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1 Which shows 833,000 written in scientific

notation?

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4 Roberto paid $43.08 for 3 CDs. All 3 CDs were
the same price. How much did each CD cost?

A 8.33×103
A $11.36
B 8.33×10 4
B $14.36
C 8.33×105
C $40.08
D 8.33×106
D $46.08

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2 The length of a room is 5.048 ×10 2 cm. Which
number is equivalent to this length?
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5 Dacia made a snack mix using the ingredients
listed below.

A 0.005048 cm
B 0.05048 cm 1 3
1 cups granola cup peanuts
C 504.8 cm 4 4

D 504,800 cm 1 1
cup raisins cup chocolate chips
2 4

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3
⎛ 2 ⎞⎟4
⎜⎜ ⎟ =
⎝⎜ 3 ⎟⎠
What is the total amount of all four ingredients?

8 3
A A 1 cups
81 4

16 1
B B 2 cups
81 4

8 1
C 2 cups
C 2
3
3
16 D 2 cups
D 4
3
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6
3
4
×3 = 
9 Tasha is buying a CD that is regularly $12.99
1
and is on sale for off. Which expression can
6 4
A she use to estimate the discount on the CD?
12
A 0.0025 ×$13
9
B B 0.04 ×$13
12
C 0.25 ×$13
6
C D 0.40 ×$13
4


D
4 10 Which is an irrational number?

A 5


7
2
A recipe for 1 batch of cookies requires of a
3
cup of cooking oil. How many cups of cooking B 9

oil would be required for 4 batches of cookies?

C –1

1
A
6

2
D −
3
B 2


2

C 2 11 Which of the following is an irrational number?

3

A 144

D 4
3 B 16

C 4

D 3


8 5

Which of the following is equivalent to ?

2
A 2.25

B 2.5

C 5.2

D 5.25

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12 Which fraction is the same as 3.08?

14 Jason bought a jacket on sale for 50% off the
original price and another 25% off the
56 discounted price. If the jacket originally cost
A $88, what was the final sale price that Jason
25
paid for the jacket?
77 A $22
B
25
B $33
19 C $44
C
5
D $66
32
D
5


15 Marl borrowed $200 at 12% simple interest for
one year. If he makes no payments that year,


13 A sweater originally cost $37.50. Last week,
Moesha bought it at 20% off.
how much interest will he owe at the end of
the year?

A $6.00
B $12.00
C $22.40
D $24.00

20%F
OF

16 Tamika works in a shoe store and is paid a
12% commission on her sales. In January her
sales total was $3740. To the nearest dollar, how
How much was deducted from the original price? much did Tamika earn in commission for
A $7.50 January?

B $17.50 A $312
C $20.00 B $449
D $30.00 C $3291
D $4189
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17 Stuart is buying a pair of jeans that regularly
cost $40. They are on sale for 20% off. If the
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20 Mr. and Mrs. Blank sold their house for $200,000
and needed to hire an attorney to handle the
tax rate is 8%, what is the sale price of the jeans
including tax? closing procedures. Attorney Mr. Gable charges

A $21.60
a flat rate of $2500. Attorney Ms. Mandel
1
B $34.56
charges 1 % of the cost of the house. Which
2
C $42.34
attorney would be cheaper for Mr. and Mrs.
D $44.16
Blank to use?

A Mr. Gable
B Ms. Mandel
�18 A calculator that is regularly priced $20 is on
sale for 40% off. What is the sale price of the
C Their fees would be the same.
calculator? D cannot be determined from the information
given
A $8

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B $12

21 Which of the following has the same value as

C $15
56 ×5 −2 ?
D $16

A 5 −12

B 5 −3

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C 54

19 The percentage discount at a store is

determined using the table below. D 58

Sale Discounts
Total
Purchases
Discount �
22
−2
−5
( jk) ( jk) =
3

less than $50 25%

A ( jk )
−8
$50 to $100 30%
B ( jk )
−2
over $100 35%
C (2 jk )
−8
D (2 jk )
Shamika bought 3 skirts that cost $25 each
before the discount. What was her total after
the discount?

A $45.00
B $48.75
C $52.50
D $56.25
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23 Which of the following shows the next step
�27 Which value is equivalent to
108
10
6
?

using the least common denominator to A 100

7 5
simplify − ? B 1000

8 6
C 10 4

⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞ D 10 14

A ⎜⎜ 7 × 3 ⎟⎟ − ⎜⎜ 5 × 4 ⎟⎟
⎜⎝8 3⎠⎟ ⎜⎝6 4⎠
⎟

⎛ 7 4 ⎞⎟ ⎛ 5 3 ⎟⎞

B ⎜⎜⎜ × ⎟⎟ − ⎜⎜⎜ × ⎟⎟
⎝8 4⎠ ⎝6 3⎠ �
28 225 =

⎛ 7 5 ⎞⎟ ⎛ 5 7 ⎞⎟ A 15
C ⎜⎜ × ⎟ − ⎜⎜ × ⎟
⎜⎝8 5⎠⎟ ⎜⎝6 7⎠⎟ B 25

⎛ 7 7⎞ ⎛ 5 5⎞ C 35
D ⎜⎜⎜ × ⎟⎟⎟ − ⎜⎜⎜ × ⎟⎟⎟
⎝8 7⎠ ⎝6 5⎠ D 45

24 4 2 i 35 i 2 4
=

A
4
4 3 i 35 i 2 2
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29 If x = 100, what is the value of 4 x ?

2 A 20
B 40
3
B C 100
2
D 200
C 1

1
D

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2
30 The value of 85 is between which two integers?

A 8 and 9

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25 Which expression is equivalent to 75 ×710 ? B
C
9 and 10

41 and 42

A 715
D 42 and 43

B 750
C 4915
D 4950
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31 9 − 5 − 6 −8 =

� 310 A –6
26 Which value is equivalent to ?
32 B –2
A 5
C 2
B 8
D 6
C 35
D 38
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32 Which expression has the smallest value?

37 Which operation will change the value of any
nonzero number?

A −19
A adding zero

B −34
B multiplying by zero

C 11
47 C multiplying by one

D
D dividing by one

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33 If the values of the expressions below are plotted
on a number line, which expression would be

38 Which property is used in the equation below?
closest to five?
12 ( x + 4) = 12 x + 48
A −4
B −18 A Associative Property of Addition
C 7
B Commutative Property of Addition
D 16
C Distributive Property
D Reflexive Property

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34 The sum of a number (n) and 14 is 72. Which
equation shows this relationship?

39 Which expression is equivalent to 3x −3 y?
A 14 + n = 72 A 3xy
B 72n = 14 B 3( x − y)
C 14 − n = 72
C 3x − y
D 72 + n = 14
D x − 3y

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35 If x = 4 and y = 3, then xy − 2 x =

40 Which of the following equations illustrates the
inverse property of multiplication?
A 4
1
B 6 A 5× = 1
5

C 19 B 5×1 = 5

D 40
C 5× 0 = 0


D 5× 5 = 25

36 If m = 3 and n = 5, what is the value of

4m + mn?

A 180

41 Which equation shows the distributive
property?
B 27 A 4 (3 + 6) = 12 + 24

C 20 B (4 + 3) + 6 = 6 + (4 +
3)

D 15 C (12 + 4) + 0 = 12 + 4

D (12 + 4) + 6 = 12 + (4 + 6)
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42 Which expression is the result of applying the
distributive property to 8×(100 + 5) ?
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44 Which property is illustrated by
2 ( 2 x + 4) = 4x + 8?

A 8×105 A Additive Identity

B 8×140 B Distributive Property
C 800 + 5 C Associative Property of Addition
D 800 + 40 D Commutative Property of Addition

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43 Which property is illustrated by ⎜⎜⎜ ⎟⎟⎟ = ?
2 ⎝ 3⎠ 6 �
45 Which of the following is an example of an
inequality?

A Additive Identity A 3n − 6

B Commutative Property 4n > 9

B
C Distributive Property
C 2 = n − 1

D Multiplicative Identity 5 + 0 = 5

D
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46 The table below shows the charges for renting and racing a go-cart.

Grand Prix Go-Carts

Number of Laps 0 1 2 3 4 5
Price (dollars) 5 8 11 14 17 20

Which graph best represents these prices?

20 20
18 18
16 16
Price (dollars)

Price (dollars)
14 14
12 12
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4

2
2

0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
Number of Laps Number of Laps

A C

20 20
18 18
16 16
Price (dollars)

Price (dollars)

14 14
12 12
10 10
8 8
6 6
4 4
2 2

0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
Number of Laps Number of Laps

B D
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47 �
49 Which expression is equivalent to
8a6
2a3
?

Wading Pool A 6a2

B 6a3
C 4a2
4a3
Water Level

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50 Which graph shows y = −x 2 ?

y y
10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m.
Time
x
Which statement best describes the water level
x
of the pool from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.?

A The pool is empty.

B The water level is constant. A C

C The water level is increasing.

y y
D The water level is decreasing.

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48 Which expression below has the same value
as x 3 ?

x x

A 3x

B x ÷ 3
B D
C x i x i x

D 3 x i 3 x i 3
x
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51 Which best represents the graph of y = 2 x −5?
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52 What is the slope of this line?

y y
y
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
(2, 1)
-4 -4 x
-5 -5
(–2,–2)
A C
y y
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x 1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0
-1
1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0
-1
1 2 3 4 5 A
-2 -2 2
-3 -3
-4 -4 3
-5 -5
B
4

B D C 1

4
D
3
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53 Whichstatement is true about the slope of

line AC ?
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54 What is the slope of the line?

y
y 7
7 6
6 5
C 4
5
4 3
3 2
2 1
B x
1 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
x -1
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -2
-1
-2 -3
A -4
-3
-4 -5
-5 -6
-6 -7
-7

A −7
A The slope is the ratio of the x- and
y-intercepts.
5
B The slope is the same between any two points B −
on the line. 7

C The slope between point A and point B is 5

greater than the slope between point B and C
7
point C.
D The slope between point A and point C is D 5
greater than the slope between point A and
point B.
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55 Which graph shows a line with a slope of 2?

A C
y y

7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
-7 -7

B D
y y

7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5
-6 -6
-7 -7
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56 Bananas are on sale at the price of 3 pounds
for $1.00. Which graph shows the relationship
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57 What value of x makes the equation below
true?
between the number of pounds of bananas x
+6=8
bought and the total cost? 9
A 2
A
$ 6
B 18
$ 5

C 66
$ 4

Total $ 3
D 126
Cost $ 2

$ 1

$ 0

0 5
Number of Pounds
10
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58 What is the solution set to the inequality
6 z + 5 > 35 ?

B A {z :
z < 5}

$ 6

$ 5
B {z :
z < 24}

$ 4
C {z :
z > 5}

Total $ 3

Cost $ 2
D {z : z > 24}

$ 1

$ 0

0 5 10
Number of Pounds
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59 What is the value of x if −3x + 2 = −7?
C A x = −6

$ 6

B x = −3

$ 5

$ 4
C x = 3

Total $ 3

Cost $ 2

D x = 6

$ 1

$ 0

0 5 10
Number of Pounds

D
$ 6

$ 5

$ 4

Total $ 3

Cost $ 2

$ 1

$ 0

0 5 10
Number of Pounds
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60 Joan needs $60 for a class trip. She has $32. She
can earn $4 an hour mowing lawns. If the
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63 Juanita earns $36 for 3 hours of work. At that
rate, how long would she have to work to earn
equation shows this relationship, how many $720?
hours must Joan work to have the money she
needs? A 12 hours

4h + 32 = 60 B 20 hours
C 60 hours
A 7 hours
D 140 hours
B 17 hours

C 23 hours

D 28 hours

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64 The distance a spring stretches varies directly
with the force applied to it. If a 7-pound weight
stretches a spring a distance of 24.5 inches, how
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61 What value of x satisfies the equation
4x + 2 = 22 ?

far will the spring stretch if a 12-pound weight

is applied?

A 3.5
A 3.4 inches

B 5.0
B 19.5 inches

C 6.0
C 42 inches

D 7.5
D 294 inches

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62 A duck flew at 18 miles per hour for 3 hours,
then at 15 miles per hour for 2 hours. How far
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65 Marisa’s car gets an average of 28 miles per
gallon of gas. She plans to drive 200 miles today
did the duck fly in all? and 220 miles tomorrow. How many gallons of
gas should she expect to use in all?
A 69 miles

A 15 gallons

B 75 miles

B 28 gallons

C 81 miles

C 56 gallons

D 84 miles

D 67 gallons

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66 Mr. Callaway needs to purchase enough grass
seed to cover a 3000-square-foot lawn and a
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69 A train traveled at an average speed of 45 miles
per hour for 2 hours and 30 miles per hour for
4200-square-foot lawn. If 40 ounces of grass 3 hours. What is the total number of miles that
seed will seed a 2400-square-foot lawn, how the train traveled?
many ounces does he need to seed both lawns?
A 75

A 20

B 90

B 30

C 180

C 120

D 195

D 180

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67 Mr. Ogata drove 276 miles from his house to
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70 How many millimeters are in 20 centimeters?

Los Angeles at an average speed of 62 miles per A 0.02 millimeters

hour. His trip home took 6.5 hours. How did his B 0.2 millimeters

speed on the way home compare to his speed on

the way to Los Angeles? C 200 millimeters

D 20,000 millimeters

A It was about 2 miles per hour faster.

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B It was about 2 miles per hour slower.
71 Mr. Craig made a scale drawing of his office.
C It was about 20 miles per hour faster.
D It was about 20 miles per hour slower.

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68 The distance that a spring stretches when an
object hangs from it varies directly with the
2 in.

weight of the object. If a spring stretches 2 cm

when a 50-gram weight is attached to it, what is
the weight of an object that stretches the same
spring 5 cm?

A 20 grams

1
inch = 3 feet
B 75 grams
2
C 125 grams

D 350 grams
The width of the scale drawing of the office is
2 inches. What is the actual width, in feet, of
Mr. Craig’s office?

A 3
B 6
C 9
D 12
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72 Mr. Grey is planning to fly an airplane from
Smithville straight to Sandia.
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73 The chart below describes the speed of four

desktop printers.
MAP

Printer Description
Braun
Smithville
iver

Roboprint Prints 2 pages per second

en R

Sandia
Voltronn Prints 1 page every 2 seconds
Liberty
Gre

Vantek Plus Prints 160 pages in 2 minutes

Scale: = 40 miles
1 inch DLS Pro Prints 100 pages per minute

The distance from Smithville to Sandia

measures 1.5 inches on the map. What is the Which printer is the fastest?
actual distance from Smithville to Sandia, in
miles? A Roboprint
B Voltronn
A 40
C Vantek Plus
B 50
D DLS Pro
C 60
D 70

75 A utility company estimates that a power line

repair job will take a total of 24 person-hours. If

74 The atmosphere normally exerts a pressure of
about 15 pounds per square inch on surfaces
at sea level. About how much pressure does the
atmosphere exert on a surface 30 square inches
in area?
3 workers are assigned to the job, how long will
it take them to complete the job according to
this estimate?
A 8 hours

A 2 pounds B 12 hours

B 15 pounds C 27 hours

C 45 pounds D 72 hours

D 450 pounds
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76
Citizens of Honduras use lempira for their
money. In July 2002, the conversion rate for
U.S. money to Honduran money was about
6 cents to 1 lempira. What dollar amount was
equivalent to 300 lempiras?

A $0.18
B $0.50
C $18.00
D $50.00
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77 What is the area of trapezoid QRST in
⎛ 1 ⎞
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79 Elisa divided the staircase figure below into
rectangles to help determine its area. All
square units? ⎜⎜ A = h( b1 + b2 )⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 2 ⎟
⎠ measurements are in millimeters.

T 8 Q
5
5
4
5

S 11 R 5

A 22
5

B 27
5 5 5 5

C 38

What is the total area of the figure?

D 48

A 150 mm 2
B 200 mm 2

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78 Cherie cut four congruent triangles off the
corners of a rectangle to make an octagon, as
C
D
250 mm 2
325 mm 2
shown below.

2 cm
2 cm
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80 What is the volume of the rectangular solid
shown below?
9 cm

16 cm

What is the area of the shaded octagon? 2 in. 3 in.

A 128 cm 2 5 in.
B 136 cm 2
C 140 cm 2 A 10 cubic inches

D 152 cm 2 B 25 cubic inches

C 30 cubic inches
D 62 cubic inches
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81 Jason is 72 inches tall. Which measurement
does not describe Jason’s height?
�
83 In the figure below, D is the midpoint of AC,
and BD is perpendicular to AC.
A 6 feet
B
B 7 feet 2 inches
C 2 yards
D 182.88 centimeters

25 cm

�
82 Look at the coordinate grid below.

y
A D C
7
6 30 cm
5
4
3 P Q What is the length of BD?
2
1 A 15 centimeters
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 16 centimeters
-1
-2 C 18 centimeters
-3
-4 D 20 centimeters
-5
-6
-7
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84 What is the length of YZ?

Points R and S will be added to the grid to form X

rectangle PQRS with an area of 20 square units.
Which ordered pairs could be the coordinates of 17 cm
8 cm
points R and S?

A (5, −1) and (1, −1) Z

Y
B (5, − 2) and (1, − 2)
C (5, − 3) and (1, − 3)
A 9 cm
D (5, − 4) and (1, − 4)
B 15 cm
C 19 cm
D 25 cm
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85 In the figure below, AB and CD are
perpendicular.
�
87 Sophia used an 8-foot rope to secure a 6-foot
tent pole as shown.

14 6 ft pole 8 ft rope
12

C 15 B

What is the perimeter of  ABC? Approximately how far from the base of the
pole is the rope tied?
A 13
B 28 A 5 feet

C 42 B 7 feet

D 84 C 10 feet
D 14 feet

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86 What is the length of the missing side of this
triangle?

17
?

15

A 2
B 8
C 2
D 514
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88 Which parallelogram is congruent to
parallelogram JKLM?
�
89 Which figure contains two congruent triangles?

J 5 K

120º
4
60º
M L
Quadrilateral

A
5 B
80º
4

Trapezoid
B
6
C
4

120º

C Parallelogram
5
60º 3

D
5
Triangle
4

120º
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90 The height of the pyramid below is represented
by which segment?
�
92 The scatter plot below shows the average traffic
volume and average vehicle speed on a certain
freeway for 50 days in 1999.

Average Vehicle Speed

s t

v
u

A s
B t
C u Average Traffic Volume

D v
Which statement best describes the relationship
between average traffic volume and average
vehicle speed shown on the scatter plot?
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91 The box-and-whisker plot below represents the
daily high temperatures at a beach in April. A As traffic volume increases, vehicle speed
increases.
B As traffic volume increases, vehicle speed
Daily High Temperatures
decreases.
C As traffic volume increases, vehicle speed
increases at first, then decreases.
60ºF 70ºF 80ºF 90ºF 100ºF D As traffic volume increases, vehicle speed
decreases at first, then increases.
What was the median daily high temperature?

A 68� F
B 72� F
C 78� F
D 84� F
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95 Jared scored the following numbers of points
�93 The following data represent the number of
years different students in a certain group have
in his last 7 basketball games: 8, 21, 7, 15, 9, 15,
and 2. What is the median number of points
gone to school together: 12, 5, 8, 16, 15, 9, 19.
scored by Jared in these 7 games?
These data are shown on the box-and-whisker

plot below.
A 9
B 11
C 15
5 8 12 16 19

D 19

What is the median of the data?

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96 The total value of production for several
commercial vegetables is rounded to the nearest
A 5
million in the table below.

B 8

Produce Value (1993)

C 12

D 16
Value of Production
Vegetable
(in millions of dollars)
Asparagus 120

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94 The table shows the number of turkey and ham
sandwiches sold by Derby’s Deli for several days
Broccoli
Cabbage
284
279
in one week. Carrots 338
Cauliflower 217
Cucumbers 169
Eggplant 18
Spinach 60

What is the median of the data?

A $169 million
B $193 million
C $277.5 million
D $281.5 million
What is the difference between the median
number of turkey sandwiches sold and the
median number of ham sandwiches sold?

A 0

B 1

C 2

D 3