Centre for International Education Global Colleges

School Year 2006-2007

First Periodic Examination in Math Problem-Solving 7

Number theorists are like lotus-eaters ---

having once tasted of this food they can
never give up.

- Leopold
Kronecker

Name: __________________________

Date: ____________

Score: _________
Prepared by: Teacher Odessa
Test I. Multiple Choice (x1)

Choose the best answer. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. is to as is to

a. d.

b. e.

c.

2. Which number should come next? 64, 16, 4, 1, ?

a. 1/16 b. 1/12 c. 1/8 d. 1\2 e. 1

3. is to as is to

a. d.

b. e.

c.
4. Which one of the five choices makes the best comparison? LIVED is to 4
DEVIL as 6323 is to: a. b. 8 c. 16 d. 67 e. 90
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a. 2336 b. 6232 c. 3236 d. 3326 e. 6332

5. For the sequence 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, the middle term is 6. For the sequence 6, 10. What is the eight number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 7, 11,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, the middle terms are 9 and 10. What is the middle
term/terms of the sequence 27, 28, 29, , 63, 64? a. 16 b. 23 c. 29 d. 36 e. 37
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a. 44 b. 45 c. 46 d. 44 and 45 e. 45 and 46 11. In a class with the same number of boys and girls, of the girls and of
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the boys are honor students. What part of the class are boys who are NOT
6. The population of a certain country is 2 742 845. What is this number
honor students?
rounded to the nearest hundred thousand?
1 1 7 13 35
a. 2 700 000 c. 2 740 000 e. 2 742 000 a. b. c. d. e.
b. 2 743 000 d. 2 750 000 20 6 48 48 48

7. Look at the division example at the right. If a zero is annexed 2 5

to each of the numbers, what happens to the answer?
12. 5 2
25 275
equals
a. It becomes 10 times the original answer. 7
1 20
b. It becomes of the original answer.
10
c. It becomes 10 more than the original answer. 20 7 58 7 49
d. It becomes 10 less than the original answer. a. b. c. d. e.
7 20 7 58 20
e. It is the same answer as the original answer.

8. If the numerator and the denominator of a proper fraction are increased by 13. Fill in the missing operations: 15 5 3 (47 2) = 150
the same quantity, the resulting fraction is
a. always greater than the original fraction. a. ,,, x b. , x,, c. ,,, x d. ,, x, e.
b. always less than the original fraction. x,,,
c. always equal to the original fraction.
d. one-half the original fraction. 14. If a person sleeps 7 hours a day, what part of the day does he spend
e. impossible to determine. sleeping?
5 5 5 7 5
a. b. c. d. e.
9. Evaluate: 20 4 + 2 5 - 7 x 3 24 16 8 24 7
15. Eena and Jasmine jog around the oval in the same direction. It takes Eena
6 minutes to complete one round of oval, while it takes Jasmine 8 minutes. If
they are together at 6:00 AM, what is the earliest time that they would be
together again?

a. 6:18 AM b. 6:22 AM c. 6:34 AM d. 6:40 AM e. 6: 58 AM

16. Dennis and Charles run for President in a students election. Dennis
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received of the votes. If Charles received 180 votes, how many students
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participated in the election?

a. 80 b. 100 c. 342 d. 405 e. 508

17. If three cats can kill three rats in three minutes, how long would it take to
100 cats to kill 100 rats?

a. 3 minutes c. 100 minutes e. 10, 000 minutes

b. 30minutes d. 300 minutes

18. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 11, if the digit is 3 less than
the tens digit. Find the number.

a. 47 b. 56 c. 65 d. 74 e. 83

19. What is the perimeter of a square if its side is 25 inches?

a. 50 b. 75 c. 100 d. 225 e. 625

20. Evaluate: 3 [ 4 3 (6 -7)] = ________

a. -3 b. 0 c. 9 d. 15 e. 21
 4. 3 n 2
5. 6. n 18
234 n = 3 7 24 3

Test II. Computation (x2)

Perform the indicated operations. Express your answers as a mixed

number in simplest form.

1 2 5 2 7 1
1. 3 2 5 2. 20 3 3. 1 2
6 7 6 5 12 4

Perform each operation in proper order. Show your solution below.

Solve for the value of n.

Test III. Identification (x1) 7. 8.

For numbers 1-5, complete the math addition box. The sum of the 4 x 6 + 33 x 2 + 23 23 = 23 + 43 + 18 3 =
columns, rows, and two diagonal lines are given.

133

19 17 75

34 103

44 94

9. 10.
82 90 100 96 8 x 2 + 3 [7 + 5 x (4 1 + 2) + 6 + 3=
5 + 62 2 x (9 6)2 =

Write the place and the value of the underlined digit.

6. 841 7. 1, 458 8. 1, 628,976 9. 450,904,077

Place: Place: Place: Place:

Value: Value: Value: Value:

For numbers 10-15, complete the math multiplication box. The product of
the columns, rows, and two diagonal lines are given.
 1. Natalie studied very hard for her spelling test. She wanted to be sure she
would make a good grade. There were thirty-two words on the test. She missed
three words. How many words did Natalie spell correctly?
324

3 3 9 243

4 1 72

6 8 7 672

8 1 96
2. Anna's pet is a king snake named Mick. Mick is still very young, so he is only
seventeen inches long. When he is grown, he will be forty-six inches long. How
144 36 1728 126 24 much longer will he be when he is grown than he is now? Oh, by the way, Mick
refused to be dressed up as anything!

1. Savannah has three dogs and she needs a fence for them. Her father
Test IV. Problem Solving (x5) said they could build a fence to surround the doghouses. He said it
would go in front of the bushy part of the yard and would be in the
Solve the following applied problems. Show your solution for each and shape of a square. Each side will be twenty-nine feet. How long will the
write your final answer on the box below. whole fence be?
2. Emily has thirty-five dresses in her closet. Three-fifths of them do not fit
anymore. How many of her dresses still fit?

3. In a class of 48 students, 43 joined the field trip. If the hired bus for
$1,980, what is each students share?

4. A notebook and a pencil cost $ 11. The notebook cost $6 more than the
pencil. How much does each cost?

5. Zachary made a basket of fire starters for his father. He made them by
dipping pinecones in wax. The wax was different colors. When he
finished he put them in a pretty basket with a big red bow on it. He
made thirty fire starters. One-fifth of them were red and the rest of them
were green. How many were green?

6. Two sides of a triangle have the same length, which is three times the
third side. If the difference in the longer side and the shorter side is 10
centimeters, find the shorter side of the triangle. Solve for its perimeter.
( Perimeter is the sum of the sides length of a polygon.)

7. A basket of mangoes contains 13 pieces. A crate can hold 6 baskets. If

a boat carries 12 crates, around how many mangoes are there?

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8. Carol earns $175 per day. She saves of that amount. How many
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hours must she work to save $2,500?