Level 5 Applied Mathematics

Sample Item

Quik Call charges 18¢ per minute for long-distance calls. Econo Phone totals your phone usage each month and rounds the number of minutes up to the nearest 15 minutes. It then charges $7.90 per hour of phone usage, dividing this charge into 15-minute segments if you used less than a full hour. If your office makes 5 hours 3 minutes worth of calls this month using the company with the lower price, how much will these calls cost?

$39.50
$41.48
$41.87
$54.00
$54.54

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Why this is a Level 5 item:

There are several steps of logic and calculation.
Examinees must perform calculations using mixed numbers.
Examinees must compare their answers with two sets of calculations and choose the "best deal."

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