ACT ACT Certifications WORKKEYS Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  The factory where you work builds children's wagons. In order to make each wagon the following bolts are needed:

  Four 4 mm bolts per part Six 5 mm bolts per part Ten 8 mm bolts per part

  The schedule for the next two weeks is to build 20 wagons per shift, Monday through Friday. There are two shifts. How many bolts must your company order to support the production of the wagon?

  A. 200

  B. 400

  C. 2000

  D. 4000

  E. 10,000

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 22:

  Roger ordered the following office supplies and received a 20% discount on his total purchase price. He will have to pay 8% sales tax on the final cost of the items. How much will Roger pay for this purchase?

  

  A. $100.42

  B. $305.73

  C. $353.85

  D. $452.93

  E. $552.12

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 23:

  Melinda worked the following hours during one week. She is paid $8.50 per hour for the first 40 hours of work. After 40 hours, she receives 1 ½ times her regular hourly rate. How much money did Melinda earn this week?

  

  A. $340.00

  B. $395.25

  C. $422.88

  D. $592.88

  E. $601.32

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 24:

  A landscaping firm is planning a new flower garden for display. The garden will be 15 feet by 35 feet and it will be planted with 2 flowers per square foot. The flowers cost $17.50 per flat of 125. The nursery sells only full flats. How much will it cost to plant the flower garden?

  A. $122.50

  B. $140.00

  C. $157.50

  D. $183.75

  E. $223.00

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 25:

  Jeremiah is an apprentice who earns $9.50 an hour, with time and a half for overtime. Under a new contract, he will receive an 8% raise. Jeremiah figures that he will receive $114.00 for working 8 hours of overtime under the new pay rate. If Jeremiah made an error in his calculations, what was it?

  A. He figured the overtime at the old pay rate.

  B. He used a 10% raise instead of 8%.

  C. He calculated the 8 hours at the new hourly rate instead of time and a half.

  D. He calculated for 10 hours of overtime instead of 8.

  E. He did not make an error in his calculations.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 26:

  Johnson Landscape is installing mulch at a site. The area of the site is 150 feet by 210 feet. The mulch will be applied to a depth of 4 inches. Red mulch costs $45.00 per cubic yard. Natural brown mulch costs $38.00 per cubic yard (mulch is only sold in whole yards). How much would the company save by using natural brown mulch?

  A. $2723.00

  B. $3215.00

  C. $8169.00

  D. $24,500.00

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 27:

  You have decided to wallpaper your rectangular bedroom. The dimensions are 12 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 0 inches high. The room has two windows, each 4 feet by 3 feet and a door 7 feet by 3 feet. Determine how many rolls of wallpaper are needed to cover the walls, allowing 10% for waste and matching. Each roll of wallpaper is 30 inches wide and 30 feet long. How many rolls of wallpaper should be purchased?

  A. 4 rolls

  B. 5 rolls

  C. 6 rolls

  D. 7 rolls

  E. 8 rolls

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 28:

  Calvin Tech High School needs to purchase a new photocopy machine. Company A would lease the school a copy machine at $220 per month plus 3.2 cents per copy. Company B would sell the school a copier on a 3-year payment plan for $12,200; individual copies would cost 1.5 cents each. The school plans to run 300,000 copies per year. Which plan provides the better 3-year deal and by how much?

  A. Company A by $800

  B. Company B by $820

  C. Company A by $4280

  D. Company B by $4280

  E. Company A by $505.72

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 29:

  A horticulture class is filling cylindrical pots with soil. The pots have a height of 8 inches and a radius of 5 inches. The pots are being filled from a rectangular storage container measuring 2-feet by 3-feet by 3-feet high. How many of the cylindrical containers can be filled with soil?

  A. 47

  B. 48

  C. 49

  D. 50

  E. 51

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 30:

  Shown below is the print that is to be folded into a box: Tolerances on all measurements are +0.002 inches. What is the percent change from the ideal volume if the minimum tolerance for each dimension is reached?

  

  A. 0.77%

  B. 1%

  C. 1.7%

  D. 7%

  E. 14%

  Correct Answer: A