Readiness Test

 No Calculators, please

Each answers worth 2 points

Express these fractions in lowest terms:

3/9                    6/12                  4/6

36/100              18/24                5/5

Change these fractions to decimals:

½         ¾            2/5

7/10      7/100                345/1000

Change these decimals to fractions in lowest terms:

.5                     .6                     .25

.8                     .02                    .356

Express these fractions as decimals rounded to the nearest thousandth:

1/3                    5/9                    2/7

5/12                  4/11                  5/16

How many thousandths is each of these fractions or decimals? (e.g., ½ is 500 thousandths, and .32 is 320 thousandths)

¼                     2/5                    27/100

.3                     .45

Change these decimals to percents:

.35                    .21                    .293

.7                     1.0

Solve these proportions for X:

½ = x/8             3/5 = x/30                  ¼ = x/100

2/5 = x/1000            3/7 = 15/x

Word Problems

Suppose Pat Answers 18 out of 20 questions correctly on a test.

            What is her percentage of correct answers?

            Express this percentage as a decimal.

            Express it as a fraction.

Suppose Howard makes 16 free throws in 25 attempts during a basketball game.

            What fraction of his attempts did he make?

            Change this to a decimal.

            What is his free-throw percentage?  (the percentage made)

How many free throws did he miss?

            What percentage did he miss?

Jeff collects baseball cards.  He has collected 7600 cards in just 2 years.  If she continues to collect them at the same rate, how many will she have.

            After four years (two more years)?

            After five years?

            After ten years?