EmSAT Achieve Math " Diagnostic Test "

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

2x 2 5x 8
____ 1. Given x 2, the expression is equivalent to
x 2
9 6
a. 2x 2 c. 2x 1
x 2 x 2
7 10
b. 2x d. 2x 9
x 2 x 2

____ 2. The focal length, F, of a camera’s lens is related to the distance of the object from the lens, J, and the distance
to the image area in the camera, W, by the formula below.

1 1 1
J W F

When this equation is solved for J in terms of F and W, J equals

FW
a. F W c.
W F
FW 1 1
b. d.
F W F W

____ 3. Yusra averaged 85 on the first three tests of the semester in her mathematics class. If she scores 93 on each of
the remaining tests, her average will be 90. Which equation could be used to determine how many tests, T,
are left in the semester?
255 93T 255 93T
a. 90 c. 90
3T T 3
255 90T 255 90T
b. 93 d. 93
3T T 3

____ 4. A recursive formula for the sequence 40,30,22.5,. . . is

n n 1
ÁÊ 3 ˜ˆ ÁÊ 3 ˜ˆ
a. g n 40 ÁÁÁÁ ˜˜˜˜ c. g n 40 ÁÁÁÁ ˜˜˜˜
Ë4¯ Ë 4¯
b. g 1 40 d. g 1 40
gn gn 10 3
1
gn g
4 n 1

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____ 5. A countertop for a kitchen is modeled with the dimensions shown below. An 18-inch by 21-inch rectangle
will be removed for the installation of the sink.

What is the area of the top of the installed countertop, to the nearest square foot?
a. 26 c. 22
b. 23 d. 19

____ 6. Which equation represents a line parallel to the line whose equation is 2x 3y 4 and passes through the
point (1,3)?
3 3
a. y 3 (x 1) c. y 3 (x 1)
2 2
2 2
b. y 3 (x 1) d. y 3 (x 1)
3 3

____ 7. In circle O shown below, diameter AC is perpendicular to CD at point C, and chords AB, BC , AE , and CE
are drawn.

Which statement is not always true?

a. ACB BCD c. BAC DCB
b. ABC ACD d. CBA AEC

3 3
____ 8. What is an equation of the image of the line y x 4 after a dilation of a scale factor of centered at the
2 4
origin?
9 3
a. y x 4 c. y x 4
8 2
9 3
b. y x 3 d. y x 3
8 2

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____ 9. A circle centered at the origin has a radius of 10 units. The terminal side of an angle, , intercepts the circle
in Quadrant II at point C. The y-coordinate of point C is 8. What is the value of cos ?
3 3
a. c.
5 5
3 4
b. d.
4 5
____ 10. Which sinusoid has the greatest amplitude?

a. c.
b. y 3sin( 3) 5 d. y 5sin( 1) 3

____ 11. In the diagram below of circle O, points K, A, T, I, and E are on the circle, KAE and ITE are drawn,
KE EI , and EKA EIT .

Which statement about KAE and ITE is always true?

a. They are neither congruent nor similar. c. They are right triangles.
b. They are similar but not congruent. d. They are congruent.

____ 12. The function p(t) 110e 0.03922t models the population of a city, in millions, t years after 2010. As of today,
consider the following two statements:
I. The current population is 110 million.
II. The population increases continuously by approximately 3.9% per year.
This model supports
a. I, only c. both I and II
b. II, only d. neither I nor II
____ 13. Lubna needs the three pieces of glass shown below to complete a stained glass window. The shapes, two
triangles and a trapezoid, are measured in inches.

Glass can be purchased in rectangular sheets that are 12 inches wide. What is the minimum length of a sheet
of glass, in inches, that Lubna must purchase in order to have enough to complete the window?
a. 20 c. 29
b. 25 d. 34

____ 14. If the rectangle below is continuously rotated about side w, which solid figure is formed?

a. pyramid c. cone
b. rectangular prism d. cylinder

____ 15. Maitha drew line segments ABCD, EFG, BF, and CF as shown in the diagram below. Scalene BFC is
formed.

Which statement will allow Maitha to prove ABCD Ä EFG ?

a. CFG FCB c. EFB CFB
b. ABF BFC d. CBF GFC

____ 16. The function N(x) 90(0.86) x 69 can be used to predict the temperature of a cup of hot chocolate in degrees
Fahrenheit after x minutes. What is the approximate average rate of change of the temperature of the hot
chocolate, in degrees per minute, over the interval [0,6]?
a. 8.93 c. 0.11
b. 0.11 d. 8.93

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____ 17. Circle O with a radius of 9 is drawn below. The measure of central angle AOC is 120°.

What is the area of the shaded sector of circle O?

a. 6 c. 27
b. 12 d. 54

____ 18. What is the solution set of x 3x 40 ?

a. { 5,8} c. { 4,10}
b. {8} d. {}

____ 19. On the set of axes below, ABC has vertices at A( 2,0), B(2, 4) , C(4,2), and DEF has vertices at D(4,0) ,
E( 4,8) , F( 8, 4) .

Which sequence of transformations will map ABC onto DEF ?

a. a dilation of ABC by a scale factor of 2 c. a dilation of ABC by a scale factor of 2
centered at point A centered at the origin, followed by a
rotation of 180° about the origin
b. a dilation of ABC by a scale factor of d. a dilation of ABC by a scale factor of
1 1
centered at point A centered at the origin, followed by a
2 2
rotation of 180° about the origin

____ 20. The voltage used by most households can be modeled by a sine function. The maximum voltage is 120 volts,
and there are 60 cycles every second. Which equation best represents the value of the voltage as it flows
through the electric wires, where t is time in seconds?
a. V 120 sin(t) c. V 120sin(60 t)
b. V 120sin(60t) d. V 120sin(120 t)

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____ 21. Consider the end behavior description below.
• as x , f(x)
• as x , f(x)
Which function satisfies the given conditions?
a. f(x) x 4 2x 2 1 c. f(x) x3 2x 6

b. d.

____ 22. A vendor is using an 8-ft by 8-ft tent for a craft fair. The legs of the tent are 9 ft tall and the top forms a
square pyramid with a height of 3 ft.

What is the volume, in cubic feet, of space the tent occupies?

a. 256 c. 672
b. 640 d. 768

____ 23. Which information is not sufficient to prove that a parallelogram is a square?
a. The diagonals are both congruent and c. The diagonals are perpendicular and one
perpendicular. pair of adjacent sides are congruent.
b. The diagonals are congruent and one pair d. The diagonals are perpendicular and one
of adjacent sides are congruent. pair of adjacent sides are perpendicular.

____ 24. A rabbit population doubles every 4 weeks. There are currently five rabbits in a restricted area. If t
represents the time, in weeks, and P(t) is the population of rabbits with respect to time, about how many
rabbits will there be in 98 days?
a. 56 c. 3688
b. 152 d. 81,920

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____ 25. As increases from to 0 radians, the value of cos will
2
a. decrease from 1 to 0 c. increase from 1 to 0
b. decrease from 0 to 1 d. increase from 0 to 1

____ 26. The expression 4

81x 8 y 6 is equivalent to
3 3
2 2 2 2
a. 3x y c. 9x y
b. 3x 4 y 2 d. 9x 4 y 2

____ 27. In the diagram below of ACD, DB is a median to AC , and AB DB .

If m DAB 32 , what is m BDC ?

a. 32º c. 58º
b. 52º d. 64º

____ 28. A cardboard box manufacturing company is building boxes with length represented by x 1 , width by 5 x,
and height by x 1 . The volume of the box is modeled by the function below.

Over which interval is the volume of the box changing at the fastest average rate?
a. [1,2] c. [1,5]
b. [1,3.5] d. [0,3.5]

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____ 29. A circle with a radius of 5 was divided into 24 congruent sectors. The sectors were then rearranged, as shown
in the diagram below.

To the nearest integer, the value of x is

a. 31 c. 12
b. 16 d. 10

____ 30. Which statement regarding polynomials and their zeros is true?
a. f(x) (x 2 1)(x a) has zeros of 1 and c. f(x) (x 2 25)(x a) has zeros of 5
a, only. and a.
b. f(x) x ax 16x 16a has zeros of d. f(x) x 3 ax 2 9x 9a has zeros of 3
3 2

4 and a, only. and a.

____ 31. In right triangle ABC shown below, point D is on AB and point E is on CB such that AC Ä DE .

If AB 15, BC 12, and EC 7, what is the length of BD ?

a. 8.75 c. 5
b. 6.25 d. 4

____ 32. In the diagram below, AC and BD intersect at E.

Which information is always sufficient to prove ABE CDE ?

a. AB Ä CD c. E is the midpoint of AC .
b. AB CD and BE DE d. BD and AC bisect each other.
____ 33. Haza’ decides to put 10000 AED in a savings account each month. The account pays 3% annual interest,
compounded monthly. How much money, S, will Haza’ have after one year?
a. S 10000(1.03) 12 c. S 10000(1.0025) 12
10000 10000(1.0025) 12 10000 10000(1.03) 12
b. S d. S
1 1.0025 1 1.03

____ 34. In the diagram below of right triangle KMI, altitude IG is drawn to hypotenuse KM .

If KG 9 and IG 12 , the length of IM is

a. 15 c. 20
b. 16 d. 25

____ 35. In the diagram below of circle O, chords JT and ER intersect at M.

If EM 8 and RM 15, the lengths of JM and TM could be

a. 12 and 9.5 c. 16 and 7.5
b. 14 and 8.5 d. 18 and 6.5

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____ 36. A game spinner is divided into 6 equally sized regions, as shown in the diagram below.

For Yaseen to win, the spinner must land on the number 6. After spinning the spinner 10 times, and losing all
10 times, Yaseen complained that the spinner is unfair. At home, his dad ran 100 simulations of spinning the
1
spinner 10 times, assuming the probability of winning each spin is . The output of the simulation is shown
6
in the diagram below.

Which explanation is appropriate for Yaseen and his dad to make?

a. The spinner was likely unfair, since the
number 6 failed to occur in about 20% of
the simulations.
b. The spinner was likely unfair, since the
spinner should have landed on the
number 6 by the sixth spin.
c. The spinner was likely not unfair, since
the number 6 failed to occur in about
20% of the simulations.
d. The spinner was likely not unfair, since
in the output the player wins once or
twice in the majority of the simulations.

____ 37. The equation of a circle is x 2 8x y 2 12y 144 . What are the coordinates of the center and the length of
the radius of the circle?
a. center (4, 6) and radius 12 c. center (4, 6) and radius 14
b. center ( 4,6) and radius 12 d. center ( 4,6) and radius 14

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____ 38. On the set of axes below, ABC , altitude CG, and median CM are drawn.

Which expression represents the area of ABC ?

(BC)(AC) (CM)(AB)
a. c.
2 2
(GC)(BC) (GC)(AB)
b. d.
2 2

____ 39. Khalid has a coin. he does not know if it is a fair coin. he flipped the coin 100 times and obtained 73 heads
and 27 tails. he ran a computer simulation of 200 samples of 100 fair coin flips. The output of the proportion
of heads is shown below.

Given the results of her coin flips and of his computer simulation, which statement is most accurate?
a. 73 of the computer's next 100 coin flips c. His coin is not fair.
will be heads.
b. 50 of her next 100 coin flips will be d. His coin is fair.
heads.

____ 40. Consider the system below.

x y z 9
x y z 1
x y z 21

Which value is not in the solution, (x,y,z), of the system?

a. 8 c. 11
b. 6 d. 4

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____ 41. In the diagram of quadrilateral NAVY below, m YNA 30 , m YAN 38 , m AVY 94 , and
m VAY 46 .

Which segment has the shortest length?

a. AY c. VA
b. NY d. VY

____ 42. Which expression is not a solution to the equation 2 t 10 ?

1
a. log 10 c. log 4 10
2 2
b. log 2 10 d. log10 4

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____ 43. Which graph represents a cosine function with no horizontal shift, an amplitude of 2, and a period of ?
3

a.

b.

c.

d.

____ 44. The coordinates of the vertices of parallelogram CDEH are C( 5,5), D(2,5) , E( 1, 1) , and H( 8, 1) . What
are the coordinates of P, the point of intersection of diagonals CE and DH ?
a. ( 2,3) c. ( 3,2)
b. ( 2,2) d. ( 3, 2)

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____ 45. In the diagram below of ABC , D is a point on BA , E is a point on BC , and DE is drawn.

If BD 5, DA 12, and BE 7, what is the length of BC so that AC Ä DE ?

a. 23.8 c. 15.6
b. 16.8 d. 8.6

____ 46. If a solution of 2(2x 1) 5x 2 is expressed in simplest a bi form, the value of b is

6 1
a. i c. i
5 5
6 1
b. d.
5 5

____ 47. Maitha is working on one side of a polynomial identity proof used to form Pythagorean triples. Her work is
shown below:
(5x) 2 (5x 2 5) 2
Step 1: 25x 2 (5x 2 5) 2
Step 2: 25x 2 25x 2 25
Step 3: 50x 2 25
Step 4: 75x 2
What statement is true regarding Maitha’s work?
a. Maitha’s work is entirely correct. c. There are mistakes in step 2 and step 4.
b. There is a mistake in step 2, only. d. There is a mistake in step 4, only.

____ 48. In the diagram shown below, AC is tangent to circle O at A and to circle P at C, OP intersects AC at B,
OA 4, AB 5, and PC 10 .

What is the length of BC ?

a. 6.4 c. 12.5
b. 8 d. 16
____ 49. On the set of axes below, triangle ABC is graphed. Triangles A' B' C' and A"B"C", the images of triangle ABC,
are graphed after a sequence of rigid motions.

Identify which sequence of rigid motions maps ABC onto A' B' C' and then maps A' B' C' onto
A"B"C".
a. a rotation followed by another rotation c. a reflection followed by a translation
b. a translation followed by a reflection d. a reflection followed by a rotation

____ 50. Consider the following patterns:

I. 16, 12,9, 6.75,. . .
II. 1,4,9,16,. . .
III. 6,18,30,42,. . .
1 2 3 4
IV. , , , ,. . .
2 3 4 5
Which pattern is geometric?
a. I c. III
b. II d. IV

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____ 51. Given f (x ) x 2 , which equation represents f(x) ?
4
4 8 3
a. f(x) x c. f(x) x 2
3 3 4
4 8 3
b. f(x) x d. f(x) x 2
3 3 4

____ 52. If the altitudes of a triangle meet at one of the triangle’s vertices, then the triangle is
a. a right triangle c. an obtuse triangle
b. an acute triangle d. an equilateral triangle

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____ 53. After a dilation with center (0,0), the image of DB is D' B' . If DB 4.5 and D' B' 18 , the scale factor of this
dilation is
1 1
a. c.
5 4
b. 5 d. 4

____ 54. In the diagram of circle A shown below, chords CD and EF intersect at G, and chords CE and FD are drawn.

Which statement is not always true?

CE FD
a. CG FG c.
EG DG
b. CEG FDG d. CEG FDG

____ 55. Expressed in simplest a bi form, (7 3i) (x 2i) 2 (4i 2x 2 ) is

a. (3 x 2 ) (4x 7)i c. (3 x 2 ) 7i
b. (3 3x 2 ) (4x 7)i d. (3 3x 2 ) 7i

____ 56. In the diagram below, quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in circle P.

What is m ADC ?
a. 70° c. 108°
b. 72° d. 110°

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____ 57. Given that sin 2 cos 2 1 and sin , what is a possible value of cos ?
5
5 2 3 3
a. c.
5 5
23 35
b. d.
5 5

____ 58. Hamad has 12000 AED invested in a bank account modeled by the function P(n ) 12000(1.002) n , where
P(n) is the value of his account, in AED, after n months.
Hamad’s debt is modeled by the function Q(n) 100n , where Q(n) is the value of debt, in Dirhams, after n
months, which function represents Hamad’s net worth, R(n) ?
a. R(n ) 12000(1.002) n 100n c. R(n ) 12000(1.002) n 100n
b. R(n ) 12000(1.002) 12n 100n d. R(n ) 12000(1.002) 12n 100n

____ 59. Functions f, g, and h are given below.

f(x) sin(2x)
g(x) f(x) 1

Which statement is true about functions f, g, and h?

a. f(x) and g(x) are odd, h(x) is even. c. f(x) is odd, g(x) is neither, h(x) is even.
b. f(x) and g(x) are even, h(x) is odd. d. f(x) is even, g(x) is neither, h(x) is odd.

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____ 60. In the diagram below of triangle ABC, AC is extended through point C to point D, and BE is drawn to AC .

Which equation is always true?

a. m 1 m 3 m 2 c. m 6 m 3 m 2
b. m 5 m 3 m 2 d. m 7 m 3 m 2