FREE IAAT Pre-Algebraic Number Skills and Concepts Questions and Answers

Question 1

Tiffany walked 1 mile from home to school.
After school, she walked to her friend Joan’s house to wait for her dad to pick her up.
Joan’s home is twice the distance from Tiffany’s home to school.
How many miles did Tiffany walk by the time her dad picked her up?

Accepted Answer

3 miles

Answer

2 miles

Answer

5 miles

Answer

6 miles

Question 2

The perimeter of a stop sign is 48 inches. If each side is equal to one another, what is the length of each side?

Accepted Answer

8n = 48

Answer

n + n + n + n + n + n = 48

Answer

n + n + n + n = 48

Answer

6n = 48

Question 3

Sophia baked cookies for her class. Every student had one cookie, including Sophia. At the end of the school day, 3 cookies were left. How many kids were in the class?

Accepted Answer

n - 3

Answer

3 - n

Answer

n + 3

Answer

3n

Question 4

James sells ice cream on weekends.  If he sells cones with two scoops, he gets a bonus of 10 cents per scoop. On Saturday, he sold 12 cones with two scoops. On Sunday, he sold only 4 cones with double scoops. What was his bonus?

Accepted Answer

.10 ‥ 2 (12 + 4)

Answer

.10 + 10 ‥ 12

Answer

.10 ‥ 12 ‥ 4

Answer

.10 (12 + 4)

Question 5

Which one is the best answer? 2/5 + 5/8 =

Accepted Answer

41/40

Answer

10/40

Answer

7 /13

Answer

18 / 20

Question 6

Which carton of yogurt is the best value?

Accepted Answer

16 oz for 1.60

Answer

4 oz for .49

Answer

6 oz for .65

Answer

8 oz for 1.29

Question 7

Which of the following expressions represents the sum of 5 and twice x?

Accepted Answer

X + 5

Answer

2x + 5

Answer

5x + 2

Answer

5 + X/2

Question 8

In a class of 50 students, 23 are girls and the remaining are boys. Find the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls.

Accepted Answer

27:23

Answer

25:28

Answer

35:30

Answer

17:13

Question 9

There are 49 boys and 28 girls in a school auditorium. Express the ratio of the number of boys to that of girls.

Accepted Answer

7:4

Answer

49:28

Answer

49:7

Answer

28:49

Question 10

There were 46 kids in the tram, in which 26 were boys and 20 were girls. What is the ratio of the boys to the total number of girls?

Accepted Answer

13:10

Answer

15:10

Answer

14:10

Answer

12:10

Tiffany walked 1 mile from home to school.After school, she walked to her friend Joan’s house to wait for her dad to pick her up.Joan’s home is twice the distance from Tiffany’s home to school.How many miles did Tiffany walk by the time her dad picked her up?

Tiffany walked 1 mile from home to school.
After school, she walked to her friend Joan’s house to wait for her dad to pick her up.
Joan’s home is twice the distance from Tiffany’s home to school.
How many miles did Tiffany walk by the time her dad picked her up?