HSPT Barron's Mathematics Practice #2

Question 1

The cost of carpeting a floor is $1.50 per square foot. What is the cost of carpeting a floor measuring 18 x 15 ft?

Accepted Answer

$405.00

Question 2

What is the mode of the list of data? 28, 52, 28, 47, 33, 75, 75, 28

Accepted Answer

28

Question 3

What percent of Sue's money did she spend on chips?

Accepted Answer

17.5%

Question 4

Solve: 8 to the third power divided by 8 to the second power. (See board.)

Accepted Answer

8

Question 5

What is the mean of the following data? 40, 52, 28, 47, 33, 5, 75

Accepted Answer

40

Question 6

Kathryn studied 6 hours on Tues. and half of that time on Wed. How many hours did she study?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 7

Find the measure of angle A

Accepted Answer

110°

Question 8

Which info is BEST displayed on a bar graph?

Accepted Answer

Number of different vegetables in a garden

Question 9

What is the area of the circle?

Accepted Answer

49⫪2

Question 10

How much money did Sue donate to charity that week?

Accepted Answer

$9.25

Question 11

How many degrees are in a supplementary angle?

Accepted Answer

180°

Question 12

Which is the acute angle?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 13

Solve for x: 9 - x > 27

Accepted Answer

x < -18

Question 14

Solve for x: 2/3 = x/27

Accepted Answer

x = 18

Question 15

Jackson bought 3 lbs. of grass seed ($3.12/lb.) and 8 lbs. of fertilizer ($1/lb.) He spent...

Accepted Answer

$17.36

Question 16

Find the area of the parallelogram.

Accepted Answer

300 cm2

Question 17

What is the circumference of the circle?

Accepted Answer

14⫪

Question 18

Find the probability of selecting a red marble if you have 8 red and 13 green marbles in a bag.

Accepted Answer

8/21

Question 19

The length of a rectangle is 6 and the area is 48 in2, what is its perimeter?

Accepted Answer

28 in

Question 20

What number sentence represents the following? The sum of a number and 16 is 27.

Accepted Answer

x + 16 = 27

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