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1. Consider the 3 statements below to be true. 4. Joan’s dining room table is a rectangle with length 60” and width
All members of the Baker family like turkey. 40”. What is the area of her tabletop, in in​2​?
Josie does NOT like turkey. A. 1.5
Josh is a member of the Baker family. B. 24
Which of the following statements is necessarily true? C. 100
A. Josie is a member of the Baker family that doesn’t like turkey. D. 200
B. Josie is a member of the Baker family that does like turkey. E. 2400
C. Josh is not a member of the Baker family. 5. If the younger children in Joan’s family eat Thanksgiving dinner at
D. Josh likes turkey. a separate round table with a circumference of 94.2 inches, what
E. Josh does not like turkey. is the table’s diameter? (Use 3.14 for ​𝜋​.)
2. The grocery store is running a special on packs of rolls. Before A. 5.5
sales tax, a pack of rolls costs $3.00. When you buy 3 packs, you B. 11
receive 1 additional pack free. What is the average cost per pack C. 15
for the 4 packs of rolls before sales tax is added? D. 20
A. $2.15 E. 30
B. $2.25 6. Pies ordered by close of business on the Tuesday of Thanksgiving
C. $2.75 week cost $15 each, but $20 each if ordered on Wednesday of
D. $3.00 Thanksgiving. The bakery’s goal is to sell at least $500 in pies by
E. $4.00 Thanksgiving. If 25 pies are sold at the $15 advance price, what is
3. The price of a turkey is directly proportional to its weight. If a the minimum number of pies they must sell on Wednesday to
turkey that weighs 12 lbs. costs $19.20, how much will a 16 lb. make their goal?
turkey cost? A. 6
A. $14.40 B. 7
B. $16.00 C. 8
C. $23.20 D. 20
D. $25.60 E. 25
E. $30.72

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Use the following data for questions 7 and 8: 11. The ​Mayflower​, the ship that transported the Pilgrims from
Julie is running a Black Friday Sale at her boutique. She has sold England to the New World, carried approximately 102 passengers
15 pairs of earrings that she purchased at wholesale for $3 each. plus 30 crew for a total of 132. What is the closest approximation
to the percent of total occupants on the boat that were crew?
7. If Julie has made a profit of $75, which algebraic equation could A. 21.3%
be used to determine what she charged for each pair of earrings, B. 22.7%
x? C. 29.4%
A. 15(x - 3) = 75 D. 30.0%
B. 3(75 - 15x) = 0 E. 77.3%
C. 75(x - 3) = 15 12. The cabin for Master Christopher Jones of the ​Mayflower was 10
D. 15(x + 3) = 75 feet by 7 feet, while the passenger cabins were a total of 25 feet
E. 3(x - 15) = 75 by 15 feet. What is the difference in the areas of these locations
8. What price per earring did Julie charge? of the ship, in feet​2​?
A. $3.33 A. 23
B. $5.00 B. 46
C. $8.00 C. 70
D. $15.00 D. 305
E. $15.33 E. 375
9. Of the 75 customers waiting in line for a department store to open 13. Cooper throws his frozen turkey in the annual Turkey Toss
for Black Friday Sales, approximately​ ⅗ ​are headed to the shoe competition. If graphed, the path of the turkey takes the shape of
​ ​ of those are planning to
department first and approximately​ ⅔ a downward facing parabola similar to f(x) = -x​2 + 3x. What is
purchase boots. Which of the following is the closest estimate for f(2) = ?
how many shoppers are planning to purchase boots first? A. -2
A. 15 B. 1
B. 30 C. 2
C. 40 D. 7
D. 45 E. 8
E. 60 14. If the turkey’s path was represented by f(x) = -x​2 + 6x, at what
10. A platter loaded with sliced ham and turkey could be represented point, x, does the maximum height of the turkey occur?
as a circle in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, as x​2 + y​2 = 25. A. 3
What is the area of this circle? B. 4
A. 5𝝅 C. 5
B. 12.5𝝅 D. 6
C. 15𝝅 E. Unable to determine from this data
D. 20𝝅
E. 25𝝅

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15. Mark added a ramp outside his 18. An oversized Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon is parallel to the
mom’s house to help family level ground. One of the taut tether lines 75 feet long is attached
members get into the house easier to the center of the balloon and is held by a volunteer at an angle
with their Thanksgiving dishes. If of 50​o​, as shown. Which of the
the ramp is 5 feet long and covers following expressions gives the
4 feet along the level ground, as distance, in feet, from the center of
shown, how many feet high is the the balloon to the ground, y?
highest point on the ramp? A. 75 cos 50​o
o
A. 2 B. sin7550
B. 3
C. 4 C. sin7550o
D. 5 D. cos 50​o​ - 75
E. 9 E. 75 sin 50​o
16. For Black Friday shopping, Kristen drew a map of the departments 19. For Thanksgiving dessert, there are 3 pies, 4 cakes, 2 types of
of the toy store in which she wanted to visit looking for special cookies, and 1 plate of brownies. To determine which dessert
discount offers. If points represent the departments and the line Grayson will eat, he decides to write each dessert option on a slip
connecting 2 points is represented by the equation -2x + 6y = 3 , of paper (10 total) and randomly choose 1 slip of paper. What is
what is the slope of the line? the probability of him choosing a slip of paper with a cake written
A. -3 on it?
B. -⅓ A. 1
10
C. ⅓ 1
B.
D. ½ 4
2
E. 3 C. 5
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17. Sam drove home for the Thanksgiving break. She left at 6 AM on D. 5
Tuesday and arrived at 5 PM that afternoon. She took a total of 1 E. 7
10
hour in driving breaks (eating lunch, getting gas, etc.) during the
20. Over the Thanksgiving break, Emilee worked on her math
drive home. If she drove 650 miles total, what was her average
homework related to imaginary numbers. She reviewed that
speed in miles/hour?
i​2​ = -1. So, what is (3 - i)​2​ = ?
A. 54
A. 8 - 6i
B. 59
B. 9 - 6i
C. 65
C. 9 + i​2
D. 72
D. 9 - i​2
E. 75
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