BSAT2
BSAT2
The graph of the equation is a line in the xy-plane, where a and k are
constants. If the line contains the points and , what is the value
of k ?
A.
B.
C. 2
D. 3
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Hector used a tool called an auger to remove corn from a storage bin at a
constant rate. The bin contained 24,000 bushels of corn when Hector began to
use the auger. After 5 hours of using the auger, 19,350 bushels of corn remained
in the bin. If the auger continues to remove corn at this rate, what is the total
number of hours Hector will have been using the auger when 12,840 bushels of
corn remain in the bin?
A. 3
B. 7
C. 8
D. 12
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A. 16,250
B. 16,500
C. 16,750
D. 17,500
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The cost of renting a backhoe for up to days is for the first day and for each additional day. Which of the
following equations gives the cost , in dollars, of renting the backhoe for days, where is a positive integer and
?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Adam’s school is a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute bus ride away from his house.
The bus runs once every 30 minutes, and the number of minutes, w, that Adam
waits for the bus varies between 0 and 30. Which of the following inequalities
gives the values of w for which it would be faster for Adam to walk to school?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Alan drives an average of 100 miles each week. His car can travel an average of
25 miles per gallon of gasoline. Alan would like to reduce his weekly expenditure
on gasoline by $5. Assuming gasoline costs $4 per gallon, which equation can
Alan use to determine how many fewer average miles, m, he should drive each
week?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A laundry service is buying detergent and fabric softener from its supplier. The
supplier will deliver no more than 300 pounds in a shipment. Each container of
detergent weighs 7.35 pounds, and each container of fabric softener weighs
6.2 pounds. The service wants to buy at least twice as many containers of
detergent as containers of fabric softener. Let d represent the number of
containers of detergent, and let s represent the number of containers of fabric
softener, where d and s are nonnegative integers. Which of the following
systems of inequalities best represents this situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A local transit company sells a monthly pass for $95 that allows an unlimited
number of trips of any length. Tickets for individual trips cost $1.50, $2.50, or
$3.50, depending on the length of the trip. What is the minimum number of trips
per month for which a monthly pass could cost less than purchasing individual
tickets for trips?
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In the xy-plane, line k intersects the y-axis at the point and passes
through the point . If the point lies on line k, what is the value of w
?
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In the given equation, is a constant. The equation has no solution. What is the value of ?
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During a month, Morgan ran r miles at 5 miles per hour and biked b miles at
10 miles per hour. She ran and biked a total of 200 miles that month, and she
biked for twice as many hours as she ran. What is the total number of miles that
Morgan biked during the month?
A. 80
B. 100
C. 120
D. 160
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A number is at most less than times the value of . If the value of is , what is the greatest possible value of ?
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According to data provided by the US Department of Energy, the average price per gallon of regular gasoline in the
United States from September 1, 2014, to December 1, 2014, is modeled by the function F defined below, where
is the average price per gallon x months after September 1.
B. The difference in the average price per gallon from September 1, 2014, to December 1, 2014
A.
B. 0
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C. 5
D. 13
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The points plotted in the coordinate plane above represent the possible numbers
of wallflowers and cornflowers that someone can buy at the Garden Store in
order to spend exactly $24.00 total on the two types of flowers. The price of
each wallflower is the same and the price of each cornflower is the same. What
is the price, in dollars, of 1 cornflower?
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A. , where
B. , where
C. , where
D. , where
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Oil and gas production in a certain area dropped from 4 million barrels in 2000 to
1.9 million barrels in 2013. Assuming that the oil and gas production decreased
at a constant rate, which of the following linear functions f best models the
production, in millions of barrels, t years after the year 2000?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A movie theater sells two types of tickets, adult tickets for $12 and child tickets
for $8. If the theater sold 30 tickets for a total of $300, how much, in dollars, was
spent on adult tickets? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
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A. 0
B.
C.
Clearwater
128,000 950
Lane
Driftwood
176,000 1,310
Drive
Edgemont
70,000 515
Street
Glenview
140,000 1,040
Street
Hamilton
450,000 3,365
Circle
The Townsend Realty Group invested in the five different properties listed in the
table above. The table shows the amount, in dollars, the company paid for each
property and the corresponding monthly rental price, in dollars, the company
charges for the property at each of the five locations. Townsend Realty
purchased the Glenview Street property and received a 40% discount off the
original price along with an additional 20% off the discounted price for
purchasing the property in cash. Which of the following best approximates the
original price, in dollars, of the Glenview Street property?
A. $350,000
B. $291,700
C. $233,300
D. $175,000
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The formula above is Ohm’s law for an electric circuit with current I, in amperes,
potential difference V, in volts, and resistance R, in ohms. A circuit has a
resistance of 500 ohms, and its potential difference will be generated by n six-
volt batteries that produce a total potential difference of volts. If the circuit is
to have a current of no more than 0.25 ampere, what is the greatest number, n, of
six-volt batteries that can be used?
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A. and
B. and
C. and
D. and
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x y
3 7
k 11
12 n
The table above shows the coordinates of three points on a line in the xy-plane,
where k and n are constants. If the slope of the line is 2, what is the value of
?
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A shipping service restricts the dimensions of the boxes it will ship for a certain
type of service. The restriction states that for boxes shaped like rectangular
prisms, the sum of the perimeter of the base of the box and the height of the box
cannot exceed 130 inches. The perimeter of the base is determined using the
width and length of the box. If a box has a height of 60 inches and its length is
2.5 times the width, which inequality shows the allowable width x, in inches, of
the box?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B. 0
C. 1
D. 2
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Store A sells raspberries for per pint and blackberries for per pint. Store B sells raspberries for per
pint and blackberries for per pint. A certain purchase of raspberries and blackberries would cost at Store A
or at Store B. How many pints of blackberries are in this purchase?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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f(x) 21 18 15 12
The table above shows some values of x and their corresponding values
for the linear function f. What is the x-intercept of the graph of in the xy-
plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Ken is working this summer as part of a crew on a farm. He earned $8 per hour
for the first 10 hours he worked this week. Because of his performance, his crew
leader raised his salary to $10 per hour for the rest of the week. Ken saves 90%
of his earnings from each week. What is the least number of hours he must work
the rest of the week to save at least $270 for the week?
A. 38
B. 33
C. 22
D. 16
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Which of the following consists of the y-coordinates of all the points that
satisfy the system of inequalities above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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To earn money for college, Avery works two part-time jobs: A and B. She earns
$10 per hour working at job A and $20 per hour working at job B. In one week,
Avery earned a total of s dollars for working at the two part-time jobs. The graph
above represents all possible combinations of numbers of hours Avery could
have worked at the two jobs to earn s dollars. What is the value of s ?
A. 128
B. 160
C. 200
D. 320
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The line with the equation is graphed in the xy‑plane. What is the
x-coordinate of the x‑intercept of the line?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The table above gives the typical amounts of energy per gram, expressed in both
food calories and kilojoules, of the three macronutrients in food. If the 180 food
calories in a granola bar come entirely from p grams of protein, f grams of fat,
and c grams of carbohydrate, which of the following expresses f in terms of p
and c ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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B. The weight, in newtons, of an object that will stretch the spring 30 centimeters
C. The increase in the weight, in newtons, of the object for each one-centimeter increase in the length of the spring
D. The increase in the length, in centimeters, of the spring for each one-newton increase in the weight of the object
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A. None
B. I only
C. I and II only
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C. 0
D. 2
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How many liters of a 25% saline solution must be added to 3 liters of a 10%
saline solution to obtain a 15% saline solution?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
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In the -plane, a line with equation intersects a parabola at exactly one point. If the parabola has equation
, where is a positive constant, what is the value of ?
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The given function models the number of advertisements a company sent to its clients each year, where represents
the number of years since , and . If is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following is the
best interpretation of the y-intercept of the graph in this context?
A. The minimum estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients during the years was .
B. The minimum estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients during the years was .
C. The estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients in was .
D. The estimated number of advertisements the company sent to its clients in was .
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A. 18
B. 20
C. 24
D. 40
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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During a 5-second time interval, the average acceleration a, in meters per second
squared, of an object with an initial velocity of 12 meters per second is defined
B. The unit price, in dollars, of the product that will result in maximum revenue
C. The unit price, in dollars, of the product that will result in a revenue of $0
The equation above is true for all , where r and t are positive
constants. What is the value of rt ?
A.
B. 15
C. 20
D. 60
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Growth of a Culture of Bacteria
Number of bacteria per
Day
milliliter at end of day
A. Day 5
B. Day 9
C. Day 11
D. Day 12
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A. 2
B.
C.
D.
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A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
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In the equation above, t is a constant. If the equation has no real solutions, which
of the following could be the value of t ?
A.
B.
C. 1
D. 3
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The given expression can be rewritten as , where is a constant. What is the value of ?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The function is defined by , where and are positive constants. The graph of in the -
plane passes through the points ( , ) and ( , ). What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The function h is defined above, where a, b, and c are integer constants. If the
zeros of the function are 6, and 7, what is the value of c ?
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In a study of cell phone use, 799 randomly selected US teens were asked how
often they talked on a cell phone and about their texting behavior. The data are
summarized in the table above. Based on the data from the study, an estimate of
the percent of US teens who are heavy texters is 30% and the associated margin
of error is 3%. Which of the following is a correct statement based on the given
margin of error?
A. Approximately 3% of the teens in the study who are classified as heavy texters are not really heavy texters.
B. It is not possible that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is less than 27%.
D. It is doubtful that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 35%.
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Day
2 3 4 6 2 3 20
1
Day
2 3 5 5 4 1 20
2
Day
3 3 4 5 3 2 20
3
Total 7 9 13 16 9 6 60
The same 20 contestants, on each of 3 days, answered 5 questions in order to win a prize. Each contestant received 1
point for each correct answer. The number of contestants receiving a given score on each day is shown in the table
above.
No contestant received the same score on two different days. If a contestant is
selected at random, what is the probability that the selected contestant received
a score of 5 on Day 2 or Day 3, given that the contestant received a score of 5 on
one of the three days?
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Jennifer bought a box of Crunchy Grain cereal. The nutrition facts on the box
state that a serving size of the cereal is cup and provides 210 calories, 50 of
which are calories from fat. In addition, each serving of the cereal provides 180
milligrams of potassium, which is 5% of the daily allowance for adults. If p
percent of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium is provided by x servings of
Crunchy Grain cereal per day, which of the following expresses p in terms of x ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Views on Nuclear Energy
Use
Response Frequency
Strongly
56
favor
Somewhat
214
favor
Somewhat
104
oppose
Strongly
37
oppose
A researcher interviewed 411 randomly selected US residents and asked about their views on the use of nuclear energy.
The table above summarizes the responses of the interviewees. If the population of the United States was 300 million
when the survey was given, based on the sample data for the 411 US residents, what is the best estimate, in millions, of
the difference between the number of US residents who somewhat favor or strongly favor the use of nuclear energy and
the number of those who somewhat oppose or strongly oppose it? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
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Subscriptions
Year
sold
2012 5,600
2013 5,880
The manager of an online news service received the report above on the number
of subscriptions sold by the service. The manager estimated that the percent
increase from 2012 to 2013 would be double the percent increase from 2013 to
2014. How many subscriptions did the manager expect would be sold in 2014?
A. 6,020
B. 6,027
C. 6,440
D. 6,468
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The line graph shows the total amount of snow, in inches, recorded each year in
Washington, DC, from 2003 to 2015. If is the percent decrease in the annual
snowfall from 2003 to 2007, what is the value of p ?
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Blood type
Rhesus factor A B AB O
33 9 3 37
7 2 1 x
Human blood can be classified into four common blood types—A, B, AB, and O. It
is also characterized by the presence or absence of the rhesus factor.
The table above shows the distribution of blood type and rhesus factor for a
group of people. If one of these people who is rhesus negative is chosen at
random, the probability that the person has blood type B is . What is the value
of x ?
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A data set of 27 different numbers has a mean of 33 and a median of 33. A new
data set is created by adding 7 to each number in the original data set that is
greater than the median and subtracting 7 from each number in the original data
set that is less than the median. Which of the following measures does NOT
have the same value in both the original and new data sets?
A. Median
B. Mean
D. Standard deviation
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Species of Growth
tree factor
Cottonwood 2.0
Shagbark
7.5
hickory
A. 1.0
B. 1.2
C. 1.3
D. 1.4
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A. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.
B. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.49 dollars.
C. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.
D. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.488 dollars.
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Value Frequency
1 a
2 2a
3 3a
4 2a
5 a
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
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Two different teams consisting of 10 members each ran in a race. Each member’s completion time of the race was
recorded. The mean of the completion times for each team was calculated and is shown below.
Team A: 3.41 minutes
Team B: 3.79 minutes
A. III only
The mean score of 8 players in a basketball game was 14.5 points. If the highest
individual score is removed, the mean score of the remaining 7 players becomes
12 points. What was the highest score?
A. 20
B. 24
C. 32
D. 36
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The scatterplot above shows a company’s ice cream sales d, in dollars, and the
high temperature t, in degrees Celsius (°C), on 12 different days. A line of best fit
for the data is also shown. Which of the following could be an equation of the
line of best fit?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Power capacity
State
Low Medium High Total
Texas 4 2 3 9
California 1 0 1 2
Oregon 1 0 1 2
Indiana 0 2 0 2
Colorado 1 1 0 2
Iowa 2 0 0 2
Oklahoma 1 0 0 1
Total 10 5 5 20
The table shows the distribution, by location and power capacity (maximum rate
of power generation) of the twenty largest wind projects in the United States in
2013. The total power capacity of the nine wind projects located in Texas was
4,952 megawatts (MW), and the total power capacity of the twenty wind projects
was 11,037 MW in 2013. The amount of energy produced in one hour at a rate of
one megawatt is one megawatt-hour. If each of the nine Texas wind projects in
2013 had operated continuously for 24 hours at the maximum rate of power
generation, approximately how many megawatt-hours of energy would the nine
projects have produced?
A. 200
B. 5,000
C. 11,000
D. 120,000
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According to a set of standards, a certain type of substance can contain a maximum of phosphorus by mass. If
a sample of this substance has a mass of grams, what is the maximum mass, in grams, of phosphorus the sample
can contain to meet these standards?
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Two investments were made as shown in the table above. The interest in
Account A is compounded once per year. Which of the following is true about
the investments?
C. Account A earns more money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns less money per year.
D. Account A earns less money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns more money per year.
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The scatterplot above shows the size x and the sale price y of 25 houses for sale
in Town H. Which of the following could be an equation for a line of best fit for
the data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Intersecting lines r, s, and t are shown below.
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A graphic designer is creating a logo for a company. The logo is shown in the
figure above. The logo is in the shape of a trapezoid and consists of
three congruent equilateral triangles. If the perimeter of the logo is
20 centimeters, what is the combined area of the shaded regions, in square
centimeters, of the logo?
A.
B.
C.
D. 16
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A. 2.2
B. 2.3
C. 2.4
D. 2.5
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A circle in the xy-plane has its center at . Line is tangent to this circle at the point . What is the
slope of line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.