CITY OF EAST LOS ANGELES
HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM
Name: _____________________________ Gang: ___________________________
1. Jamaal has an AK-47 with a 40-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 attend before he has to reload?
2. Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine and he sells an 8-ball to Jackson for $320,
and 2 grams to Billy for $85 a gram. What is the street value of the
remaining cocaine that he doesn't cut?
3. Rufus is pimping for 3 girls. If the price is $65 for each trick, how
many tricks will each girl have to turn so Rufus can pay for his $800
a day crack habit?
4. Jerome wants to cut his 1/2 pound of heroin to make 20% more profit.
How many ounces of cut will he need to reach his goal?
5. Willis gets $200 for stealing a BMW, $50 for a Chevy, and $100 for a
4x4. If he steals 2 BMW's and 3 4x4's, how many Chevys will he have
to steal to make $800?
6. Raoul is serving 6 years in prison for murder. He received $10,000
for the hit. If his common law wife is spending $100 a month, how much
money will be left when he gets out of jail, and how many years will
he get for killing the bitch that spent all his money?
7. If the average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet, and the average
letter is 0.8 square feet, how many letters can a tagger spray with 3
cans of paint?
8. Hector knocked up 6 girls in his friendly neighborhood gang. If there
are 27 girls in the gang, what percentage of the girls in the gang has
Hector knocked up? What percentage of girls in the gang *hasn't*
Hector knocked up?
BONUS QUESTION: Based on the information provided above, how many more
girls can Hector knock up in his gang if he has sex 8
times a day with 3 different girls a week for 6 months
using the highly reliable "rhythm method" of birth control?
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