Which of the following is What is the sum of all My bicycle and lock cost

Advanced odd, prime, and a factor of integers from –11 through $100 together, and my bike
SAT 45? 15? cost 7 times as much as my
lock. What did my bike
Math A) 1
B) 2
A) -111
B) -15
cost?

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If a and b are different
positive integers, and
5a + 2b = 34 is an integer,
what is the sum of all
Part 1 possible values of a?
Not including the number My bicycle and lock cost $a
one (1) which is always a together, and my bike cost
common but not prime n times as much as my
factor, 54 and 81 have how lock. What did my bike
many common factors? cost?

A) 6 A) 1 A) a/(1+n)
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C) 12 C) 3 C) n/a
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There is a mile marker ____ _____
every mile on the trail. √x-2 + √x+6 = 4
A) –20 Between mile 32 and 237,
What is X?
B) –16 how many mile markers?
C) –12
D) 20 A) 203
(a+b) E) 64 B) 204
▬▬▬▬ is an integer, C) 205
2 D) 206
E) 207
and b is even.

Variable a MUST be:

A) 0
B) 1
C) even
D) odd
E) a multiple of 3
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Advanced If the average (arithmetic A class of 10 students has Joe received $100 a month
SAT mean) of four different an average score of 95. allowance in 2000. In
Math positive integers is 50, what Another class of 15 2001, his dad made money
Seminar is the greatest value of one students has an average in the dot-com bubble and
of the integers? score of 80. What is the raised his allowance 30%.
weighted average? In 2002, after losing money
Part 2 A) 83
in the dot-com bust, his
allowance was cut 20%.
of 7 B) 86 What is allowance in 2003?
C) 87.5
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0 < x < 10, and x ≠ 1.

Which of the following must

be true?
2
A) x > x
2
The average (arithmetic 10% of 20% of n equals w%
B) x > 100 mean) of a, b, c and d is n. of 50% of n. What is w? Sam, a store employee,
2 2
If a + b = 150, bought a shirt for $9 using
C) x > x - 1 what is c +d ? A) 1 the employee discount of
2 3
B) 2 40% off retail. The store
D) x > x C) 3 marks up all merchandise
2 4
A) a + b + c D) 4 50% on cost. How much
E) x > x B) a + b + n E) 5 did the store pay for the
C) 4n – 150 shirt?
D) 4n + 150
E) 4n – 100 A) $9
B) $10
. C) $11
Test Score D) $12
1 680 E) $15
2 600
3 660
4 640
5 630
6 630
7 Forgot
Tom forgot his score on his
th
7 practice test, but
remembers that his median
score is 640. What could be
his forgotten score?
A) 600 B) 630 C) 635
D) 700 E) none of above

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 2 2
x is directly proportional to Part 1. It took a total of 10 If x + y = 2xy, then x must
2
Advanced y . When y is 3, x is 6. hours to hike from the base equal?
SAT Then y is 6, what is x? of a mountain to the top and
Math back by the same route. A) –1
Seminar A) 6 Going up speed was 2 B) 0
B) 10 miles per hour. Going C) 1
C) 12 down speed was 3 miles D) –y
Part 3 D) 18
E) 24
per hour. How far from
base to top?
E) y

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B) 10
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of a mountain to the top and
back by the same route.
If 15 men can do a piece of Going up speed was 2
work in 90 days, in how miles per hour. Going
many days can 30 men do down speed was 3 miles
the same work? per hour. How far from
On a map 2.5 inches base to top?
represents 10 miles. How A) 6
many inches on map B) 10
represent 3 miles? C) 12
D) 14
E) 24

Part 3. It took a total of 10

hours to hike from the base
The ratio of boys to girls in of a mountain to the top and
a class is 11 to 7. The back by the same route.
difference between the Going up speed was 2
number of boys and girls is miles per hour. Going
12. How many students down speed was 3 miles
are in the class? per hour. How far from
base to top?
A) 6
B) 10
C) 12
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Advanced Easy 1 of 3: Not to scale: The differences between There are 60 red marbles
SAT the hypotenuse and the two and 40 blue marbles in a
Math legs of a right triangle are 3 bag. How many blue
Seminar s 70 s and 6 respectively. marbles must be added so
What is h? that the probability of
x x
drawing blue is 75% ?
Part 4 The angles of an isosceles h
of 7 triangle are x, x and 70°. h-6
What is x?
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Medium 2 of 3,Not to scale:
Not to scale: rejects cans of soup if they
are less than 18 ½ ounces
s 4x s or greater than 19 ½
h ounces. This machine is
x x 10 programmed to REJECT a
__ can of soup weighing x
The angles of an isosceles 10 √ 3 ounces if:
triangle are x, x and 4x°.
Right triangle. What is h? A) | 19 – x | < 19
Parallel Lines: What is x?
B) | x – 19 | < 19
A) 20°
C) | 19 – x | < ½
B) 25°
y C) 30° D) | 19 – x | > ½
D) 35° E) | 19 + x | < 19
x E) 40°

The difference between x

and y is 20°°. What is x?
A) 50°
B) 60°
C) 70°
D) 80° Hard 3 of 3,Not to scale:
E) 90°° Regular Pentagon:
s ax s
x x

What is the largest possible

The angles of an isosceles
angle of a regular
triangle are x, x and ax°. pentagon?
What is x?
A) 180/3
A) 50°°
B) 180/a
B) 100°°
C) 180/(2+a)
D) 180a C) 108°°
E) 180/3a D) 180°°
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 If n is a positive 2/3
Advanced integer, then x
SAT y −−−−−−−−−− = 4
1/3
Math x
Seminar (0,a) (4n)2 equals?
What is x ?
4n
(b,0) A) 2
Part 5 x B) (2n)2 A) 16
B) 32
Not to scale.
C) 4n+2 C) 64
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What is the slope of a line D) 128
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If x = 5y 3
y If x = 27
3 6
(-1,5) What is x ÷ x ?

f(x)
And y = z + 1 A) 3
y B) 2
x What is x/5 ? C) 27
D) 1/27
A) z E) 729
y
x (3,7)
B) z + 1
● C) 5z
(t, t+2) f(x+j)+k D) 5z+1
E) 5z + 1
x
Not to scale.
A line passes through the What is j + k?
origin and has a slope of
1/3. A point on the line is
(t, t+2). What is t?

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 Part 1. In a school of 80
Advanced students, 24 are enrolled in
SAT algebra, 49 in music, and
Math 11 students are in both
Seminar algebra and music. How
many students are NOT in
either algebra or music?
Part 6 A) 7
A unicycle has a wheel with
a diameter of 2 and travels
a distance of 250∏. How
many times did the wheel
rotate?
The diameter of the large
circle is twice the diameter
of the small circle. What is
.

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C) 18
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C
What is this
Area? →
A
B
There are five balls that Part 2. In a school of t
must be played in a game. students, x are enrolled in B is the center of a circle
Two of the balls are signed algebra, y in music, and b with radius 6. Angle ABC is
balls and must be played students are in both algebra 90°°
either first or last. Each ball and music. How many
can only be played once. students are NOT in either The diameter of the small A) 9∏ - 9
How many possible algebra or music? circle is a third the diameter B) 36 - 9∏
orderings (permutations) of the large circle. What is C) 36∏ - 18
can the balls be played? A) t – (x + y) the ratio of circumferences? D) 18 - 3∏
B) x + y – b E) 9∏ - 18
A) 2 C) t – (x + y - b) A) 1:2
B) 12 D) t – (x - y - b) B) 1:3
C) 60 E) t – b C) 1:4
D) 120 D) 1:5
E) 3125 E) 1:9
Divide 105 peaches into
three bags such that bag B
shall have four times the
peaches in bag A, and bag
C will be twice the sum of
bag A and bag B.

How many peaches in bag

C?

A) 7
B) 28
C) 60
D) 70
E) 80

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Advanced Easy. Part 1 Three years ago Sam was
SAT twice as old as Jim. In two
2 2
Math x♣y=x +y years, Jim will be 7 years June b●
Seminar old. How old will Sam be in Test a● ●d
What is two years? Score c●

Part 7 3♣7? ●e

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May Test Score
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Medium. Part 2
Working backwards
2 2
x♣y=x +y In the addition problem June b●
th
below, each letter Test a● ●d
What is the 704 term of If x ♣ y = 45, represents a different single Score c●
the repeating sequence: digit.
And x = 3, what is y? ●e
824198241982419… CB
+ AA
A) 8 --------- May Test Score
B) 2 CCC Which student has the
C) 4 largest change in score?
D) 1 What is B? A) a
E) 9 B) b
C) c
D) d
Hard. Part 3 E) e
Two symbols
2 2
x♣y=x +y

(x ♣ y) + 13 = x ♣ z A telephone company
charges 25 cents per
x=3 minute for the first 5
y and z are positive integers minutes of each call and 10
cents a minute for each
What is z? minute after 5. What does
a t minute phone call over 5
minutes cost in dollars?

A) .15t
B) .2t
C) 1.25 + .10t
D) 1.25 + .25t
E) 1.25 + .10(t – 5)

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