STEM Critical Thinking Practice Test – 2 Name: _____________________

1. If x is an integer, which of the following must also be an integer?

(a) –x
(b) x/2
(c) 2/x
(d) √𝑥

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 2. In January 2011, the national debt was about 14 trillion dollars and the US population
was about 300 million people. Someone reading these figures estimated that the
national debt was about $5,000 per person. Which of these statements best describes
the reasonableness of this estimate?

(a)It is too low by a factor of 10

(b)It is too low by a factor of 100
(c) It is too high by a factor of 10
(d) It is too high by a factor of 100

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 3. What is the probability that two randomly selected people were born on the same day of
the week? Assume that all days are equally probable.
(a)1/7
(b) 1/14
(c) 1/42
(d) 1/49

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 4. T shirts are on sale for 20% off. Sonia paid $8.73 for a shirt. What is the regular price of
the shirt? There is no tax on clothing purchases under $175.
Let p represent the regular price of these t-shirt. Which of the following equations is
correct?
(a) 0.8p=$8.73
(b) $8.73+0.2∗$8.73=p
(c) 1.2∗$8.73=p
(d) p - 0.2∗$8.73 = p

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 5. How many lines of reflective symmetry and how many centers of rotational symmetry
does the parallelogram depicted below have?

(a) 2 lines of reflective symmetry and one center of rotational symmetry

(b) 0 lines of reflective symmetry and one center of rotational symmetry
(c) 4 lines of reflective symmetry and one center of rotational symmetry
(d) 2 lines of reflective symmetry and no center of rotational symmetry

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 6. The pattern below consists of a row of black squares surrounded by white squares.

How many white squares would surround a row of 157 black squares?

(a) 320
(b) 324
(c) 327
(d) 336

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 7. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations state that the maximum slope for
a wheelchair ramp in new construction is 1:12, although slopes between 1:16 and 1:20
are preferred. The maximum rise for any run is 30 inches. The graph below shows the
rise and runs of four different wheelchair ramps. Which ramp is in compliance with the
ADA regulations for new construction?

(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) None of these

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 8. The speed of sound in dry air at 68 degrees Fahrenheit is 343.2 meters per
second. Which of the expressions below could be used to compute the number of
kilometers that a sound wave travels in 10 minutes (in dry air at 68 degrees Fahrenheit)?
(a) 343.2×60×10
(b) 343.2×60×10×(1/1000)
(c) 343.2×(1/60)×10
(d) 343.2×(1/60)×10×(1/1000)

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 9. On a map the distance from Boston to Detroit is 6 cm, and these two cities are 702 miles
away from each other. Assuming the scale of the map is the same throughout, which
answer below is closest to the distance between Boston and San Francisco on the map,
given that they are 2,708 miles away from each other?

(a) 21 cm
(b) 22 cm
(c) 23 cm
(d) 25 cm

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 10. What set of transformations will transform the leftmost image into the rightmost image?

(a) A 90 degree clockwise rotation about (2, 1) followed by a translation of two units to the
right
(b) A translation 3 units up, followed by a reflection about the line y = x
(c) A 90 degree clockwise rotation about (5, 1), followed by a translation of 2 units up
(d) A 90 degree clockwise rotation about (2, 1) followed by a translation of 2 units to the
right.

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 11. A research was conducted to study the relation between body cameras on police officers
and rising death of police officers in action. Which of the following questions is
irrelevant to the research?

(a) Are the body cameras distracting the police officers?

(b) In general, are there more police officers in the force now than before?
(c) Is smoking weed bad for police?
(d) Are the police given proper training on using body cameras in action?

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 12. Amy went for jogging and came back extremely tired. Her roommate Bianca noticed this
and asked “Are you alright Amy?”. Amy replied “I may have the flu. I am really tired
and feel cold”. Bianca then said, “I just heard in the news that 18% of the people in our
town have flu”. Then Amy asked, “Do I really have the flu?”. What would Bianca reply?

(a) You definitely have the flu

(b) May be Amy. But, perhaps not
(c) You have 18% chance of having flu
(d) Let us hope you do not have the flu

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 13. If the sum of base length (B) and height (H) of a triangle is constant, which of the
following must be true for the area to be at its maximum value?

(a) B=H
(b) B = 2H
(c) B = (0.5)H
(d) B = (0.3)H

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 14. Department of transportation in a city in Brazil has studied the number of cars, buses and
motorcycles that pass a particular junction during peak hours. According to the study the
number of busses, cars, and the motorcycles that cross the junction are 60, 285 and 387,
respectively. Is the following pie chart shows the number of cars, buses and motorcycles
that pass the junction correctly.

(a)Yes

(b) No

(c) may be

(d) cannot be determined

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 15. The following table shows the percentage of buyers of four different brands of bathing
soaps.

Brand A B C D
Percentage
20% 35% 30% 15%
of buyers

If the above data is represented in a pie chart, what is the sector angle of brand D?

(a) 60ᵒ
(b) 72ᵒ
(c) 45ᵒ
(d) 54ᵒ

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 16. A big cube is assembled by gluing 216 unit cubes. If the big cube is cut at 45ᵒ angle
starting from one of its edges how many unit cubes are cut in the process?

(a) 24
(b) 36
(c) 48
(d) 60
(e) 72

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 17. A big cube is assembled by gluing 125 unit cubes. If the big cube is cut at 45ᵒ angle
starting from one of its corners, how many unit cubes are cut in the process?

(a) 30

(b) 25

(c) 20

(d) 15

(e) 10

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 18. If the pattern triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon...continues, it approaches what shape?

(a) A cube
(b) a point
(c) a circle
(d) cannot be determined

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 19. Amy invested $10,000 on a stock. If the value of the stock increases by 2% per year for
the next two years, what will be the value of the stock at the end of second year?

(a) $10,240
(b) $10,400
(c) $10,404
(d) $10,440

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 20. John invested his money on a stock which increased 10% in value in the first year and
lost 20% in value in the second year, what is the net percentage change in the two year
period?

(a) 6 % decrease
(b) 8% decrease
(c) 10% decrease
(d) 12% decrease

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 21. A cube which is painted red is cut into 125 unit cubes. How many of these unit cubes
have two faces painted red?

(a) 27
(b) 36
(c) 44
(d) 54

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 22. A kitchen sink holds 21 gallons. When the faucet is on, it adds 1 gallon of water every 20
seconds. The sink also has an outlet that removes 1 gallon of water every 40 seconds,
after the sink is filled with 18 gallons. Nila turns on the faucet and leaves to watch TV.
How many minutes does it take for the sink to overflow?

(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 5.5

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 23. In which position should the switches S1 and S2 should be for bulb B1 to glow?

(a) Close S1 only

(b) Close S2 only
(c) Close both S1 and S2
(d) All of these

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 24. A spherical shape can be cut 6 times all the way through at any angle. What is the most
number of pieces possible to cut?

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12

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 25. Nina was worried about her chances of getting selected for performing in a school
musical concert. Her friend Valarie told Nina “Don’tt worry Nina, you are one of the best
musicians in our school. Everyone who is good in music in our school gets a chance to
perform in the concert and you will certainly get a chance to perform”. Assuming
Valarie’s statement on Nina’s talent is correct, is her conclusion true?

(a) Cannot be false

(b) Cannot be true
(c) Probably true, but may be false
(d) Probably false, but may be true

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 26. How many of the nets given below can be folded into a cube?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5

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 27. An above-ground swimming pool is in the shape of a regular hexagonal prism and is one
meter high, and holds 75 cubic meters of water. A second pool has a base that is also a
regular hexagon, but with sides twice as long as the sides in the first pool. The second
pool is also one meter high. How much water will the second pool hold?
(a) 75 cubic meters
(b) 150 cubic meters
(c) 300 cubic meters
(d) 600 cubic meters

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 28. Use the table below to answer the question that follows:

Gordon wants to buy three pounds of nuts. Each of the stores above ordinarily sells the nuts for
$4.99 a pound, but is offering a discount this week. At which store can he buy the nuts for the
least amount of money?
(a) Store A
(b) Store B
(c) Store C
(d) Store D

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 29. M is a multiple of 26. Which of the following cannot be true?
(a) M is odd
(b) M is a multiple of 3
(c) M is 26
(d) M is 0

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 30. Two friends had lunch on a two-for-one coupon, plus taxes and a fixed 15% tips on the
food charges. What was their percentage of savings on the transaction?

(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 50%
(d) cannot be determined

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 31. The Eagles just finished a great baseball season, winning 10 more games than they lost.
What was their winning percentage?

(a) 70%
(b) 65%
(c) 60%
(d) cannot be determined

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 32. In the picture given below find the ratio of the red area to the green area as the number of
squares approaches infinity.

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined

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33. Every home in a neighborhood has at least one car. If 24 homes in a neighborhood own at
least one foreign car and 18 homes own at least one American car and 4 homes own both
American and foreign cars, how many homes are in the neighborhood?
(a) 46
(b) 38
(c) 22
(d) cannot be determined

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