GED Practice Quiz

Directions:

1		The floor plan for a house shows that the house is 35 feet 8 inches long. How many inches long is the house?
			A)	428
			B)	420
			C)	412
			D)	380
			E)	280
2		A certain tomato sauce comes only in quart jars. How many jars are needed for a recipe that calls for 32 ounces of sauce?
			A)	1
			B)	2
			C)	3
			D)	4
			E)	Not enough information is given.
3		The total distance around the Smiths’ property is 193 feet. They want to put a fence around their property. How many yards of fencing should they buy?
			A)	16 1/12
			B)	32 1/6
			C)	64 1/3
			D)	72 1/8
			E)	83 1/4
4		A gasoline can holds 12,500 milliliters. How many liters does it hold?
			A)	0.125
			B)	1.25
			C)	12.5
			D)	125
			E)	1,250
5		A nickel weighs about 5 grams. What is the weight in kilograms of the nickels in a bag that contains $150 worth of nickels?
			A)	10
			B)	15
			C)	20
			D)	25
			E)	30
6		It takes 8 sheets of typing paper to make a stack 1 mm thick. How many sheets are there in a stack 10 cm thick?
			A)	80
			B)	125
			C)	250
			D)	300
			E)	800
7		A package of honey brownies states that each brownie has 13 g of fat. How many milligrams of fat is this?
			A)	0.013
			B)	13
			C)	130
			D)	1,300
			E)	13,000
8		A group of cyclists, after a long day on the road, drank 5 liters of water. How many kiloliters is this?
			A)	0.005
			B)	0.05
			C)	0.5
			D)	50
			E)	5,000
9		A miniature horse stands only 1 meter high. How many centimeters high is this horse?
			A)	0.001
			B)	0.01
			C)	0.1
			D)	100
			E)	1,000

Question 10 refers to the ruler pictured below.

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10		What is the distance, in inches, between points A and C?
			A)	1/4
			B)	1 1/8
			C)	1 3/8
			D)	2
			E)	21/8