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Practice Calculus Readiness Test

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This practice test consists of 25 problems. Click on Begin Quiz, then
begin.
1. Money in a bank triples every 8 years. If $100 is deposited today, what
will its value be after 32 years?
$8, 500 $8, 100 $1, 600 $400
2. The y-coordinate of the point of intersection of the graph of
x + 4y = 50 and x +y = 20 is
6 0 14 6
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3. The rectangular box shown below has a square base and a closed top.
The height is twice the length of one side of the base. Its surface area
in terms of x is
20x 8x + 2x
2
10x
2
6x
4. If 2
13
is approximately equal to 8000, then, of the following, which best
approximates 2
26
?
640, 000 6, 400, 000 64, 000, 000 8000
13
5. 2
5
64
2/3
=
512
1
512
1
1
2
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6. If f is a function whose graph is the parabola sketched below then
f(x) < 0 whenever
x < 1 or x > 3 x < 1
x > 3 1 < x < 3
7. If log
2
(x 6) = 6 then x =
70 64 58
6
log
2
6
+ 6
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8. A function f is even if f(x) = f(x) for each x in the domain of f. Of
the following, which best represents the graph of an even function?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9. If
(2x 3)(x + 5)
x 7
= 0 then x =
5, 7,
3
2
5 or
3
2
5, 7, or
3
2
5 or
3
2
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10. Of the following, which best represents the graph of x
2
+y
2
2y = 0?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11. If f(x) =
5x+3
2x+3
then f(n + 1) =
8
5
5n + 3
2n + 3
+ 1
5n + 8
2n + 5
5n + 4
2n + 4
12. The slope of the line that goes through the points (5, 4) and (3, 12)
is

1
2
8 2 4
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13. Find all solutions to the equation 3x
2
= 4x + 1.
4/3, 1/3
2+

7
3
,
2

7
3
4+3

2
6
,
43

2
6
2+

2
3
,
2

2
3
14. In a standard coordinate system, the graph of the equation y = 3x+7
is
a line falling to the right a line rising to the right
a horizontal line not a line
15. The inequality |x 4| 8 is equivalent to
4 x 12 12 x 4
12 x 12 x 12
16. The quantity a b is a factor of how many of the following?
a
2
b
2
a
2
+b
2
a
3
b
3
a
3
+b
3
one only two only three only four
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17. In the gure shown below, what is the distance between the points P
and Q?
11 7 6 5
18. The length of a certain rectangle is 6 meters more than twice its width.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle if the area of the rectangle is
260 square meters?
54 meters 60 meters 66 meters 72 meters
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19. What is the area of the rectangle shown in the gure below? (Note:
The gure is not drawn to scale.)
3 27 31 39
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20. A rectangle R has width x and length y. A rectangle S is formed from
R by multiplying each of the sides of the rectangle R by 4 as shown in
the gure below. What is the area of the portion of S lying outside R?
(Note: The gure is not drawn to scale.)
16xy 15xy 4xy x
4
y
4
21. What is the radian measure of an angle whose degree measure is 240

3
2
3
3
4
4
3
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22. csc(30

) =
2
2

2

3
23. For which values of x in the interval 0 x 2 does
(sinx 1)(sinx 5) = 0?

2
only 1 and 5 0 and 2
24. In the gure below, if sinR =
5
8
and r = 2, then what is q?
16
5
5
4
5
5
16
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25. In the right triangle shown in the gure below, tan =
x x

x
2
1 x
2
+ 1

x
2
1
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Solutions to Practice Tests 12
Solutions to Practice Calculus Readiness Test
Solution to Question 1: In 8 years the value will be 3100 = 300. Eight
years later (after a total of 16 years), the value will be 3300 = 900. Eight
years after that (after a total of 24 years) the value will be 3 900 = 2700.
And eight years after that (after a total of 32 years) the value will be
3 2700 = 8100. Return
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Solution to Question 2: Adding the two equations we obtain 5y = 30
or y = 6. Return
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Solution to Question 3: The areas of the top and bottom are each
xx = x
2
. The area of each of the four sides is x2x = 2x
2
. So the total
surface area is 2(x
2
) + 4(2x
2
) = 2x
2
+ 8x
2
= 10x
2
. Return
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Solution to Question 4: 2
26
=

2
13

2
= (8000)
2
= 64, 000, 000.
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Solution to Question 5: 2
5
=
1
2
5
=
1
32
and 64
2/3
=

3

64

2
= (4)
2
=
16, so 2
5
64
2/3
=
1
32
16 =
16
32
=
1
2
. Return
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Solution to Question 6: The graph is below the x axis for 1 < x < 3.
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Solution to Question 7: log
2
(x 6) = 6 2
6
= x 6 x = 2
6
+ 6 =
64 + 6 = 70. Return
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Solution to Question 8: If f(x) = f(x) for all x, the the graph of f
must be symmetric with respect to the y axis. The only graph that has
this symmetry is (c). Return
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Solution to Question 9:
(2x 3)(x + 5)
x 7
= 0 2x 3 = 0 or x + 5 =
0 x =
3
2
or x = 5. Return
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Solution to Question 10: Any equation of the form Ax
2
+Ay
2
+Bx +
Cy+D = 0 is a circle, which narrows the choices to (a) and (c). Completing
the square, we see that x
2
+ y
2
2y + 1 = 1 x
2
+ (y 1)
2
= 1. We
know that (x h)
2
+(y k)
2
= r
2
describes a circle with center (h, k) and
radius r. Hence our circle has radius (0, 1) and radius 1, which is choice
(c). Return
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Solution to Question 11:
f(n + 1) =
5(n + 1) + 3
2(n + 1) + 3
=
5n + 5 + 3
2n + 2 + 3
=
5n + 8
2n + 5
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Solution to Question 12: The slope is
y
2
y
1
x
2
x
1
=
12 4
3 (5)
=
16
8
= 2
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Solution to Question 13: We use the quadratic formula to solve the
equation 3x
2
4x 1 = 0 with a = 3, b = 4, and c = 1. So
x =
b

b
2
4ac
2a
=
4

16 + 12
6
=
4

28
6
=
4 2

7
6
=
2

7
3
So the solutions are
2+

7
3
and
2

7
3
. Return
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Solution to Question 14: The graph of y = mx + b is a straight line.
Since the slope m = 3 is negative, the graph of this line is falling to the
right. Return
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Solution to Question 15:
|x 4| 8 8 x 4 8 (8) + 4 x 8 + 4 4 x 12
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Solution to Question 16: Recall that a
2
b
2
= (a b)(a +b), a
3
b
3
=
(a b)(a
2
+ab +b
2
), and a
3
+b
3
= (a +b)(a
2
ab +b
2
) (a
2
+b
2
does not
factor). So a +b is a factor of a
2
b
2
and a
3
+b
3
only. Return
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Solution to Question 17: The distance from P to R is 1 (2) = 3,
and the distance from R to Q is 7 3 = 4. By the Pythagorean Theorem,
the distance from P to Q is

3
2
+ 4
2
=

9 + 16 =

25 = 5. Return
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Solution to Question 18: If we let w be the width of the rectangle, then
its length is l = 2w + 6, so the area is l w = (2w + 6)w = 2w
2
+ 6w.
Since the area is 260, we have 2w
2
+ 6w = 260 2w
2
+ 6w 260 = 0
w
2
+ 3w 130 = 0 (w + 13)(w 10) = 0 w = 10, 13. Since w must
be positive, the width of the rectangle must be 10 meters, so the length
is 2w + 6 = 26 meters, and so the perimeter is 2l + 2w = 20 + 52 = 72
meters. Return
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Solution to Question 19: The width of the rectangle is 5 2 = 3. The
height of the rectangle is f(2) = 2
3
2 + 7 = 8 2 + 7 = 13. So the area
is 3 13 = 39. Return
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Solution to Question 20: The area of rectangle S is (4x)(4y) = 16xy.
The area of rectangle R is xy. So the area of the portion of S lying outside
R is 16xy xy = 15xy. Return
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Solution to Question 21: Since radians equals 180 degrees, we convert
from degrees to radians by multiplying by

180
:
240

180
=
4
3
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Solution to Question 22: Recall that sin(30

) = 1/2, so csc(30

) =
1
1/2
= 2 Return
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Solution to Question 23:
(sinx 1)(sinx 5) = 0 sinx = 1 or sinx = 5
Since sinx is always between 1 and 1, there are no values of x for
which sinx = 5. The only value of x in the interval 0 x 2 for which
sinx = 1 is x =

2
. Return
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Solution to Question 24:
5
8
= sinR =
r
q
=
2
q
16 = 5q q =
16
5
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Solution to Question 25: By the Pythagorean Theorem, the third side of
the triangle has length

x
2
1. So tan =
opposite
adjacent
=

x
2
1
1
=

x
2
1.
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