NEWAY CHALLENGE ACADEMY NO.

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2021/22 ACADEMIC YEAR
ETHIOPIAN SCHOOLS LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION(ESLCE)
SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST MODEL EXAMINATION

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THIS IS SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST MODEL EXAMINATION. IN THIS

EXAMINATION, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 25 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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1. How many irrational numbers are there between 2 and 7?

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) Infinitely many (D) 30

2. A bag contains 28 yellow, 44 black and 36 green marbles. Ali takes out one marble
from the bag at random. What is the probability that he will take out a green marble?
1 1 1
(A) 3 ( B) 36% (C ) 36 (D) 9

3. What number should replace X in the following series?

−1, 0, 2, 6, X, 30, 62, · · ·

(A) 14 ( B) 24 (C ) 12 ( D ) 10

4. Find the value of X in the following sequence.

6, 9, 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, X, · · ·

(A) 15 ( B) 14 (C ) 9 ( D ) 10

5. In a geometric sequence, the second term is − 32 and the sum to infinity of the
sequence is 35 . Then the general term of sequence an is:

n −1 2 n −1
(A) an = − 23


,n ≥ 1 (C) an = 3 ,n ≥ 1
6

n −1 6 n −1


(B) an = − 15 ,n ≥ 1
(D) an = 15 ,n ≥ 1
p
3
√ p
3
√
6. The simplified form of the expression 8 + 3 21 + 8 − 3 21 =?
√ √ √
(A) 21 ( B) − 21 (C ) 1 ( D ) 3 21

7. The sum of
1 1 1 1
√ √ +√ √ +√ √ +···+ √ √ =:
1+ 2 2+ 3 3+ 4 99 + 100

(A) 3 ( B) 9 (C ) 12 ( D ) 81

8. What is the value of x?

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√ √ √
(A) 37 ( B) 53 (C ) 71 (D) 17

( ( x, y) is a solution to the system of equations

9. If
2x − 3y = −14
, what is the value of x − y
3x − 2y = −6

(A) −20 ( B) − 8 (C ) − 4 ( D ) 8
10. The number of states that joined the United States between 1776 and 1849 is twice
the number of states that joined between 1850 and 1900. If 30 states joined the United
States between 1776 and 1849 and x states joined between 1850 and 1900, which of
the following equations is true?
x
(A) 30x = 2 ( B) 2x = 30 (C ) 2 = 30 ( D ) x + 30 = 2
11. The line y = kx + 4 , where k is a constant, is graphed in the xy–plane. If the line
contains the point (c, d) , where c ̸= 0 and d ̸= 0, what is the slope of the line in
terms of c and d?
d −4 c −4 4− d 4− c
(A) c (B) d (C) c (D) d

12. Two isosceles triangles are shown above. If 180 − z = 2y and y = 75, what is the
value of x?

(A) 105◦ ( B) 75◦ (C ) 30◦ ( D ) 250◦

13. Sara is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, she receives a batch of
phones that need repairs. The number of phones that she has left to fix at the end of
each day can be estimated with the equation P = 108 − 23d , where P is the number
of phones left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the
meaning of the value 108 in this equation?

(A) Sara will complete the repairs within 108 days.

(B) Sara starts each week with 108 phones to fix.

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(C) Sara repairs phones at a rate of 108 per hour.

(D) Sara repairs phones at a rate of 108 per day.

14. The table above shows the distribution of age and gender for 25 people who entered
a contest. If the contest winner will be selected at random, what is the probability
that the winner will be either a female under age 40 or a male age 40 or older?
4 10 11 16
(A) 25 ( B) 25 (C ) 25 (D) 25

15. Natnael walks 25 meters in 13.7 seconds. If he walks at this same rate, which of the
following is closest to the distance he will walk in 4 minutes?

(A) 150 meters (B) 450 meters (C) 700 meters (D) 1,400 meters

Questions 16 and 17 refer to the following information.

Acceleration due to gravity m/sec2


Planet
Mercury 3.6
Venus 8.9
Earth 9.8
Mars 3.8
Jupiter 26
Saturn 11.1
Uranus 10.7
Neptune 14.1
The chart above shows approximations of the acceleration due to gravity in meters
per second squared m/sec2 for the eight planets in our solar system. The weight of

an object on a given planet can be found by using the formula W = mg, where W is
the weight of the object measured in newtons, m is the mass of the object measured
in kilograms, and g is the acceleration due to gravity on the planet measured in
m/sec2

16. What is the weight, in newtons, of an object on Mercury with a mass of 90 kilograms?

(A) 25 ( B) 86 (C ) 101 ( D ) 324

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17. An object on Earth has a weight of 150 newtons. On which planet would the same
object have an approximate weight of 170 newtons?

(A) Venus (B) Saturn (C) Uranus (D) Neptune

18. The equation h = −16t2 + vt + k gives the height h, in feet, of a ball t seconds after
it is thrown straight up with an initial speed of v feet per second from a height of h
feet. Which of the following gives v in terms of h, t, and k ?
h−k+16 h+k h−k
(A) v = h + k − 16t ( B) v = t (C ) v = t − 16t ( D ) v = t + 16t
19. The cost of using a telephone in a hotel meeting room is Birr 0.20 per minute. Which
of the following equations represents the total cost c, in Birr, for h hours of phone
use?
60h 0.20h
(A) c = 0.20(60h) ( B) c = 0.20h + 60 (C ) c = 0.20 (D) c = 60
a 4b
20. If b = 2, what is the value of a?

(A) 0 ( B) 1 (C ) 2 ( D ) 4
21. The next term of the sequence 162, 54, 18, 6, · · · equals
1
(A) 2 ( B) 1 (C ) 3 (D) 3
22. The first four terms of an arithmetic sequence are 39, 33, 27 and 21. What is the tenth
term of the sequence?

(A) −21 ( B) − 15 (C ) − 33 ( D ) − 27
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23. Student X and student Y have 2000 Birr. If 15 of X’s share is equal to 5 of Y’s share,
how much amount does Y have?

(A) 800 Birr (C) 1200 Birr

(B) 1500 Birr (D) 1100 Birr

24. What is the simplified form of (2x + 3)( x + 6) − (2x − 5)( x + 10)?

(A) 16 ( B) 32 (C ) 72 ( D ) 68
25. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is equal to sixty years. Six years ago the
age of the father was five times the age of the son. What is the age of the son six
years from now?

(A) 19 years (B) 23 years (C) 22 years (D) 20 years

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