This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Unit V Mathematical Reasoning And Aptitude > Problem Solving Techniques – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Problem Solving Techniques Quiz 5 (10 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lisa is organizing a bake sale to raise funds for a charity. Her revenue from selling y cookies is given by the equation R = 1.5y-5. What does the 1.5 in the equation likely represent? A) The price Lisa charges for each cookie. B) The cost of making one cookie. C) The profit from selling one cookie. D) The total revenue from selling all cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The price Lisa charges for each cookie. 2. Ms. Bellantoni danced during every class she has. She has a total of 8 classes each day. She speaks with a British accent in 3 of her classes. How many classes does she dance and have a British accent each day? A) 3. B) 5. C) 8. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 3. Mallory bought pizza and soda for a party. If she spent $ 12.57 on the sodas and $ 10.95 for each pizza, how many pizzas did she buy if her total is $ 89.22? A) 10.95x + 12.57 = 89.22. B) 12.57x + 10.95 = 89.22. C) 89.22x-10.95 = 12.57. D) 12.57 + 10.95 = 89.22. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10.95x + 12.57 = 89.22. 4. Which is NOT included in Polya's four-step process for problem solving? A) Understand the problem. B) Devise a plan. C) Carry out the plan. D) Look back. E) Make a list. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Make a list. 5. How many total squares are there in 4 x 4 square? A) 30. B) 16. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30. 6. A jet airliner flies 4100 km from New York City to San Francisco in 4.25 hours. What is its average speed? A) 964.71 km/hr. B) 96.47 km/hr. C) 17,425 km/hr. D) 174.25 km/hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 964.71 km/hr. 7. This is the 3rd step in Polya's Problem Solving Strategy A) Review the Solution. B) Devise a Plan. C) Carry out the Plan. D) Understand the Problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carry out the Plan. 8. How far did a plane travel if it flew at a speed of 450 km/ hr for thirty minutes? A) D = S X T. B) S = D / T. C) T = D / S. D) V = D / T + Direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D = S X T. 9. How can Polya's Problem Solving Method be applied in real-world scenarios? A) By immediately giving up when faced with a challenge. B) By ignoring the problem and guessing the solution. C) By understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back to evaluate the solution. D) By randomly selecting an approach without planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back to evaluate the solution. 10. You are working on a problem and you are stuck. You really want to ask your teacher for help, and she or he instructs you to keep thinking. You become a detective and look for evidence on how to solve the problem. You know mistakes are ok, and keep trying other approaches. A) SMP7 Look for and make use of structure. B) SMP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. C) SMP5 Use appropriate tools strategically. D) SMP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SMP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesProblem Solving Techniques Quiz 1Problem Solving Techniques Quiz 2Problem Solving Techniques Quiz 3Problem Solving Techniques Quiz 4Problem Solving Techniques Quiz 6Alphabet Series QuizAnalytical Reasoning QuizArithmetic Operations QuizArithmetic Series QuizAverage Applications QuizAverages QuizBlood Relations QuizCoding Decoding QuizCompound Interest QuizData Sufficiency QuizDecimals QuizDirection Sense QuizDiscount QuizDivisibility Rules QuizFamily Relations QuizFractions QuizGeometric Series QuizHcf And Lcm QuizLetter Coding QuizLetter Series QuizMathematical Aptitude QuizMathematical Logic QuizMathematical Reasoning QuizMental Mathematics QuizMissing Number Series QuizMixed Series QuizNumber Coding QuizNumber Patterns QuizNumber Series QuizNumber System QuizNumerical Reasoning QuizPercentage Applications QuizPercentages QuizProfit And Loss QuizProportion QuizQuantitative Comparison QuizQuantitative Reasoning QuizRanking And Ordering QuizRatio And Proportion QuizRatio Applications QuizRatio QuizRelationships QuizSimple Interest QuizSimplification QuizSpeed Time Distance QuizSymbol Coding QuizTime And Distance QuizTypes Of Reasoning Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books