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Jordy
01-17-2005, 02:38 PM
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM
NAME ____________________ GANG NAME ___________________
TAG ____________________
HOOD __________________
1). Little Arturo has an AK-47 with a modified 50 round clip. He usually misses 4 out of every 10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by shootings can Little Arturo attempt before he has to reload? __________
2). Jose has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for $320 and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest of his hold? __________
3). Rufus pimps 3 hos. If the price of an average trick is $25, how many tricks per day must each ho turn to support Rufus's $800 per day crack habit? __________
4). Jerome wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make 20% profit. How many ounces will he need? __________
5). Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a Corvette, and $100 for a 4x4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3 4x4's, how many more Corvettes must he have to steal to have $900? __________
6). Raoul got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his common-law wife spends $100 per month, how much money will be left when he gets out?
Extra credit bonus: How much more time will he get for killing da ho that spent his money? __________
7). If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet and the average letter is 3 square feet with 20% paint coverage and 80% paint free, how many letters can be sprayed with 3 eight ounce cans of spray paint? __________
8). Hector knocked up 3 girls in the gang. There are 27 girls in his gang. What is the exact percentage of girls Hector knocked up? __________
9). Bernie is a lookout for the gang. Bernie has a boa constrictor that eats 3 small rats per week at a cost of $5 per rat. If Bernie makes $700 a week as a lookout, how many weeks can he feed the boa on one week's income? __________
10). Billy steals Joe's skateboard. As Billy skates away at 35 mph, Joe loads his 357 Magnum. If it takes Joe 20 seconds to load his magnum, how far away will Billy be when he gets whacked? __________
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bordsmnj
01-17-2005, 02:47 PM
well they left out a couple of important variables on question 4 but i don't see what's wrong otherwise? accept that the average gangster can't read well enough to understand the questions beyond name,hood,etc.

JustMVG
01-17-2005, 04:59 PM
Rewrite the test in Spanglish and another using Ebonics, or else the A C L U is going to sue.

SHOTKALLIN
01-17-2005, 05:19 PM
I cant figure out if this is funny or racist. I think its both. Is the school system this bad? I think it might be. Well almost maybe. :D

HavaTan
01-17-2005, 07:24 PM
That is pretty funny and sad at the same time.