QUESTION 598
June drove for two hours at an average speed of 70 miles per hour, then drove another 90 minutes at an average speed of 65 miles per hour. If her vehicle gets 25 miles per gallon on the highway in this speed range, about how many gallons of gas did she use for the trip?

QUESTION 599
Which of the following fractions is the largest?

QUESTION 600
Cranks are used to

QUESTION 601
Mark received an hourly wage of $9.25. His boss gave him a 4% raise. How much does Mark make per hour now?

QUESTION 602
Illustrious most nearly means:

QUESTION 603
An earthquake that measures 4 on the Richter Scale would be how many times stronger than an earthquake that measured 2?

QUESTION 604
Ergonomics is the science of designing and arranging workspaces so that people and objects interact efficiently and safely. Lack of attention to ergonomics causes thousands of workers to suffer repetitive stress injury, eye fatigue, muscle soreness, and many other medical problems each year.
Adequate lighting, well-designed chairs, and clutter-free work areas contribute to effective ergonomic design. The opportunity to take short breaks every hour or two, especially for deskbound workers, is also helpful. It’s also important for workers to avoid performing the same movements over and over for hours at a time. Variety in the type of work being done can decrease the chance of injury.
According to this passage, it’s reasonable to assume that:

QUESTION 605
About three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. Of these 336 million cubic miles of water, most (97.2 percent) is found in the oceans and is salty. Glaciers at both poles contain another 2 percent of the total amount. Less than 1 percent (0.8 percent) is available as fresh water for people to use–and much of that is not near the people who need it the most.
The amount of fresh water available for people to use is

QUESTION 606
Determine which of the choices best solves the problem shown in the first picture and then mark the corresponding choice on your answer sheet. The problem is presented in the first drawing and the remaining four drawings are possible solutions.

QUESTION 607
What is the smallest part of matter that retains the chemical properties characteristic of a particular element?

QUESTION 608
The primary purpose of piston rings is to:

QUESTION 609
Frictional forces usually do NOT

QUESTION 610
Umbrage most nearly means:

QUESTION 611
She has always been punctual.

QUESTION 612
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” –H. G. Wells

QUESTION 613

If Gear A turns left in the figure above, Gear B:

QUESTION 614
A tire that bears the code “P 185/70 R 14” is