| Your Results | Global Average | |
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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
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| Score | 0% | 56% |
A machine in a factory has an error rate of 4 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 5 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 5 hours for maintenance.
How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?
| 148.8 | |
| 91.2 | |
| 110.4 | |
| 132.5 |
The hourly error rate for this machine is the error rate in parts per 100 multiplied by the number of parts produced per hour:
\( \frac{4}{100} \) x 5 = \( \frac{4 \times 5}{100} \) = \( \frac{20}{100} \) = 0.2 errors per hour
So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 5 - 0.2 = 4.8 error free parts.
The machine ran for 24 - 5 = 19 hours yesterday so you would expect that 19 x 4.8 = 91.2 error free parts were produced yesterday.
What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, __________ ?
| 31 | |
| 22 | |
| 30 | |
| 23 |
The equation for this sequence is:
an = an-1 + 2(n - 1)
where n is the term's order in the sequence, an is the value of the term, and an-1 is the value of the term before an. This makes the next number:
a6 = a5 + 2(6 - 1)
a6 = 21 + 2(5)
a6 = 31
How many 1 gallon cans worth of fuel would you need to pour into an empty 6 gallon tank to fill it exactly halfway?
| 6 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 8 |
To fill a 6 gallon tank exactly halfway you'll need 3 gallons of fuel. Each fuel can holds 1 gallons so:
cans = \( \frac{3 \text{ gallons}}{1 \text{ gallons}} \) = 3
If all of a roofing company's 4 workers are required to staff 2 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 4 complete crews out on jobs?
| 8 | |
| 18 | |
| 16 | |
| 4 |
In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 4 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 2 crews so there are \( \frac{4}{2} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 4 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 4 x 2 = 8 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 4 workers so they need to add 8 - 4 = 4 new staff for the busy season.
The total water usage for a city is 10,000 gallons each day. Of that total, 34% is for personal use and 44% is for industrial use. How many more gallons of water each day is consumed for industrial use over personal use?
| 1,000 | |
| 7,500 | |
| 5,000 | |
| 17,500 |
44% of the water consumption is industrial use and 34% is personal use so (44% - 34%) = 10% more water is used for industrial purposes. 10,000 gallons are consumed daily so industry consumes \( \frac{10}{100} \) x 10,000 gallons = 1,000 gallons.