SSAT 数学讲义

Lewis

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 目录
SSAT 数学讲义........................................................................................................................................1
第一部分 原则与方法...................................................................................................................................3
1. SSAT 考试介绍...........................................................................................................................3
2. SSAT 数学专题一：Arithmetic.....................................................................................................6
3. SSAT 数学专题二：Algebra.......................................................................................................16
4. SSAT 数学专题三：Geometry....................................................................................................23
5. SSAT 数学专题四：Word Problem.............................................................................................29
6. SSAT 数学词汇.........................................................................................................................32
第二部分 实战练习....................................................................................................................................35
Practice 1................................................................................................................................35
Practice 2................................................................................................................................44
Practice 3................................................................................................................................52
Practice 4................................................................................................................................60
Practice 5................................................................................................................................66
Practice 6................................................................................................................................73
Practice 7................................................................................................................................79
Practice 8................................................................................................................................86

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 第一部分 原则与方法

1. SSAT 考试介绍

1. SSAT 考试结构

分成四大部份 题目数量 时间 5 - 7 年级 8 - 11 年级

数学（Quantitative） 分为二个单元各 25 题 30 分钟*2 440 - 710 500 - 800

同义字 30 题
（Synonyms）
语文（Verbal） 30 分钟 440 - 710 500 - 800
类比题 30 题
（Analogies）

阅读（Reading） 40 题 40 分钟 440 - 710 500 - 800

作文（Writing 依自身体验、时事、历史或文
25 分钟 本单元是不计分的,但是校方选择学生的重要参考。
Sample） 学方面来发挥。

2. SSAT 考试流程：

 Writing Sample 25min

 Break 5min
 SECTION1: Quantitative 30min
 SECTION2: Reading 40min
 Break 10min
 SECTION3: Verbal 30min
 SECTION4: Quantitative 30min (Total:170min)
 Experimental Section 15min

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3. SSAT 算分方法：

Middle Level
Middle Level Scaled Score
Raw Score Reading Verbal Quantitative
60 710
55 710
50 710 710
45 698 680
40 710 674 659
35 686 650 635
30 656 626 614
25 626 602 593
20 596 578 569
15 566 554 540
10 536 530 527
5 506 506 503
0 476 482 482
-5 446 458 458
-10 and lower 440 440 440

Median 50th Percentile

Grade 5 585 590 587
Grade 6 603 610 611
Grade 7 628 635 635

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 Upper Level（高年级）

Upper Level Scaled Score

Raw Score Reading Verbal Quantitative
60 800
55 800
50 779 800
45 752 782
40 800 725 755
35 722 698 725
30 692 671 698
25 662 644 668
20 632 617 641
15 602 590 614
10 572 563 584
5 542 533 557
0 512 506 530
-5 and lower 500 500 500

Median 50th Percentile

Grade 8 647 660 676
Grade 9 653 667 699
Grade 10 659 670 705
Grade 11 647 656 704

Raw Score（原始分数）计分规则：正确 1 题得 1 分，做错 1 题扣 1/4 分，放弃得 0 分。

 考场上遇到不会的题目是完全放弃还是蒙一个答案？
 没有做完的题目是完全放弃还是蒙一个答案？

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 2. SSAT 数学专题一：Arithmetic

1. Integers
 Natural numbers

 Whole numbers

 Digit

0 hundred thousands 1 ten thousands

7 millions 9 thousands
8 ten millions 7 hundreds
3 hundred millions 8 tens
5 billions 3 units

4 05 3 8 7 0 1 9 7 8 3

4 hundred billions
0 ten billions

 EXERCISES
(1) What does the digit 4 represent in the number 456,695,098?
(A) hundreds (B) thousands (C) ten thousands (D) hundred millions

(2) Change 304 473 into words.

(A) thirty thousand, four hundred seventy-three
(B) three hundred four thousand, four hundred seventy-three
(C) thirty-four thousand, four hundred seventy three
(D) three thousand, four hundred seventy-three

(3) Change “eight hundred fifty three million, four hundred thirty-two thousand, five hundred
sixty-four” into numerals.
(A) 835,432,000
(B) 853,564

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 (C) 853,432,564
(D) 8,534325,640

 Comparing Integers & Ordering of Number

Using the inequality symbol > (greater than) or < (less than) compare numbers. The integer on the
right is the larger. If necessary, draw the number line.

 EXERCISES
(1) Use the inequality symbol > to compare 2, 0 and -2.

(2) Use the inequality symbol < to compare -5, 3, and -8.

(3) Order the number 6, -2, and 0 from largest to smallest.

(4) Order the numbers -3, 4 and -1 from smallest to largest.

(5) Which of the following values of makes this statement true?

-3 < <2
(A) 3 (B) -4 (C) -1

 Exponents
3 is the exponent

43 the power is 64

4 is the base

 EXERCISES
(1) Simplify 2·43.
(A) 128 (B) 64 (C) 156 (D) 32

(2) What does 52·24 simplify to?

(A) 200 (B) 400 (C) 80 (D) 150

(3) Simplify the following powers and then select the best answer?
(a) 62 (b) 33 (c) 43
(A) a<c and b>a (B)c>b or a<b (C) a>b and b>c (D) b>c or c<a

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 Order of Operations
Ordinarily, we perform arithmetic operations from left to right, with multiplication and division
preceding addition and subtraction.

 EXERCISES
(1) Simplify the expression 3·42 - 48÷6 + 2(9-4)

(2) Simplify the expression 52 - 4·3 + 6·2

(A) 10 (B) 40 (C) 36 (D) 25

(3) Simplify the expression 64 - 33 + 6·2

(A) 49 (B) 38 (C) 43 (D) 122

(4) Simplify the expression 5(-3) + (6-1)2

(A) 15 (B) 40 (C) 10 (D) -10

(5) Simplify the expression 91·(-2)3

(A) -27 (B) 36 (C) -72 (D) 27

 Rounding off Integers

 EXERCISES
(1) Round off 456 to the nearest ten.
(A) 450 (B) 400 (C) 500 (D) 460

(2) Round off 5,678 to the nearest 100.

(A) 6,000 (B) 5,600 (C) 5,700 (D) 5,800

(3) Find the difference between 153 rounded off to the nearest hundred and 153 rounded off to
the nearest ten.
(A) 50 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 47

(4) What is the sum of 783 rounded off to the nearest hundred and 437 rounded off to the nearest
ten?
(A) 1,240 (B) 1,140 (C) 2,350 (D) 1,400

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 Prime Numbers
A prime number is a counting number that can only be divided by 1 and itself without resulting in
a remainder.

Prime numbers less than 20:

 EXERCISES
(1) What is the next prime number following 28?
(A) 30 (B) 31 (C) 29 (D) 37

(2) List the prime numbers between 12 and 21

(A) 13、15、17 (B) 13、17、19 (C) 13、17、19、21 (D) 13、15、17、19

(3) What are the prime numbers greater than 7 but less than or equal to 15?
(A) 9、11 (B) 9、11、13 (C) 9、14 (D) 11、13

 Factors and Multiples

 Factors are two or more numbers that, when multiplied together, result in another number
called a product.
 Prime factors are prime numbers that, when multiplied together, result in a product.
42 = 21·2 = 7 · 3 · 2

factors prime factors

 Common factors are numbers that are factors of two or more numbers.
56 = 7 · 8 The common factor of 56 and 21 is 7.
21 = 3 · 7
 The greatest common factor
 The least common factor
 A multiple of a particular number is the product of that number by other whole numbers.

 EXERCISES
(1) Find a common factor of 15 and 55.
(A) 11 (B) 3 (C) 15 (D) 5

(2) What is the greatest common factor of 48 and 54?

(A) 8 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9

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 (3) 14, 21, 28 and 35 are all multiples of what number?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 7
(4) What are the prime factors of 30?
(A) 10, 3 (B) 3, 5, 2 (C) 15, 2 (D) 5, 6

2. Fractions
 Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Match the items in the two columns:
(1) 4/3 (a) Proper fraction
(2) 5-2/7 (b) Improper fraction
(3) 8/9 (c) Mixed number

 EXERCISES
(1) Compare 2/3, 1/2 and 3/4 and then determine which of the following statements is true
(A) 2/3 > 3/4 (B) 1/2 < 3/4 (C) 3/4 < 2/3 (D) 2/3 < 1/2

 Reducing Fractions
Reduce the following fractions to their lowest terms
(1) 42/49
(A) 6/7 (B) 5/7 (C) 4/9 (D) 6/9

(2) 15/45
(A) 5/9 (B) 5/15 (C) 1/3 (D) 3/9

(3) 40/64
(A) 1/2 (B) 5/8 (C) 20/32 (D) 7/8

 Changing Improper Fractions to Whole or Mixed Numbers

(1) Change 25/6 to a mixed number

(2) Change 32/7 to a mixed number

(3) Change 46/9 to a mixed number

(4) Change 54/8 to a mixed number

 Changing Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions

Change the following mixed numbers to improper fractions

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 (1) 4-3/5
(A) 17/5 (B) 23/5 (C) 15/4 (D) 20/3

(2) 5-2/3
(A) 19/3 (B) 17/3 (C) 13/2 (D) 11/3

 Equivalent Fractions
(1) Which of the following fractions is the equivalent of 5/7
(A) 12/17 (B) 9/14 (C) 10/18 (D) 10/14

(2) Are 4/9 and 12/15 equivalent fractions?

(3) Find the equivalent of 3/7

(A) 12/28 (B) 9/12 (C) 15/28 (D) 18/35

(4) Is 7/8 equivalent to 21/24?

 Operations with Fractions

(1) Simplify: 2-2/5
3/4 + 4/5
(2) Change 3-3/4 to an improper fraction and then multiple by 2/3

(3) Change 2-2/5 to an improper fraction and invert. Then multiply 4/5 by the result.

(4) Find 3/4 of 1/2 of 240

(A) 80 (B) 60 (C) 110 (D) 90

(5) Add 2-2/3, 3-1/4 and 5/6

(A) 5-1/2 (B) 4-3/4 (C) 6-3/4 (D) 7-2/3

(6) A beaker contains 12-5/8 ounces of alcohol. If 2-3/4 ounces is spilled out, how many ounces
remain in the beaker?
(A) 9-7/8 (B) 8-5/8 (C) 9-5/6 (D) 8-1/2

(7) Simplify 5/6 ÷ 2-5/12

(A) 12/17 (B) 10/29 (C) 11/19 (D) 9/16

(8) Simplify 2 + 3/4

1-1/4 – 3/8

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 (A) 2-3/5 (B) 3-1/7 (C) 3-5/9 (D) 4-2/5

(9) Sandy bought 2 boxes of plain cards containing 20 cards each. She created 27 Valentine’s Day
cards and she kept the remainder as “all occasion” cards.
(a) What fractional part were Valentine’s Day cards?
(b) What fractional part were “all occasion” cards?

3. Decimals
 Reading Decimals
Tenths Thousandths

34. 5 0 7 8

Hundredths Ten thousandths

 Comparing Decimals and Fractions

(1) Change 3/8 to a decimal.

(2) Change 0.68 to a fraction.

(3) Which decimal is the equivalent of 5/8?

(A) 0.655 (B) 0.700 (C) 0.625 (D) 0.850

(4) Which fraction is the equivalent of 0.78?

(A) 7/8 (B) 39/50 (C) 7/100 (D) 7/800

(5) Which decimal is the closest equivalent of 2/3

(A) 0.6 (B) 0.66 (C) 0.666 (D) 0.676

 Rounding off Decimals

(1) Round off the sum of 25.06 and 67.43 to the nearest tenth
(A) 92.5 (B) 92.4 (C) 92.3 (D) 92.2

(2) Round off the product of 8.53 and 0.9 to the nearest hundredth.
(A) 7.6 (B) 7.681 (C) 7.67 (D) 7.68

 Operations with Decimals

(1) Add 84.29, 234.752 and 45
(A) 364.84 (B) 366.839 (C) 364.04 (D) 364.042

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 (2) Jaime packed 12 scales. If each scale weighed 15.73 ounces, what was the total weight of all
the scales?
(A) 188.736 ounces (B) 188 ounces (C) 188.76 ounces (D) 188.754 ounces

(3) Multiply 4.58 by 0.7 and round off to the nearest hundredth
(A) 3.206 (B) 3.23 (C) 3.208 (D) 3.21

(4) Divide 2.0592 by 0.72 and round the answer to the nearest tenth.
(A) 2.9 (B) 2.86 (C) 2.8 (D) 28.6

(5) Eighty-three one-hundredths of the 600 pencils in a box have no points. How many pencils
have no points?

 Scientific Notation
(1) Change 4.05×103 to a whole number
(A) 40.5 (B) 405 (C) 4050 (D) 40500
(2) Change 6,941 to scientific notation
(A) 69.41×104 (B) 6.941×102 (C) 69.41×103 (D) 6.941×103

4. Percents
 Changing Fractions and Whole Numbers to Percents
(1) Change 6/7 to a two-place decimal.
(A) 0.86 (B) 0.87 (C) 87% (D) 0.89

(2) Change 3/11 to a percent. Choose the best answer.

(A) 28% (B) 29% (C) 0.27 (D) 27%

 Changing Percents to Fractions

(1) Change 45% to a fraction and reduce to lowest terms.

(2) Change 68% to a fraction and reduce to lowest terms.

(A) 17/25 (B) 68/100 (C) 4/50 (D) 19/100

 Changing Decimals to Percents

(1) Change 2.33 to a percent.

(2) Change 68.5 to a percent.

(A) 0.685% (B) 6.85% (C) 6,850% (D) 68.5%

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 Changing Percents to Decimals
(1) Change 7.32% to a decimal.

(2) Change 46.3% to a decimal.

(A) 463 (B) 4.63 (C) 46.3 (D) 0.463

 Finding a Percent of a number

(1) Find 7% of 430. Round off the answer to the nearest whole number.

(2) 24% of the houses on Elm Street (12 houses) have gray roofs. 36% of the houses on Elm
Street (18 houses) have green roofs. The remaining houses all have black roofs. How many houses
have black roofs?

(3) If there were 300 people at a dinner and nearly 39% ordered fish, approximately how many
ordered fish?
(A) 200 (B) 150 (C) 120 (D) 110

(4) Out of a sample of 450 people, 8% were vegetarians. How many were not vegetarians?
(A) 360 (B) 414 (C) 280 (D) 524

 Exercise：
1．What is the least composite number greater than 50?
(A) 51 (B) 53 (C) 55 (D) 57 (E) 59

2．Which of the following is a multiple of 2, 3and 5?

(A) 165 (B) 235 (C) 350 (D) 420 (E) 532

3. If 4/5 of a number is 28, then 1/5 of that number is ?

4. Three consecutive multiples of 4 have a sum of 60, what is the greatest of these numbers

5. Which number is a multiple of 60?

(A) 213 (B) 350 (C) 540 (D) 666 (E) 1060

6. Two odd integers and one even integer are multiplied together. Which of the following could be
their product?
(A) 1.5 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 7.2 (E) 15

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7. What is the sum of five consecutive integers if the middle one is 13?

8. If there were 300 people at a dinner and nearly 39% ordered fish, how many ordered fish?

9. n is an odd integer and 10 ＜ n ＜ 19, what is the mean of all possible values of n?

10. Change 6/7 to a two-place decimal.

11. If the average of 5 consecutive odd number is 11, then the largest number is?

12. Which of the following can be the sum of two negative integers?
(A) -3 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) 6 (E) 400

13. How much money would you have if you had 2 quarters, 3 dimes, 7 nickels and 14 pennies?

14. When D is divided by 15 the result is 6 with a remainder of 2, what is the remainder when D
divided by 6?

15. How many factors does the number 48 have?

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 3. SSAT 数学专题二：Algebra

In the algebraic expression 3a + 6 , a is the variable, 6 is the constant and 3 is the coefficient.

 Find the value of the following expressions when b = 5

(1) 4b - 7
(2) 2b3 + 8

1. Arithmetic Operations with Signed Numbers

 Rules for addition and subtraction
(1) If the signs of the addends are the same, add the numbers and use that sign.
(2) If the signs of the addends are different, subtract and use the sign, of the Larger.
(3) Change the sign of the subtrahend (the second number) and use the rule of addition.

 Rules for multiplication

(1) If the signs of the factors are the same, the product is positive.
(2) If the signs of the factors are different, the product is negative.

 Rules for division

(1) If the signs of the dividend and divisor are the same, the quotient is positive.
(2) If the signs of the dividend and divisor are different, the quotient is negative.

 EXERCISES
(1) Subtract -47 from +18
(A) 65 (B) 29 (C) -65 (D) -29

(2) Multiply (+3)(-2)(-1)(+4)

(A) -24 (B) -12 (C) +24 (D) +12

(3) Divide 1.75 by -0.7

(A) 2.5 (B) -2.5 (C) 0.25 (D) -0.25

2. Formulas
 The formula C = (5/9)(F-32) shows us the relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit and
allows us to change from one scale to another.

(1) Change 113o Fahrenheit to Celsius.

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(2) Change 104o Fahrenheit to Celsius.
(A) 36oC (B) 40oC (C) 45oC (D) 81oC

3. Equations
(1) Find the value of x in the equation 5x + 12 =47.

(2) Find the value of x in the equation 3x – 8 =19.

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 6 (D) 7

4. Simplifying Exponential Expressions

 Rules
(1) If we multiply powers with the same base, we simply add the exponents.
(2) If we divide powers with the same base, we subtract exponents.
(3) Any time a number is divided by itself, the quotient is 1,so a base raised to a zero exponent
simplifies to 1.

 EXERCISES
(1) Fine the value of 87·69·50
85·68

(2) Simplify the following expression. 94·63

93·6
(A) 54 (B) 486 (C) 1,816 (D) 324

5. Roots and Radicals

The index is 2 The radical is √ 25

√ 25 = 5
The radicand is 25 The radical sign is √

There are actually two square roots of √ 25 :±5

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6. Simplifying Radicals
 EXERCISE

(1) Simplify √ 50

(2)Simplify √3 125 x 9

(3) Simplify √ C12

(A) C3 (B) C6 (C) C4 (D) 6C2

(4) Simplify √ 98
(A) 6 √3 (B) 5 √3 (C) 4 √5 (D) 7 √2

7. Operations with Radicals

 EXERCISES
Simplify the following radical expressions.

(1) 5 √ 7 - 2 √7 + 6 √ 7
(A) 11 √7 (B) 10 √7 (C) 13 √7 (D) 9 √7

(2) 8 √2 · 3 √2
(A) 24 √2 (B) 48 √2 (C) 48 (D) 4

8. Inequalities
(1) Simplify the following powers and then select the correct answer.
(a) 52 (b) 25 (c) 23
(A) a > b or c > a (B) c = a or b < c (C) c > b and a = b (D) b < a or c < b

(2) Which of the following statements is true?

(A) 4 < -5 and 9 > 3 (B) 7 ≥ -2 and 6 < -5
(C) 12 ≤ 19 or -5 >0 (D) -9 > -8 or 7 < 0

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9. Operations with monomials and Polynomials
 EXERCISEES
Simplify the following expressions
(1) 4t - 5t + 9t - 3t

(2) 3xy – 2 – xy

(3) 8a2b + 5ab2 - 4a2b

(4) If x = 15 and y = 10, what is the value of 4x(x - y) ?

(5) 6(3b - 4) = ?

(6) 7y3 + 14y2 - 21y = ?

(7) 2x5 × 8x7 = ?

(8) 6x7 ÷2x5 = ?

(9) (6a)(4b)= ?

(10) 24a ÷3b= ?

(11) 40x2y5 ÷5xy2z4 = ?

(12) (y+1)(y+2)= ?

(13) 12a + 8 = 23 - 3a, a = ?

(14) 7x + 2y = 3x + 10y - 16 for x in terms of y.

(15) 4a + 6 ＞ 2a + 10

(16) 5(g - 6) ≤ 6g + 18

(17) 24g7 - 18g5 =

- 6g4

(18) Subtract 2a - 4 from -3a - 6.

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(19) Simplify -3g - 4h + 8g - 3h.
(A) 4g + 7h (B) -5g - 11h (C) 5g - 7h (D) 11g + 7h

(20) Subtract 8t - 4z from -5t - 8z.

(A) -13t - 4z (B) 13t + 4z (C) -3t - 4z (D) 3t - 12z

(21) Find the product of 5a3 and 4a7.

(A) 20a21 (B) 15a10 (C) 20a10 (D) 35a21

(22) Find the quotient of 18t6 - 12t7 and -6t5.

(A) 3t - 2t2 (B) -3t - 2 (C) 3t - 2t (D) -3t + 2t2

10. Absolute Value

 The absolute value of a number x is defined as its distance from zero.

∥x∥=
√ x2

 EXERCISES
Simplify the following expressions.
(1) 6∥-4∥+ 4∥7∥
(A) -24 (B) 4 (C) 52 (D) -4

(2) 7∥7∥- 3∥-2∥

(A) 55 (B) 45 (C) 27 (D) 43

11. Ratios and Proportions

 a, b, c and d are called the first, second, third, and fourth terms, respectively. The two outer
terms are called the extremes, while the two inner terms are called the means.
means

a:b=c:d

extremes
 Three ways: 1/5, 5 : 10, 5 ÷10
 EXERCISES:
(1) Find the fourth term in the proportion 2 : 7 = 12 : x

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 (2) Find the fourth term in the proportion 7 : 9 = 21 : x
(A) 21 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36
(3) There are 12 boys and 8 girls in the Art Club. Express in three ways the ratio of:
(a) boys to girls (b) girls to club members

12. Consecutive Integers

 If we let x represent an integer, x+1 represents the next consecutive integer, x+2 the integer
after that, and so forth: x, x+1, x+2, ...
 If n represents the first even integer, n+2 represents the next consecutive even integer, n+4
the even integer after that, and so forth: n, n+2, n+4, ...
 If n represents the first even integer, n+1 represents the next consecutive odd integer, (n+1)+2
represents the next consecutive odd integer, (n+1)+4 the odd integer after that, and so forth:
n+1, (n+1)+2, (n+1)+4, ...
 Negative × or ÷ Negative = Positive
 Positive × or ÷ Negative = Negative
 Even ± Even = Even
 Even ± Odd = Odd
 Odd ± Odd = Even
 Even × Even = Even
 Even × Odd = Even
 Odd × Odd = Odd

 EXERCISE:
(1) Find three consecutive integers whose sum is 78.

(2) Fine the largest of three consecutive integers whose sum is 231.
(A) 79 (B) 83 (C) 80 (D) 78

(3) What is the smaller of two consecutive even integers that add up to 70?
(A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 34 (D) 38

(4) Find the second of three consecutive odd integers whose sum is 141.
(A) 45 (B) 47 (C) 51 (D) 49

(5) Molly has x dollars Alex has 5 dollars more than Molly. If Alex gives Molly 6 dollars, how
many dollars will Alex have left?

(6) If ½ of a number is less than 25, then the number must be:

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 (A) less than 50 (B) equal to 50 (C) more than 50

13. Sequences
(1) 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,?
(2) 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,?
(3) 3, 6, 12, 24, 48,?
(4) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,?

14. Frequency
 EXERCISE: If buses arrive at a terminal with a frequency of one every two minutes, what is
the frequency of arrivals every hour? What is the frequency of arrivals every day?

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 4. SSAT 数学专题三：Geometry

 Points
 Lines: (1) intersecting lines
(2) line segments
(3) rays
(4) perpendicular lines
 Planes
 Angles: (1) protractor
(2) right angles
(3) acute angles
(4) obtuse angles
(5) straight angles
(6) reflex angles
(7) complementary angles
(8) supplementary angles
(9) adjacent angles
(10) vertical angles
(11) congruent angles
 Coordinate geometry: (1)coordinate axis system
(2)X-axis
(3)Y-axis
(4) origin
(5) slope
 Polygons: (1) triangle
(2) quadrilateral
(3) pentagon
(4) hexagon
(5) octagon
(6) nonagon
(7) decagon
 Angles in Polygons
(1) Rectangles: A rectangle has four right angles.

(2) Squares: A square has four right angles and four equal sides.

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 (3) Parallelograms: The sum of measures of the angles of a parallelogram is 3600. Opposite
angles are congruent.
 Triangles: Sum of the angles in a triangle is 180o.
 Types of triangles, Classified by angles:
(1) Acute triangle: three acute angles
(2) Right triangle: one 90o angle
(3) Obtuse triangle: one obtuse angle
(4) Equiangular triangle: three angles of equal measure
 Types of triangles, Classified by sides:
(1) Isosceles triangle: two sides of equal length
(2) Equilateral triangle: three sides of equal length
(3) Scalene triangle: no sides of equal length
 Perimeters
(1) Rectangles:
(2) Triangles:
(3) Isosceles triangles
(4) Equilateral triangles
 Areas of Polygons
(1) rectangles = (length) (width)
(2) squares = (side)2
(3) parallelograms = (base) (height)
(4) triangles = 1/2 (base) (height)
(5) trapezoid area = 1/2 (sum of the lengths of the parallel sides) (height)
 Circles
(1) Radius and diameter
(2) Circumference = 2πr or πd
(3) Area = πr2
(4) Central angle
(5) Sectors

 Volumes
(1) Rectangular Solids Volume = length × width × height
(2) Cubes Volume= side3
(3) Right Circular Cylinders = area of base·height
= π·square of the radius·height.
(4) Cones Volume = 1/3·area of the base·height
= 1/3·π·the square of the radius·height
(5) Spheres Volume = 4/3·π·the cube of the radius

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 = 4/3πr3

 Measurements
 U.S. Weight Measures
(1) 1 pound = 16 ounces
(2) 1 ton = 2000 pounds

 U.S. Length Measures

(1) 1 foot = 12 inches
(2) 1 yard= 3 feet
(3) 1 yard = 36 inches
(4) 1 mile = 1760 yards
(5) 1 mile = 5280 feet

 U.S. Liquid Measures

(1) 1 quart = 2 pints
(2) 1 gallon = 4 quarts

 U.S. Monetary Measures

(1) 1 Penny = 1 cent
(2) 1 Nickel = 5 cents
(3) 1 Dime = 10 cents
(4) 1 Quarter = 25 cents

 Metric Measures
(1) 1 meter = 100 centimeters
(2) 1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
(3) 1 meter = 39.37 inches
(4) 1 kilometer= 0.6214 mile
(5) 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
(6) 1 liter = 1.057 quarts
(7) 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers
(8) 1 pound = 0.4536 kilograms

 Graphs and Tables

(1) Line graphs
(2) Circle graphs
(3) Bar graphs

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 (4) Tables

 EXERCISES:
(1) What is the complement of (3x)o ?
(A) (180 - 3x)o (B) (90 - 3x)o (C) 5xo (D) (100 - 3x)o

(2) What is the supplement of (9b)o ?

(A) (100 - 9b)o (B) (180 - 9b)o (C) (90 - 9b)o (D) (100 - 9b)o

(3) What do we call a six-sided figure?

(A) octagon (B) pentagon (C) hexagon (D) decagon

(4) What do we call an eight-sided figure?

(A) heptagon (B) triangle (C) nonagon (D) octagon

(5) What is the sum of the angles in a rectangle?

(A) 180o (B) 360o (C) 270o (D) 90o

(6) In parallelogram ABCD, if the measure of angle A is 123o, find the measure of angle B.
(A) 123o (B) 246o (C) 57o (D) 114o

(7) Select the type of triangle whose base angles are congruent but whose vertex angle is different.
(A) isosceles (B) equilateral (C) right

(8) What do we call a triangle with three equal angles?

(A) right triangle (B) obtuse triangle
(C) isosceles triangle (D) equiangular triangle

(9) If the perimeter of a rectangle is 42 and its width is 6, find its length.
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 15

(10) If each of the congruent sides of an isosceles triangle is 11 and the base is 4.6, find the
perimeter of the triangle.
(A) 13.8 (B) 37.6 (C) 20.2 (D) 26.6

(11) If the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 45.9 and one of the congruent sides is 8.6, find the
base of the triangle
(A) 37.3 (B) 28.7 (C) 35.6 (D) 27.4

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(12) Find one side of an equilateral triangle if its perimeter is 8.

(13) The area of a rectangle is 54. If its length is 12, find its width.

(14) If the base of a parallelogram is 24.3 and its height is 8, find the area.

(15) If the area of a triangle is 36 square inches and its height is 8 inches, find its base.

(16) Find the hypotenuse of a right triangle if its two legs are 6 and 8.

(17) If the circumference of a circle is 31.4, find its radius. Use the formula C = 2πr, where C =
circumference, π= 3.14, and r = radius.

(18) Find the area of a circle whose radius is 8. Use the formula A = πr 2, where A = area, π= 3.14
and r = radius. Round the answer to the nearest tenth.
(A) 199.9 (B) 200 (C) 201.0 (D) 200.9

(19) If the area of a circle is 12.56, find its radius. Use the formula A = πr 2, where A = area, π=
3.14 and r = radius.

(20) If three central angles measure 65o,87o,and 112o, find the measure of the fourth central angle.

(21) If a central angle measures 45 o and the radius of its circle is 2, find the area of its sector.
Letπ= 3.

(22) Find the volume of a rectangular solid whose length is 6, width is 8, and height is 7.

(23) We want to construct a box in the shape of a rectangular solid. If its volume is supposed to be
144 cubic inches, its length is 8 inches and its width is 3 inches, find its height.

(24) Find the volume of a cube whose edge is 7 inches.

(A) 49 (B) 343 (C) 98 (D) 2401

(25) If the volume of a cube is 216 cubic inches, find one edge.

(26) Find the volume of a cylinder whose radius is 2 inches and whose height is 6 inches. Use the
formula V = πr2h, where V = volume, π= 3, r = radius, and h = height.

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(27) Find the volume of a cone whose radius is 1 inch and whose height is 6 inches. Use the
formula V = 1/3πr2h, where V = volume, π= 3, r = radius, and h = height.
(28) Find the volume of a sphere whose radius is 2 inches. Use the formula V = 4/3πr 3,where V =
volume, π= 3, r = radius.

(29) Change 46 tons to pounds.

(30) How many feet are there in 4 miles?

(31) Change 216 inches to feet.

(32) How many feet are there in 13 yards?

(33) Change 24 pints to quarts.

(34) Change 12 miles to kilometers and round off to the nearest tenth of a kilometer.

(35) How many pounds are the equivalent of 15.4 kilograms? Round off to the nearest whole
pound.

(36) How many quarts are there in 9 gallons?

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 5. SSAT 数学专题四：Word Problem

 +：
 －:
 ×:
 ÷:
 =:

 EXERCISES:
(1) If a truck travels at 50 miles per hour for 6.5 hours, how far will the truck travel?
(A) 600 miles (B) 425 miles (C) 325 miles (D) 300 miles (E) 500 miles

(2) The average of four numbers is n. If three of the numbers are n+3, n+5, and n-2, what is the
value of the fourth number?
(A) n – 6 (B) n – 4 (C) n (D) n+2 (E) n+4

(3) Mike has n Hawaiian shirts and Adam has 3 times as many Hawaiian shirts. If Adam gives
Mike six Hawaiian shirts, both boys would have an equal number of Hawaiian shirts. How many
Hawaiian shirts does Mike have?
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 15 (E) 18

(4) If the product of the positive numbers X and Y is 20, and X is less than 4, which of the
following must be true?
Ⅰ. Y is greater than 5
Ⅱ. The sum of X and Y is greater than 10
Ⅲ. Twice the product of X and Y is equal to 40

(5) The sum of 8 and a certain number is equal to 20 minus the same number. What is the number?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 10 (E) 14

(6) Kendra is a programmer. She earns $26.5 per hour. How much does she earn in 16 hours?

(7) Julio earns $12.54 per hour, while Shanequa earns $13.04 per hour. In 12 hours, how much
more than Julio does Shanequa earn?

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(8) Mildred earned $22.88 per hour and got paid 1.5 times that amount for overtime. If she worked
44 hours last week and any hours over 40 are considered overtime, how much did she get paid?

(9) Murran makes $12.74 per hour. How much does he earn in 38 hours?
(A) $104.12 (B) $484.12 (C) $456.00 (D) $144.40

(10) Hilda earns $14.36 per hour, her friend Janice gets paid $13.37 per hour. If they both work 39
hours, how much more money does Hilda earn?
(A) $38.61 (B) $560.04 (C) $521.43 (D) $49.30

(11) Jules gets paid $ 12.48 per hour for his first 40 hours of work per week. He gets paid $15.75
per hour for overtime, which is considered over 40 hours per week. How much does Jules make
when he works 47 hours for the week?
(A) $499.20 (B) $740.25 (C) $586.56 (D) $609.45

(12) Malcolm has $10,000 to invest. If he invests some money at 4% per year simple interest and
the rest at 3% per year simple interest and he derives an income of $385 for the year, how much
should he invest at 4%?

(13) Mrs. Jackson has $7,000 to invest. If she invests part at 6% simple annual interest and part at
8% simple annual interest, she will get an annual return of $520. How much should she invest at
8%?
(A) $2,500 (B) $3,000 (C) $5,000 (D) $2,000

(14) Jack is twice as old as Lillian. Six years ago Jack was five times as old as Lillian was then.
How old is Lillian now?

(15) Jenny is now 18 and Carmen is 12. How many years ago was Jenny twice as old as Carmen?
(A) 3 years ago (B) 8 years ago (C) 6 years ago (D) 4 years ago

(16) A father is now 28 years older than his son. Ten years ago the father was 15 times as old as
his son. How old is the father now?
(A) 40 years old (B) 28 years old (C) 36 years old (D) 42 years old

(17) If the city of Pottersville has 8,000 residents now and is projected to lose 8% of its population
next year and another 5% the following year, what will be its population at the end of two years?

(18) The price on a $200 suit was increased by 25%. The merchant was unable to sell the suit, so it

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was then discounted by 12%. What was the final selling price?
(A) $225 (B) $220 (C) $240 (D) $210

(19) If a suit is reduced by $40 and this represents a 25% discount, what was the original price of
the suit?

(20) What percent of 50 is 90?

(21) Tiesha works on a base salary of $525 per week plus a 6% commission on sales. If she sold
$3,300 worth of items last week, how much was her total salary?

(22) An auto dealer increases the price of a used car 15%. If the new price is $6,900, what was the
original price of the car?
(A) $5,000 (B) $6,200 (C) $5,900 (D) $6,000

(23) Fifty is what percent of 20?

(A) 250% (B) 40% (C) 25% (D) 400%

(24) Maria is a salesperson. She works on a base salary of $400 per week plus an 8% commission.
If she sold $7,000 worth of pharmaceuticals last week, what was her salary?
(A) $780 (B) $960 (C) $840 (D) $984

(25) Glen drove a distance of 182 miles in 3.5 hours. What was his average rate of speed?

(26) Aristide is a train engineer. If the distance between two cities is 350.4 miles, and he wants to
make the trip in 6 hours, what should his average rate of speed be?

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 6. SSAT 数学词汇

代数部分
1. 有关基本运算：
add, plus 加 mixed number 带分数
subtract 减 vulgar fraction，common fraction 普通分数
difference 差 simple fraction 简分数
multiply, times 乘 numerator 分子
product 积 denominator 分母
sum 和 (least) common denominator （最小）公分母
divide 除 quarter 四分之一
divisible 可被整除的 decimal fraction 纯小数
divided evenly 被整除 infinite decimal 无穷小数
quotient 商 recurring decimal 循环小数
remainder 余数 tenths unit 十分位
power 乘方
radical sign, root sign 根号 4. 基本数学概念：
round to 四舍五入 arithmetic mean 算术平均值
to the nearest 四舍五入 weighted average 加权平均值
geometric mean 几何平均数
exponent 指数，幂
2. 有关代数式、方程和不等式： base 乘幂的底数，底边
algebraic term 代数项 cube 立方数，立方体
like terms, similar terms 同类项 square root 平方根
numerical coefficient 数字系数 cube root 立方根
literal coefficient 字母系数 common logarithm 常用对数
inequality 不等式 digit 数字
triangle inequality 三角不等式 constant 常数
range 值域 variable 变量
original equation 原方程 linear 一次的，线性的
equivalent equation 同解方程、等价方程 factorization 因式分解
linear equation 线性方程 (e.g. 5x + 6 = 22) absolute value 绝对值 (e.g.｜-32｜= 32)
round off 四舍五入
3. 有关分数和小数：
proper fraction 真分数 5. 有关数论：
improper fraction 假分数 natural number 自然数

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positive number 正数 permutation or arrangement 排列
negative number 负数 combination 组合
odd integer, odd number 奇数 table 表格
even integer, even number 偶数 trigonometric function 三角函数
integer, whole number 整数 unit 单位，位
positive whole number 正整数
negative whole number 负整数
consecutive number 连续整数 几何部分
real number, rational number 实数，有理数 1. 所有的角：
irrational (number) 无理数 alternate angle 内错角
inverse 倒数 corresponding angle 同位角
composite number 合数 (e.g. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, vertical angle 对顶角
14, 15, …) central angle 圆心角
prime number 质数 (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, interior angle 内角
…) exterior angle 外角
reciprocal 倒数 supplement angles 补角
common divisor 公约数 complement angle 余角
multiple 倍数 adjacent angle 邻角
(least) common multiple （最小）公倍数 acute angle 锐角
(prime) factor （质）因子 obtuse angle 钝角
common factor 公因子 right angle 直角
ordinary scale, decimal scale 十进制
nonnegative 非负的 2. 所有的三角形：
tens 十位 equilateral triangle 等边三角形
units 个位 scalene triangle 不等边三角形
mode 众数 isosceles triangle 等腰三角形
median 中位数 right triangle 直角三角形

3. 有关收敛的平面图形，除三角形外：
6. 其它： semicircle 半圆
approximate 近似 concentric circles 同心圆
(anti) clockwise （逆）顺时针方向 quadrilateral 四边形
cardinal 基数 parallelogram 平行四边形
ordinal 序数 equilateral 等边形
direct proportion 正比 plane 平面
distinct 不同的 square 正方形，平方
estimation 估计，近似 rectangle 长方形
parentheses 括号 regular polygon 正多边形
proportion 比例 rhombus 菱形

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trapezoid 梯形 diameter 直径
edge 棱
4. 其它平面图形： face of a solid 立体的面
arc 弧 hypotenuse 斜边
line, straight line 直线 included side 夹边
line segment 线段 leg 三角形的直角边
parallel lines 平行线 median of a triangle 三角形的中线
segment of a circle 弧形 base 底边，底数 (e.g. 2 的 5 次方，2 就是底数)
section 扇形 opposite 直角三角形中的对边
midpoint 中点
5. 有关立体图形： endpoint 端点
cube 立方体，立方数 vertex (复数形式 vertices) 顶点
rectangular solid 长方体 tangent 切线的
regular solid / regular polyhedron 正多面体 transversal 截线
circular cylinder 圆柱体 intercept 截距
cone 圆锥
sphere 球体 7. 有关坐标：
solid 立体的 coordinate system 坐标系
rectangular coordinate 直角坐标系
6. 有关图形上的附属物： origin 原点
altitude 高 abscissa 横坐标
depth 深度 ordinate 纵坐标
side 边长 number line 数轴
circumference, perimeter 周长 quadrant 象限
radian 弧度 slope 斜率
surface area 表面积 complex plane 复平面
volume 体积
arm 直角三角形的股 8. 其它：
cross section 横截面 plane geometry 平面几何
center of a circle 圆心 bisect 平分
chord 弦 intersect 相交
radius 半径 perpendicular 垂直
angle bisector 角平分线 congruent 全等的
diagonal 对角线 multilateral 多边的

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 第二部分 实战练习

Practice 1

Section 2
1. Each member of a club sold the same each member?
number of raffle tickets. If the club sold a total (A) 2
of 120 tickets, which of the following (B) 8
CANNOT be the number of tickets sold by (C) 10

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(D) 12
(E) 16 Question 5-6 refer to the graph in Figure.
SUMMER SAVINGS
Major of 900 students
=$50

5. Brian’s summer savings is greater than

2. According to the graph in Figure, about James’s summer savings by how many
how many students are art majors? dollars?
(A) 200 (A) 3
(B) 225 (B) 4
(C) 280 (C) 100
(D) 300 (D) 150
(E) 360 (E) 200
6. The amount of money saved by Andy is
3. Sean arrives home 14 minutes before how many times the amount of money saved
midnight and his sister gets home 25 minutes by James?
later. When does Sean’s sister arrive home? (A) 3
(A) 10 minutes after midnight (B) 4
(B) 11 minutes after midnight (C) 6
(C) 14 minutes after midnight (D) 300
(D) 25 minutes after midnight (E) 400
(E) 39 minutes after midnight
4. Which of the following is closest to 7. How many students are in class if 30
0.52×78? percent of the class is equal to 30 students?
(A) 10
(B) 90
(A) of 70 (C) 100
(D) 900
(E) It cannot be determined from the
(B) of 80 information given.

8. Each of the following is less than 2

(C) of 70 EXCEPT

(D) of 70 (A)

(E) of 80 (B)

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 12. In a basketball game, Team A scored 39
(C) points and Team B scored more points than
Team A. If Team B has 5 players, the average
score of the players on Team B must have
(D) been at least how many points?
(A) 1
(B) 5
(E) (C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 12

9. The sides and angles of triangles ABC,

BDE, BCE and CEF in figure are all equal. 13. In the triangle shown in figure, what is the
Which of the following is the longest path value of a?
from A to F? (A) 4
(A) A-C-B-D-F (B) 6
(B) A-B-E-C-F (C) 8
(C) A-B-C-E-F (D) 9
(D) A-C-E-F (E) It cannot be determined from the
(E) A-B-D-F inofrmation given.

10. Which of the following is closest to 80.08? 14. A man bought a piece of land for 40
(A) 80 thousand dollars. Then he spent 2 million
(B) 80.01 dollars to build a house on it. The cost of the
(C) 80.1 house is how many times the cost of the land?
(D) 81 (A) 5
(E) 90 (B) 20
(C) 50
(D) 200
(E) 500
11. If of a number is less than 12, then the
number is always
(A) less than 36 15. If and y is less than 3,
(B) equal to 4 which of the following CANNOT be the value
(C) greater than 4 of x?
(D) equal to 36 (A) -3
(E) greater than 36 (B) 0
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 (B) 52
(C) 65
(C) (D) 74
(D) 4 (E) 81
(E) 8
19. If a-7=3b+4, what does a+5 equal?
(A) b-1
(B) 4b-1
(C) 3b+9
16. In figure, the distance from A to D is 55 (D) 3b+16
and the distance from A to B is equal to the (E) It cannot be determined from the
distance from C to D. If the distance from A to information given.
B is twice the distance from B to C, how far 20. According to a census report for Country
apart are B and D? A, 21.5 out of every 100 families live in rural
(A) 11 areas. Based on this report, how many of the 2
(B) 30 million families in Country A live in rural
(C) 33 areas?
(D) 44 (A) 430,000
(E) 45 (B) 215,000
(C) 43,000
(D) 4,300
(E) 430

21. Bob is x years old and Jerry is 7 years

older. In terms of x, what was the sum of their
ages, in years, 5 years ago?
17. A book is placed on flat table surface, as (A) 2x+3
shown in figure. Which of the following best (B) 2x+2
shows all of the points where the book touches (C) 2x-3
the table? (D) x-3
(E) x-10
(A)
22. A game show contestant answered exactly
(B)
20 percent of the questions correctly. Of the
first 15 questions, he answered 4 correctly. If
(C) he answered only one of the remaining
questions correctly, which of the following
(D) must be true?
I. There were a total of 20 questions.
(E) II. He answered 10 percent of the remaining
questions correctly.
18. Which of following can be expresses as III. He didn’t answer 9 of the remaining
(J+2)×3 where J is a whole number? questions correctly.
(A) 40 (A) I only
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(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III

23. If C is the product of consecutive integers

A and B, then C must be
(A) greater than A+B
(B) a negative integer
(C) a positive integer
(D) an even integer
(E) an odd integer
24. A 20 percent discount is offered on all
sweaters at Store S. If a cotton sweater is on
sale for $48 and a wool sweater is on sale for
$64, what was the difference in price of the
sweaters before the discount?
(A) $16
(B) $19.2
(C) $20
(D) $24
(E) $32

25. The maximum load that a railway car can

carry is tons of freight. If a train has 36

railway cars, and each of these carries of a

ton less than its maximum load, how many
tons of freight is the train carrying?
(A) 604

(B)

(C)
(D) 648
(E) 660

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 (A) 6
Section 4 (B) 9
(C) 36
(D) 54
(E) 63

1. The crown in figure is made up of

toothpicks that each have the same length. If
each toothpick is 2 meters long and each side
is equal to one toothpick, what is the perimeter
of the crown in meters?
(A) 5 5. A model sailboat floating on the water is
(B) 7 attached to a string 1 meter long, as shown in
(C) 10 figure. If the string is tied to a post on the
(D) 12 dock, which of the following best shows the
(E) 14 area of water on which the sailboat can float?

2. D is an odd number between 4 and 11. If D (A)

is also between 7 and 18, what is the value of
D? (B)
(A) 5
(B) 7 (C)
(C) 8
(D) 9 (D)
(E) 11
(E)
3. Gary has a collection of 16 different operas
and his roommate Paul has a collection of 18 6. At a party, there are exactly 4 times as many
different operas. If Paul and Gary have 4 adults as children. Which of the following
operas common to both record collections, could be the total number of people at this
how many different operas do they have party?
between them? (A) 14
(A) 18 (B) 16
(B) 30 (C) 21
(C) 34 (D) 25
(D) 36 (E) 29
(E) 38

7. Using a pair of scissors, which of the

following can be made from a 20 cm by 28 cm
4. If , then rectangular sheet of paper by 1 straight cut?
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I. Triangle (C) 6
II. Square (D) 4
III. Rectangle (E) 2
(A) I only
(B) II only 11. If n and r are not equal to zero, which of
(C) III only the following must be true?
(D) I and II only I.n#1=-1
(E) I, II and III II. 1#n=0
III. n#n=r#r
Number of Students Taking Swimming Class (A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III

12. Robert wants to leave a 15 percent tip for a

dinner that costs $20.95. Which of the
following is closest to the amount of tip he
should leave?
(A) $2.7
8. According to the graph in Figure, the (B) $3
average number of students taking the (C) $3.15
swimming class during the four months of (D) $3.5
March through June was (E) $3.75
(A) 50
(B) 55 13. Juan studied from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(C) 60 and finished one-third of his assignments. He
(D) 65 is taking a break and wants to finish his
(E) 70 homework by 10:30 p.m. If he plans to
continue working at the same rate, what is the
Question 9-11 refer to following definition. least that he can return to his studies?
For all real numbers n and r, (A) 6:30 p.m.
(B) 7:00 p.m.
(C) 7:30 p.m.
(D) 8:00 p.m.
9. What is the value of 4#2? (E) 8:30 p.m.
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 16
10. If Q#2=4, then Q= 14. Mrs. Brown and her z children each ate 2
(A) 10 peaches. What’s the total number of peaches
(B) 8 they ate?
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(A) z+1 from $0.93 to $1.08. The increase in price is
(B) z+2 closest to what percent?
(C) 2z (A) 1%
(D) 2z+1 (B) 14%
(E) 2z+2 (C) 15%
(D) 16%
15. Which figure can be drawn WITHOUT (E) 20%
lifting the pencil or retracing?

(A)

(B)
19. In the division problem shown above, S-
Q=
(A) 6
(C) (B) 8
(C) 15
(D) 18
(E) 21
(D)
20. What is the least number of square tiles
with side 6 cm needed to cover a rectangular
floor 72 cm long and 48 cm wide?
(E) (A) 14
(B) 72
16. If 0.59 is about N/5, then N is closest to (C) 96
which of the following? (D) 144
(A) 0.3 (E) 192
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 30

17. If the largest of 7 consecutive integers is

25, what is the average of the 7 integers?
(A) 24
(B) 22
(C) 21
(D) 20
(E) 16 21. It takes Craig 5 minutes to type n pages.
At this rate, how many minutes will it take
18. The price of a box of raisins increased him to type 20 pages?
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(A)

24. If p is a positive integer and n is a negative

(B) integer, which of the following is greatest?

(C) (A)

(D)
(B)
(E)

22. The width of a rectangular swimming pool (C)

is one quarter of its length. If the length is 60
meters, what is the perimeter of the pool?
(A) 60 m (D)
(B) 120 m (E) It cannot be determined from the
(C) 150 m information given.
(D) 180 m
(E) 240 m

23. The price of a dress at a department store 25. In a yoga school, of the men and of the
decreases by 20 percent every month it is now women are vegetarians, and twice as many
sold. After 3 months, the current price of the men as women are vegetarians. If there are 84
unsold dress is approximately what percent of people in the yoga school, how many men are
the original price? vegetarians?
(A) 40% (A) 4
(B) 50% (B) 8
(C) 60% (C) 12
(D) 70% (D) 27
(E) 80% (E) 72

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 Practice 2

Section 1

4. Which of the following is a whole number

less than 13 and also a whole number between
11 and 18?
(A) 11
(B) 12
1. The polygon in figure has a perimeter of 30. (C) 12.5
If each side of the polygon has the same (D) 13
length, what is the length of one side? (E) 14
(A) 3
(B) 4 How Susan spent 12 hours watching TV
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

2. Mr. Stuart sold peppermint candy to 25

customers and caramel candy to 17 customers.
If 4 of these customers bought both types of 5. According to the graph in figure, Susan
candy, how many bought only caramel candy? spent about how many hours watching
(A) 29 movies?
(B) 25 (A) 2
(C) 21 (B) 3
(D) 17 (C) 4
(E) 13 (D) 6
(E) 9
3. In a bag of 24 balloons, there is an equal
number of balloons of each color. Which of
the following CANNOT be the number of
different colors in the bags? 6. If , then
(A) 2 (A) 24
(B) 3 (B) 20
(C) 4 (C) 16
(D) 5 (D) 12
(E) 6 (E) 8

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7. Which of the following is closest to of 10. If , then a =
59?
(A) 0.26×50
(B) 0.41×50 (A)
(C) 0.26×60 (B) 3
(D) 0.41×60 (C) 4
(E) 41×60

Sales of company M: 1983—1987 (D)

(E) 5

11. Twenty percent of 64 is equal to 5 percent

to what number?
(A) 16
(B) 20
(C) 64
(D) 128
(E) 256
8. According to the graph in figure, the
average sales of Company M from 1983 to 12. During the 4 fishing trips that Rich and
1987 was Andy made, Rich caught a total of 35 fish. If
(A) $250,000 Andy caught more fish than Rich, Andy must
(B) $260,000 have caught an average of a least how many
(C) $265,000 fish per trip?
(D) $270,000 (A) 8.75
(E) $275,000 (B) 9
(C) 36
Question 9-10 refer to the following (D) 140
definition. (E) 144
For all real numbers u and v,
13. Jeff, Todd, and Lee were hired by their
father to work on the yard, and each was paid
at the same hourly rate. Jeff worked 4 hours,
9. Which of the following is equal to 5&5? Todd worked 6 hours, and Lee worked 8
(A) 0 hours. If the 3 boys together earned $27, how
(B) 1 much did Lee earn?
(C) 4.2 (A) $8
(D) 4.8 (B) $12
(E) 25 (C) $15
(D) $16
(E) $27

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14. Johnny picked apples from 9:00 a.m. to 18. Which of the following can be expressed
11:30 a.m. and gathered 200 apples. He wants as (5×R)+2, where R is a whole number?
to pick a total of at least 600 apples before (A) 25
7:15 p.m. If he plans to pick apples at the (B) 33
same rate, what is the least time that he can (C) 47
start picking apples again? (D) 56
(A) 1:15 p.m. (E) 68
(B) 1:45 p.m.
(C) 2:15 p.m. 19. Which of the following can be drawn
(D) 2:45 p.m. without lifting the pencil or retracing?
(E) 3:15 p.m.
(A)
15. If 0.88 equals 8W, what is the value of W?
(A) 0.11
(B)
(B) 0.9
(C) 1.1
(D) 9
(E) 11 (C)

(D)

(E)

16. In the triangle shown in figure, what is the

value of r? 20. If the population of country X increased
(A) 50 by 10 percent each year over a 2-year period,
(B) 60 what was the total percent increase in the
(C) 70 population over the entire period?
(D) 80 (A) 2%
(E) It cannot be determined from the (B) 10%
information given. (C) 11%
(D) 20%
17. A company’s income increased from 9 (E) 21%
thousand dollars in 1958 to 4.5 million dollars
in 1988. Its income in 1988 was how many 21. If z = y + 2, what does 2z + 1 equal?
times its income in 1958? (A) y + 3
(A) 200 (B) 2y + 3
(B) 500 (C) 2y + 5
(C) 2,000 (D) 2y + 6
(D) 3,000 (E) It cannot be determined from the
(E) 20,000 information given.

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22. If x is greater than 0 but less than 1, and y (A) 1.5
is greater than x, which of the following is the (B) 2.5
LEAST? (C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 9
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)
(E) It cannot be determined from the
information given.

23. In a restaurant, there are x tables that can

each seat 6 people and there are y tables that
can each seat 5 people. What is the maximum
number of people that may be seated?
(A) 5x + 6y
(B) 6x + 5y
(C) 11x + 11y
(D) 11xy
(E) 30xy

24. Mrs. Smith bought 3 square pieces of

fabric. A side of the largest piece is 3 times as
long as a side of the middle one, and a side of
the middle one is 3 times as long as a side of
the smallest one. The area of the largest piece
is how many times the area of the smallest
piece?
(A) 112
(B) 81
(C) 27
(D) 9
(E) 3

25. Mr. Dali’s car uses 0.75 gallons of gas

each time he drives to work. If his gastank
holds exactly 9 gallons of gas, how many
tanks of gas does he need to make 18 trips to
work?
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 (C) 18
Section 3 (D) 21
1. Justine bought a comic book at $5 above (E) 26
the cover price. A year later she sold the book
for $9 less than she paid. At what price did
Justine sell the book?
(A) $14 below the cover price
(B) $4 below the cover price
(C) the cover price
(D) $4 above the cover price 5. Figure contains rectangles and a triangle.
(E) $14 above the cover price How many different rectangles are there in
figure?
Questions 2-3 refer to the graph in figure (A) 5
(B) 7
=20 boxes (C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 12

6. Which of the following is NOT less than

0.25?

2. How many fewer boxes of cereal were sold

in February than in March? (A)
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 20 (B)
(D) 40
(E) 60
(C)
3. The number of boxes sold in January was
how many times the number of boxes sold in
February? (D)
(A) 2
(B) 2.5
(C) 3 (E)
(D) 40
(E) 60

4. Team A has 4 times as many losses as it had

ties in a season. If Team A won none of its
games, which could be the total number of
games it played that season?
(A) 12
(B) 15
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 10. If X is greatest than 15, then of X must
always be
(A) less than 5
(B) equal to 5
(C) greater than 5
(D) equal to 45
(E) less than 45

11. Of the following, 35 percent of $26.95 is

closest to
7. In figure, the sides of triangles ABC and (A) $7
FGH, and of squares BCFE and CDGF, are all (B) $9.45
equal in length. Which of the following is the (C) $10.5
longest path from A to H? (D) $11.15
(A) A-B-C-F-H (E) $12.25
(B) A-B-E-F-H
(C) A-C-D-G-H 12. If a factory can make 600 nails every 3
(D) A-B-E-G-H minutes, how long would it take to make
(E) A-C-F-G-H 27,000 nails?
(A) 45 minutes
(B) 1 hour
(C) 1 hour, 45 minutes
8. If , then what does x (D) 2 hours, 15 minutes
equal? (E) 3 hours, 15 minutes
(A) 0
(B) 1 13. Sally has x dollars and receives $100 for
her birthday. She then buy a bicycle that costs
$125. How many dollars does Sally have
(C) remaining?
(D) 14 (A) x + 125
(E) It cannot be determined from the (B) x + 100
information given. (C) x + 25
(D) x - 25
9. Which of the following is closest to 1.18? (E) x - 100
(A) 12
(B) 2.2
(C) 1.9
(D) 1.1 14. If and A is greater than 1,
(E) 1 which of the following could NOT be the
value of B?
(A) -3
(B) 0
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(C) 1 (B) 33%
(D) 2 (C) 37%
(E) 12 (D) 40%
15. The average of five numbers is 10. If two (E) 45%
of the five numbers are removed, the average
of the remaining three numbers is 9. What is
the sum of the two numbers that were
removed?
(A) 17 18. In figure, the distance between W and Y is
(B) 18 three times the distance between W and X, and
(C) 21 the distance between X and Z is twice the
(D) 22 distance between X and Y. If the distance from
(E) 23 W to X is 2, how far apart are W and Z?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
(E) 18

19. A fence surrounds a rectangular field

whose length is 3 times its width. If 240
16. The bottom of the shopping bag shown in meters of the fence is used to surround the
figure is placed flat on a table. Except for the field, what is the width of the field?
handles, this shopping bag is constructed with (A) 30 m
rectangular pieces of paper. Which of the (B) 40 m
following diagrams best represents all the (C) 60 m
points where the shopping bag touches the (D) 80 m
table? (E) 90 m

(A) 20. Ms. Kirschner receives $50 for every $900

she collects from stock sales. How much does
(B) she receive if she collects $18,000 from stock
sales?
(C) (A) $100
(B) $180
(D) (C) $1,000
(D) $1,200
(E) (E) $1,800

17. The number of students in a certain school 21. What is the greatest number of rectangles
is expected to increase from 1,086 students in 4 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters long that
1990 to 1,448 students in 1991. What is the can be cut from a square piece of paper with a
expected increase to the nearest percent? side of 24 centimeters?
(A) 20% (A) 2
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(B) 10
(C) 24 24. Mary saved exactly 60 percent of the total
(D) 36 allowance she received in the last two week,
(E) 48 and spent the rest. If she received $12 of her
first week’s allowance, which of the following
22. R is the sum of consecutive integers S and must be true?
T. If S and T are negative, which of the I. She saved a total of $24.
following is always true? II. She spent $6 of her second week’s
(A) R = -4 allowance.
(B) R = -1 III. She saved 80 percent of her second week’s
(C) R is less than either S or T. allowance.
(D) R is greater than either S or T. (A) None
(E) R + S + T is positive. (B) I only
(C) II only
23. Initially, Greg had a total of 60 records and (D) I and III only
cassettes in his music collection. He then sold (E) I, II and III

25. Paul and Bill each received a raise of 20

of his cassettes and of his records. If the percent. If Paul now earns $4.5 per hour while
number of records he sold is twice the number Bill earns $5.4 per hour, Bill earned how
of cassettes he sold, how many records did he much more per hour than Paul before their
sell? raises?
(A) 4 (A) $0.7
(B) 5 (B) $0.73
(C) 8 (C) $0.75
(D) 10 (D) $0.8
(E) 20 (E) $0.9

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 Practice 3

Section 1
1. Which of the following shapes can be
folded to create a cube with no overlapping 4. If 7,000 + x – 500 = 9,500, then x =
flaps? (A) 200
(B) 300
(C) 2,000
(D) 2,500
(A) (E) 3,000

5. The width of a rectangle is one third of its

length. If the length is 12, what is its
(B) perimeter?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) (C) 16
(D) 24
(E) 32

(D)

(E)

2. Of the following, 20 percent of $19.95 is

closest to 6. What is the value of a in figure?
(A) $1.95 (A) 30
(B) $2 (B) 60
(C) $4 (C) 90
(D) $5 (D) 120
(E) $20 (E) It cannot be determined from the
information given.
3. Dividing 93 by 5 leaves a remainder of
(A) 18 7. Of the following, which number is the
(B) 5 greatest?
(C) 4 (A) .08
(D) 3 (B) .7899
(E) 2 (C) .7923

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(D) .792
(E) .79
8. When 4 is added to three times a number N,
the result is 36. Which of the following (D)
equations represents this statement?
(A) 4N + 3 = 36
(B) 36 + 4N = 3
(C) 36N + 3 = 4 (E)
(D) 3N + 4 = 36
(E) 36 – 4N = 3

9. If N + 5 is an odd, whole number, then N 11.

could be which of the following? (A) .85
(A) 5 (B) .5
(B) 3 (C) .375
(C) 0.5 (D) .25
(D) 0 (E) .125
(E) -7
12. At sunset the temperature was 20 degrees.
By midnight, it had dropped another 32
degree. What was the temperature at
midnight?
(A) 12 degrees below zero
(B) 6 degrees below zero
(C) 0 degree
(D) 12 degrees above zero
(E) 20 degrees above zero
10. A bull is tied to a seven-foot leash in the
conter of a square pen, as shown in figure. If a Flavors of 300 Ice Cream Cones Served
side of the pen is 14 feet in length, which
figure best shows the shape and size of the
area in which the bull can move?

(A) 13. According to the graph in figure, how

many chocolate ice cream cones were sold?
(A) 25
(B) 30
(B) (C) 50
(D) 75
(E) 100

(C)

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14. When 36 is divided by 5, the remainder is 18. If y = 0.25, what value of z will y@z equal
the same as when 65 is divided by 0?
(A) 10 (A) -4
(B) 9 (B) 4
(C) 8 (C) 6
(D) 7 (D) 8
(E) 6 (E) 10

19. A class of 25 girls and 15 boys built a

Haunted House for the Halloween Camival. If

of the girls and of the boys participated,

what fraction of the total class participated?

15. According to the graph in figure, what is (A)

the average number of 911 calls made from
Monday through Thursday, inclusive?
(A) 500 (B)
(B) 750
(C) 875
(D) 1000 (C)
(E) 1125

Question 16-18 refer to the following (D)

information.
For all real numbers y and z, let
(E)

16. 3@7 20. The ratio of 7 to 4 is equal to the ratio of

(A) 15 28 to what number?
(B) 19 (A) 7
(C) 21 (B) 8
(D) 25 (C) 12
(E) 27 (D) 14
(E) 16
17. If y@4 = 6, then y must equal
(A) 1 21. Which figure CANNOT be drawn without
(B) 2 lifting the pencil or retracing?
(C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 12
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(A)

24. The map in figure shows all the paths that

(B) connect X and Y, and all distances are
expressed in miles. How many paths are there
from X to Y measuring exactly seven miles?
(C) (A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) (D) 5
(E) 6

25. A palindrome is a number that is

(E) unchanged when the order of its digits is
reversed. For example, 232 is a palindrome.
22. Sparkly stickers are $0.5 and smelly Which of the following is one more than a
stickers are $0.6. If Jill buys 5 sparkly stickers palindrome?
and 8 smelly stickers, what is her change from (A) 7,336
$10?(stickers are not taxable.) (B) 373
(A) $1.2 (C) 8,337
(B) $2.0 (D) 7,338
(C) $2.7 (E) 8,338
(D) $3
(E) $7.3

23. Greg read from 5:00 p.. to 5:45 p.m. and

finished one-third of his book. He wants to
finish reading his book by 11 p.m. If he plans
to read at the same rate, what is the latest time
he can start reading again?
(A) 7:15 p.m.
(B) 8:00 p.m.
(C) 8:45 p.m.
(D) 9:30 p.m.
(E) 10:15 p.m.

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Section 3
(D)

1. What is the reciprocal of ?

(E)

(A) 4. If the largest of five consecutive whole

numbers is 10, then the average of these
numbers is
(B) (A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(C) (D) 9
(D) 3 (E) 10
(E) 4

5.
2. If ,then
(A) 0.5
(B) 1 (A)
(C) 2
(D) 8
(E) 16 (B)

(C)
(D) 1
(E) 2

3. In figure, the number of shaded rectanglesis

what fractional part of the total number of
triangles?

(A)

(B)
6. If the perimeter of the polygon in figure is
24, what is the value of a + b?
(C) (A) 5
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(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) 10 (D)
(E) 15

7. Julie’s grades for her three math tests were (E)

75, 100 and 89. What is her average grade for
these three tests? Question 11-12 refer to the chart in figure
(A) 80
(B) 82 Each represents 100 cars sold
(C) 85
(D) 88
(E) 92

8. What is the result when the product of 2 and

6 is subtracted from the sum of 10 and 14?
(A) 21 11. How many more white cars than red cars
(B) 16 were sold?
(C) 12 (A) 1
(D) 6 (B) 70
(E) 2 (C) 100
(D) 200
9. N is a whole number between 3 and 6, and (E) 700
also a whole number between 4 and 8. What is
the value of N? 12. The number of black cars sold is how
(A) 7 many times the number of green cars sold?
(B) 6 (A) 4,000
(C) 5.5 (B) 440
(D) 5 (C) 400
(E) 4.5 (D) 40
(E) 4

10. All of the following are less than 13. If ,then N=

EXCEPT (A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(A) (D) 12
(E) 24

(B)

(C)

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14. If the perimeter of the rectangle in figure
is 20, what is the value of m? (C)
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6 (D)
(E) 8

15. A shirt sells for $40. If Cathy buys the

shirt at a 15% discount, how much money (E)
does she save?
(A) $4 18. If two times a whole number is less than 5
(B) $6 and greater than 0, the number could be
(C) $10 (A) -2
(D) $12 (B) -1
(E) $15 (C) 0
(D) 2
16. If there are 14 blue socks and 21 red socks (E) 4
in a drawer, what is the ratio of blue socks to
red socks? 19. If Candy earns $20 per hour, how many
(A) 1:7 hours must she work to earn $420?
(B) 3:2 (A) 42
(C) 2:3 (B) 24
(D) 2:5 (C) 21
(E) 3:5 (D) 12
(E) 16

20. If .73 is about , then N is closest to

(A) 100
(B) 8
(C) 6
17. A bucket set on a table, as shown in figure. (D) 4
Which of the following describes all of the (E) 3
points where the bucket touches the table?

(A)

21. In a restaurant, 5 vegetarian meals are

ordered for every 7 non-vegetarian meals.
What could be the total number of meals sold?
(B) (A) 350
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(B) 490 (D) 1.1
(C) 500 (E) 11
(D) 600
(E) 620

24. If , then x =
(A) 75
22. If , for which of the following (B) 150
(C) 225
values of N is not a whole number? (D) 300
(A) 4 (E) 450
(B) 6
(C) 8 25. When a number is tripled and the result is
(D) 12 increased by 4, the number obtained is 25.
(E) 16 What is the original number?
(A) 21
23. To which of the following is 1.01 closest? (B) 12
(A) .01 (C) 7
(B) .1 (D) 4
(C) 1 (E) 3

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 Practice 4

Section 2 5.

(A) .507
(B) 1.83
1. (C) 1.97
(A) 1.001 (D) 2.0001
(B) 2.051 (E) 3.03
(C) 2.055
(D) 2.351
(E) 2.551 6.
(A) 12
(B) 6
(C) 3
2. Evaluate: (D) -6
(E) -9
(A)
(B) 16 7. 3,003 - 699=
(C) 8 (A) 2,294
(D) 2 (B) 2,304
(C) 2,314
(E) (D) 2,404
(E) 2,414

3.
8. If a = 5 and b = 0.2, then the value of a,
(A) 7.08 expressed in terms of b, is
(B) 7.68 (A) 25b
(C) 8.08 (B) 20b
(D) 9.08 (C) 5.2b
(E) 10.08 (D) 5b
(E) 0.04b

9. 140% of 70 is
(A) .98
4. Evaluate: (B) 9.8
(A) 1 (C) 98
(B) 2 (D) 150
(C) 12 (E) 9,800
(D) 13
(E) 14

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 15.
10.
(A) 2 gal. 2 qt. 1 pt. (A) 2/3
(B) 2 gal. 6 qt. 2 pt. (B) 11
(C) 3 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. (C) 24
(D) 4 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt. (D) 54
(E) 4 gal. 9 qt. 1 pt. (E) 168

11. In the fraction xy/z, if the value of z is

doubled and the value of x is halved, the value
od the fraction is
16. If , x may be
(A) multiplied by four.
(B) decreased by 0.5. (A) less than 15
(C) increased by 0.5. (B) greater than 16
(D) doubled (C) equal to 15
(E) divided by four (D) less than 18
(E) equal to 18
12. 20 is 8 percent of
(A) 1.6 17. If a=9, b=2, and c=1, the value of
(B) 160
(C) 200 is
(D) 250 (A) 16
(E) 400 (B) 7
(C) 6
13. How much larger than 80 is 100? (D) 4
(A) 18% (E) 2
(B) 20%
(C) 25% 18. The average of -10, 6, 0, -3 and 22 is
(D) 35% (A) 4
(E) 40% (B) 3
(C) 2
14. If 3/8 on a scale drawing is equivalent to (D) -3
one foot at full scale, what distance on the (E) -6
drawing will stand for forty inches?
(A) 1/8 inches
(B) 7/8 inches
(C) 5/4 inches 19. In the fraction , can be replaced
(D) 7/3 inches by all of the following EXCEPT
(E) 80/9 inches (A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 0
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(D) -1
(E) -2

20. 0. is equivalent to
24. The sum of which points on the number
(A) .0010101 line above would be equal to zero?
(B) .0100 (A) B, D, E, I
(C) .010101 (B) C, D, G, H
(D) .1001 (C) A, C, F, I
(E) 1.0101 (D) D, E, F, G
(E) B, C, H, I

25. How many fourths are there in 5/6 ?

(A) 5/24
(B) 7/12
(C) 3/2
21. David walked from his home to town, a (D) 2
distance of 5 miles, in 1 hour. The return trip (E) 10/3
took 2 hours because he made several stops
along the way. What was his average rate of
speed(in miles per hour) for the entire walk?
(A) 3/10 mph
(B) 3/2 mph
(C) 5/3 mph
(D) 10/3 mph
(E) 4 mph

22. 7 is to 21 as 2/3 is to
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 4/3
(D) 1
(E) 5/9

23. If , then
(A) 9 > n > 8
(B) n = 9.5
(C) 10 > n > 9
(D) 8 < n < 9
(E) n2> 100

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 (A) 2 inches
Section 4
1. In 2 hours, the minute hand of a clock (B) inches
rotates through an angle of
(A) 60 degrees (C) inches
(B) 90 degrees (D) 1 inches
(C) 180 degrees
(D) 360 degrees
(E) 720 degrees (E) inches

2. Which of the following fractions is less than 5. A motorist travels 120 miles to his
one third? destination at an average speed of 60 miles per
(A) 22/63 hour and returns to the starting point at an
(B) 4/11 average speed of 40 miles per hour. His
(C) 15/46 average speed for the entire trip is
(D) 33/98 (A) 53 miles per hour
(E) 102/303 (B) 52 miles per hour
(C) 50 miles per hour
3. The length of each side of the square is (D) 48 miles per hour
(E) 45 miles per hour

. The perimeter of the square is 6. A snapshot measures 5/2 inches by 15/8

inches. It is to be enlarged so that the longer
dimension will be 4 inches. The length of the
(A) enlarged shorter dimension will be
(A) 5/2 inches.
(B) 21/8 inches
(B) (C) 3 inches
(D) 27/8 inches
(E) 29/8 inches
(C)
7. From a piece of tin in the shape of a square
6 inches on a side, the largest possible circle is
(D) cut out. Of the following, the ratio of the area
of the circle to the area of the original square
is closest in value to
(E) (A) 4/5
(B) 2/3
(C) 3/5
(D) 7/9
(E) 3/4

8. If the outer diameter of a metal pipe is 2.84

4. The distance of the square from A to C is inches and the inner diameter is 1.94 inches,
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the thickness of the metal is of a circle is equal to the number of inches in
(A) .45 in. its circumference, the diameter of the circle is
(B) .90 in. (A) 4 inches
(C) 1.42 in. (B) 2 inches
(D) 1.94 in. (C) 1 inches
(E) 2.39 in. (D) inches
9. A sportswriter claims that her football
(E) inches
predictions are accurate 60% of the time.
During football season, a fan kept records and
found that the writer was inaccurate for a total 13. The least common multiple of 20, 24, and
of 16 games, although she did maintain her 32 is
60% accuracy. For how many games was the (A) 240
sportswriter accurate? (B) 480
(A) 5 (C) 960
(B) 15 (D) 1,920
(C) 24 (E) 15,360
(D) 40
(E) 60
14. If , the numerical value of

10. In a certain boys’ camp, 30% of the boys

is
are from New YorkState and 20% of these are
from New York City. What percent of the boys (A) 46
in the camp are from New York City? (B) 41
(A) 60% (C) 38
(B) 50% (D) 36
(C) 33% (E) 32
(D) 10%
(E) 6% 15. When the fractions 2/3, 5/7, 8/11 and 9/13
are arranged in ascending order of size, the
result is
(A) 8/11, 5/7, 9/13, 2/3
(B) 5/7, 8/11, 2/3, 9/13
(C) 2/3, 8/11, 5/7, 9/13
11. A unit block for construction is (D) 2/3, 9/13, 5/7, 8/11
1×2×3inches. What is the number of whole (E) 9/13, 2/3, 8/11, 5/7
blocks required to cover an area 1 foot long by
5/4 feet wide with one layer of blocks? 16. If a cubic inch of a metal weighs 2 pounds,
(A) 30 blocks a cubic foot of the same metal weighs
(B) 60 blocks (A) 8 pounds.
(C) 72 blocks (B) 24 pounds.
(D) 90 blocks (C) 96 pounds.
(E) 180 blocks (D) 288 pounds.
(E) 3,456 pounds.
12. If the number of square inches in the area
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17. A micromillimeter is defined as one
millionth of a millimeter. A length of 17
micromillimeters may be represented as
(A) .00017 mm
(B) .000017 mm
(C) .0000017 mm
(D) .00000017 mm
(E) .000000017 mm

18. To find the radius of a circle whose 21. During which year did the size of the
circumference is 60 inches, population decrease the most?
(A) multiply 60 by π (A) Years 5-7
(B) divide 60 by 2π (B) Years 1-3
(C) divide 30 by 2π (C) Years 4-5
(D) divide 60 byπand extract the square root (D) Years 7-9
of the result (E) Years 9-10
(E) multiply 60 byπ/2
22. During which year did the size of the
19. A carpenter needs four boards, each 2 feet population decrease the most?
9 inches long. If wood is sold only by the foot, (A) Years 4-5
how many feet must he buy? (B) Years 3-4
(A) 9 (C) Years 9-10
(B) 10 (D) Years 1-2
(C) 11 (E) Years 4-6
(D) 12
(E) 13 23. The number of telephones in Adelaide,
Australia is 48,000. If this represents 12.8
20. The approximate distance, S, in feet that telephones per 100 people, the population of
an object falls in t seconds when dropped from Adelaide to the nearest thousand is
a herght can be found by using the formula (A) 128,000
(B) 375,000
. In 8 seconds the object will fall (C) 378,000
(A) 256 feet. (D) 556,000
(B) 1,024 feet (E) 575,000
(C) 1,084 feet
(D) 2,048 feet 24. One person can load a truck in 25 minutes,
(E) 15,384 feet a second can load it in 50 minutes, and a third
can load it in 10 minutes. How long would it
Question 21 and 22 refer to the following take the three together to load the truck?
graph (A) 58/11 minutes
(B) 25/4 minutes
(C) 25/3 minutes
(D) 10 minutes
(E) 85/3 minutes
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 (A) 1 p.m.
25. Event A occurs every 4 minutes, event B (B) 1:30 p.m.
every 6 minutes, and event C 15 minutes. If (C) 3 p.m.
they occur simultaneously at noon, when is (D) 6 p.m.
the next time all three events will occur (E) 12 a.m.
together again?

Practice 5

(B) 31/3
Section 2 (C) 97/8
(D) 29/2
(E) 23
1.
(A) 1.750
(B) 1.854 5.
(C) 1.9 (A) .00625
(D) 2.25 (B) .0625
(E) 2.35 (C) .625
(D) 1.625
(E) 16.25

2. Evaluate: 6. (3+1)+[(2-3)-(4-1)]=
(A) 1 billion (A) 6
(B) 1 million (B) 2
(C) 1,000 (C) 0
(D) 100 (D) -2
(E) 18 (E) -4

3. 71.4×98.2= 7. 10,001-8,093
(A) 4,011.38 (A) 1,908
(B) 5,321.48 (B) 1,918
(C) 6,921.38 (C) 2,007
(D) 7,011.48 (D) 18,094
(E) 8231.48 (E) 20,007

8. The ratio of 3 quarts to 3 gallons is

(A) 3:1
(B) 1:4
4. (C) 6:3
(A) 9 (D) 4:1

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(E) 1:3 be drawn, if a according to the scale, 1/4 inch
in the drawing equals 1 foot?
9. 10% of 1/5 of $50 is (A) 7/4 inches
(A) $100 (B) 13/8 inches
(B) $5 (C) 7/8 inches
(C) $1 (D) 5/8 inches
(D) $103 (E) 17/32 inches
(E) $3/5

15.

10. (A) 1
(A) 2 hr. 23 min. 25 sec. (B) 19/4
(B) 2 hr. 12 min. 40 sec. (C) 20
(C) 1 hr. 23 min. 35 sec. (D) 28
(D) 1 hr. 23 min. 25 sec. (E) 65/2
(E) 1 hr. 12 min. 35 sec.
16. If y+2>10, then y may be
(A) larger than 8
(B) larger than 6
(C) larger than 0
11. If we double the value of a and c in the (D) equal to 0
fraction ab/c, the value of the fraction is (E) unknown
(A) doubled
(B) tripled 17. The shadow of a man six feet tall is 12 feet
(C) multiplied by 4 long. How tall is a tree that casts a 50-foot
(D) halved shadow?
(E) unchanged (A) 100
(B) 50
12. What percentage of 220 is 24.2? (C) 25
(A) 909% (D) 15
(B) 99% (E) 10
(C) 40%
(D) 27%
(E) 11%
18. In the fraction , could be replaced by
13. 98 reduced by 5/7 is equivalent to all of the following EXCEPT
(A) 28 (A) 0
(B) 33 (B) 1
(C) 66 (C) 4.2
(D) 70 (D) 9
(E) 85 (E) 10

14. How long should an object 13/2 feet long 19. .0515×100 is equivalent to
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(A)

23. How would you move along the number

(B)
line above to find the difference

(C)

(D)

between 4 and -6?

(E)
(A) From E to B
(B) From A to D
(C) From B to D
(D) From D to A
(E) From B to E

24. How many sixths are there in 4/5?

(A) 19/8
20. The figure above is an equilateral triangle. (B) 3
Which of the following is true? (C) 24/5
(A) angle 1 + angle 3 > 180 degrees (D) 26/5
(B) angle 1 > angle 3 (E) 6
(C) angle 1 = angle 3
(D) angle 1 – angle 3 > angle 2 25. Four games drew an average of 36,500
(E) angle 1 +angle 3 = 120 degrees people per game. If the attendance at the first
three games was 32,000, 35,500, and 38,000,
how many people attended the fourth game?
(A) 36,500
(B) 37,000
(C) 39,000
21. 45 is to x as 90 is to .45 (D) 40,500
(A) .225 (E) 43,000
(B) .9
(C) 4.5
(D) 9
(E) 22.5

22. If , then

(A)
(B) 3 > n > 2
(C) n = 4.5
(D) 4 < n < 5
(E) n > 5
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 (D) 4
Section 4 (E) 5
1. In two days a point on the earth’s surface
rotates through an angle of approximately
(A) 90 degrees
(B) 180 degrees
(C) 360 degrees
(D) 480 degrees
(E) 720 degrees

2. Which of the following groups is arranged

in order from smallest to largest? 6. The ratio of the area of the shaded part to
(A) 3/7, 11/23, 15/32, 1/2, 9/16 the unshaded part is
(B) 3/7, 15/32, 11/23, 1/2, 9/16 (A) 1:2
(C) 11/23, 3/7, 15/32, 1/2, 9/16 (B) 2:3
(D) 15/32, 1/2, 3/7, 11/23, 9/16 (C) 3:2
(E) 1/2, 15/32, 3/7, 11/23, 9/16 (D) 2:1
(E) 3:1
3. The rectangle below has a length twice as
long as its width. If its width is x, its perimeter 7. An airplane on a transatlantic flight took 4
is hours 20 minutes to get from New York to its
(A) 6 destination, a distance of 3,000 miles. To
(B) 2x2 avoid a storm, however, the pilot went off his
(C) 4x course, adding a distance of 200 miles to the
(D) 6x flight. Approximately how fast did the plane
(E) 8x travel?
(A) 640 mph
4. This squarehas a side of 1. The diagonal (B) 710 mph
distance from one corner to another is (C) 738 mph
(A) 1 inch (D) 750 mph
(E) 772 mph
(B) inches
8. A photograph measuring 5 wide multiple 7
(C) inches long must be reduced in size to fit a space four
(D) 2 inches inches long in an advertising brochure. How
(E) 3 inches wide must the space be so that the picture
remains in proportion?
5. A plumber needs eight sections of pipe, (A) 11/7
each 3 feet 2 inches long. If pipe is sold only (B) 20/7
by the 10 feet section, how many sections (C) 23/5
must he buy? (D) 28/5
(A) 1 (E) 35/4
(B) 2
(C) 3
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 (E) 33

13. Mr. Adams has a circular flower bed with

a diameter of 4 feet. He wishes to increase the
size of this bed so that it will have four times
as much planting area. What must be the
9. The total area of the shaded part of the diameter of the new bed?
figure is (A) 6 feet
(A) 2/7 in.2 (B) 8 feet
(B) 1/2 in.2 (C) 12 feet
(C) 6/7 in.2 (D) 16 feet
(D) 10/7 in.2 (E) 20 feet
(E) 7/3 in.2
14. A train left Albany for Buffalo, a distance
10. A certain population of microbes grows of 290 miles, at 10:10 a.m. The train was
according to the formula P=A×2n, where P is scheduled to reach Buffalo at 3:45 p.m. If the
the final size of the population, A is the initial average rate of the train on this trip was 50
size of the population, and n is the number of mph, it arrived in Buffalo
times the population reproduces itself. If each (A) about 5 minutes early
microbe reproduces itself every 20 minutes, (B) on time
how large would a population of only one (C) about 5 minutes late
microbe become after 4 hours? (D) about 13 minutes late
(A) 16 (E) more than 15 minutes late
(B) 64
(C) 128 15. If 3x-2=13, the value of 12x+20 is
(D) 1028 (A) 5
(E) 4096 (B) 20
(C) 30
11. If x is a positive number and y = 1/x, as x (D) 37
increases in value, what happens to y? (E) 80
(A) y increases
(B) y decreases 16. A bakery shop sold three kinds of cake.
(C) y is unchanged The prices of these were 25 cents, 30 cents
(D) y increases then decreases and 35 cents per pound. The income from
(E) y decreases then increases these sales was $36. If the number of pounds
of each kind of cake sold was the same, how
12. A box was made in the form of a cube. If a many pounds were sold?
second cubical box has inside dimensions (A) 120 pounds
three times those of the first box, how many (B) 90 pounds
times as much does it contain? (C) 60 pounds
(A) 3 (D) 45 pounds
(B) 9 (E) 36 pounds
(C) 12
(D) 27
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17. How many more 9 inches×9 inches 21. If one pipe can fill a tank in 3/2 hours, and
linoleum tiles than 1 feet×1feet tiles will it another can fill the same tank in 45 minutes,
take to cover a 12 feet×12 feet floor? how long will it take for the two pipes to fill
(A) 63 the tank together?
(B) 98 (A) 1/3 hour
(C) 112 (B) 1/2 hour
(D) 120 (C) 5/6 hour
(E) 144 (D) 1 hour
(E) 3/2 hour
18. If p pencils cost c cents, n pencils at the
same rate will cost 22. A baseball team has won 50 games out of
(A) pc/n cents 75 played. It has 45 games still to play. How
(B) cn/p cents many of these must the team win to make its
(C) npc cents record for the season 60%?
(D) np/c cents (A) 20
(E) n+p+c cents (B) 22
(C) 25
19. Which, if any, of the following statements (D) 30
is always true? (E) 35
(A) If the numerator and denominator of a
fraction are increased or decreased by the
same amount, the value of the fraction is
unchanged.
(B) If the numerator and denominator of a
fraction are squared, the value of the fraction
is unchanged
(C) The square of any number is greater than
that number.
(D) If unequal quantities are added to unequal 23. If nine million barrels of oil are consumed
quantities, the sums are unequal. daily in the United States, how many barrels
(E) None of above are required to meet commercial and industrial
needs?
20. If the length and width of a rectangle are (A) 2,840,000
each doubled, by what percent is the area (B) 3,420,000
increased? (C) 4,750,000
(A) 50% (D) 5,670,000
(B) 75% (E) 7,400,000
(C) 100%
(D) 300%
(E) 400%

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24. A real estate investor buys a house and lot
for $44,000. He pays $1,250 to have it 25. If a=1, b=2, c=3, d=5, the value of
painted, $1,750 to fix the plumbing, and
$1,000 for grinding a driveway. At what price is
must he sell the property in order to make a (A) 2
12% profit? (B) 3.5
(A) $53,760 (C) 4
(B) $52,800
(C) $52,000 (D)
(D) $49,760 (E) 50
(E) $44,480

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 Practice 6

(B) 1/15
Section 2 (C) 1/4
1. If 6 + 12 +x = 5 + 11 + 6, then x = (D) 1/8
(A) 2 (E) 1/12
(B) 3
(C) 4 6. Two number together add to 375. One
(D) 5 number is twice the size of the other. What are
(E) 6 the two numbers?
(A) 25,50
(B) 50,100
2. is equal to the product of 24
(C) 75,150
and (D) 95,190
(A) 6 (E) 125,250
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 11 7. =
(A) 67.5
3. If 2/3 of a number is 24, then 1/4 of the (B) 6.75
same number is (C) 0.675
(A) 20 (D) 0.0675
(B) 16 (E) 0.00675
(C) 13
(D) 12 8. A club collected $1,085. If 75% of that
(E) 9 came from membership dues, how much
money came from sources other than
4. A box of chocolates has 45 pieces. If 9 membership?
pieces have nuts in term, what percent of the (A) $271.25
chocolates are without nuts? (B) $338.75
(A) 20% (C) $365.75
(B) 45% (D) $425.05
(C) 79% (E) $442.25
(D) 80%
(E) 84% 9. A right angle is an angle that measure
(A) exactly 90 degrees
5. In the Northshore Swimming Club, 6 of 48 (B) greater than 90 degrees
members are females. What is the ratio of (C) less than 90 degrees
females to all club members? (D) 45 degrees
(A) 3/16 (E) 30 degrees

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 (E) 56 oz
10. What is the measure of each angle of
equilateral triangle?
(A) 60 degrees
(B) 90 degrees
(C) 120 degrees
(D) 140 degrees
(E) 180 degrees

11. If 12a + 4a-7a =27, a =

(A) 1 15. Steve is measuring the growth of a tomato
(B) 2 plant. The chart below indicates his
(C) 3 measurements for the past five weeks. Based
(D) 4 on the information in the chart, what should he
(E) 5 predict will be the height of the plant at week
6?
12. It costs n dollars to buy 10 boxes of (A) 15 inches
crackers. At the same time rate, how many (B) 17 inches
dollars will it cost to buy 25 boxes of (C) 18 inches
crackers? (D) 21 inches
(A) 2.5n (E) 24 inches
(B) 25n
(C) 2n/5 16. A student buys a sandwich for 80 cents,
(D) 25n/2 milk for 20 cents, and pie for 30 cents. How
(E) 250n much does the meal cost?
(A) $1
13. In the figure below, if angle 1 is 33 (B) $1.2
degrees, what is the measure of angle 2? (C) $1.3
(D) $1.4
(E) $1.5

(A) 56 degrees 17. On a test with 75 questions, Cassidy

(B) 110 degrees answered 45 correctly. What percent did she
(C) 130 degrees answer correctly?
(D) 147 degrees (A) 60%
(E) 180 degrees (B) 72%
(C) 84%
14. Paul has a garden that is 4 meters by 7 (D) 89%
meters. If he uses 2 ounces of fertilizer per (E) 92%
square meter, how many ounces must he use?
(A) 21 oz
(B) 42 oz
(C) 44 oz
(D) 50 oz
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 22. RiversideSchool has 150 fewer students
18. Which of the following is NOT equal to a than twice the number of students at
whole number? HillsideSchool. If RiversideSchool has 500
students, how many students attend
HillsideSchool?
(A) (A) 125
(B) 150
(C) 250
(B) (D) 300
(E) 325

(C) 23. A ladder is placed against a building. If the

ladder makes a 55 degrees angle with the
ground, what is the measure of the angle that
(D) the ladder makes with the building?
(A) 25 degrees
(E)
(B) 30 degrees
(C) 35 degrees
19. Jake spent one-fifth of his life in school. If (D) 40 degrees
he is now 55, how many years did he spend in (E) 45 degrees
school?
(A) 9 24. Ashley buys 48 apples. There are 12 Red
(B) 11 Delicious apples and 16 Granny Smith apples.
(C) 13 What fraction of the apples are not Red
(D) 15 Delicious or Granny Smith?
(E) 17 (A) 1/5
(B) 1/4
20. What is the perimeter of the rectangle with (C) 1/3
sides of 11m and 3m? (D) 5/12
(A) 12m (E) 7/12
(B) 18m
(C) 24m 25. What is the total cost of a $750 television,
(D) 28m including an 8% sales tax?
(E) 30m (A) $765
(B) $784
21. Bobby’s test scores for social studies are (C) $79,218
93,76,91,83, and 72. What is his average (D) $810
score? (E) $824
(A) 83
(B) 87
(C) 91
(D) 93
(E) 94
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Section 4
1. What is 2% of 5,000? (A)
(A) 10
(B) 80
(C) 100 (B)
(D) 105
(C)
(E) 110

(D)
2. 3.5×0.93=
(A) 2.886
(E)
(B) 2.965
(C) 3.255
(D) 3.311 6. If 5/12 of a number is 50, then 1/2 of the
(E) 3.405 same number is
(A) 72
3. Which of the following is NOT equal to a (B) 70
whole number? (C) 64
(D) 60
(E) 56
(A)

7.
(B) (A) 4
(B) 12
(C) -4
(C) (D) -8
(E) -12

(D) 8. What is the mean of the following

(E) 6.4 + 11.6 numbers?
24, 36, 18, 30, 90, 690
(A) 48
(B) 64
4. (C) 148
(A) 625 (D) 152
(B) 62.5 (E) 160
(C) 6.25
(D) 0.625
(E) 0.0625
9. If , what is n?
5. It costs m dollars to buy 60 nails. At the (A) 20
same rate, how many dollars will it cost to buy (B) 40
24 nails? (C) 60
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(D) 80
(E) 100
(A)

10. If , then x=

(A) 2 (B)
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5 (C)
(E) 6

(D)

11. is equal to the product of 16

and (E)
(A) 16
(B) 18 15. Rosa buys a blouse for $23.95. The sales
(C) 24 tax is 6.5%. What is the total cost of the
(D) 28 blouse, including the sales tax?
(E) 32 (A) $24.35
(B) $24.78
(C) $25.2
(D) $25.51
12. (E) $26.92
(A) 2.225
(B) 2.16 16. Kyle can ride his bike 30 km in 2 hours. At
(C) 2.24 the same rate, how far can he ride in 7 hours?
(D) 2.45 (A) 90 km
(E) 2.4 (B) 105 km
(C) 125 km
13. At the amusement park, Karen uses 1/3 of (D) 130 km
her tickets for rides and 1/6 of her tickets for (E) 150 km
food. What fraction of her tickets is left?
(A) 1/6 17. The distance around a rectangular park is 1
(B) 1/4 mile. If the width of the park is 880 feet, what
(C) 1/2 is its length?
(D) 2/3 (A) 720 ft
(E) 3/5 (B) 840 ft
(C) 1,250 ft
(D) 1,510 ft
(E) 1,760 ft
14.

18.

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(A) 15.25
(B) 24.15
(C) 32.4 (C)
(D) 44
(E) 46.5
(D)
19. Daryl rents a computer by the hour. The
rental company charges $25 + $6 per hour.
Which equation represents this situation? (E)
(A) 25+6h
(B) 6h-25
23.
(C) 6(25+h)
(D) 6/h+25 (A) 39
(E) h+25/h (B) 3.9
(C) 0.39
20. The temperature at midnight was -12 (D) 0.039
degrees. It rose 2 degrees each hour. What was (E) 0.0039
the temperature at 11:00 a.m.?
(A) -2 degrees 24.
(B) 4 degrees
(C) 8 degrees
(D) 10 degrees (A)
(E) 12 degrees (B) 2

21. How many yards are in 4 miles?

(A) 6,460 (C)
(B) 6,720
(C) 6,884
(D) 7,040 (D)
(E) 7,225

(E)

22. 25. Each edge of a cube measures 5 in. What

is the volume?
(A) 10 in3
(A) (B) 25 in3
(C) 100 in3
(D) 125 in3
(B) (E) 250 in3

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 Practice 7

that earns 2% simple interest per year. How

Section 2 much interest will she earn after 2 years?
1. Louisa went to the grocery store and bought (A) $100
a package of hamburger patties for $6.16, a (B) $160
package of buns for $2.1, a container of (C) $165
mustard for $1.78, a jar of relish for $2.16, (D) $180
and a bag of charcoal for $5.35. What was her (E) $195
total bill?
(A) $12.64 4. Rachel flies 2,880 miles in 9 hours. What is
(B) $14.74 the average speed of her airplane?
(C) $16.15 (A) 285 miles/hours
(D) $17.55 (B) 315 miles/hours
(E) $19.65 (C) 320 miles/hours
(D) 340 miles/hours
2. A teacher has assigned 315 pages of (E) 355 miles/hours
reading. If Jessica starts reading on Monday 5. An acute angle is an angle that measure
and reads 65 pages each day, on what day will (A) exactly 90 degrees
she complete the assignment? (B) greater than 90 degrees
(A) Wednesday (C) less than 90 degrees
(B) Thursday (D) exactly 120 degrees
(C) Friday (E) more than 90 degrees
(D) Saturday
(E) Sunday 6. Al has 3 times as much money as Bill. Bill
has 2 times as much money as Charlie. If
3. Renee deposits $4,000 in a saving account Charlie has $12.55, how much money does Al

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have? (C) 19
(A) $33.75 (D) 21
(B) $75.30 (E) 23
(C) $82.2
(D) $88.35 11. In a recent election, Rebecca received 14%
(E) $96.4 of the votes. If 7,000 votes were cast, how
many votes did Rebecca receive?
7. Alex’s car gets an average of 26 miles per (A) 680
gallon of gas on the highway. If he drives 858 (B) 980
miles, how many gallons of gas will he use? (C) 1,080
(A) 33 gallons (D) 1,220
(B) 57 gallons (E) 1,460
(C) 78 gallons
(D) 84 gallons
(E) 92 gallons

12. In the figure, if angle 2 measures 45

degrees, what is the measure of angle 4?
(A) 135 degrees
8. In the figure, the two outer rays from a right (B) 75 degrees
angle. If angle 1 measures 65 degrees, what is (C) 45 degrees
the measure of angle 2? (D) 35 degrees
(A) 120 degrees (E) 25 degrees
(B) 90 degrees
(C) 60 degrees 13. If 1/4 of a number is 12, then 1/6 of the
(D) 35 degrees same number is
(E) 25 degrees (A) 16
9. Will has $12,444.12 in his checking (B) 15
account. He writes checks for $8,204.94 and (C) 12
$890.99. How much is left in Will’s account? (D) 9
(A) $989.65 (E) 8
(B) $2,259.3
(C) $2,867.3
(D) $2,945.6
(E) $3,348.19

10. Paula is 3 years older than Lindsey, who is

2 years younger than Dave. If Paula is 17, how
old is Dave?
(A) 16 14. Figure WXYZ is a parallelogram. Which
(B) 17 of the following is NOT necessarily true?
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(A) SideWX is parallel to side ZY. (A) 2
(B) Side XY is parallel to side WZ. (B) 3
(C) angle W has the same measure as angle Y. (C) 4
(D) Side WX is the same length as side XY. (D) 5
(E) angle X has the same measure as angle Z. (E) 6

15. Renee wants to carpet her living room.

19. is equal to the product of 30
The rectangular room measures 15feet by 18
feet. How many square yards of carpet must and
Renee purchase? (A) 6
(A) 20 yd2 (B) 7
(B) 30 yd2 (C) 8
(C) 32 yd2 (D) 9
(D) 35 yd2 (E) 11
(E) 40 yd2
20. Which of the following is NOT equal to a
16. In an equilateral triangle, what is the whole number?
measure of each angle?
(A) 30 degrees
(B) 45 degrees (A)
(C) 60 degrees
(D) 90 degrees
(E) 110 degrees (B)

(C)

(D)
(E) 7 + 5

17. Last month, the librarian at a certain

library kept track of all books checked out. 21.
The graph below shows the results by type of (A) 43
book. Which type of book was checked out (B) 4.3
least? (C) 0.43
(A) Mysteries (D) 0.043
(B) Science fiction (E) 0.0043
(C) Travel
(D) Nonfiction 22. It costs d dollars to buy 6 chocolate bars.
(E) Sports At the same rate, how many dollars will it cost
to buy 15chocolate bars?
18. If 9 + 3 + x = 8 + 6 + 4, then x = (A) 2.5d
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(B) 25d
(C) .04d
(D) 2.5d
(E) 250d

23. In the triangle shown, angle ACB

measures 55 degrees and angle CAB measures
65 degrees. What is the measure of angle CBA
(A) 50 degrees
(B) 60 degrees
(C) 80 degrees
(D) 90 degrees
(E) 110 degrees

24. There are 15 black marbles and 10 white

marbles in a bag. If you pick a marble from
the bag without looking, what are your
chances of picking a white marble?
(A) 1/25
(B) 3/25
(C) 2/5
(D) 3/5
(E) 4/5

25.
(A) 1/12
(B) 3/12
(C) 1/3
(D) 2/3
(E) 3/4

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 5. It costs m dollars to buy 48 notepads. At the
Section 4 same rate, how many dollars will it cost to buy
30 notepads?
1. If , then x = (A) m/8
(A) 2 (B) 5m/8
(B) 3 (C) 5m
(C) 4 (D) 8m/5
(D) 5 (E) 10m
(E) 6
6. If 3/7 of a number is 18, then 1/2 of the
same number is
2. is equal to the product of 12
(A) 32
and (B) 30
(A) 16 (C) 28
(B) 20 (D) 24
(C) 24 (E) 21
(D) 28
(E) 32 7. 60 is approximately what percent of 90?
(A) 30%
3. Which of the following is NOY equal to a (B) 33%
whole number? (C) 45%
(D) 67%
(E) 70%
(A)

8.
(B) (A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(C) (D) 11
(E) 12

(D)
(E) 10.2 + 12.8

4.
(A) 467.5
(B) 46.75
(C) 4.675 9. In the following figure, if angle 6 measures
(D) 0.4675 90 degrees, what is the measure of angle 1?
(E) 0.04675 (A) 25 degrees
(B) 35 degrees
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(C) 45 degrees (B) 3 hours
(D) 55 degrees (C) 3 hours 10 minutes
(E) 58 degrees (D) 3 hours 30 minutes
(E) 3 hours 50 minutes

14. The number of students who won awards

10. Each edge of a cube measures 8 cm. What at the science fair this year this was 2 more
is the volume? than 3 times as many as last year. If 20
(A) 64 cm3 students won awards this year, how many won
(B) 176 cm3 awards last year?
(C) 384 cm3 (A) 18
(D) 420 cm3 (B) 15
(E) 512 cm3 (C) 12
(D) 8
11. -10-(-5-4)= (E) 6
(A) -4
(B) -3
15. If , then a=
(C) -1
(D) 1 (A) 2.9
(E) 3 (B) 3.2
(C) 3.5
(D) 3.9
(E) 4.6
12.
16. 12 + (-6) × 3=
(A) 21
(A) (B) 6
(C) -6
(D) -12
(B) (E) -21

17. A clock is showing 3:00. How many

(C) degrees is the angle formed between the
minute and hour hands?
(A) 30 degrees
(D) (B) 60 degrees
(C) 90 degrees
(D) 120 degrees
(E) (E) 180 degrees

13. Karen is driving to a town 175 miles away. 18. The area of a carpet is 216 square feet.
If she drives at a steady speed of 50 miles per What is the area in square yards?
hour, how long will the trip take? (A) 18 yd2
(A) 2 hours 50 minutes (B) 24 yd2
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(C) 28 yd2 (B) 4
(D) 34 yd2 (C) 8
(E) 36 yd2 (D) 12
(E) 36
19. A struck travels 126 miles in 3 hours. At
that speed, in how many hours will the truck
reach its destination, 924 miles away?
(A) 22 hours 24. Order from least to greatest:
(B) 24 hours
(C) 25.5 hours
(D) 28 hours (A)
(E) 30.5 hours

20. 18 is what percent of 144? (B)

(A) 8%
(B) 12.5%
(C) 14% (C)
(D) 16.75%
(E) 22%
(D)
21. In a dresser drawer there are 3 pairs of
white socks, 5 pairs of black socks, and 4 pairs
of blue socks. If you pick a pair without (E)
looking, what are the chances that you will
pick a blue pair?
(A) 1/12
(B) 1/6 25.
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 7/12 (A)

22. What is the least common multiple of 3,4

and 18? (B)
(A) 18
(B) 24
(C) 36 (C)
(D) 54
(E) 72
(D)
23. What is the greatest common factor of
16,24,96 and 120?
(A) 2 (E)

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 Practice 8

day he rode 43 miles. What is the average

Section 2 number of miles that he rode per day?
1. Andre had a birthday party and spent (A) 25
$12.98 on balloons, $47.23 on party favors, (B) 27
$22.97 on a cake, $14.77 on ice cream, and (C) 30
$15 on invitations. How much did Andre (D) 32
spend on the party? (E) 34
(A) $87.25
(B) $112.95 4. Aaron has 256 cans of soup that he needs to
(C) $125.2 pack into boxes that hold 30 cans each. How
(D) $127.3 many cans of soup are left over after he fills as
(E) $131.5 many boxes as he can?
(A) 4
2. Bob’s iPod contains 800 songs. If 240 songs (B) 16
are either jazz or rap songs, what percent of (C) 18
his collection is jazz or rap? (D) 22
(A) 12% (E) 24
(B) 15%
(C) 20% 5. An obtuse angle is an angle that measures
(D) 25% (A) less than 90 degrees
(E) 30% (B) exactly 90 degrees
(C) between 90 degrees and 180 degrees
3. Matt took a bike trip. On the first day he (D) exactly 180 degrees
rode 15 miles. On the second day he rode 35 (E) greater than 180 degrees
miles, and the third day he rested. On the
fourth day he rode 57 miles, and on the fifth 6. Two numbers add to 1,500. One number is

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4 times the size of the other. What are the two
numbers?
(A) 300, 1200
(B) 200, 1300
(C) 500, 1000
(D) 750, 750
(E) 800, 700

7. A box of laundry soap contains 200 oz. If

the cost for 5 ounces is 10 cents, how much
does the box of soap cost? 10.High school students were asked to pick
(A) $2.8 their favorite kind of birthday party. The
(B) $3.1 results are shown in the chart below. Which
(C) $3.6 kind of party did the fewest students pick?
(D) $3.8 (A) bowling
(E) $4 (B) ice skating
(C) laser tag
8. A computer is priced at $1,800. Next week (D) rock climbing
it will be on sale for $270 less. What percent (E) sleepover
of the current price will Blythe save if she
buys the computer next week? 11. It costs m dollar to buy 24 cookies. At the
(A) 10% same rate, how many dollars will it cost to buy
(B) 12% 6 cookies?
(C) 15% (A) m/4
(D) 20% (B) m/6
(E) 25% (C) 4m
(D) 6m
(E) 24m

9. In the figure shown, lines AB and CD are 12.

parallel and angle 1 measures 120 degrees. (A) 3
What is the measure of angle 2? (B) 6
(A) 40 degrees (C) 12
(B) 60 degrees (D) 24
(C) 75 degrees (E) 30
(D) 90 degrees
(E) 120 degrees 13. A rectangular garden is 40 yards longand
15 yards wide. Darryl runs once around the
edge of the garden. How far does Darryl run?
(A) 55 yards
(B) 80 yards
(C) 100 yards
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(D) 110 yards
(E) 120 yards
(D)
(E) 7.4 + 5.6

14. In the figure shown, if angle 1 measures

35 degrees, what is the measure of angle 2? 18.
(A) 145 degrees (A) 712
(B) 95 degrees (B) 71.2
(C) 65 degrees (C) 7.12
(D) 45 degrees (D) 0.712
(E) 35 degrees (E) 0.0712

15. If , then y =
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5 19. In the rectangle shown, side a measures 13
(E) 6 cm and side b measures 36 cm. What is the
perimeter of the rectangle?
(A) 49cm
16. is equal to the product of 60
(B) 98cm
and (C) 196cm
(A) 6 (D) 496cm
(B) 7 (E) 512cm
(C) 8
(D) 9 20. If 3/5 of a number is 18, then 1/2 of the
(E) 11 same number is
(A) 16
17. Which of the following is NOT equal to a (B) 15
whole number? (C) 12
(D) 9
(E) 8
(A)
21. If Joanne tosses a 1-6 number cube, what
is the probability that the cube number facing
(B) up will be even?
(A) 1/6
(B) 1/5
(C) (C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/2
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 (C) f = d - 4
22. A $400 television is on sale for 15% off. (D) f = 4 - d
What is the sale price? (E) d = 4/f
(A) $390
(B) $385
(C) $375
(D) $350
(E) $340

23.
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) -4
(D) -8
(E) -12

24. In the triangle shown, side a is 4 ft long,

and side b is 6 ft long. What is the area of the
triangle?
(A) 12 ft2
(B) 18 ft2
(C) 24 ft2
(D) 36 ft2
(E) 42 ft2

25 Donna is d years old. Frank is f years old.

Frank is 4 years younger than Donna. Which
equation represents the relationship between
Donna’s and Frank’s age?
(A) d = f/4
(B) d = 4 - f
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Section 4 5. It costs m dollars to buy 64 cans of soda. At
the same rate, how many dollars will it cost to
1. If , then y = buy 48 cans?
(A) 2 (A) m/4
(B) 3 (B) 3m/4
(C) 6 (C) 3m
(D) 7 (D) 4m/3
(E) 8 (E) 5m

6. If 7/16 of an number is 42, then 1/2 of the

2. is equal to the product of 18
same number is
and (A) 58
(A) 16 (B) 56
(B) 20 (C) 52
(C) 24 (D) 48
(D) 28 (E) 44
(E) 32

3. Which of the following is NOT equal to a

whole number? 7.

(A) (A)

(B) (B)

(C) (C)

(D) (D)

(E)
(E)

4.
(A) 102.75
(B) 10.275
(C) 1.0275
(D) 0.10275
(E) 0.010275
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8. If the graph is a right triangle and angle 2 (C) 15
measures 59 degrees, what is the measure of (D) 20
angle 1? (E) 25
(A) 26 degrees
(B) 31 degrees 12. What is the least common multiple of 13,
(C) 43 degrees 26 and 2?
(D) 52 degrees (A) 2
(E) 56 degrees (B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 13
(E) 26

9. 13.
(A) 3/5 (A) 0.54
(B) 5/6 (B) 0.63
(C) 7/8 (C) 0.66
(D) 15/16 (D) 0.68
(E) 9/8 (E) 0.72
14. Which pair of fractions is equivalent?
(A) 2/3, 5/6
(B) 9/12, 5/6
10. (C) 3/4, 7/8
(D) 4/10, 2/5
(E) 2/3, 5/9
(A)
15. A fence along a road is divided into
sections that are each 5 meters long. If the
(B) fence is 0.5 kilometer long, how many
sections are there?
(A) 10
(C) (B) 50
(C) 100
(D) 250
(D) (E) 500

16. The drama club is spending $224 to put on

(E) a play. They plan to sell tickets at $3 each. If
they sell n tickets, which of the following
11. What is the greatest common factor of 75, represents their profit after expenses?
90, and 120? (A) 3n - 224
(A) 5 (B) 224 + n/3
(B) 10 (C) 3n + 224
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(D) 224(n + 3) (E) 3
(E) (n+3)/224

17. Christine spends 2 days a week painting 21.

houses and 3 days a week doing carpentry. If (A) -12
she earns $300 a day for painting and $240 a (B) -6
day for carpentry, how much does she earn ina (C) -3
week? (D) 1
(A) $1,280 (E) 3
(B) $1,320
(C) $1,360
(D) $1,440 22. At 6:00, what is the measure of the angle
(E) $1,460 formed by the minute and hour hands on
aclock?
(A) 45 degrees
(B) 90 degrees
(C) 120 degrees
(D) 180 degrees
(E) 360 degrees

18. The number of sixth-grade students in the 23. A clock shows 2:05. What time is it when
HillSchool is 8 more than 1/6 of the whole 4 hours 58 minutes have passed?
student body. If there are 144 students in the (A) 7:03
school, how many are in sixth grade? (B) 6:54
(A) 26 (C) 6:46
(B) 30 (D) 6:38
(C) 32 (E) 5:50
(D) 36
(E) 40 24. A circle has a radius of 1.35 meters. Wire
costs 2 cents per centimeter. How much will it
19. One kilometer is approximately equal to cost to stretch a wire between two points on
0.6 mile. How many kilometers are in 8 the circle if it passes through the center?
miles? (A) $5.4
(A) about 6 (B) $5.56
(B) about 7 (C) $5.64
(C) about 11 (D) $5.72
(D) about 13 (E) $5.8
(E) about 15
25. If Tino rides his bike at a steady speed of 9
20. 12 + (-8) + (-9) +6 = miles per hours, how far will he ride in 3
(A) -6 hours 40 minutes?
(B) -3 (A) 27 miles
(C) 0 (B) 33 miles
(D) 1 (C) 36 miles
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(D) 39 miles (E) 42 miles

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