CBEST-SECTION-1 Online Practice Questions and Answers

What is 56.73647 rounded to the nearest hundredth?

A. 100

B. 57

C. 56.7

D. 56.74

E. 56.736

Jerry was 1/3 as young as his grandfather 15 years ago. If the sum of their ages is 110, how old is Jerry's grandfather?

A. 80

B. 75

C. 65

D. 60

E. 50

Which of the following means 5n + 7 = 17?

A. 7 more than 5 times a number is 17

B. 5 more than 7 times a number is 17

C. 7 less than 5 times a number is 17

D. 12 times a number is 17

E. 17 divided by a number is 5

Three high schools can serve a town of 105,000 people. How many people could be served by 4 high schools?

A. 130,000

B. 135,000

C. 140,000

D. 145,000

E. 150,000

A school cafeteria manager spends $540 on silverware. If a place setting includes 1 knife, 1 fork, and 2 spoons, how many place settings did the manager buy?

A. 90

B. 108

C. 135

D. 180 E. There is not enough information to solve this problem.

A cafeteria has three different options for lunch.

For $2, a customer can get either a sandwich or two pieces of fruit.

For $3, a customer can get a sandwich and one piece of fruit.

For $4, a customer can get either two sandwiches, or a sandwich and two pieces of fruit.

If Jan has $6 to pay for lunch for her and her husband, which of the following is not a possible combination?

A. three sandwiches and one piece of fruit

B. two sandwiches and two pieces of fruit

C. one sandwich and four pieces of fruit

D. three sandwiches and no fruit

E. one sandwich and three pieces of fruit

A 15 cc dosage of a medication must be increased by 20 percent. What is the new dosage?

A. 17 cc

B. 18 cc

C. 20 cc

D. 30 cc

E. 35 cc

A gardener on a large estate determines that the length of garden hose needed to reach from the water spigot to a particular patch of prizewinning dragonsnaps is 175 feet. If the available garden hoses are 45 feet long, how many sections of hose, when connected together, will it take to reach the dragonsnaps?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

E. 6

Use the graph below to answer the question

What month in 1995 had the most rainfall?

A. January

B. February

C. March

D. November

E. December

Roger wants to know if he has enough money to purchase several items. He needs three heads of lettuce, which cost $.99 each, and two boxes of cereal, which cost $3.49 each. He uses the expression (3 $0.99) + (2 x $3.49) to calculate how much the items will cost.

Which of the following expressions could also be used?

A. Option A

B. Option B

C. Option C

D. Option D

E. Option E