1. Mrs. Rodger got a weekly raise of $145. If she gets paid every other week, write an integer describing how the raise will affect her paycheck.
2. The value of x + x(xx) when x = 2 is:
(a) 10
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 36
(e) 64
3. Mr. Jones sold two pipes at $1.20 each. Based on the cost, his profit one was 20% and his loss on the other was 20%. On the sale of the pipes, he:
(a) broke even
(b) lost 4 cents
(c) gained 4 cents
(d) lost 10 cents
(e) gained 10 cents
4. The distance light travels in one year is approximately 5,870,000,000,000 miles. The distance light travels in 100 years is:
(a) 587 × 108 miles
(b) 587 × 1010 miles
(c) 587 × 10-10 miles
(d) 587 × 1012 miles
(e) 587 × 10-12 miles
5. A man has $ 10,000 to invest. He invests $ 4000 at 5 % and $ 3500 at 4 %. In order to have a yearly income of $ 500, he must invest the remainder at:
(a) 6 %
(b) 6.1%
(c) 6.2 %
(d) 6.3 %
(e) 6.4 %
6. Jones covered a distance of 50 miles on his first trip. On a later trip he traveled 300 miles while going three times as fast. His new time compared with the old time was:
(a) Three times as much
(b) Twice as much
(c) The same
(d) Half as much
(e) A third as much
7. If (0.2)x = 2 and log 2 = 0.3010, then the value of x to the nearest tenth is:
(a) -10.0
(b) -0.5
(c) -0.4
(d) -0.2
(e) 10.0