AND 27 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM

Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following diagram.

MAJOR CAUSES OF HOME FIRES IN THE PREVIOUS 4-YEAR PERIOD

CAUSE

FIRES (% OF TOTAL)

CIVILIAN DEATHS (% OF TOTAL)

Heating equipment

161,500 (27.5%)

770 (16.8%)

Cooking equipment

104,800 (17.8%)

350 (7.7%)

Incendiary, suspicious

65,400 (11.1%)

620 (13.6%)

Electrical equipment

45,700 (7.8%)

440 (9.6%)

Other equipment

43,000 (7.3%)

240 (5.3%)

Smoking materials

39,300 (6.7%)

1,320 (28.9%)

Appliances, air conditioning

36,200 (6.2%)

120 (2.7%)

Exposure and other heat

28,600 (4.8%)

191 (4.2%)

Open flame

27,200 (4.6%)

130 (2.9%)

Child play

26,900 (4.6%)

370 (8.1%)

Natural causes

9,200 (1.6%)

10 (0.2%)

26. What is the percentage of the total fires caused 31. Mr. Tupper is purchasing gifts for his family. Heby electrical equipment and other equipmentstops to consider what else he has to buy. A quickmental inventory of his shopping bag so farcombined?reveals the following:a.7.8%b.14.9%c. 15.1%1 cashmere sweater valued at $260d.29.9%3 diamond bracelets, each valued at $3651 computer game valued at $781 cameo brooch valued at $13027. Of the following causes, which one has the high-est ratio of total fires to percentage of deaths?a.heating equipmentLater, having coffee in the Food Court, he sud-denly remembers that he has purchased only 2b.smoking materialsc. exposure and other heatdiamond bracelets, not 3, and that the cashmered.child playsweater was on sale for $245. What is the totalvalue of the gifts Mr. Tupper has purchased so28. The snack machine in the teachers’ loungefar?a.$1,198accepts only quarters. Candy bars cost 25¢, pack-b.$1,183ages of peanuts cost 75¢, and cans of cola cost50¢. How many quarters are needed to buy twoc. $975d.$833candy bars, one package of peanuts, and one canof cola?Question 32 is based on the following table.a.8b.7

SURVEY REGARDING

c. 6

READING HABITS

d.5

BOOKS PER MONTH

PERCENTAGE

29. All of the rooms on the top floor of a govern-

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13

ment building are rectangular, with 8-foot ceil-

1–3

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ings. One room is 9 feet wide by 11 feet long.

4–6

32

What is the combined area of the four walls,including doors and windows?

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a.99 square feetb.160 square feet32. A recent survey polled 2,500 people about theirc. 320 square feetreading habits. The results are shown in the tabled.72 square feetabove. According to the table, how many peoplesurveyed had read books in the last month?30. A child has a temperature of 40° C. What is thea.700child’s temperature in degrees Fahrenheit? b.1,800F=

9

5

C+ 32.c. 1,825a.101° Fd.2,175b.102° Fc. 103° Fd.104° F