Edina Center for Academic Excellence MYC Placement Test 2011-2012 Form E
Student Name: Age and school grade: Date: You have an hour to complete as many questions as you can. You are encouraged to enter an answer in the answer space if you can figure out an answer in any way. You do not have to show your work, but you may use any space on the page to do calculations or to try out examples. Have fun.
R. Albatross manages a fruit store. He sells bags of mangoes. At first, there were a dozen mangoes in each bag, and the bags were priced at $6.60 per
bag. Later, Albatross decided to keep the price at $6.60 per bag, while putting more mangoes in each bag. If the new price of a dozen mangoes is actually $4.40, how many mangoes are in each new bag?
S. Bobert and Caddlebot both drove from Minnetonka to Woodbury. Caddlebot started driving before Bobert. Driving at an average speed of 60 miles per hour, Bobert arrived at Woodbury in 45 minutes. Caddlebot drove at an average speed of 50 miles per hour and arrived at the same time that Bobert arrived. How many minutes earlier did Caddlebot start driving than Bobert?
T. Bonus question: What do you think about this placement test?
