ACCUPLACER Arithmetic Quiz: Comparing Fractions Decimals And Percents

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Comparing Fractions Decimals And Percents, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for ACCUPLACER Arithmetic.

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Try each quiz question before looking at the correct answer. Use the explanations to review missed ideas, then come back to similar questions until the pattern feels familiar.

Question 1

1. Candidate A received more votes than Candidate B.
2. Candidate B and Candidate C received the same number of votes.
3. Candidate C received the fewest votes. (correct answer)
4. Candidate B received the fewest votes.

Question 2

1. 0.3
2. $\frac{3}{8}$ (correct answer)
3. $\frac{2}{5}$
4. 41%

Question 3

1. $\frac{13}{20}$ (correct answer)
2. 66%
3. $\frac{2}{3}$
4. 0.67

Question 4

1. 68%, $\frac{7}{10}$, 0.72
2. $\frac{7}{10}$, 0.72, 68%
3. 0.72, 68%, $\frac{7}{10}$
4. 0.72, $\frac{7}{10}$, 68% (correct answer)

Question 5

1. Only the $\frac{3}{8}$ inch bit can be used. (correct answer)
2. Only the 0.35 inch bit can be used.
3. Both drill bits can be used.
4. Neither drill bit can be used.

Question 6

1. The 30% off offer is a better discount. (correct answer)
2. The $\frac{1}{4}$ off offer is a better discount.
3. Both offers provide the same discount.
4. The better offer cannot be determined without the price.

Question 7

1. The baker has less than the required amount.
2. The baker has exactly the required amount.
3. The baker has more than the required amount. (correct answer)
4. It is impossible to compare the amounts.

Question 8

1. Yes, because $0.46$ is larger than both $\frac{9}{20}$ and $45\%$ (correct answer)
2. No, because $\frac{9}{20}$ represents the largest preference group
3. No, because $45\%$ represents the largest preference group
4. The claim cannot be determined without additional calculations

Question 9

1. First quarter, because $\frac{5}{12}$ is approximately $42\%$
2. Third quarter, because $41.5\%$ is closest to $42\%$
3. Second quarter, because $0.42$ equals exactly $42\%$ (correct answer)
4. All quarters are equally close to $42\%$

Question 10

1. Choose the fund with $12.5\%$ return; difference is $0.005$ (correct answer)
2. Choose the fund with $0.121$ return; difference is $0.005$
3. Choose the fund with $12.5\%$ return; difference is $0.004$
4. Choose the fund with $\frac{3}{25}$ return; difference is $0.005$

Question 11

1. Machine A, because $\frac{11}{25} = 0.44$ is the highest rate
2. Machine B, because $0.445$ is the highest rate (correct answer)
3. Machine C, because $44\% = 0.44$ is the highest rate
4. Machines A and C tie for highest, both at $0.44$

Question 12

1. $0.3, \frac{2}{5}, 35\%$
2. $0.3, 35\%, \frac{2}{5}$ (correct answer)
3. $\frac{2}{5}, 35\%, 0.3$
4. $35\%, 0.3, \frac{2}{5}$

Question 13

1. $\frac{3}{5}$
2. 60.5%
3. 0.62
4. $\frac{5}{8}$ (correct answer)

Question 14

1. 3.75%
2. $\frac{1}{4}$
3. 37%
4. $\frac{3}{8}$ (correct answer)

Question 15

1. 0.625
2. $\frac{5}{8}$
3. 62.5%
4. $\frac{6}{10}$ (correct answer)

Question 16

1. $\frac{3}{5}$
2. 0.7
3. 72%
4. $\frac{4}{5}$ (correct answer)

Question 17

1. $-\frac{3}{4} < -0.8$
2. $-\frac{2}{3} < -0.7$
3. $-0.6 > -\frac{1}{2}$
4. $-0.7 > -\frac{4}{5}$ (correct answer)

Question 18

1. $\frac{11}{25}$ inches (correct answer)
2. 0.46 inches
3. $\frac{19}{40}$ inches
4. 0.49 inches

Question 19

1. $\frac{1}{4}$ meter (correct answer)
2. $\frac{1}{3}$ meter
3. 0.35 meters
4. 40% of a meter

Question 20

1. Stock X
2. Stock Y
3. Stock Z (correct answer)
4. All stocks had the same increase.