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Part V: Practice-Review-Analyze-Practice
9. C. To determine what percent was left after household and credit card expenditures, add
these two up and subtract the total from 100% (because the chart represents 100%).
Household = 44%
Credit Card = + 10%
54%
Now subtracting gives:
100%
( total)
-54%
( Householdand Credit Card)
46%
So 46% was left.
10. C. Since the figure is a rectangle, its opposite sides are equal. To find its perimeter, first
add the two sides, then double the sum (or double each of the sides and add the results).
22
18 18
22
Now, to determine the side of a square with the same perimeter, simply divide by 4, since
the side of a square is 1 ⁄4 its perimeter. Finally, to find the area of the square, multiply its
side times itself (square it).
11. B. If you call the price of the tie x, then the price of the shirt is 3x, the price of the slacks
is 3x, and the price of the coat is twice the shirt, or 6x. Totaling the x’s, you get 13x. Since
the total spent was $156, 13x
= $ 156. Dividing both sides by 13 gives:
13x $
13 = 13
156
x=
$ 12
Therefore, the price of the pair of slacks, 3x, is 3^$ 12h = $ 36.
12. D. 13 ÷ 1 ⁄5 =
13
1 #
5
1 = 65
13. D. Sam walks 5 miles each day. Since he walks 5 days each week, he walks 25 miles each
week. In 5 weeks, he would walk 5# 25, or 125 miles.
14. D. If Tom is 4 years older than Fran, and if you call Fran’s age x, Tom’s age must be x+ 4.
Also, since the total of their ages is 24, Fran’s age + Tom’s age = 24. Therefore,
x+ ^x+ 4h=
24
15. D. Twenty percent of 90 may be written as .20 × 90 or 20 ⁄100 × 90. Note that 20 ⁄100 is reduced
to 1 ⁄5, which is choice D.
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