Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A dirt bike with a 2-stroke engine requires 15 L of gas to be mixed with 1.5 L
of oil. How much oil will you need to mix with 25 L of gas to fill up your dirt bike? Round to 1
decimal place.
a. | 250.0 L of oil | c. | 0.9 L of oil | b. | 2.5 L of oil | d. | 3.0 L of oil |
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A 2-stroke dirt bike requires 15 L of gas to be mixed with 4 L of oil. How much
oil do you need to fill up your dirt bike if you use 24 L of gas?
a. | 90 L of oil | c. | 2.5 L of oil | b. | 7.68 L of oil | d. | 6.4 L of oil |
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Ned is a pool cleaner. He offers a deal in which he charges $1000.00
to clean your pool 20 times. How much money do you save per cleaning using the deal if it
regularly costs $55.00 for one cleaning?
a. | $100.00 | c. | $50.00 | b. | $5.00 | d. | $10.00 |
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Lucinda wants to make $6.00 on every arrangement of flowers she sells. If it
costs her $10.00 to prepare an arrangement, by what percentage will she mark up the price?
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Iona buys a new home gym for $2075.00. Calculate the PST and GST if she lives in
Saskatchewan. | Tax Rates | | | PST | GST | | Alberta | 0% | 5% | | British Columbia | HST 12% | | Manitoba | 7% | 5% | | Northwest Territories | 0% | 5% | | Nunavut | 0% | 5% | | Saskatchewan | 5% | 5% | | Yukon | 0% | 5% | | | |
a. | $103.75 GST, $103.75 PST | c. | $103.75 GST, $145.25
PST | b. | $145.25 GST, $103.75 PST | d. | $103.75 GST, $0.00 PST |
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Glenda makes and sells jewellery. If it costs her $16.00 to make a necklace and
she marks up the price by 160%, for how much will she sell the necklace?
a. | $49.92 | c. | $41.60 | b. | $33.28 | d. | $62.40 |
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The regular price of honey ham at a the grocery deli is $2.39/100 g. If the ham
is on sale for 25% off, what is the cost of 275 g?
a. | $6.16 | c. | $6.23 | b. | $3.70 | d. | $4.93 |
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1 Norwegian krone is worth $0.207 CAD. If you have 375 kroner, how many Canadian
dollars can you exchange them for?
a. | $1811.59 | c. | $1630.43 | b. | $85.39 | d. | $55.20 |
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If Pietr sold 1225 Scottish pounds for $2445.28 CAD, which of the following is
closest to the bank’s buying rate?
a. | 1.59692 | c. | 0.50097 | b. | 1.99615 | d. | 2.99423 |
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If the selling rate of Indian rupees is 0.02532 and the buying rate is 0.02087,
how much money would you lose if you exchanged $75.00 CAD for rupees and then converted them back to
CAD on the same day?
a. | $11.60 | c. | $13.18 | b. | $16.08 | d. | $15.99 |
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Short Answer
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High End Games video game store makes a profit of $1475.00 on the sale of 220
games. How much profit would the store make on the sale of 150 games?
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One type of fabric costs $8.78 for 1 m of fabric and another costs $42.25 for 5
m of fabric. Which fabric has the lower cost per metre?
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Which is a better buy: 8 ounces of cheese for $5.63 or 12 ounces of cheese for
$7.87?
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The retail price of a refrigerator is $1719.00. Calculate the PST, the GST, and
the final price if the refrigerator is sold in Manitoba. | Tax
Rates | | | PST | GST | | Alberta | 0% | 5% | | British Columbia | HST 12% | | Manitoba | 7% | 5% | | Northwest Territories | 0% | 5% | | Nunavut | 0% | 5% | | Saskatchewan | 5% | 5% | | Yukon | 0% | 5% | | | |
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The cost of a new sledge hammer is $42.99. It is on sale for $32.24. What is the
discount, as a percent?
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