Try to answer the following questions in your head. For this quickie quiz to DO NOT need to include your units. (Generally, in other settings you should include your units on all answers.)
If the temperature starts at 15.3 °C drops by 2.8 °C, what is the temperature? (You may leave off the units from your answer.)
12.5
12.3
13.5
13.8
1.38
If 20% of the coyote population is infected with the RST Virus and there are 3400 coyotes in the state, how many coyotes have the virus?
680
68
34
340
580
Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma). An object has a mass of 25 kg. What force is required to accelerate it 14 meters per second per second?
350
25
1400
140
39
Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma). An object has a mass of 25 kg. If it hit with a force of 225 Newtons, what is the acceleration?
9
200
250
20
2
The river flows at a rate of 25,000 kL per hour. How much water flows in a day?
600,000
500,000
5000,000
480,000
We start with a supply of 4.3 L of iodine and use 1.6 L. How much iodine remains?
2.7
5.9
5.8
3.4
3.2
If sales tax is 7%, and the retail price is $400, what is the amount of the sales tax?
28
24
2.80
30.00
40
If there was a 40% increase in the number of accidents involving deer and vehicles from 2000 to 2008 and there were 500 accidents in 2000 (in Johnson County), how many accidents involving deer and vehicles were there in 2008?
700
200
520
540
640
In 2007, the percent of recyclable materials (such as cans on bottles) put into the Fitzgerald County landfill was 22.6%. In 2008, the percent dropped by 1.8%. What was the percent of recyclable materials put into the Fitzgerald County landfill in 2008?
20.8 %
24.4 %
20.2 %
19.8 %
11.3%
Last year there were 700 animals turned in to the Hanson County Humane Society. This year it has decreased by 4%. How many animals will be turned in to the humane society this year?