour for 6 hours. How far did
in 2 minutes the pigeon fly in all?
Apple Safari Loads 190
megabytes
per minute 12 Mrs. Ford’s car gets an average of 50 miles per
gallon of gas. If Mrs. Ford plans to drive 155
Which web browser is the fastest? miles today and another 170 miles tomorrow,
how many gallons of gas should she expect to use
in all?
5 In the laboratory, a certain strain of bacteria is
grown at a rate of 140 cells per week. How many
cells are grown in the laboratory in one year?

1
Name: ________________________ ID: A

13 Mr. Howard needs to purchase enough grass seed 20 Crystal bought a car for $3800 and later sold it
to cover a 4000 square-foot lawn and a 6200 for a 40% profit. How much profit did Crystal
square-foot lawn. If 40 ounces of grass seed will make?
seed a 3400 square-foot lawn, how many ounces
does Mr.Howard need to seed both lawns?
21 Coco bought a t-shirt on sale for 50% off the
original price and another 10% off the discounted
14 Mr. Washington drove 310 miles from his house price. If the t-shirt originally cost $60, what was
to Mount Vernon at an average speed of 60 miles the final price that Coco paid for the t-shirt?
per hour. His trip home took 8.5 hours. How did
his speed on the way home compare to his speed
on the way to Mount Vernon ?
22 LeBron is buying a cell phone that regularly costs
$30. It is on sale for 50% off. If the tax rate is
7%, what is the sale price of the cell phone
15 A zebra traveled at an average speed of 17 miles including tax?
per hour for 8 hours and 18 miles per hour for 4
hours. What is the total number miles that the
zebra traveled?
23 A picture frame that is regularly priced $40.00 is
on sale for 60% off. What is the sale price of the
picture frame?
16 Paco borrowed $900 at 9% simple interest for
one year. If he makes no payments that year, how
much interest will he owe at the end of the year.
24 The percentage discount at a store is determined
using the table below.

17 Gabby works in a clothing store and is paid 11% Sale Discounts

commission on sales. In October the total sales Total Purchases Discount
were $2900. To the nearest dollar, how much did less than $50 25%
Gabby earn in commission for October? $50 to $100 30%
over $100 35%

18 In La Mirada, the sales tax is 7% of the total Nancy bought 5 items that cost $12 each before
sales. How much tax would you pay in the discount. What was her total after the
La Mirada if your total purchases were $830? discount?

19 A t-shirt originally cost $56.00. Last week, 25 Mrs. Harder bought a horse for $3200 and
Mrs. Willis bought it at 20% off. How much was later sold it for a 40% profit. How much did Mrs.
deducted from the original price? Harder sell the horse for?

2
 ID: A

Unit 4 Practice Test #2

Answer Section

1 1125 pounds
2 $25.00
3 140 miles
4 Internet Explorer 4
5 7280 cells
6 319.4 inches
7 407 km
8 196 hours
9 32 teachers
10 32 elephants
11 333 miles
12 6.5 gallons
13 120 ounces
14 It was about 24 miles per hour slower
15 208 miles
16 $81.00
17 $319
18 $58
19 $11.20
20 $1520
21 $27.00
22 $16.05
23 $16.00
24 $42.00
25 $4480