ALGEBRA

1. If 2x=4y=z, what is x-y, in terms of z ?

z z
(A) (B) (C) z (D) 2z (E) 4z
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p
2. If p  4 what is p in terms of q?
q
4q 4q 4(q  1) 4(q  1)
(A) p (B) p (C) p = 4q(q-2) (D) p (E) p
q 1 q 1 q q
3. If a2 + b2 = 144 and ab WKHQWKHJUHDWHVWSRVVLEOHYDOXHIRUELVEHWZHHQ
(A) 13 and 16 (B) 3 and 12 (C) 4 and 11 (D) 5 and 10 (E) 6 and 9
4. There are 650 students in a school. If the number of boys is 106 more than the girls, how many
girls are there in the school?
(A) 431 (B) 272 (C) 378 (D) 372 (E) 356
5. A farmer counted the heads of the animals / birds in the farm and found it to be 80. When he
counted the legs he found it to be 260. If the farm had either pigeons or horses and nothing
else, how many horses were there in the farm? In the farm, each horse had four legs and each
pigeon had two legs.
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 60 (E) 70
6. A competition requires teams to attempt 10 long jumps and 5 high jumps. Each successful long
jump is worth the same number of points, and each successful high jump is worth the same
number of points. Team A completed all 15 jumps, receiving 20 points. Team B succeeded in
only 8 long jumps and 2 high jumps, earning 10 points. Team C missed 2 long jumps and
successfully completed all the high jumps. How many points did Team C score?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 19
7. For what values of k will the pair of equations 3x + 4y = 12 and kx + 12y = 30 does not have a
unique solution?
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 7.5 (E) 2.5
8. At 9:00 AM, a certain ice cream cart has twice as many chipwiches as it does mud pies. During
the day, only chipwiches are sold, and at 5:00 PM, the cart has the exact same number of mud
pies as it did at 9:00 AM, but now the number of mud pies is twice the number of chipwiches.
Assuming no items were otherwise lost or gained, how many of the following must be true?
I. The number of chipwiches sold must be a multiple of 3
II. The number of mud pies must be even
III. The number of chipwiches the cart has at 5:00 PM must be even
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III
9. If a – b = 7 and 2ab = 18 then a2 + b2 = ?
(A) 67 (B) 49 (C) 40 (D) 31 (E) 14
10. The area of one square is x2 + 10x + 25 and the area of another square is 4x2 î[, here x>0.
If the sum of the perimeters of both squares is 32, what is the value of x?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2.5 (D) 4.67 (E) 10
11. If n is the square of a positive integer, which of the following must be equal to the square of the
next positive integer?
(A) ¥Q (B) n + 1 (C) n2 + 1 (D) n + 2¥Q (E) n2 + 2n + 1
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12. If Y > 2 and ¬ ¼ . Then which of these may be the value of 2X+3
Y Y2 Y
(A) -9 (B) -6 (C) 0 (D) 10 (E) 17

13. If x and y are non-zero integers, and 9x4 – 4y4 = 3x2 + 2y2, which of the following could be the
value of x2 in terms of y?
4y 2 2y 2  1
(A) (B) 2y2 (C) (D) -2y2 (E) 2y2+1
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14. Which of the following equations is NOT equivalent to 4a2 = 16b2 + 49?
49
(A) 4b2+ a2
4
2a  7 2a  7
(B) b2
16
(C) 2a-4b=7
(D) 8a2 - 32b2=98
(E) 4(a-2b)(a+2b)=49
15. What is the value of 272 + 282 + 292 + 302 + 312 + 322 + 332 ?
(A) 6298 (B) 6308 (C) 6318 (D) 6328 (E) 6338
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16. If x is not equal to zero, and x  3 , then what is the value of x  ¨ ¸ ?
x ©x¹
(A) 27 (B) 32 (C) 47 (D) 64 (E) 81
17. If one root of x2+px+12=0 is 4, and the equation x2+px+q=0 has equal roots then the value of q is
49 4 1
(A) (B) (C) 4 (D) (E) 12
4 49 4
18. It’s well known that a company's profit=20,000x-25x2, where x is the number of workers. If the
profit of the company is the greatest, what is the value of x?
(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 150 (D) 250 (E) 400
19. An object thrown directly upward is at a height of h feet after t seconds, where h = -16 (t -3)2 +
150. At what height, in feet, is the object 2 seconds after it reaches its maximum height?
(A) 6 (B) 86 (C) 134 (D) 150 (E) 214
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20. What is the minimum value of z for which z2 + z – > 0 is not true?
4
5 3 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 2 2 4 2
21. If y = x - 3, and x² - 5y² + 4xy - 15 = 0, then x + 2y =
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
22. The product of two negative numbers is 160. If the lesser of the two numbers is 4 less than twice
the greater, what is the greater number?
(A) -20 (B) -16 (C) -10 (D) -8 (E) -4

23. If y 3 y  4 , then the product of all possible solution(s) for y is:

(A) -4 (B) -2 (C) 0 (D) 4 (E) 6
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24. What is the sum of all possible solutions to the equation 2 x  x  9 x 1 ?
(A) -2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6

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25. If 3  2 x 2 x  1 , then 4x2 =
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 2 î[ (D) 4x î (E) 6x – 1
26. A store currently charges the same price for each towel that it sells. If the current price of each
towel were to be increased by $1, 10 fewer of the towels could be bought for $120, excluding
sales tax. What is the current price of each towel?
(A) $ 1 (B) $ 2 (C) $ 3 (D) $ 4 (E) $12
27. In the interior of a forest, a certain number of apes equal to the square of one-eighth of the
total number are playing and having great fun. The remaining twelve apes are on a hill and the
echo of their shrieks by the adjoining hills frightens them. They came and join the apes in the
forest and play with enthusiasm. What is the total number of apes?
(A) 48 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 80 (E) 16 or 48

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (E) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (E) 19. (B) 20. (B)
21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (D) 25. (E) 26. (C) 27. (E)

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