CPS Firefighter Basic Math

Question 1

A school has 6000 students and 240 teachers. What is the student-teacher ratio?

Accepted Answer

50:2

Answer

10:5

Answer

240:90

Answer

40:4

Question 2

Nine less than three times a number equals 33. Think of the number.

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

25

Answer

18

Answer

10

Question 3

How many oranges do you have if there are four and you take away three?

Accepted Answer

3 oranges

Answer

6 oranges

Answer

nothing

Answer

1 orange

Question 4

When a number is multiplied by 24 twice, the result is 60. Think of the number.

Accepted Answer

18

Answer

12

Answer

24

Answer

9

Question 5

Henny is 16 years younger than Jill. How old is Jill if the sum of their ages is 30?

Accepted Answer

Jill is seven years old.

Answer

Jill is fourteen years old.

Answer

Jill is five year old.

Answer

Jill is 2 years old.

Question 6

The pet store has a total of 18 animals. Some are birds, while others are dogs. There are a total of 50 legs. What is the total number of birds and dogs?

Accepted Answer

There are eleven birds and seven dogs in total.

Answer

There are four birds and eleven dogs.

Answer

There are five birds and seven dogs.

Answer

There are three birds and eleven dogs.

Question 7

Dave's iPod has room for 15 more minutes of music. He plans to upload three songs totaling 5.15, 4.4, and 4.8 minutes. How much time will he have left after uploading these three songs?

Accepted Answer

1 min

Answer

5 mins

Answer

4 mins

Answer

3 mins

A school has 6000 students and 240 teachers.What is the student-teacher ratio?

A school has 6000 students and 240 teachers.
What is the student-teacher ratio?