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Math Test – No Calculator

25 M I NU TES, 2 0 QUESTIONS

Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 16 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

1. The use of a calculator is not permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for
which f(x) is a real number.

 s√2
r c 2x 60° s 45°
w h b x
30° 45°
b a x√3 s
A = pr 2 A = w 1
A = bh c 2 = a2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles
2
C = 2pr

h r r h h
h
w r w
 
V = wh V = pr 2h 4
V = pr 3
1
V = pr 2h V = 1 wh
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The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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x−1 On Saturday afternoon, Armand sent m text
If = k and k = 3, what is the value of x ? messages each hour for 5 hours, and Tyrone sent p
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text messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the
A) 2 following represents the total number of messages
B) 4 sent by Armand and Tyrone on Saturday afternoon?
C) 9 A) 9mp
D) 10
B) 20mp
C) 5m + 4p
D) 4m + 5p

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For i = −1 , what is the sum (7 + 3i ) + (−8 + 9i) ?
A) −1 + 12i 4
B) −1 − 6i Kathy is a repair technician for a phone company.
C) 15 + 12i Each week, she receives a batch of phones that need
D) 15 − 6i 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) Kathy will complete the repairs within 108 days.
B) Kathy starts each week with 108 phones to fix.
C) Kathy repairs phones at a rate of 108 per hour.
D) Kathy repairs phones at a rate of 108 per day.

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r ⎞N
2 2 2 2 2 2
(x y − 3y + 5xy ) − (− x y + 3xy − 3y ) ⎛ r ⎞⎛
⎜⎜ ⎟⎟⎜1 + ⎟⎟
Which of the following is equivalent to the ⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠⎜⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
m= N P
expression above? ⎛ r ⎞
⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟ −1
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
A) 4x 2y 2
The formula above gives the monthly payment m
B) 8xy 2 − 6y 2 needed to pay off a loan of P dollars at r percent
annual interest over N months. Which of the
C) 2x 2y + 2xy 2
following gives P in terms of m, r, and N ?
D) 2x 2y + 8xy 2 − 6y 2
⎛ r ⎞⎛ r ⎞N
⎜⎜ ⎟⎟⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
A) P = N m
⎛ r ⎞
⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟ − 1
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠

⎛ r ⎞N
⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟ − 1
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
6 B) P = N m
⎛ r ⎞⎛ r ⎞
h = 3a + 28.6 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎜1 + ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎟⎠⎜⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
A pediatrician uses the model above to estimate the
height h of a boy, in inches, in terms of the boy’s
age a, in years, between the ages of 2 and 5. Based ⎛ r ⎞
C) P = ⎜⎜ ⎟m
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎟⎠
on the model, what is the estimated increase, in
inches, of a boy’s height each year?
A) 3
B) 5.7
C) 9.5 ⎛ 1,200 ⎞
D) P = ⎜⎜ ⎟m
D) 14.3 ⎜⎝ r ⎟⎟⎠

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a 4b b = 2.35 + 0.25x
If = 2, what is the value of ?
b a c = 1.75 + 0.40x
A) 0 In the equations above, b and c represent the price
B) 1 per pound, in dollars, of beef and chicken,
C) 2 respectively, x weeks after July 1 during last
summer. What was the price per pound of beef when
D) 4 it was equal to the price per pound of chicken?
A) $2.60
B) $2.85
C) $2.95
D) $3.35

9
3x + 4y = −23
2y − x = −19
What is the solution (x, y ) to the system of equations
above? 12
A) (−5, −2)
A line in the xy-plane passes through the origin and
B) (3, −8)
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C) (4, −6) has a slope of . Which of the following points lies
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D) (9, −6)
on the line?

A) (0, 7)
B) (1, 7)
C) (7, 7)
D) (14, 2)
10

g (x ) = ax 2 + 24
For the function g defined above, a is a constant
and g(4) = 8. What is the value of g(−4) ?
A) 8
B) 0
C) −1
D) −8

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If x > 3, which of the following is equivalent If (ax + 2)(bx + 7) = 15x 2 + cx + 14 for all values of
x, and a + b = 8, what are the two possible
1
to 1 1 ? values for c ?
+
x+2 x+3 A) 3 and 5
B) 6 and 35
2x + 5 C) 10 and 21
A) 2
x + 5x + 6 D) 31 and 41
x 2 + 5x + 6
B)
2x + 5

C) 2x + 5

D) x 2 + 5x + 6

14

8x
If 3x − y = 12 , what is the value of y ?
2
A) 212
B) 44
C) 82
D) The value cannot be determined from the
information given.

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Answer: 12 Answer: 2.5
DIRECTIONS
Write
For questions 16–20, solve the problem and answer 7 / 12 2 . 5
enter your answer in the grid, as described in boxes. / / Fraction / /
below, on the answer sheet. line
. . . . . . . . Decimal
0 0 0 0 0 0 point

1. Although not required, it is suggested that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

you write your answer in the boxes at the top 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
of the columns to help you fill in the circles Grid in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately. You will receive credit only if the result. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3. No question has a negative answer. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4. Some problems may have more than one 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
answer.
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded 2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:
2
as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the
/ / 2 / 3 . 666 . 667
grid, it will be interpreted as 31 , not 3 1 .) / / / / / /
2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
answer with more digits than the grid can 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
accommodate, it may be either rounded or 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Answer: 201 – either position is correct
NOTE: You
201 201 may start your
/ / / / answers in any
column, space
. . . . .. . .
permitting.
0 0 0 0 0 0 Columns you
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 don’t need to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 use should be
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 left blank.

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