CBEST Math Practice Test 1

Which of the following is the BEST estimate of 3995 × 102\(?\)

Gina buys nine pens at $1.10 per pen. Which of the following represents the change she would receive if she purchased the pens using a $20 bill?

Each day, Marquis takes two pills of type A medicine, three pills of type B medicine, and one pill of type C medicine. How many pills will he take in 14 days if he forgets to take the type B pills on each of two days?

Which of these decimals is the greatest?

Three boxes of crayons, identified as Box A, Box B, and Box C, contain the same four colors, as shown in the following chart.

What percent of all the crayons that are green or brown are contained in Box B?

Solve for x:

3(x + 1) = 5(x − 2) + 7

Susan, Gus, Harold, and Jeff were left an inheritance by their grandfather. If Susan receives one-eighth of the inheritance, Gus receives one quarter of the inheritance, Harold receives three-eighths of the inheritance, and Jeff receives the remainder, what fraction of the inheritance does Jeff receive?

A flight began 6,135,000 feet west of Denver and ended 2,851,000 feet east of Denver. Which of the following is the best estimate of the distance traveled by the flight?

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A business recorded the number of customers who visited the store throughout the week. How many days had a number of visitors greater than the average number of visitors for the entire week?

On a map, the length of the road from Town X to Town Y is measured to be 18 inches. On this map, ¼ inch represents an actual distance of 10 miles. What is the actual distance, in miles, from Town X to Town Y along this road?

Izzy randomly picks out and keeps a marble from a bag that contains 4 red marbles, 7 blue marbles, 9 yellow marbles, and 6 green marbles. Then Abi picks a marble at random from the same bag. If Izzy’s marble is green, what is the probability that Abi’s marble will also be green?

If Gabriela needed to buy 9 bottles of soda for a party in which 12 people attended, how many bottles of soda will she need to buy for a party in which 8 people are attending?

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Based on the information above, which of the following conclusions can be made with certainty:

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If Heidi is not wearing her black boots, but is working in the paint department today, which of the following conclusions can be made?

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Based on the information above, which of the following is a possible arrangement listed from oldest to youngest?

Logan correctly answered 70% of the spelling bee questions. If there were 220 questions total, how many did he answer incorrectly?

The measurements of Sara’s bedroom window are 2 yards 6 inches wide by 1.5 yards high. What are the dimensions of her bedroom window in inches?

The sum of 7 numbers is greater than 140 and less than 210. Which of the following could be the average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers?

Which single piece of information is necessary to solve the problem above?

Which single piece of additional information is required to solve this problem?

Which of the following can be determined?

Liam earns $8.00 per hour and worked 40 hours. Charlie earns $20.00 per hour. How many hours would Charlie need to work to equal Liam’s earnings over 40 hours?

Elsa brought home \(1\frac{2}{3}\) pizzas that were left over from her office party. The next day her husband ate five-twelfths of a pizza and her kids ate one-half of a pizza. How much pizza was left?

Which of the following would be the best unit of measurement to specify the width of a fingernail?

The shoes Jake wants to buy normally sell for $70. There is a 25% off sale on these shoes. To figure out the sale price of the shoes Jake uses the following expression:

\(70 − (0.25 × 70)\)

Which of the following methods could Jake also use to determine the sale price?