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Education and Career Preparation MATH Program Placement
Welcome to the QCC Adult Education Program Placement assessment for Math. There are 16 Multiple Choice questions for you to complete. Please answer each question on your own and to the best of your ability. You may use scrap paper. A calculator is not necessary to complete the assessment but you may use one. This assessment will be used for placement into the correct level math class once you complete all other steps to become enrolled in our program.
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MATH
Question 1. Consider the number sentence below.
3 hundreds + 2 ones >
What number could fill in the box to make the number sentence TRUE?
299
307
333
370
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Question 2. Josie has four number cards.
8 3 1 6
If Josie makes the smallest 3-digit number she can from those cards, what digit will be in the tens column of her 3-digit number?
1
3
6
8
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Question 3. What option completes the number sentence below?
3 x 8 = ?
3 + 8
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3
3/8
3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3
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Question 4. Priya took a survey of people's movie preferences. A graph of her results appears below.
Movie Preferences Graph
Based on the results in the graphs, if she had surveyed 1,000 people, about how many people would say they prefer comedies?
520 people
300 people
240 people
120 people
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Question 5. What is the following fraction as a decimal?
3/10
.03
.103
.3
.301
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Question 6. What number is represented in this place value model below?
2
352
523
3,052
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Question 7. Malena has 15 pictures to hang on the wall. She wants each row to have an equal number of pictures.
Which of these is one way she could hang all of the pictures on the wall with none left over?
2 rows of 7 pictures
3 rows of 5 pictures
4 rows of 6 pictures
6 rows of 5 pictures
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Question 8. What is the area of a rectangular rug that is 9 feet long and 3 feet wide?
12 ft2
24 ft2
27 ft2
35 ft2
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Question 9. Pam drove 90 miles from Springfield to Boston in 2 hours. If she decreased her speed by 15 mph, how much time would the trip take?
1 hour and 45 minutes
2 hours
2 hours and 45 minutes
3 hours
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Question 10. The thermometer below shows the temperature of a cup of coffee.
Thermometer
If the temperature of the room is 67°F, what is the difference between the temperature of the coffee and the temperature of the room?
67°F
99°F
170°F
233°F
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Question 11. The ratio of red to green candies in a bowl is 12:9.
If there are 36 red candies in the bowl, how many green candies are in the bowl?
21 green candies
27 green candies
33 green candies
48 green candies
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Question 12. For a square with side length M, the perimeter is given by the formula 4M.
Which of the following expressions will give the same result for the perimeter of the square?
(2M)(2M)
M + M
2(2(M + M))
2 (M + M)
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Question 13. What is the value of x in the equation below?
7x - 3 = 11
2
3
4
5
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Question 14. Tony parked his car in a metered parking lot. It costs $2 to park, plus an additional $0.50 for every 30 minutes parked there. The equation below shows the cost (c) to park in the lot, based on the number of half-hours (h).
c = 2 + .5(h)
Based on the equation, which of the following statements is TRUE?
As the value of c increases, the value of h stays the same.
As the value of c decreases, the value of h increases.
As the value of c decreases, the value of h stays the same.
As the value of c increases, the value of h increases.
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Question 15. Lee is planning a picnic with his family for Saturday if it doesn't rain. The weather report predicts a 5% chance of rain that day. How likely is Lee's family to have a picnic on Saturday?
very likely
somewhat likely
highly unlikely (fair chance)
not at all likely (almost no chance)
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Question 16. The distance between San Francisco and Los Angeles is about 400 miles. On a map, the distance between the two cities is 8 inches.
What is most likely the scale used to make the map?
1 inch represents 1 mile
1 inch represents 50 miles
1 inch represents 100 miles
1 inches represents 400 miles
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