2 MATHEMATICS TEST

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60 Minutes—60 Questions

DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the correct but some of the problems may best be done without
answer, and then fill in the corresponding oval on your using a calculator.
answer document. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should
Do not linger over problems that take too much time. be assumed.
Solve as many as you can; then return to the others in 1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
the time you have left for this test. 2. Geometric figures lie in a plane.
You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. You 3. The word line indicates a straight line.
may use your calculator for any problems you choose, 4. The word average indicates arithmetic mean.

1. The blood types of 150 people were determined for a 3. On a particular road map, _1_ inch  represents 18 miles.
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study as shown in the figure below.
About how many miles apart are 2 towns that are
70 67 2 _12_ inches apart on this map?
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number of people

60
50 A. 18
40
B. 22 _12_
30
20 15 C. 36
10 6
0 D. 45
O A B AB
blood type E. 90
If 1 person from this study is randomly selected, what
is the probability that this person has either Type A or
Type AB blood? 4. Given f = cd 3, f = 450, and d = 10, what is c ?
F. 000.45
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A. ___ G. 004.5
150
H. 015
66_
B. ___ J. 045
150 K. 150
68_
C. ___
150
73_ 5. If f (x) = (3x + 7)2, then f (1) = ?
D. ___
150 A. 010
84_ B. 016
E. ___
150 C. 058
D. 079
E. 100

6. Jorge’s current hourly wage for working at

Denti  Smiles is $12.00. Jorge was told that at the
2. The monthly fees for single rooms at 5 colleges are beginning of next month, his new hourly wage will be
$370, $310, $380, $340, and $310, respectively. What an increase of 6% of his current hourly wage. What
is the mean of these monthly fees? will be Jorge’s new hourly wage?
F. $310 F. $12.06
G. $340 G. $12.60
H. $342 H. $12.72
J. $350 J. $18.00
K. $380 K. $19.20

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7. The first term is 1 in the geometric sequence 11. Students studying motion observed a cart rolling at a
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1,  −3,  9,  −27,  …. What is the SEVENTH term of the constant rate along a straight line. The table below
geometric sequence? gives the distance, d feet, the cart was from a reference
A. −243 point at 1-second intervals from t = 0 seconds to
B. 0−30 t = 5 seconds.
C. 081 t 00 01 02 03 04 05
D. 189
E. 729 d 14 20 26 32 38 44
8. The shipping rate for customers of Ship Quick consists Which of the following equations represents this
of a fee per box and a price per pound for each box. relationship between d and t ?
The table below gives the fee and the price per pound
for customers shipping boxes of various weights. A. d = 00t + 14
B. d = 06t + 08
Weight of box C. d = 06t + 14
(pounds) Fee Price per pound D. d = 14t + 06
E. d = 34t
Less than 10 $05.00 $1.00
10−25 $10.00 $0.65 12. The length of a rectangle with area 54  square
More than 25 $20.00 $0.30 centimeters is 9 centimeters. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle, in centimeters?
Gregg wants Ship  Quick to ship 1 box that weighs
15 pounds. What is the shipping rate for this box? F. 06
G. 12
F. $09.75 H. 15
G. $16.50 J. 24
H. $19.75 K. 30
J. $20.00
K. $24.50 ___
13. In
___the figure below, C is the intersection of AD and
9. A computer chip 0.32 cm thick is made up of layers of BE . If it can be determined, what is the measure of
silicon. If the top and bottom layers are each 0.03 cm ∠BAC ?
thick and the inner layers are each 0.02 cm thick, how D
many inner layers are there?
} 0.32 cm
45° 35°
B E
35° C
A. 080°
B. 100°
C. 110° A
A. 13 D. 115°
B. 15 E. Cannot be determined from the given information
C. 16
D. 52 14. Antwan drew the circle graph below describing his
E. 64 time spent at school in 1 day. His teacher said that the
numbers of hours listed were correct, but that the
10. The table below shows the number of cars Jing sold central angle measures for the sectors were not correct.
each month last year. What is the median of the data in What should be the central angle measure for the Core
the table? subjects sector?
Month Number of cars sold
January 25 Core
February 15 subjects
March 22 4 hours
April 19
May 16
June 13
July 19 Electives Choir
August 25 3 hours 1 hour
F. 13 September 26 F. 072° .

Lunch
G. 16 October 27 G. 080° and
H. 19 November 28 H. 160° passing time
J. 20.5 December 29 J. 200° 1 hour
K. 23.5 K. 288°

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15. This month, Kami sold 70 figurines in 2 sizes. The
___ ____
20. For trapezoid  ABCD shown below, AB i DC , the
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large figurines sold for $12  each, and the small measures of the interior angles are distinct, and the
figurines sold for $8  each. The amount of money he measure of ∠D is x°. What is the degree measure of
received from the sales of the large figurines was equal ∠A in terms of x ?
to the amount of money he received from the sales of A B
the small figurines. How many large figurines did F. (180 − x)°
Kami sell this month? G. (180 − 0.5x)°
H. (180 + 0.5x)°
A. 20 J. (180 + x)° x°
B. 28 K. x° D C
C. 35
D. 42
E. 50
21. To get a driver’s license, an applicant must pass a
16. A car accelerated from 88 feet per second  (fps) to written test and a driving test. Past records show that
220 fps in exactly 3 seconds. Assuming the acceleration 80% of the applicants pass the written test and 60% of
was constant, what was the car’s acceleration, in feet those who have passed the written test pass the driving
per second per second, from 88 fps to 220 fps ? test. Based on these figures, how many applicants in a
random group of 1,000 applicants would you expect to
1_ get driver’s licenses?
F. 00 __
44 A. 200
G. 029 _13_ B. 480
C. 600
D. 750
H. 044 E. 800
J. 075 _13_

K. 102 _23_ 22. If a, b, and c are positive integers such that ab = x and
cb = y, then xy = ?
↔ ↔
17. In a plane, the distinct lines AB and CD intersect at A, F. acb
where A is between C and D. The measure of ∠BAC is
47°. What is the measure of ∠BAD ? G. ac2b
A. 043° H. (ac)b
B. 047° J. (ac)2b
C. 094° 2

D. 133°
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K. (ac)b
E. 137°

18. In which of the following are _1_ , _5_ , and _5_ arranged in 23. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
2 6 8
_1_ y2(6x + 2y + 12x − 2y) ?
ascending order? 2
F. _1_ < _5_ < _5_ A. 09xy2
2 8 6
B. 18xy
G. 5_
_ < _1_ < _5_
6 2 8 C. 03xy2 + 12x
H. 5_
_ < _5_ < _1_ D. 09xy2 − 2y3
6 8 2
E. 03xy2 + 12x − y3 − 2y
J. 5_
_ < _1_ < _5_
8 2 6
K. 5_
_ < _5_ < _1_
8 6 2 24. An artist makes a profit of (500p − p 2 ) dollars from
selling p paintings. What is the fewest number of
19. In scientific notation, 670,000,000 + 700,000,000 = ? paintings the artist can sell to make a profit of at least
$60,000 ?
A. 1.37 × 10−9
B. 1.37 × 107 F. 100
G. 150
C. 1.37 × 108 H. 200
D. 1.37 × 109 J. 300
E. 137  × 1015 K. 600

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25. Last month, Lucie had total expenditures of $900. The
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29. What is the product of the complex numbers (−3i + 4)
pie chart below breaks down these expenditures by and (3i + 4) ?
category. The category in which Lucie’s expenditures A. 01
were greatest is what percent of her total expenditures, B. 07
to the nearest 1% ? C. 25
clothes D. −7 + 24i
E. 07 + 24i
gas $254
$120
30. The radius of the base of the right circular cone shown
$219 below is 5 inches, and the height of the cone is
A. 24% $182 food 7 inches. Solving which of the following equations
B. 28%
insurance $125 gives the measure,  θ, of the angle formed by a slant
C. 32% height of the cone and a radius?
D. 34%
E. 39% entertainment
F. tan, θ = _5_
7
26. In the figure shown below, the measure of ∠BAC is G. tan, θ = _7_ 7 θ
(x + 20)° and the measure of ∠BAD is 90°. What is the 5
measure of ∠CAD ? H. sin, θ = _5_
B C 7
5
J. sin, θ = _7_
F. 0(x − 70)° 5
G. 0(70 − x)°
H. 0(70 + x)° K. cos,θ = _7_
5
J. (160 − x)°
K. (160 + x)° A D
31. To make a 750-piece jigsaw puzzle more challenging, a
puzzle company includes 5  extra pieces in the box
27. What is the perimeter, in inches, of the isosceles right along with the 750 pieces, and those 5 extra pieces do
triangle shown below, whose hypotenuse is 8√"2 inches not fit anywhere in the puzzle. If you buy such a puzzle
box, break the seal on the box, and immediately select
long? 1 piece at random, what is the probability that it will
be 1 of the extra pieces?
A. 08
B. 08 + 08√"2 _1_
A.
C. 08 + 16√"2 5
1_
D. 16 B. ___
755
E. 16 + 08√"2
1_
C. ___
750
2
28. The equation y = ax + bx + c is graphed in the 5_
D. ___
standard (x,y) coordinate plane below for real values of 755
a, b, and c. When y = 0, which of the following best 5_
describes the solutions for x ? E. ___
750
y
32. What fraction lies exactly halfway between _2_ and  _3_ ?
3 4

F. _3_
x 5
O
G. _5_
6
7_
H. __
F. 2 distinct positive real solutions 12
G. 2 distinct negative real solutions 9_
__
H. 1 positive real solution and 1 negative real solution J.
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J. 2 real solutions that are not distinct
K. 2 distinct solutions that are not real 17_
K. __
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