A bakery sells three varieties of muffins. On a recent morning, the bakery sold 41 blueberry muffins, 27 banana nut muffins, and 20 black muffins. Estimate the total number of muffins sold.
A. 70
B. 90
C. 80
D. 100
total muffin is equal to the sum of the different muffins sold.
Total muffins=41+27+20=88 muffins
Thus, the bakery sold about 90 muffins.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: A patient's temperature was recorded in degrees Fahrenheit every hour for 8 hr. The temperatures in Fahrenheit were 99.0°, 99.2°, 98.7°, 99.3°, 99.7°, 98.6°, 100.0° and 99.0°. Which of the following is the median temperature?
A. 99.5°F
B. 99.1°F
C. 99.2°F
D. 99°F
Answer Explanation
The median temperature can be found by organizing the temperature values from the smallest to the largest value as follows:
98.6, 98.7, 99.0, 99.0, 99.2, 99.3, 99.7, 100.0
(for an even set of numbers, Median = frac{(frac{n}{2})th observation + (frac{n}{2} + 1) th observation}{2})
From the data set above, there are 8 temperature values. The median is the temperature value in the middle position, which falls between the (frac{n}{2} th) and ((frac{n}{2} + 1) th) position. Here N=8 and median is found as:
(frac{(frac{n}{2})th + (frac{n}{2} + 1) th}{2} = )(frac{(frac{8}{2})th + (frac{8}{2} + 1) th }{2} = 4.5th position)
The element in the 4.5th position is the average of the 4th and 5th element.
(frac{99.0 + 99.2}{2} = 99.1)
Thus 99.1 is the median temperature.
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Q #2: A farmer needs to buy fertilizer for his farmland. The instructions on the bag of the fertilizer say 49.5 pounds of fertilizer is needed for 1 acre of land. The farmer buys 2,000 pounds of fertilizer. Which of the following is the approximate number of acres he can cover with the fertilizer he bought?
A. 40
B. 120
C. 300
D. 1000
Answer Explanation
From the given problem,
49.5 pounds of fertilizer is needed to farm 1 acre of land. This can be interpreted as:
Or
Now we are needed to find the acres of land that will be farmed using 2000 pounds of fertilizers. To solve this, we use the second option as follows:
2000 pounds of fertilizers can farm approximately 40 acres of land.
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Q #3: Four hundred milligrams is equal to how many grams?
A. 4 g
B. 0.4 g
C. 400,000 g
D. 0.00004 g
Answer Explanation
we are asked to change 400 mg to g. We use the conversion 1g=1000mg, which we can write as:
So, 400 mg to g becomes
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Q #4: A pudding recipe for 50 people calls for 4 cups of sugar. Each bag of sugar contains 6 cups. How many bags of sugar will be needed to make this recipe for 300 people?
A. 8 bags
B. 13 bags
C. 4 bags
D. 24 bags
Answer Explanation
We need to perform a series of numerical dimensional analysis to find the number of bags sugar needed for 300 people.
We are told that 50 people need 4 cups of sugar. This can be interpretated as:
Or
Also, one bag of sugar contains 6 cups. This can also be presented as:
Or
We use the second option relating number of people and cups, and second option relating cups of sugar and bag of sugar to find for number of bags of sugar needed for 300 people.
Therefore, 300 people will need 4 bags of sugar.
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Q #5: For a school's annual budget, the total amount of money spent on supplies (s) and textbooks (t) cannot exceed $12,000. Which of the following inequalities represents this scenario?
A. s + t >= $12,000
B. s + t > $12,000
C. s + t < $12,000
D. s + t <= $12,000
Answer Explanation
We can interpret ‘cannot exceed” as less than ‘<’. Therefore, in our inequality, the symbol < must be included. Now let’s convert the word problem into a mathematical inequality.
Money spent on supplies=s
Money spent on textbooks=t
Total money spent=money spent on supplies + money spent on textbooks
Total money spent = s+t
But the money spent cannot exceed $12,000. Then,
s+t < $12,000.
However the money spent can still be equal to $12000, as it has not exceeded it.Therefore, the required inequality is s + t <= $12,000.
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Q #6: To determine the insurance of a car, an insurance company considers the following determinants: the age of the car, the model of the car, and the mileage of the car. Which of the following is the dependent variable?
A. Model
B. Insurance premium
C. Mileage
D. Age
Answer Explanation
A dependent variable is one that when another variable changes, it also changes. In our case, the insurance premium changes if the age, model, mileage of car changes. Thus, insurance premium is the dependent variable while the other three are independent variable.
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Q #7: An employee discovers that 0.0025 of all products produced at a factory contain defects. Which of the following percentage does this represent?
A. 0.25%
B. 25%
C. 2.5%
D. 0.025%
Answer Explanation
all products represent 100%. Then, the portion of defect products is:
0.0025 of 100%
‘of’ means multiply
0.0025 *100%=0.25%
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Q #8: A family is planning a driving vacation and is estimating the price of gasoline. While on the vacation, the family plans to drive 3,000 miles. The car gets about 25 miles per gallon, and the cost of gasoline is $1.66 per gallon. Which of the following is the estimate for cost of gasoline for the vacation?
A. $120.00
B. $41.50
C. $72.29
D. $199.20
Answer Explanation
We solve the problem by first finding the amount of gallons needed for the whole trip then find the cost of the gallon.
The car uses 1 gallon to cover 25 miles, which is same as:
Now, in 3000 miles, the car will use how many gallons of gasoline?
A trip of 3000 miles will need 120 gallons. And to find the cost of 120 gallons, we proceed as follows:
The family will spend $199.20 to drive for 3000 miles.
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Q #9: Which of the following is the appropriate estimate of 1 teaspoon?
A. 0.5 L
B. 50 mL
C. 5 L
D. 5 mL
Answer Explanation
A teaspoon can approximately hold 5 mL.
Although the capacity of a teaspoon could be more or less, choice D remains the most correct answer as the other choices have amounts too much for a small teaspoon.
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Q #10: An athlete can run 6 miles in 51 minutes. At this rate, how many miles could the athlete run in 90 minutes?
A. 15 miles
B. 11.5 miles
C. 45 miles
D. 10.6 miles
Answer Explanation
Here, the athlete runs 6 miles in 51 minutes, which can be expressed as:
Now, in 90 minutes, the athlete will cover about
Therefore, the athlete runs about 10.6 miles in 90 minutes.
