Grade 12 Mock NBT MAT Paper #1

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1. What is the remainder when 2x − 9x − 22x + 24 is divided by 2x + 3x − 4?

(A) x − 3 (B) 2x + 1 (C) 3x − 2 (D) x − 6 (E) 5

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2. sin x − cos x is equal to:

(A) 1 (B) −1 (C) (cosx − sinx)

2 (D) −cos2x (E) sin2x

n n−1
3. 3 −3 is equal to:

(A) 3
n−1 (B) 2 (C) 3
2n (D) 3 (E) 2.3
n−1

4. The sum of n terms of an arithmetic series is n(4n+9). The tenth term of the series
is:

(A) 85 (B) 38 (C) 45 (D) 12 (E) 102

−1 −1 −1 −1
5. (xy) (x +y ) is equal to:

−1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
(A) x +y (B) xy(x +y ) (C) (x + y) (D) xy(x + y) (E) (xy) (x + y)

6. cos78.sin23 + cos12.cos23 is equal to:

(A) sin12 (B) sin101 (C) cos12 (D) sin55 (E) sin35

7. How many minutes are there in a year?

(A) 86400 (B) 28800 (C) 525600 (D) 1440 (E) 1440000

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8. An isosceles triangle has a an area of 12 cm and its base is 6 cm. What is the
perimeter of the triangle?

(A) 12 cm (B) 24 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 13 cm (E) 16 cm

9. If f(x) is a quadratic function that f(1) = 2, f(2) = 4 and f(4) = 14, determine f(3):

(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 9 (E) 10

10. Joe and Michelle each throw coins. What is the probability that Michelle throws
more heads than Joe?
1 1 1 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 4 8 16 8

11. A triangle has vertices K(3 ; 5), P(3 ; 1) and H(5 ; 2). What is the area of triangle
KPH?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

12. The circumference of a circle is tripled. What is the ratio of the new area to the
old area?

(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1.5 : 1 (C) 9 : 1 (D) 4.5 : 1 (E) 2.25 : 1

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13. If a + b = 6 and a + b = 594, then the value of ab is:
23
(A) 36 (B) −21 (C) 98 (D) (E) −16
4

2 1
14. If = 2, then the value of 2 equals:
2x 2 − 4x + 3 x + 7x + 7

2 1 1 1 (E) 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 15 4 2

15. If tanA + secA = 4, then cosA is equal to:

1 4 (C) 4 − t a n A 1 (E) 1
(A) (B) (D)
4 − tan A 1 − si n A 2 − 4t a n A

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 16. log327.log22515 is equal to:

9 3
(A) log753 (B) (C) 25 (D) log327 (E)
2 2

17. The circumference of a circle is equal to the perimeter of a square. What is the
ratio of the Area of the square: Area of the circle?
π 2 π
(A) (D) 2
(B) (C) 4 (E)
4 π 2 π

18. If tan20 = k , then the value of tan70 equals to:

1 − k2 2 − k2 1 2 + k2 1 + k2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2k k k k k

19. Elon Musk for some reason buys k amount of oranges. He squeezes t% of them
to make fresh orange juice. How many oranges are left?
kt 100k − k t 100k − t k −t 100t − k t
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
100 100 100 100 100

20. Patrick and Spongebob throw dice (one each). What is the chance that Patrick will
throw a higher number than SpongeBob?

1 1 1 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 3 4 12 6

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