Show your method. A calculator is optional. Prices, rates, and scenarios are fictional arithmetic examples.
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If a bar reaches 1,250 on a vertical axis labeled “thousands,” how many people does that represent?
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A fictional $200 payment has a $40 deduction. What percentage is deducted?
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In the example budget, rent is 25% and gas is 13%. What percentage do they total?
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Which unit measures volume: liter, meter, or gram?
Answers and explanations
- 1,250 × 1,000 = 1,250,000. An explicit value replaces the ambiguous historical answer choices; no real census claim is made.
- $40 ÷ $200 × 100 = 20%.
- 25% + 13% = 38%.
- Liter measures volume. Meter measures length and gram measures mass. Container sizes differ by place.
Adapted from Rick’s Math Word Problems Test, page 11. Wording and answer explanations have been revised; original diagrams are labeled as recovered. This is a practice sheet, not a standardized assessment.
Sources & further reading
Source links are provided for editorial review. Recovered historical text has not been independently verified.