THE NEW CITY OF LOS ANGELES
HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM*
NAME____________________
GANG NAME______________
1. Little Johnny has an AK 47 with a 30 round clip.
He usually misses 6 out of every 10 shots and he uses
13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by
shootings can Little Johnny 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 is $85 per trick,
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 steal to have $900?
6. Romeo 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 the ho that spent all his money?
7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square
feet and the average letter is 3 square feet, how
many letters can be sprayed with 3 eight ounce cans
of spray paint with 20% paint free?
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?
REMEMBER, MATH ILLITERACY AFFECTS EIGHT OUT OF
EVERY FIVE PEOPLE.
--*Author Anonymous--
