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Saxon Middle Placement 3

The document contains a series of math problems covering various topics such as rounding, basic arithmetic, geometry, probability, ratios, and algebra. It includes questions about calculating ages, distances, costs, and conversions, as well as evaluating expressions and solving equations. The problems are designed for an 8th-grade math level.

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Saxon Middle Placement 3

The document contains a series of math problems covering various topics such as rounding, basic arithmetic, geometry, probability, ratios, and algebra. It includes questions about calculating ages, distances, costs, and conversions, as well as evaluating expressions and solving equations. The problems are designed for an 8th-grade math level.

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Math 8/7

61. Round 7.49362 to the nearest thousandth.

62. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office in 1945 at the age of 63. In what year was he
born?

63. Eric ran 8 laps in 11 minutes 44 seconds. How many seconds did it take Eric to run 8 laps?

64. A one-quart container of oil costs 89¢. A case of 12 one-quart containers costs $8.64.
How much is saved per container by buying the oil by the case?

65. Ricardo ran the 400-meter race 3 times. His fastest time was 54.3 seconds. His slowest
time was 56.1 seconds. If his average time was 55.0 seconds, what was his time for the
third race?

66. The perimeter of a square is one yard. What is the area of the square in square inches?

67. The perimeter of the square equals the perimeter of the


regular pentagon. Each side of the pentagon is 16 cm long.
How long is each side of the square?

68. Find the volume of the triangular prism shown. Dimensions are in millimeters.

69. The sale price of an item on sale for 40% off is $48. What was the regular price?

70. A bag contains 3 red marbles, 4 white marbles, and 5 blue marbles. If one marble is drawn
from the bag, what is the probability that the marble will be blue?

71. 6w = 63 Find w. 72. 4 __45 · 1 __19 · 1 __78

(
73. 3 __56 – __23 – __12 ) 74. (0.15)(0.05)

1.2
75. ___ = __3a Find a. w = 3, what does __
76. If __ x
4.4 x w equal?

77. Write a fraction equal to __12 with a denominator of 6 and a fraction equal to __13 with a
denominator of 6. Then add the fractions.

78. Evaluate x3 – xy – _xy if x = 2 and y = 0.5

79. Forty percent of what number is 60?

80. Only three-tenths of the print area of the newspaper carried news. The rest of the area was
filled with advertisements. What percent of the print area was filled with advertisements?

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81. The first flock contained 5283 birds. The second flock contained 5 times as many birds. The
third flock had twice as many birds as the second flock. How many birds were there in all?

82. The whole batch cost $28,000 and contained 140 items. Write the two rates (ratios) implied
by this statement. What would be the price for 200 items?

83. For 4 hours Sam traveled at 40 miles per hour. Then he increased his speed to 60 miles per
hour and drove for another 3 hours. How far did he go in the 7 hours he traveled?

84. The ratio of roses to snapdragons was 4 to 5. If there were 26,000 roses on the float, how
many snapdragons were there?

85. The number of red frogs exceeded the number of blue frogs by 80. The number of green
frogs was 20 less than the number of blue frogs. If there were 120 blue fogs, what was the
sum of the reds, the blues, and the greens?

86. Six times a number is 45 greater than the product of the number and -3. Find the number.

87. If 200 is increased by 130 percent, what is the resulting number?

88. Find x.

89. Find the surface area of this right solid. Dimensions are in centimeters.

90. What is the volume in cubic meters of the right


solid whose base is the figure shown on the
left and whose sides are 200 centimeters tall?
Dimensions are in meters. All angles are right angles.

91. Write 0.000387 in scientific notation.


1821.5
92. ______
0.7
2
93. 9 __ 15
– 3 __
14 21

94. 9876.5 – 643.99 95. 3 __12 × 6 __13 ÷ 2 __13 × 1 __13


___ 102
96. 32 + 3[23(√ 49 – 22)(32 – 23) – 22] 97. Reduce to lowest terms: ___
170

98. Convert 250.025 to a mixed number.

99. Use two unit multipliers to convert 144 square feet to square miles. Round any decimal
answer to two places.
__ x__
100. Evaluate: m√ p + ___
√p
if p = 16, m = 4, and x = 3

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