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CHAPTER 2 TEST—FRACTIONS

COMPLETION

1. A mathematical way of expressing a part of a whole thing is called a(n) ____________________.

ANS: fraction

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

2. The number on the bottom of the division line of a fraction is called the ____________________.

ANS: denominator

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

3. A fraction in which the numerator is smaller than the denominator is called a(n) ____________________.

ANS:common fractionproper fraction

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

4. A(n) ____________________ combines a whole number with a proper fraction.

ANS: mixed number

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

5. The least common denominator is the ____________________, and therefore most efficient, common denominator in addition or subtraction of fractions.

ANS: smallest

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

6. A whole number divisible only by itself and l is called a(n) ____________________.

ANS: prime number

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

7. Proper fractions that have the same denominator in addition or subtraction are called ____________________ fractions.

ANS: like

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

8. Inverted numbers are known as ____________________ of each other.

ANS: reciprocals

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

9. In division of fractions, the ____________________ is inverted.

ANS: divisor

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

10. A useful shortcut which simplifies the multiplication of fractions is called ____________________.

ANS: cancellation

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

MULTIPLE CHOICE

11. Identify the type of fraction and written word form: a. Proper fraction, eleven-thirdsb. Improper fraction, eleven-thirdsc. Improper fraction, eleven-threesd. Proper fraction, eleven-threes

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

12. Identify the type of fraction and written word form: a. Proper fraction, twenty-four and nineteen-twentiethsb. Improper fraction, twenty-four and nineteen-twentiethsc. Mixed number, twenty-four and nineteen-twentiethsd. Mixed number, twenty-four and nineteen-twenties

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

13. Identify the type of fraction and written word form: a. proper fraction; seven-thirtiethsb. mixed number; seven-thirtiethsc. improper fraction; seven-thirtiethsd. proper fraction; seven thirty

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

14. Identify the type of fraction and written word form: a. improper fraction; thirty-three tenb. proper fraction; thirty-three-tenthsc. improper fraction; thirty-three-tenthsd. mixed number; thirty-three-tenths


15. Convert the following improper fraction to a whole number or a mixed number: a. 8b.

c.

d.


16. Convert the following improper fraction to a whole number or a mixed number: a.

b. 77c. 100d. 10

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


b. 6.83c.

d. 7


18. Convert the following mixed number to an improper fraction: a.

b.

c.

d.



b.

c.

d.



b.

c.

d.


21. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms: a.

b.

c.

d.


22. Reduce the following fraction to lowest terms: a.

b.

c.

d.


23. Convert the fraction to higher terms. Enter the value of the missing numerator: a. 6b. 15

c. 30d. 11

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

24. Convert the fraction to higher terms. Enter the value of the missing numerator: a.

b.

c.

d.


25. Convert the fraction to higher terms. Enter the value of the missing numerator: a.

b.

c.

d.

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

26. Find the least common denominator of the fractions: , , , a. 32,256b. 1008c. 18d. 288

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

27. Find the least common denominator of the fractions: , , , a. 154b. 18c. 144d. 27,648

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

28. Find the least common denominator of the fractions: , , , a. 49b. 18

c. 8d. 504

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

29. Find the least common denominator of the fractions: , , , a. 504b. 280c. 39d. 560

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

30. Add and reduce the following: a.

b.

c.

d.


31. Britt shipped three packages to Los Angeles. If the packages weighed , , and , what was the total weight?a.

b.

c.

d.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

32. Vasco shipped three packages to New York. If the packages weighed , , and pounds, what was the total weight?a.

b. 73c.

d.


33. Subtract and reduce: a.

b.

c.

d.


34. Multiply and reduce the following: a.

b.

c.

d.


35. Multiply and reduce the following: a.

b.

c.

d.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

36. A cloth measures yards long by yards wide. What is the area of the cloth? (Multiply length times width.)a.

b.

c.

d.


37. Multiply and reduce: a.

b.

c.

d.


38. Divide the following fractions and reduce to lowest terms: a.

b.

c.

d.


39. Divide the following fractions and reduce to lowest terms: a. 4b.

c.

d.


40. Divide and reduce: a.

b.

c.

d.


41. Divide and reduce: a.

b.

c.

d.



b.

c.

d. 11


43. Reduce the fraction: a.

b.

c.

d.


44. Reduce the following fraction to lowest terms: a.

b.

c.

d.


45. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated: to thousandsa.

b.

c.

d.


46. Add and reduce: a.

b.

c.

d.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

47. Subtract and reduce the following: a.

b.

c.

d. 1


PROBLEM

48. Identify the type of fraction, and write it in word form:

ANS:mixed number; twenty-two and three-eighths

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:proper fraction; five-seventeenths

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:improper fraction; twelve-twelfths

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

51. Convert the improper fraction to a whole or mixed number:

ANS:

improper fraction;

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

55. Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

59. Reduce the fraction to lowest:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

62. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated: to forty-ninths

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

63. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated: to thirty-sixths

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

64. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated: to hundreds

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

65. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated: to eighths

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

66. Convert the fraction to a higher term, as indicated:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

70. Find the least common denominator for the fraction: , ,

ANS:15

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

71. Find the least common denominator for the fraction: , , ,

ANS:252


72. Find the least common denominator for the fraction: , , ,

ANS:300


73. Add the fraction, and reduce to lowest terms:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

79. Subtract the fraction and reduce to lowest terms:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

84. Multiply the fraction and reduce to lowest terms:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:


90. Divide the fraction and reduce to lowest terms:

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium


ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

96. After a party Dan noticed that of a pizza was left over. What fractional part of the pizza was eaten?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

ESSAY

97. What type of fraction is ? How would you write this fraction in word form?

ANS:improper fraction, forty-thirteenths

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

98. Convert to a whole or mixed number and write it in words.

ANS:

, six and one half

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

99. Tiffiny is following a recipe that calls for pounds of chicken. She would like to increase the serving size and will have to change all the measurements. Before Tiffiny can change the measurements, she must convert the mixed number to an improper fraction. What should be the improper fraction for the chicken measurement?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

100. At the end of the semester, 25 of the 32 students who started an accounting course remained. What fraction represents the total number of students who dropped the course?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

101. Veronica shipped three packages to New York. If the packages weighed , , and pounds, what was the total weight of Veronica's shipment?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

102. A carpenter cut pieces of lumber with the following measurements: , , ,

Find the least common denominator.

ANS:144


103. Price is working at the local Jiffy Lube and during his shift used the following cases of oil on his jobs:

, , , and

How many cases in total did Price use?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

104. Minnie Hunter walked miles on Monday, miles on Wednesday and miles on Friday. How many total miles did she walk?

ANS:


105. A good planting soil is made up of pounds of dirt and pounds of cow manure. How much will the mixture weigh afterwards?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

106. Ruby and some friends are on a road trip that will take a total of miles. If Ruby and her friends

have already traveled miles, how many are left?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

107. Peter Williams sold acres of his acre ranch. How many acres does Peter have left?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

108. Minnie Ware bought pounds of fertilizer but only used pounds in her garden. How much fertilizer does she have left?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

109. Turner Morris weighs times as much as his sister. If his sister weighs 84 pounds, how much does Turner weigh?

ANS:147 pounds

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

110. A foundation requires truckloads of concrete. If the concrete truck holds cubic yards of concrete, how many total cubic yards of concrete are used for the foundation?

ANS:8 cubic yards

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

111. Four surveys taken to assess cable television viewers buying patterns has the following results: , ,

, . In order to find a grand total, these results must be multiplied. What is the grand total of the survey taken?

ANS:


112. How many feet pieces of wire can be cut from a piece 68 feet long?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

113. Earl Aaron owns acres of undeveloped land. If the property is divided into acre pieces, how many homesites can be developed?

ANS:95 homesites

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

114. A novelty shop buys marbles in bulk from the manufacturer and packages them into pound boxes. How many boxes can be filled from 828 pounds of marbles?

ANS:460 boxes

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

115. Eastern Mining Co. mines tons of coal on Monday, tons on Tuesday, and tons on Wednesday. If their goal is to mine 40 tons this week, how many more tons must be mined?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

116. Mary Good borrowed $21,600 from the bank. She has repaid of the loan. What is the remaining balance owed to the bank?

ANS:$7,200

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

117. A recent poll showed that 60 of the 540 people interviewed preferred decaffeinated coffee over regular. What fraction of the people preferred regular coffee?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

118. Chris Spencer increased his earnings by from last year. If he made $36,480 last year, how much did he make this year?

ANS:$60,800

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

119. Robert Browner can assemble circuit boards in one hour. Bill Rich can assemble in one hour. In an 8-hour shift, how many more circuit boards does Bill assemble than Robert?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

120. Three heirs share an estate of $340,000. Ted receives , Salley receives , and Daniel receives the balance. How much does Daniel receive?

ANS:$76,500

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

121. A recipe for a meat casserole calls for tablespoons of minced garlic. If this recipe serves 8 people, recalculate the amount of garlic needed to serve 6 people.

ANS:


122. Cosmos Company uses square yards of material to make a slip cover for a chair. The material comes in 1,100 square yard rolls that cost $10,150 each.

a. How many slip covers can be made from each roll?b. What is the cost of each slip cover?

ANS:

a. 350 slip coversb. $29


123. A building has a total area of 20,880 square feet. At the present time, the assembly area occupies of

the space, the storage area occupies of the area, and the office occupies the balance of the space.

a. How many square feet of space does the office occupy?b.

If the company wants to increase the size of the assembly area by , how many square feet will the assembly area have?

ANS:

a. 9,048 square feetb. 11,136 square feet


124. A roll of material is 257 yards long. Janet Barnett cut , , and yards from the roll.

a. How much material did Janet cut from the roll?b. How much material was left on the roll?

ANS:

a. 56 yards

b. 201 yards

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

125. Jack Glenn earns $180 per day. On Monday, he only worked of a day. How much did he earn?

ANS:$157.50

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

126. If a stone cutter has of an ounce of a precious stone and it takes ounce of that stone to make one ring. How many rings can the stone cutter make from the precious stone that he has?

ANS:6

PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

127. During the week Ivey earned and of her monthly bonus on two sales transactions. If those bonuses amounted to $840.00, how much was her monthly bonus?

ANS:$1,440.00


128. A tailor needs yards of cloth in order to make a jacket. He needs yards in order to make the slacks to complete the suit. If he makes four suits, how much cloth will he need?

ANS:

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

129. A board is feet in length. A carpenter intends to cut blocks from that board of feet in length. How many full sizes pieces can be cut from that board of wood?

ANS:6

PTS: 1 DIF: Medium

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