GED Math Practice Test 16

1. Simplify the given expression.

$9- 3(2)^{2}$

A.$-3$

B.$-9$

C.$3$

D.$9$

Question 1 of 10

2. Albert has inherited $\$45,500$ and he decided to invest part of his inheritance in a well-respected mutual fund while keeping the remaining part of his inheritance in a certificate of deposit. If Albert's amount that he invested in this certificate of deposit is $\$3,500$ more than six times the amount he invested in the mutual fund, calculate the amount he invested in each account.

A.$6,000 and $39,500

B.$4,970 and $40,530

C.$4,409 and $41,091

D.$6400+39,100

Question 2 of 10

3. Use rules of exponents and simplify:

$(y^{2})^{9}$

A.$y^{18}$

B.$y^{11}$

C.$y^{-7}$

Question 3 of 10

4. Seven more than two times a certain number is 181. Find the number.

A.$92$

B.$87$

C.$12$

D.$16$

Question 4 of 10

5. Simplify the given expression:

$9 + (9 - 6)^{3}- 5$

A.$39$

B.$31$

C.$18$

D.$14$

Question 5 of 10

6. Lily is cutting a piece of yarn into $3$ (three) pieces. The 2nd piece is $3$ times as long as the 1st piece, while the 3rd piece is $6$ centimeters longer than the 1st piece. When the yarn has a total length of $211$ centimeters, calculate the length of the first piece.

A.$11.5$

B.$12$

C.$49.5$

D.$41$

Question 6 of 10

7. James travels 3,247 m to the park, then 582 m to the store. He then travels 1,634 m back to his house.

Find the total distance traveled by first rounding each number to the nearest ten.

A. approximately $6,200$ meters

B. approximately $5,000$ meters

C. approximately $5,460$ meters

D. approximately $3,460$ meters

Question 7 of 10

8. A store is advertising that it offers a $14\%$ discount on everything purchased at the store. When John had paid $\$670.80$ for his purchase, what was the originally marked price for that article?

A.$780$

B.$1284.5$

C.$701.6$

D.$1089$

Question 8 of 10

9. Use rules of exponents and simplify:

$v^{8}\div v^{5} $

A.$3v^{1}$

B.$v^{3}$

C.$v^{40}$

Question 9 of 10

10. Alan is hiking a 70-mile-long trail. After a few days, his distance from the trail's beginning is four times as far he is from the trail's end. What's the distance Alan still has to hike?

A.$21\: miles$

B.$27\: miles$

C.$14\: miles$

D.$12\: miles$

Question 10 of 10

GED Math Practice Test 16

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