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 EXAM 3
1. In the figure below, ABC is right triangle at which its base is on a side of each
square. If the sides of the squares are 6, 4 and 2 respectively.
What is the area (square units) of the shaded region?

A) B) C) D)

2. A ball is dropped from a height of 5 m. Each time it bounces it reaches 0.6 times
its previous height. How many times must the ball bounce until its height reaches
less than 50 cm?
A) 5 times B) 6 times C) 3 times D) 10 times

3. I want to purchase a famous Iran carpet for my room. The carpet is 2.75 m wide
and 3.25 m long, and the cost is $15.5 per square meter. How much should be my
budget to buy carpet?
A) $130 B) $120 C) $100 D) $140

4. An investigation of a number car accidents showed the following:

13 accidents involved alcohol and excessive speed,
21 accidents involved alcohol,
12 accident involved excessive speed but not alcohol, and
19 of the accidents involved neither alcohol nor excessive speed.
How many accidents were investigated?
 A) 44 B) 46 C) 52 D) 65
5. Calculate:

A) B) C) D)

6.

The perimeter of the rectangular table above left is equal to the perimeter of the
square table at the right. Find the side length of the square table.

A) 52 B) 105 C) 210 D) 110

7. This graph shows the temperature in 0C from 2 am to 3 pm on a cold day. How

many degrees colder was it at 5 am than at 1 pm?
A) 110C B) 7 0C C) 3 0C D) 4 0C
8. Find x.

A) -1 B) 1 C) 3 D) 2

9. Calculate .

A) 31 B) 5 C) -8 D) 1

10. Calculate.

A) 0 B) 6006 C) 1 D) -1

11. Calculate .

A) B) C) D)

12. Calculate .

A) -3 B) 1 C) 2 D) -1
 13. Kevin found a cubic box with an open top. Each side is 8 cm long. If he fills
this box with identical cubes with 2𝑐𝑚×2𝑐𝑚×2𝑐𝑚, how many of these cubes will
be touching the box?

A) 40 B) 48 C) 52 D) 56

14. At the end of a banquet, 6 people shake hands with each other. How many
handshakes will there be in total?

A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18

15. If the lines 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 31 and 𝑦 =− 2𝑥 − 25 intersect at point(ℎ, 𝑘), what

is the value of k?

A) -7 B) 9 C) -8 D) -9

16. A restaurant has two types of tables, rectangular ones that can each seat 4
people and circular tables that can each seat 8 people. If all 30 tables at the
restaurant can seat 144 people exactly, how many rectangular tables does the
restaurant have?

A) 12 B) 16 C) 20 D) 24

17. A train travels from town A to town B at an average speed of 70 km/h. On the
return journey, the train travels at an average speed of 80 km/h. If the total travel
times for the round trip is 5 hours, what is the distance between the two towns to
the nearest natural number?

A) 187 km B) 157 km C) 177 km D) 167 km

18. A triangle has side lengths of 6 cm, 9 cm and 12 cm. Is it a right triangle? If
yes, which of those lengths is hypotenuse?

A) Yes, 12 cm B) No C) Yes, 6 cm D) Yes, 9 cm

19. If {2𝑥 – 3𝑦 = 6 3𝑥 – 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 9 then 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧

A) 8 B) 5 C) 3 D) 1
20. In a class of 25 students, the average score on a final test calculated for 20
students was 75. Five students missed the test day with cold symptoms and were
scheduled for a make-up. The average score of these five students was eventually
80. What is the average score of the class?

A) 80 B) 79 C) 78 D) 76

21.
x f(x)
0 m
1 40
2 n

If f(x) is a linear function defined according to the table above, what is the value
of m + n?

A) 160 B) 40 C) 120 D) 80

𝑎𝑛−3
22. A sequence is defined by 𝑎0 = 0 and 𝑎𝑛+1 = 𝑎𝑛−2
for all integers n ≥ 0 and
𝑎𝑛≠2 for all natural numbers n. Find the 𝑎2020.

3
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2
D) none of these

3 4
23. If 𝑛 = 𝑥 and 𝑛 = 20𝑥, where 𝑛 > 0, what is the value of 𝑥?

A) 20 B) 400 C) 4000 D) 8000

24. A 3×4×5 solid block is made up of 1×1×1 unit cubes. The outside surface of
the block is painted black. How many unit cubes have exactly one face painted
black?

A) 16 B) 18 C) 20 D) 22

25. Determine the inequality corresponding to the graph.

A) 𝑦 − 3𝑥 + 6≥0
B) 𝑦 − 3𝑥 + 6≤0
C) 0. 5𝑥 − 1≥𝑦
D) 0. 5𝑥 − 1≤𝑦
26. If ABC is a straight line as shown in the figure below, and the angles x° and y°
are integer multiples of 20, what is the value of x°?

A) 20° B) 40° C) 60° D) 80°

27. The chemical solution contains 40% salts. If you add 120 g of salt, the solution
will contain 70% salt. Find the mass of salt in the initial solution.

A) 50 𝑔 B) 42 𝑔 C) 40 𝑔 D) 48 𝑔

1/2 1/3 1/6

28. Which of the following shows the numbers 2 , 3 and 6 in increasing
order?

1/2 1/3 1/6

A) 2 < 3 < 6

1/6 1/3 1/2

B) 6 < 3 <2

1/6 1/2 1/3

C) 6 < 2 <3

1/3 1/2 1/6

D) 3 <2 <6

29. Find the area of the shaded region.

 3 2 1
A) 1 B) 2
C) 3
D) 2

30. Side of the square is 8 cm. If the two semicircles are identical, find the area of
the shaded circle.

2 2
A) 11. 56π 𝑐𝑚 B) 10. 89π 𝑐𝑚
2 2
C) 10. 24π 𝑐𝑚 D) 9. 61π 𝑐𝑚

31. If x, y, x+y and x-y are not zero, then simplify the expression

A) B) C) D)

32. If where y ≠ 2, then evaluate the expression .

A) 5 B) 4 C) 3 D) 2

33. If , then evaluate .

A) B) C) D)
34. ABC is a triangle, |AE| = |AF| and

∠ BAD = 60o

∠ADB = 70o

∠ ACB =50o

Find x .

A) 20° B) 30° C) 50° D) 35°

35. Simplify .

A) B) C) D)

36. If and , then find .

A) -4 B) -1 C) 2 D) 6

37. In a class of 25 students, 20 study physics, 15 study chemistry and 10 study

both subjects. How many students study only one of the two subjects?

A) 20 B) 10 C) 15 D) 25

38. Find the height of the table.

A) 54 cm B) 81 cm C) 127 cm D) 254 cm
39. Find the value of x.

A) B) C) D)

40. Find x×y , if where x, y are natural numbers.

A) 35 B) 63 C) 48 D) 24