Math Pretest

1. What is the next term of the geometric sequence 16, -4, 1, -1/4,…?

a. -1/8
b. -1/16
c. 1/16
d. 1/8

2. A manufacturing company processes raw ore. The number of tons of refined

material the company can produce during t days using Process A is A(t) = t +2t
2

and using Process B is B(t) = 10t. The company has only 7 days to process ore
and must choose one of the processes. What is the maximum output of refined
material, in tons, for this time period?

a. 10
b. 51
c. 63
d. 70

3. When x +3x -2x+7 is divided by x+1, the remainder is 

3 2

a. 8
b. 9
c. 11
d. 13

4. Suppose x/6 = k/y when x=2 and y=12. What is x when y=8?

a. 4/3
b. ¾
c. 3
d. 4
 5. An equation of the line tangent to the circle x +y =25 at the point (3,4) is
2 2

a. x+y=7
b. x+y=5
c. 4x-3y=0
d. 3x+4y=25

6. One factor of 27x -8y is

3 3

a. 9x+2y
b. 9x-2y
c. 3x+2y
d. 3x-2y

7. What is the slope of the line with the equation 2x + 3y + 6 = 0?

a. -2/3
b. -2
c. 3/2
d. -3

8. In the figure below, line m is parallel to line n, and line t is a transversal crossing
both m and n. Which of the following lists has 3 angles that are all equal in measure?
a. A, B, D
b. A, C, D
c. A, C, E
d. B, C, D

9. As shown in the figure below, ∆ABC is isosceles with the length of AB equal to
the length of AC. The measure of ∠A is 40° and points B, C, and D are collinear.
What is the measure of ∠ACD?

a. 70°
b. 80°
c. 110°
d. 140°

10. A person had a rectangular-shaped garden with sides of lengths 16 feet and 9
feet. The garden was changed into a square design with the same area as the
original rectangular-shaped garden. How many feet in length are each of the
sides of the new square-shaped garden?

a. 7
b. 9
c. 12
d. 16

11. ∆ABC is a right triangle with ∠B being a right angle. If AC is 6 cm and AB is 3cm.
What is the measure of BC?
 a. 5
b. 3√3
c. 5+√3
d. 3

12. If a central angle of measure 30° is subtended by a circular arc of length 6

meters, how many meters in length is the radius of the circle?

a. π/36
b. 1/5
c. Π
d. 36/π

13. A rectangular box with a base 2 inches by 6 inches is 10 inches tall and holds
12 ounces of breakfast cereal. The manufacturer wants to use a new box with a base 3 inches
by 5 inches. How many inches tall should the new box be in order to hold exactly the
same volume as the original box?

a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11

14. In the figure below, the circle centered at B is internally tangent to the circle
centered at A. The smaller circle passes through the center of the larger circle
and the length of AB is 5 units. If the smaller circle is cut out of the larger circle,
how much of the area, in square units, of the larger circle will remain?
a. 10π
b. 25π
c. 75π
d. 100π

15. In the figure below, the lengths of DE, EF, and FG are given, in units. What is the
area, in square units, of ∆DEG?

a. 29
b. 60
c. 47.5
d. 120

16. If sin α = 12/13, and cos α = 5/13, then tan α =?

a. 5/12
b. 7/13
c. 12/5
d. 17/13

17. If 0° < x° < 90° and sin x = 1/2, then cos x =?

a. ½
b. √3/2
c. 2
d. √3/3

18. What is the smallest positive value for x where y = sin 2x reaches its maximum?

a. π/4
b. π
c. 3π/2
d. 2π

19. What is 280° in radians?

a. 4π/9
b. π/9
c. 14π/9
d. 7π/3

20. In the coordinate system, in which quadrant is sin θ >0 and cos θ <0?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

21. What is cos 300°?

a. ½
b. -1/2
c. √3/2
d. -√3/2
22. How many degrees are equal to π/12 radians?

a. 6°
b. 12°
c. 15°
d. 20°

23. A committee consists of three girls (Ana, Betty, Connie) and five boys (Ryan,
Ben, Ceasar, Francis, Dan). A delegate to a conference is to be chosen from the
committee. What is the chance that a boy will be selected?

a. 1/8
b. 3/8
c. 1/7
d. 5/8

24. In how many ways can the letters of the word MERCY be arranged?

a. 120
b. 50
c. 25
d. 100

25. If Nelly gets 3 in his first quiz and 6 in his second quiz, and doubles his quiz
everytime they have quiz, what will be his average score after their fifth quiz?

a. 20.4
b. 18.6
c. 22.8
d. 21.5
26. If two dice are tossed together, in how many ways can they fall?

a. 36
b. 6
c. 12
d. 30

27. In how many ways can a committee of 4 be chosen from a group of 8 people?

a. 48
b. 32
c. 70
d. 24

28. In a circular dining table, 5 guests are to be seated. In how many ways can the
five guests sit?

a. 24
b. 12
c. 10
d. 30

29. A box contains 5 red balls, 4 blue balls, and 3 white balls. If a ball is chosen at
random, what is the probability that it is not blue?

a. 7/12
b. ¾
c. 2/3
d. 1/3
 30. The percentiles are the scores-points that divide a distribution into 100 equal
parts. What do you call a distribution that divides into 10 equal parts?

a. Interquartile
b. Quartile
c. Decile
d. Tenths

Answers
1. C, 2. D, 3. C, 4. C, 5. D, 6. D, 7. A, 8. A, 9. C, 10. C, 11. B, 12. D, 13. A, 14. C,
15. B, 16. C, 17. B, 18. A, 19. C, 20. B, 21. A, 22. C, 23. D, 24. A, 25. B, 26. A,
27. C, 28. A, 29. C, 30. C