QUESTION: 309

If 34 boxes of cucumbers in brine cost A dollars, how much will B boxes cost in cents?

AB/34.
17AB/50.
34/AB.
50AB/17.
100AB/17.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

If 34 boxes cost A dollars then one box costs A/34 dollars or 100A/34 cents = 50A/17. B boxes will cost B x 50A/17 = 50AB/17.

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QUESTION: 310

If X boxes of pineapple juice cost 342 cents, how much will Y boxes cost in dollars?

342Y/X.
X/(342Y).
XY/(342).
3.42X/Y.
3.42Y/X.

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

If X boxes cost 342 cents (or 3.42 dollars), then each box costs 3.42/X.
Y boxes will cost 3.42Y/X.

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QUESTION: 311

Jeremy bought 2Q steaks for W dollars. Jerome buys R steaks for a 50% discount, how much will the steaks cost him in cents?

50RW/Q.
50QR/W.
25RQ/W.
25RW/Q.
RW/(4Q).

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Jeremy paid W dollars (or 100W cents) for 2Q steaks and therefore each steak cost him 50W/Q. Jerome has a 50% discount, so every steak costs him 25W/Q.
Jerome wants to buy R steaks; it will cost him 25RW/Q.

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QUESTION: 312

An electrical appliances store sold this month 400% more than the average of all the other months in the year. The sales total for this month was approximately what percent of total sales for this year?

14%.
21%.
31%.
37%.
43%.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Plug in 1$ as the sales for each of the other 11 months.
On that special month, the store sold 400% more (400% of 1 is 4), or $5. The sales of this month relative to the sales of the entire year are 5/(11 + 5). 5/16, which is a bit less than 1/3 (33%).

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