MATH

WORKSHOP #1586
FEATURE PROBLEM
If ax2 – 6x2 – ax + 9x + 4a – 24 = bx, what is the value of b ?

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STRATEGY
Think about which terms you would need to cancel out to get only one fixed value for b. What would a have to equal
for those terms to cancel out?

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STRATEGY/CONCEPT:
EXPONENTS
While there are many rules regarding exponents, the three that are most commonly tested are the additive law, sub-
tractive law, and multiplicative law:
Additive law: ax × ay = ax + y
Subtractive law: ax/ay = ax – y
Multiplicative law: (ax)y = axy
Also remember that when you have common bases on both sides of an equation, you can compare the exponents
directly, and any number taken to the 0 power is equal to 1.

1 3

If 272x + 5 = 2433x – 6, what is the value of x ? Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
b−3
(b5)2 • ?
A. 3 b5
B. 5
C. 7
A. b−2
D. 9
B. b0
C. b2
D. b4

2 4

a b a b 7 5
2162r r If x3 y2 x 4 y 3 = x 4 y 3 , what is the value of ab ?
If = 1, what is the value of the ratio ?
364s s
A. 6
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15

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GRAPHS, CHARTS AND TABLES QUIZ:
10 QUESTIONS, 14 MINUTES

ℓ
45° s 2
r h b
c 2x 60° s The number of degrees of arc in a
w x
30° 45° circle is 360.
b a s
x 3
1
A = �r 2 A = ℓw A = bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles
C = 2�r 2 The number of radians of arc in a
circle is 2π.
r r
h h h
h
r The sum of the measures in degrees
w w
ℓ ℓ of the angles of a triangle is 180.
4 3 1 2 1
V = ℓwh V = �r 2 h V= �r V= �r h V= ℓwh
3 3 3

1 2

Movie Book Heights, in inches, of Shrubberies in Tinley Park

Boys
8
Girls
7
Total 80 60 Number of Shrubberies 6
5
4
A popular YA novel was adapted into a movie. A group
3
of teenage boys and girls, all of whom had both read the 2
novel and seen the movie, was asked which of the two they 1
preferred. Partial results of the survey are shown in the 0
0-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 50+
table. If twice as many boys preferred the movie to the book
Height (in inches)
while four more girls preferred the book to the movie, how
many girls surveyed said that they preferred the book?
The histogram depicts the heights, in inches, of the assorted
shrubberies that are in Tinley Park. Which of the following
could be the median height, in inches, of those shrubberies?

A. 20
B. 28
C. 33
D. 45

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GRAPHS, CHARTS AND TABLES QUIZ

Questions 3-4 refer to the following information. 5

A civil engineer studied the roads in three different counties: y

Baker, Ford and Monroe. He recorded how many roads in
each county had either a 30 miles per hour, 40 miles per
hour, or 50 miles per hour speed limit. The results of the
study are shown in the table.

Number of Roads with 30, 40, and 50 miles per hour

speed limits in Baker, Ford, and Monroe Counties
x
30 mph 40 mph 50 mph Total 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Baker 118 144 86 348
Ford 75 92 60 227
The graph shown represents the function f (x). If
Monroe 135 167 104 406 g(x) = −f (x) − 8, which of the following points must lie on
Total 328 403 250 981 the graph of g ?

3 A. (1, −7.5)
B. (3, −6)
Which of the following is closest to the percent of all the C. (4, −12)
roads studied that are in Ford County and have a speed limit D. (10, 1)
of 40 miles per hour?

A. 6%
B. 8%
C. 9%
D. 11%

If one of the roads studied is chosen at random, how many

times as likely is it that the road is in Monroe County and
has a speed limit of 40 miles per hour than the road is in
Baker County and has a speed limit of 30 miles per hour?

A. 0.71
B. 1.15
C. 1.29
D. 1.42

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Questions 6-7 refer to the following information. 7

The Miller family took a vacation and spent a total of Of the Miller family’s travel expenses, 80% was spent on
$15,000. The table shows what percent of that expense was airfare. How much did the Miller family spend for airfare
used for various categories. on their vacation? (Disregard the $ symbol when gridding in
your answer.)
Miller Family Vacation Expenses

Item % of
Total
Travel 31
Lodging 17
Food 25
Entertainment 22
Miscellaneous 5
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How much more did the Miller family spend on travel than
entertainment?

A. $1,200
B. $1,350
C. $1,400
D. $1,550

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Questions 8-9 refer to the following information. 10

When lithium chloride, LiCl is dissolved in water, it affects Men Women Total
the temperature of the water. The scatterplot shows the Have a pet 45
results when students dissolved various amounts of lithium Do not have a pet 20
chloride, in grams, in water then measured the change in
Total 125
temperature, in degrees Celsius, of the water.
A group of 125 people were surveyed and asked whether or
50
not they have a pet. The results were separated by gender
Change in temperature, °C

40 and partial results are shown in the table. If 48 people

responded that they do not have a pet, how many women
30
responded that they do have a pet?
20
A. 28
10
B. 32
0 C. 73
0 5 10 15 20 25 D. 77
Amount of LiCl, grams

According to the data shown, what was the temperature

change, in °C, when the students dissolved 20 grams of LiCl
in the water?

A. 38
B. 40
C. 42
D. 44

Based on the line of best fit, which of the following would

be the expected temperature change, in °C, if 30 grams of
LiCl were dissolved in the water?

A. 58
B. 62
C. 66
D. 70

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