SAT 2 Past Paper - Mathematics Level 2 Year 2014
SAT 2 Past Paper - Mathematics Level 2 Year 2014
SAT 2 Past Paper - Mathematics Level 2 Year 2014
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18. A right triangle has sides in the ratio of
13. Of the following lists of numbers, which 5:12:13.What is the measure of the smallest
has the largest standard deviation? angle in the triangle, in degrees?
(A)2, 7,15 (A)13.34
(B)3, 7, 14 (B)22.62
(C)5, 7, 12 (C)34.14
(D)10, 11,12 (D)42.71
(E)11,11,11 (E)67.38
14. For all θ, tanθ + cosθ + tan(-θ) + cos(-θ)= 19. If the 20th term of an arithmetic sequence
(A)0 is 20and the 50th term is 100, what is the first
(B)2tanθ term of the sequence?
(C)2cosθ (A)-33.33
(D)2(tanθ + cosθ) (B)-30.67
(E)2 (C)1.00
(D)2.00
15. At a distance of 100 feet, the angle of (E)2.67
elevation from the horizontal ground to the
a building is 42°. The height of the building is 20. The polar equation r sinθ = 1 defines the
(A) 67 feet graph of
(B)74 feet (A)a line
(C)90 feet (B)a circle
(D)110 feet (C)an ellipse
(E)229 fee (D)a parabola
(E)a hyperbola
16 .If the greatest possible distance between 21. A pair of dice is tossed 10 times. What is
two points within a certain rectangular solid the probability that no 7s or 11s appear sum of
is 12,then which of the following could be the the sides facing up?
dimensions of this solid? (A)0.08
(A)3×3×9 (B)0.09
(B)3 ×6 × 7 (C)0.11
(C)3 × 8 ×12 (D)0.16
(D)4 × 7 × 9 (E)0.24
(E)4×8×8
17. Runner A travels a feet every minute. 22. If g(x-1)=x2+2, then g(x)=
Runner B travels b feet every second. In one (A) x2-2x+3
hour, runner A travels how much farther than (B) x2+2x+3
runner B, in feet? (C) x2-3x+2
(A)a - 60b (D) x2+2
(B)a2-60b2 (E) x2-2
(C)360a-b
(D)60(a - b) 23. If the graph of the equation y=2x2-6x+c is
(E)60(a-60b) tangent to the x-axis, then the value of c is
2
(A) 3 which quadrants?
(B) 3.5 (A)I only
(C) 4 (B)I and II
(D) 4.5 (C)I, II, and IV
(E) 5 (D)II, III, and IV
(E)I,II,III and IV
24. The linear regression model G = 0.03m+
0.2 relates grade point average (G) to the 29. For all θ, (sin θ + sin (-θ))(cos θ + cos
number of daily minutes a person spends (-θ))=
studying (m). When a person studies for an (A)2 sin θ
hour and forty minutes each day, the predicted (B)0
GPA is (C)1
(A)2.8 (C)2 cos θ
(B)3.0 (D)4 sin θ cos θ
(C)3.2
(D)3.8 30. What is the radius of the circle x2 + y2-
(E)4.4 14x + 4y +44 = 0?
(A) 2.2
(B) 3
25. What is the sum of the integers from 1 to (C) 6.6
100? (D) 9
(A)1.4,950 (E) 44
(B)2.5,000
(C)3.5,050 31. In Figure 3, two segments are tangent to a
(D)4.9,900 circle of
(E)10,100 radius 3. Points S and T are the points of
tangency.
26. If logb 4=16, then b = What is the length of ST?
(A)0.25 (A) 6
(B)0.50 (B) 1.9
(C)1.09 (C) 2.8
(D)2 (D) 5.9
(E)4 (E) 6.4
27.Which of the following is the equation of a 32. The first three terms of an arithmetic
line with x-intercept (-3, 0) and y-intercept (0, sequence are 3n, 6n - 2, and 8n + 1 where n
-5)? is any real number. What is the value of the
(A)5x+3y=15 fourth term of the sequence?
(B)3x + 5y = -15 (A) 41
(C)5x-3y = -l5 (B) 56
(D)5x + 3y = -l5 (C) 54
(E)-5x+3y=15 (D) 58
(E) 14
28. The solution set of 5x + 2y> 0 lies in 33. Which of the following is NOT a factor
3
of x4-3x3-11x2 + 3x+l0? 38. If what is the value of f-1(10) ?
(A) x+l (A) 0.04
(B) x-1 (B) 0.89
(C) x + 2 (C) 2.00
(D) x-2 (D) 2.23
(E) x-5 (E) 22.36
34. f(x) = ax2 + bx + c for all real numbers x.
If f(x)= -1, f(1) = 3, and f(2) = 5, then what is 39. The Fibonacci sequence can be defined
f(x)? recursively as
(A) 2x2 + 2x-l a1=1
(B) -x2 + 5x - 1 a2=1
(C) x2 + 3x-l An=an-1+an-2 for n≤3
(D) x2 + 4x- 1 What is the 10th term of this sequence?
(E) -2x2 + 6x - 1 (A) 21
(B) 34
(C) 55
1 sin 2 θ (D) 89
35. is the same as
sin θ (E) 144
(A) cosθ
(B) secθ 40. If f(x)=x3-4x2-3x+2, which of the
(C) tanθ following statement are true?
(D) cscθ I. The function f is increasing for x≥3
(E) cotθ II.The equation f(x)=0 has two nonreal
solution
36.In a certain experiment, there is a 0.2 III. f(x)≥ -16 for all x≥0.
probability that any the milometer used is in (A)I only
error by more than 1°C. If 4 the milometers (B)II only
are used, what is the probability that all of (C)I and II
them are in error by more than 1°C ? (D)I and III
(A) 0.0016 (E)II and III
(B) 0.0081
(C) 0.16 π π
41. If arcsin(sinx)= , and 0≤ x≤ , then x
(D) 0.25 6 2
(E) 0.80 could be
(A) 0
37.If the magnitudes of vectors a and b are 5 1
(B)
and 12, respectively, then the magnitudes of 2
vector (b-a) could NOT be π
(C)
(A) 5 6
(B) 7 π
(D)
(C) 10 3
(D) 12 π
(E)
(E) 17 2
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42. The probability that the roll of an unbiased divided into two groups if one group has 8
cubical die produces a 4 or a 6 is people and the other has 4?
1 (A) 40,320
(A)
6 (B) 495
1 (C) 60
(B)
3 (D) 1,485
4 (E) 11,880
(C)
6
6 47. tan4 θ + 2 tan θ + 1
(D)
6 (A)sec2 θ
10 (B)2sec2θ
(E)
6 (C)sec4θ
(D)cos4 θ
(E)1
43. If loga3 = x and loga5 = y, then loga45 =
(A) 2x + y 48. A portion of the graph of y= ex is shown m
(B) x2 + y Figure 3.What is the sum of the areas of the
(C) x2 y three inscribed rectangles?
(D) x+ y (A)124
(E) 9x + y (B) 126
(C) 465
44. The graph of f(x) = |x| is translated 5 (D) 809
units down, 1 unit left, and reflected over (E) 931
the x-axis. If the resulting graph represents
g(x), then g(-4)= 49. What are the intercepts of the circle
(A) 2 equation (x + 4)2 + (y- 4)2 = 2?
(B) -2 (A)(-4,0), (0,4)
(C) 4 (B)(4,0), (0,-4)
(D) 1 (C)(0, ±4), (±4,0)
(E) 8 (D)(0,-4), (-4,0)
45. If each score in a set of scores is decreased
by 2, which of the following would be true 50. If students are randomly chosen from a
statements? group of 11 boys and 9 girls, what is the
I. The mean is decreased by 2. probability of choosing 2 boys and 2 girls?
II. The mean is unchanged.
III. The standard deviation is decreased by
2. (A)
IV. The standard deviation is unchanged.
(A) I only
(B)
(B) III only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and IV only
(E) I and IV only (C)
46. In how many ways can 12 people be
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(D)
(E)