SECTION 4
25 Questions
Following each problem in this section, there are five suggested answers. Work each problem in your head or
in the blank space provided at the right of the page. Then look at the five suggested answers and decide which
one is best.
Note: Figures that accompany problems in this section are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is
stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to scale.
Sample problem:
5,413 (A) 586
– 4,827 (B) 596
(C) 696
(D) 1,586
(E) 1,686
B C D E
1. If , then USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
(A) 1
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 11
2. If 5 out of 20 students in a class wear glasses, what
percentage of the students wear glasses?
(A) 5%
(B) 15%
(C) 25%
(D) 20%
(E) 50%
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
3. Mr. Taylor has a budget of $100.00 to buy sketch
books. What is the greatest number of sketch books he
can buy if the sketch books cost $7.00 each?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15
4. If , what does equal?
(A) 99
(B) 100
(C) 101
(D) 105
(E) 250
5. Meg goes for a run 3 times per week, and she runs for
an average of 27 minutes each time. On average, how
long does Meg run each week?
(A) 54 minutes
(B) 1 hour, 11 minutes
(C) 1 hour, 21 minutes
(D) 1 hour, 29 minutes
(E) 2 hours, 1 minute
6. Colleen’s stock had a value of x dollars at the beginning
of the week. During the week, her stock went up 1
dollar, and then dropped 3 dollars. At the end of the
week, Colleen’s stock was equal to
(A) 𝑥 dollars
(B) 𝑥 dollars
(C) 𝑥 dollars
(D) 𝑥 dollars
(E) 𝑥 dollars
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
7. If a shirt on sale for 50% off costs $15.00, the original
price of the shirt was
(A) $7.50
(B) $20.00
(C) $25.00
(D) $30.00
(E) $45.00
8. If is 3 times , then must be
(A) ⁄ of
(B) 3 more than
(C) 3
(D) 3 times
(E) 3 less than
9. ( )
(A) -1
(B)
(C) 1
(D) 6
(E) 24
10. If two times a number is greater than 7, then the
number could be all of the following EXCEPT
(A) 3
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 4
(E) 5
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
Questions 11-13 are based on the graph in Figure 1.
11. What is the average amount the baseball Valley High Fundraising
team raised per quarter?
(A) $30
(B) $40 1st Qtr
(C) $45
(D) $55
(E) $60 2nd Qtr
Basketball
12. In total, how much money did all three Hockey
3rd Qtr
teams raise during the fourth quarter? Baseball
(A) $75
(B) $80 4th Qtr
(C) $90
(D) $100
0 20 40 60 80 100
(E) $150
Dollars Raised
Figure 1
13. Over all four quarters, the total funds raised by the
basketball team were what fraction of the total funds
raised by the hockey team?
(A) ⁄
(B) ⁄
(C) ⁄
(D) ⁄
(E) ⁄
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
14. Emily is eating her colored candies in the following
pattern: one green, one blue, one red, one orange, one
brown, one green, and so on. If this pattern continues,
the 27th candy that she eats will be
(A) green
(B) red
(C) orange
(D) brown
(E) blue
15. If , then =
(A) ⁄
(B) ⁄
(C) ⁄
(D) 3
(E) 6
16. In Figure 2, each of the polygon’s sides has a length of x
𝑥. Which expression represents the perimeter of the
polygon?
(A) 𝑥
(B) 𝑥
(C) 𝑥
(D) 𝑥 Figure 2
(E)
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
17. Which of the following is closest to ⁄ ?
(A) ⁄
(B) ⁄
(C) ⁄
(D) ⁄
(E) 1 ⁄
18. Which figure CANNOT be drawn without lifting the
pencil or retracing?
A)
B)
C)
D)
(E) All of the figures above can be drawn without
lifting the pencil or retracing.
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USE THIS SPACE FOR FIGURING.
19. A pastry chef can bake 200 cupcakes every 50
minutes. At that rate, how long will it take the chef to
bake 768 cupcakes?
(A) 2 hours, 30 minutes
(B) 2 hours, 48 minutes
(C) 3 hours, 12 minutes
(D) 3 hours, 48 minutes
(E) 12 hours, 8 minutes
20. For any integer A, which of the following expressions
has the greatest value?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
21. If 𝑥 is less than 27, then 𝑥 could equal
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 5
(D) 20
(E) 25
22. In Figure 3, EFGH is a square. What is the area of the
UNSHADED region? E 4 4 F
(A) 8
4
(B) 12
(C) 16
4
(D) 24
(E) 28 H G
Figure 3
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23. David and John raised money during an 8-hour
telethon to support cancer research. David raised
$150.00/hour for the first two hours, and then
$80.00/hour for the remaining six hours. John raised
$170.00/hour for the first three hours, and then
$75.00/hour for the remaining five hours. What is the
difference between the amount of money raised by
David and John?
(A) $15.00
(B) $10.00
(C) $105.00
(D) $110.00
(E) $115.00
24. The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 inches. If the length
of the rectangle is 12 inches, then the width of the
rectangle is
(A) 2 inches
(B) 3 inches
(C) 4 inches
(D) 6 inches
(E) 18 inches
25. The average test score of three students in a class is 81
points. If one student’s score goes up by 2 points, one
student’s score goes up by 4 points, and the other
student’s score remains the same, what will be the
new average test score of the three students?
(A) 81 points
(B) 83 points
(C) 84 points
(D) 86 points
(E) 87 points
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