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    Chapter 2 Practice Test: For #1 To #4, Choose The Best Answer

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    The passage contains math practice problems and word problems covering ratios, proportions, unit rates, percent calculations, and geometry. The answers are provided on subsequent pages.

    The ratio of quarters to dimes is 2:7.

    The flagpole is 6.4m tall.

    Chapter 2 Practice Test

    For #1 to #4, choose the best answer.


    1. The ratio of Monica’s coloured pencils to Harry’s coloured pencils is 3 : 5. If
    Harry has 40 coloured pencils how many coloured pencils does Monica have?
    A 16 B 21 C 24 D 32
    2. Seven kilograms of salmon cost $101.50 at the fish market. What is the unit
    price of the salmon?
    A $13.75/kg B $14.50/kg C $15.00/kg D $16.25/kg
    3. What percent of the fish in the tank below are goldfish?
    A 30%
    B 36%
    C 40%
    D 48%

    4. The food bank provides 28 cans of soup, 12 packages of pasta, and 15 cans
    of vegetables in each food basket. If there are 336 packages of pasta, how
    many cans of soup and vegetables will be needed to make food baskets?
    A 392 cans of soup and 210 cans of vegetables
    B 728 cans of soup and 390 cans of vegetables
    C 784 cans of soup and 420 cans of vegetables
    D 1568 cans of soup and 840 cans of vegetables
    Short Answer
    5. Use these coins to help you answer the following questions.
    a) What is the ratio of quarters to
    dimes?
    b) What is the ratio of loonies : total
    coins?
    c) What is the ratio of loonies to
    dimes to quarters?
    d) Identify two equivalent ratios for
    the answer in part a).
    e) What percent of coins are dimes?
    f) What fraction of the coins are
    quarters?
    6. At noon, the end of Laura’s shadow
    matches the end of the school’s flagpole
    shadow. If she is 1.6 m tall, how tall is
    the flagpole? Give your answer to the
    nearest centimetre.

    7. Ian made an enlargement of the rectangle


    below using a multiplier of 2.5. What is the
    area of the rectangle in the enlargement?

    8. Determine the unit rate in each situation.


    a) A cruise ship plans 21 808 meals for 376 passengers.
    b) A pitcher allows 126 earned runs in 28 games.
    c) A sprinter travels 200 m in 25 s.

    9. Eve is shopping for soup. Her favourite brands are on sale. Brand A is priced
    $8.96 for 8 cans. Brand B is priced $11.89 for 12 cans. Calculate to find the
    better buy. Show your work.

    10. Use proportional reasoning and a variable to solve each problem.


    a) On a map, 1 cm represents 250 km. On the map, how many kilometres
    does 7 cm represent?
    b) Four pens cost $4.96. What is the cost of seven pens?

    Extended Response

    11. Employer A pays $9.25/h for the first 30 hours and $15.00/h for overtime.
    Employer B pays $9.75 for the first 20 hours and $10.25/h for overtime. If
    you plan to work a 40-hour week, which employer pays a greater average
    hourly rate? Show your work.

    12. A copier has settings to reduce an object by 50% or enlarge an object by


    150%, 200%, or 300%. Explain two different ways to create a line 18 cm in
    length from a line 4 cm in length. Show your work.
    Answers

    1. C

    2. B

    3. A

    4. C

    5. a) 2 : 7 b) 5 : 14 c) 5 : 7 : 2
    d) Look for equivalent ratios for 2 to 7. Example: 4 to 14 and 8 to 28
    e) 50% f) 2 1
    =
    14 7

    6. The flagpole is 6.4 m tall.

    7. 17 × 2.5 = 42.5; 6 × 2.5 = 15; 42.5 × 15 = 637.5 mm2

    8. a) 58 meals/passenger b) 4.5 earned runs/game c) 8 m/s

    9. The unit price for Brand A is $1.12. The unit price for Brand B is $0.99.
    Brand B is the better buy.

    10. a) 1750 km b) $8.68

    11. Employer A pays $277.50 + $150.00 = $427.50. Employer B pays $195.00


    + $205.00 = $400.00. $427.50/40 h is a rate of $10.69/h. $400.00/40 h is a
    rate of $10/h. Employer A pays a greater average hourly rate.

    12. Look for any two correct solutions…


    Examples:
    • 4 × 1.5 = 3 × 3 = 9 × 2 = 18
    • 4 × 3 = 12 × 2 = 24 × 1.5 = 36 × 0.5 = 18
    • 4 × 3 = 12 × 3 = 36 × 0.5 = 18
    • 4 × 2 = 8 × 3 = 24 × 1.5 = 36 × 0.5 = 18

    Copyright © McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2007

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