Question

13. Simone has 5 employees in her flower shop. Each employee works
6 4/15 hours per day. How many hours, in total, do the 5 employees work per day?

A. 30
B. 28
C. 31 1/3
D. 30 2/3

6 4/15 * 5 = 31 1/3

Answer 1

16. A family spends 1/10 of its annual income for housing, 1/4 for food and clothing, 1/5 for general expenses, and 2/15 for entertainment. What fractional part of their income is spent on these items altogether?

A. 41/60
B. 1/7
C. 6/41
D. 11/12

A because I multiplied all of the fractions together.

Answer 2

17. Which of the following pairs of numbers contain like fractions?

A. 5/6 and 10/12
B. 6/7 and 15/7
C. 3/2 and 2/3
D. 31/2 and 43/4

A?

Answer 3

Yes.

Answer 4

19. A bus on a regular schedule takes 3 1/4 hours to reach its destination. The express bus takes 2 1/2 hours to make the same trip. How much travel time can be saved by taking the express?

A. 2 hours
B. 1 1/4 hours
C. 5 3/4 hours
D. 3/4 hour

D?

Answer 5

20. In a booster club, 1/8 of the 128 members are men. How many male members are in the club?

A. 112
B. 64
C. 1
D. 16

D? 128 times 1/8 = 16

Answer 6

Both are right.