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ACCUPLACER: Arithmetic Practice Test

(tutorial links are below this test)

The arithmetic test measures your skills in three primary categories.

The first is operations with whole numbers and fractions. This includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and recognizing equivalent fractions and mixed numbers.

The second category involves operations with decimals and percents. It includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as percent problems, decimal recognition, fraction and percent equivalences, and estimation problems.

The last category tests applications and problem solving. Questions include rate, percent, and measurement problems, geometry problems, and distribution of a quantity into its fractional parts.

A total of 16 questions are asked.

Sample Questions

Solve the following problems and choose your answer from the alternatives given. You may use the paper you have been given for scratch work.

Question 1:

All of the following are ways to write 20 percent of N, EXCEPT

A. 0.20N
B. 20/100N
C. 1/5N
D. 20N

Question 2:

7/20=

A. 0.035
B. 2.858
C. 0.35
D. 3.5

Question 3:

7.86 X 4.6 =

A. 36.156
B. 36.216
C. 351.56
D. 361.56

Question 4:

Which of the following is the least?

A. 0.105
B. 0.501
C. 0.015
D. 0.15

Question 5:

The average weight for a group of 20 women is 130 pounds. If the average weight for 3/4 of these women was 140 pounds, what was the average weight, in pounds, for the rest of the women?

A. 100
B. 110
C. 120
D. 135

Question 6:

A soccer team played 160 games and won 65% of them. How many games did they win?

A. 94
B. 104
C. 114
D. 124

Question 7:

The Number of Employees of Company K Who Were Involved in Accidents

  Plant X Plant Y
Mechanic 11 30
Power Machine Operators 9 12

The table above show the results of an industrial health survey of 10,000 people employed at Company K for more than 5 years. If 2,500 employees were surveyed in each of the four categories, which group of employees had the highest accident rate?

A. Mechanics in Plant X
B. Mechanics in Plant Y
C. Power Machine Operators in Plant X
D. Power Machine Operators in Plant Y

Question 8:

Which of the following is closest to -10.5?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 8

Question 9:

Three people who work full time are to work together on a project, but their total time on the project is to be equivalent to that of only one person working full time. If one of the people is budgeted for 1/2 of his time to the project and a second person for 1/3 of her time, what part of the third worker's time should be budgeted to this project?

A. 1/3
B. 1/4
C. 1/6
D. 1/8

Answers

  1. D
  2. C
  3. A
  4. C
  5. A
  6. B
  7. B
  8. A
  9. C

Use these TUTORIALS to brush up on Arithmetic skills: Arithmetic Tutorial (PDF)

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