TEAS Test Study Guide with Practice Questions

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1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes? A. 5/p B. p - 5 C. p + 5 D. p/5 E. 1- p + 5 2. If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint ... the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? A. 2 hours and 24 minutes B. 3 hours and 12 minutes C. 3 hours and 44 minutes D. 4 hours and 10 minutes E. 4 hours and 33 minutes 3. Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450? A. $280.90 B. $287 C. $292.50 D. $306 E. $333.89 4. The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price? A. $14,310.40 B. $14,990.90 C. $15,290.70 D. $15,737.50 E. $16,935.80 5. Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A A. -2.4 B. 2.4 C. 1.3 D. -1.3 E. 0 6. If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? A. 8 B. 10 C. 14 D. 19 E. 21 7. Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much interest will he receive? A. $240 B. $480 C. $720 D. $960 E. $1,200 8. Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him? A. $496.30 B. $512.40 C. $555.40 D. $574.90 E. $588.20 9. The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much will the city receive in taxes from him? A. 10 cents B. 11 cents C. 15 cents D. 17 cents E. 21 cents 10. A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a 1 hour science lab. He received a "B" in the art class, an "A" in the history class, a "C" in the science class, a "B" in the mathematics class, and an "A" in the science lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0) A. 2.7 B. 2.8 C. 3.0 D. 3.1 E. 3.2 11. Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day. How much did Simon get paid? A. $120.25 B. $160.75 C. $173.75 D. $180 E. $182.50 12. Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 13 E. 16 13. If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r = A. y B. 2 y C. 5 y D. 10 y E. 15 y 14. If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50 cents at the same rate? A. 150/x B. 150x C. 6x D. 1500/x E. 600x 15. Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week at the same pay rate, how much will she make? A. $57 B. $90 C. $104 D. $112 E. $122 16. If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 = A. 12 B. 25 C. 33 D. 47 E. 86 17. You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and the sales tax where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How much change will you receive back? A. $5.20 B. $7.35 C. $13.40 D. $19.95 E. $21.25 18. You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of $225. How much have you paid so far for the car? A. $3225 B. $4350 C. $5375 D. $6550 E. $6398 19. Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's station. Pens are purchased in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will purchasing these products cost? A. $132.85 B. $145.75 C. $162.90 D. $225.25 E. $226.75 20. If y = 3, then y3 (y3 -y)= A. 300 B. 459 C. 648 D. 999 E. 1099 1. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y, what is the remaining number? A. ZY - V B. Z/V - 3 - Y C. Z/3 - V - Y D. 3V- Z - Y E. V- Z - Y 2. Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking? A. 2 hours B. 4 ½ hours C. 5 ¾ hours D. 6 hours E. 7 ½ hours 3. Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can [Show More]

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