Practice Test 4

1 hour — 50 Questions

Directions
For each question, choose the BEST answer from the choices given. If the precise answer is not among the choices, choose the one that
best approximates the answer.

Notes
(1) To answer some of these questions, you will need a calculator. You must use at least a scientific calculator, but programmable
and graphing calculators are also allowed.

(2) All angle measures on this test are in degrees, so your calculator should be set to degree mode.

(3) Figures in this test are drawn as accurately as possible UNLESS it is stated in a specific question that the figure is not drawn to
scale. All figures are assumed to lie in a plane unless otherwise specified.

(4) The domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which f(x) is a real number, unless otherwise
indicated.

Reference Information: Use the following formulas as needed.

Right circular cone: If r = radius and h = height, then

and if c = circumference of the base and ℓ = slant height, then

Sphere: If r = radius, then

and Surface Area = 4πr2 .

Pyramid: If B = area of the base and h = height, then

1. What is a possible form of the quadratic equation, if the sum of the roots is −1 and the product of the roots is −20?
 (A) y = 2x2 + 2x − 40
(B) y = x2 − x − 20
(C) y = x2 + x + 20
(D) y = 2x2 − 2x − 20
(E) −20y = x − 1

2. A boat sights the top of a 40-foot lighthouse at an angle of elevation of 25 degrees. How far away is the boat from the lighthouse
(the horizontal distance), to the nearest tenth of a foot?

(A) 16.9 feet

(B) 18.7 feet
(C) 44.1 feet
(D) 85.8 feet
(E) 94.6 feet

3.
Figure 1

Figure 1 shows a square with total area of 121 square units. Based on the figure, what is the value of x?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 7
(D) 11
(E) 49

4. A plumbing company charges $42.50 plus x dollars per hour to make a house call. Which expression below represents the cost of
a 90-minute house call?

(A) 90(42.50 + x)
(B) 1.5(42.50 + x)
(C) 1.5(42.50x)
(D) 42.50 + 90x
(E) 42.50 + 1.5x

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5. Solve for x: 64x = 4x .

(A) x = 4 or x = −1

(B) x = −4 or x = 1

(C) x = 10

(D)

(E) x = 3

6. A rectangular solid has three faces with areas of 28, 20, and 35 square centimeters. What is the volume of this solid?

(A) 83 cubic cm
(B) 140 cubic cm
(C) 166 cubic cm
(D) 196 cubic cm
(E) 19,600 cubic cm

7. Solve for x, to the nearest tenth: log12 640 = x.

(A) 1.7
(B) 2.6
(C) 2.8
(D) 53.3
(E) 7,680

8. A triangle with coordinates (2,0), (2,6), and (6,0) is rotated about the line x = 2. What is the volume, in cubic units, of the resultant
solid?

(A) 16
(B) 8π
(C) 16π
(D) 32π
(E) 48π

9. Within a given area code, how many seven-digit numbers are available, given the restrictions that the first three digits cannot be
911 or 411 and the first digit cannot be a 1 or a 0?

(A) 604,800
(B) 2,893,401
(C) 6,380,000
(D) 7,980,000
(E) 8,000,000

10. Solve for x: x2 + 7x ≥ 30.

 (A) −3 ≤ x ≤ 10
(B) −10 ≤ x ≤ 3
(C) x ≤ −10 or x ≥ 3
(D) x ≤ −3 or x ≥ 10
(E) −11 ≤ x ≤ 4

11. What is the point of intersection of the line that passes through the points (1,5) and (3,9) and the line perpendicular to that line
that passes through the point (0,−2)?

(A) (−2,−1)
(B) (−2,2)
(C) (2,−2)
(D) (−1,−2)
(E) (1,2)

12. Solve for x: | 4x − 3 | − 9 < 0.

(A) 1.5 ≤ x ≤ 3
(B) x<3
(C) x < 1.5 or x > 3
(D) x ≤ −3
(E) −1.5 < x < 3

13. Given that what is the multiplicative inverse of 5 − i?

(A) 5 + i

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

14. What is the value of x: logx125 = 3?

(A) 5
(B) 41.7
(C) 122
(D) 128
(E) 375

15. Given f(x) = 7x + 5, what is f−1(x), the inverse function?

 (A) f−1(x) = 7x + 5

(B) f−1(x) = 5x + 7

(C)

(D)

(E)

16. Take 6 less than a number n. If you raise this result to the 5th power, it is equal to 32. What is the value of n?

(A) 2
(B) 2.07
(C) 4 only
(D) 4 or 8
(E) 8 only

17. Take a fraction that is equivalent to and add 2 to both the numerator and the denominator. If the result is what was the
original fraction?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Cannot be determined.

18. Simplify:

(A)

(B) 2x − 4

(C)

(D) −7

(E) −12

19. When 3x3 + 2x2 + 2x + k is divided by x + 2, the remainder is 4. What is the value of k?
 (A) 4
(B) 24
(C) 34
(D) 54
(E) x + 4

20. Simplify:

(A) 2x4yz2

(B)

(C) 2x8y4z2

(D)

(E) 6y4z2

21. What is the solution to this system of equations?

(A) (1,4) and (−2,5)

(B) (1,−4) and (2,11)
(C) (1,4) and (−2,−5)
(D) (−2,7)
(E) (0,1)

22. Which of the following graphs is NOT a function?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)
23. What is the solution to this system of equations?

(A) (−5,0) only

(B) (0,5) only
(C) (0,−5) and (−5,0)
(D) (0,5) and (5,0)
(E) (0,−5) and (5,0)

24. A bus travels from point A to point B. The bus starts out going slowly and then drives faster. Traffic is then at a total standstill due
to an accident. The bus continues at the faster speed. The bus reaches point B. Which of the following graphs could represent
the bus’s distance from point A, as a function of time?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

25. A parallelogram has angles of measure 45 degrees and 135 degrees. The shorter side of the parallelogram measures 2.83 meters,
and the other side is 8.83 meters. What is the area of the parallelogram, to the nearest hundredth?

(A) 8.83 m2
(B) 12.49 m2
(C) 17.67 m2
(D) 23.32 m2
(E) 24.99 m2

26. A fitness club offers weights, treadmills, and aerobic classes. Fifty members were asked which services they used, and the results
were as follows:

18 members use weights and do aerobics.

25 members use weights and the treadmill.
15 members use the treadmill and do aerobics.
10 members use all three activities.

How many members use only one of the three services?

 (A) 0
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 18
(E) 40

27. Given the equation what is x in terms of y and a?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D) x = y(a2 + 7a)

(E) x = (y + 7a)(y − a2)

28. Solve for x to the nearest hundredth:

(A) −0.76
(B) −0.69
(C) −0.67
(D) 0.69
(E) 0.76

29. If x = y3 + 4y and what is the approximate value of x when k = 21?

(A) 1.37
(B) 1.44
(C) 1.67
(D) 4.04
(E) 4.11

30. Solve for x:

(A) 0.71
(B) 3.57
(C) 5.8
(D) 25
(E) 45

31. A car travels a steady speed of x miles per hour. How many hours, in terms of x, will it take to drive 540 miles?
 (A) 540x

(B) 540 + x

(C)

(D)

(E) x − 540

32.
Figure 2

In the segment shown in Figure 2, the length of is three more than twice the length of . If the length of is 27 cm,
what is the length of ?

(A) 8 cm
(B) 9 cm
(C) 10 cm
(D) 12 cm
(E) 15 cm

33. If f(x) = x2 − 10 and g(x) = 4x + 3, what is f(g(2))?

(A) −24
(B) −21
(C) 12
(D) 27
(E) 111

34. Which graph below represents the solution to the following system of inequalities?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)
35.
Figure 3

In the rectangular solid shown in Figure 3, what is the length of diagonal , to the nearest tenth?

(A) 7.07
(B) 8.6
(C) 10
(D) 13.60
(E) 25

36.
Figure 4

In the segment shown in Figure 4, the ratio of the lengths of to is 5:8. If x represents AB, what is the midpoint of
in terms of x?

(A) 4x

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

37. Let be defined as a b = a2 + ba − 16b ÷ a. What is the value of 8 3?

(A) −2.67
(B) 5
(C) 34
(D) 46
(E) 82
38.
Figure 5

In Figure 5, a circle is inscribed in a square. What is the area of the shaded portion, to the nearest hundredth?

(A) 10.52 m2
(B) 21.03 m2
(C) 22.6 m2
(D) 42.06 m2
(E) 84.13 m2
39.
Figure 6

In Figure 6, if the area of the circle is 64π square units, what is the area of triangle ABC to the nearest hundredth?

(A) 55.43
(B) 110.85
(C) 128
(D) 221.7
(E) 443.41
40.
Figure 7

In Figure 7, a regular hexagon of side length 5 cm is inscribed in a circle. What percentage of the circle is shaded, to the nearest
tenth?

(A) 13.6%
(B) 17.3%
(C) 78.5%
(D) 82.7%
(E) 86.4%

41. A dog is chained on a 6-foot leash, fastened to the corner of a rectangular building. About how much area does the dog have to
move in?

(A) 27 ft2
(B) 36 ft2
(C) 56.55 ft2
(D) 84.82 ft2
(E) 113.10 ft2

42. What is the domain of the function

(A) All the real numbers

(B) x < −4 or x > 4
(C) x ≥ 4
(D) x > 8
(E) x < −8 or x > 8

43. Given the following stem-and-leaf plot and the statements shown below the plot, which of the statements are true?

The number of customers in line for an attraction

 where 3 |6 means 36 customers

I. The mode is equal to the median.

II. The median is less than the mean.
III. The mean is 33.

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only

Use the cards shown below for questions 44 and 45

44. What is the probability of picking an M card at random, without replacement, and then an A card, at random, without looking?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

45. What is the probability of picking an S card at random, without replacement, and then NOT picking a T card, at random, without
looking?
 (A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

46.
Figure 8

In right triangle EDF in Figure 8, the length of is 2 cm, and the length of is 7 cm. What is the measure of ∠EFD, to the
nearest hundredth of a degree?

(A) 15.95°
(B) 16.6°
(C) 73.40°
(D) 90°
(E) 99.9°

47. If f(x) = x2 − 7, then f(a − 3) is

(A) a2 − 6a − 16
(B) a2 − 10
(C) a2 + 21
(D) a2 − 6a + 2
(E) 2a − 13
 48. Given point A(−3,−8), if the midpoint of segment AB is (1,−5), what are the coordinates of point B?

(A) (5,−2)
(B) (4,−2)
(C) (−1,−6.5)
(D) (−2,−2)
(E) (−1,−1.5)

49. The area of the triangle with coordinates (1,2), (5,5), and (k,2) is 15 square units. What is a possible value for k?

(A) −10
(B) −9
(C) −5
(D) 5
(E) 6

50.
Figure 9

Given right triangle RST in Figure 9, what is the length of , to the nearest hundredth?

(A) 12.04 mm
(B) 13.38 mm
(C) 16.21 mm
(D) 24.22 mm
(E) 26.90 mm

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Answer Key
PRACTICE TEST 4
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. E
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. E
13. B
14. A
15. E
16. E
17. D
18. A
19. B
20. B
21. C
22. D
23. E
24. A
25. C
26. C
27. C
28. A
29. A
30. E
31. D
32. A
33. E
34. C
35. B
36. B
37. E
38. D
39. B
40. B
41. D
42. B
43. B
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45. A
46. C
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