Directions: Choose the
best answer from the five answer choices.
1. A family pays $800 per year for an insurance plan that pays
80 percent of the first $1,000 in expenses and 100 percent of all
medical expenses thereafter. In any given year, the total amount
paid by the family will equal the amount paid by the plan when
the family's medical expenses total
- A. $1,000
- B. $1,200
- C. $1,400
- D. $1,800
- E. $2,200

2. Cheese, bologna, and peanut butter sandwiches were made for
a picnic in a ratio of 5 to 7 to 8. If a total of 120 sandwiches
were made, how many bologna sandwiches were made?
- A. 15
- B. 30
- C. 38
- D. 42
- E. 48

3. A sink contains exactly 12 liters of water. If water is
drained from the sink until it holds exactly 6 liters of water
less than the quantity drained away, how many liters of water
were drained away?
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4.5
- D. 6
- E. 9

4. Company C sells a line of 25 products with an average
retail price of $1,200. If none of these products sells for less
than $420, and exactly 10 of the products sell for less than
$1,000, what is the greatest possible selling price of the most
expensive product?
- A. $2,600
- B. $3,900
- C. $7,800
- D. $11,800
- E. $18,200

5. In a certain game, each player scores either 2 points or 5
points. If n players score 2 points and m players
score 5 points, and the total number of points scored is 50, what
is the least possible positive difference between n and
m?
- A. 1
- B. 3
- C. 5
- D. 7
- E. 9

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