Test 3a MAT 1012 Fall 2008 Name ____________________________
Simplify all answers and show your work! Solutions having an answer only or where the work does not
match up with the answer will be marked wrong. This is not a test of your ability to guess. Calculators are
not allowed on this portion of the test. When you are finished, get part b of the test.
1) Add: 23.5 + 6.78 + 142 2) Divide:
8
.
8
62.55 3) Multiply: place(s) _____ 5.3
place(s) _____ 2.6
×
_____ place(s)
4) Write
8
5 as a decimal. 5) Subtract: $40 – $23.74
6) A recycling center is paying $0.75 for each pound of aluminum cans brought in to be recycled. How much
will the recycling center pay for a bag of aluminum cans weighing 23.75 pounds?
7) The average price of gasoline in the United States was about $2.66 per gallon of gasoline as of October
27. Two weeks later, the average price had dropped to $2.22. How much did the average price of gasoline
drop in those two weeks?
8) The government’s original bailout of AIG included $85 billion in September and $37.8 billion in October.
In November, the Federal Reserve changed its bailout terms to be a $60 billion loan, a $52.5 billion aid
package, and $40 billion for AIG stock.
a) How much was the government’s original b) How much more were the bailout terms in November
bailout of AIG (for Sept. and Oct.)? over the original bailout terms?
9) Ms. Molik drinks two canned sodas a day from the soda machine. Each can costs $0.60. If there are ten
weeks in a quarter with five days in each work-week, how much money does Ms. Molik spend each quarter
on sodas from the soda machine?
