SECTION 2

Time — 25 minutes
18 Questions

Turn to Section 2 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Directions: This section contains two types of questions. You have 25 minutes to complete both types. For questions 1-8, solve
each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. You may
use any available space for scratchwork.

1. If 4 t + u + 3 = 19, then t + u =

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

2. In the figure above, three lines intersect at a point.

If f = 85 and c = 25, what is the value of a ?
(A) 60
(B) 65
(C) 70
(D) 75
(E) 85

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3. If Marisa drove n miles in t hours, which of the
following represents her average speed, in miles per
hour?
n
(A)
t
t
(B)
n
1
(C)
nt
6. The graph of y f ( x) is shown above. If
(D) nt 3 x 6, for how many values of x does
f ( x) 2 ?
(E) n 2 t
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
4. If a is an odd integer and b is an even integer, which
of the following is an odd integer?
(A) 3b
(B) a +3
(C) 2a +b
(D) a + 2b
(E) 2a + b
7. If the average (arithmetic mean) of t and t + 2 is x
and if the average of t and t − 2 is y, what is the
average of x and y ?
(A) 1
t
(B)
2
(C) t
5. In the coordinate plane, the points F 2, 1 , G 1, 4 ,
1
and H 4, 1 lie on a circle with center P. What are the (D) t +
2
coordinates of point P ? (E) 2t
(A) 0, 0
(B) 1, 1
(C) 1, 2
(D) 1, 2 8. For all numbers x and y, let x ! y be defined
2 2
(E) 2. 5, 2. 5 as x ! y x xy y . What is the value
of (3 ! 1) ! 1 ?
(A) 5
(B) 13
(C) 27
(D) 170
(E) 183

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9. Morgan’s plant grew from 42 centimeters to 10. Since the beginning of 1990, the number of squirrels
57 centimeters in a year. Linda’s plant, which was in a certain wooded area has tripled during every
59 centimeters at the beginning of the year, grew twice 3-year period of time. If there were 5,400 squirrels in
as many centimeters as Morgan’s plant did during the the wooded area at the beginning of 1999, how many
same year. How tall, in centimeters, was Linda’s plant at squirrels were in the wooded area at the beginning
the end of the year? of 1990 ?

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 x = 3v
v = 4t
x = pt

13. For the system of equations above, if x 0, what is

the value of p ?

11. In the figure above, triangles ABC and CDE are

equilateral and line segment AE has length 25. What
is the sum of the perimeters of the two triangles?

14. If 2x 1 1, what is one possible value of x ?

12. Marbles are to be removed from a jar that contains 12

red marbles and 12 black marbles. What is the least
number of marbles that could be removed so that the
ratio of red marbles to black marbles left in the jar will
be 4 to 3 ?

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15. For what positive number is the square root of the
number the same as the number divided by 40 ?

17. The graph above shows the amount of water

remaining in a tank each time a pail was used to
remove x gallons of water. If 5 gallons were in the
1
tank originally and 2 gallons remained after the
3
last pail containing x gallons was removed, what
is the value of x ?

16. In rectangle ABDF above, C and E are midpoints of

sides BD and DF , respectively. What fraction of
the area of the rectangle is shaded?

2 2
18. If 0 ≤ x ≤ y and x + y − x − y ≥ 25, what
is the least possible value of y ?

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n 3 12
4. If 7 × 7 = 7 , what is the value of n ?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 9
(D) 15
(E) 36

INVENTORY
PRICES 7. Which of the following could be the equation of the
CAPACITY
graph above?
Table Chair Warehouse
(A) y x2 2
1990 $240 $25 X Y Z
1995 $265 $30 Tables 30 80 30 (B) y (x 2)2
2000 $280 $36 Chairs 125 200 140 (C) y x2 2
(D) y (x 2)2
5. A furniture company makes one style of tables and
chairs. The chart on the left above gives the prices of (E) y 2 x2
these tables and chairs in three different years. The
chart on the right gives the maximum number of tables
and chairs that can be stocked in each of three ware-
houses, X, Y, and Z. Based on the prices shown, what
was the maximum possible value of the table and chair
inventory in warehouse Y in 1995 ?
(A) $23,950
(B) $26,500
8. What is the total number of right angles formed by the
(C) $27,200
edges of a cube?
(D) $28,400
(E) $29,500 (A) 36
(B) 24
(C) 20
(D) 16
(E) 12

9. If p 1 t 3 0 and p is positive, what is the

value of t ?

6. In the figure above, which of the following is greatest? (A) 3

(B) 1
(A) a (C) 0
(B) b (D) 1
(C) c (E) 3
(D) d
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x, y
0, 100
1, 99
2, 96

10. Which of the following equations describes y in terms 13. In the figure above, if || m and r = 91, then t + u =
of x for all ordered pairs in the table above?
(A) 178
(A) y 100 x2 (B) 179
(B) y 100 x (C) 180
(D) 181
(C) y 100 2x (E) 182
(D) y 100 4x
(E) y 100 100 x

11. A stamp collecting club calculated that the average

(arithmetic mean) number of stamps in its members’
10 collections was 88. However, it was discovered that
2 numbers in the calculations were entered incorrectly.
The number 55 was entered as 75 and the number 78
as 88. What is the correct average number of stamps in
the 10 collections?
(A) 91 14. If x is the coordinate of the indicated point on the
(B) 89 number line above, which of the lettered points has
(C) 87 coordinate −2 x ?
(D) 86 (A) A
(E) 85 (B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E

15. Points X and Y are two different points on a circle.

Point M is located so that line segment XM and
line segment YM have equal length. Which of the
12. In the figure above, what is the slope of line ?
following could be true?
r
(A) I. M is the center of the circle.
s
II. M is on arc XY .
r
(B) III. M is outside of the circle.
s
(A) I only
s
(C) (B) II only
r (C) I and II only
s (D) II and III only
(D)
r (E) I, II, and III
1
(E)
rs

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19. R is the midpoint of line segment PT , and Q is the

midpoint of line segment PR. If S is a point between
R and T such that the length of segment QS is 10
and the length of segment PS is 19, what is the
length of segment ST ?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
16. The graphs of the functions f and g are lines, as (D) 16
shown above. What is the value of f 3 g3 ? (E) 17
(A) 1.5
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5.5

17. If A is the set of prime numbers and B is the set of

two-digit positive integers whose units digit is 5, how
many numbers are common to both sets?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Five
(E) Nine 20. A telephone company charges x cents for the first
minute of a call and charges for any additional time
at the rate of y cents per minute. If a certain call
costs $5.55 and lasts more than 1 minute, which of
18. If 75 percent of m is equal to k percent of 25, where the following expressions represents the length of
m that call, in minutes?
k 0, what is the value of ?
k 555 x
(A)
3 y
(A)
16 555 x y
(B)
1 y
(B)
3 555 x y
(C)
3 y
(C)
4 555 x y
(D)
(D) 3 y
555
16 (E)
(E) x y
3

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 SECTION 8
Time — 20 minutes
16 Questions

Turn to Section 8 (page 7) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratchwork.

1. Conall had a box of 36 candy bars to sell for a class

fundraiser. He sold 10 of the bars on his own, and
his mother sold half of the remaining bars to her
coworkers. If no other bars were sold, what fraction
of Conall’s original 36 bars remained unsold?
5
(A)
8
(B)
11 2. In ! PQR above, PR = QR. Which of the following
36 must be true?
1
(C) (A) u = x
3 (B) x = v
13 (C) x = z
(D)
36 (D) y = x
7 (E) y = z
(E)
18

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 5. If y is directly proportional to x, which of the
following could be the graph that shows the
relationship between y and x ?
(A)

(B)
3. The bar graph above shows the number of tons of
beans produced on a large farm for the years 1985
through 1991. For which of the following two-year
periods was the average (arithmetic mean) bean
production closest to the bean production in 1985 ?
(A) 1986-1987
(B) 1987-1988 (C)
(C) 1988-1989
(D) 1989-1990
(E) 1990-1991

(D)

(E)

4. Marcus can spend no more than $120 on jeans and

shirts for school. He buys 3 pairs of jeans at $32
each. If x represents the dollar amount he can spend
on shirts, which of the following inequalities could
be used to determine the possible values for x ?
(A) 3 ! 32 x 120
(B) (3) ! 32 x 120
(C) 3 ! 32 x 120
(D) 3 ! 32 x 120
(E) x 3 ! 32

6. What is the perimeter of the trapezoid above?

(A) 52
(B) 72
(C) 75
(D) 80
(E) 87

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7. A store discounts merchandise by 10 percent of the x + y 2 9x + 9 y
8. If = , then =
original price at the end of each week and stops when a −b 3 10a − 10b
the merchandise is priced at 50 percent of the original
9
price. Which of the following graphs could correctly (A)
represent the price of an article of merchandise over 10
an eight-week period? 20
(B)
(A) 23
20
(C)
27
2
(D)
3
3
(E)
5
(B)

9. The interior dimensions of a rectangular fish tank are

4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high. The water
level in the tank is 1 foot high. All of the water in this
tank is poured into an empty second tank. If the interior
(C)
dimensions of the second tank are 3 feet long, 2 feet
wide, and 4 feet high, what is the height of the water in
the second tank?
(A) 0.5 ft
(B) 1 ft
(C) 1.5 ft
(D) 2 ft
(E) 4 ft
(D)

1, 2, 3
10. If m, n, and k are to be assigned different values from
(E) the list above, how many different values will be
possible for the expression m n k ?
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Eight
(E) Nine

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 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AT COMPANY X
First Shift Second Shift

Salary over $30,000 30 10

Salary $30,000 or less 40 20

11. The table above shows the number of employees at

Company X classified according to work shift and
salary. If a second-shift employee will be picked at
random, what is the probability that the employee’s 14. In the figure above, the smaller circles each have
salary is over $30,000 ? radius 3. They are tangent to the larger circle at
1 points A and C, and are tangent to each other at
(A) point B, which is the center of the larger circle.
2
What is the perimeter of the shaded region?
1
(B)
3 (A) 6
1 (B) 8
(C) (C) 9
10
(D) 12
2 (E) 15
(D)
3
2 15. Each of the following inequalities is true for some
(E) values of x EXCEPT
5
(A) x x2 x3
12. If x is a positive integer satisfying x 7 k and
9 (B) x x3 x2
x m, which of the following must be equal
(C) x 2 x3 x
11
to x ? 3 2
(D) x x x
2 3 2
m (E) x x x
(A)
k

(B) m 2 k

(C) m 2 7

m
(D) 2 k
3 16. In the figure above, AC = 6 and BC = 3. Point P
(E) k 4 (not shown) lies on AB between A and B such that
CP AB. Which of the following could be the length
13. After the first term in a sequence of positive integers,
the ratio of each term to the term immediately of CP ?
preceding it is 2 to 1. What is the ratio of the (A) 2
8th term in this sequence to the 5th term? (B) 4
(A) 6 to 1 (C) 5
(B) 8 to 5 (D) 7
(C) 8 to 1 (E) 8
(D) 64 to 1
(E) 256 to 1
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