EST I – Math

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Duration: 90 minutes
Test sections: I- Calculator is not required, II – Calculator is required
45 Multiple Choice Questions and 13 Short Constructive Response Questions

Instructions:
- Place your answer on the answer sheet. Mark only one answer for each of the multiple
choice questions.
- Write your final result only on the answer sheet for the constructive response
questions.
- Avoid guessing. Your answers should reflect your overall understanding of the
subject matter.
- Calculator is allowed. When a calculator is used, be aware of switching between
radian mode and median mode.
- Formula sheet is available at the end of the booklet for your reference.

 
Reference:

 
 Section I
Calculator is not required
(30 minutes)

 
 

1. Given 2𝑥 8 3𝑦 4, what is the 6. The equation of a line is

value of 𝑥 if 𝑦 is equivalent to the 0. What is the slope of
square of 2?
the line? 
A. 4
A. 3
B. 8
B. 2
C. 12
D. 24 C.
2. Amina went to the flower shop and D.
bought 2 roses and 5 daisies for 6
EGP. Lara bought from the same Questions 7-8 refer to the following
shop, 4 roses and 2 daisies for 4 EGP. graph.
How much should Ahmad pay to buy
2 roses and 2 daisies?
A. 1 EGP
B. 1.5 EGP
C. 2 EGP
D. 3 EGP
3. What is the simplified form of
2 3𝑖 7 𝑖 2𝑖 1 given that
𝑖 √ 1?
A. 16 7𝑖
B. 14 3𝑖
C. 16 5𝑖
D. 15 4𝑖 7. Which of the following statement(s)
is/are true regarding the graph above?
4. If 6, what is the value of
𝑎 3𝑏 ? (b ≠ 0) I. The coordinates of the vertex
of the parabola are 1; 0 .
A. 0.5 II. The axis of symmetry is at
B. 1 𝑥 1.
C. 2 III. The equation of the parabola
D. 3 is 𝑦 𝑥 2𝑥 1.
5. Given 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 3𝑥 1, and A. I only
𝑔 𝑥 2𝑥 1, what is the B. II only
equivalent expression representing C. I and II
𝑓 𝑔 𝑥 ? D. I and III
A. 2𝑥 2𝑥 3 8. What is the equation of the tangent to
B. 4𝑥 2𝑥 3 this parabola at the vertex?
C. 2𝑥 4𝑥 1
D. 4𝑥 4𝑥 1 A. 𝑥 0
B. 𝑦 0
C. 𝑦 𝑥
D. 𝑦 𝑥

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9. Using the figure below, what is the 11. In order to prepare for the boxing
value of 3𝑥 1 if 𝐴𝐶 is parallel to tournament, Jamison needs to work out
𝐹𝐷 ? (figure not drawn to scale) for at least 90 hours during the next 3
weeks. In the first week, he practiced for
  
42 hours, and decided to divide the rest
of the hours equally over the next two
weeks. How much should he practice
minimum each week?
A. 12 hours
B. 24 hours
C. 46 hours
D. 48 hours
12. Given 𝑓 𝑥 2𝑥 𝑎𝑥 1. What is
A. the value of 𝑎 if the axis of symmetry of
B. 8 the graph of 𝑓 is equal to 2.5 ?
C. 10 A. 10
D. 32 B. 5
10. The distance between Giza and Luxor C. 10
is approximately 500 Km. To travel D. 20
that distance, Bilal received offers 13. If 3 2𝑥 7 15, which of the
from 4 different taxi companies: following integers represents the
smallest value for 𝑥 3 ?
Fixed Amount per
Amount 25 Km (EGP) A. 1
(EGP) B. 2
Taxi “A” 160 15 C. 2
Taxi “B” 210 13 D. 1
Taxi “C” 185 14 𝒅𝟐 𝟒𝒎𝟐 𝟑
14. Given . What is the
Taxi “D” 150 16 𝟐𝒅 𝟒𝒎 𝟖
value of 𝒅 𝟐𝒎 ?
Which company gave Bilal the
cheapest offer? A.
A. Taxi “A” B.
B. Taxi “B” C.
C. Taxi “C”
D. Taxi “D” D.

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15. Which of the following is the 20. In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, sin 𝐶 0.5.
equation of the line perpendicular to What is the measure of ∠𝐴 ?
the line with equation 2𝑥 3𝑦 1 (figure not drawn to scale)(Grid-in)
and passing through the midpoint of
segment 𝐴𝐵 given 𝐴 2; 7 and
𝐵 1; 3 ?
A. 𝑦 𝑥
B. 𝑦 𝑥
C. 𝑦 𝑥
D. 𝑦 𝑥

16. What is the value of 𝑚 if

4 32 ? (Grid-in)
17. What is the product of the solutions of
the equation 𝑥 3𝑥 2 ?
(Grid-in)
18. The function 𝑦 2𝑥 𝑑𝑥 1 has
zero at 𝑥 2. What is the value of
𝑑 ? (Grid-in)
19. If 1 , and 𝑥 1,
what is the value of 11𝑥 ?(Grid-in)

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Section II
Calculator is required
(60 minutes)

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 1. If 𝑓 is a linear function with 𝑓 0 4. By what approximate percent did
Amir increase the distance he walked
and 𝑓 3 , what is the value of from April 3rd to April 5th?
𝑓 3 ?
A. 34%
A. 0.5 B. 60%
B. 1.5 C. 67%
C. 2.5 D. 69%
D. 5
5. What is the vertex form of the
Questions 2-3-4 refer to the following function 𝑓 𝑥 3𝑥 9𝑥 1 ?
information.
A. 𝑓 𝑥 3 𝑥
The table below shows the distance Amir
walked every day during the first week of B. 𝑓 𝑥 3 𝑥
April, 2021.
C. 𝑓 𝑥 3 𝑥
Distance (in 𝑚)
Thursday, April 1st 1678 D. 𝑓 𝑥 3 𝑥
Friday, April 2nd 2091
6. In a village, 25% of the residents own
Saturday, April 3rd 1245
a German Shepherd, 45% own a
Sunday, April 4th 1566
Swiss Shepherd, and 35% do not own
Monday, April 5th 2100 a dog. Which of the following
Tuesday, April 6th 1989 statement(s) is/are correct?
Wednesday, April 7th 1888
I. 11% of the residents own both a
2. What is the average (arithmetic German Shepherd and a Swiss
mean) of the data shown in the table? Shepherd at the same time.
A. 2511.4 II. If we select a resident randomly,
B. 1888 the probability of him having a
C. 1793.9 Swiss Shepherd even though he
D. 1672.5 has a German Shepherd is 0.8.
3. If on Thursday, April 8th, Amir III. If we select a resident randomly,
walked the same distance he did the the probability of him having a
second day of April with an addition Swiss Shepherd even though he
of 20%. What is the distance he has a German Shepherd is 0.05.
walked?
A. I only
A. 4182 𝑚 B. III only
B. 2509.2 𝑚 C. I and II
C. 2420.6 𝑚 D. II and III
D. 2007.6 𝑚

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7. Which of the following is equivalent Questions 9-10 refer to the following

√ √ √ information.
to for all
The resistance (R) of a resistor is expressed
positive values of 𝑎 and 𝑚 ?
by 𝑅 with 𝑈 as the voltage in volts 𝑉 ,
A. and 𝐼 as the current in amperes 𝐴 .
The linear graph below represents the
B.
characteristic current-voltage (U-I) of a
resistor.
C.

D. 0

8. The sum of two numbers is 119. The

product of the two numbers is 3430.
What is half the greater number?
A. 24.5
B. 35
C. 49
D. 70

9. According to the graph, what is the

value of the resistance of the resistor?
A. 400 Ω
B. 140 Ω
C. 4Ω
D. 0.4 Ω
10. What is the inverse of the function
shown in the graph above?
A. 𝑈 0.4𝐼
B. 𝑈
C. 𝑈
D. 𝑈 400𝐼

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Questions 11-12 refer to the following 13. A bag contains 3 green balls, 5 red
information below.   balls, 8 blue balls, and 4 yellow balls.
What is the value of the square of the
probability of choosing a yellow or a
red ball from the bag?
A. 0.2025
B. 0.45
C. 0.671
D. 0.9
14. Brenda went to the mall on a sale day,
and bought all the items shown in the
table below. If all the items were on a
35% sale except for the socks which
were on a 15% sale, how much would
The scatterplot above shows how many boys she pay if she bought the items on a
there are in two different villages and the non-sale day?
changes in numbers since year 2011. The
cubic curve of best fit, representing the Item Price (in $)
number of boys in village A, has the
following equation: 𝑦 0.83 𝑥 T-shirt 25.6
51.43𝑥 0.12𝑥 2149.86. The line of
best fit, representing the number of boys in Pants 35.25
village B, has the following equation:
Shoes 50.22
𝑦 194.3𝑥 2020.4.
11. At which date did the two villages Jacket 71.21
have approximately the same number
of boys? Socks 11.44
A. At the end of year 2011 A. $ 193.72
B. 2012 B. $ 259.23
C. 2013 C. $ 261.52
D. At the beginning of year 2014 D. $ 293.89
12. What is the closest difference
between the actual number of boys in
village B and the number which can
be predicted from the line of best fit
in 2014?
A. 13
B. 26
C. 53
D. 100

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Questions 15-16 refer to the following 17. Using the figure below, what is the
information. value of 𝑦? (figure not drawn to
Intensity is the measure of the energy scale)  
transmitted by a wave. Usually, it depends on
the strength and the amplitude of a wave and
its unit is Watts per square meters. The
formula of intensity is given by 𝐼 , where
𝑃 is the power (in Watts), and 𝐴 is the area of
the cross section (in square meters).

15. What is the formula for the radius

(R) of a circular surface in terms of 𝐼
and 𝑃 ?
A. 𝑅 A. 80
B. 59
B. 𝑅 C. 3.5
D. 3.5
C. 𝑅 18. Given that 𝐴 2, 5 , 𝐵 9, 2 and
𝐽 4, ℎ) lie on the same line, what is
the value of ℎ?
D. 𝑅
A. 1
B. 2
16. Which of the following cannot be the
C. 3
value of the radius of the circular
surface if the intensity of light D. 4
incident to normal to the surface from 19. Which of the following systems has
a source of 110 𝑊 power of light, is infinite number of solutions?
greater than 1.2 10 𝑊/𝑚 ? 2𝑥 3𝑦 1
A.
A. 5.45 cm 𝑥 3𝑦 4
B. 5.35 cm 2𝑥 𝑦 1
B.
C. 5.25 cm 5𝑦 2𝑥
D. 5.15 cm 3𝑥 𝑦 2
C.
𝑥 5𝑦
2𝑥 2𝑦 4
D.
𝑦 𝑥 2
20. How many different integers between
15 and 45 contain only digits from the
following list: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 ?
A. 16
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5

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21. Which quadratic function has its 24. Given that the two lines 𝑑 : 2𝑥
graph passing through the points 𝑡𝑦 1 and 𝑚 : 3𝑥 𝑔𝑦 2
3, 0 , 2, 0 , and 1, 7 ? are perpendicular, and 𝑡 and 𝑔 are
constants, what is the value of 5𝑡𝑔
A. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 7 ?
B. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 7 A. 30
C. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 7 B. 6
D. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 7 C.
D. 30
22. Alonso used the table below to graph
the sets of ordered pairs shown. What 25. Which of the following points is not
is the type of the graph drawn and a solution to |2𝑥 1| 3𝑦 ?
which equation best models it? A. 4, 2
B. 2, 1
𝑥 7 4 2 1 7 C. 1, 1
D. 2, 1
𝑦 11 5 1 5 17
26. Given 2𝑥 7 5 and 2 ,
A. Linear function: 𝑦 2𝑥 3 what is the only integer 𝑥 that satisfies
B. Linear function: 𝑦 2𝑥 3 both inequalities?
C. Quadratic function: 𝑦 𝑥 A. 3
4𝑥 32 B. 4
D. Quadratic function: 𝑦 2𝑥 C. 5
10𝑥 17 D. 6
23. A school conducted a survey on the 27. What is twice the remainder of the
brand of the phone its employees are division of 2𝑥 1 3𝑥 by
using. The survey data is shown in the 2𝑥 3 ?
table below:
A. 4.5
Huawei Samsung IPhone Other B. 12.5
brands C. 25
D. 26
Staff 13 15 20 3

Teachers 22 56 44 7

What is the percentage of staff

members using IPhone out of all the
employees?
A. 39.2%
B. 31.25%
C. 11.11%
D. 9%

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28. A telecommunication company offers 30. According to the data published by

4 different monthly packages of “Worldometer”, the total cases of
internet subscription to its customers. people infected by Covid-19 in Egypt
The first package is for $12 in which on July 24, 2020, was 91,072, while
the customer will benefit from 1200 in August 3, 2020 it went up to 94,640
MBs internet in addition to 400 MBs cases.
gift after 3 consecutive months of If we consider the graph of the change
subscription. in number of total cases over the
The second package is for $16 in change in days is linear, what will be
which the customer will benefit from the total cases reported in August 9,
2000 MBs internet in addition to 550 2020? (Note that there are 31 days in
MBs gift after 3 consecutive months July).
of subscription.
A. 96,781 cases
The third package is for $25 in which B. 97,138 cases
the customer will benefit from 3400 C. 98,208 cases
MBs internet in addition to 800 MBs D. 101,776 cases
gift after 5 consecutive months of
subscription. 31. If ℎ varies inversely as 𝑘, and ℎ 9
The fourth package is for $30 in when 𝑘 20, what is the value of
which the customer will benefit from 𝑘 4 when ℎ 15? (grid-in)
4000 MBs internet with no addition. 32. Given the points
If Abdallah wants to choose the 𝐴 1; 4 , 𝐶 4; 1 , 𝐵 4; 1 , and
cheapest offer for him for the next 3 𝑅 1; 4 , what is the value of the
months, which one should he choose? area of quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝑅𝐶? (grid-in)
A. First package Questions 33-34 refer to the following
B. Second package information.
C. Third package
D. Fourth package A company decided to create brochures to
introduce their products. The printing house
29. If 2 5𝑖 with 𝑖 √ 1, responsible for designing and printing the
what is the value of 𝑎 ? brochures will charge the company $79 for
the design with 44 cents for each brochure
A. 2 19𝑖 180 printed.
B. 19𝑖 180
C. 19𝑖 180 33. If the company decided to print 2000
D. 2 19𝑖 180 brochures, how much should they
pay? (grid-in)
34. The maximum budget put by the
company for the brochures is $1,950.
How many brochures at most can
they print? (grid-in)

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35. Lucas bought a car for $3,500. He

lost 12% of its price when he sold it
for Brad, while Brad won 5% of what
he paid when he sold it to Amira.
How much did Amira pay for the car?
(grid-in)
36. In 2010, at a school, 3: 5 of the
seniors wanted to celebrate their prom
night at restaurant 𝑋, while 30% of
the rest voted for restaurant 𝑌, and the
84 students left voted for restaurant 𝑍.
How many senior students voted for
restaurant 𝑋? (grid-in)

Questions 37-38 refer to the following

information.
The graph below shows the number of new
cars of the two brands Hyundai and Honda,
bought by the citizens in country 𝑋 during
years 2010 and 2019.  

37. According to the graph, how much

was the percent decline of buying a
new Honda from 2010 to 2015? (grid-
in)
38. After the first tie between the number
of cars bought of the two brands, how
many years did it take Hyundai to sell
50 more cars than Honda in country
𝑋? (grid-in)

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