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‘The volume of a balloon is given by the equation
v= #2 31-4 3, What is the volume of the
balloon after 3 seconds?
A)3
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(x= 2)? + (y—3)? + (z4+4)? =0
what is the value of x+y +2?
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D) x(x+3)
A faulty register records only $5 for every $8
leposit. Ifthe register shows a total balance of
‘$40, what is the actual balance?
A) $25
B) $64
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If3* 8 = 27, what is the value of x?
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B) 3
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b) 9
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‘The triangle above is isosceles and b > a. Which
of the following must be FALSE?
A) AB= BC
B) AB= AC
©) Ac= BC
D) ame [3
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In the xy-plane, the line y = mx ~ 7 is parallel to.
the line 2x +3y = 6. What is the value of m?
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For a lemonade stand, the total cost ¢, in dollars,
of selling 1 cups of lemonade is given by
c= 100 + 1.51. What is the best interpretation of
the number 100 in this equation?
A) The cost of each cup of lemonade
B) The number of cups of lemonade sold on
Hg
the first day
©) The initial cost of setting up the lemonade
stand
D) The maximum total cost of running the
Jemonade stand
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Which of the following is equal to
(5 + 2i)( —21)? (Note: i = v=)
A) 21
B) 29
C) 21-205
D) 294201
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‘The graph of a parabola in the xy-plane has
intercepts at 3 and —}. Which ofthe
following could be the equation of the parabola?
A) y= Gr-1)2x43)
B) y= Grti)2x-3
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(x —3)(2x+1)
D) y= (6r+3)(2x~1)
During a trip, Jonathan had driven a total of 75,
miles by 6:20 PM and a total of 85 miles by 6:40
PM. He drove at the same rate for the entire trip.
At what time had he driven a total of 140 miles?
A) 730PM.
B) 8:00 PM
©) 830M
D) 9:00 PM
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The equation
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constant, What is the value of k?
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in the xy-plane. Which ofthe following correctly
‘onders them by their slope from least to greatest?
A) kcj
and xis positive, what is one
possible value of x?
B
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There are 360 degrees of arc in a circle.
‘There are 2 radians of arc in a circle.
The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle, in degrees, is 180. Before a big test, James memorized 10 percent
more words than Zach. Zach memorized 30
percent more words than Amy. If Amy
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A certain pizza restaurant cuts slices out at every
4 inches along, the edge of a pizza, as shown in
the figure above. What is the maximum number
of full pizza slices that can be cut out from a
circular pizza with a radius of 10 inches?
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Last Saturday, Maya drove from her house to the
bookstore, where she stayed for several hours
before driving back home. Which of the
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Use social media | Do not use social media | Total
Under 30 ~ 240 200 40
30 or older 120 __160 280
Total 360 360 720
‘The table above shows the distribution of age and social media presence for 720 employees at a company. If
an employee who uses social media is selected at random, what is the probability the employee is age 30 or
older?
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3
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B)
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‘The function f is defined by f(x) = 3? + bx 6,
where b and care constants. Ifthe graph of f has
-xintercepts at —5 and 3, which of the following
correctly gives the values of band ¢?
A) b=-5,0=3
B) b= 3,055
© b=-20=-15
D) b=2,¢=~15
In the xy-plane, the line y = mx +b, where m
and bare constants, is a reflection of line | across
the y-axis, At which of the following points do
the two lines intersect?
A) (0,6)
B) (0,-b)
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D) (m,0)
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| Rocket | Fuel burned (liters)
Rocket 1 7 -
Rocket 2 2
Rocket 3 Ww
Rocket 4 B
Rocket 5 2»
Rocket 6 2 |
| Rocket 35
‘The distance d, in meters, traveled by a rocket
depends on the amount of fuel fn liters, it
‘burns according to the equation d 3 f. Based
on the table above, how many rockets traveled
more than 20 meters?
A) One
B) Two
©) Three
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‘The table below summarizes student enrollment at three different universities.
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Undergraduate | Graduate | Total
State University | _-32,791 5,835 | 38,626
‘A&M University 31483
| Southwest University | 19,443 22,361
Total - 79,036 |
A researcher decides to interview a student who attends either State University or Southwest University.
Which of the following is closest to the probability that the chosen studentis an undergraduate at Southwest
University?
A) 021
B) 0.25
©) 032
D) 054
A grocery store has two recycling machines Ashley estimates that there are a marbles in a jar.
‘outside, The first recycling machine took in 240 Harry, who knows the actual number of marbles
plastic bottles and 180 metal cans. The second in the jar, b, notes that Ashley’s estimate is
took in 30 percent more plastic bottles but 10 ‘within 15 marbles (inclusive) of the actual
percent less metal cans, The second machine number of marbles. Which of the following
recycled what percent more items than the first {inequalities represents the relationship between
(rounded to the nearest percent)? Ashley's estimate and the actual number of
‘A) 9% ‘marbles in the jar?
B) 11% A) -15b-15
D) atb>15
A circle in the xy-plane is centered at (1,2) and
contains the point (4,6). Which of the following
could be the equation of the circle?
A) (x= 1)? Fy 2 =5
B) (x—1)? + (y—2)? = 25
©) (41+ yt2%=5
D) (e+ 1)?+ (y+ 2)? =25
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‘Questions 12-13 refer to the following
information.
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Distance (meters)
‘Avg: Speed (meters/second)
John is training for the 100-meter-dash, a sprint
race in track and field competitions. The graph
above shows his average speed at different points
during his last race,
According to the graph, what percentage of the
race had John completed before he reached his
maximum average speed?
A) 10%
B) 20%
©) 40%
D) 50%
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Which of the following best describes John's
performance during his last race?
‘A) John maintained a constant speed
throughout the entire race.
B) John accelerated to his maximum speed
‘and maintained it for the rest of the race.
©) Jobn accelerated to his maximum speed
‘and then maintained a lower constant
speed for the rest of the race.
D) John accelerated to his maximum speed and
then slowed down in the middle of the race
before reaching his maximum speed again.
‘The value ofa stock is going up by 200% every
hous. Which of the following best describes the
relationship between time (in hours) and the
value of the stock?
A) Increasing linear
B) Decreasing linear
C) Exponential growth
1D) Exponential decay
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A sports equipment manufacturer produced
3,600 footballs and 2,200 basketballs during, the
fall. In the winter, it produced 3,060 footballs,
and a certain number of basketballs. Ifthe
manufacturer decreased the production of
basketballs by the same percentage as it did for
footballs, how many basketballs did it produce
in the winter?
A) 1810
B) 1.870
C) 1,920
D) 1,950
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. where k isa constant, and y = 3 when
the value of y when x = 2?
The number of books in a warehouse can be
found using the expression 4,000 + 100éd, where
bis the number of boxes of books the warehouse
receives each day over a period of d days. What
is the best interpretation of the number 100 in
the expression?
A) ‘The number of books in each box
B) The number of books received each day
©) The number of boxes received that contain
books
‘The number of days it takes to receive each
box
Of the following four scenarios, which one
would result in exponential decay of the total
amount of money kept in a safe?
A) The owner withdraws a third of the money
remaining in the safe every month,
‘The owner withdraws 100 dollars every
month from the safe,
B)
) The owner withdraws 10% of the original
amount of money in the safe every month.
‘The owner empties the account in five
months by withdrawing an equal amount
‘of money each month,
Dd)
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If VE-+ V9 — 4, where x > Oand y > 0, what
is xin terms of y?
A) ly
B) oy
©) oy
D) 4y
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Richard has seven times as many pineapples as
Fred. Nathan has three times as many
pineapples as Fred. Richard has 32 more
pineapples than Nathan. How many pineapples
does Fred have?
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B) 8
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bp) 12
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During a high school basketball game, Michael!
scores 30 times fora total of 68 points. If he
ended the game with x two-pointers and y
three-pointers, solving which of the following
systems of equations gives x and y?
A) xty=30
2x43y = 68
B) xty=68
2x43y = 30
Coty
3x4 2y
Db) oxty
3x-+2y = 30
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Given right triangle ABC above, which of the
folowing sequal to £2
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C) cosB
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‘To determine whether low lighting affects
reading speed, a researcher randomly selected
30 subjects to participate in a study. Half of the
subjects were randomly assigned to read an
article under low lighting (400 lumens) while the
other half read the same article under normal
lighting (900 lumens), The resulting data
showed that the subjects who read the article
under low lighting took significantly longer than
those who read the article under normal
lighting, Based on the design and results of the
study, which of the following is an appropriate
conclusion?
A)
B)
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Low lighting is harmful to the eyes.
Everyone reads slower under low lighting,
Low lighting is likely to cause a decrease in
reading speed.
High lighting (1,200 lumens) is likely to
cause an increase in reading, speed.
D)
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A train traveling at an average speed of 80 miles
per hour takes 8 hours to complete a given trip,
How much time would it take the train to
complete the same trip ifit traveled at an
average speed of 120 miles per hour?
A) 4 hours
1B) 4 hours and 90 minutes
©) Shours and 20 minutes
1D) Shours and 30 minutes
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Cwetion 2525 rferi the olowing
inoematon
Then energy ofan ste given Br,
where mis the mass of the object and v is its
velocity.
If the kinetic energy of a moving tennis ball is
doubled, its velocity must have increased by
what factor?
Aa
B) 2
©) v3
b) v2
A radioactive element loses 15 percent of its
‘mass and 20 percent of its velocity. By what
percent has its kinetic energy decreased?
A) 32%
B) 36.2%
©) 24.8%
D) 45.6% A B
F
D E c
In rectangle ABCD above, Eis on DC, Fis on
BC, DE ~6,and FC —1. angle A is trisected
(divided into three equal angles) by AE and AF,
What i the ength of BP?
A) 5
B) 5y2-1
©) 5v3—1
D) 6v3~1
xa 3y=
2(x-1) — 6(y +2) = ~6
How many solutions (x,y) ate there to the
system of equations above?
A) Zero
B) One
© Two
D) More than two
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‘Questions 29-30 refer to the following
information,
fin (5)
An ambulance is moving at a velocity va, in meters
per second, towards an observer standing still on a
sidewalk. Because of this movement, the actual
frequency of the sound waves emitted by the
ambulance’s siren fz, in hertz, is perceived by the
observer to be a different frequency faye. The siren’s
sound waves travel ata velocity 2, in meters per
second. The formula above shows the relationship
between these variables.
Which of the following expresses the velocity of
the ambulance in terms of the other variables?
A) t= pe
9 0 ee
6) m= fe fae
D) oy = fee fie
If the velocity of the siren’s sound waves is 340
meters per second, the velocity of the ambulance
's 2 meters per second, and the observer
perceives the frequency of the siren‘s sound
waves to be 500 hertz, which of the following is
closest to the actual frequency of the siren’s
sound waves?
A) 468
B) 496
©) 507
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Gracie regularly buys six different items at the
grocery store, The average price of the items is
$30. The prices of five of the items are $7, $25,
$36, $40, and $44. What is the price of the sixth,
item?
(x-+2y)?
If the expression above can be written as
ax? + bry + cy?, where ab, and care constants,
what is the value ofa +b-c?
a(t) = ¥@—D(e 2)
‘What is one possible value of x for which the
function g above is undefined?
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‘Ata certain pizza restaurant, 8 ounces of cheese
is enough for 5 ofa pizza. Given that there are
16 ounces in a pound, how many pizzas can be
produced with 12 pounds of cheese?
sane
yo 3x10
yt 2x 45
In the xy-plane, a point with coordinates (hk)
lies in the solution set of the system of
inequalities above. What is the minimum
possible value of hi?
Call center A handles 20% fewer calls than Call
center B, Call center B handles 20% fewer calls.
than Call center C. If Call center A handles 1,200
calls, how many calls does Call center C handle? v
Questions 37-38 refer to the following,
information.
Male crickets vary their chirp rate according to the
temperature. The scatterplot below shows the
relationship between chirp rate and temperature
for 9 crickets. The line of best fit is also
shown,
Male Cricket Chirp Rate
a
20 a
19 +
18 °
v
16 = +
16
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3-1 ——
6 7 7% a8 8&8 9%
‘Temperature (°Fahrenheit)
(Chixps per second
Based on the line of best fit, what is the predicted.
male cricket chirp rate at a temperature of 80
degrees Fahrenheit?
Se Se
What isthe chirp rate of the male cricket
represented by the data point that is farthest
from the line of best fit?
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