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TEST 4 QUESTIONS
SECTION 3

1. If 4a − 7 > 9, then which of the following cannot be 4. Which of the following figures could not be formed
equal to a? when the cone shown below is intersected with a
A. 3 plane?
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9
E. 11
x

2. 3 2 = 27, x =
A. 1.5
B. 3
C. 4.5
D. 6 A.
E. 9

3. (y + 7) + k = y − 2, k =
A. −2.5
B. −4.5
C. −5 B.
D. −9
E. −18 C.

D.

E.

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5. A complete network of size n is n points connected 8. Let a be an even integer and b be an odd integer.
by line segments, as shown below. What is the min- Which of the following is odd?
imum number of segments that must be removed I. a + b
from a complete network of size 5 so that one point II. ab
has no segments connected to it? III. b a
A. I only
n 2 3 4 B. II only
C. I and II
Kn D. I and III
E. II and III

A. 1 9. A translation in the xy-coordinate plane is as follows:

B. 2 for every positive horizontal move of 4 there is a pos-
C. 3 itive vertical move of 2. Starting at the point (5,7) the
D. 4 translation goes to (x,31). What is the value of x?
E. 5 A. 12
B. 17
6. 75% of n is 45. n is what percent of 90? C. 24
A. 30% D. 48
B. 33% E. 53
1
C. 33 %
3 x 2 + 8 x + 15
10. f (x) = for x ≠ 5, f(−3) =
D. 50% x+5
2 A. −9
E. 66 %
3 B. −3
C. 0
7. The figure below is made up of a square and four D. 3
congruent triangles. The height of each triangle is E. 24
half the base. What is the probability that a point in
the figure picked at random will be inside the shaded 11. In the figure below x = 130. Which of the following
area? is not true?

50°
l

x° y°
m

A. l!m
B. y < 90
C. x + y = 180
D. y = 40
1 E. x + y > 90
A.
2
1
B.
3
1
C.
4
2
D.
3
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E.
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12. In the xy-coordinate plane which of the following is 16. Lines p and q are perpendicular. Each line has a y-
a true statement about the graph of f (x) = x2 − 2x + 2? intercept of −4. If line p crosses through the x-axis at
A. The graph never crosses the y-axis. x = 3, at which value of x does line q cross the x-axis?
B. The graph crosses the y-axis at y = −2. 4
A.
C. The graph crosses the y-axis at two points. 3
D. The graph crosses the x-axis at x = 2. B. −4
E. The graph never crosses the x-axis. 3
C. −
4
13. The sum of the heights of six people is 336 inches. 16
No two people are the same height. What is the mean D. −
3
height of the third and fourth tallest people if the
16
mean and the median height of all six people are E.
equal? 3
A. 84
B. 67.2 a2 − b 2 1
17. a ∆ b = , x∆ 4 = , x =
C. 56 a 2 + 2ab + b 2 5
D. 56.5 A. 2
E. 57 B. 4
C. 6
14. The figure below is formed by inscribing a square in D. 8
a circle. If the circumference of the circle is 16π, E. 12
what is the area of the shaded regions?
18. A copy center charges $0.07 per copy up to and in-
cluding 100 copies, $0.05 for every copy over 100 up
to and including 300 copies, and $0.03 for every
copy over 300 copies. How much does it cost to
make 500 copies?
A. $6
B. $7
C. $10
D. $15
E. $23

A. 64π − 128
B. 64π
C. 128
D. 32π − 64
E. 96π

15. Let c be the number of distinct prime factors of 34.

Let k be the number of distinct prime factors of 37.
What is the value of ck?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

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19. The area of the circle shown below is 81π. What is 20. Over a 3-year period, a car company manufactured
the length of arc PQR? 50% more cars in the second year than in the first
year, and twice as many cars in the third year than in
P the first year. What is the probability that a car pro-
Q
duced in this 3-year period was built in the second
R
year?
60° 1
A.
3
4
B.
9
5
A. 18π C.
9
B. 15π
2
C. 12π D.
D. 6π 3
2
E. 3π E.
9

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SECTION 4

3+ x 4. The weekly profit for a magazine company is given

1. = 3, x = 3
x by the function P ( x ) = x − 300, where x repre-
A. 0 2
2 sents the number of magazine sold. What is the
B. weekly profit if 400 magazines are sold?
3
C. 1 A. $100
3 B. $150
D. C. $200
2
D. $250
E. 3
E. $300
2. In the figure below if l ! m, 2x − y could not equal
5. What is the intersection point for the graphs of the
which of the following?
lines y = 2x + 7 and y = 3x + 2?
A. (9,25)
B. (5,17)
l C. (−17,−5)
x° D. (17,−7)
E. (−7,17)
y°
m 6. The ratio of married employees to the total number
of employees at a company is 3 to 5. If there are a
total of 1,000 employees at the company, how many
are not married?
A. x A. 300
B. y B. 400
( x + y) C. 600
C. D. 700
2 E. 800
D. 2y − x
1 7. 1 ≤ a < b ≤ 4, where a and b are integers. What is the
E. x − y
2 sum of all the unique values of ba?
3. The table below displays the results of a survey given A. 245
to an equal number of males and females. How many B. 196
of the females surveyed graduated from college? C. 147
D. 98
E. 48
College Not College
Graduate Graduate Total
Male 7,000

Female
Total 17,000 46,000

A. 29,000
B. 23,000
C. 16,000
D. 13,000
E. 10,000

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8. In the figure below, what is the value of z in terms of 15. Point F is the midpoint of AC, and E is the midpoint
x and y? ___ Area of triangle AFE
of AD. What is the value of ?
Area of rectangle ABCD
x° y° x°
A B

y°
E
x° F
z°

y° C D

A. 2x + 2y − 180 1
B. 2x + 2y − 360 16. x = 2 x 2 + 10 x − 42. a = 15, what is one pos-
2
C. 3x + 3y − 360
sible value for a?
D. 360 − 2x + 2y
E. 540 − 3x − 3y
17. The table below gives the speed and time spent run-
ning for three different people. If they are all running
9. 3t7 = 45, t7 =
around a quarter-mile track, how many laps did all
three people run?
___
10. In the figure below, B is the midpoint of AC. What is
the sum of the x-coordinate and y-coordinate for Constant speed Time spent running
point A?
Josh 6 miles per hour 90 minutes
Rob 7.5 miles per hour 60 minutes
A Mike 10 miles per hour 45 minutes

B
(–2,–1) 18. A 6-digit security code is made up of four 0s and
two 1s. How many security codes of this type can
C (1,–11) be formed?

11. In a certain rectangle the length is three time the

width. If one side of the rectangle is 9, what is the
smallest possible value for the area of the rectangle?

12. (x2 − y2) = 44, x + y = 4, x − y =

13. A circle is partitioned into eight unequal wedges

having a ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8. What is the
median of the central angles of the wedges?

14. A 120-foot-long rope is cut in half. One of those two

pieces is cut in half and the process continues. What
is the maximum number of cuts so the length of the
remaining piece of rope is a whole number?
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SECTION 9 3. John traveled 600 miles in 9 hours. Which of the

following is John’s average speed?
1. When a number is increased by 8, the original value 1
is 75% of the new value. What is the original value A. 33 mph
3
of the number? B. 45 mph
A. 2 2
C. 66 mph
B. 3 3
C. 6 D. 75 mph
D. 18 E. 90 mph
E. 24
4. There are 4 blue, 6 red, and 8 green marbles in a jar.
2. Which of the following graphs of a quadratic func- What is the least number of marbles that can be re-
tion has a negative y-intercept and positive x-inter- moved, without replacing, to guarantee that a chosen
cepts? marble is red?
y A. 3
B. 12
A. 4
C. 13
2
D. 14
–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x E. 15
–2

–4
5. In the graph of h(x) below, h(a) = 1, which of the fol-
lowing is not a possible value of a?
y
B. 4

2
3
–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x
2
–2

–4 1

y
–7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C. 4

–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x
–2

–4

y
A. −7
B. −2
D. 4 C. 3
2 D. 4
–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x E. 7
–2

–4

y
E. 4

–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x
–2

–4
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6. What is the value of x? 10. Choose a number and continuously add a constant to
form a sequence with an even number of elements.
Which of the following lists all the true statements
bb about the sequence?
I. The mean is equal to the median.
II. The mode is equal to the median.
x III. The mean is equal to the average of the smallest
3x and largest number in the set.
A. I only
a a B. II only
C. I and II
D. I and III
A. 36 E. I, II, and III
B. 72
C. 90 11. Which of the following could be the quadratic equa-
D. 120 tion of the graph shown below?
E. 240
y
1
1 − 1
7. x 4 = and y 3 = , xy = 4
16 2
1
A. 2
2
B. 2 x
C. 3 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6

D. 4
–2
E. 8

8. What is the range of the function f(x) = −(x − 2)2 + 4. –4

A. All real numbers less than or equal to 4

B. All real numbers greater than or equal to 4 A. y = −x2 − 2x − 3
C. All real numbers less than or equal to −4 B. y = x2 − 2x − 3
D. All real numbers greater than or equal to −4 C. y = x2 + 2x − 3
E. All real numbers greater than or equal to −4 and D. y = x2 + 2x + 3
less than or equal to 4 E. y = −x2 + 2x + 3

9. When k is divided by 6 the remainder is 5. What is

the remainder when k + 7 is divided by 6?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

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12. On the graph below point B is symmetric to point A 15. The area of a right triangle is 48 square inches, and
about the y-axis and point C is symmetric to point B the longer leg is 4 more than the shorter leg. What is
across the x-axis. What is the area of triangle ABC? the length of the hypotenuse of this right triangle?

A. 2 13 inches
B. 4 13 inches
B A = (2,4)
C. 16 13 inches
D. 4 26 inches
E. 16 26 inches

16. If x(x − y) > 0 (x > 0, y > 0), which of the following

lists all the true statements?
I. x > y
C II. x = y
III. x < y
A. I only
A. 2
B. II only
B. 4
C. III only
C. 8
D. I and III
D. 16
E. I, II, and III
E. 24

13. The price of a shirt was discounted by 15%, and then

again by 20% to a final discounted price of $27.20.
What was the original price of the shirt?
A. $18
B. $32
C. $34
D. $36
E. $40

14. Decreasing the price of an item by 20% is the same

as decreasing the price by $14. What would be the
discounted price of the item if the original price was
decreased by 50%?
A. $33
B. $34
C. $35
D. $36
E. $37