TEAS-SECTION-3 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Given that one Tunnel Boring machine could build 1,000 m of tunnel a month and the Tunnel is 50 km long, how fast could the Tunnel have been built using two Tunnel Boring machines if there had been no delays?

A. just over 2 years

B. just under 5 years

C. about 1 year

D. just over 4 years

If Leonard bought 2 packs of batteries for x amount of dollars, how many packs of batteries could he purchase for $5.00 at the same rate?

A. 10/x

B. 2x

C. 2/x

D. 10x

The price of a pencil box increased from $25 to $26.50. What is the percentage increase in the price?

A. 6%

B. 35%

C. 60%

D. 0.6%

In a sale, all prices are reduced by 40%.

Calculate the original price of an article whose sale price is $42.

A. $72

B. $58.80

C. $105

D. $70

The cost of 1 pound of fruit is $3.40.

How many pounds of food can be bought for $12.00?

A. 0.35 pounds

B. 3.53 pounds

C. 6.3 pounds

D. 35 pounds

Given that a/12 = 4/10, find the value of a.

A. 5/12

B. 12/5

C. 24/5

D. 5/24

Evaluate: 0.07 × 0.4.

A. 0.028

B. 0.28

C. 2.8

D. 28

a is inversely proportional to (b - 4). If a = 8 and b = 22, express a in terms of b.

A. Option A

B. Option B

C. Option C

D. Option D

In a competition, three teams, A, B and C, scored a total of 150 points.

If A scored 40% of this total and B scored four times as many points as C, what were the number of points scored by B?

A. 72

B. 90

C. 18

D. 60

Sam is now 5 times as old as his son Paul. Four years ago, the product of their ages was 52. Find their present ages.

A. Sam: 30 years; Paul: 6 years

B. Sam: 15 years; Paul: 2 years

C. Sam: 5 years; Paul: 30 years

D. Sam: 60 years; Paul: 30 years

When a number is subtracted from 125 and the result is divided by 12, the answer obtained is twice the original number.

What is the number?

A. 10

B. 5

C. 4

D. 25

Arrange the numbers 0.09, 0.099, 0.9, 0.009, and 0.091 in order, from least to greatest.

A. 0.09, 0.9, 0.091, 0.099, 0.009

B. 0.009, 0.09, 0.9, 0.091, 0.099

C. 0.009, 0.09, 0.091, 0.099, 0.9

D. 0.09, 0.099, 0.009, 0.9, 0.091

Brad plans to leave instructions with his broker to sell all of his shares in a particular company if the value of its stock rises more than 10% above the current price, but to purchase additional shares if the stock's value falls more than 10% below its present value. The stock is currently selling for $73.50 a share.

Which expression represents the interval, n, between which the broker should neither buy nor sell any shares of the company's stock for Brad?

A. 69.83 < n < 77.18

B. 73.60 < n < 73.60

C. 66.15 < n < 80.85

D. 63.50 < n < 83.50

Samantha is employed part-time working for three different businesses. At the first company she is paid $20.00 per hour and works 15 hours each week. Her second job pays $18.25 an hour and requires her to work two hours each day, Monday through Friday. On her last job, Samantha is paid $15.00 per hour.

If she works a total of 37 hours every week, how much money does Samantha make on a weekly basis?

A. $632.50

B. $266.25

C. $497.50

D. $662.50

The figure shows a graph of the speed of a test vehicle, plotted every second for 6 seconds during an experiment.

Which of the following statements best describes the motion of the vehicle during this time?

A. The vehicle starts by moving slowly and continues to pick up speed during the entire time.

B. The vehicle slows down at first, then picks up speed during the last 2 seconds of the time measured.

C. The vehicle is moving rapidly at the start of measurement and slows down to a stop at the end.

D. The vehicle moves at the same speed the entire time.