William is from England and is visiting the United States. On his trip he visits Texas and notices that it is very hot. He looks at a thermometer and it reads 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

William wants to know what this converts to in Celsius? Assume C = (F- 32) / 1.8

A. 30 degrees C

B. 35 degrees C

C. 40 degrees C

D. 45 degrees C

E. 50 degrees C

A paint company mixes its paint with water to create more paint per gallon. They currently have ten gallon jugs which contain 10% water.

How much water must they add to create an 80/20 mix of paint to water?

A. 1 gallon

B. 1.25 gallons

C. 1.5 gallons

D. 1.75 gallons

E. 2 gallons

Fencing costs $1.50 per picket. 2 pickets are used per foot. Posts cost $13.75 per post. How much will it cost to fence a yard if 10 posts and 46 feet of pickets are needed?

A. $125.50

B. $138.00

C. $275.50

D. $380.75

If 4 people can stain a deck in 2 days, how many people would be required to stain the deck in only 1 day?

A. 8

B. 2

C. 4

D. 12

On a trip to the beach you travel 200 miles in 300 minutes. How fast did you travel?

A. 30 mph

B. 40 mph

C. 50 mph

D. 60 mph

Joan invests $4,000 in an account that earns 3% simple interest. How much will Joan have in the account in 10 years?

A. $4,500

B. $4,800

C. $5,200

D. $5,400

A training certificate composed on a personal computer that was designed to be nine inches long and six inches wide has to be proportionately enlarged so that its length will be 12 inches.

How many inches wide will the enlarged certificate be?

A. 8

B. 6

C. 9

D. 10

A wall is 7 feet 8 inches in height; four vertical pieces of wallpaper are needed to ver the wall. Assuming there is no waste, what is the minimum length that a roll of wallpaper must be to ver the wall?

A. 29 feet, 2 inches

B. 31 feet, 2 inches

C. 31 feet

D. 30 feet, 8 inches

An office building has 30 employees and allows 42 square feet of work space per employee. If five more employees are hired, how much less work space wills each employee have?

A. 6 square feet

B. 7 square feet

C. 7.5 square feet

D. 8 square feet

A stack of lumber is 6-feet high.

If each piece of lumber is 4-inches thick, how many pieces of lumber are in the stack?

A. 72

B. 12

C. 18

D. 10