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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Using Reasoning To Solve Problems
Rewrite the sum of 16 gallons and pints as a number of quarts.
quarts
quarts
quarts
quarts
None of the other choices gives the correct response.
quarts
One gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts, so 16 gallons can be converted to quarts by multiplying by conversion factor 4:
One quart is equivalent to 2 pints, so pints can be converted to quarts by dividing by conversion factor 2:
Added together:
,
the correct response.
Example Question #1 : Using Reasoning To Solve Problems
Rewrite the sum of gallons and 10 pints as a number of quarts.
quarts
quarts
quarts
quarts
quarts
quarts
One gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts, so gallons can be converted to quarts by multiplying by conversion factor 4:
One quart is equivalent to 2 pints, so 10 pints can be converted to quarts by dividing by conversion factor 2:
Added together:
,
the correct response.
Example Question #41 : Numbers And Operations On Numbers
Rewrite the sum of meters and 50 millimeters as a number of centimeters.
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
One meter is equivalent to 100 centimeters, so meters can be converted to centimeters by multiplying by conversion factor 100:
One centimeter is equivalent to 10 millimeters, so 50 millimeters can be converted to centimeters by dividing by conversion factor 10:
Add these quantities:
,
the correct response.
Example Question #41 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math
Rewrite the sum of 2 meters and millimeters as a number of centimeters.
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
centimeters
One meter is equivalent to 100 centimeters, so 2 meters can be converted to centimeters by multiplying by conversion factor 100:
One centimeter is equivalent to 10 millimeters, so millimeters can be converted to centimeters by dividing by conversion factor 10:
Add these quantities:
,
the correct answer.
Example Question #41 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math
Rewrite the sum of feet and 18 inches as a number of yards.
yards
yards
yards
yards
yards
One yard is equivalent to 3 feet, so feet can be converted to yards by dividing by the conversion factor 3:
Also, one yard is equal to 36 inches, so 18 inches can be converted to yards by dividing by the conversion factor 36;
Add these quantities:
Rewriting with the least common denominator, which is 6:
,
the correct choice.
Example Question #1 : Units
Rewrite the sum of 2 feet and inches as a number of yards.
yards
yards
yards
yards
yards
yards
One yard is equivalent to 3 feet, so 2 feet can be converted to yards by dividing by the conversion factor 3:
Also, one yard is equal to 36 inches, so inches can be converted to yards by dividing by the conversion factor 36;
Add these quantities:
Rewriting with the least common denominator, which is 36:
,
the correct choice.
Example Question #1 : Units
Rewrite the sum of milligrams and
centigrams in terms of grams.
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
One gram is equivalent to 1,000 milligrams, so milligrams can be converted to grams by dividing by conversion factor 1,000:
One gram is also equivalent to 100 centigrams, so centigrams can be converted to grams by dividing by conversion factor 100:
Add:
Rewrite in terms of lowest common denominator 1,000:
,
the correct response.
Example Question #1 : Units
A rectangular plot of land measures one-half of a mile by one-tenth of a mile.
Give its area in acres.
64 acres
40 acres
72 acres
32 acres
80 acres
32 acres
The measure of a rectangular plot of land is equal to the product of its dimensions, so the given plot has area
One square mile is equivalent to 640 acres, so multiply this by conversion factor 640:
,
the correct response.
Example Question #51 : Numbers And Operations On Numbers
A rectangular plot of land measures 72 acres in area. The north-to-south length of the plot is one fourth of a mile. Give the east-to-west length of the plot.
miles
mile
mile
miles
mile.
mile.
One square mile is equivalent to 640 acres. Therefore, the area of the plot, 72 acres, can be converted to square miles by dividing by conversion factor 640:
If we let and
be the north-south and east-west lengths in miles of the rectangular land plot, respectively, then
Substitute for
:
Solve for by multiplying both sides by 4:
The east-west length of the plot is mile.
Example Question #51 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math
One cup of water is poured out of a pitcher containing one gallon of water. How many cups are left in the pitcher?
15 cups
7 cups
23 cups
31 cups
63 cups
15 cups
One gallon is equivalent to 4 quarts.
One quart is equivalent to 2 pints.
One pint is equivalent to 2 cups.
Therefore, one gallon is equivalent to cups.
Pouring out one cup leaves 15 cups, the correct response.
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