Professional Accuplacer Test Interview Questions & Answers:

1. 1. the average weight for a group of 20 women is 130 pounds. if the average weight for 3/4 of these women was 140 pounds, what was the average weight, in pounds, for the rest of the women?
2. which of the following is closest to the square root of 10.5?

2. If x = -1 and y = 2, what is the value of the expression 2x3 - 3xy ?

1. 8
2. 4
3. -1
4. -4
5. -8

Answer :B

3. A student has earned scores of 87, 81, and 88 on the first 3 of 4 tests. If the student wants an average (arithmetic mean) of exactly 87, what score must she earn on the fourth test?

1. 85
2. 86
3. 87
4. 92
5. 93

Answer :D

4. 16x - 8 =

1. 8x
2. 8(2x - x)
3. 8(2x - 1)
4. 8(2x - 8)

Answer :C

5. If A represents the number of apples purchased at $.15 each and B represents the number of bananas purchased at $.10 each, which of the following represents the total value of the purchases?

1. A+B
2. 25(A+B)
3. 10A+ 15B
4. 15A+ 10B

Answer :C

6. If a number is divided by 4 and then 3 is subtracted, the result is 0. What is the number?

1. 12
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2

Answer :A

7. Which of the following is closest to the square root of 10.5?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 8

Answer :A

8. Three people who work full time are to work together on a project, but their total time on the project is to be equivalent to that of only one person working full time. If one of the people is budgeted for 1 /2 of his time to the project and a second person for 1/3 of her time, what part of the third workers time should be budgeted to this project?

1. 1/3
2. 1/4
3. 1/6
4. 1/8

Answer :C

9. A soccer team played 160 games and won 65% of them. How many games did they win?

1. 94
2. 104
3. 114
4. 124

Answer :B

10. The average weight for a group of 20 women is 130 pounds. If the average weight for 3/4 of these women was 140 pounds, what was the average weight, in pounds, for the rest of the women?

1. 100
2. 110
3. 120
4. 135

Answer :A