1. Name: ______________________ Date: _________
NJ ASK PREP
1. Which of the operations described below yields the largest number?
A. 0.1 divided by 0.2
B. The sum of 0.1 and 0.2
C. The product of 0.1 and 0.2
D. 0.1 raised to the second power
2. Pat has 1296 one-inch square tiles. Which of the following are the
dimensions of the largest square tabletop Pat could cover with tiles?
A. 324 in x 324 in
B. 9ft x 9ft
C. 1 yd x 1 yd
D. 36 m x 36 m
3. If X > 0 and Y < 0, what must be true about the value of the expression
-X – Y?
A. It is sometimes positive
B. It is always negative
C. It is never negative
D. It is never zero

2. 4.
Student Age Number of Students
12 1
13 4
14 25
The table above shows the ages of the students in Elaine’s class. To the
nearest tenth of a year what is the mean of the 30 students ages?
A. 13.0
B. 13.4
C. 13.8
D. 14.0
5. Jeremy has a fair coin and a number cube with the sides labeled one
through six. What is the probability of getting both a head on a toss of the
coin and a four on a roll of the number cube?
A. 2/3
B. ½
C. 1/3
D. 1/12
6. The Amount A that principal P will be worth after t years at interest rate
r. compounded annually, is given by the formula:
A = P(1 + r)t
Suppose $4,000 principal is invested at 6% interest compounded annually
for five years. How much money would the investment yield after 5 years?
8. Four students ran for class president. In the election, Gloria got 50% of
the votes, Kenny got 25%, Art 12.4%, and Stuart got 40 votes. How many
students voted?
A. 80
B. 200
C. 160
D. 320
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3. 7. Irene bought a certain number of CDs on her trip. She listened to ½ of
them on the car ride to Florida, 2/3 of the remaining CDs in the hotel, and
the last 4 on the ride back home. How many CDs did she bring with her?
A. 12
B. 24
C. 36
D. 48
8. A recent survey found that 6.2% of the students at James Madison
Middle School were left-handed. If there were 45 left handed students, what
is the total student body population?
A. 675
B. 700
C. 725
D. 750
9. Lucy’s monthly telephone bill was $56.00. Out of the total bill, 45% was
for local calls and the rest was for long distance. If long distance calls were
an average of $1.54 each, how many long distance calls were there?
10. At 10:00, Mr. Wilson passes out a test. At 10:20, Billy is 40% done,
Cara is 3/5 done, and Melissa has finished 13/20 of the test.
a. Who is the closest to finishing the test?
b. If Billy continues at the same rate, what times will it be when he finishes?