EST I – Math October 2020

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Duration: 90 minutes
Test sections: I- Calculator is not required, II – Calculator is required
45 Multiple Choice Questions and 13 Short Constructive Response Questions

Instructions:
- Place your answer on the answer sheet. Mark only one answer for each of the multiple
choice questions.
- Write your final result only on the answer sheet for the constructive response
questions.
- Avoid guessing. Your answers should reflect your overall understanding of the
subject matter.
- Calculator is allowed. When a calculator is used, be aware of switching between
radian mode and median mode.
- Formula sheet is available at the end of the booklet for your reference.
Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following 4. In the xy-plane, the equation of the line (d)
information. passing through A (1;3) and perpendicular to
line 3x-2y = 6 is:
The magnitude of the electrostatic force F
between two point charges in vacuum is given by A. 𝑦 𝑥
𝐹 where: B. 𝑦 𝑥
C. 𝑦 𝑥 3
F is the magnitude of the force exerted
q1 is the charge on one body D. 𝑦 𝑥
q2 is the charge on the other body
r is the distance between the two bodies
ε0 is the permittivity of the vacuum.

1. Isolate r.

A. 𝑟

B. 𝑟

C. 𝑟

D. 𝑟 5. Jack and John are meeting at a restaurant. The

scheme above represents the drives from
their offices to the restaurant. Which of the
2. If the charges are to be separated by a following statements is true?
distance of 3r, an electrostatic force F1 is
created. What is the relationship between F1 A. It took Jack longer to arrive to the pub
and F? since his office is farther away.
B. It took John longer to arrive to the pub
A. F1 = 3F since his office is farther away.
B. F1 = F/3 C. John drove to the pub at a faster speed
C. F1 = 9F than Jack.
D. F1 = F/9 D. Jack drove to the pub at a faster speed
than John.
√1.25 √1.8

3. The above expression can be written in the

form of a rational number k. What is the value
of k?

A.
B.
C.
D.

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6. Which value of x makes the equation Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following
3𝑥 2 14 true? information.

A. 2 We survey 125 employees at random from each

B. 3 of two companies labeled A and B, and separated
C. 4 into groups based on how many siblings do they
D. 5 have. The results are shown in the table below.

7. A scatter plot shows a strong positive Number of

Company A Company B
correlation between two variables: A graphed siblings
on the x-axis and B graphed on the y-axis. 0 15 25
Which of the following statements is
justified? 1 45 40
2 30 25

A. The rise in A caused the rise in B. 3 25 15

B. The rise in B caused the rise in A. 4 10 20
C. A&B are correlated, but causation is
unknown. 9. What is the median number of siblings of the
D. A&B rise proportionally. sample of employees in company B?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
3
5 10. Which measure of center is the same in both
companies?

A. Range
B. Mean
8. A game consists of throwing a dart into a C. Median
target divided into 2 sections: The inner D. Mode
section rewards a player with 5 points, while
the outer section gets him 3 points only. Kurt 11. If f(x) = x2-5x-6 and g(x) = -3-x, what is the
throws 6 darts and hits the inner section x value of f(g(-1))?
times. What is Kurt’s total score in terms of
x? A. 13
B. 8
A. 8x+24 C. 0
B. 2x+18 D. 30
C. -2x+18
D. 6x+4

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 𝑥 3𝑥 2𝑥 1
𝑦
𝑥 3
X 2 5 -3
12. Which of the following expressions is
Y -1 -7 ?
equivalent to y?

A. 𝑦 𝑥 2 16. If the values in the table above represent a

linear relationship, what is the missing value?
B. 𝑦 𝑥 2x 2
C. 𝑦 𝑥 3
D. 𝑦 𝑥 2
13. The graph (C) of the function
𝑓 𝑥 2 𝑥 2 𝑥 6 is a parabola. If
the line x=k is the axis of symmetry of the
parabola, what is the value of k?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 17. In the above graph, the shaded region is the
4𝑥 𝑦 2
solution of the system . For x=0,
14. If , which of the following 𝑦 2
proportions is equivalent? what is the highest integer value of y?

A.
B.
C.
D.

15. In 2017, the number of people who had

access to the internet in a country was
3.2 million. If this number grows at a rate of
18% each year, which expression best 18. Based on the above graph, if the absolute
describes the number of people y, in million, maximum and minimum of the represented
having access to the internet x years after function f(x) are (p,q) and (r,s) respectively,
2017? what is the value of q - p + s - r?

A. y 0.18x 32
19. What is the value of ?
B. y 1.18x 32
C. y 3.2 0.18
D. y 3.2 1.18 20. If the expression is written in the form
a+bi where a and b are real numbers and
𝑖 √ 1, what is the value of a?

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1. The secret value, k, of a 4-digit pin code abcd
is obtained by subtracting the triple of b from
c, and dividing the resulting expression by
half of the sum of a and d. What is the secret
value, k, in terms of a,b,c and d?

A. 𝑘

B. 𝑘

C. 𝑘

D. 𝑘
4. The graph shown represents which of the
2. A library sells new and used books. If, out of following equations?
the total of 474, there are twice as many new
books as old ones. How many new books are A. 𝑦 𝑥 3
there in the library? B. 𝑦 𝑥 3
A. 316 C. 𝑦 𝑥 3
B. 158
D. 𝑦 𝑥 3
C. 352
D. 238
5. If 𝑓 𝑥 5 2𝑥 and 𝑔 𝑥 , Which
3. What is the area of the sector defined by a of the following is not in the range of f(g(x))?
central angle of 54° in the circle of equation
x2 + y2 - 8x + 12y -12 = 0? A. -3
B. 0
A. 15π C. 5
B. 9.6π D. 6
C. 5.4π
D. 2.4π 6. A line, having a slope of - passes through
the points A (2-k ; 5) and B (-2k ; -1).
What is the value of k?

A. 11
B. 4
C. -4
D. -11

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Questions 7 and 8 refer to the following 10. In a hospital, the medical staff is composed
information. of 34 doctors and 68 nurses. How many
additional doctors should join the hospital in
The table below summarizes the results of a
order for the ratio of doctors to total number
survey about travel destination preferences for a
of medical staff to become 3 to 7?
group of 750 university students of 4different
majors.
A. 21
History Math Audit IT Total B. 19
Rome 65 35 35 15 150 C. 17
Paris 75 65 10 25 175 D. 15
Tokyo 40 115 50 20 225
27x y 18x y
NYC 70 60 30 40 200
Total 250 275 125 100 750 11. Which of the following is equivalent to the
above expression? (x and y >0)
7. In which major can you find the highest
percentage of students who prefer NYC? A. 3𝑥𝑦 3xy √2
A. History B. 3𝑥𝑦 3xy 2
B. IT C. 9𝑥𝑦 3xy 2
C. Audit
D. Math D. 9𝑥𝑦 3xy √2

8. What fraction of people who prefer Rome or 12. If sin 𝐴 cos , what is one possible value
Paris come from an Audit or Math majors? of A in radians?

A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.

9. The selling price of an apartment is directly 13. Maria downloaded to her music library a total
proportional its area. If an apartment of of 350 pop and rock songs. If the ratio of pop
127 sqm is sold for $168,275, what would be to rock song is 3 to 11. How many rock songs
the price of a 156 sqm apartment? are there in Maria’s library?

A. 237,900$ A. 75
B. 208,500$ B. 125
C. 136,993$ C. 175
D. 206,700$ D. 275

14. If 5 𝑥 3, what is the highest value of

𝑥 1?

A. 2.5
B. 3.5
C. 4.5
D. 5.5

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15. A craftsman is looking for two kinds of paint 18. The ministry of finance conducted a survey
from a wholesaler. The first kind a is to determine the average income rate in the
packaged in 10 kg jars, the second b in 25 kg industry of banking in a given country. So, a
jars. The 10 kg jar costs $45 and the 25 kg meeting was held in the presence of 150 bank
one costs 120$. The load must not exceed 250 managers to ask them about their annual
kg and the total sum must be at least 900$ in income. Which conclusion can be drawn
order to get a discount. Which system of about the survey’s reliability?
inequalities verifies the given information?
A. The survey is reliable because it involves
10𝑎 25𝑏 250 people from the banking industry.
A.
45𝑎 120𝑏 900 B. The survey is unreliable because the
10𝑎 25𝑏 250 sample is too small.
B. C. The survey is unreliable because the
45𝑎 120𝑏 900
sample does not cover employees of
10𝑎 25𝑏 250
C. different positions.
45𝑎 120𝑏 900 D. The survey is reliable since it was made
10𝑎 25𝑏 250 by the ministry of finance.
D.
45𝑎 120𝑏 900
Questions 19 and 20 refer to the following
16. Brad got an average of 76 on his last three information.
math tests. What grade should he get on the
fourth test to obtain an average of 80? The bar graph below shows the age distribution
of the employees in a multi-branched bank.
A. 88
B. 90
C. 92
D. 94

17. From 2018 to 2019, the amount in Julias’s

bank account increased by 22.5% to $14325.
To the nearest dollar, what was the initial
amount in her bank account?

A. 11694$
B. 14010$
C. 11102$
D. 12775$
19. If 481 employees are aged between 30 and
40, what is the total number of employees in
this company?

A. 1150
B. I200
C. 1550
D. 1300

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20. In which interval does the median age lie? 23. A secretary types on her computer keyboard
at an average speed of 1.75 words per second.
A. [20;30[ Her manager asked her to type a document
B. [30;40[ containing 16 pages with an average of 525
C. [40;50[ words per page. How long will she be
D. [50;60[ actively typing this document?

A. 1 hour, 10 minutes
2 1
𝑥 𝑦 7 B. 1 hour, 20minutes
5 3 C. 2 hours, 5 minutes
𝑚 5 D. 4 hours, 5 minutes
𝑥 𝑦 3
10 6

21. If the system of linear equations above admits

no solutions, and m is an integer, what is the
value of m?

A. -2
B. 10
C. 6
D. -10

24. The graph above depicts a function f(x). How

many solutions does the equation f(x) = 0.5
admit?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

22. The graph plotted above represents which of

the following functions?

A. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 1 𝑥 2
B. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 1 𝑥 2
C. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 1 𝑥 2
D. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 2 𝑥 1

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 28. A gaming website charges its client by
number of games downloaded g. If the total
fees f of a gamer are given by the equation
f = 7g+88, what is the best interpretation of
the term 88?

A. The price of one downloaded game.

B. The subscription fees of the website
C. The average number of games
downloaded per player
D. The fees of downloading 7 games
29. A local supermarket offered a discount of
15% on its items after the government raised
all the prices by 25%. Overall, by what
percentage were the original prices raised in
25. What is the equation of the function f graphed this supermarket in particular?
above?
A. 8.625%
A. f(x) = (x+1)(x-3) B. 7.250%
C. 6.250%
B. f(x) = (x-1)(x+3)
D. 5.625%
C. f(x) = - (x+1)(x-3)
D. f(x) = - (x-1)(x+3)

3𝑥 2 𝑥 3 0

26. What is the absolute value of the difference

between the two roots of the above equation?

A.
B.
C.
D.

27. A liquid covering 12 cm of the height of a

cylindrical glass of diameter 8cm is
transferred into another glass shaped as a 30. The right triangles ADE and ABC are
cone with a diameter of 12 cm. What height similar. If 𝐴𝐷 𝐸𝐷, how long is DB?
of the cone will the liquid cover?
A. 3
A. 8 cm B. 4
B. 10 cm C. 5
C. 16 cm D. 6
D. 14 cm

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 3𝑦 2 4 2𝑦 11 3 2 3𝑦 35. The function g is defined by g(x) = ax2-2x-5
3 5 and g (-1) = 1. What is the value of g (2)?

31. What is the value of y in the equation above?

32. A multiple choice test contains 50 questions. 36. What is the remainder of the division of
A correct answer is worth 3 points and an 𝑘 𝑥 3𝑥 8𝑥 2𝑥 7 by x+2?
incorrect answer is worth -2 points. If a
student receives 75 on the test, how many
questions did he answer correctly?

𝑥 2𝑚𝑥 9

37. What is the minimum positive integer value

of m that allows the above equation to have
33. If |2𝑏 1| 3, how many possible integer two real solutions?
values of b are there?

38. A right triangle has an area of 96 cm2. If the

shorter leg is 4cm less than the longer leg,
34. We chose randomly a sample of 250 lawyers what is the length of the hypotenuse?
out of the 4900 registered in the syndicate,
and we asked them about the most frequent
case they defend. The results showed that 45
answered divorce, 125 answered theft and 80
answered murder. Presumably, what is the
total number of lawyers registered in the
syndicate who deal most frequently with
murder?

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 EST I ‐ MATH
Answer Key
NON CALCULATOR 8. C
1. C 9. D
2. D 10. C
3. B 11. B
4. D 12. D
5. D 13. D
6. C 14. A
7. C 15. D
8. B 16. C
9. A 17. A
10. D 18. C
11. B 19. D
12. A 20. B
13. B 21. B
14. B 22. A
15. D 23. B
16. 9 24. D
17. 1 25. C
18. 4 26. A
19. 8 27. C
20. 4/5 28. B
29. C
30. B
CALCULATOR 31. 25/8
1. C 32. 35
2. A 33. 4
3. B 34. 1568
4. C 35. 7
5. D 36. 5
6. D 37. 4
7. B 38. 20

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