1.If a dessert recipe that serves 6 people requires 3/4 of a cup of sugar, then if we expand this recipe to serve 15 people, we will need to use exactly 1 7/8 cups of sugar.

True

False

2.You owe a friend $45, and he or she insists that you pay up 25% of this right now. In your pockets you find no debit or credit cards, but you do find a $10 bill, a $1 loonie coin, and a quarter (25-cent piece). Therefore you have exactly enough money to pay what your friend is asking.

True

False

3.Consider two temperatures: A.180 degrees C and

B. 90 degrees C.

Find the true statement in the answers (if any). If none of a, b, c or d is true, choose e.

	a.	Temperature A is twice as hot as Temperature B.
	b.	Temperature B is half as hot as Temperature A.
	c.	The Fahrenheit equivalent of Temperature A is 360 degrees F.
	d.	The Fahrenheit equivalent of Temperature B is 180 degrees F.
	e.	none of the above.

4.A baseball team has nine players. In how many different orders can the team manager create a batting list, showing which player will bat first down to which player will bat 9th? (Hint: remember Danny hanging paintings on the wall, in the homework.)

	a.	143,960 orders
	b.	587,349 orders
	c.	900,000 orders.
	d.	362,880 orders
	e.	none of the above.

5.Consider the two quantities below, and then find the TRUE statement in the answer choices (if any). If none of a, b, c or d is true, choose e.

i. 60% of 120

ii. 20% of 365

	a.	Item i is greater than item ii.
	b.	Item i and item ii are equal to each other.
	c.	Item ii is greater than item i.
	d.	Item ii is exactly 50% smaller than item i.
	e.	none of the above.

6. A litre is, of course, 1000 ml. The closest Imperial measurement of volume to the litre is the quart. In comparing the two volumes, we find that:

	a.	the litre is bigger than the quart.
	b.	the quart is bigger than the litre.
	c.	the litre and the quart are exactly the same.
	d.	both a and b above are correct.
	e.	none of the above.

7.You have created your own Bloody Mary Mix (tomato juice, spices and other things), and wish to sell it in 750-ml bottles. If what you made has a total volume of 3 gallons, how many 750-ml bottles will you need (even if you can only partially fill the last one), to transfer all of your Bloody Mary Mix into the bottles?

(Note: use 1 oz = 28.4 ml.)

	a.	18 bottles
	b.	23 bottles
	c.	19 bottles
	d.	15 bottles
	e.	none of the above.

8.A warm summer day in St. Petersburg, Russia (pretty far north!), would have a temperature of about 25 degrees Celsius. The Fahrenheit equivalent of this temperature is:

	a.	77 degrees Fahrenheit.
	b.	80 degrees Fahrenheit.
	c.	58 degrees Fahrenheit.
	d.	93 degrees Fahrenheit.
	e.	none of the above.

9.

If we add together 22 lbs and 10 kg, and we express the answer in lbs, we obtain:

	a.	32 lbs.
	b.	44 lbs.
	c.	20 lbs.
	d.	56 lbs.
	e.	none of the above.

10.

We use the Celsius temperature system here in Canada, because it is better than the Fahrenheit system used in the U.S.

True

False

11.

The earth spins around the sun once in just a bit over 365 days. We have four seasons in Canada; therefore each season lasts for exactly 90 days.

True

False

12.

A recipe says "bake at 400 degrees F". If we are using an oven that measures temperature in Celsius, we must set it to exactly 180 degrees.

True

False

13. A "cup of sugar" refers specifically to 8 oz. of sugar. The metric equivalent of this amount (rounded to the nearest mililitre) is:

	a.	173 ml.
	b.	492 ml.
	c.	285 ml.
	d.	227 ml.
	e.	none of the above.

14. You have three kg of potatoes, and you want to share it equally among three people. Therefore each person will receive close to 2 lbs and 3 oz of the potatoes.

True

False