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The front of a roller-coaster car is at the bottom of a hill and is 15 feet
above the ground. If the front of the roller-coaster car rises at a constant
rate of 8 feet per second, which of the following equations gives the height
h, in feet, of the front of the roller-coaster car s seconds after it starts up
the hill?
A.
B.

C.
D.
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If f is the function defined by ,
what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C. 3
D. 9
Question ID 6863c7ce 1.3

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The given equation represents the distance , in inches, where represents the number of seconds since an
object started moving. Which of the following is the best interpretation of in this context?
A. The object moved a total of inches.
B. The object moved a total of inches.
C. The object is moving at a rate of inches per second.
D. The object is moving at a rate of inches per second.
Question ID bf36c815 1.4

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The function g is defined by .
What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 3f5375d9 1.5

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The line graphed in the xy-plane below models the total cost, in dollars, for a cab ride, y, in a certain city
during nonpeak hours based on the number of miles traveled, x.

According to the graph, what is the cost for each additional mile traveled, in
dollars, of a cab ride?
A. $2.00
B. $2.60
C. $3.00
D. $5.00
Question ID 13294295 1.6

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The graph shown models the number of candy bars a certain machine wraps with a label in seconds.

According to the graph, what is the estimated number of candy bars the machine wraps with a label per second?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 12983c1e 1.7

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Some values of the linear function f are shown in the table above.
Which of the following defines f ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID f79fffba 1.8

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The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 3462d850 1.9

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Marisol drove 3 hours from City A to City B. The equation below estimates the distance d, in miles, Marisol
traveled after driving for t hours.

Which of the following does 45 represent in the equation?

A. Marisol took 45 trips from City A to City B.
B. The distance between City A and City B is 45 miles.
C. Marisol drove at an average speed of about 45 miles per hour.
D. It took Marisol 45 hours to drive from City A to City B.
Question ID 255996a6 1.10

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In the equation above, T represents Brittany’s total take-home pay, in

dollars, for her first week of work, where h represents the number of hours
she worked that week and 1,000 represents a sign-on bonus. If Brittany’s
total take-home pay was $1,576, for how many hours was Brittany paid for
her first week of work?
A. 16
B. 32
C. 55
D. 88
Question ID a1696f3e 1.11

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The function is defined as , where a is a constant. If
, what is the value of a ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 13909d78 1.12

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The function is defined by the equation . What is the value of when ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID de6fe450 1.13

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On January 1, 2015, a city’s minimum hourly wage was $9.25. It will increase
by $0.50 on the first day of the year for the next 5 years. Which of the
following functions best models the minimum hourly wage, in dollars, x
years after January 1, 2015, where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID cee5b352 1.14

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The length, , of a white whale was when it was born and increased an average of
per month for the first months after it was born. Which equation best represents this situation, where is the
number of months after the whale was born and is the length, in , of the whale?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 81390d6c 1.15

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The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 2eef7e61 1.16

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The graph of the function f is a line in the xy-plane. If the line has slope
and , which of the following defines f?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 0ea7ef01 1.17

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Oxygen gas is placed inside a tank with a constant volume. The graph shows the estimated temperature , in
kelvins, of the oxygen gas when its pressure is atmospheres.

What is the estimated temperature, in kelvins, of the oxygen gas when its pressure is atmospheres?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 1ecaa9c0 1.18

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Robert rented a truck to transport materials he purchased from a hardware
store. He was charged an initial fee of $20.00 plus an additional $0.70 per
mile driven. If the truck was driven 38 miles, what was the total amount
Robert was charged?
A. $46.60
B. $52.90
C. $66.90
D. $86.50
Question ID 8643d906 1.19

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The population of snow leopards in a certain area can be modeled by the

function P defined above, where is the population t years after 1990.
Of the following, which is the best interpretation of the equation
?
A. The snow leopard population in this area is predicted to be 30 in the year 2020.
B. The snow leopard population in this area is predicted to be 30 in the year 2030.
C. The snow leopard population in this area is predicted to be 550 in the year 2020.
D. The snow leopard population in this area is predicted to be 550 in the year 2030.
Question ID a8e6bd75 1.20

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Which of the following is the graph of the equation
in the xy-plane?
A.

B.

C.

D.
Question ID e62cfe5f 2.1

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According to a model, the head width, in millimeters, of a worker bumblebee
can be estimated by adding 0.6 to four times the body weight of the bee, in
grams. According to the model, what would be the head width, in
millimeters, of a worker bumblebee that has a body weight of 0.5 grams?
Question ID 7e3f8363 2.2

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In the xy-plane, the graph of the linear function contains the points and . Which equation defines
, where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 620fe971 2.3

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A team of workers has been moving cargo off of a ship. The equation below models the approximate
number of tons of cargo, y, that remains to be moved x hours after the team started working.

The graph of this equation in the xy-plane is a line. What is the best
interpretation of the x-intercept in this context?
A. The team will have moved all the cargo in about 4.8 hours.
B. The team has been moving about 4.8 tons of cargo per hour.
C. The team has been moving about 25 tons of cargo per hour.
D. The team started with 120 tons of cargo to move.
Question ID 5cf1bbc9 2.4

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The graph of the function , where , gives the total cost , in dollars, for a certain video game system
and games. What is the best interpretation of the slope of the graph in this context?
A. Each game costs .
B. The video game system costs .
C. The video game system costs .
D. Each game costs .
Question ID dae126d7 2.5

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The boiling point of water at sea level is 212 degrees Fahrenheit . For
every 550 feet above sea level, the boiling point of water is lowered by
about . Which of the following equations can be used to find the boiling
point B of water, in , x feet above sea level?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 271f7e3f 2.6

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For the function f defined above, what is the

value of ?
A.
B.

C.

D.
Question ID c651cc56 2.7

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Some values of the linear function f are shown in the table

above. What is the value of ?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Question ID c22b5f25 2.8

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In the xy-plane, the points and lie on the graph of
which of the following linear functions?
A.

B.
C.

D.
Question ID 11e1ab81 2.9

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The graph above shows the distance traveled d, in feet, by a product on a

conveyor belt m minutes after the product is placed on the belt. Which of
the following equations correctly relates d and m ?
A.

B.
C.
D.
Question ID 4fe4fd7c 2.10

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A company’s total cost , in dollars, to produce x shirts is given by the

function above, where m is a constant and . The total cost to produce
100 shirts is $800. What is the total cost, in dollars, to produce 1000 shirts?
(Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
Question ID 3122fc7b 2.11

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A linear model estimates the population of a city from to . The model estimates the population was
thousand in , thousand in , and thousand in . To the nearest whole number, what is the value
of ?
Question ID c01f4a95 2.12

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For the linear function , is a constant and . What is the value of ?

Question ID 868fc236 2.13

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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 x
food calories is equivalent to k kilojoules, of the following, which best
represents the relationship between x and k ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 042aa429 2.14

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If and , what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 113b938e 2.15

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The equation above represents the speed y, in feet per second, of Sheila’s
bicycle x seconds after she applied the brakes at the end of a ride. If the
equation is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following is the best
interpretation of the x-coordinate of the line’s x-intercept in the context of
the problem?
A. The speed of Sheila’s bicycle, in feet per second, before Sheila applied the brakes
B. The number of feet per second the speed of Sheila’s bicycle decreased each second after Sheila applied the
brakes
C. The number of seconds it took from the time Sheila began applying the brakes until the bicycle came to a
complete stop
D. The number of feet Sheila’s bicycle traveled from the time she began applying the brakes until the bicycle
came to a complete stop
Question ID 441558e7 2.16

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Scientists collected fallen acorns that each housed a colony of the ant species P. ohioensis and analyzed each
colony's structure. For any of these colonies, if the colony has worker ants, the equation ,
where , gives the predicted number of larvae, , in the colony. If one of these colonies has
worker ants, which of the following is closest to the predicted number of larvae in the colony?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 8a6de407 2.17

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The function f is defined by , where m and b are constants. If
and , what is the value of m ?
Question ID 41fdc0b8 2.18

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The table above shows the population of Greenleaf, Idaho, for the years 2000 and 2010. If the relationship
between population and year is linear, which of the following functions P models the population of Greenleaf t
years after 2000?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Question ID 2b15d65f 3.1

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An economist modeled the demand Q for a certain product as a linear
function of the selling price P. The demand was 20,000 units when the
selling price was $40 per unit, and the demand was 15,000 units when the
selling price was $60 per unit. Based on the model, what is the demand, in
units, when the selling price is $55 per unit?
A. 16,250
B. 16,500
C. 16,750
D. 17,500
Question ID be9cb6a2 3.2

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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.
Question ID b988eeec 3.3

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The functions and are defined as and . If the function is defined as
, what is the x-coordinate of the x-intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane?
Question ID af2ba762 3.4

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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.

The constant 2.74 in this function estimates which of the following?

A. The average monthly decrease in the price per gallon
B. The difference in the average price per gallon from September 1, 2014, to December 1, 2014
C. The average price per gallon on September 1, 2014
D. The average price per gallon on December 1, 2014
Question ID 16889ef3 3.5

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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.
Question ID 6989c80a 3.6

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The function gives the temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, that corresponds to a temperature of kelvins. If a
temperature increased by kelvins, by how much did the temperature increase, in degrees Fahrenheit?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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x
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.
Question ID a04050d8 3.8

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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.
Question ID daad7c32 3.9

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An object hangs from a spring. The formula relates the length
, in centimeters, of the spring to the weight w, in newtons, of the object.
Which of the following describes the meaning of the 2 in this context?
A. The length, in centimeters, of the spring with no weight attached
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
Question ID 023c0a8d 3.10

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For the function f, if for all values of x,
what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.