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MATHEMATICS TEST
60 Minutes—60 Questions
DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the correct
answer, and then fil in the corresponding oval on your
answer document.
Ds not linger over problems that take too much time.
Solve as many as you can; then retum to.the others in
the time you have let for this test.
You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. You
may use your calculator for any problems you choose,
but some of the problems may best be done without
using a calculator.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should
be assumed.
1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
2. Geometric figures lie in a plane.
3. The word line indicates a straight line.
4. The word average indicates arithmetic mean,
1. Assume the statements in the box below are true.
All drivers who live in Ohio have car insurance.
Antonia does not live in Ohio,
Catherine has car insurance.
Tai has car insurance.
Jorge lives in Maine.
Considering only the statements in the box, which of
the following statements must be teue?
A. Maria has car insurance.
B. Antonia does not have car insurance.
Catherine lives in Ohio,
Tai lives in Ohio.
E. Jorge does not have a driver's license.
2.
1
2 3, what is the value of “=1 9
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G2
H 2
2
333
K 5
take-home pay each week?
A. $ 57.60
B. $262.40
C. $300.50
D. $320.00
E. $338.00
Aor aoa aur
Mr. Jones earns a total of $320 each week at his job in
Shaba’s Supermarket. If 18% of his pay is withheld for
taxes, insurance, and other deductions, what is his
14
DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
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4. In AXYZ shown below, XY = XZ, and the measure of
| ZY is 50°. What is the measure of ZX?
x
LS
5. Shari and Juan are in charge of the art classes for
summer camp. They plan to have the children make
Hower ou of consetton paper They have decided
to let the 10-year-olds cutout the circles, each 3 inches
in diameter, forthe centers of the flowers. Ifthe pieces
of construction paper are 9 inches by 12 inches, and
the circles are aid out as shown below, what is the
least surnber of pieces of construction paper Shari and
Suan will need forthe centers of 50 flowers?
|
6. On the real number line below, numbers increase in
value from left to right, and B is positive. The value of
A must be:
OFP
-— rn —_4
pe
=
left A Bight
F. negative.
G. positive.
HL less than B.
J. greater than B.
K, ‘between 0 and B.
2 1, then
2.
A
B. -8
Acrsaksas 15
A AQ
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8. Which of the following is a factor of the polynomial DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
xax-20?
Be x-5
G. x4
W. x42
Boxes,
K. x+10
9. A line in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane is parallel
to the x-axis and 7 units above it. Which of the
following is an equation of this line?
10. °F + is equivalent:
969
Bo
p+ iq
G 10
6p +3q
H, x3 .
4, Sette
eS
K. Sepa
UL,
Amelia Bathan’s Lockheed Vega was a 27-ootlong
siplne with a wingspan of 4 fect: Ifyou are making
a. scale model ofthis aipan, what shoud be the
length ofthe mode's wingspan in et?
A
wea a ep
Pp
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12. Aha, Bill, and Carl are eating a pizza. If Ahn ate DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
4 slices, Bill ate 3 slices, Carl ate 2 slices, and I slice
more than half of the slices remain, into how many
slices was the original pizza cut?
F. 16
G17
HL. 18
J 19
K. 20
13. The shipping costs for the Acme Furniture Company.
increased by 60% because the company moved. If it
cost Acme $80 to ship some furniture before the
‘company, moved, how much would it cost to ship the
same furniture after the move?
A. $ 48.00
B. § 84.80
$108
D. $128.
E. $140.00
14, ‘Teria plans to paint the ceiling of an L-shaped room in
hher apartment. Her ceiling is flat and all adjacent sides,
imect at right angles, as shown below. She is going to
take advantage of a paint sale that discounts the cost of
each I-quart can of paint. Using her painting
experienee, Teria estimates that each quart of paint
covers approximately 100 square feet. Based on her
estimate, what is the Minimum number of I-quart cans
‘of paint she must buy to paint I coat?
18 feet
10 feet
15 feet
TO feet
S feet
Best
FI
G2
3
4
K.5
4, what is the value of 3x? ~ 15x?
AL 108
Bl -12
c 2
D. 29
E. 108
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16. In the trapezoid below, AB is parallel to DC. What is
the measure of ZC?
B
A
0°
ape
FP 65°
G. 100°
H. LIs° 4
Eis Aus 3
K. 1as®
17. (6a? ~ Sac? + 14c) ~ (Be ~ 3a° ~ 2ac’) is equivalent to:
30° —TaXet + 22¢
3a ~ Tac! + 22¢
9a — 3atct + be?
9a — 3ac* + 6¢
2a ~ 2ae + \6ac?
18. If f(x) = 3x" + Sx~5, then f(-2)
Fr 2
G7
3
Lo3
K, -27
19. An advertisement for tires says, “Buy 3 tires at the
regular price and get the fourth tite free!" This offer is
equivalent to what discount off the regular price of all
4 tires?
1
AL 4%
1
Ble
C. 25%
D. 33%
E. 40%
20. You tossed a fair coin 10 times, recording H when the
head side landed up and T when the tail side landed up.
You recorded: T HH H HTH H HH. What is the
probability that the head side will land up on your next
toss?
2
DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
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21. At the Airtight Security Company, every employee DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
must wear a badge with an identification code con-
sisting of 2 letters of the 26 letters A~Z followed by 2
of the digits 0-9. Letters and digits may be repeated,
but the first letter CANNOT be the letter 0. How many
different codes can be made?
A. 26-26 10-10
B. 26-26-10. 9
€. 25-26 -10-10
D. 25-25 -10-10
E. 25-26-10- 9
22. The length of a rectangle is 6 inches longer than its
width, If the perimeter of the rectangle is 48 inches,
‘what is the width, in inches?
F. 27
G. 21
HL 15
Loo
K. 8
e
23. What isthe slope of PZ in the graph below?
(Note: Ge tines ae spaced every + unit)
y
gE. VIeP
Sof
24, In the figure below, AD, BE, and CF all intersect at
point Z, with angle measures as marked. What is the
measure of ZCZE?
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2
25. The parallelogram below was cut from a piece of graph
paper with squares that are 5 millimeters by 5 milli-
‘meters. What is the area of the parallelogram, in square
millimeters?
A. 800
B. 950
€. 1,100
D. 11400
E. 1,600
26. The flight of a projectile is modeled by the function
d= St + 18+ 8, where d represents distance above
the ground measured in meters, and f represents time
of flight measured in seconds. According to this
‘model, the projectile will hit the ground when ¢ =?
Ro
2
4
I 44
52
27. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, if a triangle has
vertices at A(-2,1), (1,1), and C(-2,-3), what is its
area in square cooi
AOS
6
15
2
D. 10
E12
3a)? is equivalent to:
F. -9a°
G. -30
H. 30°
I 6a°
K. 9a!
5 2
29, 120 is 5 of what number
AL 50
B64
Cc. 102
D. 204
E. 288
Ac Sak SatPLe
DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.30. If b is any even integer, which of the following is a DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
more simplified way toexpress [22+ 515] 2
31. Among the following 5 fractions, which one is greater
than the rest?
aut
H. x<-$
J xe}
Kox< $
33. The owner of a dance studio wants to double the area
of a rectangular 8-foot-by-10-foot dance floor. The
8-foot width will be increased by 2 feet. By how many
feet must the length increase?
A 2
Bl 4
c 6
D. 8
E. 10
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2
34. In the right triangle below, if tan @
sin @=?
35. What is the slope of line that is parallel to
x+2y=6?
A 2
1
Bo ->
1
af
D3
EB 6
36. In the formula A = P(L + rt), A is the principal plus
simple interes, Pig the principal isthe interest rate
and'¢ is the time. Which of the following solves this,
formula for r?
Bred
Gra Ack
Brea ‘
JoreAon
K. r=A-P-Pr
37. Tanya and Charles bought their brother Jerome a con-
cert ticket for his birthday. When Jerome thanked
Charles for the ticket, Charles said, “I contributed
only + as much as Tanya.” If the ticket price was $24,
how much money did Tanya contribute?
A. $6
BS8
$12
D. $16
E. $18
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38. Which of the following is the solution set for the DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
inequality below?
|x-1] >5
Fo x<-dorx>6
G x<-Sorx>5
H. x>-landx<1
J. x>-$andx<6
K, x>-Sandx<5
39, Saying that 4 < Vi <9 is equivalent to saying, what
about x?
AL O
50. A school supply store sells individual pencils and
pens. Two pencils and a pea would cost $0.55. Two
pens and a pencil would cost $0.95, How much would
pencil and t pen cost?
F. $0.15
G. $0.35
H. $050
J. 9075,
K. Cannot be determined from the given information
Acrsea SAMPLE
25
A
2
DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
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51. The imaginary number, i, is defined such that
What does i+ i +i? + +i equal?
Ai
Bl
© -t
D. 0
EB
52, For 0 0 and cos.x <0, what are the
possible values of x?
FL 0 180
59, For what value of a will a circle centered at (2,3) pass
through points (1,2) and (a,3) in the standard (x,y)
coordinate plane?
A 3
BL 04
C14
D2
gE 3
60. If a and b are real numbers such that a? ¥ 6%, then for
what value(s) of x, if” any, is the equation
Jax +6] = [bx + al true?
F. only
G. #1only
anb
H 255 only
J. Allreal numbers
K. No real numbers
DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
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mo tf
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27Test 2: Mathematics—Scoring Key
Subscore ‘Subscore
‘Area ‘Area’
Key EA AGG Key EA AGT
oA — aE
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308 33. Cc
aod OF
5 E 3B —
@ oH 36. G _
7 OE a7. 0
a 98. OF
a A as 38, «E
10. G 0. J
oc 4a A
mK 42 J
a 43 2B
“OH “4S
1 E 458
16. G a 4. G
7 Oo aE
ed 4. J
a 4. 8
20. J 50.
a sl. A
22 5 92 G
2A = 53. ¢
24K 56H
25. 55. ¢
2H 56. K
27. 8 57. D
2 OF 58K
2. £ =, 59.
90. OF — 60. G
Number Correct (Raw Score) for:
Pre-AlgJElem. Aig. (EA) Subscore Area —
Inter. Alg/Coord. Geo. (AG) Subscore Area
Plane Geo/Trig. (GT) Subscore Area
Total Number Correct for Math Test (EA + AG + GT)
“EA = Pro-Algebra/Elementary Algebra
AG = Intermediate Algebra/Coordinate Geometry
GT = Plane Geometiy/iigonometty