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25 M I NU TES, 2 0 QUESTIONS
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For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 16 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.
r c 2x 60° s 45° s√2
w h b x
30° 45°
b a x√3 s
A = pr 2 A = w 1
A = bh c 2 = a2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles
2
C = 2pr
h r r h h
h
w r w
V = wh V = pr 2h 4
V = pr 3
1
V = pr 2h V = 1 wh
3 3 3
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.
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y A C
1
x
O 1 The circle above with center O has a circumference
of 36. What is the length of minor arc p
AC ?
A) 9
B) 12
C) 18
Which of the following is an equation of line A in D) 36
the xy-plane above?
A) x = 1
B) y = 1
C) y = x
D) y = x + 1
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Which of the following is an example of a function Which of the following is equivalent to the sum of
whose graph in the xy-plane has no x-intercepts?
the expressions a2 − 1 and a + 1 ?
A) A linear function whose rate of change is not
zero A) a2 + a
B) A quadratic function with real zeros B) a3 − 1
C) A quadratic function with no real zeros
C) 2a2
D) A cubic polynomial with at least one real zero
D) a3
5
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k+2 −x=0
Jackie has two summer jobs. She works as a tutor,
In the equation above, k is a constant. If x = 9 , what which pays $12 per hour, and she works as a
is the value of k ? lifeguard, which pays $9.50 per hour. She can work
no more than 20 hours per week, but she wants to
A) 1 earn at least $220 per week. Which of the following
B) 7 systems of inequalities represents this situation in
C) 16 terms of x and y, where x is the number of hours
she tutors and y is the number of hours she works as
D) 79 a lifeguard?
A) 12x + 9.5y ≤ 220
x + y ≥ 20
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In air, the speed of sound S, in meters per second, y = x2
is a linear function of the air temperature T, in 2 y + 6 = 2( x + 3)
degrees Celsius, and is given by S(T ) = 0.6T + 331.4.
Which of the following statements is the best If (x, y) is a solution of the system of equations
interpretation of the number 331.4 in this context? above and x > 0, what is the value of xy ?
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A) (a + 2b)2
B) (2a + 2b)2
C) (4a + 4b)2
D) (4a + 8b)2
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The volume of right circular cylinder A is 22 cubic At a restaurant, n cups of tea are made by adding
centimeters. What is the volume, in cubic t tea bags to hot water. If t = n + 2 , how many
centimeters, of a right circular cylinder with twice the additional tea bags are needed to make each
radius and half the height of cylinder A? additional cup of tea?
A) 11 A) None
B) 22 B) One
C) 44 C) Two
D) 66 D) Three
12
3
4
Which of the following is equivalent to 9 ?
A) 3
9
B) 4
9
C) 3
D) 3 3
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f ( x ) = 2x + 1 Alan drives an average of 100 miles each week. His
car can travel an average of 25 miles per gallon of
The function f is defined by the equation above. gasoline. Alan would like to reduce his weekly
Which of the following is the graph of y = − f (x) in expenditure on gasoline by $5. Assuming gasoline
the xy-plane? costs $4 per gallon, which equation can Alan use to
determine how many fewer average miles, m, he
A) y should drive each week?
25
A) m = 95
1 4
x 25
1 B) m=5
4
4
C) m = 95
25
B) y
4
D) m=5
25
1
x
1
C) y
1
x
1
D) y
1
x
1
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Maria plans to rent a boat. The boat rental costs $60 1 21
per hour, and she will also have to pay for a water (2 x + y ) =
2 2
safety course that costs $10. Maria wants to spend no y = 2x
more than $280 for the rental and the course. If the
boat rental is available only for a whole number of The system of equations above has solution (x, y) .
hours, what is the maximum number of hours for What is the value of x ?
which Maria can rent the boat?
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2( p + 1) + 8 ( p − 1 ) = 5 p
What value of p is the solution of the equation
above?
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2x + 6 2 Intersecting lines r, s, and t are shown below.
2
−
( x + 2) x+2 s
a
The expression above is equivalent to , 106°
(x + 2)2
where a is a positive constant and x ≠ −2.
x° 23° r
What is the value of a ? t
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For questions 1-30, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 31-38,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 31 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.
r c 2x 60° s 45° s√2
w h b x
30° 45°
b a x√3 s
A = pr 2 A = w 1
A = bh c 2 = a2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles
2
C = 2pr
h r r h h
h
w r w
V = wh V = pr 2h 4
V = pr 3
1
V = pr 2h V = 1 wh
3 3 3
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.
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Number of 3-D Movies Released by Year x f (x )
50
1 5
3-D movies released
40
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Number of
30 5 21
20
Some values of the linear function f are shown in the
10 table above. Which of the following defines f ?
0 A) f (x) = 2x + 3
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
2 00 200 200 200 00
2 2 00 200 201 201 B) f (x) = 3x + 2
Year C) f (x) = 4x + 1
According to the line graph above, between which D) f (x) = 5x
two consecutive years was there the greatest change
in the number of 3‑D movies released?
A) 2003–2004
B) 2008–2009
C) 2009–2010
D) 2010–2011
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To make a bakery’s signature chocolate muffins, a
baker needs 2.5 ounces of chocolate for each muffin.
How many pounds of chocolate are needed to make
48 signature chocolate muffins?
(1 pound = 16 ounces)
A) 7.5
B) 10
C) 50.5
D) 120
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If 3(c + d) = 5 , what is the value of c + d ? An online bookstore sells novels and magazines.
Each novel sells for $4, and each magazine sells for
3 $1. If Sadie purchased a total of 11 novels and
A)
5 magazines that have a combined selling price of $20,
how many novels did she purchase?
5
B) A) 2
3
B) 3
C) 3 C) 4
D) 5
D) 5
A) 90
B) 111
C) 140
D) 230
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The Downtown Business Association (DBA) in a In the 1908 Olympic Games, the Olympic marathon
certain city plans to increase its membership by a was lengthened from 40 kilometers to approximately
total of n businesses per year. There were 42 kilometers. Of the following, which is closest to
b businesses in the DBA at the beginning of this the increase in the distance of the Olympic
year. Which function best models the total number marathon, in miles? (1 mile is approximately
of businesses, y, the DBA plans to have as members 1.6 kilometers.)
x years from now?
A) 1.00
A) y = nx + b B) 1.25
B) y = nx − b C) 1.50
x
C) y = b(n) D) 1.75
D) y = n(b)x
A) −2.2x 2 + 1.6
B) −2.2x 2 + 11.2
C) −2.95x 2 − 7.2x + 12.16
D) −2.95x 2 − 7.2x + 0.64
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The density d of an object is found by dividing the 1
mass m of the object by its volume V. Which of y=4
2
the following equations gives the mass m in terms 1
of d and V ? x− y =2
2
A) m = dV The system of equations above has solution (x, y).
What is the value of x ?
d
B) m =
V A) 3
V 7
C) m = B)
d 2
D) m = V + d C) 4
D) 6
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−2x + 3y = 6
In the xy-plane, the graph of which of the following 13
equations is perpendicular to the graph of the
y ≤ 3x + 1
equation above?
x−y > 1
A) 3x + 2y = 6
Which of the following ordered pairs (x, y) satisfies
B) 3x + 4y = 6
the system of inequalities above?
C) 2x + 4y = 6
A) (−2, −1)
D) 2x + 6y = 3
B) (−1, 3)
C) (1, 5)
D) (2, −1)
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Major professional
Type of
activity Total
surgeon
Teaching Research
General 258 156 414
Orthopedic 119 74 193
Total 377 230 607
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A polling agency recently surveyed 1,000 adults who Questions 16-18 refer to the following information.
were selected at random from a large city and asked
Species of tree Growth factor
each of the adults, “Are you satisfied with the quality
of air in the city?” Of those surveyed, 78 percent Red maple 4.5
responded that they were satisfied with the quality of River birch 3.5
air in the city. Based on the results of the survey, Cottonwood 2.0
which of the following statements must be true? Black walnut 4.5
White birch 5.0
I. Of all adults in the city, 78 percent are
satisfied with the quality of air in the city. American elm 4.0
Pin oak 3.0
II. If another 1,000 adults selected at random Shagbark hickory 7.5
from the city were surveyed, 78 percent of
them would report they are satisfied with
the quality of air in the city. One method of calculating the approximate age, in years,
III. If 1,000 adults selected at random from a of a tree of a particular species is to multiply the diameter
different city were surveyed, 78 percent of of the tree, in inches, by a constant called the growth
them would report they are satisfied with factor for that species. The table above gives the growth
the quality of air in the city. factors for eight species of trees.
A) None
B) II only 16
C) I and II only According to the information in the table, what is the
D) I and III only approximate age of an American elm tree with a
diameter of 12 inches?
A) 24 years
B) 36 years
C) 40 years
D) 48 years
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Tree Diameter versus Age If a white birch tree and a pin oak tree each now have
a diameter of 1 foot, which of the following will be
130 closest to the difference, in inches, of their diameters
10 years from now? (1 foot = 12 inches)
120
A) 1.0
Age (years)
110
100 B) 1.2
90 C) 1.3
80 D) 1.4
70
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Tree diameter (inches)
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B y
y = d(t)
30° 12
t
Time
60°
A C The figure on the left above shows a wheel with a
D
mark on its rim. The wheel is rolling on the ground
In △ABC above, what is the length of AD ? at a constant rate along a level straight path from a
starting point to an ending point. The graph of
A) 4
y = d(t ) on the right could represent which of the
B) 6 following as a function of time from when the wheel
C) 6 2 began to roll?
D) 6 3 A) The speed at which the wheel is rolling
B) The distance of the wheel from its starting point
C) The distance of the mark on the rim from the
center of the wheel
D) The distance of the mark on the rim from the
ground
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a−b In State X, Mr. Camp’s eighth-grade class consisting
=c of 26 students was surveyed and 34.6 percent of the
a
students reported that they had at least two siblings.
In the equation above, if a is negative and b is The average eighth‑grade class size in the state is 26.
positive, which of the following must be true? If the students in Mr. Camp’s class are representative
A) c > 1 of students in the state’s eighth-grade classes and
there are 1,800 eighth-grade classes in the state,
B) c = 1 which of the following best estimates the number of
C) c = −1 eighth‑grade students in the state who have fewer
than two siblings?
D) c < −1
A) 16,200
B) 23,400
C) 30,600
D) 46,800
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Questions 23 and 24 refer to the following The relationship between the monthly rental price r,
information. in dollars, and the property’s purchase price p, in
thousands of dollars, can be represented by a linear
Townsend Realty Group Investments function. Which of the following functions
Monthly rental represents the relationship?
Purchase price
Property address price
(dollars)
(dollars) A) r(p) = 2.5p − 870
Clearwater Lane 128,000 950
Driftwood Drive 176,000 1,310 B) r(p) = 5p + 165
Edgemont Street 70,000 515 C) r(p) = 6.5p + 440
Glenview Street 140,000 1,040
D) r(p) = 7.5p − 10
Hamilton Circle 450,000 3,365
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()
A psychologist set up an experiment to study the a 2
tendency of a person to select the first item when The surface area of a cube is 6 , where a is a
4
presented with a series of items. In the experiment,
300 people were presented with a set of five pictures positive constant. Which of the following gives the
arranged in random order. Each person was asked to
choose the most appealing picture. Of the first
150 participants, 36 chose the first picture in the set. perimeter of one face of the cube?
Among the remaining 150 participants, p people
chose the first picture in the set. If more than 20% of a
A)
all participants chose the first picture in the set, 4
which of the following inequalities best describes the
possible values of p ? B) a
27
The mean score of 8 players in a basketball game was
14.5 points. If the highest individual score is
removed, the mean score of the remaining 7 players
becomes 12 points. What was the highest score?
A) 20
B) 24
C) 32
D) 36
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y x 2 + 20x + y 2 + 16y = −20
The equation above defines a circle in the xy-plane.
What are the coordinates of the center of the circle?
y = f (x) A) (−20, −16)
B) (−10, −8)
1
x C) (10, 8)
O 1
D) (20, 16)
A) y = (x + a)(x − a)
B) y = (x + a )(x − a )
⎛ a ⎞⎟⎛ a ⎞⎟
C) y = ⎜⎜x + ⎟⎜x − ⎟
⎝ 2 ⎟⎠⎜⎝ 2 ⎟⎠
D) y = (x + a)2
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Horsepower and watts are units of measure of
power. They are directly proportional such that The painting The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
5 horsepower is equal to 3730 watts. How much
power, in watts, is equal to 2 horsepower? is rectangular in shape with height 29 inches and
reproduction, in inches?
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x–1 x 3x – 7 In the xy-plane, the point (2, 5) lies on the graph of
P Q R S the function f. If f (x) = k − x 2 , where k is a
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A landscaper is designing a rectangular garden. The
length of the garden is to be 5 feet longer than the
width. If the area of the garden will be 104 square 20° B
feet, what will be the length, in feet, of the garden?
A P x°
20° C
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Questions 37 and 38 refer to the following One morning, Ms. Simon drove directly from her
information. home to her workplace in 24 minutes. What was her
average speed, in miles per hour, during her drive
Ms. Simon’s Workday Morning Drive that morning?
Average driving
Segment of Distance speed with no
drive (miles) traffic delay
(mph)
From home to
freeway 0.6 25
entrance
From freeway 38
entrance to 15.4 50
freeway exit If Ms. Simon starts her drive at 6:30 a.m., she can
From freeway drive at her average driving speed with no traffic
exit to 1.4 35 delay for each segment of the drive. If she starts her
workplace drive at 7:00 a.m., the travel time from the freeway
entrance to the freeway exit increases by 33% due to
Ms. Simon drives her car from her home to her slower traffic, but the travel time for each of the other
workplace every workday morning. The table above two segments of her drive does not change. Based on
shows the distance, in miles, and her average driving the table, how many more minutes does Ms. Simon
speed, in miles per hour (mph), when there is no traffic take to arrive at her workplace if she starts her drive
delay, for each segment of her drive. at 7:00 a.m. than if she starts her drive at 6:30 a.m.?
(Round your answer to the nearest minute.)
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