Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

L ESSON 1 | N UMBER AND Q UANTITY • 215

ARITHMETIC STRATEGY: “TEST-THE-TEST”

42. Which of the following is the larger of 2 numbers, the product of which is 600 and the sum of which is 5 times the difference between the 2 numbers? F. 10 G. 15 H. 20 J. 30 K. 50 1 of a number is 3 more than 4 1 of the number, then what is the number? A. 18 B. 24 C. 30 D. 36 E. 48 43. If 3

45. The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number is 16. If the tens digit of the number is 3 times the units digit, and the units digit is 4 1 of the hundreds digit, then what is the number? A. 446 B. 561 C. 682 D. 862 E. 914 46. If the sum of 5 consecutive integers is 40, what is the smallest of the 5 integers? F. 4 G. 5 H. 6 J. 7 K. 8

The Cambridge Edge Always use number sense to eliminate answer choices. You should be able to eliminate three ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐ‹˜‡ ƒ•™‡” choices in item #42 immediately using number sense.

If both 16 and 9 are divided by n , the remainder is 2. What is n ? F. 3 G. 4 H. 5 J. 6 K. 7

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