Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Jake sold 42 tickets to the school fair and Jeanne sold 9 tickets. What is the
ratio, in simplest form, of the number of tickets Jeanne sold to the number of tickets Jake
sold?
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Your class is conducting an experiment to study geometric sequences. The class
forms a line. The first person takes a whole pizza, divides it in half, keeps half, and hands the
other half to the next person. The next persons in line do the same thing with their pieces. What
portion of the whole pizza does the second person in line get?
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Mike works in the shipping department for a toy store. Every
6 weeks he receives
a shipment of games. Every 4 weeks he receives a shipment of bicycles.
If
Mike received a shipment of both the games and the bicycles today, when is the
next time
both toys will arrive on the same day?
A | 12 weeks | C | 27 weeks | B | 18 weeks | D | 8 weeks |
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4.
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A cargo jet has 6 engines.
During its flight 2 engines quit running. What fraction of engines did the jet have left to carry out
its flight?
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5.
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Today there are 50 stars on the
American flag. In 1790 there were 13 stars.
What fraction of stars did the 1790 flag have
compared to today’s flag?
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