Holt Math

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 Contents

Diagnostic Assessment ................................ 1 Data Analysis and Probability ..................... 61

Diagnostic Assessment Answer Sheet ....... 10 Algebra ....................................................... 81
Number Properties and Operations ............ 11 Sample Test A........................................... 111
Measurement.............................................. 29 Sample Test B........................................... 115
Geometry.................................................... 49 Sample Test Answer Sheet ....................... 119

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Diagnostic Assessment
Number Properties and Operations
Solve each problem. Choose the best 5. Evaluate the expression 6  (42  6).
answer for each question and record your A 30
answer on the Student Answer Sheet.
B 54
1. The Berry Company has $43,500,000 C 84
in total sales for the year. What is this
D 102
number in scientific notation?
E 132
A 43
106
B 435
106 6. Estimate the product 7.38
19.716 by
rounding to the nearest one.
C 4.35
105
A 114
D 4.35
107
B 120
E 4.35
106
C 140
2. Which equation represents the
D 146
statement “the length 艎 of the rectangle
is five times the width w ”? E 160
A w5艎 7. Find the area of this figure, round
B w  5艎 your final answer to the nearest whole
number of square units.
C 艎  5w
D 艎5w
E 艎w5
15.6
3. Which statement is false?
A 6  8
B 33  42
20.5
C 兩62兩  兩72  13兩
A 72
D 121  141
B 280
E 5
32  6
23
C 319
4. Which number has the greatest value?
D 320
A 0.137
E 336
B 0.46
8. Martin washed his vehicle exactly once
C 0.3
every week for 2 years in a row. How
D 0.2138 many times did he wash his vehicle
E 0.152 during this time period?
A 24 times
B 100 times
C 104 times
D 124 times
E 144 times

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9. A gym class had 42 students and 12. A ball player makes 538 field goals out
7 volleyballs. What was the ratio of of 934 attempts. What percent of his field
volleyballs to students? goals did he make?
A 1 to 6 A 28.2%
B 6 to 1 B 34.6%
C 1 to 7 C 52.2%
D 7 to 1 D 57.6%
E 1 to 42 E 173.6%
10. At the baseball stadium, 3 hotdogs cost 13. What is 32% of 125?
$8.25. At this price, how much will A 20
7 hotdogs cost? Which proportion could
B 32
be used to solve the problem?
$8.25 7 C 40
A _____  __ x
3 D 42
$8.25 x
B _____  __ E 44
3 7
$8.25 7 14. The number 8 is a factor of which of the
C _____  __ following numbers?
x 3
$8.25 x A 21
D _____  ___
3 10 B 57
$8.25 x
E _____  __ C 81
10 7
D 92
11. What is the scale factor for the two
similar figures shown below, in simplest E 104
form? 15. What is the greatest common factor of
36 and 42?
A 3
15.75 B 4
18
C 6
D 9
14
16 E 252

A 16 to 14 16. How much tax is charged to purchase

5 lamps at $65 each, if the sales tax rate
B 9 to 7
is 8%?
C 15.75 to 16
A $1.04
D 8 to 7
B $5.20
E 9 to 8
C $10.40
D $26.00
E $52.00

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Measurement
17. What is the length of the figure shown? 20. What is the volume,
in cubic inches, of a
cylinder with a radius
of 4 inches and a
height of 12 inches?
(Use 3.14 for p.)
A 150.72
B 301.44
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
C 602.88
A 5 inches D 1205.76
B 5.125 inches E 1808.64
1 inches
C 5__
4 21. What is the surface area of the prism?
D 5.375 inches
1 inches
E 5__
2
18. What is the circumference of a circle 10 in
with radius 8 inches? (Use 3.14 for p.)
A 12.56 inches
B 25.12 inches
C 50.24 inches 6 in
D 100.48 inches 8 in
E 200.96 inches A 168 square inches
19. What is the perimeter of the figure? B 216 square inches
C 240 square inches
10 cm
D 376 square inches
12 cm E 480 square inches
22. Mr. and Mrs. Kingston are installing
18 cm fence around a rectangular piece of
property. The length of the property is
A 68 cm 780 yards and the width is 520 yards.
B 74 cm How many yards of fencing are needed?
C 78 cm A 1300 yards D 2860 yards
D 80 cm B 1560 yards E 405,600 yards
E 112 cm C 2600 yards
23. Joel canoes 6.2 miles in 85 minutes.
What is his rate in miles per hour?
A 13.4 mph D 1.4 mph
B 6.2 mph E 0.7 mph
C 4.3 mph

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Geometry
24. What is the transformation from figure 1 27. What is the value of x?
to figure 2?

7 x

Figure 1

Figure 2 10
A 3 D 17
A slide, turn

B 兹149 E 34
B flip, turn

C 兹170
C turn
D slide, slide, turn 28. Which lengths below would form a right
E slide, flip triangle?
A 1, 3, 5
25. Which type of transformation is shown
B 1.2, 2.4, 6.1
below?
C 6, 9, 10


D 2兹5 , 4, 6




E 3兹2 , 兹2 , 兹 2
29. The two rectangles are similar. What
is the measure of the unknown side?
Round your answer to the nearest
A translation hundredth.
B rotation
?
C reflection 1.2
D glide reflection 2.3 1.7
E dilation
26. The figures shown are similar. What is A 0.89
the value of n? B 1.62
C 2.80
D 3.26
E 5.94
8 12 20 n
30. A right triangle has one leg that is 5
inches longer than the other leg. The
hypotenuse is 25 inches long. Find the
length of the longer leg.
22.36 A 10 in. D 17 in.
A 4.8 D 48 B 13 in. E 20 in.
B 30 E 56 C 15 in.
C 32

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31. A parallelogram has an area of 180 Data Analysis, Statistics, and

square inches and the height is 12
inches. What is the length of the base?
Probability
Use the data in the table for Questions 35
A 6 inches
to 38.
B 15 inches
The data shows the top five ranked men’s
C 18 inches
tennis players, their total earned points,
D 90 inches and number of tournaments played.
E 2160 inches
Player Points Number of
32. What is the slope of the line? Earned Tournaments Played
y Roddick 3085 20
5
4 Federer 6225 18
3 Hewitt 2490 17
2
1 Agassi 2275 17
x
Nadal 4765 24
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
⫺2 35. Who has earned the greatest number of
⫺3 points?
⫺4 A Roddick D Agassi
⫺5
B Federer E Nadal
A
1 3
D __ C Hewitt
2
B 1 E 2 36. What is the average number of points
2
C __ Agassi has scored in a tournament?
3
A 133.8 points
33. What is the midpoint of (
8,
4) and B 198.5 points
(14, 8)?
C 146.5 points
A (
3,
2)
D 154.3 points
B (3, 2)
E 345.8 points
C (
11,
6)
D (11, 6) 37. If using the data in the table to construct
a bar graph based on the number of
E (6, 4)
tournaments played, the height of which
34. What is the slope of a line parallel to two players would be the same?
4x
3y  12? A Federer and Hewitt
A
4 B Nadal and Hewitt
3
B
__ C Agassi and Roddick
4
1 D Roddick and Nadal
C __
4 E Hewitt and Agassi
3
D __
4 38. What is the median of the points earned
by the top five players?
4
E __
3 A 3085 D 2275
B 6225 E 4765
C 2490

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Use the box and whisker plot for 42. Regita collected data on the kind of
Questions 39 and 40. sandwiches her customers order at her
deli shop. The table shows her findings.
The Humane Society is tracking the
number of puppies born in a litter in a Number of
given year. Sandwich
Customers
Ham 26
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turkey 25

39. What is the first quartile in the Chicken 15

distribution of data? Roast Beef 22
A 2
Corned Beef 12
B 3
C 4 Based on this data, what is the
probability that the next customer will
D 5
order a ham sandwich?
E 6
1
A ____
40. What is the difference between the 100
median and the third quartile? 21
B ____
100
A 1
13
C ___
B 2 50
C 3 1
D __
2
D 4
67
E ____
E 5 100
41. The caterer for Joan and Matt’s wedding 43. Which of the following is a possible
has given them a choice of 3 different sample space for this experiment?
kinds of meat, 3 kinds of potatoes, 4
vegetables, and 2 soups. How many W R
complete dinners are available to choose
from? B Y
A 12 G P
B 18
C 24 A {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
D 36 B {Roy, Becky, George}
E 72 C {head, tails}
D {Roy, Yolanda, Paul, George, Becky,
Walt}
E {1, 4, heads, tails}

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44. What is the probability of spinning a 1 Algebra and Functions

then a 2 on the next spin?
46. What is the common ratio for the given
4 1 sequence?
4 2 4, 6, 9, 13.5, 20.25
3 3 A 1.5
4 4 B 1.5
C 2
1
A __
4 D 2
1
B ___ E 3
64
1 47. What is the missing number in the table?
C ___
16
1 x y
D __
2 2 3
1
E __
8 0 7
45. Several numbers and letters are put 2 11
on cards. Jamil hangs them on a wall
4 15
as shown in the picture and randomly
throws a dart at one of the cards. 6 ?
A 12 D 21
5 A 3 S
B 17 E 28
B Z 8 M
C 19
N 7 2 U
48. Miguel made a display of DVD’s at a
E Q P 12 movie rental store. One DVD was in the
first row, and the other rows each had
What is the probability of landing on a two more DVD’s than the row before it.
vowel or an odd number? How many DVD’s does Miguel have if he
1
A __ has nine rows?
5
A 19
5
B ___
16 B 27
3
C __ C 36
8
D 81
7
D ___
16 E 121
9
E ___ 49. Solve for x.
14 6x  13  49
A 6
B 5
C 6
1
D 10__
3
E 12

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50. What are the coordinates of point C? 53. Which graph represents the solution of
y 2x  12  16?
5
4
B A
⫺5 ⫺4 ⫺3 ⫺2 ⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
3
A 2 B
1 ⫺5 ⫺4 ⫺3 ⫺2 ⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 C
⫺1
⫺2
D C ⫺5 ⫺4 ⫺3 ⫺2 ⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5

E ⫺3 D
⫺4 ⫺5 ⫺4 ⫺3 ⫺2 ⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺5
E
A (3, 2) ⫺5 ⫺4 ⫺3 ⫺2 ⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
B (0, 1) 
2
54. Simplify: 4x 兹6  8
2 2
___________
C (2, 4) 8x
A 5x
D (3, 2)
B 10x
E (2, 4)
C 0.5x
51. Plot and connect the given points in
D 30x
order, and determine the perimeter of
the figure. E 20x
(4, 2), (2, 2), (2, 4), (1, 4), (1, 3), 55. Which expression is equivalent to
(3, 3), (3, 4), (4, 4) 3(b2  4b)?
y A 3b2  4b
5
B 3b2  12b
4
3 C 9b2  12b
2 D 3b2  4b
1
x E 12b  3b2
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1 56. Which expression is the completely
⫺2 factored form of x3  x2  26x  30?
⫺3
⫺4 A (x  5)(x2  4x  6)
⫺5 B (x  5)(x2  4x  6)
C (x  5)(x2  4x  6)
A 24 D 32
D (x  5)(x2  4x  6)
B 26 E 36
E (x  5)(x2  4x  6)
C 30
52. Which of the following is the equation of
y  4x  3 shifted 4 units down?
A y  4x  1
B y  4x  7
C y  4x  7
D y  4x  1
E y  4x  8

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57. Which graph is the solution to the D y

system of equations? 5
4
yx2
3
2x  3y  9 2
A y 1
5 x
4 ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
3 ⫺2
2 ⫺3
1 ⫺4
x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺5
⫺1
⫺2
⫺3 E y
⫺4 5
⫺5 4
3
2
B y
5 1
x
4 ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
3 ⫺1
2 ⫺2
1 ⫺3
x ⫺4
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺5
⫺1
⫺2
⫺3 58. What is the x-value in the following
⫺4
system?
⫺5
3x  2y  1
x  2y  11
C y A 0 D 3
5
4 B 1 E 4
3 C 2
2
1 59. What is the value of m in the matrix?
x
6 2  n 2
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0
⫺1
1 2 3 4 5 [
m 0 ] [ 4 0 ]
⫺2
⫺3 A m  4 D m4
⫺4 B m  2 E m6
⫺5 C m0
60. What is the value of y in the matrix
below?
12 10 11  8 6 5  4 16 16
[ 10 11 12 ] [ 8 6 5 ] [
2 y 17 ]
A 16 D 16
B 6 E 17
C 4

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Diagnostic Assessment
Answer Sheet

1 A B C D E 13 A B C D E 25 A B C D E 37 A B C D E 49 A B C D E

2 A B C D E 14 A B C D E 26 A B C D E 38 A B C D E 50 A B C D E

3 A B C D E 15 A B C D E 27 A B C D E 39 A B C D E 51 A B C D E

4 A B C D E 16 A B C D E 28 A B C D E 40 A B C D E 52 A B C D E

5 A B C D E 17 A B C D E 29 A B C D E 41 A B C D E 53 A B C D E

6 A B C D E 18 A B C D E 30 A B C D E 42 A B C D E 54 A B C D E

7 A B C D E 19 A B C D E 31 A B C D E 43 A B C D E 55 A B C D E

8 A B C D E 20 A B C D E 32 A B C D E 44 A B C D E 56 A B C D E

9 A B C D E 21 A B C D E 33 A B C D E 45 A B C D E 57 A B C D E

10 A B C D E 22 A B C D E 34 A B C D E 46 A B C D E 58 A B C D E

11 A B C D E 23 A B C D E 35 A B C D E 47 A B C D E 59 A B C D E

12 A B C D E 24 A B C D E 36 A B C D E 48 A B C D E 60 A B C D E

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Test Preparation Practice

Number Properties and Operations

12.1.1.d Write, rename, represent, or compare real numbers (e.g., pi, square root of 2,
numerical relationships using number lines, models, or diagrams).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 5. Which shows the correct order of
of the best answer. numbers from least to greatest?
 31
21 , ___
1. Which number has the greatest absolute A 兹18 , 4.9, ___
4 8
value?
21 , 兹
B 4.9, ___ 31
18 , ___

120
A _____ 4 8
2 
C 21
___ 31
___
, , 4.9, 兹18
B
59.9 4 8
206
C ____ 31 , 兹
D ___ 21
18 , 4.9, ___
4 8 4
D 59.75  31 , ___
21
E 兹18 , 4.9, ___
160 8 4
E ____
4 6. Which of these values is not an integer?
2. What is another way to write 34? A
2
A 12
B 24 B 0
C 27 
C 兹 36
D 81
16
D ___
E 243 4
1
E
__
2
3. Which of the following is the greatest
integer less than 54,000 that can be 7. The number one-half can be written in
written using all of the digits from 1 to 5? each of the following ways except:
A 54,321 4
A __ 1
D __
2 2
B 53,241
50
B ____ E 0.5
C 54,312 100
D 53,421 C 2ⴜ4
E 53,241
4. Which of the following fractions is
equivalent to 0.4375?
1
A ___ D __5
31 6
7
B ___ E __7
16 9
5
C __
8

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8. Which statement is false? 12. How would you write these elevations
from lowest point to highest point?
A
3.02 
3.2
Location Elevation

6p  3p
B
___
2  Death Valley –86 m
2 4
C 4 2
Mt. McKinley 6194 m
D  132
13    13
132  Turpan Pendi –154 m

E
53  (
5)3 Mt. Everest 8850 m

A Turpan Pendi, Death Valley, Mt.
9. Which of the number sentences below is McKinley, Mt. Everest
false?
B Death Valley, Turpan Pendi, Mt.
A
4 
2 Everest, Mt. McKinley
B
8 
12 C Death Valley, Mt. McKinley, Turpan
C
6 
10 Pendi, Mt. Everest
D
7  0 D Mt. Everest, Mt. McKinley, Turpan
E
5 
8 Pendi, Death Valley
E Turpan Pendi, Mt. Everest, Mt.
39 .
10. Rewrite __ McKinley, Death Valley
33
3
A 1 13. What is eight hundred nine thousand
B 16 thirty written in standard form?
C 33 A 809
D 36 B 890,030
E 312 C 89,030
D 809,300
11. The outdoor temperature is negative six
degrees Fahrenheit. Which one of the E 809,030
following corresponds to this statement? 14. The square root of one hundred ninety-
A
8 F six can be represented by all of the
B
6 F following values except:

C
2 F A
14  14
D 6 F B 4(7)

E 16 F C
196
D 14

E
4  49

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Test Preparation Practice

Number Properties and Operations

12.1.1.f Represent very large or very small numbers using scientific notation in meaningful
contexts.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. If the number of molecules in one mole
of the best answer. of a compound is 8.03 109 , then the
number of molecules in 10,000 moles of
1. The age of our solar system is about
the same compound is:
5.1 109 years. Which is another way to
express this age? A 8.03 105
A 510,000 B 8.03 1013
B 510,000,000 C 8.03 1023
C 5,100,000,000 D 8.03 1033
D 510,000,000,000 E 8.03 1039
E 510,000,000,000,000 5. A laboratory technician is looking
through a microscope that has magnified
2. Which of these numbers is written in
an organism by 1000. If a bacteria is
scientific notation?
3.1 10
4 millimeters, how large does it
A 92 1015 appear under the microscope?
B 9.2 108 A 3.1 10
3 mm
C 9208 B 3.1 10
2 mm
D 9.2 1033 C 3.1 10
1 mm
E 0.92 106 D 3.1 101 mm
3. The mass of a proton is E 3.1 102 mm
0.000000000000000000001672
6. If the speed of light is 3.00 108 meters
milligrams. Express this mass in
per second, how far would a beam of
scientific notation.
light travel in 3000 seconds?
A 1672 10
15 mg
A 1.0 105 m
B 16.72 10
20 mg
B 1.0 108m
C 1.672 10
21 mg
C 9.0 105m
D 1.672 10
22 mg
D 9.0 108m
E 1.672 10
23 mg
E 9.0 1011m

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7. A particle travels 1 ⫻ 108 centimeters 10. The Earth is about 93 million miles from
per second in a straight line for the sun. Write the underlined number in
5 ⫻ 10⫺6 second. How far has the scientific notation.
particle traveled? A 93 ⫻ 106
A 5 ⫻ 1014 cm B 93 ⫻ 107
2
B 5 ⫻ 10 cm C 9.3 ⫻ 106
C 2.0 ⫻ 102 cm D 9.3 ⫻ 107
D 2.0 ⫻ 10⫺13 cm E 9.3 ⫻ 108
E 5 ⫻ 10⫺48 cm
11. Light travels from the Sun to Earth
8. A runner burns about 350 calories per at a rate of about 300,000 kilometers
hour. If there are 16,000 runners in a per second. If a light beam takes 492
marathon, about how many calories seconds to reach the Earth. Find the
would be burned by all of the runners in distance from the Sun to Earth.
one hour? A 1.64 ⫻ 107 kilometers
A 4.5 ⫻ 102 cal B 1.64 ⫻ 108 kilometers
B 5.6 ⫻ 104 cal C 1.92 ⫻ 108 kilometers
C 5.6 ⫻ 105 cal D 1.476 ⫻ 107 kilometers
D 5.6 ⫻ 106 cal E 1.476 ⫻ 108 kilometers
E 5.6 ⫻ 1012 cal
12. On Mother’s Day, 2005, the United
9. A gigabyte is a measure of a computer's States Census Bureau estimated there
storage capacity. One gigabyte holds were approximately 62.5 million women
about one billion bytes of information. If in the United States who were mothers.
a company's computer network contains If each mother received one $2.00
3200 gigabytes of memory. How many greeting card, approximately how much
bytes are in the network? money would the greeting card industry
A 3.2 ⫻ 109 earn on Mother's Day?
B 3.2 ⫻ 1010 A $1.25 ⫻ 108
C 3.2 ⫻ 1011 B $6.25 ⫻ 107
D 3.2 ⫻ 1012 C $3.15 ⫻ 107
E 3.2 ⫻ 1013 D $1.25 ⫻ 106
E $3.15 ⫻ 106

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Test Preparation Practice

Number Properties and Operations

12.1.2.a Establish or apply benchmarks for real numbers in contexts.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Keisha bought the following items at
of the best answer. the grocery store. Estimate the total,
rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
1. A tube of antibiotic cream contains
38.375 grams of cream. What is this Item Cost
amount rounded to the nearest tenth of
a gram? lettuce $0.79
A 38.0 g raspberries $2.99
B 38.3 g milk $3.29
C 38.4 g
cereal $4.49
D 38.48 g
E 40 g rice $0.99

2. What is the estimated product when pancake mix $2.19

167 and 917 are rounded to the nearest A $10
hundred and then multiplied? B $12
A 80,000 C $13
B 90,000 D $14
C 100,000 E $18
D 180,000
5. A 16-ounce can of soup sells for $2.79.
E 200,000 How much does one ounce of soup cost,
3. Lisa has a picture frame that measures rounded to the nearest cent?
3.5 feet by 4.25 feet. She needs to A $0.15
purchase a piece of glass to keep her B $0.17
picture in the frame. What is the area,
C $0.21
rounded to the nearest hundredth, of the
piece of glass she should buy? D $0.45
A 14.0 square feet E $44.64
B 14.87 square feet 6. Maria lives in a condominium that is
3 meters tall. What is this number
56__
C 14.88 square feet
5
D 15.0 square feet rounded to the nearest half meter?
E 15.13 square feet A 56 m
1m
B 56__
2
C 57 m
1m
D 57__
2
E 58 m

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7. The average daily volume of a particular 11. What is the length of the bee rounded to
stock being traded on Wall Street is the nearest quarter inch?
8.259 Mil, what is this number rounded
to the nearest hundredth?
A 8.0 Mil
B 8.2 Mil
C 8.25 Mil 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

D 8.26 Mil
1 in.
A 5__
E 8.3 Mil 2
8. Santos computed that with his last tank 1 in.
B 5__
4
of gas he averaged 26.64 miles per
gallon. What is this rate rounded to the C 5 in.
nearest one? 1 in.
D 4__
2
A 25 mph
1 in.
E 4__
B 26 mph 4
C 26.6 mph 12. The managers of the state fair estimated
D 27 mph that the attendance on a particular
E 27.6 mph day was 16,000. Assuming that the
2 gallons customary rules for rounding have been
9. The school cafeteria had 14__ used, which of the following could be the
3
of applesauce left after serving lunch. exact number of people who attended
What is this number rounded to the the fair?
nearest whole gallon? A 15,099
A 14 gallons B 15,304
1 gallons
B 14__ C 15,444
2
D 16,333
C 15 gallons
E 16,566
1 gallons
D 15__
2 13. The diameter d of a circle is 12 inches.
E 16 gallons The circumference C of a circle is
C ⫽ pd. Estimate the circumference of
10. In 2001, the population of the United
the circle.
States was 281,421,906. What is this
number rounded to the nearest ten A 4 in.
million? B 12 in.
A 280,000,000 C 18 in.
B 281,000,000 D 36 in.
C 281,400,000 E 48 in.
D 281,500,000
E 290,000,000

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Number Properties and Operations

12.1.3.a Perform computations with real numbers including common irrational numbers or
the absolute value of numbers.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the table for Questions 4 and 5.
of the best answer.
Grove Hill
1. The Jarvis family consists of two adults Campground Rates
and four children. An adult admission to
a local amusement park is $49 and a Large Big Rig
child admission is $28. The Jarvis' have E $23 $28
a coupon for $10 off each admission for
up to four admissions. How much will it E, W $25 $30
cost the family to enter the park? E, W, S $30 $35
A $150
E ⫽ electric, W ⫽ water, S ⫽ sewer
B $170
C $210 Stay 7 nights, the 8th night is free.
D $212
4. The Ortez family went camping. They
E $234 planned to stay 7 nights at a large site
2. Evaluate the expression ⫺8.2(6 ⫹ 5.2). with electricity and water. After one
A 11.2 night, they moved to a big rig site with
electric, water and sewer. They stayed
B 3 the remainder of their vacation at this
C ⫺6.56 site. How much did they spend in all for
D ⫺44 their stay at the campground?
E ⫺91.84 A $175
3. Evaluate the expression __ 1 (20).
1 ⫹ __ B $205
2 4
A 2 C $235
B 2.5 D $240
C 4.5 E $245
D 5.5 5. The Schmidt family is making reservations
E 10 at the Grove Hill campground for 10
nights. They have reserved a big rig site
with electric and water. How much will the
Schmidt family spend for their stay at the
campground?
A $225 D $300
B $270 E $315
C $280

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6. The Oakdale school has 1326 students 9. Cody bought tickets for the local county
and 125 teachers. On Monday 156 fair. The table shows the prices of single
students and 8 teachers were absent tickets.
because of the flu. How many students
and teachers were present on Monday? Ticket Prices
A 1162 Child $2.25
B 1170
Adult $6.00
C 1287
Senior $3.25
D 1326
E 1451 Cody bought 3 child tickets, two adult
tickets and one senior ticket. How much
7. A computer company needs to build
money did Cody spend on tickets?
4500 new computers in 6 weeks. It
takes 7 hours to build one computer. A $10.00
Employees work 35 hours per week. B $16.00
How many people does the company C $18.75
need to hire in order to build the
D $22.00
computers?
E $24.00
A 19
B 129 10. Mitchell earned $178.50 last week at his
job at the deli. His hourly wage is $7.00.
C 140
How many hours did Mitchell work last
D 150 week?
E 191 A 3.9 hours
8. Evaluate the expression: B 22 hours

18 ᎐ 29
᎐
᎐12
C 25 hours
A 23 D 25.5 hours
B 1 E 27.5 hours
C 21
11. Mrs. Diamond is giving each of her
D ᎐1 29 students a holiday pencil. The
E ᎐3 pencils come in packages of 8. Each
package costs $1.50. How much will
Mrs. Diamond spend on pencils for her
students?
A $4.50
B $6.00
C $9.00
D $9.50
E $12.00

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Number Properties and Operations

12.1.3.g Solve application problems involving numbers, including rational and common
irrationals, using exact answers or estimates as appropriate.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3 of a mile to school. After
3. Victor walks __
5
of the best answer. 2 of a mile to the library
school he walks __
3
1. During one month, the cafeterias at 5 of a mile home. Which is the
and then __
Southwest State University prepared 8
23,295 meals. The next month it best estimate for the total distance Victor
prepared 32,188 meals. The following walks per day?
month, 54,848 meals were prepared. A 1 mile
Which choice is the best estimate for the 1 miles
total number of meals prepared during B 1__
2
the three months? C 2 miles
A 100,000 D 3 miles
B 109,000 E 5 miles
C 110,000
4. Susan and Adrian go to Martha’s
D 112,000 Café for lunch. Susan orders a turkey
E 115,000 sandwich, salad, and juice. Adrian orders
2. A school district purchased 20,000 a cheese sandwich, soup, and juice.
fluorescent light bulbs for the 18 schools They want to estimate the bill to figure
in the district. A total of 62 bulbs were out the tip. What is the best estimate of
replaced in the gymnasium of one high the total bill before taxes and tip?
school. Of these, 4 were defective. What
Martha’s Cafe
is the best estimate of the total number
of defective bulbs purchased by the Turkey sandwich $4.75
district? Cheese sandwich $2.25
A 10 Tuna sandwich $2.90
B 200 Salad $2.75
Soup $2.50
C 400
Juice $1.35
D 800 Milk $0.75
E 1300
A $3
B $5
C $10
D $12
E $15

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5. To make a large pot of soup, a chef used 9. Leo has 2 jobs during the summer. He
1 cups of carrots, 1__
1 cups of corn, works 22 hours per week at the first job
2__
4 3 for $11 per hour. He works 9 hours per
3 cups of peas,
6 cups of potatoes, 2__ week at the second job for $18 per hour.
4
3
__ Which is the best estimate of the total
and cup of celery. What is the
4 amount of money Leo earns from both
best estimate of the total amount of jobs in one week?
vegetables used in the soup? A $40
A 10 cups B $180
B 12 cups C $220
C 13 cups D $400
D 16 cups E $600
E 20 cups
10. Hugo bought a new refrigerator on
6. Gian spends between $9 and $15 sale for $929. The regular price for the
for lunch per week. What is the best refrigerator was $1592. Which is the
estimate for the total amount that he best estimate of the total amount Hugo
spent on lunches for the past 4 weeks? saved?
A less than $30 A $200
B between $40 and $45 B $500
C between $40 and $50 C $700
D between $40 and $60 D $800
E more than $60 E $1000
7. Mario is a painter. He estimates that 11. Karen pours water into 4 buckets. The
a fence he is painting has a length buckets contain 7.84 liters, 10.24 liters,
between 100 and 130 feet and a width 4.84 liters and 2.23 liters. Which is the
between 30 to 60 feet. Based on Mario’s best estimate of the total amount of
estimates, which is the most reasonable water in the 4 buckets?
estimate of the perimeter of the fence? A 10 L
A less than 250 feet B 15 L
B between 260 and 380 feet C 20 L
C between 460 and 500 feet D 25 L
D between 500 and 600 feet E 35 L
E over 900 feet
12. A roofing company estimates that a new
8. Roan needs to cover a circular area that roof for Kris’s house will cost $5580.
has a diameter of 12 feet. What is the If Kris pays for the roof in 18 equal
best estimate of this area? payments, what is the best estimate for
A 18 ft2 the amount of each payment?
B 36 ft2 A $120
C 72 ft2 B $200
D 108 ft2 C $250
E 144 ft2 D $300
E $400

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Number Properties and Operations

12.1.4.b Use proportions to model problems.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the

of the best answer. information
below for
1. Brady knows that 8 tickets can be
Questions 3
purchased for $68, but needs to know
and 4.
how many can be purchased for $102.
Which proportion models this situation? Gwen can spray
68
x  ___ paint 850 ft2
A ____
102 8 with 2 gallons
B 8
____  x
___ of paint. How
102 68 many one-gallon cans does she needs
C ___ 102
68  ____ to purchase in order to spray paint a
8 x building that is 24,000 square feet.
102  ___
D ____ 68
8 x 3. Which proportion could Gwen use to
68
x  ____ determine how many one-gallon cans
E __
8 102 she needs?
24,000 ft2
850 ft2  ________
2. There are 90 A ______ x
2 1 gal
calories in a __
3 24,000 ft2
850 ft2  ________
cup serving B ______ x
2 gal
of cereal. How
many calories 850 ft2  ________
C ______ x
are in 4 cups of
2 gal 24,000 ft2
cereal? 850 ft2  _____
D ________ x
2 2 gal
A 60 24,000 ft
2
24,000 ft x
B 240 E ________  ______
2 gal 850 ft2
C 380
4. How many one-gallon cans does Gwen
D 480
need to spray paint the building?
E 540
A 27 cans
B 28 cans
C 56 cans
D 57 cans
E 62 cans

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5. Choose the correct proportion to find the Use the information to answer Questions
distance across the lake, assuming the 7 and 8.
triangles are similar.
Thomas is a quality control inspector. He
examined 113 cabinet doors in one hour.
He found 9 of them to be defective. He
anticipates that he will inspect 745 doors
during the remaining 7 hours of his shift.
7. Which proportion models cabinet doors
inspected to defective doors found in the
first hour compared to the remainder of
the shift?
x
A _________ 745 doors
 _________
d 113 doors 7 hours
x 113 doors
B _______  _________
7 hours 1 hour
x
C _________ 113 doors
 _________
15 ft 745 doors 7 hours
45 ft 60 ft D 745 doors
_________  defective
9
_________
113 doors x
113 doors  _________
E _________ 745 doors
15 
A ___ 45
___ 9 defective x
60 d
60 45 8. How many defective cabinet doors can
B ___  ___
Thomas expect to find during the 8-hour
15 d
60  45 shift?
C ___ ___
d 15 A 52
D 75
___  45
___ B 60
15 d
74  x C 65
E ___ __
45 d D 68
6. Which of the following proportions E 72
models the statement eight is to seven 9. Donovan’s van travels 137 miles using
as x is to forty? 4.75 gallons of gas. Which proportion
8  ___
A __ 40 models how many miles he can travel
7 x
using 22.5 gallons of gas?
7  ___
B __ x 137 gallons x
8 40 A __________  __________
4.75 22.5 gallons
8  ___
C __ x 137 miles  __________
B __________ x
7 40
4.75 gallons 22.5 gallons
D __ 40
7  ___ 137 miles  __________
x C __________ x
8
22.5 gallons 4.75 gallons
E x
__  8
___ 4.75 gallons
137 miles  __________
D __________
7 40 x
22.5 gallons
x 4.75 gallons
E __________  __________
22.5 gallons 137 miles

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Number Properties and Operations

12.1.4.c Use proportional reasoning to solve problems (including rates).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Find the missing value in the proportion.
of the best answer. 8 lb ⫽ ____
____ ?
$12 $18
1. The proportion a is to b as c is to d
is the same as which of the following A $12
choices? Assume that none of the B 12 lb
variables equal zero. C $12/lb
A __ d
a ⫽ __ D $16
c b
E 16 lb
B ac ⫽ bd
c
a ⫽ __ 5. A gourmet shop puts 1.5 ounces of
C __
d b oregano in a jar and sells it for $1.95. At
D ab ⫽ cd that rate, how much should be charged
E ad ⫽ bc for a 2-ounce jar? Round to the nearest
cent if necessary.
2. Solve for x. A $1.30 D $3.90
9
x ⫽ __
___
B $1.46 E $5.85
36 4
A x ⫽ 16 C $2.60
B x ⫽ 54 6. Murphy drove 367.5 miles and used 17.5
C x ⫽ 72 gallons of gas. At this rate, how much
gas will he need to drive 342.3 miles?
D x ⫽ 81
Round to the nearest hundredth of a
E x ⫽ 144 gallon.
3. Find the value of x that makes the A 13.85 gallons
statement true. B 15.83 gallons
___ 15
24 ⫽ ___ C 16.30 gallons
72 x
5 D 22.55 gallons
A x ⫽ ___
24 E 25.20 gallons
B x ⫽ __1
7. The scale on a map indicates that 1.25
3
cm represents 40 km. Two towns on the
C x⫽3
map are 7.5 cm apart. In reality, how far
24
D x ⫽ ___ apart are the towns?
5
A 200 km
E x ⫽ 45
B 240 km
C 250 km
D 280 km
E 300 km

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8. Solve for x 12. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF.

AB  7, BC  11 and CA  14. Find FD

4
3  x_____
__
7 2 if DE  13.

1 C F
A x 
3__
7
7
B x  ___
34
6
C x  __
7 A B
6
D x  4__
7
1
E x  5__ D E
6
7
A 7___
9. Solve for x. 13
2
5
x  x_____ 6
B 16___
_____
8 7 11
3
C 20__
A x 
54 7
B x 
26 D 26
3
C x  3__ 5
5 E 31___
13
D x  26 13. What is the unit rate for postcards if 12
E x  54 postcards cost $4?
10. Solve for x. A 3 cards per dollar
3 B $0.33 per dozen
3__
5  ___
___ x C $0.25 per dozen
4 1
__ 1
1__
2 2 D $0.33 per card
11 E $4 per card
A x  ___
15 14. Which model can be used to convert 50
5
B x  __ mph to feet per second?
6
A 50 mph ______1 mi 1 hr
______
1
C x  1___ 60 min
5280 ft
15
5280 ft
B 50 mph ______ 1 hr
______
1
D x  1__ 1 mi 3600 s
5
5280 ft
C 50 mph ______ 1 hr
_____
4
E x  1___ 1 mi 360 s
11
5280 ft
D 50 mph ______ 1 hr
____
11. If 1000 ft2 of surface can be covered with 1 mi 60 s
two gallons of paint, how much surface 1 mi 60 min
E 50 mph ______ ______
can be covered by one quart of paint? 5280 ft 1 hr
A 80 ft2
B 125 ft2
C 250 ft2
D 500 ft2
E 525 ft2

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Number Properties and Operations

12.1.4.d Solve problems involving percentages (including percent increase and decrease,
interest rates, tax, discount, tips, or part/whole relationships).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Gina pays the sale price of $270 for
of the best answer. a computer printer that was originally
$400. What percent discount is this?
1. What is 30% of 5860?
A 1.48%
A 195.3
B 13%
B 1758
C 30%
C 1953.3
D 32.5%
D 4102
E 67.5%
E 175,800
5. Kim compares prices of two shirts. The
2. Collin spends 12% of his monthly
short-sleeved one costs $14 and the
income on his car. He spends $310 a
long-sleeved one
month on his car. What is his monthly
income?
costs $22. The $14
A $387.00
sales tax rate is $22
6.5%. How much
B $757.39 more will the long-
C $2362.67 sleeved shirt cost after tax?
D $2583.33 A $8.00
E $3720.00 B $8.52
3. The Silverton’s are selling C $8.65
their house through a real- D $9.03
estate broker who charges E $9.43
a 7% sales commission. If
6. Five percent of what number is 235?
they wish to have $132,000
after the 7% commission is A 11.75
subtracted, what must the selling price of B 47
the house be? C 470
A $125,000 D 1175
B $141,240 E 4700
C $141,935
7. Amber buys an antique table for $55
D $142,940 at an auction and later sells it in her
E $145,620 antique shop for $135. What is her
percent profit?
A 145.5%
B 120%
C 80%
D 40.7%
E 2.5%
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8. On Wednesday 288 pints of blood are Use the table for Questions 12 and 13.
collected at a blood drive. The next day Bicycles Advertisement
only 252 pints of
blood are collected. Type of Bike Regular Price
What is the percent
12” Bike with Training $54.99
decrease?
Wheels
1%
A __
8 16” Trick Bike $149.99
B 4% 16” Mountain Bike $179.99
C 8__1%
2 20” Mountain Bike $205.99
D 12__ 1%
20” Racing Bike $267.99
2
E 36% 12. If all bikes are 15% off, how much will
9. On a math test, Clarence answered 84% the 20” mountain bike cost if the sales
of the questions correctly. If he answered tax rate is 7%?
63 questions correctly, how many A $158.95
questions were on the test? B $163.70
A 63 C $172.93
B 72 D $187.35
C 75 E $243.74
D 78 13. If all bikes are 20% off, what is the
E 84 savings between the 16” mountain bike
10. Bart can earn 4% interest on his money and the 20” mountain bike, before tax?
when invested properly. How much A $20.80
money must he invest if he wants to B $26.00
earn $3500 in interest per year? C $44.80
A $8750 D $49.60
B $14,000 E $62.00
C $87,500
D $114,286
E $140,000
11. Lynnette sells automobile insurance. Her
commission rate on all sales is 6.4%. If
her sales this month were $35,672, how
much commission did she earn?
A $179.42
B $557.38
C $1426.88
D $2140.32
E $2283.01

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12.1.5.b Solve problems involving factors, multiples, or prime factorization.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. The concession stand owner buys hot
of the best answer. dogs in packages of 48 and hot dog
buns in packages of 32. What is the
1. Which list shows all the factors of 32?
least number of hot dogs and buns that
A 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 the owner can buy to have an equal
B 25 number of each?
C 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 A 64
D 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 B 80
E 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 C 96
2. What is the least common multiple of 15 D 128
and 40? E 1536
A 5 5. A sporting goods store updates its
B 8 inventory every time a customer
C 120 purchases something. Softballs come in
D 240 packages of 4 or 12. When the inventory
sheet showed that the store still had
E 600 272 softballs, a sales clerk claimed that
3. When working on a project in math this was incorrect. The clerk was correct
class, the teacher has the class work in because 272 is not divisible by what
groups of 4 or 6 or 8. When no students number?
are absent, there is one student left over A 2
after the students have been assigned B 4
to groups. Which of the following could
C 8
be the number of students in the math
class? D 12
A 18 E 16
B 24 6. 36 is not a factor of 192 because:
C 25 A 192 is not a prime number.
D 33 B 36 is not a prime number.
E 37 C 6 is not a factor of 192.
D 9 is not a factor of 192.
E 4 is not a factor of 192.

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7. A bicycle manufacturing company 10. Which is the prime factorization of 404?

inspects its bicycles as they are made A 404 D 50  2 4
on the assembly line. The table below
B 404 E 101  22
shows the inspector, what bicycle is
checked, and what part of the bicycle is C 2  2  100
inspected. 11. You have a collection of 36 model trains
Inspector Bicycle Number Inspection and 21 model cars. You want to arrange
your collection on shelves with the same
Judith every 10th paint number of models on each shelf. What is
Mitchell every 25th brakes the smallest number of shelves you will
need?
Some bicycles could receive both A 3 shelves
inspections. If 2000 bicycles are
B 4 shelves
produced in a day, how many of them
receive both inspections? C 9 shelves
A 10 D 16 shelves
B 25 E 36 shelves
C 40 12. Tyson has 30 red carnations and
D 50 48 white carnations. Tyson needs to
create some flower arrangements with
E 80
the same number of red and white
8. Mrs. Nicholson’s class has 24 students carnations. What is the greatest number
and Mr. Salkil’s class has 30 students. of arrangements he can make?
Each class is having a competition so A 2 D 8
each class is divided into several teams.
B 3 E 12
What is the greatest number of people
on a team if both classes have teams C 6
that are equal in size? 13. A store is having a promotion where
A 2 people random customers who enter the store
B 3 people will receive a gift. The table below shows
the gifts and how often they are won.
C 6 people
Which customer will be the first to win
D 9 people both a free hat and gift card?
E 12 people
Gift Customer
9. Margot walks her neighbor’s dog every
Free Hat Every 12th customer
3rd day. Her friend Karen walks her
neighbor’s dog every 5th day. They both Free $10 gift card Every 25th customer
walk the dogs on July 1st. On what date
A 20th customer
will they next both walk the dogs?
B 37th customer
A July 3rd
C 60th customer
B July 5th
D 200th customer
C July 15th
E 300th customer
D July 16th
E August 1st

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Test Preparation Practice

Measurement

12.2.1.c Estimate or compare perimeters or areas of two-dimensional geometric figures.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the following information for
of the best answer. Questions 4–7.
1. What is the approximate circumference The radius of a circle, the height of a
of a DVD? triangle, and the width of a rectangle
A 6 inches are all the same length. The base of the
triangle and the length of the rectangle
B 9 inches
are both twice the radius of the circle.
C 13 inches
D 18 inches 4. Which lists the figures in order of
increasing area?
E 24 inches
A circle, triangle, rectangle
2. Manuel is renting a storage unit for his B triangle, rectangle, circle
classic car. Approximately what area of
C rectangle, circle, triangle
the floor will the car cover?
D triangle, circle, rectangle
A 40 feet
E circle, rectangle, triangle
B 40 square feet
C 15 square feet 5. Which lists the figures in order of
D 75 feet increasing perimeter or circumference?
E 75 square feet A circle, triangle, rectangle
B triangle, rectangle, circle
3. Felix is putting up a fence. The back yard
C rectangle, circle, triangle
measures 24 ft by 32 ft. The fence will
be set 4 feet in from the edge on all four D triangle, circle, rectangle
sides. What is the approximate perimeter E circle, rectangle, triangle
of the enclosed yard?
6. If the base of the tiangle is 6 inches,
A 1000 feet what is the approximate perimeter of the
B 750 feet triangle?
C 250 feet A 8 inches
D 100 feet B 10 inches
E 75 feet C 12 inches
D 14 inches
E 18 inches
7. If the diameter of the circle is 8 feet, what
is the approximate area of the circle?
A 5 square feet
B 16 square feet
C 24 square feet
D 32 square feet
E 48 square feet

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8. The distance from home plate to the Use the following information for
pitcher’s mound is about 20 yards. About Questions 11–13.
how many square yards is a baseball
A pizza shop displays the following chart
diamond?
of pizza diameters in its store window.
A 9 yd2
B 90 yd2 Pizza Sizes
C 900 yd2 Small 8 in.
D 4200 yd2 Medium 10 in.
E 9000 yd2
Large 12 in.
9. What is the approximate area of the
bottom of a box in which you are to pack X-Large 14 in.
12 soup cans in 4 rows of 3 cans each?
11. What is the approximate circumference
A 50 square inches
of a small pizza pan?
B 100 square inches
A 12 inches
C 150 square inches
B 18 inches
D 200 square inches
C 16 inches
E 250 square inches
D 24 inches
10. A rectangular design has a single stripe E 48 inches
from the upper left corner to the lower
right corner. The length of the stripe 12. What is the approximate difference in
is about 5.2 cm and the length of the area of a medium and an X-large pizza?
rectangle is about 4 cm. What is the A 72 square inches
approximate perimeter of the rectangular B 24 square inches
design?
C 48 square inches
A 18 cm
D 12 square inches
B 14 cm
E 96 square inches
C 12 cm
13. What is the approximate difference in
D 9 cm
circumference of a medium and a large
E 6 cm pizza?
A 2 inches
B 4 inches
C 6 inches
D 8 inches
E 10 inches

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12.2.1.d Estimate or compare volume or surface area of three-dimenional figures.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Grant made a paper-mache sphere with
of the best answer. a 2-ft diameter. Ashley made her sphere
with a 16-inch radius. Whose sphere has
1. How much greater is the volume of a
the greater volume, and by about how
waffle cone with height 18 cm and radius
many times is it greater?
5 cm than a waffle cone with a height of

Hint: V ⫽ 4pr3 
9 cm and a radius of 5 cm? 3
______

A 235.5 cm3
B 353.25 cm3
C 471 cm3
2 ft
D 706.5 cm3
E 1413 cm3
16 in.
2. A number cube has side lengths of 2 cm.
A decorative cube has side lengths of A Grant; almost 0.5 times as big
6 cm. How much greater is the surface B Grant; at least 2 times as big
area of the decorative cube than the C Ashley; about 1.5 times bigger
surface area of the number cube?
D Ashley; exactly 2 times bigger
A 9 times greater
E Ashley; almost 2.5 times bigger
B 16 times greater
C 24 times greater 5. A label needs to be wrapped around the
D 192 times greater cylindrical part of the medicine bottle
shown. What is the approximate surface
E 216 times reater
area of this part of the bottle?
3. About how many cubic inches of yogurt 8 mm
can fit in a cylindrical container with a
radius of 2 inches and a height of
5 inches?
A 20p in3 52 mm
B 18p in3
C 15p in3
D 10p in3
E 8p in3 A 1000 mm2
B 1500 mm2
C 2000 mm2
D 2500 mm2
E 3000 mm2

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6. Which figure has the greatest volume? 8. A rectangular prism has a height of
8 m, a width of 5 m and a length of
A 10 m 12 m. If the length and width of the prism
4m are doubled, how does this affect the
volume of the original prism?
A The volume of the new prism is the
B same as the original prism.
5m B The volume of the new prism is 0.5
times as large as the original prism.
4m
6m C The volume of the new prism is 2
times as large as the original prism.
C 9m D The volume of the new prism is 4
times as large as the original prism.
E The volume of the new prism is 8
times as large as the original prism.

D 8m 9. Estimate the volume of the triangular

prism.
8m
8m
E 16 m 9 cm
3m

7. If Paul wraps a gift in a box that has 12 cm

each dimension 3 times the dimensions
of the box shown, what amount of
wrapping paper will he need? 6 cm
1 A 72 cm3
2 ft
B 220 cm3
1
ft C 360 cm3
2 14 ft 3
D 420 cm3
A 1 ft2 E 650 cm3
B 10 ft2
10. The surface area of a sphere with a
C 30 ft2
diameter of 8 inches is about 201 square
D 36 ft2 inches. About how many times greater
E 42 ft2 is the surface area of a sphere with a
diameter of 32 inches?
A 9 times greater
B 16 times greater
C 32 times greater
D 201 times greater
E 3200 times greater

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Measurement

12.2.1.e Solve problems involving the coordinate plane such as the distance between two
points, the midpoint of a segment, or slopes of perpendicular or parallel lines.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. What is the equation of the line?
of the best answer. y
5
1. Which line on the graph has a negative 4
slope? 3
a y b 2
5 1
x
4
c ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
3 ⫺1
2 ⫺2
1
x ⫺3
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺4
⫺1 ⫺5
⫺2 d
⫺3 A y  3x
4
e ⫺4 B y  3x 4
⫺5
C yx
2
A line a D line d 3x 2
D. y  __
B line b E line e 4
3
E y x
2
__
C line c 4
2. The line shown contains the points 4. What is the slope of the line
(
2, 4) and (2,
2). What is the slope 1x
perpendicular to the line y  __ 6?
of the line? 2
A
2
y 1
5 B
__
2
4
3 1
C __
2 6
1 1
D __
x 2
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1 E 2__1
⫺2 6
⫺3
5. What is the equation of the line that
⫺4
⫺5
is parallel to y  4x 1 and passes
through the point (
3, 4)?
A
__3 D 1 A y  4x
8
2
2 3 B y  4x
7
B
__ E __
3 2 C y  4x 1
2
C __ D y  4x 16
3
E y  4x
20

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Use the graph for Questions 6 and 7. 10. The vertices of a right triangle are
y (
3,
1), (
3, 3) and (1, 3). What is the
5 length of the hypotenuse?
4 
A 16 D 2
5
3 
B B 4
2 E 2
2
1 C 4
x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 11. What is the slope of a line that contains
⫺1
⫺2 the points (9, 3) and (4, 3)?
A ⫺3 A undefined
⫺4
B __5
⫺5
6
6. What is the distance between points A C 0
and B ? 6
D ___
A 2 D 10 13
B 4 E 100 6
E __
5
C 8
_
7. What is the midpoint of AB ? Use the diagram for Questions 12 and 13.
A (0,
1) y
B (
1, 0) 5
4
C (
2, 2) D (⫺2, 3) 3 C (5, 3)
D (0,
2) 2
1
E (0, 1) x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺10 1 2 3 4 5
8. What is the distance between points ⫺1
A (⫺4, ⫺1) ⫺2 B (3, ⫺1)
(4, 6) and (7,
6)?
⫺3
A 8 ⫺4
B 12 ⫺5

C 3
17
 12. What is the_equation of the line
D
157
 containing AB ?
E 5
31
A y 
1
9. Find the value of t so that the slope of B x 
1
the line joining points (t,
4) and (5, 3)
1. C 2x 7y  1
is __
2 D 2x 7y  15
A t 
9
E
7x y  29
B t7 _
13. Find the equation of the line of CB in
C t8
standard form.
D t9
A y 
1
E t  19
B x 
1
C y  2x
7
D y  2x
13
1x
4
E y  __
2
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12.2.1.h Solve mathematical or real-world problems involving perimeter or area of plane

figures such as polygons, circles, or composite figures.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the figure shown for Questions 3–5.
of the best answer.
A
Use the figure shown for Questions 1 and 2.

92 cm 85 cm 123 cm
4 13 ft

3 23 ft C B
124 cm
1. Determine the perimeter of the 3. Determine the perimeter of triangle ABC.
rectangle. A 247 cm
1 ft
A 6__ B 254 cm
3
C 339 cm
B 8 ft
1 ft D 399 cm
C 12__
3 E 424 cm
D 16 ft 4. Determine the area of triangle ABC.
2 ft
E 18__
3 A 104.5 cm2
B 209 cm2
2. Determine the area of the rectangle.
C 5270 cm2
1 ft2
A 6__
5 D 10,540 cm2
B 13 ft2 E 15,810 cm2
7 ft2
C 13__ 5. A rectangle has a length of CB and its
9
width is the height of triangle ABC, what
8
D 15 ft2
__
9 is the area of the rectangle?
1 ft2 A 104.5 cm2
E 17__
3 B 209 cm2
C 5270 cm2
D 10,540 cm2
E 15,810 cm2

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6. A pond is represented on a bluerint as 9. Determine the area of a rectangle that is

shown. Find the perimeter of the pond. 4.5 cm long by 0.8 cm wide.
3.9 in. A 3.6 cm2
3.0 in. 1.9 in. B 4.8 cm2
C 5.3 cm2
D 7.2 cm2
3.3 in. 4.4 in. E 10.6 cm2

2.7 in. Use the figure for Questions 10 and 11.

A 15.3 in. 7.1 m
B 15.9 in.
7.2 m
C 17.8 in.
D 19.2 in.
E 22.2 in. 10.6 m
6.1 m
7. A fishing dock at a marina is in the
shape of a trapezoid as shown. 10. Determine the perimeter of the figure.
Determine the area of the dock. A 24.9 m
68 m B 41.6 m
C 42.6 m
29 m D 48.6 m
E 54.8 m
31 m 11. Determine the area of the figure.
2
A 49.5 m A 44.26 m2
B 1178 m2 B 98.28 m2
C 1435.5 m2 C 116.39 m2
D 2356 m2 D 232.78 m2
E 2871 m2 E 465.55 m2
8. Determine the area of the
circle. (Use p ⫽ 3.14.)
5 in.
A 39.25 in.2
B 78.5 in.2
C 157 in.2
D 314 in.2
E 628 in.2

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Measurement

12.2.1.j Solve problems involving volume or surface area of rectangular solids, cylinders,
cones, pyramids, prisms, spheres, or composite figures.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Determine the volume of a sphere with a
of the best answer.
1. Determine the volume of a waffle cone
 
4pr 3 .
radius of 2 ft. Hint: V  ____
3
A 16.75 ft3
with height 18 cm and radius of 5 cm.
Round to the nearest cubic centimeter. B 33.49 ft3
A 94 cm3 C 50.24 ft3
B 188 cm3 D 110.48 ft3
C 282 cm3 E 301.44 ft3
D 471 cm3
Use the figure shown for Questions 5
E 1413 cm3 and 6.

Use the picture for Questions 2 and 3.

20 mm

100 mm

2 in.
5. Determine the surface area of the
2. Determine the surface area of one fair medicine bottle given a height of
die. 100 mm and a radius of 20 mm.
A 4 in.2 A 2512 mm2
B 6 in.2 B 6908 mm2
C 8 in.2 C 10,048 mm2
D 16 in.2 D 12,560 mm2
E 24 in.2 E 15,072 mm2
3. Determine the volume of both fair dice. 6. Determine the volume of the medicine
A 4 in.3 bottle.
B 6 in.3 A 6280 mm3
C 8 in.3 B 1256 mm3
D 16 in.3 C 31,400 mm3
E 24 in.3 D 125,600 mm3
E 131,880 mm3

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Use the figure shown for Questions 7 and 8. 9. The volume V of a sphere is given by
4 pr 3. If the radius r of
the formula V  __
3 1 s, what is the
the sphere is equal to __
2
volume of the sphere?
2 ps3
A __
2 14 ft 3
B 2 ps

C ps3
1 1
3
ft ft 1 ps
2 D __
3
7. Determine the surface area of the gift. 1 ps3
E __
1 ft2 6
A 2___
12
10. Determine the volume of the triangular
1 ft2
B 2__ prism.
6
11
C 2___ ft2
12 16 cm
74 cm
D 3 ft2
1 ft2
E 4___
12 70 cm
8. Determine the volume of the gift.
1 ft3
A __
4 24 cm
3 ft3
B __ A 192 cm3
8
B 840 cm3
5
C ft3
__
8 C 13,440 cm3
1 ft3
D 1__ D 26,880 cm3
8
E 994,560 cm3
3 ft3
E 3__
8 11. The volume of a hemisphere is
718.38 m3. What is the radius?
A 2m
B 7m
C 12 m
D 14 m
E 21 m

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Measurement

12.2.1.l Solve problems involving rates such as speed, density, population density, or flow
rates.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the information below for Questions
of the best answer. 4 and 5.
1. The state of Michigan covers an area Density is defined as the amount of
of 96,810 square miles. In 2004, the matter present in a given volume of a
population of Michigan, according to substance, or mass divided by volume.
the United States Census Bureau, was
4. A student finds that 4.53 kilograms of a
9,938,444 people. What is the population
substance has a volume of 225 milliliters.
density of Michigan per square mile?
What is the density of the substance?
A 9 people per square mile
A 0.05 kg/L
B 10 people per square mile
B 5.00 kg/L
C 103 people per square mile
C 20.13 kg/L
D 130 people per square mile
D 47.22 kg/L
E 309 people per square mile
E 50.00 kg/L
2. A boat travels 195 miles for 13 hours.
What is the average rate of speed of the 5. At 20°C, the density of pure silver is
boat? 10.5 g/cm3. If a sample of silver has a
A 208 mph volume of 125 cm3, what is the mass of
the silver sample?
B 182 mph
A 0.05 g
C 50 mph
B 11.9 g
D 15 mph
C 625.9 g
E 8 mph
D 1312.5 g
3. The total area of Rhode Island is 1545 E 1875.5 g
square miles with a current population
of about 1,050,000. What is the 6. At Frost High School, there are 675
approximate population density of Rhode students, 42 teachers, and 5 custodians.
Island? What is the student to teacher ratio at
A 1 person per square mile this school?
B 54 people per square mile A 8:1
C 525 people per square mile B 16 : 1
D 680 people per square mile C 18 : 1
E 2225 people per square mile D 32 : 1
E 42 : 1

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7. Rebecca has a 250-gram sample of 10. What is the climber’s overall average
each substance listed in the table. rate for his entire hike?
Which substance has the greatest A 22.5 ft/min
volume?
B 18.8 ft/min
Substance Physical Density C 14.6 ft/min
State (g/cm3) D 9.3 ft/min
silver solid 10.5 E 6 ft/min
magnesium solid 1.74
iron solid 7.87 Use the information below for Questions
aluminum solid 2.70 11 and 12.
copper solid 8.96 A pump and piping system is used to
empty an oil tank at a rate of 125 gallons
A Silver per minute. The time t needed to empty
B Magnesium the tank is represented by the equation
c , where c is the capacity of the
t ⴝ ____
C Iron 125
D Aluminum tank.
E Copper
11. How long will it take to empty a 12,000
8. A bicyclist rides at an average rate of gallon oil tank?
10 miles per hour. How does it take the 3 hour
A __
bicyclist to travel 78 miles? 5
4 hour
B __
A 7.8 h 5
B 78 h
C 1 hour
C 450 h
D 468 h D 1.25 hours
E 780 h 3 hours
E 1 __
5
Use the information below for Questions
9 and 10. 12. Suppose the pump is not working
properly and the truck driver only has
A mountain climber hikes 1350 feet in one
2.5 hours to empty the 12,000 gallon
hour. He then rests for 45 minutes before
tank. What is the slowest the pump can
hiking an additional 1650 feet in 100
function to completely empty the tank in
minutes.
the given amount of time?
9. What is the climber’s average rate of A 45 gallons per minute
speed before his 45 minute break? B 80 gallons per minute
A 6.5 ft/min C 125 gallons per minute
B 13.5 ft/min D 200 gallons per minute
C 22.5 ft/min E 4800 gallons per minute
D 675 ft/min
E 1350 ft/min

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12.2.1.m Use trigonometric relations in right triangles to solve problems.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. What is the tangent of ⬔A?
of the best answer. 5
A ___
13
Figures are not drawn to scale.
5
B ___
Use the right triangle for Questions 1 to 3. 12
12
C ___
B 13
13 13
5 D ___
12
A C 12
E ___
12 5
1. What is the sine of ⬔A? 4. What is the length of the hypotenuse of
5
A ___ the right triangle? Round your answer to
13 the nearest hundredth.
5
B ___
12 ?
12 9
C ___
13 25°
D 13
___ A 3.80
12
12 B 8.16
E ___
5 C 9.93
2. What is the cosine of ⬔A? D 19.3
5
A ___ E 21.30
13
5. The length of side a is 24. The tangent
5
B ___ 12 . What is the length of the
of ⬔A is ___
12 5
12
C ___ hypotenuse?
13
13 A
D ___
12 c
b
12
E ___
5 B
24 C
A 5
B 12
C 26


D 兹 313


E 12兹5

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6. Which of the following has the same 9. What is the length of x ? Round your
value as sin A? answer to the nearest hundredth.
B

A x 25
C
A sin B
B cos A
45°
C cos B A 17.00
D tan A B 17.68
E tan B C 24.04
7. What is the length of x ? Round your D 25.00
answer to the nearest hundredth. E 37.42
10. The sun has an angle of elevation of 42°.
How long a shadow, x, does a person
64 inches tall make?

12 feet x

64 in.
42°
75° x
A 3.11 feet A 42.82 in.
B 9.32 feet B 47.56 in.
C 10.42 feet C 57.63 in.
D 11.59 feet D 71.08 in.
E 12.42 feet E 86.12 in.
8. A boat is pulling a parasailer. The line 11. An 18-inch diagonal of a rectangular
to the parasailer is 1200 feet long. The picture frame creates a 30°–60°–90°
angle between the line and the water triangle. What is the length of the longest
is about 32°. About how high is the side of the picture frame?
parasailer? Round to the nearest foot.
A 9.0 in.
B 15.59 in.
1200
x C 20.78 in.
32° D 31.18 in.
E 36.0 in.
A 640 feet D 1415 feet
B 749 feet E 2264 feet
C 1017 feet

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12.2.2.a Select or use appropriate type of unit for the attribute being measured such as
volume or surface area.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. The volume of a hemisphere is
of the best answer. 661.52 ft3. What unit of measure is NOT
acceptable for the radius?
Use the information below for Questions
1 and 2. A feet
B inch
A traffic cone has a perpendicular height
of 28 inches. The circumference of the C yard
opening in the base of the cone is 24.7 D meter
inches. E gram
1. To determine the volume of a traffic
cone, its radius must be measured. 4. Which units could be used to express
What unit corresponds to the radius of a the surface area of a tent?
traffic cone? A square meters
B cubic yards
C inches
D cubic inches
E centimeters

5. A rectangular gift box has a volume of

3625 cubic inches. What is the most
likely unit of measure of each side?
A cubic feet A square inches
B square centimeter B cubic feet
C inch C square feet
D gram D inches
E quart E kilograms

2. A student determines that the volume of 6. What is the appropriate unit of measure
the cone is 452.8 in2. Why is this NOT for the amount of wrapping paper
correct? needed to wrap a gift box?
A The unit should be inches. A yards
B The volume is 522 in2. B cubic feet
C The measure for diameter was used. C cubic inches
D The unit should be cubic inches. D square inches
E Cannot be determined E rolls

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7. The side lengths of an irregularly-shaped 10. When determining the difference

marble slab is shown. In order to find in volumes of the two cans shown,
the volume of the marble slab, what what unit of measure, if any, should
dimension do you need to know? correspond to your answer?

6.31 cm 3.5''
4.76 cm
7.4 cm
4''
6.25 cm 3.25''
4.27 cm 2.9 cm 1.25''

A Radius
A inches
B Capacity
B square inches
C Surface Area
C cubic inches
D Perimeter
D fluid ounces
E Height
E No unit of measure
8. Suppose that you need to know the
11. Determine the surface area of a roll of
amount of material needed to make a
paper towels with a height of 35.4 cm
basketball. You already know that the
and a diameter of 20 cm. (Hint: Use
distance around the basketball is 69
SA ⫽ 2pr 2 ⫹ 2prh and p ⫽ 3.14.)
centimeters. What other information do
you need? 20 cm
A The volume in cubic centimeters
B The radius in centimeters
C The surface area in square
centimeters
35.4 cm
D The weight in grams
E The circumference in centimeters

9. The volume of Earth can be expressed

using what unit of measure?
A square miles A 2851.12 in2
B kilograms B 2851.12 m2
C micrometers C 2851.12 lb2
D cubic meters D 2851.12 kg2
E light-years E 2851.12 cm2

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Measurement

12.2.2.b Solve problems involving conversions within or between measurement systems,

given the relationship between the units.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. If the recipe is to be tripled, how many
of the best answer. ounces of carrot juice are needed?
1. Justin is 5 ft 9 in. tall and Caleb is 71 in. A 12
tall. Which of the following statements is B 16
true? C 18
A Justin is 5 inches taller than Caleb. D 20
B Caleb is 3 inches taller than Justin E 24
C The boys are the same height.
5. What is the difference in length between
D Caleb is 3 inches shorter than Justin. 76 cm and 1 meter?
E Justin is 2 inches shorter than Caleb. A 14 cm
2. A home filtered water system is supplied B 24 cm
by 5 gallon jugs. How many 8 fluid ounce C 66 cm
glasses of water can be filled from the
D 86 cm
jug?
E 924 cm
A 640 glasses
B 80 glasses 6. In an 8-hour shift, Pam actually worked
530 minutes. How much overtime did
C 100 glasses
she work?
D 140 glasses
A 20 minutes
E 640 glasses 1 hour
B __
2
Use the recipe shown below for C 40 minutes
Questions 3 and 4.
D 50 minutes
Garden Vegetable Juice E 1 hour
2 quarts tomato juice __1 cup lemon juice
4 7. A crafter buys 3 meters of ribbon. She
3 cup carrot juice
__ 32 oz cold water uses 40 centimeters for one project and
4 70 centimeters for another project. How
3. What is the smallest container that will many meters of ribbon does she have
hold the ingredients? left?
A 3 quart A 1900 m
B 5 quart B 190 m
C 6 quart C 19 m
D 1 gallon D 1.9 m
E 2 gallon E 0.19 m

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8. A nurse must record a newborn baby’s 12. Tonya plants 4 seedlings of pine trees
weight in ounces to calculate the proper that grow about 18 inches in a year, for
amount of medication. If the newborn a windbreak. About how many feet will
3 pounds, how many ounces
weighs 6__ each seedling be in 5 years?
4 1 ft
does the newborn weigh? A 6__
2
A 96 ounces
B 71 ft
__
3 ounces
B 96__ 2
4 C 9 ft
C 108 ounces
D 16 ft
D 120 ounces
E 30 ft
E 216__1 ounces
4 13. Natalie baby-sits her neighbor’s children
each afternoon. How many hours did
9. The record for a javelin throw is 247 ft
she work for the week shown?
10 in. for women and 342 ft 2 in. for men.
How much further is the men’s record? Natalie’s Baby-sitting Records
A 95 ft 8 in. Weekday Time
B 95 ft 4 in.
Monday 1 hour 35 minutes
C 94 ft 4 in.
D 94 ft 2 in. Tuesday 2 hours 20 minutes
E 93 ft 6 in. 1 hours
Wednesday 1__
4
10. Manuel takes 500 milligrams of vitamin
Thursday 55 minutes
C daily. How many grams does he take
in a week? Friday 2 hours
1__
3
A 3.5 g
A 6 hours 50 minutes 3 hours
D 7__
B 35 g 4
C 350 g B 7 hours 1 hours
E 8__
3
D 3500 g
1 hours
C 7__
E 3,500,000 g 2
11. The rate of one knot equals one nautical 14. A cylindrical tank has a volume of
mile per hour. One nautical mile is 1852 640 ft3. What is this volume in cubic
meters. What is the speed in meters per inches?
second of a ship traveling at 25 knots? A 53.33 in3
A 46.3 m/s B 7680 in3
B 74.08 m/s C 23,040 in3
C 12.86 m/s D 96,160 in3
D 128.6 m/s E 1,105,920 in3
E 4.63 m/s

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Measurement

12.2.2.f Construct or solve problems (e.g. number of rolls needed for insulating a house)
involving scale drawings.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. A pair of binoculars magnifies an object
of the best answer. by 5 times its actual size. For example,
the binoculars make an object 100 feet
Figures are not drawn to scale.
away appear to be 20 feet away. When
1. A model dinosaur with a scale of viewing a concert using the binoculars,
1.5 in. ⫽ 10 feet is needed for an the drummer appears to be 15 feet away.
animated film. If the model dinosaur is What is the viewer's actual distance from
4.5 inches tall, what is the actual size of the drummer?
the dinosaur? A 3 ft
A 15 ft B 5 ft
B 25 ft C 30 ft
C 30 ft D 75 ft
D 45 ft E 100 ft
E 60 ft
4. You have a 4-inch by 6-inch photo
2. The model of the front face of a roof is that you want to enlarge proportionally
shown. and set on premium poster paper. The
premium poster paper costs $0.03 per
square inch. If you have $20 to spend
12 cm 12 cm on the paper, what is the greatest size of
poster you can buy?
18 cm A 12 in. by 18 in.
Scale 2 cm: 5 m B 16 in. by 24 in.
C 20 in. by 30 in.
If one roof shingle covers 0.5 m2, about D 24 in. by 36 in.
how many shingles do you need to cover
E 28 in. by 42 in.
the front face of the actual roof?
A 432
B 447
C 755
D 893
E 1510

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Use the diagram and information for Use the diagram and information for
Questions 5–7. Questions 8 and 9.
The floor plan of a garage is shown. The The floor plan of a deck is shown. The scale
garage height is 16 ft. of the diagram is 1 in.
10 ft. The measures
of the scale drawing are given.
16 ft
window 4.5 in.
1.0 in.
door
0.8 in.
20 ft

1.4 in.
garage door
staircase
2.0 in.
1.2 in.

5. The 14-in. by 14-in. square tile pieces for 8. The deck will have a railing around the
the garage floor cost $3.50 each. About outer edge, except for the staircase
how much money will it cost to cover the opening. About how much railing will be
garage floor with these tiles? needed?
A $320 D $1120 A 9 ft
B $435 E $4480 B 19 ft
C $826 C 45 ft
D 89 ft
6. Three walls (not including the wall
with the garage door) will be filled with E 99 ft
insulation. Each roll of insulation is 3 feet
wide by 18 feet long. About how many 9. The railing is sold in board lengths of 3
rolls of insulation are needed to insulate yards. How many boards will be needed
the three walls? for the railing?
A 56 D 19 A 10
B 27 E 12 B 18
C 25 C 22
D 27
7. The window is 3 feet by 5 feet, the door E 30
is 3 feet by 9 feet, and the garage door
is 8 feet by 13 feet. If one can of paint
covers 400 square feet, about how many
cans of paint will be needed to cover the
interior walls with two coats of paint?
A 1 D 10
B 2 E 12
C 5

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Geometry

12.3.2.c Perform or describe the effect of a single transformation on two- and three-
dimensional geometric shapes (reflections across lines of symmetry, rotations, translations,
and dilations).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. This figure appears to be symmetric with
of the best answer. respect to:
1. Which of the following terms is not a y
term representing a transformation?
A reflection
B dilation
C translation x
D rotation
E transportation
2. How many lines of symmetry does the
figure have?

A the x-axis only

B the y-axis only
C both the x-axis and y-axis
D neither the x- nor the y-axis
E itself
A 0 D 3 5. Identify the transformation from Figure A
B 1 E 4 to Figure B.
C 2 y
5
3. What is the transformation from Figure 1 4 Figure A
to Figure 2? 3
2
Figure B
1
x
⫺6⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4
⫺1
⫺2
Figure 1 Figure 2
⫺3
A translation D symmetry ⫺4
⫺5
B reflection E dilation
C rotation A magnification
B translation
C reflection
D dilation
E rotation

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6. Identify the transformation from figure A 8. Identify the transformation from figure A
to figure B. to figure B.
y y
5 5
figure B 4 figure A 4 figure A
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1 ⫺1
⫺2 ⫺2
⫺3 ⫺3
⫺4 figure B ⫺4
⫺5 ⫺5

A translation A translation
B reflection B reflection
C rotation C rotation
D dilation D dilation
E transition E none of the above
7. Identify the transformation from figure B 9. Which white trapezoid shows the
to figure C. position of the black trapezoid after
y
being reflected over the line?
5
figure B 4
3
2
1 A D
x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
figure C ⫺2
⫺3 B E
⫺4
⫺5

A translation C
B reflection
C rotation
D dilation
E none of these

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Geometry

12.3.2.d Describe the final outcome of successive transformations.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. What is the image of point (4, ⫺6) when
of the best answer. it is reflected across the x-axis and
translated up 2 units?
1. Identify the transformation from figure A
to figure B. A (⫺6, ⫺2)
y B (⫺4, 8)
figure A
5 C (⫺4, ⫺4)
4
3 D (⫺6, 6)
2 E (4, 8)
1
x 4. Identify the transformation from triangle
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ABC to triangle A⬘B⬘C⬘.
⫺1
⫺2
figure B y
⫺3 5
⫺4 B
4
⫺5 A
3
2
A translation, rotation 1
C x
B translation, reflection
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 C ⬘ 3 4 5
C reflection, dilation ⫺1
⫺2
D reflection, rotation ⫺3 A⬘
E dilation, rotation ⫺4 B⬘
⫺5
2. What are the coordinates of the image
of A when 䉭ABC is translated 3 units to A reflection, reflection
the left and 2 units down? B rotation, reflection
y C rotation, translation
6 D dilation, translation
A
E translation, translation
4

2
C B x
⫺2 0 2 4 6 8
⫺2

A (3, 7) D (3, 3)
B (9, 3) E (⫺1, ⫺1)
C (4, 2)

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5. Point P is translated to the right 2 units A y

5
and down 5 units. What rule describes 4
the translation? 3
2
A (x, y) : (x ⫹ 5, y ⫺ 2) 1
x
B (x, y) : (x ⫺ 5, y ⫹ 2) ⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
C (x, y) : (x ⫺ 2, y ⫹ 5) ⫺2
D (x, y) : (x ⫹ 2, y ⫺ 5) ⫺3
⫺4
E (x, y) : (x ⫹ 2, y ⫹ 5) ⫺5

6. Point A (2, ⫺3) is translated to the left B y

3 units and up 4 units. What are the 5
4
coordinates of A⬘? 3
A (⫺1, 1) 2
1
B (0, 0) x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
C (5, ⫺7) ⫺1
⫺2
D (⫺1, 7) ⫺3
⫺4
E (5, 1) ⫺5
7. Which of the graphs at right represents
C y
the image of the given triangle after a 5
180° rotation around (0, 0) followed by a 4
3
reflection across the x-axis? 2
y 1
x
5
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
4 ⫺1
3 ⫺2
2 ⫺3
1
x ⫺4
⫺5
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
⫺2 D y
⫺3 5
⫺4 4
⫺5 3
2
1
x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
⫺2
⫺3
⫺4
⫺5

E y
5
4
3
2
1
x
⫺5 ⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
⫺2
⫺3
⫺4
⫺5

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Geometry

12.3.2.e Justify relationships of congruence and similarity, and apply these relationships
using scaling and proportional reasoning.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 2. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF.
of the best answer. Find the measure of angle x.
Figures are not drawn to scale. A D
1. Which best represents a pair of similar
55°
figures?
A
64°
B C
x°
E F
A 32° D 116°
B B 61° E 119°
C 64°
3. The figures below are similar. What is
the perimeter of the smaller figure?
C 8
6
4
2
10
D
A 12 units D 26 units
B 14 units E 28 units
C 20 units

E 4. Which best completes

_ the congruence
statement? AC

A D

C B F E
_ _
A DE D DF
_ _
B FE E AB
_
C CB

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Use the similar figures for Questions 5 8. Which best completes

_ the congruence
and 6. statement? AB

14 E
7
n A 53°
17.5
53°
H
22.5
D
5. Which proportion can be used to solve
for n ? G F
A ____ n
7 ⫽ ____ B C
22.5 17.5 _ _
7 ⫽ ___
14 A HG D EH
B ____ n _ _
17.5 B EF E DC
_
C ___7 ⫽ ____
n
14 17.5 C FG
14 ⫽ ____
D ___ n
7 22.5 Use this information for Questions 9
22.5
7 ⫽ ____ and 10.
E ___ n
14 Triangle ABC is similar to triangle EFG.
6. What is the value of n?
A
A 8.75 E
B 10.9
44° 8
C 35 34°
24 F
D 45
10 G
E 54
7. Which theorem proves the two triangles
congruent? B
A D 30
C
B E 9. What is the scale factor?
A 24 D 3
B 12 1
E __
2
C 6
C F 10. What is the measure of angle B?
A SSS A 34° D 102°
B SAS B 44° E 132°
C AAS C 78°
D HL
E ASA

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Geometry

12.3.3.c Represent problem situations with geometric models to solve mathematical or real-
world problems.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 5. An architect has designed a restaurant
of the best answer. balcony as shown by the shaded regions.
If the flower boxes are to be placed
Figures are not drawn to scale.
along the outside edges of each balcony,
1. A circle has a circumference of 50.24 what length will be covered by the flower
feet. What is the radius of the circle? boxes, to the nearest tenth?
A 6 feet
B 8 feet 50 m 50 m
C 10__1 feet 40 m
2
D 12 feet 60 m
E 16 feet 46 m
2. A tile is in the shape of a 30°–60°–90°
60 m
triangle. The side across from the 30°
angle has a measure of 6.25 cm. What 40 m
is the measure of the hypotenuse of this 50 m 50 m
tile?

A 3 cm
A 166 m D 272.3 m
B 3.125 cm
B 236.5 m E 366.6 m
C 6.25 cm
C 246.0 m
D 12.5 cm
E 15 cm 6. A Frisbee has an area of 50.24 square
inches. What is the diameter of the
3. A school decides to increase the width Frisbee?
of its rectangular playground from 25 m
A 4 inches
to 40 m and the length from 45 m to 60 m.
By how much does the perimeter of the B 8 inches
playground increase? C 10 inches
A 30 m D 200 m D 12 inches
B 40 m E 225 m E 16 inches
C 60 m
4. If a parallelogram has an area of
240 square inches and the height is
18 inches, what is the length of the base?
A 6__2 inches D 2160 inches
3
B 13__ 1 inches E 4320 inches
3
C 26__ 2 inches
3
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7. Mrs. DiMoreto purchases the new rug Use the composite figure shown below
shown below for her living room floor. for Questions 10 and 11.
The rug measures 3 feet by 5 feet. Her
living room is 15 feet by 18 feet. How
many square feet of living room floor
does the rug NOT cover?

4m

3m 3m

3m

A 15 ft2 D 255 ft2

2m
B 156 ft2 E 270 ft2
C 245 ft2
5m
8. A cylindrical jar of salsa has a height of
2 inches and a volume of 14.13 cubic 10. What is the perimeter of the composite
inches. What is the radius of the jar? figure to the nearest tenth?
1 inches A 18.5 meters
A 1__
2 B 19.3 meters
1 inches
B 2__ C 20.5 meters
4
C 3 inches D 21.3 meters
D 5 inches E 25.5 meters
E 7 inches 11. What is the area of the composite
figure?
9. A shipping company orders a new
conveyor belt to move packages. The A 8 square meters
conveyor belt may be 20 inches longer B 21 square meters
or shorter than the belt shown below. C 25 square meters
What is the range of the perimeter, in D 42 square meters
feet, of the conveyor belt?
E 45 square meters

3 ft

8 ft
A 16  x  56
B 23  x  28
C 76  x  116
D 112  x  152
E 244  x  284

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Geometry

12.3.3.d Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve problems in two- or three-dimensional

situations.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. A light pole is 24 feet high. It is to be
of the best answer. stabilized with a guy wire stretched from
the top of the pole to a position 7 feet
Figures are not drawn to scale.
from the base of the pole. How long
1. In the right triangle shown, find the must the guy wire be to stabilize the
length of the unknown side. pole?

9 ft x ft

24 ft
12 ft

A. 21 feet
B 15 feet
7 ft
C 21 feet
D 54 feet A. 17 feet
E 108 feet B 25 feet
C 27 feet
2. In the right triangle shown, find the
length of the unknown side. D 31 feet
E 625 feet
13 4. A police officer leaves the station and
x
drives 9 miles east, then makes a right
turn and drives 21 miles south. How
12 far is the officer from the station to the
A. 1 nearest hundredth?
B 5 A 18.45 miles
C 25 B 18.46 miles
D 19.69 C 21.93 miles
E 313 D 22.85 miles
E 30.01 miles

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5. Reba has found that her cell phone will 8. Suppose you are making a sail in the
operate if it is no more than 17 miles shape of a right triangle. The length of
from a cell phone tower. If Reba lives the longest side is 65 ft. The sail is to be
8 miles north of the nearest tower, how 63 ft high. What is the length of the third
far west is she able to drive and still side of the sail?
operate her cell phone using that tower? A. 2 feet
B. 15 feet
17 mi 8 mi C. 16 feet
D. 90.52 feet
A. 9 miles E. 128 feet


B. 2兹34 miles 9. To ensure that tops, bottoms and sides
of a door frame meet at right angles,


C. 3兹14 miles the diagonals of the door are measured.
If the diagonals are equal, the tops,
D. 15 miles bottoms and sides meet at right angles.


E. 兹353 miles A door 78 inches high has diagonals
that are equal and are 84.5 inches long.
6. What is the length, to the nearest How wide is the door? Approximate
hundredth, of the diagonal of a square the answer and round to the nearest
whose side measures 20 inches? hundredth.
A. 24.83 in. A. 13.5 inches
B. 27.12 in. B. 32.50 inches
C. 28.28 in. C. 55.15 inches
D. 29.17 in. D. 65.91 inches
E. 30.00 in. E. 114.00 inches
7. Max’s school has a rectangular 10. Which of the following are measures of
courtyard that measures 96 meters by three sides of a right triangle?
72 meters. How much shorter is the walk A. 1, 2, 3
from the library to the school along the
B. 4, 7, 8
diagonal sidewalk than through point A?
C. 3, 7, 9
Library D. 10, 15, 20
E. 9, 12, 15
sidewalk
72 m

A 96 m

A. 48 m D 120 m
B 88 m E 168 m
C 96 m

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Geometry

12.3.4.d Represent two-dimensional figures algebraically using coordinates and/or

equations.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. Which of the following sets of ordered
of the best answer. pairs do NOT lie on or within the
triangle formed by the intersection of the
1. What figure is formed by the intersection following lines?
of the four lines given below? 1x  5
y
__ 5
y
y
2x  3 y 2
5 x
2 3
1x  1
y
 __
2 3 y
1
1
y
2x  4 x
1 ⫺5 ⫺3 ⫺1 1 3 5
1x  4 x ⫺1
y
 __ ⫺5 ⫺3 ⫺1 1 3 5
2 ⫺1
⫺3
A Triangle
⫺3
B Circle ⫺5
⫺5
C Rectangle
A {(0, 2), (4, 1), (1, 3)}
D Rhombus
B {(2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1)}
E Trapezoid
C {(1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 5)}
2. If one side of a square is contained by D {(0, 5), (0, 3), (1, 1)}
the line y
4x  2, which equation E {(1, 3), (2, 3), (3, 1)
describes a line that could contain one
of the other 3 sides? 4. Which of the following best classifies
1x  2 the type of triangle formed by the
A y
__
4 intersection of the following lines?
B y
__ 1x  3
y

x  7
y
4
8
C y
4x  2 y
6
4
D y
4x  3 x
⫺8 ⫺4 4 8
1x  2
E y
__
4 ⫺4

⫺8

A Isosceles, equiangular
B Right, isosceles
C Obtuse
D Acute, skew
E Obtuse, skew

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Use the coordinate grid below for 8. The set of ordered pairs, when plotted
Questions 5–7. on a coordinate plane and connected in
order, form what type of two-dimensional
y figure?
10
M 8
6 Q(⫺5, ⫺2), R(6, ⫺1), S(5, 10), T(⫺6, 9)
N
4
y
Q 2
x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10 8
⫺2 P
L ⫺4 4
⫺6
x
⫺8
⫺8 ⫺4 4 8
⫺10
⫺4
_
5. If QL is the hypotenuse of a right
⫺8
triangle, which of the following could be
the equations of the lines containing the
two legs? A Triangle
A y ⫽ ⫺8; x ⫽ 0 B Rectangle
B y ⫽ ⫺5; x ⫽ ⫺8 C Circle
C y ⫽ 5; x ⫽ ⫺8 D Rhombus
D y ⫽ x; x ⫽ ⫺5 E Trapezoid
E y ⫽ 0; x ⫽ ⫺8
9. The set of ordered pairs, when plotted
6. If QLZW is a regular trapezoid, which of on a coordinate plane and connected in
the following indicates where points Z order, form what type of two-dimensional
and W are located? figure?
A Z(⫺2, ⫺5) and W(⫺2, 0)
L(10, 14), M(14, 10), N(10, 6), P(6, 10)
B Z(3, ⫺5) and W(0, 0)
C Z(8, ⫺5) and W(6, 0) y
D Z(⫺4, ⫺5) and W(2, 2) 12
E Z(⫺8, 6) and W(⫺5, 2)
6
7. What type of triangle is QMP ? x
A Isosceles D Acute ⫺12 ⫺6 6 12

B Right E Equilateral ⫺6
C Obtuse
⫺12

A Rhombus
B Rectangle
C Square
D Parallelogram
E All of the above

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.1.a Read or interpret data, including interpolating or extrapolating from date.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the graph to answer Questions 3 and 4.
of the best answer.
The graph shows the number of cars
Use the graph to answer Questions 1 Richard sold during a 7-month period.
and 2.
60
A group of randomly selected students

Number of Cars
50
were asked to name their favorite food.
40
Favorite Foods
30
Spaghetti
20
Salad
10
Food

Tacos
0
Hamburgers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Pizza Month
Chicken fingers 3. Which data set could be described by
0 10 20 30 40 50 the line graph?
Number of Students A 10, 10, 30, 80, 90, 100, 110
B 50, 45, 40, 30, 13, 5
1. Estimate the number of students that
C 14, 12, 46, 20, 50, 56, 10
participated in the survey.
D 136, 34, 34, 56, 100, 2, 8
A 5
E 10, 15, 6, 45, 45, 10, 10
B 45
C 99 4. Between which two months did the
biggest increase in sales occur?
D 130
A Months 1 and 2
E 160
B Months 2 and 3
2. Approximately 5% of the students
C Months 3 and 4
surveyed voted for which food?
D Months 5 and 6
A Chicken fingers
E Months 6 and 7
B Hamburgers
C Salad
D Spaghetti
E Pizza

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Use the circle graph to answer Questions Use the table for Questions 7–9.
5 and 6.
The table shows the scores of a test in
The graph shows the number of people Professor Miller’s algebra class and the
who are uninsured (without health percent of students with scores in each
insurance) in the United States. interval. A score of 70 is passing.

Number (in thousands) of Uninsured Score Percent of Students

in U.S. for the Year 2003 90 and above 5%
Northeast
6,919 80–89 13%
West 70–79 20%
11,674
Midwest 60–69 43%
7,748
59 and below 19%
South 7. What percent of students passed the
18,621 test?
5. In which two regions are approximately A less than 5%
the same number of people uninsured? B more than 5% and less than 10%
A Northeast and Midwest C more than 10% and less than 20%
B Midwest and South D more than 35%
C South and West E exactly 20%
D West and Midwest 8. What percent of students did NOT pass
E South and Northeast the test?
6. How many people are uninsured in the A 5%
South? B 38%
A 6919 C 40%
B 7748 D 55%
C 18,621 E 62%
D 7,748,000 9. One possible conclusion that can be
E 18,621,000 made about the exam is:
A The students were well prepared.
B The students were not well prepared.
C The test was easy.
D The teacher knew the material.
E The students enjoyed the test.

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.1.b For a given set of data, complete a graph and then solve a problem using the data
in the graph (histograms, scatterplots, line graphs).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 2. What is the value of y when x
10?
of the best answer. A 25
Use the scatter plot to answer Questions B 35
1 and 2. 50 C 38
45
40 D 42
35 E 48
30
3. Which scatter plot shows a positive
y

25
20 correlation between two variables for a
15 set of data?
10
5 A y B y
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
x

1. Which of the following graphs best

describes the relationship between the
x x
variables x and y?
A B C y D y

y y

x x x x

C D E y

y y

x x x

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Use the histogram for Questions 4 and 5. Use the scatter plot with its trend line to
answer Questions 6 and 7.
Enrollment
Price of Novels Vs.
6 No. of Pages in Novel
5 45
Frequency

40
4

Price (in dollars)

35
3 30
2 25
1 20
0 15
1–10 11–20 21–30 31–40 10
4. The histogram represents which data set?
5
0
A 32, 18, 9, 25, 31, 28, 19, 22, 27, 32, 14 0 100 200 300 400 500
B 22, 18, 9, 35, 31, 28, 19, 22, 27, 32, 14 No. of Pages
C 22, 8, 9, 25, 31, 28, 19, 22, 27, 32, 14 6. Which statement is strongly supported
D 22, 18, 9, 25, 31, 28, 19, 22, 27, 32, 14 by the scatter plot?
E 22, 18, 9, 25, 31, 18, 19, 22, 27, 32, 14 A As the novel gets longer, the price of
the novel decreases.
5. How many classes have an enrollment
B As the number of pages in the novel
greater than 20?
decreases, the price of the novel
A 2 increases.
B 4 C As the number of pages increases,
C 5 the price of the novel increases.
D 3 D There is no relationship between the
E 7 number of pages in a novel and its
price.
E Regardless of the length of a novel,
the price of the novel stays the same.

7. What is the difference between the

price for a 300-page novel on the trend
line and the actual price of a 300-page
novel?
A $0
B $1
C $3
D $6
E $8

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.1.c Solve problems by estimating and computing with univariate or bivariate data
(including scatter plots and two-way tables).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot
of the best answer. for Questions 3–5.
Use the line graph to answer Questions 1 Number of Visitors
and 2. Toniville Stem Ft. Humble
The graph shows the average daily 9 9 9 1
temperatures for one week in Anchorage, 1 2 3 4 2
Alaska. 0 2 3 5 6 3 1 3 3 3 6 6 7 9
Daily Average Temperature 4 1 1 2 2
25 Key: 9
1 means 19 and 3
1 means 31
Temperature (°F)

20
15 3. What is the mean number of visitors to
10 Toniville?
5
A 37
0
⫺5 B 26
⫺10 C 36
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat D 27
Day
E 23
1. How many days had average 4. What is the median number of visitors to
temperatures below 0° F? Ft. Humble?
A 0 A 36
B 1 B 36.5
C 2 C 37
D 3 D 37.5
E 4 E 33
2. Approximate the lowest daily 5. What is the difference between the mode
temperature for the given week. of visitors to Toniville and the mode of
A 2° F visitors to Ft. Humble?
B 0° F A 33
C ⫺3° F B 19
D ⫺4° F C 52
E ⫺7° F D 26
E 14

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Use the line graph to answer Questions Use the Graph for Questions 9 and 10.
6–8.
The scatter plot shows the annual number
The line graph gives the entertainment of dial-up modems sold at three different
expenses of a family for 6 weeks. stores over a period of 5 years.
Entertainment Expenses Dial-up Modems Sold
$140 7

Number Sold (100s)

$120 6
$100 5
Amount

$80 4
$60 3
$40 2
$20 1
$0
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5
Week Year
6. During which week did the family spend 9. What type of correlation is shown?
the most on entertainment expenses?
A none
A Week 1
B negative
B Week 2
C positive
C Week 3
D reduced
D Week 5
E absolute
E Week 6
10. Which is the most reasonable annual
7. Estimate the total expenses for weeks 4 average of dial-up modem sales to
and 5. predict for a store in Year 6?
A $20 A 650
B $30 B 500
C $40 C 350
D $50 D 200
E $60 E 50
8. What is the approximate difference
between the most expensive week and
the least expensive week?
A $30
B $50
C $70
D $80
E $100

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.1.d Given a graph or a set of data, determine whether information is represented

effectively and appropriately (bar graphs, box plots, histograms, scatterplots, line graphs).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the pictogram to answer Questions 3
of the best answer. and 4.
Use the graph to answer Questions 1 The graph shows the average attendance
and 2. at football games at Big University.
Price per share of Busy Motors, Inc. Stock Attendance at Football Games
90
80 2005
Price (dollars)

70 2004
60
50 2003

Year
40 2002
30 2001
20
10 2000
0 1999
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
0 5 10 15 20
Year
Number of People (thousands)
1. What is the approximate value of the
2,000 people
stock for the year 1997?
3. What is the difference between the
A $67
greatest number of people attending and
B $70 the least number of people attending?
C $72 A 8 D 8,000
D $75 B 10 E 10,000
E $80 C 6,000
2. During which period was the stock price 4. The university received extra funding
increasing? for its football program if the average
A 1990–2002 attendance was over 16,000. For which
B 1996–2001 year(s) did the university receive extra
C 1990–1998 funding?
D 1994–2000 A 1999, 2000 D 2002, 2003
E 2000–2001 B 2001 E 2004, 2005
C 1999

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5. The data gives the scores of an exam. 7. Which set of data below is represented
by the histogram?
99 55 78 91 30 82 88 92 69 35
High Temperatures
79 70 82 45 38 54 92 87 14
80 34 40 30 87 92 94 48 73 12

Number of Days
Which is a possible set of intervals for a 10
histogram of this set of data? 8
A 10 to 29, 30 to 49, 50 to 79 6
B 20 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 4
60 to 69, 70 to 79, 80 to 89 2
C 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, 0
50–54 55–59 60–64 65–70
70 to 79, 80 to 89, 90 to 100
Temperature
D 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, 70 to 79,
80 to 89, 90 to 100 A Temperature Frequency
E 60 to 69, 70 to 79, 80 to 89, 90 to 100 50–54 2
55–59 5
6. Which statement is NOT supported by
60–64 11
this graph?
65–70 3
Number of Televisions
in Households B Temperature Frequency
60
Number of Homes

50–54 0
50
55–59 4
40 60–64 10
30 65–70 2
20
10 C Temperature Frequency
50–54 1
0
0 1 2 3 4 55–59 4
Number of Televisions 60–64 14
A The number of households which 65–70 2
have two televisions is more than 20.
D Temperature Frequency
B The number of households which have
1 television is greater than the number 50–54 1
of households which have no televisions. 55–59 4
60–64 12
C The number of households which
have 4 televisions is greater than the 65–70 3
number of households which have 3
E Temperature Frequency
televisions.
50–54 3
D No household has 7 televisions.
55–59 12
E The number of households which 60–64 4
have 3 televisions is less than 40. 65–70 1

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.2.a Calculate, interpret, or use mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range, or
standard deviation.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the information below to answer
of the best answer. Questions 5–7.
Use the data to answer Questions 1–4. Sara’s test scores for her anatomy class
have a mean of 96 with a range of 8.
The following data are the weights (in
pounds) of eight competition dogs. 5. The sum of Sara’s test scores is 576.
How many tests has she taken?
123, 145, 105, 98, 130, 111, 87, 105 A 3 D 6
1. Find the range of the data. B 4 E 7
A 35 C 5
B 45 6. Sara’s highest test score is 98. What is
C 58 her lowest test score?
D 63 A 70 D 85
E 70 B 75 E 90
2. Find the median of the data. C 80
A 98 7. If Sara maintains her average of 96,
B 105 she will win a prize for having the
C 108 highest average in the class. What is the
minimum score she needs on the next
D 110.5
test to maintain her average of 96?
E 114
A 92 D 98
3. Find the mode of the data. B 94 E 100
A 87 C 96
B 98
8. Which number, if added to the data set,
C 100 would affect the mean the most for the
D 105 data set below?
E 123 {11, 98, 23, 18, 29, 9, 15}
4. Find the mean of the data. A 11 D 29
A 98 B 15 E 98
B 100 C 18
C 110
D 113
E 130

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Use the data set {15, 30, 20, 20, 35} to Use the data to answer Questions 13–16.
answer Questions 9 and 10.
9. Which statement is true about this data 4110240032224
set? 13. What is the median?
A The mean is 20. A 0 D 3
B The median is 20. B 1 E 4
C The mode is 30. C 2
D There is no mode.
14. What is the range of the data?
E The range is 25.
A 1 D 4
10. Which statement is NOT true about this B 2 E 5
data set? C 3
A The mean is 24.
B The range is equal to the median. 15. Which statement is true about the data?
C The mode is equal to the maximum A The mode is equal to the range.
value. B The mode is 0.
D The mode is equal to 20. C The difference between the median
E The mode is equal to the range. and the mode is 0.
D There is no mode.
11. Identify the measure of central tendency E The mean is 4.5.
that is being used in this statement
The average test score in mathematics 16. Find the mean.
for Chase Elementary school is 84. A 0
A mean D range B 1.01
B median E percentile C 1.92
C mode D 2.08
E 4
12. Identify the measure of central tendency
that is being used in this statement.
Mitchell’s salary is larger than that of half
of the employees at the company where
he works.
A mean D range
B median E percentile
C mode

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.4.b Determine the theoretical probability of simple and compound events in familiar or
unfamiliar contexts.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. What is the probability of the dart
of the best answer. landing on an even number or a prime
number?
Use the information and picture to answer
Questions 1–4. 1
A ___
16
Several numbers and letters are put on 3
B ___
cards. Bobbie hangs them on a wall, as 16
shown below, and randomly throws a dart 3
C __
at one of the cards. 8
5
D ___
5 A 3 S 32
B Z 8 M 11
E ___
18
N 7 2 U 4. What is the probability of the dart
E Q P 12 landing on the letter V?
A 0
1. What is the probability of the dart
3
B ___
landing on a vowel or on an even 64
number? 1
1 C __
A __ 4
5 9
D ___
B 5___ 16
16 5
3 E __
C __ 8
8
7
D ___ Use the information for Questions 5–7.
16
9 Each resident of a town casts one vote
E ___
14 for chairperson of the library board. Of
2. What is the probability of the dart the residents, 35% voted for Smith, 20%
landing on a consonant? voted for Masters, 25% voted for Hill, and
20% voted for Green.
2
A ___
35 5. What is the probability that a resident
4
B ___ voted for Smith or Hill?
25
A 0.15
3
C __
8 B 0.20
D 7___ C 0.35
16 D 0.55
7
E __
8 E 0.60

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6. What is the probability that a resident did 10. What is the probability that a teacher
NOT vote for Green? does not teach history?
A 0.20 1
A ___
12
B 0.45
1
B __
C 0.75 4
D 0.80 1
C __
E 0.85 3
D 11
___
7. What is the probability that a resident 12
neither voted for Masters nor Hill? E 1
A 0.15
11. What is the probability that a teacher
B 0.20 does not teach history or is a man?
C 0.55 1
A ___
D 0.70 20
1
B ___
E 0.80 12
11
C ___
Use the information for Questions 8–11. 30
A school has 60 teachers. Of the 40 male D 7
___
teachers, 2 teach history. One-twelfth 12
of all the teachers at the school teach 57
E ___
60
history.
12. Which pair of events is NOT mutually
8. What is the probability that a teacher is
exclusive?
a man or teaches history?
A Getting a 4 and getting an odd
1
A __
4 number when rolling one die
7 B Drawing a king and drawing a heart
B ___
12 when drawing one card from a deck
41
C ___ of playing cards
60 C Drawing a red card and drawing a
43
D ___ black card when drawing one card
60
from a deck of playing cards
59
E ___
60 D Getting a 5 and getting a 1 when
rolling a die
9. What is the probability that a teacher is
a woman or teaches history? E Selecting a green ball and selecting
a black ball when selecting one ball
13
A ___
60 from a crate of solid colored balls
1
B __
3
C 11
___
30
5
D __
6
57
E ___
60

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.4.c Given the results of an experiment or simulation, estimate the probability of simple
or compound events in familiar or unfamiliar contexts.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 2. What is the probability that Amanda will
of the best answer. not get tails on her next try?
Use the table for Questions 1–3. 1
A ___ D __1
34 2
Amanda tosses a fair coin and then 1 21
B __ E ___
rolls a 6-sided die several times. The 5 34
table shows all possible outcomes and 1
C __
Amanda’s frequency of getting each 4
outcome. 3. Which of the following is NOT true about
this frequency table?
Coin-Die Frequency
A The probability that Amanda gets
H-1 3 heads and the number 1 on her next
3.
try is ___
H-2 4 34
H-3 3 B The probability that Amanda gets
heads and an odd number is equal to
H-4 2 the probability that she gets tails and
H-5 1 an even number.
C The probability that an outcome has
H-6 4
heads and tails is 0.
T-1 3 D The probability that Amanda gets
heads and the number 6 is __ 1.
T-2 2 6
T-3 3 E The probability that Amanda gets tails
and an odd number is greater than
T-4 2 the probability she gets tails and the
T-5 4 number 4.
4. A town report shows that __4 of residents
T-6 3 5
own a vehicle and __1 of these vehicle
1. Based on this table, what is the 2
owners own a truck. There are 3000
probability that Amanda will get heads residents in the town. How many
and an even number when she tosses residents are likely to own a truck?
the coin and die?
A 500
5
A ___ 5
D ___
34 11 B 800
5
B ___ 9
E ___ C 1000
17 17
D 1200
5
C ___
12 E 2000

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Use the table to answer Questions 5–7. Use the information for Questions 8–11.
A quality inspector inspects 2000 pairs of
Dena collected data on the kind of
shoes and finds 1990 to have no defects.
sandwiches her customers order at her
deli shop. The table shows the results. 8. What is the probability that a pair of
shoes chosen at random will have no
Number of
defects?
Sandwich Customers
A 0.80 D 0.995
Pastrami 26
B 0.95 E 1.0
Ham 25
C. 0.98
Veggie 15
Steak 22 9. What is the probability that a pair of
shoes chosen at random will have
Tomato/Cheese 12
defects?
5. What is the probability that the A 0.005
next customer will order a pastrami
B 0.05
sandwich?
C 0.1
1
A ____ 1
D __
100 2 D 0.3
21
B ____ 67
E ____ E 0.9
100 100
13 10. Predict the number of pairs of shoes that
C ___ will NOT be defective when 600 shoes
50
are produced.
6. What is the probability that a customer
will not order a steak sandwich? A 100
21 69 B 488
A ____ D ____
100 100 C 550
22
B ____ 39
E ___ D 597
100 50
1 E 600
C __
4 11. Four thousand pairs of shoes are
7. What is the probability that a customer shipped to a large department store.
will order a sandwich without meat? Predict the number of shoes in the
3 69 shipment that are likely to have defects.
A ___ D ____
25 100 A 5
27
B ____ 49
E ___ B 10
100 50
37
____
C 20
C
100 D 30
E 40

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.4.e Determine the number of ways an event can occur using tree diagrams, formulas
for combinations and permutations, or other counting techniques.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 5. A basketball team has 15 members.
of the best answer. How many different ways can the coach
choose a captain?
1. A menu has 3 appetizers, 4 salads,
7 entrees, and 2 desserts. How many A 1
different 4-course meals can be made B 3
from this menu? C 5
A 16 D 15
B 84 E 45
C 91
D 168 Use the spinner for Questions 6 and 7.
E 183
1 2
2. The Personal Identification Number for a
bank must be a four-digit number. Each
digit can be a number between zero 3 4
and nine. How many possible Personal
Identification Numbers are there?
6. A boy is playing a game. He first
A 10 D 10,000
randomly picks a red, blue, or green ball
B 100 E 100,000 out of a bag and then spins the spinner.
C 1000 How many possible outcomes are there?
3. A man tosses a six-sided die four times. A 4
How many possible outcomes are there? B 7
A 6 D 64 C 12
B 62 E 64
46 D 24
C 63 E 50
4. A book club with 12 members needs a 7. Pat first randomly picks a red, blue, or
president, vice president, and treasurer. green ball out of a bag and then spins
How many ways can the club choose the the spinner. Which of the following is an
3 officers? outcome of this game?
A 4 A Blue, 3
B 12P3 B Red, Blue
C 12C3 C 2, Green
D 30C12 D Blue, Green
E 3P12 E 1, 4

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8. Armando wants to buy a television and 10. A stockbroker is selling 4 different

DVD player. An Appliance Store has 10 annuities, 6 different mutual funds, and
different televisions and 7 different DVD 8 different stocks. In how many ways
players from which to choose. How many can a client choose one of each type of
different pairs can Armando choose for a investment for his portfolio?
television and a DVD player? A 10
A 7 B 18
B 10 C 48
C 35 D 192
D 70 E 200
E 100
11. A website requires registered users
9. A coin is tossed two times. Which tree to have a password that consists of 5
diagram can you use to find the number letters. How many different passwords
of outcomes? are possible if no letters may be
A repeated?
A 130
H T B 3125
C 358,800
B
D 7,893,600
H T E 165,765,600
12. A gardener needs to choose four out of
eight brands of fertilizer. How many ways
H T
can he do this?
C A 8
B 32
H T C 35
D 60
H TH T E 70
13. Chris, a radio disc jockey, has 12 songs
D
to play during his morning show. In how
many ways can he play the songs?
H TH T
A 10!
E B 12!
C 14!
H TH TH T D 16!
E 18!

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.4.f Determine the probability of the possible outcomes of an event.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the information for Questions 3–6.
of the best answer.
A fair red die and a fair green die are
rolled.
Use the information for Questions 1 and 2.
3. Which of the following is the event that
Krista spins a spinner once. The spinner the sum of the dice is 7?
has six evenly spaced colors: red, yellow,
A {1-6, 2-5, 3-4, 4-3, 5-2, 6-1}
pink, green, blue, and white.
B {1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3}
W R C {1-1, 2-2, 3-3}
B Y D {4-4, 5-5, 6-6}
E {1-6, 3-4, 5-2, 4-4}
G P
4. What is the probability that a sum of 12
occurs?
1. What is the probability that when Krista
1
A ___ 2
D __
spins the spinner it will NOT land on 72 9
yellow?
1
B ___ 23
E ___
1
A __ D __2 36 72
6 3 5
2 5 C ___
B __ E __ 36
6 6
1 5. What is the probability that sum of the
C __ numbers is a multiple of 3?
2
2? 1
A __
2. Which event has a probability of __ 8
3
A The spinner lands on green. 1
B __
B The spinner does not land on green 6
or white. C 1
__
5
C The spinner lands on yellow or pink.
1
D __
D The spinner lands on red, yellow, and 3
green. 1
E __
E The spinner lands on brown. 2
6. What is the probability of getting a sum
less than 9?
A 1 : 8 about 0.45
B 1 : 9 about 0.58
C 1 : 10 about 0.72
D 1 : 11 about 0.75
E 1 : 12 about 0.84

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7. There is a 35% chance of rain tomorrow. 11. Which of the following events has the
What is the probability of NOT getting greatest probability?
rain tomorrow? A Drawing a burgundy marble
A 35% B Drawing a green or indigo marble
B 45% C Not drawing an indigo marble
C 55% D Not drawing a green marble
D 65% E Not drawing a purple marble
E 75%
12. Which event has about a 60% chance of
NOT occurring?
Use the information to answer Questions
8–12. A Drawing a purple marble
B Drawing a green or purple marble
A jar has indigo, purple, green, and
burgundy marbles. The probability of C Drawing an indigo marble
drawing an indigo marble is 0.40. The D Not drawing a burgundy marble
probability of drawing a purple marble E Not drawing a green marble
is 0.25. The probability of drawing a
13. A fair number cube is rolled. What is the
burgundy marble is 0.05.
probability that a number less than
8. What is the probability of drawing a 3 appears?
green marble? 1
A __
A 0.20 6
1
B __
B 0.30
3
C 0.35
C 1__
D 0.40 2
E 0.50 2
D __
3
9. What is the probability of NOT drawing a 5
E __
burgundy marble? 6
A 0.05
B 0.25
C 0.55
D 0.85
E 0.95
10. Which event has the probability of 0.45?
A Drawing a burgundy or indigo marble
B Drawing a green marble
C Drawing a green or indigo marble
D Drawing a yellow marble
E Drawing a burgundy, green, or indigo
marble

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Data Analysis and Probability

12.4.4.h Determine the probability of independent and dependent events.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. What is the probability of getting a 1 and
of the best answer. then NOT getting an even number?
Use the spinner to answer Questions 1–4. 1
A ___
64
4 1 3
B ___
64
4 2
5
C ___
3 3 64
4 4 D __1
4
1. What is the probability of spinning a 3 5
E __
8
once and then 3 again?
1
A ___
16 Use the information to answer Questions
1 5 and 6.
B __
9 A bag contains 20 marbles: 10 are brown
1
C __ and 10 are white. A marble is chosen
3 at random and is NOT put back into the
1
D __ bag. A second marble is then chosen at
2
random.
E 3
__
4 5. What is the probability of selecting a
2. What is the probability of spinning a 1, brown marble and then a white marble?
then a 3, and then a 2? 1
A __
4
1
A ____ 1
D __
300 8 5
B ___
19
1
B ____ 7
E __
256 8 2
C __
5
1
C ___
25 11
D ___
20
3. What is the probability of NOT getting a 3
E __
4 and then getting a 4? 4
1
A __ 1
D __ 6. What is the probability of selecting two
8 2
brown marbles in a row?
1
B __ 9
E __
4 8 A ___3 11
D ___
38 38
C 3
__
8 1
B __ 4
E __
4 5
C 9
___
38

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Use the information to answer Questions 10. Which pair of events is independent?
7–9. A Rolling a die and then drawing a card
Two fair number cubes are rolled. One from a deck of playing cards
cube is green and the other cube is blue. B Drawing two aces from a deck of 52
playing cards when the first card is
7. What is the probability that the product
not replaced
of the two numbers is less than 13 and
the blue cube is also a 4? C Drawing two odd-numbered tickets
1 1 from a jar when the tickets are drawn
A ___ D __ without replacement
16 2
B ___1 3
E __ D Drawing a red marble from a jar, not
12 4 putting it back into the jar, and then
C ___5 drawing a green marble
36
E Selecting 4 non white marbles from a
8. What is the probability of getting a sum jar without replacement
of 5 and the green cube is less than 5?
11. The spinner shown is spun once, and a
1
A ___ 1
D __ coin is flipped once.
72 6
1
B ___ 41
E ___
36 72
1 W B
C __
9
9. Which of the following statements is P
NOT true?
A The probability that the sum of the What is the probability of the coin
two cubes is less than 10 and the landing with heads up and the spinner
blue cube shows a 4 is ___5. landing on P ?
36
B. The probability that the product of 1
A __
5
the two cubes is less than 20 and the
1. 1
B __
blue cube shows a 6 is ___ 4
12
C The probability that the sum of the 1
C __
two cubes is less than 5 and the blue 2
cube shows an 1 is ___5.
36 D 3__
4
D The probability that the blue cube 5
shows a 6 and the green cube shows E __
6
1.
a 6 is __
6
E. The probability that the blue cube
shows a multiple of 3 and the green
1.
cube shows a 4 is ___
18

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Algebra

12.5.1.a Recognize, describe, or extend arithmetic, geometric progressions or, patterns

using words or symbols.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Which of the following number
of the best answer. sequences has a pattern?
1. Which of the following would be A 34 41 48 55 62
considered a pattern? B 24 26 23 25 24
A C 20 19 22 25 28
D 15 19 23 21 20
B E 36 38 40 39 37
5. Describe how the terms change in the
C following sequence.
5,7, 11, 17, 25, . . .
D
A The terms increase by 2.
B The terms increase by a power of 2.
E
C The terms increase by an odd
number.
2. What number appears in the 4th position D The terms increase by 2, then
of the given pattern? increase by 4, increase by 2, then 4.
24689246892468924689 E The terms increase by consecutive
A 9 even numbers.
B 4 6. Describe the operation performed on
C 2 one term to equal the next term?
D 6 600, 300, 150, 75, ...
E 8 A Divide by 300.
3. A number that repeats after the decimal B Divide by 2.
point is a rational number. A number that C Subtract 300.
has a pattern but does not repeat after D Subtract a power of 3.
the decimal point is an irrational number.
E Divide by a power of 3.
Which of the following is an irrational
number? 7. Which of the following represents an
A 3.33333 . . . arithmetic sequence?
B 3.03030303 . . . A 1250, 2500, 3500, 4750, . . .
C 3.13113111311113 B 8, 13, 18, 23, 28, . . .
_
D 3.027 C 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, . . .
E 3.1616161616 D 5, 9, 7, 11, 15, 13, . . .
E 5, 1,
3,
5,
7, . . .

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8. Which of the following is considered a 12. The ordered pairs shown form a
pattern? quadratic pattern.
A
x y

B 0 1
1 2
C
2 5

D 3 10
4 17
E 5 ??

9. What is the pattern in the sequence? What is the missing y-value?

A 10
96, 48, 24, 12, 6, . . .
B 22
A Subtract 48.
C 24
B Divide by 2.
D 26
C Divide by a power of 2.
E 28
D Multiply by 0.75.
E Divide by 0.5. 13. What shape appears in the 3rd position
of the pattern?
10. What is the pattern in the sequence?
6, 18, 54, 162, . . .
A Divide by 3.
B Divide by 0.3. A
C Multiply by 0.3. B
D Multiply by a power of 3.
C
E Multiply by 3.
D
11. What is the pattern in the sequence?
E
6.5, 42.25, 274.625, 1785.0625, . . .
A Increase by a power of 6.5. 14. As the x-values increase by 4, the
y-values:
B Multiply by 6.2.
C Add 37.75. x ⫺6 ⫺2 2 6 10
D Multiply by 3.375. y 12 9 6 3 0
E Multiply by a power of 3.
1.
A increase by __
2
B increase by 2.
1.
C decrease by __
2
D decrease by 3.
E decrease by ⫺3.

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Algebra

12.5.1.b Express the function in general terms (either recursively or explicitly), given a
table, verbal description, or some terms of a sequence.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the dot pattern for Questions 4–6.
of the best answer.
Use the table for Questions 1 and 2.

C° 0 10 20 30 40
4. Which best describes the dot pattern?
F° 32 50 68 86 104
A The number of dots in each rectangle
1. Which describes the pattern in the table? are multiples of 6.
A The Celsius temperatures increase B The number of dots in each rectangle
by 18° for every increase of 10° in the doubles from left to right.
Fahrenheit temperatures. C Each rectangle from left to right has
B The Fahrenheit temperatures are 32° one more row of dots and one more
more than the Celsius temperatures. column of dots than the previous
rectangle.
C The Celsius temperatures increase by
10° and the Fahrenheit temperatures D The diagonal of each rectangle from
have no pattern. left to right contains one more dot
than the previous rectangle.
D The Fahrenheit temperatures increase
by 18° for every increase of 10° in the E The rectangles are all similar to a 1
Celsius temperatures. unit by 2 unit rectangle.
E The Celsius temperatures are 5. What number sequence best represents
about 40° less than the Fahrenheit the dot pattern?
temperatures. A 1, 2 3, 4, 5
2. What Fahrenheit temperature B 1, 4, 9, 16, 25
corresponds to a Celsius temperature of C 2, 6, 18, 54, 162
50°? D 2, 6, 12, 20, 30
A 144° D 82° E 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
B 122° E 158°
6. What expression for an can be used to
C 140°
complete the table representing the dot
3. Which function best describes the pattern?
pattern shown in the table?
n 1 2 3 4 ... n
x 1 2 33 44 54
an 2 6 12 20 ... ?
y 1 8 27 64 125
A n2 D n(n  1)
A y
4x D y
9x B nn1 E 2n
B y
x2 E y
x  3x C nn1
C y
x3

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Use the table for Questions 7 and 8. Use the table for Questions 10 and 11.

x y People 1 2 3 4 5

34 94 Conversations 0 1 3 6 10

64 18 10. Which describes the pattern in the table?

94 27 A The number of conversations are
consecutive prime numbers.
12 36
B The number of conversations is half
7. Which function rule matches the table? the number of people.
A y⫽x⫹6 C As the number of people increases
by 1, the number of conversations
B y ⫽ 2x ⫹ 3
increases by 1 more than the
C y ⫽ 3x ⫺ 1 previous difference.
D y ⫽ 3x D As the number of conversations
1x
E y ⫽ __ increases, the number of people
3 decreases.
8. What y-value corresponds to an x-value E As the number of people increases
of 7? by 1, the number of conversations
7 doubles.
A __ D 21
3
11. What number of conversations
B 13 E 28
corresponds to 10 people?
C 16
A 36
9. The area of a shaded circle is about B 55
28 cm3. When the circle is inscribed in
C 50
a square, the area of the white region
is 8 cm2. When two squares are placed D 19
in a rectangle as shown, the area of the E 45
white region is 16 cm2. Using the pattern
identified in the diagram, what will be the
area of the white region for 6 circles?

Aw ⫽ 8 cm2 Aw ⫽ 16 cm2 Aw ⫽ 24 cm2

A 26 cm2
B 36 cm2
C 48 cm2
D 144 cm2
E 168 cm2

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Algebra
12.5.1.g Determine the domain and range of functions given various contexts.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. Which best represents the domain and
of the best answer. range of the following situation?
1. In the graph below, what range elements A person in a helicopter flies at a
correspond to domain elements {1, 2, 4}? constant height for awhile, then dives
into the sea and swims at a constant
Lawn Mowing depth for awhile.
40 A D

Height

Height
Earnings ($)

30 Time

Time
20
B E

Height

Height
10
Time Time

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Time (h) C
Height

A {1, 2, 4} Time

B {8, 16, 32}

C Time
D {4, 8, 12} 4. The path of a projectile is modeled by
E Earnings the equation h
16t 2  48t, where t
is time in seconds and h is height in feet.
2. The side length of a right triangle is What value is NOT in the range of this
represented by the function function?

f (x)
兹(x 2  36) , where x is the A 0 feet
length of the hypotenuse. Which value
B 10 feet
is NOT in the reasonable domain of this
function? C 20 feet
D 30 feet
A 6.2 D 7
E 40 feet
B 12.5 47
E ___
5
1
C 8__
4

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5. What is the range of the function 7. The linear function f (x) ⫽ 25x ⫹ 30
graphed? represents a consultant’s fees and
the linear function g(x) ⫽ 40x ⫹ 18
5 represents another consultant’s fees.
If x represents the time a consultant
3 works, how do the two reasonable
ranges compare?
1
x A The range of g(x) includes all real
⫺5 ⫺3 ⫺1 1 3 5
⫺1 numbers greater than 40, while the
range of f (x) includes all real numbers
⫺3 greater than 25.
B The range of f (x) includes all real
⫺5
numbers greater than 30, while
the range of g(x) includes all real
A All real numbers between 1 and 4
numbers greater than 18.
B All real number less than 4
C The range of g(x) includes all real
C All real numbers greater than or equal numbers greater than 40, while the
to ⫺1 range of f (x) includes all real numbers
D All real numbers greater than or equal less than 25.
to 1 D The range of g(x) includes all real
E All real numbers between ⫺3 and 2 numbers less than 18, while the
range of f (x) includes all real numbers
6. The graph below shows the horsepower
greater than 30.
needed as the revolutions per minute of
an agitator increases. What is the most E The range of f (x) includes all real
valid statement about this function? numbers less than 40, while the range
of g(x) includes all real numbers less
than 25.
8. A function is modeled by the equation
Horsepower

1 x 2 ⫹ 5 . Which value is NOT in the

y ⫽ __
2
range of this function?
A 5.3
B 5
Revolutions per minute C 3
D 8__2
A The domain includes both positive 3
and negative values. E ⫺9



B The range includes both positive and
negative values.
C For at least one x-value there is more
than one y-value.
D For at least one y-value there is more
than one x-value.
E The domain includes the set of all
real numbers.

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Algebra

12.5.2.a Translate between different representations of algebraic expressions using

symbols, graphs, tables, diagrams, or written descriptions.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Looking at the table, which equation best
of the best answer. describes the relationship between the
number of students and the number of
1. Which of the following is the correct
tables in the cafeteria?
translation of “9 less than p”?
A p9 Number of Number of
B 9p students, tables in
C p
9 (n) cafeteria, (t )
D 9
p 720 18
9
E __
p 600 15

2. Which expression represents the verbal 960 24

phrase “the sum of three times a number
A t  40n
and five”?
B n  40t
A 3(n  5)
C n  35t  90
B 3n5
D t  35n  90
C 3(5)  n
E n  45t
90
D 3  (n  5)
E 3n  5 5. Which expression is equivalent to
7x
42?
3. Solve the equation for x.
A 7(x
42)
4x 
32x
3 B 7(x  42)
A x 
12 C 6(x
7)
1
B x 
___ 7
42
12 D __
x
1
C x  ___ E 7(x
6)
12
D x2 6. The maximum grade on a test is 85. The
minimum grade is 60. If n represents a
E x  12
grade, which sentence best expresses
this situation?
A 85  n  60
B 85  n  60
C 60  n  85
D 85  n  60
E 60  n  85

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7. Hector has 6 times as many coins as 11. The cost of a long distance call is $2.50
Wilma. If Hector has 126 coins, which for the first three minutes plus $0.10 for
equation would you use to find out how each additional minute. Theo called long
many coins Wilma has? distance and talked for 8 minutes. Which
A c
6  126 equation would best be used to find the
cost, c, for the call?
B 6c  126
A $2.50  0.10  c
C 6(126)  c

6 B $2.50
c  8
D c  126
_______
6 C $2.50
0.10  c
E 126c  6 D $2.50
(5  0.10)  c
8. Which value of h makes the equation E (5)(0.10)  $2.50c
true? 12. A computer store receives a delivery
3 (24  8h)  2(5h
1)
__ of 512 printers. Now there are 2115
4 printers in stock. Which equation would
A h1 you use to determine how many printers
3 the store had before the delivery?
B h  2__
4
A 2115
512  p
C h3
B p  215  2115
17
D h  ___
4 C p
512  2115
E h4 D 512n  2115
512  n
E _____
9. A swimming pool charges a $75 2115
membership fee per year, and $1.50
each time you bring a guest. Which 13. Which equation describes the graph
equation shows the yearly cost y in below?
terms of the number of guests g?
y
A y  75g
1.5 250
B y  1.5g
75 200
C y  1.5g
75 150
D y  1.5g
75g 100
E y  75  1.5g
50
10. Patsy writes an expression that will x
always represent an odd number. Which 10 20 30 40 50 60
expression did she write?
5 x
75
A y  __
A m
1 2
B 2m
1 B y  2 x
50
C m2 C y  2x
75
D m2
1 5 x
50
D y  __
2
E m2
2 1 x
75
E y  __
2

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Algebra

12.5.2.c Graph or interpret points that are represented by ordered pairs of numbers on a
rectangular coordinate system.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 5. In which quadrant or on which axis
of the best answer. would you find the point (6,
16)?
A I
Use the graph below for Questions 1–4. B II
y C III
10
A 8 J D IV
6 C E y-axis
D 4
2 6. Which of the following list of ordered
M E x pairs do NOT lie on the same line?
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2 A (5.5, 3), (1.5, 3), (
4, 3)
P ⫺4
⫺6 B (1, 2), (0, 0), (
3,
4)
K
⫺8 C (
1, 0), (2, 1), (5, 2)
⫺10
D (5,
2), (2, 1), (1, 2)
1. What are the coordinates of point P ? E (1, 1), (3, 7), (5, 13)
A (5,
4) D (
5,
4) 7. In which quadrant or on which axis
B (5, 4) E (0,
5) would you find the point (0,
2)?
C (
5, 4) A y-axis
2. In which quadrant or on which axis is B x-axis
point D ? C I
A I D IV D II
B II E y-axis E IV
C III
3. The ordered pair (
3, 0) is represented
by which point?
A C D J
B D E M
C E
4. For which point is x 4 and y 
2?
A C D K
B E E P
C M

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Use the graph for Questions 8–10. 11. Which ordered pair lies in Quadrant II on
y
a coordinate plane?
5 A (⫺2, 2)
4
W B (0, 4)
3
G
2 C (⫺2, ⫺4)
1 D (4, 2)
x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 E (4, ⫺2)
⫺1
⫺2 12. Which of the following describes the
⫺3 ordered pair (⫺3, y)?
H
⫺4
⫺5 A 3 units to the left of the y-axis.
B 3 units above the x-axis
8. Which is the ordered pair for point J ? C 3 units to the right of the x-axis
A (5, 0) D 3 units below the x-axis
B (5, 5) E 3 units to the right of the y-axis.
C (⫺5, 1)
13. In which quadrant or on which axis
D (⫺5, 0) would you find the point (x, y) when
E (0, ⫺5) x ⬍ 0 and y ⬎ 0?
9. What is the difference between the A x-axis
y-coordinate of H and the y-coordinate B y-axis
of R ? C IV
A 2 D II
B 3 E III
C 8
D ⫺3
E ⫺5
10. The sum of the coordinates of which
point is ⫺5?
A G
B H
C J
D R
E W

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Algebra

12.5.2.d Perform or interpret transformations on the graphs of linear and quadratic

functions.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Which is the parent function for
of the best answer. y
2(x  3)2  1?
1. Compared with its parent function, the A y
x3
graph of the function y
x 2  3 is: B y
2x
A translated upward 3 units. C y
x
B translated downward 3 units. D y
2x
C translated right 3 units. E y
x2
D translated left 3 units. 5. Which function results when the parent
E reflected 3 units. function y
x 2 is compressed
1 and
horizontally by a factor of __
2. Which of the following can be used to 2
identify the amount and direction of reflected across the x-axis?
the horizontal translation given by 1x 2
y
a(x  h)2  k ? A y
__
2
A a
B x
B y
 __

1x 2
2
C h C y
__

1x 2
2
D y D y
2x 2
E k E y
(2x)2
3. Which function results when the parent 6. What type of transformation is applied to
function y
x 2 is compressed vertically the function y
x to obtain the function
1?
by a factor of __ y
3 – x?
2
A y
2x 2 A reflection and translation
1x 2 B reflection and compression
B y
__
2 C rotation and translation
C y
4x 2 D reflection and rotation
D y
__1x 2 E stretch and rotation
4
E y
__ 1x 2
2

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7. What is the transformation on the parent 10. What transformation of the parent
function y ⫽
x
to obtain the graph function is the graph of y ⫽ ⫺x 2?
below? A Translation
y B Rotation
5
4 C Reflection
3 D Stretch
2
E Compression
1
x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
11. Which transformation will change the
⫺1 point (4, 8) on the graph of y ⫽ 4x to
⫺2 the point (8, ⫺8) on the graph of the
⫺3 transformed function?
⫺4
⫺5 A Translation of 4 units to the right and
a reflection across the x-axis
A translation 1 unit left and 1 unit down B Reflection across the y-axis and
B translation 1 unit up and 1 unit left translation of 4 units to the left
C translation 1 unit up and compression C Reflection across the x-axis and
D reflection across the y-axis and translation of 4 units to the left
translation 1 unit left D Reflection across the x-axis and a
E stretch and translation 1 unit up vertical stretch by a factor of 2
8. The point (3, 9) is on the graph of the E Reflection across the y-axis and a
parent function y ⫽ x 2. What are the vertical stretch by a factor of 2
coordinates of the corresponding point
on the graph of y ⫽ ⫺x 2 ⫹ 3?
A (3, 12)
B (3, ⫺12)
C (3, 78)
D (3, ⫺84)
E (9, ⫺84)
9. In the function y ⫽ ⫺4(x ⫹ 3)2 ⫺ 6,
which transformation is NOT included on
the parent function y ⫽ x 2?
A horizontal compression
B vertical reflection
C vertical stretch
D horizontal translation
E vertical translation

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Algebra

12.5.2.d Perform or interpret transformations on the graphs of linear and quadratic

functions.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter Use the graph of y

x
to answer
of the best answer. Questions 3 and 4.
1. Which of the following is the equation of y
5
y 
2x  3 shifted 2 units to the left 4
and 4 units down? 3
A y 
2x  4 2
1
B y 
2x
5 x
C y  2x
5 ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺10 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
D y  2x  6 ⫺2
⫺3
E y 
2x
8 ⫺4
2. What is the change in the graph of ⫺5
f (x)  (x
1)3
2 if the function
changed to f (x)  (x  3)3  3? 3. If the graph is shifted 2 units left, what is
the y-intercept of the shifted graph?
A The graph shifts 3 units left and 3
units up. A (0, 1)
B The graph shifts 3 units right and 3 B (0, 2)
units down. C (0, 3)
C The graph shifts 3 units right and 5 D (0, 4)
units up. E (0, 5)
D The graph shifts 4 units left and 5 4. If the graph is shifted 2 units right and
units up. 4 units up, what is the equation of the
E The graph shifts 4 units right and 5 shifted graph?
units down. A y  x  2
4
B y  x
2  4
C y  x
4  2
D y  x
4
E y  x  2  4
5. The transformation from the graph of
f (x)  2x 2  4 to the graph of
g(x)  2x 2 is:
A a shift 4 units up
B a shift 4 units down
C a shift 4 units right and 3 units down
D a shift 4 units left
E a shift 4 units right and 2 units up

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6. Which of the following graphs is the 7. The functions f and g are graphed.
graph of f (x)  0.25x
1 shifted 4 units y
to the right and 3 units down? 5
y
4
A 10 3
8 f 2 g
6
1
4 x
2
x ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺1
⫺2 ⫺2
⫺4
⫺6
⫺3
⫺8 ⫺4
⫺10 ⫺5
B y
10 What is the relationship between f (x)
8 and g(x)?
6
4 A f (x)  g(x)
4
2
x B f (x)  g(x  4)
2
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2
⫺4
C f (x)  g(x
4)  2
⫺6 D f (x)  g(x
2)
4
⫺8
⫺10 E f (x)  g(x  4)
C y 8. The graph of g(x)  2x  3 is a
10
8 translation 4 units up and 1 unit right
6 from the graph of which function?
4
2 A g(x)  2x
4
x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0
⫺2
2 4 6 8 10 B g(x)  2x  5
⫺4 C g(x)  2x  9
⫺6
⫺8 D g(x)  2x
3
⫺10
E g(x)  2x  1
D y
10
8
6
4
2
x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2
⫺4
⫺6
⫺8
⫺10

E y
10
8
6
4
2
x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2
⫺4
⫺6
⫺8
⫺10

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Algebra

12.5.3.b Write algebraic expressions, equations, or inequalities to represent a situation.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. Gil’s golf coach wants him to have an
of the best answer. average score of ⫺5 (or 5 under par). So
far Gil has earned the following scores
1. Janie has 3 less than 4 times the
in his first 7 golf matches: ⫺4, ⫺5, ⫺12,
number of songs on her MP3 player than
⫺3, ⫺8, ⫺9, and ⫺2. Which equation
Paulina. If p represents the number of
can be used to find the score that Gil
songs Paulina has, which expression
needs next in order for his average to
represents the number of songs Janie
be ⫺5?
has?
A ⫺43 ⫹ x ⫽ 40
A 3 ⫺ 4p
B 43 ⫹ x ⫽ ⫺40
B 3p ⫺ 4
C 4p ⫹ 3 C ⫺43 ⫹ x ⫽ ⫺5
________
8
D 4 ⫺ 3p ⫹ x ⫽ ⫺5
D 43______
E 4p ⫺ 3 8

2. The side lengths of a rectangle are E ⫺43 ⫹ x ⫽ ⫺5

________
7
2.5x cm and 5.25x ⫺ 6 cm. The area of
4. An electric car sells for about $25,000.
the rectangle shown is 38 cm2. Which
If Evan purchases this car, his monthly
equation can be used to determine the
electric bill will increase about $25.
length of the rectangle?
Evan currently spends about $300 per
A 2(2.5x)(5.25x ⫺ 6) ⫽ 38 month for gasoline but has no monthly
B 2(2.5x) ⫹ 2(5.25x ⫺ 6) ⫽ 38 payments for his current car. Which
(2.5x) ⫹ (5.25x ⫺ 6) inequality can be used to find the
C _________________ ⫽ 38 number of months Evan will have to own
2
the electric car in order for it to be less
D (2.5x)(5.25x ⫺ 6) ⫽ 38
expensive than his current car?
E (2.5x)(5.25x ⫺ 6) ⫽ 382
A 25,000 ⫺ 25m ⬍ 300m
B 300m ⫺ 25m ⬍ 25,000
C 300m ⫹ 25,000 ⬎ 25m
D 25,000 ⬍ 25m ⫺ 300m
E 25,000 ⫹ 25m ⬍ 300m

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5. Which inequality can be used to 8. Which situation correctly represents the

determine the three greatest consecutive 1 r ⫹ 6?
equation rB ⫽ __
even integers whose sum is less than 2 A
102? A The radius of circle A is 6 less than
A 3x ⬍ 102 1 of circle B.
__
2
B 3x ⫹ 8 ⬍ 102 B The radius of circle A is 6 more than
C x ⫹ (x ⫹ 1) ⫹ (x ⫹ 2) ⬍ 102 twice the radius of circle B.
D x ⫹ (x ⫹ 2) ⫹ (x ⫹ 4) ⱕ 102 C The radius of circle A is 6 more
E x ⫹ (x ⫹ 2) ⫹ (x ⫹ 4) ⬍ 102 1 of circle B.
than __
2
6. Which equation can be used to find the 1 the radius
D The radius of circle A is __
unknown angle measure? 2
of circle B.
E The radius of circle A is 6 more than
3x the radius of another circle.
9. Let ᐍ represent the length and w
represent the width of a rectangle. Which
x ⫹ 30° x ⫺ 15° choice best describes the meaning of
the equation ᐍ ⫽ 10 ⫹ 4w?
A 5x ⫹ 15 ⫽ 90
B 5x ⫹ 45 ⫽ 180
C 3x 3 ⫹ 15 ⫽ 180
D 5x ⫹ 15 ⫽ 180
E 3x ⫹ 30 ⫽ 180
A The length of the rectangle is 10 less
7. The sum of two numbers is no more than 4 times the width.
than 25. Twelve less than 4 times one of
B The length of the rectangle is 10
the numbers is 16 more than twice the
more than 4 times the width.
other number. Which inequality can be
used to determine one of the numbers? C The length of the rectangle is 4 more
3 y ⫹ 7 ⱖ 25 than 10 times the width.
A __
2 D The width of the rectangle is 10 more
B 3x ⫺ 14 ⱕ 25 than 4 times the length.
C 2x ⫺ 14 ⱕ 25 E The length of the rectangle is 4 less
3 y ⫹ 7 ⱖ 25 than 10 times the width.
D __
2
1 y ⫹ 7 ⱕ 25
E __
2

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Algebra

12.5.3.c Perform basic operations, using appropriate tools, on algebraic expressions

(including grouping and order of multiple operations involving basic operations, exponents,
roots, simplifying, and expanding).

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Christa spent $42.79 total on a table
of the best answer. cloth and sales tax. The state sales tax
is 7%. What was the price of the table
1. The cost to mail a first class letter is
cloth?
$0.37 for the first ounce plus $0.23 for
each additional ounce or part of an A $29.99
ounce. How much does it cost to send a B $34.99
letter that weighs 11.4 ounces? C $35.99
A $1.00 D $39.99
B $2.37 E $40.99
C $2.67
5. A barge traveled 245 kilometers at a rate
D $2.90 of 7 km/hour. How long did it take the
E $3.10 barge to travel that distance?
2. Mr. Sanchez needs to fence a A 20 hours
rectangular plot of land for his garden. B 30 hours
How much fencing does he need? C 35 hours
25 yards D 40 hours
E 42 hours
10 yards 6. The page numbers of the two facing
pages in the picture add up to 119.
What page number is x?
A 35 yards
B 45 yards
C 50 yards
D 70 yards
E 75 yards x
3. Lucinda needs to buy 12 pairs of
A 56 D 59
children’s boots. One pair of boots costs
$29.50. How much will she spend in total? B 57 E 60
A $295 C 58
B $314.50
C $325.50
D $354
E $360.50

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Use the information to answer Questions 11. Which value of r makes the following
7 and 8. equation true?
A-Great Copy Center sent Chelie the r
5  33
following invoice for her latest order. A 100 D 180
No. of Price per Subtotal B 130 E 200
Copies Copy C 165

c $0.05 x 12. Amber is asked to simplify the following

expression.
4t 3  5t  12t 2  12  (3t 4  t 2  12t  15)
Processing $ 3.00
fee After she finishes simplifying, what is the
coefficient of the t term?
Total $15.80 A 17
7. Which expression is equal to x ? B 7
A $15.80
$3.00 C 5
B $15.80  $3.00 D 7
C $15.80 E 12
D $15.80  $3.00 13. The local elementary school can spend
E $15.80  $3.00 at most $550 for its sports awards
banquet at a neighboring restaurant. The
8. Find the value of c. restaurant charges a $30 setup fee plus
A 132 D 256 $8 per person. What is the maximum
B 157 E 316 number of people that can attend the
banquet?
C 232
A 35 D 65
9. Evaluate x 3  2x 2  5x  10 for
B 45 E 75
x  3.
C 55
A 80 D 69 
14. Simplify: 3x 兹 62  8 2 .
__________
B 75 E 65 5x
C 70 A 6 D 30x
B 10x E 48x
10. Johann needs to cut a piece of wood
that is 25 feet long into two pieces. One C 14
piece has to be 3 feet longer than the 15. Marian’s test scores on the first four
other. What is the length of the shorter tests of her biology course are 75, 88,
piece? 47, and 76. She needs an average of 70
A 10 feet in order to pass the course. What is the
B 11 feet least she can score on the next test in
order to pass the course?
C 12 feet
A 59 D 81
D 13 feet
B 64 E 90
E 14 feet
C 72

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Algebra

12.5.3.d Write equivalent forms of algebraic expressions, equations, or inequalities to

represent and explain mathematical relationships.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 5. Which of the following is equivalent to
of the best answer. (8x  4z)  (5z  x)?
1. Which inequality is equivalent to x
4? A 8x  4z  5z  x
1 B 8x  x  4z  5z
A x  __
4 C 8x  4z  5z  x
B x
4 D 9(x  z)
C x  4 E 7x  9z
D x
__1
4 6. Which of the following is equivalent to
1 2x(3x  1)?
E x  ___
4 A 2(3x 2  x)
2. The expression B 4x
x  x 2  x3  x4 C 6x 2  2
D 4x 2
is equal to:
E 6(x 2  1)
A x10
7. Which of the following is equivalent to
B (x  x  x  x)10 3x  (2  6x)
28?
C x 24 A x
10
D x9 B 3x
30
E 4x 9 C 3x  2
32
3. What are the values of m and n in the D 3x  2  6x
28
matrices? E 6x  (4  12x)
14
6 2  n 2
m[ 0 8 ] [0 ]
A m  6, n  2
B m  8, n  6
C m  0, n  2
D m  8, n  2
E m  6, n  8
4. What is the value of y in the matrix
below?
12 10 11  8 6 5  4 y 16
[ 10 11 12 8 6 5] [ 2 17 17 ] [ ]
A y  16 D y  16
B y  6 E y  17
C y4

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4
1 11. Which expression is equivalent to

8. The product of 3

as:
[ 2

3 5
]
0 is the same
3(2x
y 2)?
A
3xy 2
B 9xy 2
7 2
A
[ ]
5 3
0 8
C
D
E
6(xy )2

5x
6y

6x  3y 2
12
1
B
[ ]
6

9
0
5
12. The equation y  3x  7 is equivalent to
which of the following?
12
3 A
3x  y  7
C
[ ]
6

9 15
0
3x  y
B _______ 
7
3
4
3 C 3x  y 
7
D
[ ]
2

3 15
0
D y 
3x 7
________

1
12 3 E xy7
3
E
[ ]
6 0
9 15

b 2a 2s has the same
13. The expression ________

2a
3s 2
9. A swimming pool charges a $75 value as:
membership fee per year, and $1.50 b 2a 5
A ____
each time you bring a guest. Which 2s
equation shows the yearly cost y in b 2s 3
B ____
terms of the number of guests g ? 2a
5
A y  75g  1.5 2b 2a
C ____
s
B y  1.5g  75
D 19,823
C y 
1.5g  75
2a
3s 2
E ______
D y  1.5g  75g
b 2a 2s
E y  1.5g
75g
10. The table shows t, the charges in cents,
for a long-distance phone call that lasts
m minutes.

t 1 2 3 4
m 17 26 35 44

Which equation describes this

relationship?
A m  17t
B m  9t  8
C m  17t  9
D m  9t
E m  8t  9

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Algebra

12.5.4.a Solve linear, rational, or quadratic equations or inequalities.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. Which operation is used on both sides of
of the best answer. the equation to solve it?
1. Which real number do you add to both 3x ⫽ 24
__
4
sides of the equation 3x ⫺ 8 ⫽ 12x ⫹ 1 3.
A Add __
so that the equivalent equation is 4
3x ⫽ 12x ⫹ 9? 3.
B Subtract __
A ⫺8 4
3.
C Multiply by __
B ⫺1 4
C 1 4.
D Multiply by __
D 8 3
E 12 E Divide by 3.

2. A rectangular picture frame has a 5. Solve: x ⫹ __ x⫹2

1 ⬍ __
perimeter of 28.5 cm. The width of the 2 4
1 of the length. Which equation 1
A x ⬍ __
frame is __ 2
2
can be used to determine the length of B x⬍2
the picture frame?
C x⬎2
A 4
⫽ 28.5
D x⬎3
B 2.5
⫽ 28.5
E x⬍3
C 2
⫹ __1
⫽ 28.5
2 6. What value must be added to both sides
D 2
⫹ 2 __
2

1
⫽ 28.5 of the equation x 2 ⫺ 12x ⫽ 15 in order
to solve by completing the square?
E 2
⫹ 1
⫽ 25.5 A 15
3. Solve: 4y ⫺ 3(y ⫹ 8) ⫽ 12 B 36
A y⫽5 C 51
B y⫽8 D 144
C y ⫽ 12 E 195
D y ⫽ 36
E y ⫽ 24

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7. Solve for c: bc
2ac  12 10. The length of an indoor youth soccer

A c  12  b  2a field is 2.75 times the width. The field will
use 46,475 square feet. Which equation
B c  12
b
2a
can be used to find the width x of the
12
C c  ______
b
2a field?
12 A 3.75x 2  46,475
D c  ___
2a B 2.75x 2  46,475
6 
E c  ___ C x  兹2.75
46,475
2a
x 2  46,475
D ____
8. Which method can NOT be used to 275
solve the quadratic equation E x 2  46,475
3.75
x 2
8x
7  0?
11. Solve: 15x
8  12x  7
A Factoring
A x  5
B Quadratic formula
B x  __1
C Taking the square root 3
D Completing the square 5
C x  __
E All methods can be used 9
3
D x  __
9. Solve: 2x 2  6x
7  4x
2x 2 4
A x  3__ 1 E x2
2
1 12. Gillian bought a dozen eggs for $3.25
B x  3__ and 6 mangos for another price. Her
2
7 total bill before sales tax was $8.05.
C x  ___
10 What was the cost of each mango?
D x  ___ 7 or x  3__
1 A $0.50
10 2
B $0.60
E x  __3 or x  ___
10
2 7 C $0.75
D $0.80
E $0.90

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Algebra

12.5.4.c Analyze situations or solve problems using linear or quadratic equations and
inequalities symbolically or graphically.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. The number line below represents the
of the best answer. solution to which equation?
1. Describe the solution of 3x ⱕ 21. ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
A All real numbers less than 7
A
w
⫽ ⫺1
B All real numbers less than or equal
B
w ⫹ 3
⫽ 2
to 7
C
w
⫽ 5
C All real numbers greater than or equal
to 7 D
w ⫹ 7
⫽ 2

D All real numbers less than 18 E
w ⫺ 1
⫽ ⫺5

E All real numbers greater than 7 5. Use the diagram of the rectangle to find
the value of x.
2. Which graph represents the solution of
x ⫹ 6 ⬎ 8? 42
A
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
B y ⫺ 10 28
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
C
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 x ⫺ 18
D A 21
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
B 24
E
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 C 38
D 42
3. Which of the following is the solution to
the equation 4x ⫹ 8 ⫽ 24? E 60
A 2 6. Kelly’s class is collecting box tops. Kelly
B 4 has collected 75 and plans to collect
an additional 4 box tops each week.
C 8
The equation y ⫽ 75 ⫹ 4x can be used
D 16 to represent this situation. How many
E 48 weeks will it take her to collect 119 box
tops?
A 8 weeks
B 11 weeks
C 15 weeks
D 44 weeks
E 48 weeks

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7. Which graph represents the solution of 11. Which graph represents the solution of

6 x
3 
1? the inequality?
A 4x  1 17 or 3x
11  10
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
B A
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
C B
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
D C
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
E D
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

8. Describe the graph of the solution of E

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
6x  42.
A Open dot on 7 and arrow pointing to 12. A bag of rice lists a possible cooking
the right time of 22 to 25 minutes. Which
inequality represents the possible
B Closed dot on 7 and arrow pointing to
cooking times?
the left
A 22 x  25 D 3x
C Open dot on 7 and arrow pointing to
the left B 22  x  25 E 22 x 25
D Closed dot on 7 and arrow pointing to C 22 x  25
the right 13. Portia is in charge of buying sandwiches
E Closed dot on 7 for the yearbook’s club meeting after
school. She has $34, and sandwiches
9. Which inequality represents all real
cost $4.25 each. How many sandwiches
numbers greater than 5 and less than or
can she buy?
equal to 12?
A 4 sandwiches D 11 sandwiches
A 5 x  12
B 6 sandwiches E 12
B 5  x  12
C 8 sandwiches
C 5 x 12
D 5 x or x  12 14. The Daniels family is taking a vacation
to Niagara Falls. They want to save at
E 5 x or x  12
least $550 before their trip for souvenirs.
10. Your soccer team averages between Which number line shows the amount of
1 and 5 goals per game. Which absolute- money that the Daniels family would like
value inequality describes the average to save?
number x of goals per game? A
A x
2  5 550
B x
3  5 B
550
C x
3  2
D x  2  5 C
550
E x
2  5
D
550
E
550

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Algebra

12.5.4.d Recognize the relationship between the solution of a system of linear equations
and its graph.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 3. Which system of inequalities is
of the best answer. represented by the graph?
1. Which of the following ordered pairs y
5
indicates the solution of the system of 4
equations in the graph below? 3
2
y
3 1
x
2 ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 ⫺1
x ⫺2
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺3
⫺1
⫺2 ⫺4
⫺3 ⫺5
⫺4
⫺5 A x
y 0
y  0
A (
4, 2) D (
2, 4) B x  y 0
B (2, 4) E (4,
2) y  0
C (4, 2) C x
y 0
2. The graph below is a graph of which y  0
system of equations? D x  y 0
y  0
y
5 E x
y 0
4 y  0
3
2 4. What do the lines 2x
y 
5 and
1 x  y  5 have in common?
x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 A the y-intercept
⫺1
⫺2
B the x-intercept
⫺3 C the y-value when x  4
D the slopes
A 2x  y  5 D 2x
y 
5
xy1 x  y 
1 E the axis of symmetry
B 2x  y
5 E y
3x  5
x  y 
1 x
1y
C xy5
y1
x

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5. Which graph represents the solution to 6. Which of the following is the graph of

2x  y y 
4x  1
the system: ?
2x
3y 
16 y  3x
5
A y A y
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4
2 2
x x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10 ⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2 ⫺2
⫺4 ⫺4
⫺6 ⫺6
⫺8 ⫺8
⫺10 ⫺10

B y B y
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4
2 2
x x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10 ⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2 ⫺2
⫺4 ⫺4
⫺6 ⫺6
⫺8 ⫺8
⫺10 ⫺10

C y C y
5 10
4 8
3 6
2 4
1 2
x x
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺1 ⫺2
⫺2 ⫺4
⫺3 ⫺6
⫺4 ⫺8
⫺5 ⫺10

D y D y
7 10
6 8
5 6
4 4
3 2
2 x
1 ⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
x ⫺2
⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5 ⫺4
⫺1 ⫺6
⫺2 ⫺8
⫺3 ⫺10

E y E y
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4
2 2
x x
⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10 ⫺10⫺8⫺6⫺4⫺2 0 2 4 6 8 10
⫺2 ⫺2
⫺4 ⫺4
⫺6 ⫺6
⫺8 ⫺8
⫺10 ⫺10
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Algebra

12.5.4.f Given a familiar formula, solve for one of the variables.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. The volume V of a cylinder is V
pr 2h,
of the best answer. where r equals the radius and h equals
the height. Solve the equation for h.
1. Your cell phone bill is based on a flat
monthly fee, and the number of minutes Vp
h
A ___
used. In the equation C
0.07m  29.99, r2

what does the variable m represent? B 兹Vpr
h
A The number of months billed C (Vpr )2
h
B The total amount of the bill V
h
D ___
C The number of minutes used pr 2
D The phone number E Vpr 2
h
E The cost for using the minutes 5. On a certain standardized test your
2. The band is trying to raise money so that score is a function of how many
they can take a field trip to the Rock and questions you answer correctly, using
Roll Hall of Fame. They decide to sell the equation f (x )
9x  218, where x
sweatshirts. The equation for the amount is the number of questions answered
of money (a) that they will make for correctly. If the maximum score on the
selling t sweatshirts is a
22t  350. In test is a 650, how many questions are
order to make at least $2100, how many there on the test?
sweatshirts do they need to sell? A 96 questions
A 79 B 72 questions
B 80 C 48 questions
C 100 D 24 questions
D 111 E 12 questions
E 112 5 (F  32), what
6. Given that C
__
9
3. The bus company in town sells a bus equation represents F ?
pass each year for $8.50, and then
9 C  32
F
A __
charges $0.25 a ride. Using the function 5
f (b )
0.25b  8.5, how much will it cost
B 1.8C  32
F
someone to ride the bus 38 times? 5
F
C 32C  __
A $9.50 9
5C  32
F
D __
B $18.00 9
C $20.00 E 1.8C  32
F
D $9.50
E $118.00

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Which describes this relationship? 10.

A m
17t Rate Number of Cost Each
B m
9t  8 Plan Included Per Additional
C m
17t  9 Minutes Month Minute
D m
9t A 250 $12.95 $0.35
E m
8t  9 B 500 $24.95 $0.32
7. The Aviation Express company offers a C 750 $32.95 $0.30
plane ride over your house for $35 plus
$2.50 per minute. Using the function Rebecca is looking at Rate plan B for
f (r )
2.50m  35, how much will it cost her cell phone. She has determined that
someone to fly over their house if it is a the monthly cost can be modeled by the
20 minute flight? function c
$24.95  $0.32m, where c
A $35.00 is the total cost of her monthly bill and
B $37.50 m is the number of minutes over the
C $85.00 included amount. How much would it
cost Rebecca if she used her phone 612
D $87.50
minutes?
E $122.50
A $35.84
8. The distance traveled by a falling object B $60.79
is given by the formula d
4.9t 2, where C $74.63
d is in meters and t is in seconds. If a
diver dives off a 10-m platform, how far D $195.84
1 seconds?
will she have fallen in 1__ E $220.79
4
A 4.9 m 11. If V
s 3, what is s ?
B 6.4 m A s
3V
C 7.7 m B s
__V
3
D 9.2 m 3 
C s
兹V
E 10 m
D s
V3
9. The function y
31,000(0.98x) models 
E s
兹V
the population of a city x years from now.
What is the most accurate prediction
for the population of a city 5 years
from now? Round to the nearest whole
number
A 26,000
B 27,231
C 28,022
D 32,167
E 151,900

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Algebra

12.5.4.g Solve or interpret systems of equations or inequalities.

Solve each problem, and circle the letter 4. A farmer raises apples and peaches on
of the best answer. 215 acres of land. If he wants to plant
31 more acres in apples than peaches,
1. To solve the following system of
how many acres of each should he
equations by elimination, which
plant? Which system of equations will
operation would you perform first?
help determine how many acres of each
2.45x  0.65y  9.95 he should plant?
6.25x  0.65y  21.35 A a  p  215
A Addition a  p  31
B Subtraction B a
p  215
C Multiplication a  p  31
D Division C a  p  215
E Finding a square root a  2p  31
D a  p  215
2. At what point (x, y) do the two lines a
p  31
x
2y  5 and 3x
5y  8 intersect?
E a
p  215
A (
9, 7) a
p  31

B 2,
__3
2  5. What is the value of x in the system of


C
2,
__ 7
2  equations?
5x  4y
7
D (23, 7) 8y  6x  2
E (
9,
7) A
2
3. Choose the statement that is true for a B
3
system of two linear equations. C 1
A A system can only be solved by D 2
graphing the equations.
E 3
B There are two solutions when
the graphs of the equations are 6. The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 in.
perpendicular lines. The length is 3 in. more than the width.
What is the length of the rectangle?
C There are infinitely many solutions
when the graphs of the equations A 13 in.
have the same slope and intercepts. B 15 in.
D There is exactly one solution when the C 25.5 in.
graphs of the equations are one line. D 28.5 in.
E When solving a system by E 31 in.
substitution the first step is to add the
equations.

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7. Rayann bought 4 roses and 3 daisies 10. Your chemistry teacher is preparing lab
for $21.53. Jason bought 3 roses and samples. He has 30% and 80% alcohol
2 daisies and paid $15.45. What is the solutions. He needs 100 mL of a 50%
cost for one rose and one daisy? alcohol solution. How many milliliters of
A $2.79 the 30% solution should he mix?
B $2.84 A 20 mL
C $3.29 B 40 mL
D $5.28 C 60 mL
E $6.08 D 80 mL
E 100mL
8. Megan has $6000 to invest. She earns
$350 in interest by putting part of it 11. Which ordered pair is a solution of the
in her savings account that pays 3% 2x  y 
5
system ?
interest and the remainder in stocks that 3x  5y 
4
yield 8%. Which system of equations A (
3, 1)
can be used to determine how much she B (3, 1)
invests at each rate?
C (0,
5)
A x  y  6000
D (2,
1)
0.3x  0.8y  350
E (
3,
1)
B x  y  6000
3x  8y  350 12. To solve the following system of
C x
y  6000 equations by elimination, which step
0.03x  0.08y  350 would you perform first?
D x  y  6000 10a  6b  8
0.03x  0.08y  350 5a  3b  2
E x  y  350 A Add the two equations.
0.03x  0.08y  6000 B Write the two equations in standard
9. Find the step at which the first error form.
is made in the following work as the C Subtract the two equations.
system is solved using substitution. D Multiply both equations by
2.
2x  y 
5 E Multiply the second equation by
2.
2
2y  x
Use the first equation: 2x  y 
5
A Substitute for x. 2(2
2y)  y 
5
B Distribute. 4  4y  y 
5
C Combine like terms. 5y  4 
5
D Subtract 4 from both sides. 5y 
9

9
E Divide by 5 on both sides. y  ___
5

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Sample Test A
Solve each problem. Choose the best 3. What is the volume of a sphere with a
answer for each question and record your radius of 4.5 feet?
answer on the Student Answer Sheet.

Hint: V ⫽ 4pr3 
3
____
1. Determine the area of the figure.
A 56.55 cubic feet
4m
B 254.47 cubic feet
6m C 381.70 cubic feet
D 563.23 cubic feet
13 m 9m E 1145.45 cubic feet
6m
4. If the speed of light is 3.00 ⫻ 108 meters
5m per second, how far would a beam of
light travel in 7500 seconds?
A 60 square meters
A 2.00 ⫻ 108 m D 2.25 ⫻ 1012 m
B 48 square meters
B 2.25 ⫻ 108 m E 2.25 ⫻ 1013 m
C 96 square meters
C 2.25 ⫻ 1011 m
D 111 square meters
E 171 square meters 5. Maria is a plumber. The amount she
charges is based on the number of
2. A survey poll was taken one week before hours that she works. The total T, in
an election. dollars, that she charges is given as
Candidate Percent of a function of the number of hours, h,
Supporters that she works: T ⫽ 75h ⫹ 60. Which
sentence best describes the amount she
Beaver 35% charges?
Lemur A She charges $60 per hour.
Other 20% B She charges $60 for the first hour and
$75 for each additional hour.
Write the percentage of those who C She charges $60 per hour plus a
support Candidate Lemur as a fraction in house call fee of $60.
simplest form. D She charges $60 for the first three
7
A ___ hours and $75 for each additional hour.
50
1 E She charges $60 per hour plus a
B __ house call fee of $75.
5
C 9___
20
11
D ___
20
2
E __
3

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6. Using the graph, find the difference 9. Estimate the length of the bug, in inches.
between greatest amount of money
raised and the least amount of money
raised.

Amount of Fundraising
at J.S. Middle School 1 2 3
$1,600
$1,400 1 inch
A __
$1,200 2
$1,000 B 1 inch
$800 C 1.5 inches
$600
D 1.75 inches
$400
$200 E 2 inches
$0 10. What are the coordinates of point A,
Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
when the arrow is translated 3 units to
A. $100 the right and 2 units up?
B $1000
y
C $1200 2
D $1300 x
E $1400 ⫺10 ⫺8 ⫺6 ⫺4 ⫺2 0 2
⫺2
7. Joe’s commission rate is 8.5%. Last
week, his sales were $12,500. What was A ⫺4
his commission for the week?
A $1000 ⫺6
B $1062.50 ⫺8
C $1500.65
D $10,625 ⫺10
E $15,000 A (2, 0)
8. What is the equation of the line that B (2, 2)
is perpendicular to y
2x  7 and C (5, 2)
passes through the point (9, 8)? D (2, 5)
A y
__ 5
1 x  __ E (0, 5)
2 2
425?
11. Which value is equivalent to ____
B y
2x  5
412
7
1 x  __ A 437
C y
__
2 2 B 413
D y
__ 7
1 x  __ C 412
2 2
7 D 412
E y
2x  __
2 E 413

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12. Chuanxi bought the following items 15. What is the ratio of the area of the
at Michael’s Music Store. What is the envelope to the volume of the box in
total purchased, rounded to the nearest lowest terms?
whole dollar?
10 in.
Item Cost
CD $13.50 10 in.
5 in.
DVD $18.99
batteries $6.799 15 in. 10 in.
telephone $12.99 A 1 : 40
B 3 : 40
poster $9.999
C 7 : 40
blank tapes $5.499 D 75 : 100
A. $65.00 D $68.00 E 75 : 1,000
B $66.00 E $69.00
16. There are 15 grams of carbohydrates in
C $67.00 3 -ounce serving of pretzels. How many
a __
4
13. The Jiminez family bought a new washer grams of carbohydrates are in 1 pound
and dryer on an installment plan. They of pretzels?
made 24 monthly payments of $85 and
A 100
a down payment of $300. How much
money would they have saved if they B 220
had paid $1990 in cash? C 320
A $250 D 420
B $350 E 440
C $400 17. Mr. Reed is making a miniature bed for
D $1500 a dollhouse using a scale of 0.75 inch to
E $1750 one foot. How long is the original bed if
the model is 5.625 inches long?
14. Mykaela worked the following hours
A 6 feet
during one week. What is the total
number of hours that she worked? B 6.25 feet
C 6.5 feet
Day Hours
D 7 feet
1 12 hours, 30 minutes
E 7.5 feet
2 5 hours, 15 minutes
18. A hotel ballroom has 60 red chairs and
3 9.75 hours 84 blue chairs. A wedding planner must
put the same number of red and blue
4 35 minutes
chairs at each table. What is the greatest
1 hours
8__
5 number of tables that can be arranged in
3 this fashion?
A 25.26 hr D 40.23 hr A 4 D 12
B 35.85 hr E 69.00 hr B 6 E 14
C 36.42 hr C 10

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19. The perimeter of the Jacobsens’ yard is 23. What is the transformation from figure 1
750 feet. What is the length s? to figure 2?
s y
5
figure 2 4 figure 1
s s
3
2
House 1
x
s s ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
⫺2
s ⫺3
⫺4
A 100 feet D 125 feet ⫺5
B 110 feet E 130 feet
A flip
C 120 feet
B slide
20. The ratio of the corresponding sides of 2
C flip, slide
similar triangles is 2 : 6. The sides of the
larger triangle are 12 yards, 15 yards, D turn
and 18 yards. What is the perimeter of E turn, slide
the smaller triangle? 24. Jaime buys a tarp to cover the deck of
A 7.5 yd D 25 yd his house. The tarp measures 15 feet
B 12 yd E 45 yd by 15 feet. The deck measures 20 feet
C 15 yd by 23 feet. How many square feet of the
deck is not covered by the tarp?
21. What is the length of the diagonal of a
A 225 ft2
square whose sides measure 30 inches?
B 235 ft2
A 30 inches
C 420 ft2
B 42.43 inches
D 460 ft2
C 48.32 inches
E 485 ft2
D 50 inches
E 52.94 inches 25. Find the value of x that makes the two
right triangles similar.
22. Big State University has 23,962
undergraduates, and Small State
College has 2136 students. What is the x 6
best estimate of the total number of
students in the two colleges? x⫹3 10
A 22,000 D 25,000
A. 4.2
B 23,000 E 26,000
B. 4.3
C 24,000
C. 4.4
D. 4.5
E. 4.6

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Test Preparation Practice

Sample Test B
Solve each problem. Choose the best 4. Find the mean, mode and range,
answer for each question and record your respectively.
answer on the Student Answer Sheet. A 24.7, 21, 42
1. What expression comes next in this B 20.5, 21, 34
pattern? C 24.7, no mode, 42
4x, 16x 3, 64x 5, 256x 7, . . . D 24.7, 21, 55
A 1024x 7 E 22.7, 22, 25
B 512x 7 5. Which system of inequalities is
C 1024x 9 represented by the graph?
D 512x 9 y
E 2048x 7 5
4
2. Kraiga’s class is collecting aluminum 3
cans. Kraiga has collected 55 cans and 2
she plans to collect 15 additional cans 1
x
per week. The equation y
55  15x ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
models this situation. How many weeks
⫺2
will it take her to collect 355 cans? ⫺3
A 10 ⫺4
B 15 ⫺5

C 20 A x  y  3
D 25 x  y  3
E 30 B x  y  3
x  y
0
Use the data to answer Questions 3
C x  y  3
and 4.
x  y  0
The number of community service hours
D x  y
3
per month for the high school Key Club
are given in the following list: x  y  0
E x  y  3
12, 47, 21, 28, 40, 34, 16, 5, 23, 21.
x  y  0
3. What are the first quartile, median, and
third quartile of the data? 6. The teaching assistant for Chemistry
101 is preparing a solution mixture for
A 16, 20, 35
demonstration. She has 20% and 60%
B 12, 16, 20 alcohol solutions. She needs 50 mL
C 16, 22, 34 of a 50% alcohol solution. How many
D 5, 34, 40 milliliters of the 60% solution does she
need to mix with the 20% solution?
E 16, 20, 40
A 12.5 mL D 37.5 mL
B 25.5 mL E 50 mL
C 33.5 mL

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Use the spinner to answer Questions 10. What is the function graphed below?
7 and 8.
y
E 5
A A 4
3
M M 2
1
x
X A ⫺5⫺4⫺3⫺2⫺1 0 1 2 3 4 5
⫺1
A X ⫺2
⫺3
7. A boy spins the spinner for a game. ⫺4
What is the probability that it lands on a ⫺5
shaded area and a consonant?
A f(x)
4x 2 shifted 2 units up and
1
A __
9 3 units right.
2 B f(x)  2
4x 2  3
B __
9 C f(x)
4x 2 shifted 3 units up and
3
C __ 3 units left.
9
D f(x)
4x 2  3
D 5__
E f(x)
4x(x  2)2  3
9
7
E __
9 Use the information to answer Questions
8. The boy makes a new experiment. If you 11 – 14.
flip a coin once and spin the spinner A jar has 5 red, 7 blue, and 3 yellow
once, how many outcomes are possible? buttons. The red buttons are numbered
A 10 1–5. The blue buttons are numbered 2–8,
B 11 and the yellow buttons are numbered
21–23. One button is drawn at random.
C 13
D 18 11. What is the probability of NOT drawing a
yellow button?
E 30
1
A __ 4
D __
9. Christoph has 9 more baseball trading 5 5
cards than Miguel. The number of cards 2
B __ 8
E __
that they have combined is 45. Which 5 9
equation represents how many cards, c, C 3
__
Miguel has? 7
A 2c  9
45 12. What is the probability of drawing a blue
B c  9
45 button or a yellow button?
1
A __ 4
D __
C c
45 5
3
D 3c  9
45 2 14
B __ E ___
E 2c  9
45  c 3 15
2
C __
5

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13. What is the probability of drawing an odd Use the circle graph to answer Questions
number? 18 and 19.
1
A __ 8
D ___
4 15
McKay Family Investment Portfolio
1
B __ 3
E __ Money Corporate
3 4 Market, Bond,
7 7% 20%
C ___
15 CDs, 15%
14. What is the probability of drawing an
even number? I-bonds,
Municipal 13%
1
A __ 3
D __ Bonds,
3 4
10% Stocks,
B 7
___ E 8___
35%
15 15
3
C __
5 18. Which type of investment is the McKay
family’s largest?
15. The Open Air company charges a flat fee A corporate bonds
of $75, plus $15 per hour, for a hot air
balloon ride. Josephine can spend $150 B I-bonds
on a ride. How long will her trip be? C stocks
A 2 hours D CDs
B 3 hours E municipal bonds
C 5 hours 19. The family investment portfolio is
D 6 hours currently worth $625,000. How much are
E 8 hours the corporate bond holdings worth?
A $62,500 D $145,000
16. Solve for c and x.
B $125,000 E $340,000
9⫹t 3c ⫽ 10
[
d ⫺ 31 5 ⫺ x ⫺7 ] [ 12
⫺15 ] C $130,000
A c ⫽ 2, x ⫽ 20 20. The ordered pairs shown form a
B c ⫽ 4, x ⫽ 10 quadratic pattern.
C c ⫽ 4, x ⫽ 20 x y
D c ⫽ ⫺4, x ⫽ 10
0 2
E c ⫽ ⫺4, x ⫽ 0
1 5
17. What is the pattern?
1,...
1 , ___ 2 14
16, ⫺4, 1, ⫺__
4 16 3 29
A Divide by 4.
4 50
B Divide by ⫺4.
C Multiply by 4. 5 ??
D Multiply by 16. What is the missing value of y?
E. Multiply by ⫺4. A 49 D 77
B 63 E 80
C 65

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21. Your electric bill is based on a flat Use the graph to answer Questions 23
monthly fee and the number of kilowatt and 24.
hours used. In the equation
The graph gives the value of Kristine’s
c ⫽ 0.05k ⫹ 24.50, what does the
color copier since she purchased the
variable k represent?
copier.
A The total amount owed
c
B The number of months 7

Value of Color Copier

C The number of kilowatt hours 6.3
5.6

($ thousands)
D The account balance 4.9
E The number of electric meters 4.2
3.5
22. How many more books were read by 2.8
Class 4 than by Class 1? 2.1
1.4
Class Number of Books Read 0.7 t
(Legend ⫽ 20)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 No. of Years
2 Since Purchase
3 23. What is the equation of the line?
4 A c ⫽ ⫺7t ⫹ 490
B c ⫽ 7t ⫺ 4.9
A 10
C c ⫽ ⫺0.7t ⫹ 4.9
B 15
D c ⫽ 0.7t ⫹ 49
C 20
E c ⫽ ⫺7t ⫹ 49
D 30
E 40 24. How much was the copier worth 4 years
after Kristine purchased the copier?
A $200
B $1800
C $2100
D $2400
E $3000
25. Evaluate x 5 ⫺ 23x 2 ⫹ 45x ⫺ 34 for
x ⫽ 2.
A ⫺10
B ⫺6
C ⫺4
D 0
E 5

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Sample Tests
Answer Sheet

1 A B C D E 14 A B C D E

2 A B C D E 15 A B C D E

3 A B C D E 16 A B C D E

4 A B C D E 17 A B C D E

5 A B C D E 18 A B C D E

6 A B C D E 19 A B C D E

7 A B C D E 20 A B C D E

8 A B C D E 21 A B C D E

9 A B C D E 22 A B C D E

10 A B C D E 23 A B C D E

11 A B C D E 24 A B C D E

12 A B C D E 25 A B C D E

13 A B C D E

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