| Your Results | Global Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Questions | 5 | 5 |
| Correct | 0 | 2.87 |
| Score | 0% | 57% |
If all of a roofing company's 8 workers are required to staff 4 roofing crews, how many workers need to be added during the busy season in order to send 6 complete crews out on jobs?
| 9 | |
| 17 | |
| 4 | |
| 8 |
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 8 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{8}{4} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 6 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 6 x 2 = 12 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 8 workers so they need to add 12 - 8 = 4 new staff for the busy season.
Solve for \( \frac{3!}{4!} \)
| \( \frac{1}{20} \) | |
| \( \frac{1}{4} \) | |
| 9 | |
| 6 |
A factorial is the product of an integer and all the positive integers below it. To solve a fraction featuring factorials, expand the factorials and cancel out like numbers:
\( \frac{3!}{4!} \)
\( \frac{3 \times 2 \times 1}{4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
\( \frac{1}{4} \)
A machine in a factory has an error rate of 4 parts per 100. The machine normally runs 24 hours a day and produces 8 parts per hour. Yesterday the machine was shut down for 7 hours for maintenance.
How many error-free parts did the machine produce yesterday?
| 156.8 | |
| 141.1 | |
| 130.6 | |
| 104.9 |
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 8 = \( \frac{4 \times 8}{100} \) = \( \frac{32}{100} \) = 0.32 errors per hour
So, in an average hour, the machine will produce 8 - 0.32 = 7.68 error free parts.
The machine ran for 24 - 7 = 17 hours yesterday so you would expect that 17 x 7.68 = 130.6 error free parts were produced yesterday.
A menswear store is having a sale: "Buy one shirt at full price and get another shirt for 40% off." If Ezra buys two shirts, each with a regular price of $13, how much will he pay for both shirts?
| $16.25 | |
| $20.80 | |
| $18.85 | |
| $5.20 |
By buying two shirts, Ezra will save $13 x \( \frac{40}{100} \) = \( \frac{$13 x 40}{100} \) = \( \frac{$520}{100} \) = $5.20 on the second shirt.
So, his total cost will be
$13.00 + ($13.00 - $5.20)
$13.00 + $7.80
$20.80
If there were a total of 100 raffle tickets sold and you bought 8 tickets, what's the probability that you'll win the raffle?
| 10% | |
| 14% | |
| 16% | |
| 8% |
You have 8 out of the total of 100 raffle tickets sold so you have a (\( \frac{8}{100} \)) x 100 = \( \frac{8 \times 100}{100} \) = \( \frac{800}{100} \) = 8% chance to win the raffle.