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This document offers a comprehensive collection of 200+ verified questions and solutions for the teas math final exam. it covers a wide range of mathematical concepts, including algebra, word problems, and data analysis. Ideal for students preparing for the exam, it provides a valuable resource for practice and skill improvement. The solutions are clearly explained, making it easy to understand the problem-solving process.
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If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>5/p If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>2 hours and 24 minutes Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>Sale Price = $450 - 0.15$450 = $382.50, Employee Price = $382.50 - 0.2$382.50 = $ The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$12,590 = Original Price - 0.2Original Price = 0.8Original Price, Original Price = $12,590/0.8 = $15,737. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A - CORRECT SOLUTION>>-2. If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 8 Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$1, Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$670 = Cost + 0.35Cost = 1.35Cost, Cost = $670/1.35 = $496.
The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $ before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>17 cents A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a "B" in the art class, an "A" in the history class, a "C" in the science class, a "B" in the mathematics class, and an "A" in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>3. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon get paid? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$173. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 13 If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r = - CORRECT SOLUTION>>y If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>150/x Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 = - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 33
A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results, how many women in a group of 5, women over the age of 35 would likely be married 2 or more times? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 400 John is traveling to a meeting that is 28 miles away. He needs to be there in 30 minutes. How fast does he need to go to make it to the meeting on time? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>56 mph If Steven can mix 20 drinks in 5 minutes, Sue can mix 20 drinks in 10 minutes, and Jack can mix 20 drinks in 15 minutes, how much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>2 minutes and 44 seconds If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>1.09 days Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his 36-inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least 4 inches longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches longer so that the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of string will work the best? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>3 ½ feet The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of the next month? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>58%
If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>500 miles During a 5-day festival, the number of visitors tripled each day. If the festival opened on a Thursday with 345 visitors, what was the attendance on that Sunday? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>9, Round 907.457 to the nearest tens place - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 910 At a certain high school, the respective weights for the following subjects are: Mathematics 3, English 3, History 2, Science 2 and Art 1. What is a student's average whose marks were the following: Geometry 89, American Literature 92, American History 94, Biology 81, and Sculpture 85? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>88. Ginger over the course of an average work-week wanted to see how much she spent on lunch daily. On Monday and Thursday, she spent $5.43 total. On Tuesday and Wednesday, she spent $3.54 on each day. On Friday, she spent $7.89 on lunch. What was her average daily cost? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$4. What is 1230.932567 rounded to the nearest hundredths place? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>1230. Subtract the following numbers rounded to the nearest tenths place. 134.679 - 45.548 - 67.8807 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>21. What is the absolute value of - 9? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 9 What is the median of the following list of numbers? 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 8 What is the mathematical average of the number of weeks in a year,
A nurse has to record her temperatures in Celsius but her thermometer reads Fahrenheit. A patient's temperature is 100.7° F. What is the temperature in °C? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>38.2° C Art realized that he had 2 more quarters than he had originally thought in his pocket. If all of the change in his pocket is quarters and it totals to $8.75, how many quarters did he originally think were in his pocket? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 33 There are 12 more apples than oranges in a basket of 36 apples and oranges. How many apples are in the basket? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 24 Which of the following correctly identifies 4 consecutive odd integers where the sum of the middle two integers is equal to 24? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>9, 11, 13, 15 What is the next number in the sequence? 6, 12, 24, 48, ___ - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 96 Which of the following numbers could be described in the following way: an integer that is a natural, rational and whole number? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 1 What is the next number in the following pattern? 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, ___ - CORRECT SOLUTION>>1/ Of the following units, which would be most likely to measure the amount of sugar needed in a recipe for 2 dozen cookies - CORRECT SOLUTION>>cups (Exponent Practice Questions) 10 w/exp.4 is not equal to which of the following? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>100, Multiply 10 w/ exp.4 by 10 w/ exp.2 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>10 w/ exp.
Divide x w/ exp.5 by x w/ exp.2 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>x w/ exp. Find 8.23 x 10 w/ exp.9 - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 8230000000 83,000 equals: - CORRECT SOLUTION>>8.3 x 10 w/ exp. .00875 equals: - CORRECT SOLUTION>>8.75 x 10 w/ exp.- 3 An instrument store gives a 10% discount to all students off the original cost of an instrument. During a back to school sale an additional 15% is taken off the discounted price. Julie, a student at the local high school, purchases a flute for $306. How much did it originally cost? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ If y(x-1)=z then x= - CORRECT SOLUTION>>z/y + 1 Which of the following values is NOT equal to 34(58+9)? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>58(34+9) Two angles of a triangle measure 15° and 85 °. What is the measure for the third angle? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>80° If 5 ounces is equal to 140 grams, then 2 pounds of ground meat is equal to how many grams? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 896 Which of the following is equal to 5.93 x 10 w/ exp.-2? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>0. On a Map, 1 inch represents 20 miles. The distance between 2 towns is 6 1/5 inches. How many miles are actually between the two towns? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>124 miles How many cubed pieces of fudge that are 3 inches on an edge can be packed into a Christmas tin that is 9 inches deep by 12 inches wide by 8 inches high with the lid still being able to be closed? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 24 Sarah is twice as old as her youngest brother. If the difference between their ages is 15 years. How old is her youngest brother? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 15
Find the missing term in the following sequence: 4, 9, 19, __, 79 - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 39 Jonathan can type a 20 page document in 40 minutes, Susan can type it in 30 minutes, and Jack can type it in 24 minutes. Working together, how much time will it take them to type the same document? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>10 minutes Of the following fractions, which is less than 2/3? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>5/ A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>3/ Sue receives a base salary of $90 weekly plus a 12% commission on all sales. Sue had $3,000 in sales this week. How much did she make total? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 25 1/3 yards, and the length is 22 feet. What is the width? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>16 feet Jimmy made a 15% profit on the sale of a custom designed boat, and the original cost of the boat was $15,000. The boat sold for how much? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$17,250. A recent study showed that an increase in body weight by 10 kilograms resulted in a 0.15% increase in heart disease. What fraction is equal to 0.15%? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 3 / 6.334 x 10 w/ exp.4 = - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 63340 If 3x + 5x = - 8, then x + 1 = - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 0 Two angle in a triangle equal 120°. What is the measure of the third angle? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>60° Which of the following would be an appropriate unit to measure sugar for a cookie recipe? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>cups
Two angles of a triangle each measure 70°. What is the measure of the third angle in degrees? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>40° If Jack needs 2 ½ pints of cream to make a dessert. How many pints will he need to make 3 desserts? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>7 ½ A discount store takes 50% off of the retail price of a desk. For the store's holiday sale, it takes an additional 20% off of all furniture. The desk's retail price was $320. How much is the desk on sale for during the holiday sale? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ If a ¼ of a teaspoon is 1 ml, then how many milliliters are in 6 teaspoons? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>24 ml A scale on a map states that every ¼ of an inch represents 20 miles. If two cities are 3 ½ inches apart, how many miles are actually between the two cities? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>280 miles Michelle wants to expand her flowerbed by increasing the length and width each by 2 ft. What will the new area of the flowerbed be, if L and W represent the original dimensions of the flowerbed's length and width? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>(L+2) (W+2) Melinda's lights went out. She has 3 pairs of red socks in her drawer, 2 pairs of black socks, and 5 pairs of white socks. What is the minimum number of pairs she must remove from the drawer to ensure that she has a pair of each color? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 9 Which of the following fractions are correctly placed from the least in value to the greatest in value? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>1/4, 17/25, 11/16, 3/ What is the mathematical average of the number of days in a typical year, the number of days in a week, and the number of hours in a day? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 132
The fine for a driver riding in the carpool lane without any passengers is $133. A driver is issued a bench warrant for $2,294.25, which includes a 15% fee for late charges and court costs. How many tickets has the driver not paid? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 15 Brett started a race at 6:30 A.M., and he did not cross the finish line until 1:05 P.M. How long did it take for Brett to finish the race? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>6 hours and 35 minutes Multiply 2.345 x 0.023 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>0. A men's basketball team won 24 games and lost 32. What is the ratio of games lost to the number of games played? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>4: Which of the following choices is equivalent to 5/6? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>15/ Jill earns $120 for 8 hours of work. At the same pay rate, how much will she earn for 15 hours of work? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ If one side of a square is 5 units, what is the area of the square? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 25 If 8x + 5 = 21, then 3 x + 4 = - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 10 In triangle ABC, AB=BC and (C's measure is 65°.) What is the measure of angle B? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>50° If the average arithmetic mean of 8, 12, 15, 21, x and 11 is 17 then what is x? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 35 Sarah has a 20 dollar bill and a 5 dollar bill. If she purchases two items, one for $11.23 and the other for $8.32, then how much money does she have left over? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$5. How long will Lucy have to wait before for her $2,500 invested at 6% earns $600 in simple interest? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>4 years Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones,
and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 13 If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r = - CORRECT SOLUTION>>y What is 35% of a number if 12 is 15% of a number? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 28 A computer is on sale for $1600, which is a 20% discount off the regular price. What is the regular price? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ A car dealer sells a SUV for $39,000, which represents a 25% profit over the cost. What was the cost of the SUV to the dealer? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$31, After having to pay increased income taxes this year, Edmond has to sell his BMW. Edmond bought the car for $49,000, but he sold it for a 20% loss. What did Edmond sell the car for? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$39, If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>1.09 days Find 0.12 ÷12 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>0. Divide x w/ exp.5 by x w/exp.2 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>x w/ exp. Which of the following numbers could be described in the following way: an integer that is a natural, rational and whole number? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 1 Find the mode of the following list of numbers: 2, 4, 6, 4, 8, 2, 9, 4, 3, 8 - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 4 In the fraction 3/x, x may not be substituted by which of the following sets? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>{0, 10, 20} Sarah needs to make a cake and some cookies. The cake requires 3/
Over the course of a week, Fred spent $28.49 on lunch. What was the average cost per day? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$4. Of the following units, which would be most likely to measure the amount of sugar needed in a recipe for 2 dozen cookies? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>cups Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his 36-inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least 4 inches longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches longer so that the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of string will work the best? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>3 3/8 feet After purchasing a flat screen television for $750, John realizes that he got a great deal on it and wishes to sell it for a 15% profit. What should his asking price be for the television? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$862. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>150/x If 6 is 24% of a number, what is 40% of the same number? - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 10 Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of the next month? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>58%
If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 = - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 33 If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00 PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200 mph? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>. 500 miles What is the cost in dollars to steam clean a room W yards wide and L yards long it the steam cleaners charge 10 cents per square foot? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>0.9WL Find 8.23 x 10 w/ exp.9 - CORRECT SOLUTION>> 8230000000 During a 5-day festival, the number of visitors tripled each day. If the festival opened on a Thursday with 345 visitors, what was the attendance on that Sunday? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>9, Which of the following has the least value? - CORRECT SOLUTION>>11% If a discount of 25% off the retail price of a desk saves Mark $45, how much did he pay for the desk? A. $ B. $ C. $ D. $ E. $215 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>$ A customer pays $1,100 in state taxes on a newly purchased car. What is the value of the car if state taxes are 8.9% of the value? A. $9.765. B. $10,876. C. $12,359. D. $14,345. E. $15,745.45 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>C. $12,359.
What percent of 90 is 27? A. 15% B. 20% C. 30% D. 33% E. 41% - CORRECT SOLUTION>>C. 30% Jim works for $15.50 per hour for a health care facility. He is supposed to get a 75 cent per hour raise at one year of service. What will his percent increase in hourly pay be? A. 2.7% B. 3.3% C. 133% D. 4.8% E. 105% - CORRECT SOLUTION>>D. 4.8% If 45 is 120% of a number, what is 80% of the same number? A. 30 B. 32 C. 36 D. 38 E. 41 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>A. 30 How long will Lucy have to wait before her $2,500 invested at 6% earns $600 in simple interest? A. 2 years B. 3 years
C. 4 years D. 5 years E. 6 years - CORRECT SOLUTION>>C. 4 years What is 35% of a number if 12 is 15% of a number? A. 5 B. 12 C. 28 D. 33 E. 62 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>C. 28 A computer is on sale for $1600, which is a 20% discount off the regular price. What is the regular price? A. $ B. $ C. $ D. $ E. $2200 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>C. $ A car dealer sells a SUV for $39,000, which represents a 25% markup over the dealer's cost. What was the cost of the SUV to the dealer? A. $29, B. $31, C. $32, D. $33, E. $33,999 - CORRECT SOLUTION>>B. $31, After having to pay increased income taxes this year, Edmond has to sell his BMW. Edmond bought the car for $49,000, but he sold it for a 20% loss. What did Edmond sell the car for?