Question
The area of the Mountain Island Educational State Forest in North Carolina is 3 square miles. What is the area, in square yards, of this forest? (1 mile = 1760 square yards)
- 5,280
- 15,840
- 3,097,600
- 9,292,800
Answer/Explanation
Ans: D
Question
How many fluid ounces are equivalent to 40 cups of liquid? (8 fluid ounces 1 = cup)
- 0.2
- 5.0
- 48.0
- 320.0
Answer/Explanation
Ans: D
Question
A speed of 60 meters per second is equivalent to \(z\) meters per minute. What is the value of \(z\) ?
- 1
- 600
- 1,200
- 3,600
Answer/Explanation
Ans: D
Question
A length of 8 furlongs is equivalent to how many meters? (Use 1 furlong= 201 meters.)
- 25
- 40
- 209
- 1,608
Answer/Explanation
Ans: D
Question
The area of a square is 36 square inches. What is the length, in inches, of a side of the square?
- 3
- 6
- 9
- 18
Answer/Explanation
Ans: B
Question
The speed of a lightning bolt is approximately 320 million feet per second. What is the speed, in yards per minute?(1 yard = 3 feet)
- 160 million
- 960 million
- 6,400 million
- 19,200 million
Answer/Explanation
Ans: C
Question
Which of the following speeds is equivalent to 90 kilometers per hour? (1 kilometer = 1,000 meters)
- 25 meters per second
- 32 meters per second
- 250 meters per second
- 324 meters per second
Answer/Explanation
Ans: A
Question
An object with a mass of 1.0 kilogram weighs approximately 2.2 pounds. An object having which of the following masses, in kilograms, weighs closest to 2.0 pounds?
- 0.45
- 0.91
- 1.1
- 4.4
Answer/Explanation
Ans: B
Question
The acceleration due to gravity, in meters per second per second (\(m/s^2\)),on Earth is 1.3 \(m/s^2\) less than 3 times the acceleration due to gravity on Mercury. If the acceleration due to gravity on Earth is 9.8 \(m/s^2\). What is the acceleration due to gravity, in \(m/s^2\),on Mercury?
Answer/Explanation
Ans: 3.7, 37/10
Question
The load capacity of a certain washing machine is 12 pounds. What is the approximate load capacity of the same washing machine, in kilograms? (1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds)
- 2.2
- 5.4
- 9.8
- 26.5
Answer/Explanation
Ans: B