FREE NBPTS Mathematics Questions and Answers

Question 1

A team of five medical personnel from a hospital will travel to a far-off island.
There are 12 nurses and eight doctors available at the facility.
How many five-person teams are possible if each team must have at least one doctor and two nurses?

Accepted Answer

13816

Answer

10120

Answer

14656

Answer

9856

Question 2

Depending on the individual's income, a specific community is divided into three classes: lower, middle, and higher. You want to research the community's residents' standard of living. Which sampling strategy should be employed to produce a result representative of the entire population?

Accepted Answer

Stratified sampling is the best method to use to ensure that subjects from different classes will be well-represented.

Answer

Probability sampling is the best method to use to ensure that the subjects will all be randomly picked.

Answer

Simple random sampling is the best method to use since the sample is not homogeneous.

Answer

Systematic sampling is the best method to use to ensure subjects will come from different classes.

Question 3

Calculate the total of 13 + 9 + 5 +... + (-99) +. (-103).

Accepted Answer

-1350

Answer

-1148

Answer

-1457

Answer

-1247

Question 4

Three hundred fifty feet separate you from the cliff's base when you are looking at it. What is the ridge's height if the elevation angle from your location to its peak is 60 degrees?

Accepted Answer

606 feet

Answer

202 feet

Answer

303 feet

Answer

175 feet

Question 5

Which of the following uses of a line's slope is practical?

Accepted Answer

Interpolating values from data that follows a linear trend

Answer

Calculating the distance traveled by a projectile that is fired at an angle

Answer

Approximating the distance of the earth from the sun

Answer

Predicting values from data that follows a quadratic trend

Question 6

What practical applications of mathematics did the Babylonians have in antiquity?

Accepted Answer

They used algebra to write formulas to represent a general situation to arrive at a more specific answer

Answer

They used the concept of probability to compute the likelihood of certain events to happen

Answer

They used concepts in geometry and trigonometry to measure the distances of heavenly bodies from the earth

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They used geometry to compute the volume needed to build burial chambers inside the pyramids

Question 7

Pigs to goats are a 3:5 ratio, while goats to cows are a 4:9 ratio. Given that there are eight pigs, how many cows are there?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

27

Answer

21

Answer

24

A team of five medical personnel from a hospital will travel to a far-off island.There are 12 nurses and eight doctors available at the facility.How many five-person teams are possible if each team must have at least one doctor and two nurses?

A team of five medical personnel from a hospital will travel to a far-off island.
There are 12 nurses and eight doctors available at the facility.
How many five-person teams are possible if each team must have at least one doctor and two nurses?