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Math Test – No Calculator

25 MINUTES, 20 QUESTIONS

Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DIRECTIONS

For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided,
and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20, solve the
problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions
before question 16 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use any available
space in your test booklet for scratch work.

NOTES
1. The use of a calculator is not permitted.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for which f(x)
is a real number.

REFERENCE

ℓ c 2x 60° x s 45° s 2
•
r h b
w 30° 45°
b a x 3 s
A = πr 2 A = ℓw 2
c = a2 + b 2
C = 2 πr A = 1 bh Special Right Triangles
2

•r h
h r h
h
w r w
ℓ ℓ
4
V = ℓwh V = π r 2h V = 3 πr3 1 1
V = 3 π r2h V = 3 ℓwh

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2 .
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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What is one possible solution to the equation If 3x + y = 4, and y = 5x – 8, then 8x equals

36 6 A) 0
− =3 ?
m+2 m−2
B) 1
A) 2 4
C)
B) 3 3
C) 4 D) 12

D) 5

2 If z2 – 4z – 45 = 0, then which of the following sets

includes all possible values of z ?
If −3x + 2 < 11, then which of the following accurately
expresses all possible values of x ? A) {9}

A) x < −9 B) {–5, –9}

B) x > −3 C) {–5, 9}

C) x < −3 D) {–9, 5}

D) x < 3
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2w + 2s = 14 Which of the following could be the graph of the
3w – 2s = 1 equation 3x – 6y = 4 on the xy-plane?
In the system of equations shown above, what is the A) y
value of w ?
A) 1
B) 3 ⎛
4 , 0 ⎞⎟
⎜
⎜ 3 ⎟⎠
C) 4 ⎝
x
D) 15 ⎛
⎜ 0, − 2
⎞
⎟
⎜
⎝ 3 ⎟
⎠

B) y
6
A chemistry student places 10 viable bacteria in a
petri dish. Every hour after the initial placement, she (0, 4)
counts the number of bacteria in the dish. She notices
that the number of bacteria, n, doubles with each x
− 4 , 0 ⎟⎟
⎛ ⎞

passing hour, h. Which of the following functions ⎜

⎜
⎝ 3 ⎠
could be the model for the number of bacteria in the
dish over time?
A) n(h) = 10h + 10
B) n(h) = 10(h + 1)2
C) y
C) n(h) = (10h)2
D) n(h) = 10 × 2h

0, 2 ⎟⎟
⎛ ⎞
⎜
⎜ 3⎠
⎝ ⎛
⎜ 4 , 0 ⎟⎞
⎜ 3 ⎟⎠
⎝
x

D) y

(0, 4)
⎛
⎜ 4 , 0 ⎞⎟
⎜ 3 ⎟⎠
⎝
x

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Rachel walks from home to school every morning.
Her distance from school, D, in meters, after
t seconds of walking is represented by the function
D(t) = 475 – 2.5t, where 0 ≤ t ≤ 190. In this
function, what does the constant 475 represent?
48
A) Rachel’s walking speed, in meters per second
24
10 B) The amount of time it takes Rachel to walk from
home to school
12
C) The distance from Rachel’s house to school
The figure above shows a water trough with two D) How many steps Rachel takes when walking to
trapezoidal ends and a rectangular base with a length school
of 48 inches and a width of 12 inches. The top edges
of the trapezoidal ends are 24 inches long, and the
slanted sides are 10 inches long. What is the volume of
water that can be contained in this trough if it is filled
to the top, in cubic inches?
A) 6,912
11
B) 8,640
C) 11,520 y
D) 13,824 5

c(x)
a(x)
d(x)

–5 0 5
x

b(x)
9
–5
A company’s profit made from selling an item will
depend on the price of the item, x, in dollars. The
function P(x) = –2x2 + 20x – 48 can be used to
determine the company’s profit, in thousands of A system of four equations and their graphs in the xy-
dollars. Which of the following is the company’s plane are shown above. If e is a mathematical constant
maximum profit for selling this item? equal to approximately 2.718, which of the following
A) $1,500 could be the equation of the function d(x) ?
B) $2,000 A) d(x) = –3 + ex
C) $3,000
D) $4,800 B) d(x) = 3 – e–x

2
C) d(x) =
1 + e −2 x
2
D) d(x) =
1 e2x
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MOTOR
ROPE
WINCH
BELT
The figure above shows a simple pulley system in
which a motor with a small pulley drives a belt to
turn a pulley on a rope winch, lowering the rope.
r C) 15
The velocity ratio, V, is defined as V = , where r is
m D) 25
the diameter of the rope winch pulley and m is the
diameter of the motor pulley. The output speed, O, of
the system is defined as O = i , where i is the input
V
speed of the system. Which of the following gives the
value of m in terms of i, O, and r ?
13
A student is studying how his classmates spend their
time each day. He asks each classmate to separate
an average day into six categories, noting how many
hours per day are spent on each activity. The student
has broken the activities into categories of School,
Work, Meals, Homework, Sleep, and Entertainment.
The student then averages the responses and
compiles the results. He discovers that, in a typical
day, his classmates break down their days in the
following way: 25% School, 17% Work, 8% Meals, x%
Homework, 25% Sleep, and the rest on Entertainment.
He represents this data in a pie graph with radius 10
centimeters. If the central angle of the Homework
sector is 36˚, how much greater is the area of the
Entertainment sector than the area of the Homework
sector?
A) 5
B) 10

Or
A) m =
i
ir
B) m =
O
Oi
C) m =
r
i
D) m =
Or

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The number of gems a player has earned in a match y = –x + a
of Diamonds on the Aegis is modeled by the function y = –x2 + b
m x2 + y2 = 13
g ( c, l , m, o ) = c ( 200 + 9l ) + − 300o + 625, where c
100 In the system of equations above, a and b are positive
is the number of Combos made, l is the average level constants. The system of equations has two solutions.
of each Combo, m is the number of minutes since Which of the following could be the graphs of these
equations in the xy-plane?
the beginning of the match, and o is the number of
A) y
Oopsies committed by the player. What does the
5
number 100 represent in this function?
A) The number of gems the player begins a match
x
with. –5 0 5

B) The number of minutes since the beginning of the

match. –5

C) The number of gems earned per minute,

excluding gems from Combos and starting gems. B) y
D) The number of minutes per gem earned,
excluding gems from Combos and starting gems. 5

0
x
–5 5

–5

y
C)
5

0
x
–5 5

–5

D) y

0 x
–5 5

–5
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DIRECTIONS
Answer: 7 Answer: 2.5
For questions 16-20, solve the problem and 12
enter your answer in the grid, as described below, Write 7 / 1 2 2 . 5
answer / / Fraction / /
on the answer sheet. Decimal
in boxes. . . . . line . . . .
0 0 0 0 0 0 point
1. Although not required, it is suggested that
you write your answer in the boxes at the top
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
of the columns to help you fill in the circles 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately. You will receive credit only if the Grid in 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
result. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
3. No question has a negative answer. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
4. Some problems may have more than one
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one
answer.

5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded Acceptable ways to grid

2
are:
2 3
as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1/ // 2 is entered into 2 / 3 . 6 6 6 . 6 6 7
31 / / / / / /
the grid, it will be interpreted as 2 , not as . . . . . . . . . . . .
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 1 .) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
6. Decimal Answers: If you obtain a decimal 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
answer with more digits than the grid can 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
accommodate, it may be either rounded or 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Answer: 201 – either position is correct

2 2 0 1
NOTE: You may start
0 1
/ /
your answers in any
/ /
. . . . . . . . column, space
0 0 0 0 0 0 permitting. Columns
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 you don’t need to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 use should be left
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 blank.

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If –2 ≤ f ≤ 3 and –5 ≤ g ≤ 2, what is the maximum 5
value of fg ?

12 13

al 17 12
2x – 3y = 4
3x + 3y = −3
Based on the system of equations above, what is the
value of 5x ? 12

A carpenter is trying to figure out the measurements,

in inches, for a bookshelf she is making. Each shelf
will be wider than the shelf above it, as shown in the
side view of the figure above. Given the measurements
shown, what is the value of x, in inches, that
represents the width of the lowest shelf?
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y The function q is defined by q(x) = 4x3 – bx2 +14x + 12,
where b is a constant. In the xy-plane, the graph of q
1
contains the points (– , 0), (2, 0), and (n, 0). What is
2
the value of b ?

(–8, –4)
(–18, –5)

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

In the xy-plane above, what is the x-intercept of the

given graph?

ST O P
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
Do not turn to any other section in the test.

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Math Test – Calculator
25 MINUTES, 20 QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS

For questions 1-30 , solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 31-38,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 31 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

NOTES
1. The use of a calculator is permitted.
2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for which
f(x) is a real number.

REFERENCE

ℓ c 2x 60° x s 45° s 2
•
r h b
w 30° 45°
b a x 3 s
A = πr 2 A = ℓw c 2= a 2 + b 2
C = 2 πr A = 1 bh Special Right Triangles
2

•r h
h r h
h
w r w
ℓ ℓ
4
V = ℓwh V = π r 2h V = 3 πr3 1 1
V = 3 π r2h V = 3 ℓwh

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2 .
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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Each student at a high school throws away two If w > 3, then which of the following must be true?
pounds of garbage a day. If there are s students at the A) −w < −3
school and the non-students at the school throw away
B) −w > −3
a total of 350 pounds of garbage a day, which of the
following expressions represents how many pounds of C) w = 4
garbage are thrown away at the school each day? D) w is an integer
A) 2(s + 175)
B) 2(s + 350)
C) 350(s + 2)
D) 350s

4
A roller coaster at a carnival has 18 cars that hold two
people each. The ratio of working seatbelts to broken
seatbelts is 8 to 1. If no one can sit in a seat with a
broken seatbelt, what is the maximum number of
2 people that can ride the roller coaster at once?
Rayyan wants to make sure that he is at his target A) 4
heart rate when he exercises. His ideal heart rate
B) 16
for heart health is 55% of his maximum heart rate,
defined as the difference between the number 220 and C) 32
his current age. If Rayyan is currently 20 years old, D) 36
what is his target heart rate?
A) 101
B) 110
C) 121
D) 132
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Growth of a Bacteria Colony
3x − 2
80
If = x , then what is the value of x ?
4
70 A) −2
Number of Viable Bacteria

60
50 B) 0
40
1
30 C)
3
20
10 D) 2
0
1 2 3 4

Time (hours)

The graph above shows the growth of a bacteria

colony in a petri dish over time. Which of the
7
following is true about the graph?
A) The number of viable bacteria in the colony
doubles every hour.
B) The number of viable bacteria in the colony
increases most rapidly during the first hour.
C) The number of viable bacteria in the colony
increases at a constant rate of 5 per hour.
D) The number of viable bacteria in the colony will
be 100 at t = 5.
Jefferson is conducting an experiment to determine
how the height of water in a beaker is affected if he
adds marbles to the water. He starts with an empty
beaker and adds some volume of water. He then adds
marbles one at a time. The height of the water, H, in
centimeters, after he adds m marbles is represented
by the function H(m) = 5 + 0.2m. How many marbles
must Jefferson add to double the original height of the
water in the beaker?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 20
D) 25

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One lit match releases approximately 1,100 joules of y
heat energy. If 1 joule equals 0.239 calories, how many
matches must be lit to produce 2,100 calories of heat
energy?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 8 x
D) 62

9
Which of the following could be the equation of the
If 1 < r < 4 and 0 < s < 5, then what is the range of graph in the xy-plane shown above?
r + s ?
A) y = 2x
A) −4 < r + s < 1
B) y = −2x – 2
B) 0<r+s<5
C) y = −2
C) 1<r+s<9
D) y = 2x – 2
D) 0 < r + s < 10
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A student is graphing the potential energy, in Birth records were examined for all babies born in
kilojoules, of a certain chemical reaction. At the start the United States in the year 2006. Social scientists
of the reaction, the reactants have a constant level of analyzed the number of babies born in each region
potential energy. As the reactants approach transition of the country based on birth month. The table below
state, the potential energy increases, then drops off as shows the data for all four regions for a portion of the
the reaction nears completion. The resulting products year.
have less potential energy than the original reactants Birth Month by Region (in thousands)
did. Which of the following could be the graph of the
potential energy of this chemical reaction? July August September Total
A) Pacific 114 97 74 285
Mountain 103 88 69 260
Potential Energy (kJ)

Central 49 120 180 349

Eastern 121 115 70 306
Total 387 420 393

According to the table, if a baby was born in the

United States during one of the three months shown,
Reaction Pathway
B) what is the probability that the baby was born in
August in the Central region?
Potential Energy (kJ)

1
A)
10
3
B)
20
1
Reaction Pathway C)
C) 5
3
D)
Potential Energy (kJ)

Reaction Pathway
D)
Potential Energy (kJ)

Reaction Pathway

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If −1 ≤ p ≤ 3 and −4 ≤ q ≤ 3, then what is the range of
x
p–q? What is the value of if 3x + y = 16 and
y
A) −5 ≤ p – q ≤ 0 3x + 2y = 23 ?
B) −4 ≤ p – q ≤ 3
3
C) −4 ≤ p – q ≤ 7 A)
7
D) −5 ≤ p – q ≤ 6
16
B)
23
7
C)
3

D) 21
14
Social science researchers want to conduct a survey
about modes of interpersonal communication in the
digital age. They want to survey a random sample of
people and apply the results to the general population. 16
To ensure that their results are reasonably accurate,
they want a 95% confidence level, meaning that the If 4 x + 21 = x , then which of the following
survey results only have a 5% chance of differing from represents all possible values of x ?
1 A) {–3}
the true population average. The expression ,
N B) {7}
where N is the number of participants in the survey
C) {–7, 3}
sample, is an estimation of the margin of error at a
D) {–3, 7}
95% confidence level. Which of the following is the
closest to the minimum value of N needed for this
survey?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 400
D) 950
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Mike’s Meatball Market sold 2,321 meatballs from Line l passes through the points (0, 3) and (2, 6). Line
Friday to Sunday. All the meatballs sold at Mike’s m has the same y-intercept of line l but has a slope
are either beef or turkey. Beef meatballs sell for $1.50 that is half the slope of line l. Which of the following
each, turkey meatballs sell for $2 each, and the total points lies on line m ?
sales from beef and turkey meatballs was $3,876. If the A) (2, 9)
number of beef meatballs sold is represented by b, and
B) (4, 6)
the number of turkey meatballs sold is represented by
t, then which of the following systems of equations, if C) (2, 6)
solved, would determine the number of each type of D) (4, 15)
meatball sold?
A) 1.5b + 2t = 3,876
b + t = 2,321
B) 1.5b + 2t = 2,321
b + t = 3,876
b t 20
C) + = 3, 876
1. 5 2 At a certain company, 25% of the employees hold
bt = 2,321 master’s degrees. Of those employees who do not hold
master’s degrees, 10% are employed in entry-level
3, 876
D) 1.5b + 2t = positions. No one with a master’s degree is employed
3
in an entry-level position. Which of the following
b + t = 2,321
could be the number of employees holding entry-level
positions in the company?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
18 D) 8
A certain 3D printer creates objects by building layers
on top of each other. The average layer thickness is
102 micrometers. There are 1,000,000 micrometers
in a meter, and 1 inch equals 0.0254 meters.
Approximately how many layers are needed to print
an object one inch thick?
A) 250
B) 630
C) 2,540
D) 4,015

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