Bergen Academies

Sample Test #1

This test resembles the math portion of the Bergen County Academies entrance
exam which will be given in January. Applicants are given sixty minutes without a
calculator to complete the 40-question test. In scoring, two points are given for each
correct answer and one-half point is deducted for each incorrect answer.
Unanswered questions are not counted.

The answers are:

01 - 10 ADBBA AAEDD
11 - 20 CEDAE CDEDB
21 - 30 DDBEB DCABD
31 - 40 EACCE CCBDB
1. Evaluate the following fraction: 6. What percent of 20 is 66?

1
4+
6
=
2
1+
3

A 5/2 B 11/5 C 2/5 D 5/11 E 5 A 330 B 30.3 C 303 D 333 E 33.3

2. What is the value of A? 7. Calculate the value of:

3744
- 5 A6 A
√15 × 20 × 12
317 8

A 0 or 1 B 2 or 3 C 4 or 5
D 6 or 7 E 8 or 9 A 60 B 120 C 200 D 400 E 600

3. Find the sum: 8 The reciprocal of a number is one divided by

that number. What is the value of the
reciprocal of (2/3 + 3/2)?
0.33 + 0.033 + 0.0033 =

A 0.3333 B 0.3663 C 0.6336

D 0.6666 E 0.3696 A 13/6 B 1/13 C 1/6 D6 E 6/13

1 9 Calculate the following to the nearest

4. How much is of 50%?
200 hundredth:

1 1
+ =
2 30

A 0.1% B 0.25% C 1%
D 2.5% E 10% A 0.50 B 0.51 C 0.52 D 0.53 E 0.54
5. Which of the following has the largest value? 10 If 2% of a number is 8, then that number is:

A 7/9 B 2/3 C 8/11 D 9/12 E 7/10 A 0.16 B 4 C 16 D 400 E 800

11 Find the smallest whole number which is larger 16 When I open my math book, two pages face me
than the sum: and the sum of their two page numbers is 317.
What is the number of the very next page?
1 1 1
2 +3 +4
2 3 4

A9 B 10 C 11 D 12 E 13 A 158 B 159 C 160 D 161 E 162

12 In what range does the value of the following 17 A factory runs nonstop for three 14-hour shifts.
expression occur? The first shift starts at 9:00 AM. At what times
does their third shift end?

62 + 72

A 12:00 PM B 1:00 AM C 2:00 AM

A<6 B 6 to 7 C 7 to 8
D 3:00 AM E 4:00 AM
D 8 to 9 E>9

13 Solve the following: 18 Maria's Grocery Store buys grapefruit at a cost

of 5 for a dollar. They sell them at a price of 5
for three dollars. How many must they sell in
order to make a profit of ten dollars?
│2 - (-2)2 - (-2)3│=

A0 B2 C4 D6 E8 A 15 B 17 C 19 D 20 E 25

14 If A # B means the same thing as 2 A - B, then
1 # ( (2 # 3) # 4) equals:
19 In hockey standings, a win counts for 2 points,
a tie counts for 1 point and a loss counts for 0
points. In their first 10 games, the Devils won
5, lost 4 and tied 1 game. If they continue at
that same rate, how many points will they have
accumulated after they have played a total of
80 games?

A 48 B 78 C 80 D 88 E 96
A 4 B2 C0 D -2 E -4
15 What is the area, in cm2, of the smallest square 20 What is the least number of colors needed to
that will contain a circle of radius 4 cm? paint a cube so that no two adjacent faces have
the same color?

A4 B8 C 16 D 32 E 64 A2 B3 C4 D5 E6

21 What fraction of 4 hours is 15 seconds?
26 Homer Simpson left an estate of $2.4 million.
He left 10% to Springfield University, 15% to
the First Church of Springfield, $600,000 to his
wife, Marge, and the remainder to be divided
among his three children. How much did each
child receive?

A $240,000 B $300,000 C $360,000

A 1/16 B 1/64 C 1/760
D $400,000 E $440,000
D 1/960 E 1/9600

22 Find the numerical value of the fraction: 27 It takes 7 tubes of glue to construct 15 model
boats. How many whole tubes of glue must I
1 purchase in order to make 10 model boats?
=
1
1+
1
2+
3

A 1/6 B 3/10 C 5/6 D 7/10 E 2/3 A3 B4 C5 D6 E7

23 Estimate the numerical value of the following 28 If January 28, 2001 is a Sunday, what day of
fraction: the week is February 28, 2001? (January has
31 days.)
π
=
92.8

A <.025 B .025 - .050 A Wednesday B Tuesday C Monday

C .051 - .075 D .076 - .100 E >.100 D Friday E Thursday

24 1/9 is the square root of what number? 29 What is the concentration of a sugar solution
made by mixing 1 kilogram of 12% sugar
solution with 2 kilograms of water.

A 1/3 B 2/9 C 1/18 D 1/27 E 1/81 A 3% B 4% C 6% D 8% E 9%

25 In a class of 30 students, 12 are boys. If 6 more 30 An airplane leaves New York at 1:10 PM and
boys are admitted, what fraction of the class is arrives in Miami, 1125 miles away, at 3:40 PM.
now boys? What is its average speed in miles per hour?

A 1/3 B 1/2 C 2/5 D 3/5 E 1/5 A 260 B 375 C 420 D 450 E 489

31 In the first five math quizzes, Patty had an 36 What is the least common multiple of 16 and
average score of 8. She got a 7 and a 5 on the 36?
next two quizzes. After the eighth quiz, her
average stood at 7.5. What was her score on the
eighth quiz?

A5 B6 C 6.5 D 7.5 E8 A 72 B 108 C 144 D 288 E 576

32 There are 60 grains in a dram, 8 drams in an 37 Successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equal
ounce and 3 scruples in a dram. How many to what single discount? Give your answer to
grains are in a scruple? the nearest whole percent.

A 20 B 22.5 C 40 D 160 E 180 A 18% B 25% C 28% D 30% E 38%

33 The product of 3.37 × 4.13 is most nearly equal 38 Brooklyn Pizza sells pizza with a choice of 5
to: toppings. How many combinations of two
different toppings can be bought at Brooklyn
Pizza?

A 12 B 13 C 14 D 15 E 16 A5 B 10 C 15 D 20 E 25

34 How many 2-digit, even number are greater 39 Two students can eat 4 doughnuts in 6
than 40? minutes. At this rate how many doughnuts will
be eaten by 8 students in 9 minutes?

A <28 B 28 C 29 D 30 E >30 A 12 B 15 C 18 D 24 E 30
 35 Multiplying by 3/4 and then dividing by 3/5 is 40 In the next three days, 2000 people will move to
the same as dividing by what? New Jersey. How many people, on average, will
move to New Jersey each hour? Express your
answer to the nearest whole number.

A 5/4 B 1/3 C 4/3 D 1/5 E 4/5 A 27 B 28 C 29 D 30 E 32

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