TEAS Test of Essential Academic Skills TEAS-SECTION-3 Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  A day trader noted that the value of a particular foreign currency pair fell from 1.32075 when the markets opened on Monday to 1.29620 when the markets closed on Friday.

  By how much did the value of the currency pair decrease during the week, rounded to the nearest thousandth?

  A. 0.0246

  B. 0.024

  C. 0.025

  D. 0.02455

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 22:

  Hamza purchased six 2-liter bottles of soft drink to serve at a pizza party with friends.

  If the group drank 7,264 cubic centimeters of the soda during the party, about how many liters of soft drinks remained afterward?

  A. 2 liters

  B. 7 liters

  C. 3 liters

  D. 5 liters

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 23:

  Patti's base salary last year was $65,000, not including her year-end bonus. When she checked her human resources profile, she saw that her total compensation added up to $77,500. This total included her bonus, as well as health benefits equivalent to 15% of her base salary.

  Rounded to the nearest tenth, what percentage of Patti's base salary plus benefits was her bonus?

  A. 3.6%

  B. 23.6%

  C. 3.7%

  D. 4.2%

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 24:

  Samantha is employed part-time working for three different businesses. At the first company she is paid $20.00 per hour and works 15 hours each week. Her second job pays $18.25 an hour and requires her to work two hours each day, Monday through Friday. On her last job, Samantha is paid $15.00 per hour.

  If she works a total of 37 hours every week, how much money does Samantha make on a weekly basis?

  A. $632.50

  B. $266.25

  C. $497.50

  D. $662.50

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 25:

  Brad plans to leave instructions with his broker to sell all of his shares in a particular company if the value of its stock rises more than 10% above the current price, but to purchase additional shares if the stock's value falls more than 10% below its present value. The stock is currently selling for $73.50 a share.

  Which expression represents the interval, n, between which the broker should neither buy nor sell any shares of the company's stock for Brad?

  A. 69.83 < n < 77.18

  B. 73.60 < n < 73.60

  C. 66.15 < n < 80.85

  D. 63.50 < n < 83.50

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 26:

  

  Which of these expressions is equal to it?

  

  A. Option A

  B. Option B

  C. Option C

  D. Option D

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 27:

  Sebastian purchased a brand new car three years ago for $35,000. The following year its value was estimated at $23,850, and the year after that the price dropped to $20,400.

  Approximately what was the percentage change in the value of Sebastian's vehicle between one year and two years after its purchase?

  A. -42%

  B. 86%

  C. -14%

  D. 14%

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 28:

  What is the value of this expression? 2 × (5 - 8 × 10) + 5

  A. -55

  B. -50

  C. -145

  D. -15

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 29:

  What is the value of the expression: 3 + 2(3 + 4)2 - 6

  A. 239

  B. 95

  C. 19

  D. 38

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 30:

  Which expression is equal to this one?

  

  A. 7x - 34

  B. 8x + 34

  C. 7x + 38

  D. 13x - 7

  Correct Answer: A