Mathematics Test

Time: 60 minutes for 60 questions

Directions: Each question has five answer choices. Choose the best answer for each question, and
then shade in the corresponding oval on your answer sheet.

1. At a convenience store, two candy bars and 4. In the following figure, if the perimeter of
two bags of potato chips cost $4.00, and the square is 20, what is the area of the
three candy bars and two bags of potato shaded region?
chips cost $4.75. What is the price of one
bag of potato chips?
(A) $0.50
(B) $0.75
(C) $1.00
(D) $1.25
(E) $1.50

2. Which of the following is the greatest

common factor of 60 and 64?
(F) 2
(G) 4
(H) 6
(J) 8 (F) 10

(K) 10 (G) 12
(H) 12.5
3. A teacher takes 5 children on a field trip to
(J) 20.5
a geological museum. As a souvenir, the
group receives a bag of stones. When the (K) 25
teacher divides the stones evenly among
the children, each child receives exactly 24. 5. At a banquet of 36 people, every person had
If 6 children had been present, how many a choice among beef stroganoff, chicken
stones would each child have received? divan, and linguini primavera. If 25% chose
beef stroganoff and 17 people chose
(A) 15 chicken divan, how many people chose
(B) 16 linguini primavera?
(C) 18 (A) 7
(D) 20 (B) 8
(E) 21 (C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 11

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 6. What is the value of 4v(w2 – 3vw) given that 10. Damien played golf on each of the four
v = –1 and w = 4 days of his vacation. His scores on the
(F) –84 first three days were 93, 92, and 89, and
his average for the four days was 90.
(G) –92 What was his score on the fourth day?
(H) –98 (F) 84
(J) –104 (G) 85
(K) –112 (H) 86

7. Annette took 10 minutes to walk around a (J) 87

rectangular field. The length of the field is (K) 88
4 times its width. How long would it take
Annette to walk the width of the field? 11. Which of the following inequalities is
(A) 1 minute equivalent to ?
(B) 2 minutes (A)
(C) 3 minutes
(D) 4 minutes (B)
(E) 5 minutes
(C)
8. What is the slope of the line in the
following graph? (D)

y (E)
(0,6)
12. In the following figure, line M and line N
are parallel. Which of the answer choices
does NOT necessarily add up to 180°?
(3,0)
x M a b c

d e f g
N

(F) 2
(G) –2 (F) ∠a + ∠b + ∠f
(H) (G) ∠a + ∠d
(H) ∠b + ∠e + ∠f
(J)
(J) ∠d + ∠e

(K) (K) ∠e + ∠g

9. Two values of v satisfy the equation |2v – 13|

+ 6 = 9. What is the sum of these values?
(A) 4
(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) 13
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 13. On an xy-graph, what is the length of a line 17. If 2x – y = 32 and 5x + 3y = 14, then xy =
segment drawn from (–3, 7) to (6, –5)? (A) 35
(A) 15 (B) –40
(B) 16 (C) 75
(C) 17 (D) 100
(D) 18 (E) –120
(E) 20
18. What is the value of a in terms b if
14. Which of the following is NOT a factor of ?
4x2y4 – 12x3y2 – 8xy3?
(F) 2x2 (F)
(G) 2xy2
(H) –2y (G)

(J) 4y2
(H)
(K) 4xy
(J)
15. Of the 126 students who applied for a full
scholarship at Oxbow College, 9 received
one. What is the ratio of students who (K)
received a scholarship to those who didn’t?
(A) 1 to 10 19. If p percent of 250 is 75, what is 75% of p?
(B) 1 to 11 (A) 22.5
(C) 1 to 12 (B) 25
(D) 1 to 13 (C) 75
(E) 1 to 14 (D) 225
(E) 250
16. In the following figure, each of the four
angles in the parallelogram is as shown. 20. What is the slope of the line 9x – 3y = 10?
What is the value of y?
(F) 3
A B (G) –3
x° y° (H) 9

(J)

(K)

(z – 15)° (2z)°
D C

(F) 30
(G) 35
(H) 40
(J) 45
(K) 50

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 21. In the following figure, F is the midpoint of 23. In the following figure, sin θ =
. Which of the following are the coordi-
nates of F?

29
2
H = (9,8)

F θ
5

(A)
G = (–6,1)
(B)

(C)

(D)

(A)
(E)
(B)

(C) 24. The formula for the volume of a sphere is

, and the formula for the surface
(D) area of a sphere is . If a sphere has
a surface area of 36π, what is its volume?
(E) (F) 27π
(G) 36π
22. If |6 – 4n| > 1, which of the following must
(H) 54π
be true?
(J) 72π
(F)
(K) 108π

(G) 25. What is a possible value of x if

?
(H)
(A)
(J) (B)
(C)
(K)
(D)
(E)

26. If m and n are both factors of 75, which of

the following could equal m + n:
(F) 12
(G) 18
(H) 22
(J) 36
(K) 54

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 27. The following graph shows the percentage 30. What is the result when you add the matrix
of shares controlled by five owners of a to the matrix and
startup software company. Zach intends
to sell his shares equally among the other multiply the result by 2?
four owners. After this sale is final, what (F)
percentage of the company will Bell own?
(G)
Currer Ellis
(H)

21% 22% (J)

(K)

31. If the equation for the line shown in the

23% following graph is , what is the
25%
value of kn?
Acton Bell
(n,5)

Zach

(A) 25.25% (0,k)

(B) 27.25%
(C) 27.5%
(D) 39.9%
(E) 34%

28. A clown at an amusement park makes animal

shapes from twisted balloons. She sells each
animal based on the number of balloons it (A) 9
requires, according to the following chart: (B) 12
Number of balloons: (C) 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (D) 18
Price: $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $6.50 $7.00 (E) 24

Which of the following functions equals 32. Alfred and Rani both picked different two-
the dollar cost of a balloon animal that digit numbers. If you multiply Alfred’s
contains x balloons? number by 5 and double Rani’s number,
the sum is 300. If you double Alfred’s
(F) f(x) = x number and multiply Rani’s number by 3,
(G) f(x) = x + 4 the sum of the two numbers is 252. What
is the sum of their two numbers?
(H) f(x) = 4x + 0.5
(F) 96
(J) f(x) = 0.5x + 4
(G) 112
(K) f(x) = 0.5x + 3.5
(H) 128
29. What is the sum of the two values of x that (J) 144
satisfy the equation 4x2 – 3x – 1 = 0?
(K) 150
(A) 0.75
(B) 1.25
(C) 2.5
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 33. What is the equation for a line that inter- 35. What is the value of x if ?
sects the origin and is perpendicular to
2x – 4y = 13? (A) 17

(A) y = –2 (B) –17

(B) y = 2x (C) 29

(C) y = –2x (D) –29

(E) Cannot be determined from the
(D) information given.

(E) 36. A scientist performs an experiment in

which she measures four values two times
each, with the following results:
34. This semester, Gerry scored an average of
93 on his five history exams. He got the
w x y z
same score on his first two exams, and
then he got a 94, an 85, and a 90 on the First 0.2 6 0.5 10
remaining exams. What score did he measurement
receive on his first two exams? Second 0.6 3 1 30
(F) 95 measurement
(G) 96
Which of the following conclusions does
(H) 97
the experiment provide evidence for?
(J) 98
(F) w and y are directly proportional.
(K) 99
(G) w and z are inversely proportional.
(H) x and y are inversely proportional.
(J) x and z are inversely proportional.
(K) y and z are directly proportional.

37. Which of the following is the amplitude of the function shown in the following graph?

0.5

–6π –5π –4π –3π –2π –π π 2π 3π 4π 5π 6π

–0.5

(A) 0.5
(B) 1
(C) π
(D) 2π
(E) 4π

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 38. In the following figure, O is the center of 40. The following figure shows the graph of
the circle, is tangent to the circle at D, an equation y = ax2 + bx + c. Which of the
and is tangent to the circle at E. Which answer choices CANNOT be true?
of the following must be true?

y
C

O x
E

(F) a < b
B D A (G) a > b
(H) a < c
(F)
(J) b < c
(G) is isosceles
(K) b > c
(H)
(J) 41. Which of the following is the domain of the
function ?
(K) is a square

39. If g(x) is a transformation that moves f(x) (A) –3 > x > 3

three units to the right and then reflects it (B) –3 ≤ x ≤ 3
across the x-axis, then g(x) =
(C) –3 ≤ x < 3
(A) f(–x) + 3
(D) x < –3 or x < 3
(B) f(–x) – 3
(E) x ≤ –3 or x ≥ 3
(C) f(x) + 3
(D) –f(x + 3) 42. If a number sequence begins 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9,
10, 12 . . ., which of the following numbers
(E) –f(x – 3) does NOT appear in the sequence?
(F) 34
(G) 43
(H) 57
(J) 65
(K) 72

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 43. A two-digit number from 10 to 99, inclusive, 46. In the complex numbers, where i2 = –1,
is chosen at random. What is the probabil- what is the value of 5 + 6i multiplied
ity that this number is divisible by 5? by 3 – 2i?

(A) (F) 27
(G) 27i
(B) (H) 27 + 8i
(J) 15 + 8i
(C)
(K) 15 – 18i
(D) 47. In the following figure, is a chord of the
circle centered at O, with . If KL = 12
(E) and MO = 6, what is the area of the circle?

44. What is the area of the shaded region in the

following figure?
K

(1,4)
M
O

(–5,–3)
(–2,–3)

(F) 10.5 (A) 36π

(G) 12.5 (B) 48π
(H) 18 (C) 72π
(J) 21 (D) 96π
(K) 24 (E) 144π

45. An isosceles triangle contains three angles

that measure 40°, x°, and y°. Which of the
following CANNOT be true?
(A) x = y
(B) x = 50
(C) x – y = 60
(D) x = 70
(E) x = 100

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 49. If each of Eldridge’s 8 deposits was in the
Use the following information to answer amount of $200 and her withdrawal was
Questions 48 and 49: Eldridge opened a savings $350, how much money did her account
account with an initial balance of $1,000. After have at the end of 8 months?
that, every month for 8 months, she made one
deposit to the account, always for the same (A) $850
amount. During that time, she made just (B) $1,550
one withdrawal.
(C) $2,250
(D) $2,350
48. Which of the following graphs accurately
describes these transactions over an (E) $2,950
8-month period?
50. Martha picked out a pair of shoes she
(F)
wanted and brought them to the front of
the store to pay. The cashier told her that
the shoes were on sale for 30% off the origi-
nal price. She rang up the sale price plus
5% sales tax, so Martha ended up paying
$58.80 for the shoes. What was the original
price for the shoes?
(F) $70
(G) (G) $75
(H) $80
(J) $85
(K) $90

51. Which of the following is equivalent

to ?

(A) 1
(H)
(B) sin n
(C) cos n
(D) cot n
(E) csc n

(J)

(K)

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 52. In the following figure, the large quadrilat- 54. If , then y =
eral is a square. What is the area of the
shaded region in terms of x and y? (F)

x y (G)

(H)
x
y
(J)

(K)

y 55. In the following figure, the base of the pyra-

mid has the same area as the base of the cyl-
inder, and the cylinder is twice the height of
x the pyramid. What is the ratio of the volume
of the pyramid to the volume of the cylinder?

(F)

(G)

(H)

(J)
(A) 1 to 3
(K) (B) 1 to 6
(C) 2 to 3
53. If and , what is the ratio of f:h?
(D) 3 to 2
(A) 1:6 (E) 6 to 1
(B) 1:8 56. Which of the following is a possible solu-
(C) 1:10 tion for x in terms of k for the equation
(D) 1:12
?
(E) 1:20
(F)
(G)
(H)
(J)
(K)

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 57. If , what is the value 59. If , then a =

of a – b? (A)
(A) 1 (B) b
(B) –1 (C) b2
(C) 2 (D) b4
(D) (E) b8

60. The following figure shows a regular octa-

(E)
gon inscribed in a circle. The arc length
58. Which of the following functions has a from A to B is 6π. What is the area of the
range of f(x) ≥ 4? shaded region of the circle?

(F) f(x) = |x + 4|
A
(G) f(x) = |x – 4|
(H) f(x) = |x + 4| – 4
(J) f(x) = |x – 4| + 4
(K) f(x) = |x – 4| – 4

(F) 8π
(G) 16π
(H) 24π
(J) 36π
(K) 64π

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