I have a simple math exam

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Name: _________________________ Section: MAT093- z

MAT093 MIDTERM EXAM (FORM A)

1. Ryan makes $1800 a month after taxes. Her rent is $725, utilities are $140, and her phone

is $78. She spends $250 on food, $95 on car insurance, and $180 on gas. a) How much money does Ryan have left each month after paying all her expenses?

b) If Ryan decides to save $150 per month to build an emergency fund, how long will it take her to save two months’ salary (the recommended value for an emergency fund)?

2. Little Acorns Daycare Center is constructing an enclosed play yard. They must choose from

three different designs: a rectangle measuring 28 feet by 22 feet, a square measuring 25 feet on each side, or a rectangle measuring 35 feet by 18 feet.

a) What is the area of each of the proposed yards? Yard #1: Yard #2: Yard #3: b) Which proposed yard would require the least fence to make the enclosure?

A four-function calculator is permitted. Cellphones may not be used as calculators. Each question will be graded in accordance with the rubric attached at the end of this test. Show all work on the test or on the work paper provided. The minimum passing grade is 65%. You have one chance to retake the exam.

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3. You feed your gerbil 1

8 cup of seeds each day. If the seeds come in packages of

1 2 2

cups, for

how many days does a package of seeds last?

4. Joan waters her plants each day with

3 22

4 gallons of water. With a new irrigation system

in place, she uses

2 17

3 gallons of water each day. How many gallons of water does she save

in a 30-day period with the irrigation system? 5. A grocery store donated 60 dozen hot dog rolls to the local Youth Baseball League for their

Opening Day ceremonies. A total of 679 hotdogs were served. a) How many dozen rolls were used? (Express your answer in mixed number form) b) How many dozen rolls were left? 6. The beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the payment of the

amount of insurance after the death of the insured. Todd is establishing his beneficiaries

for his life insurance policy. The policy is for $150,000. His daughter will get 1

2 of his

policy, his stepson will get

3

8 of his policy, and the rest will go to his grandson. What dollar

amount will his grandson receive?

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7. Rosalie buys her lunch three times a week at the deli near her office. She usually spends $7.50 for a sandwich, chips, and a drink. In order to save money, she decides to pack her lunch at home and bring it with her. She estimates that a sandwich will cost her $2.00, a bag of chips 75¢, and a can of soda 33¢. Assuming that Rosalie works 48 weeks in a year:

a) How much does Rosalie spend per week buying her lunch at the deli? b) How much would it cost Rosalie to pack her own lunch instead? c) How much can Rosalie save each week by packing her lunch? d) What are her savings for a year? 8. You borrowed $2400 from a friend. After giving him $215.25 each month for seven months,

how much do you still owe him?

9. You estimate that your kitchen-remodeling project will require an electrician for 30 hours, a plumber for 33 hours, and a carpenter for 18 hours. If the electrician charges $34.75 per hour, the plumber charges $30.00 per hour, and the carpenter charges $28.65 per hour, what is the expected cost of labor for the project?

10. If the cost for advertising in the local newspaper is $8.20 per column inch, how much more

would you pay for a 1

6 2

inch advertisement than for a 3

5 4

inch advertisement?

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MAT093/097/099 GRADING RUBRIC FOR MIDTERM & FINAL EXAMS

Category (Criteria)

Mastery 5-points

Proficient 4-points

Satisfactory 3-points

Unsatisfactory 1-2-points

Inadequate 0-points

Understanding & Knowledge

Demonstrates thorough understanding Complete solution/correct answer/

Good understanding

Partial understanding Minor error arrives to wrong answer

Limited/little understanding Wrong solution

Poor understanding and solution is not relevant to the problem No Response

Strategies/ Procedures

Extremely efficient Correct procedure/ Correct answer

Good strategy Correct procedure/ Correct answer

Procedure partially correct, arrives to wrong answer

Limited mathematical procedure Too many errors

Wrong procedures/ No strategy No Response

Mathematical Concepts

Thorough understanding of mathematical concepts

Significant understanding

Some understanding

Limited knowledge

Poor understanding No Response

Mathematical Terminology & Notations

Correct, clear terminology & notations, easy to understand

Correct and fairly easy to understand

Correct but not easy to understand

Some correctly used

No evidence or Inappropriate No Response

Graphs /Diagrams

Clear, correctly labeled Very easy to understand

Clear graph/diagram labeled and easy to understand

Correct graph/diagram Not labeled

Graph/diagram not clear hard to understand

Wrong graph/diagram, no relation to the problem No Response

Neatness & Organization

Extremely organized and very neat

Organized Some organization

Little organization hard to read

No organization, sloppy hard to follow No Response

Graphing Calculator (Mat-099)

Graph and answers are correct Correct keystrokes

Graph is correct, wrong approximation

Graph is correct One wrong answer

Graph is correct Incorrect answers

All wrong No Response