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GED - Number Sense

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of 25 miles per hour?

C. Choose the one best answer to each question.

17. A company sold a total of $640 in gift boxes. If the gift boxes cost $20
apiece, how many gift boxes did the company sell?

A. 32
B. 320
C. 660
D. 1280

18. A truck driver traveled 275 miles in 5 hours. What was his average
speed in miles per hour?

A. 1375
B. 280
C. 270
D. 55

Answers and explanations begin on page 661.

Number Sense and Problem Solving


Practice Questions
Directions: You MAY use your calculator.

1. A beverage container holds 12 servings. If the serving size is 8 ounces,


how many ounces does the container hold in all?

A. 20
B. 32
C. 48
D. 96

2. Sales at 3 concession stands are $839, $527, and $726. What is the
total amount in sales?

A. $1581
B. $2092
C. $2178
D. $2517

3. If you want to cut 24 two-foot braces, how many boards of the length
shown below would you need?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 12
D. 24

4. Using your calculator, find the value of .

A. 11
B. 21
C. 221
D. 441

5. Angelo bought a used car with 39,451 miles on it. If the car now has
70,040 miles on it, how many miles has Angelo driven the car?

A. 30,589
B. 39,459
C. 70,040
D. 109,491

6. Use your calculator to solve this problem. If Emory paid 20 percent of


$3280 as a down payment, how much was the down payment?
A. $164
B. $328
C. $656
D. $6560

7. Inventory shows that a warehouse has 45 printers in stock. If each


printer is valued at $125, what is the total value of the printer
inventory?

A. $5625
B. $170
C. $80
D. $45

8. Lydia can drive 180 miles in 3 hours. On Tuesday, she drove for 7
hours at that rate. How many miles did she drive on Tuesday?

A. 60
B. 420
C. 600
D. 1260

9. Janelle wants to drive from Danville to Brownsville. If she averages 60


miles per hour, how many hours will it take her to drive the distance?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 60
D. 540

10. A company sold a total of $1440 in gift bears for Valentine’s Day. If
the gift bears cost $15 apiece, how many gift bears did it sell?

A. 15
B. 96
C. 144
D. 1440

11. In addition to interest charges, Richard’s credit card company charges a


$25 late fee for payments made after the payment due date. If he was
charged a late fee for 8 monthly bills, how much could he have saved
by paying the bills on time?

A. $200
B. $80
C. $33
D. $25

12. A waiter has seven $5 bills and eighteen $1 bills from tips. In all, how
much does he have in tips?

A. $18
B. $25
C. $35
D. $53

13. April has taken her car in for the recommended oil and filter change
every 3,500 miles. If April bought her car brand-new, and the odometer
now shows just over 17,500 miles, how many oil changes has her car
received?

A. 5
B. 14
C. 123
D. 1236

14. A clinic treated 536 children over a 4-month period. At this rate, how
many children did the clinic treat in 1 month?

A. 134
B. 536
C. 540
D. 2144

15. Attendance at a local play was 438 Friday night, 820 Saturday night,
and 636 Sunday afternoon. How many more people attended the play
on Sunday than on Friday?

Write your answer on the line below.

________________________

16. Raquel has 4 payments left on her car. If each payment is $268, how
much does she still owe on her car?

Write your answer on the line below.

________________________

17. In what order should items weighing 51 pounds, 40 pounds, 48 pounds,


and 44 pounds be stacked if you want them in order from heaviest to
lightest?

A. 51, 44, 40, 48


B. 40, 44, 48, 51
C. 51, 48, 44, 40
D. 51, 40, 44, 48

18. Which of the following correctly shows 2,354,769 rounded to the


nearest ten thousand?

A. 2,400,000
B. 2,355,000
C. 2,350,000
D. 2,000,000

19. What is the total weight, in pounds, of the packages below?


A. 83
B. 65
C. 60
D. 42

20. Jason paid a $14 dinner bill with a $20 bill. How much change should
he receive?

A. $6
B. $7
C. $14
D. $34

21. Maria spent 8 minutes installing a new showerhead, 33 minutes


rodding out a drain, and 18 minutes fixing a leaking faucet. About how
many minutes did it take Maria to complete all three tasks?

A. 90
B. 60
C. 30
D. 20

22. Carla drove 248 miles in 4 hours. What was her average rate of speed,
in miles per hour?

Write your answer on the line below.

________________________
23. A bulk bag of nuts contains 144 ounces of nuts. If the nuts are
packaged in smaller 8-ounce bags, how many bags will there be?

A. 8
B. 12
C. 18
D. 136

24. If you drove 299 miles on 9 gallons of gasoline, about how many miles
per gallon did the car get?

A. 10
B. 30
C. 270
D. 300

25. A shipment of 33 crates like the one shown below is delivered.


Approximately how many pounds did workers unload?

A. 40
B. 120
C. 1200
D. 2000

26. Four friends bought a birthday cake for $21 and balloons for $15. If
they divided the cost equally, how much did each friend pay toward the
birthday party?

A. $4
B. $5
C. $9
D. $36
27. David paid $20 toward a dinner bill of $128. If the remainder of the bill
is divided equally among the remaining 9 people in the group, how
much should each person other than David pay?

A. $12
B. $18
C. $20
D. $108

28. A driver traveled 4 hours at an average rate of 65 miles per hour. How
many miles did the person drive?

A. 61
B. 69
C. 240
D. 260

29. Using the following information, how much would a large pizza with 3
toppings cost?

Large 1-Topping Pizza for $14


$2 for Each Additional Topping

A. $20
B. $18
C. $16
D. $14

30. Bagels are 2 for $1. What is the maximum number of bagels you could
buy for $7?

A. 7
B. 10
C. 14
D. 15

31. How many months would it take to save $1800 at $75 per month?

Write your answer on the line below.

________________________

32. How many 45-page documents would a binder hold if its maximum
capacity is 630 sheets of paper?

Write your answer on the line below.

________________________

Answers and explanations begin on page 662.

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