Wagner School: Math Assessment Answer Key and Reference Sheet
No.
Question
Answer
Reference to Review Topics
1
Fractions
1
1
1
10
12
60
2
Fractions
1
1
1
1
( *
)
2
3
6
12
3
Fractions
5
2
3
6
4
5
4
What is 12% of 85?
10.2
Percents
5
20% of 15 is what % of 24?
12.5%
Percents
6
The rate of inflation in 1994 was
2.6%
Percents
.026. How would this be
expressed as a percent?
7
A student earned $2000 working
26.25%
Percents
at a summer job before entering
college. The following summer,
the student earned $2525. What
percent increase did the student’s
earning grow from one summer
to the next?
8
Tamara just received an 8% pay
$25,000;
Percents
raise, which amounts to a $2,000
Martin received a 6.5%
increase in her annual salary.
increase, therefore
Martin was earning $23,000 a
Tamara received a
year and just heard that as of next
greater percent increase
week, he will be making $24,500
in salary (by 1.5%)
a year. How much was Tamara
making before her raise? Who
received a greater percent
increase in annual salary, Martin
or Tamara?
9
In the Big Bucks Lottery, the
10
Percents
chance of winning a $10 prize is
1%. How many people do you
expect would win a $10 prize if
1000 people each buy a single
ticket to Big Bucks?