Similar Triangles

1.

The diagram above shows similar triangles ACE and BCD.

If segment DC is 50 percent longer than segment BD, how long is
segment DE?

2.
Triangle ABC above has

an area of 150 square units. If lengths

AB = AH = 20, then what is the length of HG ?

A. 5
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20

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3.

Triangle LOW is shown in the figure above, where segment H I is the

bisector of both segments LO and OW. Given that LW = 30 and
H I = 4x 1, what is the value of x?

A. 3.5
B. 4
C. 7.75
D. 8

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4.
Right triangle DEF is similar to right triangle ABC, and both are plot-
ted on a coordinate plane (not shown). The vertices of triangle DEF are
D(3, 2), E(3, 1), and F( 1, 1). The vertices that form triangle ABC 0 s
longer leg are ( 8, 3) and (8, 3). If vertex A is in the same quadrant
of the coordinate plane as vertex D, what is the y-coordinate of vertex
A?

5.

In the figure above BD || AE, and AB = 5. If BC is three times AB, and

if CD is 2 more than half AC, then what is the length of segment DE ?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

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Pythagorean Theorem

6.

A tourist ranch built the horse-riding trail shown in the figure. The trail
takes a rider from the ranch to an old watering hole, then to a historic
barn, and finally to a campsite where riders can spend the night. If a
rider took a horse on a direct path from the ranch to the campsite, how
much shorter, in miles, would the trip be?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 17
D. 23
7.
When Ted earned his driver’s license, he wanted his first solo drive to
be to a friend’s house. Previously, Ted had always biked to his friend’s
house and was able to cut through the yards of neighbors to travel in
a straight line. In his car, however, Ted travels a longer distance as he
follows the streets. As a result, he travels 6 miles east, 6 miles south,
and 2 more miles east by car. How much shorter, in miles, is Ted’s bike
route than his car route?

8.
During a camping trip, Aundria and Annette decide to travel to their
campsite using two different routes. Aundria takes the hiking trail that
travels 5 miles south, 6 miles east, 7 miles south, and 2 miles west to
the campsite; Annette uses the cross-country route that starts at the
same point as the hiking trail but goes in a straight line from there to
the campsite. About how many miles total will the two travel?

A. 32.65
B. 33.42
C. 34.00
D. 34.42

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9.
The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are 3x and x + 1.
The hypotenuse is 3x + 1. What is the value of x ?

10.

In the figure above, E is the center of the semicircle and AE = EC.

If AB = 5 and BC = 12, then what is the area of the semicircle?

A. 13p
B. 26p
169
C. p
4
169
D. p
8

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Special Right Triangles

11.

What is the area of triangle DAB?

p
A. 3 2
B. 8
C. 12
p
D. 20 2

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13.

Jonas plans to paint the top face of three corner shelves, one of which
is shown above. If the longest side of one shelf is 10 inches, what is the
total surface area, in square inches, Jonas needs to paint?

A. 25
B. 50
C. 75
D. 100
14.

15.
A theater is building a portable ramp to allow equipment and people
easy access to the stage, which is 2 meters high. If the ramp is 4 meters
long, what is the angle of the incline in degrees?

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Circles
16.

Which of the following represents the equation of the circle shown

above?
A. (x 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 6
B. (x + 1)2 + (y 2)2 = 6
C. (x 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 36
D. (x + 1)2 + (y 2)2 = 36

17.

x2 + 6x + y2 8y = 171

The equation of a circle in the xy plane is shown above. What is the

positive difference between the x and y coordinates of the center of
the circle?

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18.

x2 + y2 + 8x 20y = 28

What is the diameter of the circle given by the equation above?

A. 12
B. 24
C. 28
D. 56

19.
A circle in the xy plane is defined by the equation

(x 4)2 + (y + 2)2 = 100.

Which of the following points is located on the circumference of the

circle?

A. ( 3, 5)
B. (0, 9)
C. (4, 2)
D. (4, 8)

Arc Length and Sectors

20.

In the figure above, circle O has a radius of 120 centimeters. If the

length of minor arc AOB is 200 centimeters, what is the measure of
minor angle AOB, to the nearest tenth of a degree?

A. 95.5
B. 98.2
C. 102.1
D. 105.4

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21.

In the figure above, the ratio of the shaded area to the non-shaded area
is 4 to 5. What is the value of x, in degrees?

A. 135
B. 145
C. 160
D. 170
22.

In the figure above, points J, K, L, and M lie on the circle. If the measure
of arc KML is 150 , what is the value of x?

A. 12
B. 15
C. 30
D. 60

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In the figure above, points W, X, Y, and Z lie on the circle. The measure
of arc YXW is 180 , and the measure of arcs XY and YZ each is 60 .
If YZ = 3, then what is the length of WX ?

p
A. 3
B. 3
p
C. 3 3
D. 6
24.

In the figure above, BC is the diameter of the circle. If the measure of

arc AC is 30 , then what is the measure of minor arc BA, in radians?

p
A.
2
2p
B.
3
3p
C.
4
5p
D.
6

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Three-Dimensional Figures

25.
Two ornamental glass spheres have diameters of 6 inches and 12 inches,
respectively. What is the positive difference in their volumes?

A. 36p
B. 252p
C. 288p
D. 2, 016p
26.
Alma pours water into a small cylindrical glass with a height of 6
inches and a diameter of 3 inches. The water fills the glass to the very
top, so she decides to pour it into a bigger glass that is 8 inches tall
and 4 inches in diameter. Assuming Alma doesn’t spill any when she
pours, how many inches high will the water reach in the bigger glass?

A. 1.5
B. 2.25
C. 3.375
D. 6.0

27.

If the volume of the pyramid shown in the figure above can be repre-
sented by the function V(x) = x3 x, which of the following expres-
sions represents the pyramid’s height?

A. x
B. 2x
C. x 1
D. x 3

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28.

A pet store decided to begin selling fish, so the manager purchased 50

of the fish tanks shown above to hold the fish. The staff need to fill the
bottom two inches of each tank with sand, which comes only in full-
size 40-pound bags. If 1 cubic inch of sand weighs 2 ounces, how many
bags of sand does the pet store need to buy? (There are 16 ounces in 1
pound.)

A. 45
B. 68
C. 84
D. 125

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29.

In the figure above, a cylindrical candle with a diameter of 2 inches

and height of 8 inches sits within a rectangular glass box. The box is
the same height as the candle and the area of the base of the box is 15
square inches. If Felipe wants to fill the space between the candle and
the box with wax, how many cubic inches of wax does he need?

A. 120 8p
B. 120 32p
C. 225 8p
D. 225 32p
30.

In the figure above, a square is inscribed in a circle, and the area of the
square is 400 square units. What is the area of the circle in square units?

A. 50p
B. 100p
C. 200p
D. 400p

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