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Glendale Community College, AZ Numerical Skills Review for Accuplacer Placement Exam This exam is intended as an overall review and includes problems similar to what you may expect on the Accuplacer exam. However, it is NOT a sample exam. Accuplacer Exam Info  Consult the following web site for the most up-to-date information on placement testing at GCC. http://www.gccaz.edu/testingservices/ Google “GCC Testing Services.”  The most recent version of this exam should be available at http://www.gccaz.edu/math/Placement.htm .  Please send any comments to walter.kehowski@gccaz.edu Please include the following information in your email: LAST COMPILED DATE: April 30, 2013.This review was created by the GCC Mathematics Placement Exam Review Committee (GCCMPERC): Walter A. Kehowski (Chair), Jason Bright, Anne Dudley, Miriam Pack.

Glendale Community College, AZ Numerical Skills Review for Accuplacer Placement Exam 1. Multiply 295 27. (a) 6935 (b)7935 (c)7965 (d)5235 2. A family educational fund is being dissolved and the assets are to be equally distributed to each branch of the family. How much would each branch receive if the total assets are $846 ;000 and there are nine branches of the family? (a) $9;400 (b)$94;000 (c)$7833 (d)$95;100 3. Find the average of 283, 517, and 703. (a) 751 (b)482 (c)501 (d)1503 4. Find the perimeter. (a) 170 (b)220 (c)300 (d)500 5. Which of the following is the prime factorization of 270? (a) 2
33
5 (b) 10
27 (c)2
5
27 (d)32
30 6. Change 33 7 to a mixed number. (a) 75 7 (b) 54 7 (c) 43 7 (d) 45 7 7. Change 7 6 11 to a improper fraction. (a) 7 (b)6 11 (c) 83 11 (d) 11 83 8. Compute 5 7  5 9 ‚ 1 7 . (a) 3 10 (b) 34 63 (c) 32 9 (d) 13 7 9. Add. 42 :316 ‚35 :7 ‚ 227 :142 (a) 305:158 (b)269:815 (c)294:158 (d)289:815 2

10. Subtract. 19 :27 14 :539 (a) 4:74 (b)4:731 (c)33:809 (d)280:16653 11. Write 0 :00000349 in scientic notation. (a) 34910 5 (b) 3:49 10 6 (c) 3:49 10 5 (d) 3:49 10 6 12. What number is 36% of 72? (a) 200 (b)25:92 (c)259:2 (d)20 13. After a 6% pay increase, Lee's salary was $12 ;084. What was Lee's salary before the increase? (a) $12;809 ;04 (b)$725 :04 (c)$11;400 (d)$11;358 :96 14. Astronauts aboard the space shuttle weigh in at 185 lbs, 133 lbs, and 162 lbs. What is the average weight of the astronauts? (a) 240 lbs (b)168 lbs (c)160 lbs (d)174 lbs 15. Find the dierence between 5 9 and 5 18 . (a) 5 9 (b) 0 (c)5 18 (d) 5 6 16. Subtract and reduce: 5 7 3 5 . (a) 2 2 (b) 4 35 (c) 1 4 (d) 4 17. Find the dierence between 13 and 6 4 9 . (a) 194 9 (b) 65 9 (c) 74 7 (d) 21 58 18. Multiply 6 :38 and 0 :542. (a) 5:838 (b)3:45796 (c)6:922 (d)345:769 19. Add. 6 7 ‚  1 3  . (a) 5 4 (b) 11 21 (c) 3 7 (d) 25 21 20. What is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 15? (a) 360 (b)60 (c)180 (d)320 3

21. Susan spends 20% of her yearly salary on educational expenses. If she spends $3 ;500 on educa- tional expenses, what is her yearly salary? (a) $1;750 (b)$4;200 (c)$17;500 (d)$18;000 22. A large houseplant is regularly priced at $8 :40, but during a sale its price is $2 :10. By what percent was the price discounted? (a) 25% (b)75% (c)400% (d)50% 23. Reduce to lowest terms. 63 65
39 18 (a) 22 15 (b) 10 21 (c) 21 10 (d) 42 20 24. Subtract. 0 :851 0:547 (a) 0:404 (b)0:304 (c)0:303 (d)0:330 25. Subtract. 5 :563 2:892 (a) 2:617 (b)1:617 (c)1:671 (d)2:671 26. A local map has a scale in which 3 =4 inch represents 60 miles. How many miles are there between two houses if on the map their distance is 2 inches? (a) 90 miles (b)120 miles (c)150 miles (d)160 miles 27. On his math test Brian answered 42 out of 50 questions correctly. At the same rate, how many would he answer correctly if there were 75 questions? (a) 63 (b)67 (c)84 (d)72 4

Numerical Skills Review for Accuplacer Placement Exam ANSWER KEY 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. b 11. b 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. c 16. b 17. b 18. b 19. b 20. b 21. c 22. b 23. c 24. b 25. d 26. d 27. a 5