Basic Mathematics for College Students

95. NASCAR The closest finish in NASCAR history
    took place at the Darlington Raceway on March 16,
    2003, when Ricky Craven beat Kurt Busch by a mere
    0.002 seconds. Write the decimal in words and then
    as a fraction in simplest form. (Source: NASCAR)


96. THE METRIC SYSTEM The metric system is
    widely used in science to measure length (meters),
    weight (grams), and capacity (liters). Round each
    decimal to the nearest hundredth.
    a. 1 ft is 0.3048 meter.
    b. 1 mi is 1,609.344 meters.
    c. 1 lb is 453.59237 grams.
    d. 1 gal is 3.785306 liters.


97. UTILITY BILLS A portion of a homeowner’s electric
    bill is shown below. Round each decimal dollar amount
    to the nearest cent.

from left to right.How should the titles be rearranged

to be in the proper order?

100. 2008 OLYMPICS The top six finishers in the
     women’s individual all-around gymnastic
     competition in the Beijing Olympic Games are
     shown below in alphabetical order. If the highest
     score wins, which gymnasts won the gold (1st place) ,
     silver (2nd place), and bronze (3rd place) medals?

C r a f t s

Modern art

Hobbies

Candlemaking

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Folk dolls

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State Regulatory Fee

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14 Therms

11 Therms

25 Therms

25 Therms

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98. INCOME TAX A portion of a W-2 tax form is
    shown below. Round each dollar amount to the
    nearest dollar.

FormW-2Wage and Tax Statement 2010

$35,673.79

2

$7,134.28

3

$38,204.16

4

$2,368.65

5 Medicare wages & tips

$38,204.16

6

$550.13

7 89

10 11 12a

Wages, tips, other comp Fed inc tax withheld Social security wages

SS tax withheld Medicare tax withheld

Social security tips Allocated tips Advance EIC payment

Depdnt care benefits Nonqualified plans

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99. THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM When stacked
    on the shelves, the library books shown in the next
    column are to be in numerical order, least to greatest,

Name Nation Score

Yuyuan Jiang China 60.900

Shawn Johnson U.S.A. 62.725

Nastia Liukin U.S.A. 63.325

Steliana Nistor Romania 61.050

Ksenia Semenova Russia 61.925

Yilin Yang China 62.650

(Source: SportsIllustrated.cnn.com)

101. TUNE-UPS The six spark
     plugs from the engine of
     a Nissan Quest were
     removed, and the spark
     plug gap was checked. If
     vehicle specifications call
     for the gap to be from
     0.031 to 0.035 inch, which
     of the plugs should be
     replaced?

Cylinder 1:0.035 in.

Cylinder 2:0.029 in.

Cylinder 3:0.033 in.

Cylinder 4:0.039 in.

Cylinder 5:0.031 in.

Cylinder 6:0.032 in.

Spark plug gap