1. If w is a positive integer and (2w)w = 28 · 28, then what is the value of w?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

2. If y is 12 less than the product of a and b, then which of the following is an

expression for y in terms of a and b?
(A) 12 − (a + b)
(B) (a + b) − 12
(C) 12 − ab
(D) a/b − 12
(E) ab − 12

3. At a fancy vegetable stand, Jim bought purple tomatoes for $8 each and Aubrey
bought organic giant cabbages for $12 each. In total, they paid $104 for 10
vegetables. How many cabbages did Aubrey buy?
(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six
(D) Seven
(E) Eight

4. Three consecutive integers are such that four times the smallest is three times the
largest. What is the largest of these three integers?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 12
(E) 14

5. When the positive integer m is divided by 7, the remainder is 4. When m + 26 is

divided by 7, what is the remainder?
(A) 0
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

6. When each side of a particular square is lengthened by 2 inches, the area of the
square increases by 32 square inches. What is the length in inches of a side of the
original square?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

7. The numbers q, r, s, t, and u are indicated in the number line above. Which of the
following is the largest in value?
(A) qu
(B) rs
(C) qr
(D) qt
(E) u

8. Keisha has a collection of dimes and nickels worth a total of $4. If she has 50 coins
in all, how many nickels does Keisha have?
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 35
(E) 40

9. In the equation above, the numbers x, y, and z are either positive or negative.
Which of the following must be equal to 4?
(A) 2x
(B) 2z
(C) xz/2y
(D) 2y/xz
(E) 2xz/y

10. If 2p+2 + 2p+1 = 96, then what is the value of p?

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

11. If x percent of y is z, then z is what percent of xy?

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

12. A triangle is to be changed by increasing the length of its base by 40% and
decreasing the length of its height by 40%. Which of the following must be true about
the area of the triangle?
(A) It will increase by 40%.
(B) It will increase by 16%.
(C) It will not change.
(D) It will decrease by 16%.
(E) It will decrease by 40%.

13. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle and FC = ED. What fraction of the
rectangle is shaded?
(A) 1/2
(B) 2/3
(C) 3/5
(D) 5/8
(E) 7/10

14. A gum-ball dispenser is filled with exactly 1000 pieces of gum. The gum balls always come
out in the following order: 1 red, 2 blue, 3 green, 4 yellow, and 5 white. After the fifth white, the
pattern repeats, starting with 1 red, and so on. What is the color of the last gum ball to come out of
the machine?
(A) Red
(B) Blue
(C) Green
(D) Yellow
(E) White

15. The rectangle below represents a piece of paper that is to be folded at XY so that AB meets
CD. It is then to be folded again, so that XY meets CD. Finally, a triangular piece is cut out.
Which of the following shows how the paper will look when it is unfolded?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

16. In the correctly worked out multiplication problem above, each letter represents a different
digit. What is the value of A + B + C?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 18
(D) 21
(E) 27

17. If a population that is initially 100 triples every year, which of the following is an expression for the
size of the population after t months?
(A) 100 3t
(B) 100 123t

(C) 100 

(D) 100 

(E) 100 

Questions 18 and 20 refer to the following graph.

18. For what percent of the time was Marc driving at 40 miles per hour or faster?
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 33
(D) 40
(E) 50

19. How far, in miles, did Marc drive between 8:30 and 9:00?
(A) 0
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) It cannot be determined from the information given.

20. What was Marc’s average speed, in miles per hour, between 8:30 and 9:30?
(A) 40
(B) 41
(C) 42.5
(D) 45
(E) It cannot be determined from the information given.

Questions 21 and 22 refer to the following situation and diagram. In each of 12 school districts in 2004,
a committee of math teachers wrote a curriculum for a new state-mandated course. In the following
diagram, the number of teachers on each committee is plotted against the amount of time the committee
met. For example, committee A had 3 teachers and the committee met for a total of 80 hours. Assume
that no teacher missed a meeting; then, on committee A, each of the 3 teachers worked 80 hours.

21. Which of the following statements must be true?

I. Whenever there were more than 7 teachers on a committee, the job took less time than when there
were fewer than 7 teachers on a committee.
II. There is a negative correlation between the number of teachers on a committee and the time the
committee took to write its curriculum.
III. On average, for each additional teacher on a committee the time to complete the project was
reduced by 5 hours.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III

22. What was the average (arithmetic mean) of the number of hours worked by the teachers on
committees A, B, and C?
(A) 6
(B) 45
(C) 50
(D) 53.3
(E) 60

23. The chart above shows the number of tennis tournaments that Adam entered each year from 1990
through 1995. In what year did he enter 50% more tournaments than the year before?
(A) 1991
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(D) 1994
(E) 1995

24. If, for any number b, b# = b + 1 and #b = b – 1, which of the following is NOT equal to (3#)(#5)?
(A) (1#)(#9)
(B) 7# + #9
(C) (4#)(#4)
(D) (7#)(#3)
(E) 15#/#2

25. If a is a multiple of 5 and b = 5a, which of the following could be the value of a + b?
I. 60
II. 100
III. 150
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III

26. If it is now June, what month will it be 100 months from now?
(A) January
(B) April
(C) June
(D) October
(E) December

27. If the average (arithmetic mean) of three consecutive integers is A, which of the following must be
true?
I. One of the numbers is equal to A.
II. The average of two of the three numbers is A.
III. A is an integer.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I, II, and III

28. A bag contains 25 slips of paper, on each of which a different integer from 1 to 25 is written.
Blindfolded, Scott draws one of the slips of paper. He wins if the number on the slip he draws is a
multiple of 3 or 5. What is the probability that Scott wins?
(A) 1/25
(B) 8/25
(C) 11/25
(D) 12/25
(E) 13/25

29. In the figure at the right, the legs of right triangle ACB are diameters of the two semicircles. If AB =
4 what is the sum of the areas of the semicircles?
(A) π
(B) 2π
(C) 4π
(D) 8π
(E) 16π

30. The figure above consists of four small semicircles in a large semicircle. If the small semicircles
have radii of 1, 2, 3, and 4, what is the perimeter of the shaded region?
(A) 10π
(B) 20π
(C) 40π
(D) 60π
(E) 100π