PRACTICE TEST 6 333

PRACTICE TEST 6
Time: 60 minutes

Directions: Select the BEST answer for each of the 50 multiple-choice questions. If the exact solution is not one of the
five choices, select the answer that is the best approximation. Then, fill in the appropriate oval on the answer sheet.

Notes:

1. A calculator will be needed to answer some of the questions on the test.

Scientific, programmable, and graphing calculators are permitted. It is up
to you to determine when and when not to use your calculator.
2. Angles on the Level 2 test are measured in degrees and radians. You need
to decide whether your calculator should be set to degree mode or radian
mode for a particular question.
3. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible and are intended to help solve
some of the test problems. If a figure is not drawn to scale, this will be
stated in the problem. All figures lie in a plane unless the problem indicates
otherwise.
4. Unless otherwise stated, the domain of a function f is assumed to be the set
of real numbers x for which the value of the function, f (x), is a real number.
5. Reference information that may be useful in answering some of the test
questions can be found below.

Reference Information

1 2
Right circular cone with radius r and height h: Volume = πr h
3

Right circular cone with circumference of base c

1
and slant height ᐉ: Lateral Area = cᐉ
2
4 3
Sphere with radius r: Volume = πr
3
Surface Area = 4πr2

1
Pyramid with base area B and height h: Volume = Bh
3
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PRACTICE TEST 6 QUESTIONS

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2a + 2b 1
1. If = 9, then =
1 a+b
2
1
(A)
9
4
(B)
9
2
(C)
3
9
(D)
4
(E) 9

2. If f(x) = e2x, then f (ln 2) =

(A) 2
(B) e2
(C) 4
(D) e4
(E) ln 4

1
3. If 23 (23n )(2) = , then n =
4
5
(A) −
3
(B) −2
2
(C) −
9
2
(D) −
3
1
(E) −
3

y−x
4. If x = 4 − y and x ≠ ±y, =
x 2 − y2
(A) −4
1
(B) −
2
1
(C) −
4
1
(D)
2
1
(E)
4

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5. What is the reciprocal of 8 − 3i? USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER

1
(A)
8
8 + 3i
(B)
55
8 − 3i
(C)
55
8 + 3i
(D)
73
1
(E)
11

6. What is the solution set to⎟ x⎟ +⎟ x − 4⎟ > 4?

(A) {x: 0 < x < 4}
(B) {x: x > 4}
(C) {x: x < 0}
(D) {x: x < 0 or x > 4}
(E) {x: x < −4 or x > 0}

7. An equation of the line parallel to 8x − 2y = 5 and

containing the point (−2, 2) is
(A) y − 2 = 4(x − 2)
5
(B) y = 4 x +
2
5
(C) y = 4 x −
2
(D) y + 2 = 4(x − 2)
(E) y = 4x + 10

x +3
8. If ≤ 0, then which of the following describes x?
x −7
(A) −3 ≤ x < 7
(B) x<7
(C) x ≤ −3 or x ≥ 7
(D) −3 ≤ x ≤ 7
(E) x ≤ −3 or x > 7

9. Which of the following expressions represents the

statement “x is proportional to h and inversely pro-
portional to the square of r”?
(A) x = khr2
(B) x = kh(−r2)
kh
(C) x = 2
r
(D) x = kh r
k
(E) x = 2
hr

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10. What is the vertex of the parabola given by f (x) = USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
4x2 − 6x + 9?
⎛ 3 135 ⎞
(A) ⎝ ,
4 16 ⎠
⎛3 ⎞
(B) ⎝ , 9⎠
2
⎛ 3 27 ⎞
(C) ⎝ − , −
4 4⎠
⎛1 ⎞
(D) ⎝ , 7⎠
2
⎛ 3 27 ⎞
(E) ⎝ ,
4 4⎠

11. If 270 ≤ θ ≤ 360° and cos θ = 0.43, then csc θ =

(A) −1.11
(B) −0.90
(C) 0.90
(D) 1.11
(E) 2.33

12. What are the zeroes of f (x) = 6x3 − 5x2 − 25x?

(A) { 5
− ,
2
5
3 }
(B) { 5
− ,
3
5
2 }
(C) { 5
− ,
2
5 5
2 3
, }
(D) { 5
− ,
3
0,
5
2}
(E) { 5
− ,
2
0,
5
3}
13. The probability that there will be a lightning storm
1
tomorrow is and, independently, the probability that
8
there will be a lightning storm the day after tomorrow
1
is . What is the probability that there will be a storm
11
tomorrow but not the day after tomorrow?

1
(A)
88
1
(B)
8
5
(C)
44
19
(D)
88
91
(E)
88
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14. An operation is defined on any three real numbers by USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
1
a ▪ b ▪ c = ac − b. If 3 ▪ n ▪ 1 = , then n =
27
(A) −3
(B) −2
(C) 2
(D) 4
(E) 5

15. If ( x − 2) 2 = 64, then x =

3

(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 14
(D) 16
(E) 18
2 1
16. If sin 2θ = , then =
5 sin θ cos θ
1
(A)
5
5
(B)
4
5
(C)
2
(D) 5
(E) 10

17. What does the angle 480° equal in radian measure?

2π
(A)
3
4π
(B)
3
8π
(C)
3
16 π
(D)
3
5π
(E)
2
x 2 + 2x − 3
18. If f ( x ) = , what value does the function
x2 − 1
approach as x approaches 1?
(A) −4
(B) −2
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 4

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19. If 4i is a zero of the polynomial p(x), then which of USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
the following must be a factor of p(x)?
(A) −4i
(B) x2 + 16
(C) x2 + 17
(D) x2 − 16
(E) x2 − 8ix + 16i2

(a − b)
20. If, for all a ≠ b, f(a, b) = , then
(b − a)
f ( 5, 3) =
(A) −1
(B) 3− 5
(−2 − 15 )
(C)
2
(D) 1
(E) 2

21. If f (x) = 2x + 6 and g[ f (−9)] = −3, then g(x) could be

which of the following?
x
(A) −3
2
x
(B) +1
3
(C) 15 − x
x
(D) −
4
(E) x − 9

22. Which of the following is an x-intercept of the hyper-

x2 y2
bola − = 1?
8 9

(A) (−2 2 , 0)
(B) (2, 0)
(C) (−3, 0)
(D) (4, 0)
(E) (8, 0)

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23. What is the length of segment AB in Figure 1? USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
(A) 3.6
z
(B) 6.4
(C) 6.7
(D) 7.5
(E) 45 B (0, 5, 3)

y
(4, 0, 1) A

x
1 Figure 1
24. For x ≠ −1 and x ≠ , if f (x) = 1 − 3x and g(x) =
3
⎛ f⎞
3x2 + 2x − 1, then ⎜ ⎟ ( x ) =
⎝ g⎠
1 2 3
(A) x − x
3 2
−1
(B)
x +1
1
(C)
x +1
−1
(D)
x −1
(E) 3x2 + 5x − 2

25. If f (x) = 3x for all real values of x and f −1(n) = −2,

then n =
(A) −9
(B) −6
3
(C) 2
1
(D)
9
(E) 9

26. If logb 4 = 16, then b =

(A) 0.25
(B) 0.50
(C) 1.09
(D) 2
(E) 4

27. cot (arcsin 0.4) =

(A) 0.44
(B) 0.56
(C) 0.92
(D) 2.29
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28. If cos (45 + 2x)° = sin (3x)°, then x = USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
(A) 18°
(B) 27°
(C) 45°
(D) 22.5°
(E) 9°

29. What is the center of the circle x2 + y2 − 8x + 2y +

8 = 0?
(A) (4, −1)
(B) (1, 4)
(C) (2, 1)
(D) (−4, 1)
(E) (−2, 1)

3
30. If f ( x ) = x+ x , then f [ f (4)] =
2
(A) 12 + 2 2
(B) 20
(C) 14 2
(D) 8
(E) 16

31. What is the range of the piecewise function

(A) y ≥ 0
(B) y ≥ 5
(C) 4 ≤ y ≤ 8
(D) y > 4
(E) All real numbers.
r r
r r= (−1, −8) and vector = (2, −4), then
32. If vector v u
vector u + v =
(A) (−1, −12)
(B) (3, 4)
(C) (−12, −1)
(D) (−3, −4)
(E) (1, −12)

33. A cube has edges of length 5. If P and Q are points on

its surface, what is the maximum straight-line distance
from P to Q?

(A) 5 2
(B) 10 2
(C) 5 3
(D) 3 5
(E) 15

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⎛ 1 ⎞
34. If f ( x ) = 4 4 , then f ⎝ log2 =
x

256 ⎠
1
(A)
65, 536
1
(B)
64
1
(C)
16
(D) 3 3
(E) 16

35. For x ≠ 0, if 3−2 − 6−2 = x−2, then x =

(A) 3 3
(B) 2 3
(C) ±12
(D) ±2 3
(E) ±6

36. If f (x) =⎟ x⎟ and h(x) is obtained by shifting f (x) down

5 units, right 1 unit, and reflecting it over the line
y = −5, then h(3) =
(A) −9
(B) −7
(C) −5
(D) −3
(E) 3

37. If the lines y1 = (n + 1)x + 12 and y2 = (2n − 3)x + 2 are

parallel, then n could equal which of the following?
(A) −4
(B) −0.78
(C) 0.67
(D) 1.28
(E) 4

38. If f (x) = x2 + 6 for all x ≥ 0, then the graph of f −1(x)

intersects the x-axis at
(A) zero points.
(B) exactly one point.
(C) exactly two points.
(D) exactly three points.
(E) f −1 is undefined.

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39. Thirteen students receive the following grades on a USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
math test:
60, 78, 90, 67, 88, 92, 81, 100, 95, 83, 83, 86, 74.
What is the interquartile range of the test scores?
(A) 14
(B) 83
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 40

40. What is the value of n if the determinant of matrix X

is given as:

9 −3
det X = = 0?
4 n
(A) −12
4
(B) −
3
3
(C) −
4
3
(D)
4
4
(E)
3

41. In Figure 2, which of the following must be true?

3 x
I. cot x =
4 5
II. cos x = sin y 3
III. tan x = tan y
(A) I only y
(B) II only
4
(C) II and III only
(D) I and II only Figure 2
(E) I, II, and III

42. Which of the following statements does not describe

a positive correlation?
(A) A person’s height and weight
(B) The percentage of registered voters and the
percentage of actual voters
(C) The number of DVD owners and total
DVD sales
(D) The value of a car and its age
(E) A student’s GPA and SAT scores

43. The graph of which of the following is symmetric

with respect to the origin?
(A) y = x2 − 1
(B) y = x3 − 2x
(C) y2 = x + 8
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(E) y = (x + 3)2
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44. The graph of y = −4x + 10 can be expressed as a set USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
of parametric equations. If x = 3 + t and y = f (t), then
what does f (t) equal?
(A) −4t − 2
(B) −4t − 22
(C) 4t − 2
1
(D) t+7
4
(E) −4t − 12

45. If x0 = 2 and x n +1 = 3
−4 x n , then x4 =
(A) −8
(B) −2
(C) 2
(D) 4
(E) 8

46. In a group of 40 of Ms Jones’s students, students are

either sophomores or juniors (but not both) and study
either geometry or algebra 2 but not both. If 18 soph-
omores study geometry, 16 students are juniors, and
13 students study algebra 2, how many juniors study
algebra 2?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

47. How long is the base of an isosceles triangle if the

other two sides measure 8 cm, and each base angle
measures 41°?
(A) 5.3
(B) 7.9
(C) 13.9
(D) 11.3
(E) 12.1

48. A committee of 3 people is to be selected from a

group of 6 women and 4 men. Assuming the selec-
tion is made randomly, what is the probability that
the committee consists of 2 women and 1 man?
1
(A)
30
1
(B)
8
1
(C)
4
1
(D)
3
1
(E)
2
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49. A portion of the graph of y = ex is shown in Figure 3. USE THIS SPACE AS SCRATCH PAPER
What is the sum of the areas of the three inscribed
rectangles?
y = ex
(A) 124
(B) 126
(C) 465
(D) 809
(E) 931

2 4 6

Figure 3

50. What is the lateral area of the right circular cone

shown in Figure 4?
(A) 50π
10
(B) 75π
5√3
3
(C) 125 π
3
5
(D) 25 3π
(E) 100π
Figure 4

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