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1 3 2
(1) Which expression is equivalent to 𝑦 (𝑦 ) , where y>0?
8 4

4
(A) √𝑦 5
3
(B) √𝑦 4
8
(C) √𝑦 5
8
(D) √𝑦 7

(2) In 2005, 10 phlox plants were planted in a garden. The number of

phlox plants increased by 140% each year. Which of the following
equations best models the estimated number of plants, P, in the garden
t years after 2005?
(A) P = 1.14(10)𝑡
(B) P = 2.4(10)𝑡
(C) P = 10(1.14)𝑡
(D) P = 10(2.4)𝑡

(3) One of the two equations in a linear system is 2x + 2y = 2. The

system has no solution. Which equation could be the other equation in
the system?
A) 3x − 3y = 3
B) 3x + 3y = 3
C) 2x − 2y = 2
D) 2x + 2y = 3
(4) The list shown gives the heights, in inches, for the 6 ten-year-old
children in a group.

52, 53, 54, 54, 55, 56

A seventh child with a height of 60 inches will be added to the group.

Which of the following correctly describes how the mean and the
median of the group will change when the seventh child is added?

A) The mean and the median will increase.

B) The mean and the median will decrease.
C) The mean will increase, and the median will remain the same.
D) The mean will decrease, and the median will remain the same.

(5) For a survey, students were assigned to either group R or group V.

Combined, the students in both groups answered a total of 17
questions. Of these, a total of 9 questions were answered by the
students in group V. The equation 4r + 9 = 17 describes this situation,
where r represents the number of questions answered by each student
in group R. Which of the following is the best interpretation of 4r in this
context?

A) The number of students in group R

B) The number of students in group V
C) The total number of questions answered by students in group R
D) The total number of questions answered by students in group V
(6) How many solutions does the equation 5(x + 1) = 5x + 5 have?

A) Zero
B) Exactly one
C) Exactly two
D) Infinitely many

(7) A forest contains different species of trees. Let t represent the total
number of trees in the forest, let h represent the number of hickory
trees, and let k represent the number of oak trees. If a tree is selected
at random from the forest, which expression represents the probability
of selecting a tree that is neither hickory nor oak?
ℎ+𝑘
(A)
𝑡
𝑡−ℎ−𝑘
(B)
𝑡
ℎ+𝑘−𝑡
(C)
𝑡
𝑡+ℎ+𝑘
(D)
𝑡

(8) A plant’s height is 1.25 times its height from last week. What was
the percentage increase in the plant’s height from last week?
(A) 1.25%
(B) 2.5%
(C) 12.5%
(D) 25%
(9) What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with a height of
5√3?

(10) y = −3; y = x2 + 10x + a

In the system of equations shown, a is a positive constant. For which
value of a does the system have exactly one distinct real solution?

(11) A hotel has a total of 180 rooms, and on a certain day, half the
rooms were cleaned. There were 9 housekeepers on duty at the hotel
that day, and each housekeeper cleaned the same number o f rooms, r.
Which of the following equations represents the information given in
terms o f r?
(A) 2(9r) = 180
1
(B) (9𝑟) = 180
2
(C) 2(r+9) = 180
1
(D) (𝑟 + 9) = 180
2

(12) A ball is thrown upward from a height of 3 feet above the ground.
Assuming no air resistance, the function h defined by h(t)=−16t2+36t+3
models the ball’s height h(t), in feet, above the ground t seconds after it
is thrown. Based on the model, what is the meaning of h(2)=11 in this
context?

(A) The ball hits the ground 2 seconds after it is thrown.

(B) The ball hits the ground 11 seconds after it is thrown.
(C) The ball is 11 feet above the ground 2 seconds after it is thrown.
(D) The ball is 2 feet above the ground 11 seconds after it is thrown.

(13) What is the y-intercept of the graph of y = (x−4)2+3 in the xy-plane?

(A) (0, −13)

(B) (0, 0)
(C) (0, 3)
(D) (0, 19)

(14) x2 − 6x + y2 − 8y = 0

The graph of the given equation in the xy-plane is a circle. What is the
radius of the circle?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

(15) Triangles ABC and DEF each have a corresponding angle measuring
400. Which additional piece of information is sufficient to determine
whether these two triangles are similar?

(A) The length of line segment AC

(B) The length of line segment DE
(C) The measure of another pair of corresponding angles in the two
triangles.
(D) The lengths of one pair of corresponding sides in the two triangles

(16) Sanjay works as a teacher's assistant for $20 per hour and tutors
privately for $25 per hour. Last week, he made at least $100 working x
hours as a teacher's assistant and y hours as a private tutor. Which of
the following inequalities models this situation?

(A) 4x+5y>25
(B) 4x+5y>20
(C) 5x+4y>25
(D) 5x+4y>20

(17) Two numbers, a and b, are each greater than zero, and the square
root of a is equal to the cube root of b. For what value of x is a2x-1 equal
to b?

(18)

For the exponential function f, the table shows some values of x and
the corresponding values of f(x). The function can be written in the
form f(x) = prx, where p and r are constants. What is the value of r?
(19)

Each of the box plots shown summarizes a data set. Data set A has a
range of 130, and data set B has a range of 80. If the two data sets are
combined into one data set, what is the range of the combined data
set?

(A) 50
(B) 105
(C) 150
(D) 210

(20)

What is the median of the data set summarized in the frequency table?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5