TPC Review
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1. How many pounds of Kenyan coffee beans that cost $5.00 per pound must be mixed with 8 pounds of Ethiopian
coffee beans that cost $8.00 per pound to make a blend that costs $6.00 per pound?
a. 16 pounds
c. 24 pounds
b. 8 pounds
d. 4 pounds
2. A local grocer has decided to make a mix of 100 pounds consisting of cashews and almonds for a holiday special.
Cashews typically cost $8 per pound and almonds cost $3 per pound. How many pounds of each type of nut
must he mix to obtain a mixture that will cost his customers $5 per pound?
a. Cashews = 73 Almonds = 27
c. Cashews = 34 Almonds = 66
b. Cashews = 56 Almonds = 44
d. Cashews = 40 Almonds = 60
3. A chemist needs a 40% solution of alcohol. He plans to mix 3 liters of a 60% solution with a 25% solution. How
many liters of the 25% solution must he mix with the 3 liters of the 60% solution to obtain the desired 40%
solution of alcohol?
a. 7 liters
c. 4 liters
b. 9 liters
d. 12 liters
4. Tim wants to mix peanuts costing $1.90 per pound with raisins costing $1.20 per pound to make a 10 pound
mixture worth a total of $14.80. How many pounds of each should he use?
a. Peanuts = 1 Raisins = 9
c. Peanuts = 8 Raisins = 2
b. Peanuts = 7 Raisins = 3
d. Peanuts = 4 Raisins = 6
5. Beth combined punch worth $0.80 per quart with some juice worth $2.40 per quart to get an 8 quart
mixture worth a total of $11.20. How much punch was used to create the mixture?
a. 7 quarts
c. 4 quarts
b. 5 quarts
d. 8 quarts
6. A mixture is made by combining 13 quarts of punch costing $0.80 per quart with 7 quarts of soda
costing $1.20 per quart. How much does the mixture cost per quart?
a. $0.94
c. $0.85
b. $0.98
d. $0.87
7. A janitor has 12 liters of a 25% deodorizer solution. How many liters of water must be added to obtain
a 20% deodorizer solution?
a. 7 liters
c. 3 liters
b. 4 liters
d. 9 liters
8. If Carmen mixes 50 ounces of her tuna casserole that is 30% tuna with 40 ounces of her sisters tuna
casserole that is 10% tuna, what will the percent of tuna be in the mixture?
a. 20%
c. 40%
b. 21%
d. 17%
9. The number of quarters that Christine has is 3 times the number of nickels. Their value is $1.60. How
many nickels does Christine have?
a. 7
c. 4
b. 2
d. 12
10. Angelo has $1.90 in dimes and nickels. If he has 4 less nickels than 5 times the number of dimes, how
many dimes does he have?
a. 9
c. 6
b. 10
d. 4
11. How many liters of water must be evaporated from 60 liters of a 12% acid solution to obtain a 36% acid
solution?
a. 40 liters
c. 30 liters
b. 20 liters
d. 50 liters
12. A pharmacist wants to add water to a solution that contains 80% medicine. She wants to obtain 12
ounces of a solution that is 20% medicine. How much water and how much of the 80% solution should
she use?
a. water = 5 80% solution = 7
c. water = 9 80% solution = 3
b. water = 4 80% solution = 8
d. water = 10 80% solution = 2
13. The cost of an adult ticket to a football game is $2.00 and a student ticket is $1.50. The total income
from the sale of tickets was $550. The number of adult tickets sold was 100 less than 3 times the
number of student tickets. How many of each were sold?
a. 150 adult tickets and 300 student
tickets
b. 80 adult tickets and 120 student tickets
c. 120 adult tickets and 40 student tickets
d. 200 adult tickets and 100 student
tickets
14. John and Tom work in a supermarket and each earns $6.00 per hour. If one week, Tom worked 5 hours
more than John, and their combined salaries are $390, how many hours did each boy work that week?
a. John = 40 hours Tom = 45 hours
c. John = 25 hours Tom = 20 hours
b. John = 30 hours Tom = 35 hours
d. John = 25 hours Tom = 30 hours
15. Calculate the grade point average using these school rates: 4pts per A, 3pts per B, 2pts per C, and 1 pt
per D. Report Card: Math 3 credits: B, Science 5 credits: C, English 4 credits: A, and Spanish: 3 credits:
A.
a. 3.03
c. 3.19
b. 3.08
d. 3.13