SAT Math Practice Activities III

1. Which of the following represents the 7. If i = , what is the product of (4 + 7i)

statement “the sum of the squares
of x and y is equal to the square root of the
difference of x and y”? and ?

A. x2 + y2 =
A. 16 - I B. 14 + i
B. x2 − y2 =
C. (x + y)2 =
C. 2 - 8i - 14i2 D.
D. = (x − y)2

2. If a = −2, then a + a2 − a3 + a4 − a5 =
A. −22 B. −18 8. rx2 = x+3
A quadratic equation is provided above,
C. 32 D. 58
where r and s are constants. What are the
solutions for x ?

3. If 9−2 = , what is the value of x ?

A. 1 B. 2
C. 4 D. 6
 A.

4.  B.
In the equation above, if a and b are

positive integers and is in its simplest

reduced form, what is the value of a ?
A. 2 B. 9  C.
C. 18 D. 40

 D.

5. y = 3x – 1 y+x=1
In the system of equations above, if (x, y) is
the solution to the system, what is the value

of ?
9. If , what is the
value of x ?

A. B.
A. - B.
C. D. C. 0 D. 2
6. For the equation = x + 3, the
value of m is -3. What is the solution set for
the equation? 10. If the product of x and y is 76, and x is
twice the square of y, which of the following
A. {-3, 3} B. {-2} pairs of equations could be used to
C. {-2, -7} D. {3, 6} determine the values of x and y ?
 SAT Math Practice Activities III

 A. xy = 76 17. If Alex can fold 12 napkins in x minutes,

x = 2y2 how many napkins can he fold in y hours?
 B. xy = 76
x = (2y)2
 C. x + y = 76 A. B.
x = 4y2
 D. xy = 76
x = 2y C. D.

18. Nails are sold in 8-ounce and 20-ounce

11.How many solutions exist to the
boxes. If 50 boxes of nails were sold and
equation |x| = |2x - 1| ?
the total weight of the nails sold was less
A. 0 B. 1 than 600 ounces, what is the greatest
C. 2 D. 3 possible number of 20-ounce boxes that
could have been sold?
A. 33 B. 25
12. The sum of three numbers, a, b, and c,
C. 17 D. 16
is 400. One of the numbers, a, is 40 percent
less than the sum of b and c. What is the
value of b + c ?
A. 40 B. 60 19. If c = + and x > y > 0, then which
C. 150 D. 250

of the following is equal to ?

13. The length of a certain rectangle is A. x + y
twice the width. If the area of the rectangle
is 128, what is the length of the rectangle? B. x - y

A. 4 B. 8
C.

C. 16 D. 21
D.

14. If xy < 0, which of the following must be

true? 20. A gas station sells regular gasoline for
I. x + y = 0 $2.39 per gallon and premium gasoline for
II. 2y - 2x < 0 $2.79 per gallon. If the gas station sold a
III. x2 + y2 > 0 total of 550 gallons of both types of
A. I only B. III only gasoline in one day for a total of $1,344.50,
how many gallons of premium gasoline
C. I and III D. II and III were sold?
A. 25 B. 75
C. 175 D. 475
15. If =2 , what is the value of x ? 21. There are k gallons of gasoline
A. 4 B. 16 available to fill a tank. After d gallons have
been pumped, in terms of k and d, what
C. 16 D. 32 percent of the gasoline has been pumped?

 A. B.
16. If y = 3x and x and y are both integers,
which of the following is equivalent to 9x +
3x + 1 ?  C.
A. y3 B. 3y + 3
C. y(y + 3) D. y2 + 3  D.