A gumball machine contains red, orange, yellow, green, and blue gumballs. Twenty percent of the gumballs are red, 30% are orange, 5% are yellow, 10% are green, and the rest are blue. If there are a total of 120 gumballs, how many more blue gumballs are there than yellow gumballs?
A. 48
B. 30
C. 42
D. 36
Determine the number of blue and yellow gumballs as follows:
Percent of blue gumballs=100%-(20%+30%+5%+10%) =100%-65%=35%
Number of blue gumballs35% of 120=0.55*120 = 42 blue gumballs [35%=35/100=0.35]
Number of yellow gumballs=5% of 120=0.05*120 = 6 yellow gumballs [5%=5/100=0.05]
Difference between the number of blue and yellow gumballs=42-6= 36 balls
Therefore, there are 36 more blue gumballs than yellow gumballs.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is D.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: A sport utility vehicle travels 386.4 miles on 14 gallons of gas. Which of the following represents the constant proportionality of miles per gallon?
A. 372.4
B. 13.8
C. 27.6
D. 5,409.6
Answer Explanation
The constant of proportionality is the distance traveled divided by gallons of gas consumed
Constant of proportionality = 386.4 miles/14 gallons = 27.6 miles per gallon.
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Q #2: A new physician saw 841 clients during the first year of practice and 1072 clients during the second year of the practice. Which of the following represents the approximate percentage increase in the client volume?
A. 22%
B. 27%
C. 127%
D. 78%
Answer Explanation
Change in weight of client=new -old=1072-841= 231
Percent change=change/old*100%=231/841*100%=27.47%
The percentage change increase is about 27%
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Q #3: A homeowner has hired two people to mow his lawn. If person A is able to mow the lawn in 2 hr by herself and person B is able to mow in lawn in 3 hr by himself. Which of the following is the amount of time it would take for both person A and B to mow the lawn together?
A. 5 hours
B. 2.5 hours
C. 1.2 hours
D. 1 hours
Answer Explanation
We know that the two people work on the same work but the time to complete the work differs. Thus, the rate of doing the work for each person is as follows:
Rate of work for person A = 1 /2 work per hr
Rate of work for person B=1/3 work per hour
If person A and B work together, the time of doing the same work will be less than the fastest person A. Thus, we combine the two rates of A and B
We have 1 work and time to complete by both A and B becomes
