SECTION 2
Time — 25 minutes
20 Questions
Turn to Section 2 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work.
1. If 10 + x is 5 more than 10, what is the value of 2x ? 2. The result when a number is divided by 2 is equal to
the result when that same number is divided by 4.
(A) −5 What is that number?
(B) 5
(C) 10 (A) -4
(D) 25 (B) -2
(E) 50 (C) 0
(D) 2
(E) 4
x y
2 3
0 3
1 6
2 9
4 15
3. If this page was folded along the dotted line in the
figure above, the left half of the letter W would
exactly coincide with the right half of W. Which of 5. Which of the following equations is satisfied by the
the following letters, as shown, CANNOT be folded five pairs of numbers listed in the table above?
along a vertical line so that its left half would coincide
with its right half? 3
(A) y x 3
(A) (B) y 3x 3
(C) y 3x 6
(B) 2
(D) y x 6
2
(C) (E) y x 7
(D)
(E)
6. The circle graph above shows how David’s monthly
expenses are divided. If David spends $450 per month
for food, how much does he spend per month on his
car?
(A) $200
4. In the figure above, lines and k intersect at point Q. (B) $320
If m 40 and p 25, what is the value of x ? (C) $360
(A) 15 (D) $400
(B) 20 (E) $450
(C) 25
(D) 40
(E) 65
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7. If n and k are positive integers and 8n 2k , what is 11. A total of 120,000 votes were cast for 2 opposing
candidates, Garcia and Pérez. If Garcia won by a ratio
n of 5 to 3, what was the number of votes cast for Pérez?
the value of ?
k
(A) 15,000
1 (B) 30,000
(A)
4 (C) 45,000
(D) 75,000
1
(B) (E) 80,000
3
1
(C)
2
12. If a positive integer n is picked at random from the
(D) 3 positive integers less than or equal to 10, what is the
probability that 5n + 3 ≤ 14 ?
(A) 0
(E) 4
1
(B)
10
8. In a certain store, the regular price of a refrigerator is 1
$600. How much money is saved by buying this refrig- (C)
5
erator at 20 percent off the regular price rather than
buying it on sale at 10 percent off the regular price 3
(D)
with an additional discount of 10 percent off the sale 10
price?
2
(E)
(A) $6 5
(B) $12
(C) $24
(D) $54
(E) $60 2
13. If t is a number greater than 1, then t is how much
greater than t ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
9. If the function f is defined by f ( x) 3x 4,
(C) t
then 2 f ( x ) 4 (D) t (t − 1)
(E) (t − 1) (t + 1)
(A) 5x 4
(B) 5x 8
(C) 6x 4
(D) 6x 8
(E) 6x 12 14. The height of a right circular cylinder is 5 and the
diameter of its base is 4. What is the distance from the
center of one base to a point on the circumference of
the other base?
10. What is the greatest possible area of a triangle with (A) 3
one side of length 7 and another side of length 10 ? (B) 5
(C) 29 (approximately 5.39)
(A) 17
(B) 34 (D) 33 (approximately 5.74)
(C) 35 (E) 41 (approximately 6.40)
(D) 70
(E) 140
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15. If p and n are integers such that p n 0 and 16. What is the m-distance of the building at W from the
firehouse?
p 2 n2 12, which of the following can be the
value of p n ? (A) 2
1
I. 1 (B) 2
II. 2 2
III. 4 (C) 3
(A) I only 1
(D) 3
(B) II only 2
(C) I and II only 1
(E) 4
(D) II and III only 2
(E) I, II, and III
17. What is the total number of different routes that a fire
Questions 16-18 refer to the following figure and truck can travel the m-distance from F to Z ?
information.
(A) Six
(B) Five
(C) Four
(D) Three
(E) Two
18. All of the buildings in the town that are an m-distance
of 3 from the firehouse must lie on a
(A) circle
(B) square
(C) right isosceles triangle
(D) pair of intersecting lines
The grid above represents equally spaced streets in a (E) line
town that has no one-way streets. F marks the corner
where a firehouse is located. Points W, X, Y, and Z
represent the locations of some other buildings. The
fire company defines a building’s m-distance as the
minimum number of blocks that a fire truck must travel
from the firehouse to reach the building. For example,
the building at X is an m-distance of 2, and the
1
building at Y is an m-distance of from the
2
firehouse.
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19. If x and y are positive integers, which of the 20. If j , k , and n are consecutive integers such that
following is equivalent to 2 x
3y
2x
y
? 0 j k n and the units (ones) digit of the product
jn is 9, what is the units digit of k ?
2y
(A) 2x (A) 0
y 3 y
(B) 1
(B) 2 x x (C) 2
(D) 3
y 2y (E) 4
(C) 2x 2x 1
y
(D) 2x 4x y 1
y 3
(E) 2x 2x 1
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SECTION 6
Time — 25 minutes
18 Questions
Turn to Section 6 (page 6) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: This section contains two types of questions. You have 25 minutes to complete both types. For questions 1-8, solve
each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. You may
use any available space for scratch work.
4, 11, 18, . . . 3. The average (arithmetic mean) of t and y is 15, and
the average of w and x is 15. What is the average of
1. In the sequence above, the first term is 4 and each term t, w, x, and y ?
after the first is 7 more than the previous term. What is
the 12th term of the sequence? (A) 7.5
(B) 15
(A) 77 (C) 22.5
(B) 81 (D) 30
(C) 84 (E) 60
(D) 86
(E) 92
2. If ( x − 2)2 = 49, then x could be
(A) −9
(B) −7
(C) 2
(D) 5
(E) 9
All of Kay’s brothers can swim.
4. If the statement above is true, which of the following
must also be true?
(A) If Fred cannot swim, then he is not Kay’s brother.
(B) If Dave can swim, then he is not Kay’s brother.
(C) If Walt can swim, then he is Kay’s brother.
(D) If Pete is Kay’s brother, then he cannot swim.
(E) If Mark is not Kay’s brother, then he cannot swim.
7. In the figure above, AB, CD, and EF intersect at P.
If r 90, s 50, t 60, u 45, and w 50, what
is the value of x ?
(A) 45
5. In the figure above, triangle ABC is inscribed in the (B) 50
circle with center O and diameter AC. If AB AO, (C) 65
what is the degree measure of ABO ? (D) 75
(E) It cannot be determined from the information
(A) 15° given.
(B) 30°
(C) 45°
(D) 60°
(E) 90°
a
6. Each of the following is equivalent to bc + k
b
EXCEPT
c + k
(A) a
b
k
(B) a c +
b
a 8. Based on the portions of the graphs of the functions
(C) k + bc f and g shown above, what are all values of x
b
between 6 and 6 for which g x f x ?
ak
(D) ac + (A) 6 x 3 only
b
(B) 3 x 0 only
abc + ak
(E) (C) 0 x 3 only
b
(D) 3 x 6 only
(E) 6 x 3 and 0 x 3
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9. When her son’s class held its magazine drive, 10. Three more than twice a number is equal to 4.
Dr. Nelson bought 7 one-year magazine subscrip- What is the number?
tions for the waiting room in her office. She bought
4 subscriptions that have 12 issues per year, 2
subscriptions that have 4 issues per year, and 1
subscription that has 52 issues per year. Altogether,
how many magazines will her office receive from these
subscriptions?
SALES OF BOOK B
Total Number of
Copies Sold
End of 1st week 3200
End of 2nd week 5500
End of 3rd week 6800
End of 4th week 7400
End of 5th week 7700
11. The table above shows the total number of copies of
Book B that were sold by the end of each of the first
5 weeks of its publication. How many copies of the
book were sold during the 3rd week of its publication? 15. In the figure above, line intersects the x-axis at
x 2 and the y-axis at y 3. If line m (not
shown) passes through the origin and is perpendicular
j 3 1 to line , what is the slope of line m ?
12. If = 32 and k = , what is the value of j ?
k 2 2
16. If 6 x 3 7 and x 0, what is one possible
x + y + 3z = 600 value of x ?
x + y + z = 400
13. In the system of equations above, what is the value
of x + y ?
17. What is the product of the smallest prime number that
is greater than 50 and the greatest prime number that is
less than 50 ?
14. There are 25 trays on a table in the cafeteria. Each tray
contains a cup only, a plate only, or both a cup and a
plate. If 15 of the trays contain cups and 21 of the trays
contain plates, how many contain both a cup and a
plate?
18. In the figure above, PQRS is a rectangle. The area of
2
RST is 7 and PT PS . What is the area of
5
PQRS ?
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SECTION 8
Time — 20 minutes
16 Questions
Turn to Section 8 (page 7) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work.
1. On Wednesday Heather ran 3 miles in 30 minutes. 3
3. If 3 times a number is equal to , what is the number?
If she ran for 45 minutes at this rate on Thursday, 2
how far did Heather run on Thursday?
1
(A)
(A) 3.5 miles 3
(B) 4 miles 1
(C) 4.5 miles (B)
(D) 5 miles 2
(E) 5.5 miles 2
(C)
3
2. If ( 2m) k = 6, then mk = (D) 2
(A) 3 (E) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 12
7. Two spheres, one with radius 7 and one with radius 4,
are tangent to each other. If P is any point on one
sphere and Q is any point on the other sphere, what is
the maximum possible length of PQ ?
(A) 7
(B) 11
4. In the figure above, CDE is an equilateral triangle (C) 14
and ABCE is a square with an area of 1. What is the (D) 18
perimeter of polygon ABCDE ? (E) 22
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6 NUMBER OF PREMIUM MEMBERS
(D) 7
(E) 8 Year 2000 2001 2002
Store A 250 400 750
Store B 500 1,000 1,250
5. On the number line above, the tick marks are equally AVERAGE NUMBER OF VIDEO
spaced and their coordinates are shown. Of these RENTALS PER PREMIUM MEMBER
coordinates, which has the smallest positive value? AT STORE B
(A) a Year Rentals
(B) b 2000 12
(C) c 2001 15
(D) d 2002 20
(E) e
8. The first table above shows the number of premium
10, 18, 4, 15, 3, 21, x
members at two video rental stores, A and B, during
6. If x is the median of the 7 numbers listed above, the years 2000–2002. The second table shows the
which of the following could be the value of x ? average (arithmetic mean) number of video rentals per
premium member at store B during each of those
(A) 5 years. Based on this information, which of the
(B) 8 following best approximates the total number of video
(C) 9 rentals by premium members at Store B during the
(D) 14 years 2000–2002 ?
(E) 16
(A) 24,000
(B) 46,000
(C) 58,000
(D) 70,000
(E) 130,000
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11. Which of the following is the graph of a function f such
that f x 0 for exactly two values of x between
5 and 5 ?
(A)
(B)
9. In ABC above, AB AC , E is the midpoint of
AB, and D is the midpoint of AC. If AE x and
ED 4, what is length BC ?
(A) 6 (C)
(B) 8
(C) 2x
(D) 4x
2
(E) 4x
(D)
10. A student was given a piece of rope and told to cut
it into two equal pieces, keep one piece, and pass
the other piece to the next student. Each student was
to repeat this process until every student in the class
had exactly one piece of rope. Which of the following
could be the fraction of the original rope that one of (E)
the students had?
1
(A)
14
1
(B)
15
1
(C)
16
1
(D)
17
1
(E)
18
12. If x = 20 and y = 30 in the figure above, what is the
value of z ?
(A) 60
(B) 70
(C) 80
(D) 90
(E) 100
15. The graph above shows the number of George’s
unsold candy bars over a 10-day period. The points
on the graph all lie on which of the following lines?
x 2 (A) y 10 x 120
13. If x and y are integers, 7 y 16, and ,
y 5 (B) y 10 x 120
how many possible values are there for x ? (C) y 12 x 120
(A) One (D) y 120 10 x
(B) Two (E) y 120 12 x
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) Five
1
16. Let x be defined as x + for all nonzero
x
integers x. If x = t , where t is an integer,
which of the following is a possible value of t ?
(A) 1
(B) 0
(C) −1
(D) −2
(E) −3
14. Point O is the center of both circles in the figure
above. If the circumference of the large circle is 36 and
the radius of the small circle is half of the radius of the
large circle, what is the length of the darkened arc?
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 6
(D) 4
(E) 2
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