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HUMOR: Math Quiz
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Fri Oct 18 22:49:07 1996
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 22:37:23 -0400
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: abennett@MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:48:03 -0400
From: diane@jargon.whoi.edu (Diane DiMassa)
>From seskfxcf@ibmmail.com Thu Oct 17 18:13 EDT 1996
City of Los Angeles
High School Math Proficiency Exam
Name:____________________________
Gang:____________________________
1. Johnny has an AK-47 with an 80-round clip. If he misses 6 out of 10
shots and shoots 13 times at each drive-by shooting, how many drive-by
shootings can he attempt before he has to reload?
2. Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine and he sells an 8-ball to Jackson for
A320 and 2 grams to Billy for A85 per gram. What is the street value of
the balance of the cocaine if he doesn't cut it?
3. Jerome wants to cut his 1/2 pound of heroin to make 20% more profit.
How many ounces of cut will he need?
4. Willie gets A200 for stealing a BMW, A50 for a Chevy, and A100 for a
4x4. If he has stolen 2 BMWs, 3 4x4s, how many Chevies will he have to
steal to make A800?
5. Raoul is in prison for 6 years for murder. He got A10,000 for the
hit. If his common law wife is spending A100 per month, how much money
will be left when he gets out of prison and how many years will he get
for killing the witch that spent his money?
6. If the average spray can covers 22 square feet and the average letter
is 3 square feet, how many letters can a tagger spray with 3 cans of
paint?
7. Thelma can cook dinner for her 16 children for A7.50 per night. She
gets A234 a month welfare for each child. If her A325 per month rent
goes up 15%, how many more children should she have to keep up with her
expenses?
9. Salvador was arrested for dealing crack and his bail was set at
A25,000. If he pays a bail bondsman 12% and returns to Mexico, how much
money will he lose by jumping bail?
