PRACTICE TEST 2

Mathematical Reasoning
(Part 1: Non-Calculator)
5 questions
10 minutes*

You may not use a calculator on this section.

*Test-takers are advised to pace themselves by spending no more than 10 to 12 minutes on the non-
calculator portion of the Mathematical Reasoning test so they can move on to the calculator-active portion.

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 Mathematics Formula Sheet

Area

parallelogram: A = bh
1
h(b1 + b2 )
trapezoid: 2

Surface Area and Volume

rectangular/right prism: SA = ph + 2B V = Bh
cylinder: SA = 2πrh + 2πr² V = πr²h

pyramid: SA =
1 V=
1
ps + B Bh
2 3
1 2
cone: SA = πrs + πr² V = ↑r h
3

sphere: SA = 4πr² V=
4 3
↑r
3
(p = perimeter of base B ; π ≈ 3.14)

Algebra
y 2 − y1
slope of a line: m = x − x
2 1

slope-intercept form of the equation of a line: y = mx + b

point-slope form of the equation of a line: y – y1 = m(x – x1)
standard form of a quadratic equation: y = ax²+ bx + c
−b ± b 2 − 4ac
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quadratic formula: y =
2a
Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c²
simple interest: I = prt
(I = interest, p = principal, r = rate, t = time)

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 1. Convert 12 yards 3 feet and 8 inches into A. y

inches.
A. 288
B. 324
C. 468 x

D. 476
(8, –6)
2. Twice a positive integer squared less 3 is 95.
What is the integer?
A. 5 B. y

B. 7
C. 11 (8, –6)

D. 13
x
3. Place the point (8, –6) on the coordinate
plane below.

C. y

x
x

(8, –6)

D. y

(8, –6)

x
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 4. A jacket costing $120 is discounted 20%. 5. Which of the following points lies on the line
After a week, the jacket is discounted another y – 2 = 3(x – 4)?
20% and is sold. What expression below can
be used to calculate the cost for which the A. (4, –2)
jacket was sold? B. (4, 2)
A. (120)(0.40) C. (–4, –2)
B. 120 – 120(0.40) D. (6, –2)
C. 120 – (120)(.20) – [120 – (0.20)
(120)](0.20)
D. 120 – (120)(0.40) – [120 – (120)
(0.40)]
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 PRACTICE TEST 2 (cont’d)

Mathematical Reasoning
(Part 2: Calculator)
46 questions
105 minutes*

You may use a calculator on this section.

*Timing is based on the total available time of 115 minutes for the Mathematical Reasoning test. Test-
takers are advised to spend no more than 10 to 12 minutes on the non-calculator portion so they can invest
more time on the more complex questions that show up in the calculator-active section that follows.

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 6. What is the diameter of a circle that has area 9. A
equal to 484π? Place your answer in the box
below (2x)°

7. Simplify the following expression.

(6x)° (4x)°
12 + 3 27 + 3 B C

A. 108 ABC is what type of triangle?

B. 3 42 A. Obtuse
C. 12 3 B. Equiangular
C. Isosceles
D. 3 3 + 3 27
D. Right
8. Select the correct answer.
10. A 1.5 gallon jug needs to be filled with water.
less than If the jug is filled one pint at a time, how
many pints are needed to fill the jug? Place
equal to your answer in the box below
227 14.637
greater than

less than or 11. Simplify the following expression.

equal to
5 – 2(3 – 5)³ + 2² – (–11)
A. less than
B. equal to A. 20

C. greater than B. 26

D. less than or equal to C. 30

D. 36
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 Questions 12 and 13 refer to the chart below. 14. Which of the following graphs represents the
following inequalities?
Wilson High School 2012 2
y < x−4
Total Students = 1,200 3

11th
y ≥ −3 x + 3
Grade
11% A. y
12th 9th
Grade Grade
12% 30%

x
10th
Grade
47%

B. y
12. The number of 9th graders attending the
high school in 2014 is expected to be 20%
greater than the 2012 total. How many 9th
graders are expected to be at the high school
in 2014? x

A. 422
B. 432
C. 660
D. 900
C. y

13. What is the measure of the central angle cre-

ated by the sum of the 9th and 11th graders?
A. 147.6°
B. 151.2° x

C. 163.7°
D. 180°
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 D. y 17. A board game uses a six-sided die and a
spinner with the colors red, yellow and blue.
What is the probability of throwing a 4 or 6
and spinning red or blue?
2
x A.
3
1
B.
3
2
C.
9
15. A rectangular television screen is sold by
the length of its diagonal. If the diagonal 1
D.
is 45 inches and the height of the screen is 9
27 inches, what is the area of the screen?
18. If x² + 6x = 40, what are the values of x – 6?
A. 972 in²
A. 16, –2
B. 1,008 in²
B. –16, –2
C. 1,215 in²
C. 10, –4
D. 1,620 in²
D. –20, 2
16. Which of the following graphs represents the
compound inequality −8 ≤ 2 x − 8 < 8 ? 19. What is the slope of a line that is perpendicu-
lar to the line 2x – 7y = –37 ?
A.
–8 0 8 2
A.
B. 7
0 8
−2
C. B.
0 8 7
D. 7
C.
0 8 2
−7
D.
2
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 20. t 22. The supplement of an angle is four times
the measure of its complement. What is the
1 2
ℓ measure of the angle?
3 4
Select the correct answer below.
5 6 m less than
7 8

ℓ m the angle’s measure is equal to 60°

If the measure of ∠5 = (3x)° and the measure greater than

of ∠2 = (2x)°, what is the measure of ∠8?
A. 98° 23. The following points lie on a certain line.

B. 102° x y
C. 108° –2 –11
D. 110° 1 –5

21. Elena has an exercise routine in which she 4 1

runs uphill, rests and bikes downhill (not in 6 5
any set order).
What is the equation of the line?
The graph below shows her routine on a
given day. A. y = –4x + 2
B. y = –3x + 3
C. y = 2x – 3
D. y = 2x – 7

24.
Distance

B m

A
C

Time In the figure above, points A, B, and C are

What is the order in which Elena rested, A. Collinear and coplanar
biked, and ran?
B. Collinear only
A. ran, biked, rested C. Non-collinear and coplanar
B. biked, rested, ran D. Adjacent and supplementary
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C. rested, biked, ran

D. ran, rested, biked

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 29. Lori needs an 85% average in her math
25. What is the product of (−2 x 2 y 3 )3 (3 xy 2 )2 ? class to move on to the next class. On her
A. –6x8y13 first three exams, she earned scores of 81%,
78%, and 97%. What must Lori score on her
B. –72x7y10 fourth and final test to earn an 85% grade for
C. 72x7y10 the class?
D. –72x8y13 A. 84%

26. James placed $7,500 in a certificate of B. 86%

deposit (CD) at his local bank. The interest C. 92%
the CD generated was $731.25. If the inter- D. 96%
est rate was 6.5%, for how many months was
the money deposited? 30. What is the perimeter of a square that has an
A. 1.5 area of 1,459.24 square meters?
B. 2.5 A. 164.4 meters
C. 12 B. 152.8 meters
D. 18 C. 144 meters
D. 139.8 meters
27. A rectangle has a diagonal that is 5 inches
long and a height of 1.4 inches. What is the
perimeter of the rectangle? Place your answer Questions 31 and 32 refer to the chart below.
in the box below. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,700 years.
The graph below shows the decay of a 10
A. 8.3 kilogram sample over several thousand years.
B. 10.6
C. 12.4
D. 14.8
10

8
kg

28. What is the solution to the equation 6 (5.700, 5)

x² + 4x – 14 = 0? 4

Round your answer to the nearest tenth. 2

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A. 2.3 0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35
B. –6.3 Years (in thousands)

C. 2.3, –6.3
D. 4.4, –4.1

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 35. What is the slant height of a cone with a
31. What is the best estimate of the weight of the
surface area that measures 435.675 in² and a
carbon-14 sample after 19,000 years?
radius that measures 7.5 inches? (π = 3.14).
A. 1.4 kg
A. 10.6
B. 0.9 kg
B. 11
C. 0.2 kg
C. 11.2
D. 0.08 kg
D. 12.4
32. Approximately how many years have passed
36. The width of a wavelength in the visible light
when the carbon-14 sample decays to 4.1 kg?
region of the electromagnetic spectrum is
less than 4.6 × 10–6 meters. Another wavelength in the
microwave portion of the electromagnetic
7,000 years is equal to carbon decay spectrum has a width of 3.22 × 10–2. How
to 4.1 kg many wavelengths of the visible light, if laid
greater than side to side, would fit within one length of
the microwave wavelength? Express your
33. The scale on a state map of Connecticut indi- answer in scientific notation.
cates that 1 inch = 6.5 miles. If the distance A. 7 × 104
between Bristol and New Haven is 31 miles,
what is the distance on the map? (Round B. 7.2 × 103
your answer to the nearest tenth of an inch.) C. 7 × 103
A. 3.9 inches D. 6.85 × 10–3
B. 4.2 inches 37. A vendor of ornamental rope charges $0.15
C. 4.7 inches per inch or $1.55 per foot. What is the sav-
D. 4.8 inches ings on an order of 7 yards of chain if it is
purchased on a per foot-basis rather than a
34. What is the measure of ∠BOC in the dia- per inch basis?
gram below? Place your answer in the boxes A. $5.25
below (ignore the degrees symbol).
B. $3.75
C. $3.65
B
A D. $2.45

(10x)°
(5x)° (9x)°
C 0 D

A. 35.7°
B. 37.5°
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C. 73.5°
D. 33.2°

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 38. A local fishing pier recorded the following 40. Katie can spend up to $100 on some inex-
catches (in pounds) for a six-day period. pensive skirts. If each skirt costs $8, which of
the following expressions reflects the condi-
Day Weight tions of Katie’s purchase?
1 108 A. s + 8 = 100
2 112 B. s + 8 < 100
3 104 C. 8s < 100
4 109 D. 8s ≤ 100
5 118 41. Simplify the following expression:
6 112 x 3 + 6 x 2 − 16 x
What is the difference between the median x 2 − 2x
and the mean of these weights?
x +8
A.
A. 10 x−2
B. 8 x ( x − 8)
B.
C. 5 x+2
D. 0 C. x + 8
D. x – 2
39. Find the missing y-coordinate if (7, y) and
2 42. 2 x + 2 − 3 = 15
(4, –3) lie on a line that has slope − .
5
Find the value of x and place your answer in
A. 4.8
the box below.
B. –2.6
Place your answer in the box below.
C. –4.2
D. –7.8
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