10. In which of the following years was the cost per acre of fighting wildfires the lowest? a. 1989 b. 1990 c. 1991 d. 1993 e. 1994 Answer questions 11–13 by referring to the follow- ing graph, which compares the average annual rainfall with the actual rainfall for one year in a par- ticular city. 11. In which of the following months during 1995 was the rainfall nearest normal? a. April b. May c. June d. July e. August 12. What is the average rainfall amount for the month of September? a. 0.5 inches b. 0.7 inches c. 2.0 inches d. 2.1 inches e. 2.5 inches 13. During 1995, how many months had above- average rainfall amounts? a. 2 b. 3 c. 6 d. 9 e. 10 14. Which of these numbers has a 9 in the thou- sandths place? a. 3.00950 b. 3.09050 c. 3.90050 d. 3.00590 e. 3.00509 15. Benito earns $12.50 for each hour that he works. If Benito works 8.5 hours per day, five days a week, how much does he earn in a week? a. $100.00 b. $106.25 c. $406.00 d. $531.25 e. $743.75 16. Melissa can grade five of her students’ papers in an hour. Joe can grade four of the same papers in an hour. If Melissa works for three hours grad- ing, and Joe works for two hours, what percent- age of the 50 students’ papers will be graded? a. 44% b. 46% c. 52% d. 54% e. 56% JFMAMJJASOND Months 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 Inches of Rainfall 1995 Average Annual Rainfall –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 43 17. James has a length of rope that he measures with a yardstick to be 28 inches long. By laying the yardstick end-to-end with the rope, what is the longest distance that he can measure accurately? a. 28 inches b. 36 inches c. 40 inches d. 54 inches e. 64 inches 18. A rectangular area has one side that measures 15 inches and another side one-third as long. What is the area of the rectangle? a. 37.5 square inches b. 40 square inches c. 55 square inches d. 75 square inches e. 85 square inches 19. Des Moines recently received a snowstorm that left a total of eight inches of snow. If it snowed at a consistent rate of three inches every two hours, how much snow had fallen in the first five hours of the storm? a. 3 inches b. 3.3 inches c. 5 inches d. 7.5 inches e. 8 inches 20. The number of red blood corpuscles in one cubic millimeter is about 5,000,000 and the number of white blood corpuscles in one cubic millimeter is about 8,000. What, then, is the ratio of white blood corpuscles to red blood corpuscles? a. 1:400 b. 1:625 c. 1:40 d. 4:10 e. 5:1,250 21. The perimeter of a rectangle is 148 feet. Its two longest sides add up to 86 feet. What is the length of each of its two shortest sides? a. 31 feet b. 42 feet c. 62 feet d. 72 feet e. 74 feet 22. A piece of ribbon 3 feet 4 inches long was divided into 5 equal parts. How long was each part? a. 1 foot 2 inches b. 11 inches c. 10 inches d. 9 inches e. 8 inches 23. Three students take a spelling test. Anthony Her- rera takes his test in 20 minutes. Alison West fin- ishes in 17 minutes, and Gracie Owens finishes in just 14 minutes. What is the average time for the three students? a. 20 minutes b. 19 minutes c. 17 minutes d. 14 minutes e. 12 minutes 24. A steel box has a base length of 12 inches and a width of 5 inches. If the box is 10 inches tall, what is the total volume of the box? a. 480 cubic inches b. 540 cubic inches c. 600 cubic inches d. 720 cubic inches e. 1200 cubic inches –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 44 25. A builder uses 27 cubic feet of concrete to pave a sidewalk whose length is 6 times its width. The concrete is poured 6 inches deep. How long is the sidewalk? a. 9 feet b. 12 feet c. 15 feet d. 18 feet e. 20 feet 26. After three days, a group of hikers discovers that they have used ᎏ 2 5 ᎏ of their supplies. At this rate, how many more days can they go forward before they have to turn around? a. 0.75 days b. 1.5 days c. 3.75 days d. 4.5 days e. 7.5 days 27. A supply truck can carry 3 tons. A breakfast ration weighs 12 ounces, and the other two daily meals weigh 18 ounces each. On a ten-day trip, how many troops can be supplied by one truck? a. 100 b. 150 c. 200 d. 320 e. 600 28. A clerk can process 26 forms per hour. If 5,600 forms must be processed in an 8-hour day, how many clerks must you hire for that day? a. 24 clerks b. 25 clerks c. 26 clerks d. 27 clerks e. 28 clerks 29. On the same latitude, Janice travels east at 35 miles per hour and Harriet travels west at 15 miles per hour. If the two women start out 2,100 miles apart, how long will it take them to meet? a. 30 hours b. 42 hours c. 60 hours d. 105 hours e. 140 hours 30. During the last week of training on an obstacle course, a runner achieves the following times in seconds: 66, 57, 54, 54, 64, 59, and 59. The run- ner’s three best times this week are averaged for her final score on the course. What is her final score? a. 57 seconds b. 55 seconds c. 59 seconds d. 61 seconds e. 56 seconds 31. Twelve less than 4 times a number is 20. What is the number? a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 e. 8 –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 45 Use the information below to answer question 32. A family eats at Joe’s Grill and orders the following items from the menu: Hamburger $2.95 Cheeseburger $3.35 Chicken Sandwich $3.95 Grilled Cheese $1.95 32. If the family orders 2 hamburgers, 1 cheese- burger, 2 chicken sandwiches, and 1 grilled cheese, what is the total cost of their order? a. $12.20 b. $15.15 c. $17.10 d. $18.05 e. $19.10 33. If Rachel has worked a total of 26 ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ hours so far this week, and has to work a total of 37 ᎏ 1 2 ᎏ hours, how much longer does she have to work? a. 10 ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ hours b. 11 ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ hours c. 11 ᎏ 3 4 ᎏ hours d. 13 ᎏ 1 2 ᎏ hours e. 13 ᎏ 3 4 ᎏ hours 34. If candy bars cost $0.40 and soft drinks cost $0.50, what is the cost of four candy bars and three soft drinks? a. $2.10 b. $2.30 c. $2.60 d. $3.10 e. $4.00 35. On Roy’s daily jog, he travels a distance of ᎏ 1 2 ᎏ mile to get to the track and ᎏ 1 2 ᎏ mile to get home from the track. One lap around the track is ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ mile. If Roy jogs 5 laps around the track, what is the total distance that he travels? a. 2 ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ miles b. 2 ᎏ 1 2 ᎏ miles c. 3 miles d. 3 ᎏ 1 4 ᎏ miles e. 4 miles 36. A teacher spacing desks in a classroom deter- mines that she can have 4 rows of desks if she spaces them 4 feet apart. Each desk is 3 feet wide. If there is 4 feet from the wall to the rows of desks on the edges, how wide is the classroom? a. 20 feet b. 28 feet c. 32 feet d. 36 feet e. 40 feet 37. Kathy was half the age of her mother 20 years ago. Kathy is 40 now. How old is Kathy’s mother? a. 50 b. 60 c. 70 d. 80 e. 100 Use the information below to answer question 38. A used car dealer has 40 cars on his lot. Fifteen of them are Fords, 9 are Chevrolets, 10 are Dodges, and 6 are foreign models. The dealer sells 2 cars after a day. 38. Which of the following statements can be deter- mined from the information above? a. the number of cars remaining on the lot after the day ends b. the number of Toyotas on the lot c. the cost of a Dodge d. the amount the dealer earned in sales e. the number of Fords sold –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 46 Use the information below to answer question 39. Ms. Margaret Richbody wishes to insure items of jew- elry valued as follows: ■ 1 gold watch, valued at $240 ■ 2 rings, each valued at $150 ■ 1 ring, valued at $70 39. Ms. Richbody’s insurance agent, Bill Ratchet, is preparing a report on the jewelry. Which one of the following represents the total value? a. $460 b. $545 c. $610 d. $705 e. $785 Use the information below to answer question 40. A man turns in a woman’s handbag to the Lost and Found Department of a large downtown store. The man informs the clerk in charge that he found the handbag on the floor beside an entranceway. The clerk estimates that the handbag is worth approximately $150. Inside, the clerk finds the following items: ■ 1 leather makeup case valued at $65 ■ 1 vial of perfume, unopened, valued at $75 ■ 1 pair of earrings valued at $150 ■ Cash $178 40. The clerk is writing a report to be submitted along with the found property. What should he write as the total value of the found cash and property? a. $468 b. $608 c. $618 d. $638 e. $718 Use the information below to answer questions 41–43. The cost of movie theater tickets is $7.50 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under. On Saturday and Sunday afternoons until 4:00 P.M., there is a matinee price: $5.50 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and under. Special group discounts are available for groups of 30 or more people. 41. Which of these can be determined from the information given in the above passage? a. how much it will cost a family of 4 to buy movie theater tickets on Saturday afternoon b. the difference between the cost of two movie theater tickets on Tuesday night and the cost of one ticket on Sunday at 3:00 P.M. c. how much movie theater tickets will cost each person if he or she is part of a group of 40 people d. the difference between the cost of a movie theater ticket for an adult on Friday night and a movie theater ticket for a 13 year old on Sat- urday afternoon at 1:00 P.M. e. the total money saved by a group of 35 –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 47 42. Based on the passage, how much will movie the- ater tickets cost for two adults, one 15-year-old child and one 10-year-old child at 7:00 P.M.on a Sunday night? a. $17.00 b. $19.50 c. $25.00 d. $26.50 e. $27.50 43. Using the passage, how can you find the differ- ence in price between a movie theater ticket for an adult and a movie theater ticket for a child under the age of 12 if the tickets are for a show at 3:00 P.M. on a Saturday afternoon? a. subtract $3.00 from $7.50 b. subtract $5.00 from $7.50 c. subtract $7.50 from $5.50 d. add $5.50 and $3.00 and divide by 2 e. subtract $3.00 from $5.50 44. It takes a typing student 0.75 seconds to type one word. At this rate, how many words can the stu- dent type in 60 seconds? a. 4.5 words b. 8.0 words c. 45.0 words d. 75.0 words e. 80.0 words 45. If a physical education student burns 8.2 calories per minute while riding a bicycle, how many calories will the same student burn if she rides for 35 minutes? a. 246 calories b. 286 calories c. 287 calories d. 387 calories e. 980 calories 46. Pediatric specialist Dr. Drake charges $36.00 for an office visit, which is ᎏ 3 4 ᎏ of what general practi- tioner Dr. Jarmuth charges. How much does Dr. Jarmuth charge? a. $48.00 b. $27.00 c. $38.00 d. $57.00 e. $28.80 Use the information below to answer question 47. A bicycle shop has a total of 55 bicycles in stock. Twelve are red, 5 are green, and 15 are blue. The bicycles are made by three different manufacturers: Trek, Schwinn, and GT. 47. Which of the following facts can be determined from the information given above? a. the number of Trek bicycles b. the number of yellow bicycles c. the cost of a red Schwinn d. the ratio of road bicycles to mountain bicycles e. the ratio of red bicycles to green bicycles –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM– 48 . 150 c. 20 0 d. 320 e. 600 28 . A clerk can process 26 forms per hour. If 5,600 forms must be processed in an 8-hour day, how many clerks must you hire for that day? a. 24 clerks b. 25 clerks c. 26 . cubic inches b. 540 cubic inches c. 600 cubic inches d. 720 cubic inches e. 120 0 cubic inches –DIAGNOSTIC CBEST EXAM 44 25 . A builder uses 27 cubic feet of concrete to pave a sidewalk whose length. sides? a. 31 feet b. 42 feet c. 62 feet d. 72 feet e. 74 feet 22 . A piece of ribbon 3 feet 4 inches long was divided into 5 equal parts. How long was each part? a. 1 foot 2 inches b. 11 inches c. 10