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TABLE of CONTENTS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Properties of integers Number Lines and Fractions Elementary Number Theory(Divisibility) Sequences Sets Ratio, Proposition, and Percents. Exponents, Squares, and Square Roots Word problems Factoring Mean, Median, and Mode Solving Equations and Rational Equations Direct Variation and Inverse Variation Inequalities System of Linear Equations Solving Quadratic Equations Functions Made Up Operations Coordinates Geometry Parallel Lines and Angles Triangles Polygons Circles Solid Geometry Statistics, Data and Graph Probabilities
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PROPERTIES of INTEGERS
4. If n is any negative number, which of the following must be positive?
n 2 (B) 2n (C) n + 2 (D) n 2 (E) 2 n
1. If x is an integer greater than 1 and if 1 , which of the following must be y x x true? I. y x II. y is an integer. III. xy > x2 (A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
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2. If x and y are positive consecutive odd integers, where y > x, which of the following is y2 x2? (A) 2x (B) 4x (C) 2x + 2 (D) 2x + 4 (E) 4x + 4
5. If k is a positive even integer, then (k+1)(k+2) could equal which of the following? (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40 (E) 50
3. If x, y, and z are positive integers such that the value of x + y is even and the value of (x + y) 2 + x + z is odd, which of the following must be true? (A) x is odd. (B) x is even. (C) If z is even, then x is odd. (D) If z is even, then xy is even. (E) xy is even.
6. Which of the following must be true for all integers a,b, and c ? I. a- 0 =a II. a-b=b-a III. (a-b)-c=a- (b-c) (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II (E) II and III 2 11
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20092009-2010 2010 7. If a, b, and c are positive integers, and if (ac)b=0, which of the following must be true? (A) a<b (B) b<c (C) a =b (D) a=c (E) b=c
PROPERTIES of INTEGERS
10. If
x 3 is an integer, then x must be 2
(A) a negative integer (B) a positive integer (C) a multiple of 3 (D) an even integer (E) an odd integer
8. If a is an odd integer and b is an even integer, which of the following is an odd integer? (A) 3b (B) a+3 (C) 2(a+b) (D) a+2b (E) 2a+ b
9. If (p+1) (t-3) =0 and p is positive, what is the value of t? (A) -3 (B) -1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 3
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NUMBER LINES & FRACTIONS

4. On the number line above, which of the following corresponds to u w ? (A) t (B) v (C) x (D) y (E) z
Which of the lettered points on the number line above could represent the result when the coordinate of point P is multiplied by the coordinate of point Q? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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1 2 2 5. What number, when used in place of above, makes the statement true? 7
On the number line above, there are 9 equal intervals between 0 and 1. What is the value of x?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 15
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On the number line above, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z are coordinates of the indicated points. Which of the following is closest in value to |u + v| ? (A) t (B) w (C) x (D) y (E) z SAT Practice Book 4
6. The numerator of a certain fraction is 5 less than the denominator. If the 3 fraction is equal to , what is the 4 denominator of this fraction? (A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 24
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In the figure above, AC = 24 and AB = BC. Point D (not shown) is on the line between A and B such that AD = DB. What does DC equal? (A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 20
If x, x2, and x3 lie on a number line in the order shown above, which of the following could be the value of x? (A) 2 1 (B) 2 3 (C) 4 (D) 1 3 (E) 2
8. If x =
1 1 , what is the value of 2 x
1 x 1
(A) 4 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
9. Which of the following numbers is 1 1 between and ? 5 4 (A) 0.14 (B) 0.15 (C) 0.19 (D) 0.21 (E) 0.26
11. On the number line above, the tick marks are equally spaced. What is the value of w p ? (A) 3/4 (B) 2/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/3 (E) 1/4
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On the number line above, the tick marks are equally spaced. Which of the lettered points represents y ? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
In the figure above, if the coordinates of points X and Y are added together, the result will be the coordinate of a point between which two consecutive integers? (A) 3 and 2 (B) 2 and 1 (C) 1 and 0 (D) 0 and 1 (E) 2 and 3
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Which of the following is the best estimate of the length of segment AB on the number line above? (A) 4 (B) 3.5 (C) 3 (D) 1.5 (E) 1
On the number line above, the tick marks are equally spaced. What is the value of ba? (A) 4/5 (B) 3/4 (C) 2/5 (D) 1/4 (E) 1/5
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18. If 3 times a number is equal to 3/2, what is the number? (A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 2/3 (D) 2 (E) 3
If the tick marks on the number line above are equally spaced, which of the lettered points A through E is between 1/4 and 3/8? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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If x is the coordinate of the indicated point on the number line above, which of the lettered points has coordinate 2x ? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
On the number line above, the tick marks are equally spaced and their coordinates are shown. Of these coordinates, which has the smallest positive value? (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d (E) e
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DIVISIBILITY
4. If p is an integer and 3 is the remainder when 2p + 7 is divided by 5, then p could be (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
1. There are 8 sections of seats in an auditorium. Each section contains at least 150 seats but not more than 200 seats. Which of the following could be the number of seats in this auditorium? (A) 800 (B) 1,000 (C) 1,100 (D) 1,300 (E) 1,700
2. All numbers that are divisible by both 2 and 6 are also divisible by 4. Which of the following numbers can be used to show that the statement above is FALSE? (A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 24
5. When 15 is divided by the positive integer k, the remainder is 3. For how many different values of k is this true? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Five
3. If m is the greatest prime factor of 38 and n is the greatest prime factor of 100, what is the value of m + n ? (A) 7 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 29 (E) 44
6. How many cubical blocks, each with edges of length 4 centimeters, are needed to fill a rectangular box that has inside dimensions 20 centimeters by 24 centimeters by 32 centimeters? (A) 38 (B) 96 (C) 192 (D) 240 (E) 384 8 11
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20092009-2010 2010 7. What is the greatest threedigit integer that has a factor of 10?
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10. How many integers greater than 20 and less than 30 are each the product of exactly two different numbers, both of which are prime? (A) Zero (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Four
8. If there is no waste, how many square yards of carpeting is needed to cover a rectangular floor that is 12 feet by 18 feet? (1 yard = 3 feet) (A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 216 11. If the integer m is divided by 6, the remainder is 5. What is the remainder if 4m is divided by 6 ? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 5 9. If x is divisible by 3 and y is divisible by 5, which of the following must be divisible by 15? I. xy II. 3x + 5y III. 5x + 3y (A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III SAT Practice Book 9 22 12. A large solid cube is assembled by gluing together identical unpainted small cubic blocks. All six faces of the large cube are then painted red. If exactly 27 of the small cubic blocks that make up the large cube have no red paint on them, how many small cubic blocks make up the large cube?
20092009-2010 2010 13. When the positive integer n is divided by 6, the remainder is 2. What is the remainder when 24n is divided by 36 ?
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16. Which of the following is divisible by 3 and by 5 but is not divisible by 10 ? (A) 30 (B) 35 (C) 40 (D) 45 (E) 60
14. If k is a positive integer divisible by 7, and if k < 90, what is the greatest possible value of k ? (A) 83 (B) 84 (C) 87 (D) 88 (E) 89
17. When the positive integer m is divided by 5, the remainder is 3. What is the remainder when 20m is divided by 25?
18. For what positive number is the square root of the number the same as the number divided by 40?
15. There are 6 bookcases in a house. Each bookcase contains at least 125 books but not more than 160 books. Which of the following could be the total number of books in all 6 bookcases? (A) 500 (B) 625 (C) 725 (D) 925 (E) 1,000
19. The result when a number is divided by 2 is equal to the result when that same number is divided by 4. What is that number? (A) -4 (B) -2 (C) 0 (D) 2 (E) 4
20. What is the product of the smallest prime number that is greater than 50 and the greatest prime number that is less than 50?
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SEQUENCES
y, 2y + 7, y + 6 . . . 4. In the increasing sequence above, the first term is y and the difference between any two consecutive terms is 3. What is the value of the fourth term in the sequence? (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 13 (E) 19
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1, 0, 1, 2 A sequence is formed by repeating the 4 numbers above in the same order indefinitely. What is the sum of the first 28 terms of the sequence? (A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16
2. Ritas dog weighed 5 pounds when she bought it. Over the next several years, the dogs weight increased by 10 percent per year. Which of the following functions gives the weight, w, in pounds, of the dog after n years of weight gain at this rate? (A) w(n) = 5 + 0.1n (B) w(n) = 5(0.1) n (C) w(n) = 5(0.9) n (D) w(n) = 5(1.1) n (E) w(n) = 5(n) 1.1
5. In a sequence of numbers, the first number is 4 and each number after the first is 1 more than 5 times the preceding number. What is the third number in the sequence? (A) 16 (B) 21 (C) 94 (D) 96 (E) 106
3. Each month, a telephone service charges a base rate of $10.00 and an additional $0.08 per call for the first 40 calls and $0.04 for every call after that. How much does the telephone service charge for a month in which 50 calls are made? (A) $12.20 (B) $12.80 (C) $13.60 (D) $14.40 (E) $17.60 SAT Practice Book 11
6. The first term of a sequence is 3, and each term after the first is 2 more than the previous term. Which of the following is an expression for the nth term of the sequence for any positive integer n? (A) 2n (B) 1+2n (C) 2+2n (D) 3+2n (E) 2+3n
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The first term in the sequence of numbers shown above is 3. Each even numbered term is 2 more than the previous term and each oddnumbered term, after the first, is 1 times the previous term. For example, the second term is 3 + 2, and the third term is (1) 5. What is the 55th term of the sequence? (A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 3 (E) 5
8. After the first term in a sequence of positive integers, the ratio of each term to the term immediately preceding it is 2 to 1. What is the ratio of the 8th term in this sequence to the 5th term? (A) 6 to 1 (B) 8 to 5 (C) 8 to 1 (D) 64 to 1 (E) 256 to 1
11. The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 1,000. What the value of the greatest of these integers?
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5.101001000100001 The decimal number above consists of only 1 s and 0s to the right of the decimal point. The first 1 is followed by one 0, the second 1 is followed by two 0 s, the third 1 is followed by three 0 s, and so on. What is the total number of 0s between the 98th and the 101st 1 in this decimal number? (A) 288 (B) 291 (C) 294 (D) 297 (E) 300
4, 11, 18, . . . 9. In the sequence above, the first term is 4 and each term after the first is 7 more than the previous term. What is the 12th term of the sequence? (A) 77 (B) 81 (C) 84 (D) 86 (E) 92
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20092009-2010 2010 13. a, 3a, ... The first term in the sequence above is a, and each term after the first is 3 times the preceding term. If the sum of the first 5 terms is 605, what is the value of a?
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16. After the first term, each term in a 1 sequence is 3 greater than of the 3 preceding term. If t is the first term of the sequence and t 0, what is the ratio of the second term to the first term? (A)
t 9
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7, 15, 31, 63, ... The first term in the sequence above is 7, and each term after the first is determined by multiplying the preceding term by m and then adding p. What is the value of m? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 9 17.
(B) (C) (D) (E)
3 t 3 3 t 9 3t t 3 3t 9 2t 3
8, 17, 26, 35, 44, ... The first 5 terms in a sequence are shown above. Each term after the first is found by adding 9 to the term immediately preceding it. Which term in this sequence is equal to 8 + (26 1)9? (A) The 8th (B) The 9th (C) The 25th (D) The 26th (E) The 27th
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The sequence above may be changed in either of two ways. Either two adjacent letters may be interchanged or the entire sequence may be reversed. What is the least number of such changes needed to put the letters into alphabetical order from left to right? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6 SAT Practice Book 13
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20092009-2010 2010 18. What is the greatest of 5 consecutive integers if the sum of these integers equals 185?
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21. The first term of a sequence is 20 and the second term is 8. The third term and each term thereafter is the average (arithmetic mean) of the two terms immediately preceding it. What is the value of the first term in the sequence that is not an integer?
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2, 6, 14, 30, ... In the sequence above, the first term is 2. Each number after the first is obtained by adding 1 to the preceding number and then doubling the result. What is the sixth number in the sequence? (A) 122 (B) 123 (C) 124 (D) 125 (E) 126
22. The nth term of a sequence is given by the formula n 2 2n. How much larger is the 10th term of the sequence than the 9th term?
20. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 111. If n represents the least of the three integers, which of the following equations represents the statement above? (A) 3n = 111 (B) 3n + 2 = 111 (C) 3n + 4 = 111 (D) 3n + 6 = 111 (E) 3n + 9 = 111 SAT Practice Book 14
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150, 30, 6, In the sequence above, each term after 1 the 1st term is of the term preceding 5 it. What is the 5th term of this sequence?
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3. P = 1,3,5,6 Q = 2,4,6,7,9 Sets P and Q are shown above. If x is a member of set P and y is a member of set Q, which of the following CANNOT be equal to the product xy ? (A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 24
1. How many positive four-digit integers have 1 as their first digit and 2 or 5 as their last digit? (A) 144 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 300 (E) 720
2. In the figure above, circular region P represents shirts with pockets, circular region Q represents shirts with buttons, and circular region R represents shirts with collars. What is represented by the shaded region? (A)Shirts with pockets, buttons, and collars (B) Shirts with pockets and buttons, but without collars (C) Shirts with pockets and buttons (some possibly with collars) (D) Shirts with pockets and collars (some possibly with buttons) (E) Shirts with buttons and collars (some possibly with pockets) SAT Practice Book 15
4. How many positive integers less than 1,000 are multiples of 5 and are equal to 3 times an even integer?
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6. A set has property X if t 2 t is in the set whenever t is in the set. Which of the following sets has property X ? (A) 2, 1,0 (B) 1,0 (C) 1,0,1 (D) 0,1 (E) 1,2
5. The Lyndhurst High School twelfth graders are represented in the circle graph in Figure 1. Figure 2 is another way to illustrate the use of computers by these twelfth graders. If the same 200 twelfth graders are represented in both figures, what is the total number of twelfth graders represented by the shaded circle in Figure 2 ?
7. Which of the following is an element of both the set of positive odd integers and the set of prime numbers? (A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 21
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9. Some integers in set X are even. If the statement above is true, which of the following must also be true? (A) If an integer is even, it is in set X. (B) If an integer is odd, it is in set X. (C) All integers in set X are even. (D) All integers in set X are odd. (E) Not all integers in set X are odd.
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10. If n is a member of both set A and set B above, which of the following must be true? I. n is an integer. II. 4n is an integer. III. n = 4 (A) None (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
8. Students at Northern High School are represented in Figure 1 above. Figure 2 above is another way to show which pets these students have. If the same 500 students are represented in both figures, what is the total number of students represented by the shaded circle in Figure 2 ?
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20092009-2010 2010 11. If A is the set of prime numbers and B is the set of two-digit positive integers whose units digit is 5, how many numbers are common to both sets? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Five (E) Nine
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14. Set X has x members and set Y has y members. Set Z consists of all members that are in either set X or set Y with the exception of the k common members (k > 0). Which of the following represents the number of members in set Z? (A) x + y + k (B) x + y k (C) x + y + 2k (D) x + y 2k (E) 2x + 2y 2k
12. There are 25 trays on a table in the cafeteria. Each tray contains a cup only, a plate only, or both a cup and a plate. If 15 of the trays contain cups and 21 of the trays contain plates, how many contain both a cup and a plate?
15. If E is the set of even integers, P is the set of positive integers, and F is the set of integers less than 5, which of the following integers will be in all three sets? (A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 0 (E)2
13. The least integer of a set of consecutive integers is 25. If the sum of these integers is 26, how many integers are in this set? (A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 50 (D) 51 (E) 52
16. If 0 x 8 and 1 y 3 , which of the following gives the set of all possible values of xy? (A) xy = 4 (B) 0 xy 24 (C) 1 xy 11 (D) 1 xy 24 (E) 8 xy 24
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20092009-2010 2010 17. How many integers in the set of all integers from 1 to 100, inclusive, are not the square of an integer? (A) 19 (B) 50 (C) 81 (D) 89 (E) 90 19.
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Set X = {30, 31, 32, 33} Set Y = {32, 33, 34, 35, 36} Sets X and Y are shown above. How many numbers in set X are also in set Y ? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Seven (E) Nine
18. In a set of eleven different numbers, which of the following CANNOT affect the value of the median? (A) Doubling each number (B) Increasing each number by 10 (C) Increasing the smallest number only (D) Decreasing the largest number only (E) Increasing the largest number only .
20. If k is a positive integer, let be defined as the set of all multiples of k. All of the numbers in which of the following sets are also in all three of the sets , and ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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3. If
x y
1. Which of the following tables shows a relationship in which w is directly proportional to x?
2 3x , what is the value of ? 3 2y
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
1 3 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 3 (D) 2 9 (E) 4
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(E)
2. Dwayne has a newspaper route for which he collects k dollars each day. k From this amount he pays out 3 dollars per day for the cost of the papers, and he saves the rest of the money. In terms of k, how many days will it take Dwayne to save $1,000? (A)
k 1,500
4. If 30 percent of 40 percent of a positive number is equal to 20 percent of w percent of the same number, what is the value of w? (A) 80 (B) 60 (C) 50 (D) 15 (E) 10
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k 1,000
(C)
1,000 k
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20092009-2010 2010 5. There are 75 more women than men enrolled in Linden College. If there are n men enrolled, then, in terms of n, what percent of those enrolled are men? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
n % n 75 n % 2n 75 n % 100(2n 75) 100n % n 75 100n % 2n 75

7. The price of a telephone was first increased by 10 percent and then the new price was decreased by 25 percent. The final price was what percent of the initial price? (A) 78% (B) 80% (C) 82.5% (D) 85% (E) 87.5%
6. The eggs in a certain basket are either white or brown. If the ratio of the number of white eggs to the number of 2 brown eggs is , each of the following 3 could be the number of eggs in the basket EXCEPT (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 30 (E) 60
8. The force required to stretch a spring beyond its natural length is proportional to how far the spring is being stretched. If a force of 15 pounds stretches a spring 8 centimeters beyond its natural length, what force, in pounds, is needed to stretch this spring 20 centimeters beyond its natural length? (A) 23 (B) 27 (C) 30.5 (D) 35 (E) 37.5
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1 of a cup of 5 orange juice. It is then filled to the 1 cup mark with a mixture that contains equal amounts of orange, grapefruit, and pineapple juices. What fraction of the final mixture is orange juice?

12. If 20 percent of x equals 80 percent of y, which of the following expresses y in terms of x? (A) y = 16% of x (B) y = 25% of x (C) y = 60% of x (D) y = l00% of x (E) y = 400% of x
9. A measuring cup contains
10. If a + 2b is equal to 125 percent of 4b, a what is the value of ? b
13. If a, b, c and f are four nonzero numbers, then all of the following proportions are equivalent EXCEPT
(A) (B) 11. In a poll, 35 people were in favor of building a new library, 14 people were against it, and 1 person had no opinion. What fraction of those polled were in favor of building a new library? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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a f f c c a a c af bc
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14. When the positive even integer n is increased by 50 percent of itself, the result is between 10 and 20. What is one possible value of n?
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17. The ratio 1.2 to 1 is equal to which of the following ratios? (A) 1 to 2 (B) l2 to l (C) 5 to 6 (D) 6 to 5 (E) 6 to 50
15. If
x 4 of a?
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 1 (D) 2 1 (E) 4
16. One circle has a radius of
1 and 2 another circle has a radius of 1. What is the ratio of the area of the larger circle to the area of the smaller circle?
18. If 30 percent of m is 40, what is 15 percent of m? (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 35
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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2. The price of ground coffee beans is d dollars for 8 ounces and each ounce makes c cups of brewed coffee. In terms of c and d, what is the dollar cost of the ground coffee beans required to make 1 cup of brewed coffee?
d 8c 8c (C) d
4. The Smith Metal Companys old machine makes 300 bolts per hour. Its new machine makes 450 bolts per hour. If both machines begin running at the same time, how many minutes will it take the two machines to make a total of 900 bolts? (A) 36 (B) 72 (C) 120 (D) 144 (E) 180
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cd 8 8d (D) c
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(E) 8cd
5. If y = 3.
5x3 , what happens to the value z of y when both x and z are doubled?
(A) y is not changed. (B) y is halved. (C) y is doubled. (D) y is tripled. (E) y is multiplied by 4.
The circle graph above represents all the jeans that were sold by a retail store in 2001, according to 6. If n is a positive integer and their brands. If the store sold 900 pairs of jeans other than brands J, K, L, M, and N, how many pairs of jeans did it sell altogether? (A) 1,500 (C) 3,000 (E) 4,500 SAT Practice Book (B) 2,250 (D) 3,600 24 11 then n =? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
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The chart above shows the results when 1,000 people were asked, How old are you? The age they gave is represented by x. How many people said that their age was less than 40? (A) 200 (B) 300 (C) 450 (D) 500 (E) 550
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If the five line segments in the figure above are all congruent, what is the ratio of the length of AC (not shown) to the length of BD ? (A) 2 to 1 (B) 3 to1 (C) 2 to 2 (D) 3 to 2 (E) 3 to 2
10.
x x 2
39 , then x = ? 37
(A) 37 (B) 39 (C) 41 (D) 74 (E) 78
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20092009-2010 2010 11. From 1979 to 1989, the total elephant population in the four regions of Africa decreased by approximately what percent? (A) 10% (B) 30% (C) 50% (D) 70% (E) 90%

14. A box contains 2,900 solid-colored marbles that are either orange, blue, or green. If 29 percent of the marbles are orange and 29 percent of the marbles are blue, what percent are green? (A) 29% (B) 42% (C) 52% (D) 58% (E) 71%
12. If
1 2 = , what is the value of n ? n 5
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15. What is the ratio of the radius r of a circle to the circumference of the circle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1: 2 1: 1: r :1 2 :1
In a survey, 3,400 people responded to the following question: How many weeks of vacation did you take last year? Their responses to the question are summarized in the chart above, where n equals the number of vacation weeks indicated. How many respondents took more than 2 weeks of vacation last year?
16. Fifty percent of the songs played on a certain radio station are 3 minutes long, 30 percent are 5 minutes long, and 20 percent are 2 minutes long. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of minutes per song played on this radio station
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r t 5 r = what is the value of ? r t 2 t 7 (A) 3 (B) - 1 3 (C) 7 (D) 1 7 (E) 3
18. If q and r are positive numbers, what percent of (q + 1) is r ? (A)

1 % 100 r (q 1)
(B)
q 1 % 100 r
100 (q 1) % r
100 r +1)% q
(C)
(D) (
(E)
100 r % q 1
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1. If
(5 2)m 3 = 6 what is the value of 4 m?
A box of staples contains 4,600 staples that are either silver, black, or red. If 46 percent of the staples are silver and 46 percent are black, what percent are red? (A) 8% (B) 18% (C) 46% (D) 54% (E) 92%
2.
If r is directly proportional to s and if 2 4 S= when r = , what is the value 3 5 4 of r when s = ? 9
3.
If 7.5 is x percent of 75, what is x percent of 10 ? (A) 10 (B) 1 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.1 (E) 0.075
6.
The original price of a book was b dollars. This price was discounted x percent during a sale. James used a coupon to buy the book for t percent off the sale price. Which of the following represents the price, in dollars, that James paid for the book?
x t 1 100 100 (1 x)(1 t ) (B) b 100 x t (C) b 1 100 xt (D) b 1 100 x t (E) b 100 100
(A) b 1
4.
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1 x 1
1 what is the value of x ? 2
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) - 1 (E) - 2 SAT Practice Book 28
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8. If the value of of
1 t 1 t-
is twice the value
, what is the value of t ?
7.
9.
What is the ratio of the diameter d of a circle to half the circumference of the circle? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1:2 1: 2: :1 2 :1
Students at Northern High School are represented in Figure 1 above. Figure 2 above is another way to show which pets these students have. If the same 500 students are represented in both figures, what is the total number of students represented by the shaded circle in Figure 2 ?
10. If y is directly proportional to x and if y = 20 when x = 6, what is the value of y when x = 9 ?

10 3 40 (B) 3 (C) 23 (D) 27 (E) 30
(A)
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20092009-2010 2010 11. Flour, water, and salt are mixed by weight in the ratio of 5:4:1, respectively, to produce a certain type of dough. In order to make 5 pounds of this dough, what weight of salt, in pounds, is required?
1 4 3 (C) 4

14. If 75 percent of m is equal to k percent of 25, where k > 0, what is the m value of ? k
3 16 1 (B) 3 3 (C) 4 (D) 3 16 (E) 3
(A)
(A)
(B)
1 2
(D) 1
(E) 2
12. If 0.03 percent of n is 3, what is 3 percent of n ? (A) 900 (B) 600 (C) 300 (D) 0.006 (E) 0.003
15. If
x y 2 9x 9 y = , then =? a b 3 10 a 10b 9 10 20 23 20 27 2 3 3 5
(A) (B) 13. If Marisa drove n miles in t hours, which of the following represents her average speed, in miles per hour?
n t 1 (C) nt (E) n 2 t
(C) (D) (E)
(A)
(B)
t n
(D) nt
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The circle graph above shows how Davids monthly expenses are divided. If David spends $450 per month for food, how much does he spend per month on his car? (A) $200 (B) $320 (C) $360 (D) $400 (E) $450
According to the graph above, if there are 6,000 registered voters aged 60 and over in Washington County, how many registered voters are under the age of 30 ? (A) 1,000 (B) 2,000 (C) 3,000 (D) 4,000 (E) 5,000
17. In a certain store, the regular price of a refrigerator is $600. How much money is saved by buying this refrigerator at 20 percent off the regular price rather than buying it on sale at 10 percent off the regular price with an additional discount of 10 percent off the sale price? (A) $6 (B) $12 (C) $24 (D) $54 (E) $60
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1. 22x = 8x1, what is the value of x? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
5. Positive integers x, y, and z satisfy the 1 1 equations x 2 and y z 16 . If z > y 3 what is the value of x + z? (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 11 (D) 13 (E) 15
2. If 24x = 16, then x =? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 12 6.
3x 2
(3x) 2
For what value of x is the statement above FALSE? (A) 3 (B) 0 1 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) For no value of x
3. If t 3
351 , what is the value of 4t 3 ?
4. If 18 18 r t , where r and t are positive integers and r > t, which of the following could be the value of rt? (A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 108 (D) 162 (B) 324 32
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k 10 k 90 k 10 1 10k 1 90k

11. If a and b are positive integers and
1 2 1 3 6
a b
432 , what is the value of ab?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 36
9. If 8 + k = 15, then k = ? (A) 7 (B) 49 (C) 529 (D) 7 (E) 23
12. If xy = 10, what is the value of 2 (A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 20
x 2 y ? y
10. If a, b, and c are different positive integers and 2 a 2 b 2 c 64 , then 2 a 2b 2c ? (A) 14 (B) 17 (C) 21 (D) 28 (E) 34
13. If x 3
y 9 what is x in terms of y?
(A) y (B) y2 (C) y3 (D) y6 (E) y12
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x 3
17. If 2 x of x?
2x
2x
2x
27 , what is the value
For all values of x greater than 3, the equation above is equivalent to which of the following? (A) x = x2 (B) x = x2 + 18 (C) x = x2 6x (D) x = x2 6x + 9 (E) x = x2 6x + 18
15. If k, n, x, and y are positive numbers satisfying x what is (xy )

1 (A) nk n (B) k k (C) n (D) nk (E) 1
4 3
2 3
k 2 and y
4 3
n2 ,
in terms of n and k?
18. If k is a positive integer, what is the 5k least value of k for which is an 3 integer? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 15 (D) 25 (E) 60
19. If n is a positive integer, then (6 10 n ) (1 10 n ) must equal 16. If m x m 7 m 28 and (m5 ) y the value of x + y? (A) 7 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 24 (E) 31 SAT Practice Book 34
m15 , what is
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7 10 7 10 n 7 10 2 n 6 10 n 6 10 2 n
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21. If
16 = 2 k what is the value of k?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 8
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1. If x = 5 y and y = z + 1, what is terms of z ? (A) z (B) z + 1 (C) 5 z (D) 5 z +1 (E) 5 z 1
4.
If 2 y = 8 and y = of x ? (A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 2
x what is the value 2
2. If k is a positive integer, which of the following is equivalent to 3k + 3k ?
5. If x 2 64 = 0, which of the following could be a value of x? (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) 16 (E) 32
(A) 2 3 (B) 3 2 k (C) 6 k (D) 6 2 k (E) 9 2 k
3. If 7 10 = 7 (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5 (E) 3
7 n what is the value of n?
6. If a and b are positive integers and 9(3 a ) = 3 b what is a in terms of b ? (A) b 2 (B) b 1 (C) b (D) b + 1 (E) b + 2
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20092009-2010 2010 7. If y is a positive integer, and 3 y 7 = 8, what is the value of y ?

10. If x and y are integers such that x 2 = 64 and y 3 = 64 , which of the following could be true? I. x = 8 II. y = -4 III. x + y = -4 (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
8.
If a 2 = 4, which of the following could be the value of a ? (A) 2 1 (B) 4 (C) 0 1 (D) 4 1 (E) 2 11. If x 1 h = 1, what does h equal in terms of x ? (A) -x 1 (B) x 1 (C) 2 x (D) x (E) x 2
9. If x - 36 = 0, which of the following could be a value of x ?

2
12. If 7 n 7 3 7 12 , what is the value of n? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 15 (E) 36
(A) -6 (B) -4 (C) 0 (D) 3 (E) 12
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20092009-2010 2010 13. If x is a positive integer satisfying x 7 = k and x 9 = m, which of the following must be equal to x 11 ?

15. If t is a number greater than 1, then t 2 is how much greater than t ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) t (D) t (t 1) (E) (t 1)(t + 1)
m k (B) m 2 - k (C) m 2 - 7 m (D) 2k 3 (E) k + 4
(A)
14. If n and k are positive integers and 8 n n = 2 k , what is the value of ? k

1 4 1 (B) 3 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
16. If (x 2) 2 = 49, then x could be (A) -9 (B) -7 (C) 2 (D) 5 (E) 9
(A)
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4. At a bottling company, machine A fills a bottle with spring water and machine B accepts the bottle only if the number of fluid ounces is between 7 1 11 and 12 . If machine B accepts a 8 8 bottle containing n fluid ounces, which of the following describes all possible values of n? (A) n 12 (B) n 12 (C) n 12
1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8
1. There are 8 sections of seats in an auditorium. Each section contains at least 150 seats but not more than 200 seats. Which of the following could be the number of seats in this auditorium? (A) 800 (B) 1,000 (C) 1,100 (D) 1,300 (E) 1,700
2. If 4 less than 3 times a certain number is 2 more than the number, what is the number? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
(D) n 12 (E) n 12
3. During a game, the blue team scored onesixth of its points in the first quarter, onefourth in the second quarter, onethird in the third quarter, and the remaining points in the fourth quarter. If its total score was 36, how many points did the blue team score in the fourth quarter? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 25
5. Esther drove to work in the morning at an average speed of 45 miles per hour. She returned home in the evening along the same route and averaged 30 miles per hour. If Esther spent a total of one hour commuting to and from work, how many miles did Esther drive to work in the morning?
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Schedule 8.
Ending Time
5.101001000100001 The decimal number above consists of only 1 s and 0s to the right of the decimal point. The first 1 is followed by one 0, the second 1 is followed by two 0 s, the third 1 is followed by three 0 s, and so on. What is the total number of 0s between the 98th and the 101st 1 in this decimal number?
I Session I n Break t Session II h Lunch e Session III Break s Session IV c
Beginning Time
4:30 P.M.
1 2
hedule above, each session is to be 1 hours long, each break is to be
1 hour 4 long, and lunch is to be 1 hour long. If session IV is to end at 4:30 P.M., at what time should session I begin?
(A) 288 (B) 291 (C) 294 (D) 297 (E) 300 9. There is the same number of boys and girls on a school bus when it departs from school. At the first stop, 4 boys get off the bus and nobody gets on. After the first stop, there are twice as many girls as boys on the bus. How many girls are on the bus? (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 16 10. Stacy noted that she is both the12th tallest and the 12th shortest students in her class. If everyone in the class is of the different height, how many students are in the class? (A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) 34 40 22
(A) 8:15 A.M. (B) 8:30 A.M. (C) 8:45 AM. (D) 9:00 A.M. (E) 9:15 A.M.
7. Carlos delivered n packages on Monday, 4 times as many packages on Tuesday as on Monday, and 3 more packages on Wednesday than on Monday. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of packages he delivered per day over the three days? (A) 2n 3 (B) 2n 1 (C) 2n + 1 (D) 2n + 3 (E) 6n + 1
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WORD PROBLEMS
1 of a cup of 5 orange juice. It is then filled to the 1 cup mark with a mixture that contains equal amounts of orange, grapefruit, and pineapple juices. What fraction of the final mixture is orange juice?
14. A measuring cup contains
12. The numerator of a certain fraction is 5 less than the denominator. If the fraction is equal to 3 , what is the 4 denominator of this fraction? (A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 24
15. When Ms. Yun arrived at the grocery store, there were 5 packages of hot dog rolls left on the shelf. One package contained 12 rolls, and each of the others contained 8 rolls. If Ms. Yun bought all 5 packages, how many hot dog rolls did she purchase at the store? (A) 32 (B) 36 (C) 44 (D) 48 (E) 52
16. How old was a person exactly 1 year ago if exactly x years ago the person was y years old? (A) y 1 (B) y x 1 (C) x y 1 (D) y + x + 1 (E) y + x 1
13. A family of 5 is planning a 4day camping trip. Each person will need to bring 1 bottle of water for each day of the trip. If the water is sold only in 3 bottle packages, how many packages must the family buy for the trip?
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20092009-2010 2010 17. When it is noon eastern standard time (EST) in New York City, it is 9:00 AM. Pacific standard time (PST) in San Francisco. A plane took off from New York City at noon EST and arrived in San Francisco at 4:00 P.M. PST on the same day. If a second plane left San Francisco at noon PST and took exactly the same amount of time for the trip, what was the planes arrival time (EST) in New York City? (A) 10:00 P.M.EST (B) 9:00 P.M. EST (C) 7:00 P.M. EST (D) 6:00 P.M. EST (E) 4:00 P.M. EST
WORD PROBLEMS
20. When twice a number is decreased by 3, the result is 253. What is the number?
21. h(t) = c (d 4t)2 At time t = 0, a ball was thrown upward from an initial height of 6 feet. Until the ball hit the ground, its height, in feet, after t seconds was given by the function h above, in which c and d are positive constants. If the ball reached its maximum height of 106 feet at time t = 2.5, what was the height, in feet, of the ball at time t = 1?
18. Todd is older than Marta but younger than Susan. If t, m, and s represent the ages, in years, of Todd, Marta, and Susan, respectively, which of the following is true? (A) m < t < s (B) s < m < t (C) s < t < m (D) t < m < s (E) t < s < m 22. Bobby receives $2 for each chore he does during the week, plus a weekly allowance of $10. If Bobby receives no other money, which of the following expressions represents the total dollar amount Bobby receives for a week in which he has done n chores? (A) 10 + n (B) (10 + 2)n (C) 10n + 2 (D) 10 + 2n (E) (10 + n)2
19. A school ordered $600 worth of light bulbs. Some of the light bulbs cost $1 each and the others cost $2 each. If twice as many $1 bulbs as $2 bulbs were ordered, how many light bulbs were ordered altogether?
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20092009-2010 2010 23. A computer program randomly selects a positive twodigit integer. If the integer selected is odd, twice that integer is printed. If the integer selected is even, the integer itself is printed. If the integer printed is 26, which of the following could have been the integer selected? I. 13 II. 26 III. 52 (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II and III
WORD PROBLEMS
25. Kyles lock combination consists of 3 twodigit numbers. The combination satisfies the three conditions below. One number is odd. One number is a multiple of 5. One number is the day of the month of Kyles birthday. If each number satisfies exactly one of the conditions, which of the following could be the combination to the lock? (A) 14 20 13 (B) 14 25 13 (C) 15 18 16 (D) 20 15 20 (E) 34 30 21
24. How many seconds are there in m minutes and s seconds? (A) 60m + s (B) m + 60s (C) 60(m + s) m s (D) 60 m s (E) 60
26. Phillip used four pieces of masking tape, each 6 inches long, to put up each of his posters. Phillip had a 300foot roll of masking tape when he started. If no tape was wasted, which of the following represents the number feet of masking tape that was left on the roll after he put up n posters? (12 inches = 1 foot) (A) 300 6n (B) 300 2n (C) 300 n 1 (D) 300 n 2 1 (E) 300 n 4
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4. The scenic route from Mias home to her office is 5 kilometers longer than the direct route. When she goes by the scenic route and returns by the direct route, the round trip is 35 kilometers. How many kilometers is the direct route? (A) 5 (B) 12
1 2
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1. A number n is increased by 5 and the result is multiplied by 5. This result is decreased by 5. Finally, that result is divided by 5. In terms of n, what is the final result?
2. In a certain game, points are assigned to every word. Each q, x, and z in a word is worth 5 points, and all other letters are worth 1 point each. What is the sum of the points assigned to the word exquisite? (A) 21 (B) 17 (C) 16 (D) 13 (E) 9
(C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 22
3. A certain scale only registers weights that are greater than 6 pounds. A person who wanted to know the weights of a puppy, a kitten, and a bunny weighed them in pairs and got the following results. The kitten and the bunny weighed 7 pounds. The kitten and the puppy weighed 8 pounds. The bunny and the puppy weighed 9 pounds. What is the weight of the puppy? (A) 2 pounds (B) 3 pounds (C) 4 pounds (D) 5 pounds (E) 6 pounds SAT Practice Book 44
5. For a certain hotwater heater, the increase in heating expenses is directly proportional to the increase in water temperature setting. If heating expenses increase by $24 when the water temperature setting is increased by 20 degrees Fahrenheit, by how much will heating expenses increase when the watertemperature setting is increased by 15 degrees Fahrenheit? (A) $16 (B) $18 (C) $19 (D) $20 (E) $21 6. If Peg traveled 10 miles in 2 hours and Linda traveled twice as far in half the time, what was Linda s average speed, in miles per hour? (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 30 (E) 40
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WORD PROBLEMS
11. If all men in the Williams family are over six feet tall, which of the following statements must be true? (A) No man under six feet tall is a member of the Williams family. (B) All men over six feet tall are members of the Williams family. (C) All men who are not members of the Williams, family are under six feet tall. (D) Every member of the Williams family over six feet tall is a man. (E) There is one man in the Williams family under six feet tall.
8. A company sells boxes of balloons in which the balloons are red, green, or blue. Luann purchased a box of balloons 1 in which of them were red. If there 3 were half as many green balloons in the box as red ones and 18 balloons were blue, how many balloons were in the box?
9. Alice and Corinne stand back-to-back. They each take 10 steps in opposite directions away from each other and stop. Alice then turns around, walks toward Corinne, and reaches her in 17 steps. The length of one of Alices steps is how many times the length of one of Corinnes steps? (All of Alices steps are the same length and all of Corinnes steps are the same length.)
12. The total cost of 3 equally priced mechanical pencils is $4.50. If the cost per pencil is increased by $0.50, how much will 5 of these pencils cost at the new rate? (A) $7.50 (B) $8.00 (C) $9.00 (D) $9.50 (E) $10.00
10. If 3 more than n is a negative number and if 5 more than n is a positive number, which of the following could be the value of n? (A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 0 (E) 4
13. Car A traveled 60 miles and averaged 20 miles per gallon of gasoline. If car B traveled 15 miles for each gallon of gasoline it used, how many miles had car B traveled when it had used the same amount of gasoline that car A used to travel 60 miles?
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20092009-2010 2010 14. At Maple Creek High School, some members of the chess club are on the swim team and no members of the swim team are tenth graders. Which of the following must also be true? (A) No members of the chess club are tenth graders. (B) Some members of the chess club are tenth graders. (C) Some members of the chess club are not tenth graders. (D) More tenth graders are on the swim team than are in the chess club. (E) More tenth graders are in the chess club than are on the swim team.
WORD PROBLEMS
16. While driving on a 500-mile trip, Mr. Smith averages 60 miles per hour for the first t hours. In terms of t, where t < 8, how many miles remain to be traveled? (A) 60t 500 (B) 500 60t (C) 30,000 t 60 (D) 500 t 500 (E) 60t
15. To celebrate a colleagues graduation, the m coworkers in an office agreed to contribute equally to a catered lunch that costs a total of y dollars. If p of the coworkers fail to contribute, which of the following represents the additional amount, in dollars, that each of the remaining coworkers must contribute to pay for the lunch? (A) (B) (C)
y m
y m py p
17. By 7:00 P.M.,
1 of the junior class had 3 arrived at a school dance. By 8:00 P.M., 30 more juniors had arrived, raising 1 attendance to of the junior class. How 2 many people are in the junior class?
(A) 30 (B) 90 (C) 120 (D) 180 (E) 240
m p y (m p) (D) m py (E) m( m p )
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20092009-2010 2010 18. The total cost of a taxicab ride is the sum of (1) a basic fixed charge for using the taxicab, and 1 (2) an additional charge for each of a 4 mile that is traveled. 3 If the total cost to ride mile is $4.00 4 1 and the total cost to ride 1 miles is 2 $5.50, what is the total cost, in dollars, of a 3-mile ride? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer. If, for example, your answer is $1.37, grid 1.37)
WORD PROBLEMS
21. If x and y are two different integers and the product 35xy is the square of an integer, which of the following could be equal to xy? (A) 5 (B) 70 (C) 105 (D) 140 (E) 350
19. Classified ads cost $2.50 per 30 words at CityNewspaper. What is the least number of words that must be deleted from the text of a 75-word classified ad to reduce the cost to $5.00 or less? (A) 5 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 30 (E) 60
22. An amusement park charges $7 more for an adults admission than for a childs admission. If a group of 4 adults and 3 children spent $119 on admission, what is the price of admission for one child? (A) $11 (B) $13 (C) $16 (D) $17 (E) $18
20. Which of the following represents the total cost, in dollars, of k compact discs at $15 each and p compact disc cases at $25 each? (Disregard sales tax.) (A) 15k + 25p (B) 25k + 15p (C) 40(k + p) (D) 0.40(k + p) (E) (15 + k)(25 + p)
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23.
The figure above shows four apartments in a building. In this building, each apartment is occupied by only one person. Alice lives next to Sam, and Paul lives next to Alice and Dara. In which apartment could Alice live? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) 3 only (D) 2 or 3 (E) 1 or 4
24. A community college charges an activity fee of $4.00 per student and has a student body of 8,200 students. If every student pays the fee, what is the total amount in activity fees collected from the students? (A) $32.80 (B) $328.00 (C) $3,280.00 (D) $32,800.00 (E) $328,000.00
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4. When the number k is multiplied by 5, the result is the same as when 5 is added to k. What is the value of 4k?
4 5 (B) 1 5 (C) 4 (D) 4 (E) 5
1. Each month, a telephone service charges a base rate of $10.00 and an additional $0.08 per call for the first 40 calls and $0.04 for every call after that. How much does the telephone service charge for a month in which 50 calls are made? (A) $12.20 (B) $12.80 (C) $13.60 (D) $14.40 (E) $17.60
(A)
2. How many
1 -pound sticks of butter 4 together weigh as much as 25 pounds of butter?
5. The bus fare from city A to city B is $5 more for adults than for children. If a group of 5 adults and 6 children pay a total of $124 to travel by bus from city A to city B, what is the cost of the ticket for one adult? (A) $11 (B) $12 (C) $14 (D) $16 (E) $17
3. The total cost of 5 equally priced notebooks is $12.50. If the cost per notebook is reduced by $1, how much will 3 of these notebooks cost at the new rate? (A) $4.50 (B) $5.00 (C) $6.50 (D) $7.50 (E) $9.50
6. Which of the following represents the total cost, in dollars, of x rolls of wrapping paper that cost $6 each and y greeting cards that cost $2 each? (A) 2x + 6y (B) 6x + 2y (C) 8(x + y) (D) 0.8(x + y) (E) (2 + x) (6 + y)
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9. The city library donated some childrens books to Mr. Clarks first-grade class. If each student takes 4 books, there will be 20 books left. If 3 students do not take a book and the rest of the students take 5 books each, there will be no books left. How many books were donated to the class? (A) 120 (B) 140 (C) 160 (D) 175 (E) 185
7. Jamal has some coins in his pocket. Some of these coins are quarters, and none of the quarters in his pocket are dated earlier than 2000. Which of the following must be true? (A) None of the coins in Jamals pocket are dated earlier than 2000. (B) Some of the coins in Jamals pocket are dated earlier than 2000. (C) Some of the coins in Jamals pocket are dated 2000 or later. (D) Most of the coins in Jamals pocket are either quarters or dated earlier than 2000. (E) Most of the coins in Jamals pocket are not quarters.
8. There are 6 bookcases in a house. Each bookcase contains at least 125 books but not more than 160 books. Which of the following could be the total number of books in all 6 bookcases? (A) 500 (B) 625 (C) 725 (D) 925 (E) 1,000
10. Bernardo drives to work at an average speed of 50 miles per hour and returns along the same route at an average speed of 25 miles per hour. If his total travel time is 3 hours, what is the total number of miles in the round-trip? (A) 225 (B) 112.5 (C) 100 (D) 62.5 (E) 50
11. When a certain number is multiplied by 1 and the product is then multiplied by 4 32, the result is 60. What is the number?
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WORD PROBLEMS
15. If Marisa drove n miles in t hours, which of the following represents her average speed, in miles per hour?
n t t (B) n 1 (C) nt (D) nt (E) n2t
(A)
13. On Monday morning Mr. Smith had a certain amount of money that he planned to spend during the week. On each subsequent morning, he had one fourth the amount of the previous morning. On Saturday morning, 5 days later, he had $1. How many dollars did Mr. Smith originally start with on Monday morning? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
16. Morgans plant grew from 42 centimeters to 57 centimeters in a year. Lindas plant, which was 59 centimeters at the beginning of the year, grew twice as many centimeters as Morgans plant did during the same year. How tall, in centimeters, was Lindas plant at the end of the year?
14. Ali, Ben, and Carla made a total of 20 sandwiches. Ben made 3 times as many as Ali, and Carla made twice as many as Ben. How many sandwiches did Ali make? (A) Two (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six (E) Ten
17. Since the beginning of 1990, the number of squirrels in a certain wooded area has tripled during every 3-year period of time. If there were 5,400 squirrels in the wooded area at the beginning of 1999, how many squirrels were in the wooded area at the beginning of 1990?
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WORD PROBLEMS
19. All of Kays brothers can swim. If the statement above is true, which of the following must also be true? (A) If Fred cannot swim, then he is not Kays brother. (B) If Dave can swim, then he is not Kays brother. (C) If Walt can swim, then he is Kays brother. (D) If Pete is Kays brother, then he cannot swim. (E) If Mark is not Kays brother, then he cannot swim.
20. When her sons class held its magazine drive, Dr. Nelson bought 7 one-year magazine subscriptions for the waiting room in her office. She bought 4 subscriptions that have 12 issues per year, 2 subscriptions that have 4 issues per year, and 1 subscription that has 52 issues per year. Altogether, how many magazines will her office receive from these subscriptions?
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FACTORING
4. If x2 y2 = 77 and x + y = 11, what is the value of x? (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 7 (E) 6
1. If a + 2(x + 1) = s, what is x + 1, in terms of s and a? s (A) 2a s a (B) 2 s a (C) 2 s (D) a 2 s (E) a 2
2. If x2+y2 = 73 and xy = 24, what is the value of (x + y)2? (A) 73 (B) 97 (C) 100 (D) 121 (E) 144
5. If a, b, and c are different positive integers and 2 a 2 b 2 c 64 , then 2 a 2b 2c ? (A) 14 (B) 17 (C) 21 (D) 28 (E) 34
3. If (a b) 2 (a b) 2 , which of the following must be true? (A) b = 0 (B) a + b = 1 (C) a b = 1 (D) a2 + b2 = 1 (E) a2 b2 = 1
6. If (2x 2)(2 x) = 0, what are all the possible values of x? (A) 0 only (B) 1 only (C) 2 only (D) 1 and 2 only (E) 0, 1, and 2
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20092009-2010 2010 7. If a and b are positive integers and a2 b2 = 7, what is the value of a? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
FACTORING
10. If 2x + z = 2y and 2x + 2y + z = 20, what is the value of y? (A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
8. If x2 y2 = 10 and x + y = 5, what is the value of x y?
11.
if 1 2 1 1 x3 x x ax 3 bx 2 cx d 10 30 90 for all values of x, where a,b,c, and d are constants, what is the value of a+b+c+d ?
9. If xy = 7 and x y = 5, then x2y xy2 =? (A) 2 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 35 (E) 70
12. 3(x-7)(x-2)=k In the equation above, k is a constant. If the roots of the equation are 7 and 2, what is the value of k? (A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 7 (E) 14
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20092009-2010 2010 13. If x 2 64 = 0, which of the following could be a value of x? (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) 16 (E) 32
FACTORING
16. If (x+5) y= x 2 x+13, what is the value of y When x = 2?
14. If n is a positive odd integer, then (n+1)(n+2) could equal which of the following? (A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25 (E) 30
17. If (w2) 2 =0, what is the value of (w+3)(w+4)=? (A) 30 (B) 12 (C) 7 (D) 1 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
15. If x and y are numbers such that (x+9)(y9)=0, what is the smallest possible value of x 2 y 2 ? (A) 0 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 81 (E) 162
18. If x 2 +x=30, which of the following is a possible value of x 2 x? (A) -30 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 30 (E) 870
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4.
1. Carlos delivered n packages on Monday, 4 times as many packages on Tuesday as on Monday, and 3 more packages on Wednesday than on Monday. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of packages he delivered per day over the three days? (A) 2n 3 (B) 2n 1 (C) 2n + 1 (D) 2n + 3 (E) 6n + 1
What was the average (arithmetic mean) of the scores of the 5 students on test II? (A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 68 (D) 70 (E) 72
2. If the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is k, which of the following is the average of x, y, and z? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2k z 3 2k z 2 k z 3 k z 2 2(k z ) 3
5. If the areas of two regions are equal and the sum of the areas of the regions is 5, what is the average (arithmetic mean) of the areas of the two regions? (A) 0 5 (B) 2 5 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 10
3. The median of a set of 9 consecutive integers is 42. What is the greatest of these 9 integers?
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20092009-2010 2010 6. When the sum of a list of prices is divided by the average (arithmetic mean) of the prices, the result is k. What does k represent? (A) The sum of the prices (B) Half of the sum of the prices (C) The average of the prices (D) The number of prices (E) Half of the number of prices
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8. Each of 5 people had a blank card on which they wrote a positive integer. If the average (arithmetic mean) of these integers is 15, what is the greatest possible integer that could be on one of the cards?
7. Number of Siblings per Student in a Preschool Class Number Number of Siblings of Students 0 3 I 6 2 2 3 1 The table above shows how many students in a class of 12 preschoolers had 0, 1, 2, or 3 siblings. Later, a new student joined the class, and the average (arithmetic mean) number of siblings per student became equal to the median number of siblings per student. How many siblings did the new student have? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
9. The first term of a sequence is 20 and the second term is 8. The third term and each term thereafter is the average (arithmetic mean) of the two terms immediately preceding it. What is the value of the first term in the sequence that is not an integer?
10. If the average (arithmetic mean) of x and 3x is 12, what is the value of x? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 12 (E) 24
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20092009-2010 2010 11. The average (arithmetic mean) of a, b, and c is equal to the median of a, b, and c. If 0 < a < b < c, which of the following must be equal to b ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
a c 2 a c 3 c-a 2 c-a 3 ac
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14.
a, 2a, b
If the average (arithmetic mean) of the 3 numbers above is 2a, what is b in terms of a ? (A) a 3 (B) a 2 (C) 2a 5 (D) a 2 (E) 3a
12. Fifty percent of the songs played on a certain radio station are 3 minutes long, 30 percent are 5 minutes long, and 20 percent are 2 minutes long. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of minutes per song played on this radio station?
15. For which of the following lists of 7 numbers is the average (arithmetic mean) less than the median? (A) 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 (B) 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13 (C) 5, 5, 5, 8, 11, 11, 11 (D) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (E) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20
13. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 5 and r is 7 and the average of 3 and s is 3, what is the average of r and s ? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) 12
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16. For 12 bottles of shampoo of various brands, the cost and volume of each are displayed in the scatterplot above, and the line of best fit for the data is shown. Of the following, which is closest to the average (arithmetic mean) cost per ounce for the 12 bottles? (A) $0.06 (B) $0.09 (C) $0.12 (D) $0.15 (E) $0.18
The table above shows the number of items 100 customers purchased from a hardware store over a 4 -hour period. Which of the following can be determined from the information in the table? I. The average (arithmetic mean) number of items purchased per customer II. The median number of items purchased per customer III. The mode of the number of items purchased per customer (A) None (B) I and II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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19. The average (arithmetic mean) of 6, 19, and x is 19. What is the value of x ? (A) 19 (B) 25 (C) 31 (D) 32 (E) 57
The bar graph above shows the number of tons of beans produced on a large farm for the years 1985 through 1991. For which of the following two-year periods was the average (arithmetic mean) bean production closest to the bean production in 1985? (A) 1986-1987 (B) 1987-1988 (C) 1988-1989 (D) 1989-1990 (E) 1990-1991
20. If the average (arithmetic mean) of t and t 2 is x and if the average of t and t 2 is y, what is the average of x and y ? (A) 1 t (B) 2 (C) t (D) t (E) 2t
1 2
22. The average (arithmetic mean) of t and y is 15, and the average of w and x is 15. What is the average of t, w, x, and y ? (A) 7.5 (B) 15 (C) 22.5 (D) 30 (E) 60
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24. If 2x 5, x + 1, and 3x 8 are all integers and x + 1 is the median of these integers, which of the following could be a value for x? (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11
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4. If
x y 2 3x , what is the value of ? 3 2y
1. If 2x + 3 = 9, what is the value of 4x 3? (A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 21
1 3 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 3 (D) 2 9 (E) 4
(A)
2. If
x y
2 3x , what is the value of ? 3 2y
5. If 3x + 9 = 5x + 1, what is the value of x? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 8
1 3 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 3 (D) 2 9 (E) 4
(A)
3. If 5t = 45 and tk = 1, what is the value of k?

1 45 1 (B) 9 1 (C) 5 (D) 5 (E) 9
6. If 2(x 3) = 8, what does
x 3 equal? x 3
(A)
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EQUATIONS
11. If 40,404+x=44,444, then 40,404-10x = ? (A) - 4.04 (B) 0.004 (C) 4 (D) 4.04 (E) 40.4
8. If 2x 10 = 20, then x 5 = ? (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 30
12. If 0.0002 x (A) 0.0001 (B) 0.1 1 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 1,000
0.0002, then x
9. If x = k(k 2), then x + 1 = ? (A) k2 k (B) k2 3k (C) k2 2k + 1 (D) k2 + 2k + 1 (E) k2 1
13. If n is 3 less than w and w is 1 more than z, what is the value of n when z =1 ? (A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
10.
x x 2
39 , then x = 37
14. If 3x x 2x x 20, then x (A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 10 (E) 20 63 22
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EQUATIONS
19. if
(5 2)m 3 4 6 What is the value of m?
16. If tx 5 t 1 x, which of the following must be true? (A) x (B) x (C) t (D) t (E) t 4 5 4 5 5x
20. if 2 x 4 x 6 x A) -288 B) -2 1 C) 2 1 D) 2 E) 2
24, then x=?
17. If x = 5 y and y=z+1, what is (A) z (B) z + 1 (C) 5 z (D) 5 z +1 (E) 5 z 1
x in terms of z ? 5
21. if
1 x 1
1 , What is the value of x? 2
A) 2 B) 1 C) 0 D) -1 E) -2
18. If x 3 (A) z 4 (B) z 4 (C) z 3 (D) 7z (E) 12z
3y and y
4z, what is x in terms of z ?
22.
if ( x 5) y x 2 x 13 what is the value of y when x=2?
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EQUATIONS
x y a b 2 9x 9 y , then 3 10 a 10b ?
23. if
A) B) C) D) E)
9 10 20 23 20 27 2 3 3 5
26. If a positive integer n is picked at random from the positive integers less than or equal to 10, what is the probability that 5n+314 ? A) 0 1 B) 10 1 C) 5 3 D) 10 2 E) 5
24. If 10 + x is 5 more than 10, what is the value of 2x? (A) -5 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 25 (E) 50
27. If (x -2) 2 =49, then x could be? (A) -9 (B) -7 (C) 2 (D) 5 (E) 9
25. The result when a number is divided by 2 is equal to the result when that same number is divided by 4. What is that number? (A) -4 (B) -2 (C) 0 (D) 2 (E) 4
28. If (2m)k =6, then mk =? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 12
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3. If xr = v, v = kr, and rv following is equal to k? (A) 1 1 (B) x (C) x 1 (D) x (E) x + 1 0, which of the
1. Which of the following tables shows a relationship in which w is directly proportional to x?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E) 4. If y is directly proportional to x2 and y 2. If 5t = 45 and tk = 1, what is the value of k?

1 45 1 (B) 9 1 (C) 5 (D) 5 (E) 9
when x when y
3 4 3 (B) 2 9 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 9
1 what is the positive value of x 2 9 ? 2
1 8
(A)
(A)
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1 5 1 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 75
VARIATIONS
7. If y is directly proportional to x and if y = 20 when x = 6, what is the value of y when x = 9?
10 3 40 (B) 3 (C) 23 (D) 27 (E) 30
(A)
(A)
6. If r is directly proportional to s and if s = when r = s=

4 ? 9
what is the value of r when
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4. If x is an integer greater than 1 and if 1 , which of the following must y x x be true? I. y x II. y is an integer. III. xy > x2 (A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
1. If rstv = 1 and stuv = 0, which of the following must be true? (A) r < 1 (B) s < 1 1 (C) t > 2 (D) u = 0 (E) v = 0
2. If 2x < y < 0, which of the following is greatest? (A) 2x (B) (2x + y) (C) 2x (D) 0 (E) y 5. At a bottling company, machine A fills a bottle with spring water and machine B accepts the bottle only if the number of fluid ounces is between 7 1 11 and 12 If machine B accepts a 8 8 bottle containing n fluid ounces, which of the following describes all possible values of n ? (A) n 12 3. If 3b + 1 < 10, which of the following CANNOT be the value of b? (A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3 (B) n 12 (C) n 12 (D) n 12 (E) n 12
1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8
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3x 2 (3x) 2
9.
10 k k 5 3 8
For what value of x is the statement above FALSE? (A) 3 (B) 0 1 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) For no value of x
What is the value of k that satisfies both equations above?
7. For how many ordered pairs of positive integers (x, y) is 2x + 3y < 6? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Five (E) Seven
10. A regulation for riding a certain amusement park ride requires that a child be between 30 inches and 50 inches tall. Which of the following inequalities can be used to determine whether or not a childs height h satisfies the regulation for this ride? (A) h 10 (B) h 20 (C) h 30 (D) h 40
50
40
20
10
(E) h 45
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20092009-2010 2010 11. If 0 < x < 1, which of the following statements must be true? I. x2 > x3 x II. x > 2 III. x> x3 (A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III

13. If 0 < n < 1, which of the following gives the correct ordering of n , n, and n2 ? (A) n < n < n2 (B) n < n2 < n (C) n < n < n2 (D) n < n2 < n (E) n2 < n < n
14. If 0 x 8 and 1 y 3 , which of the following gives the set of all possible values of xy? (A) xy = 4 (B) 0 xy 24 (C) 1 xy 11 (D) 1 xy 24 (E) 8 xy 24 12.
On the number line above, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z are coordinates of the indicated points. Which of the following is closest in value to |u + v| ? (A) t (B) w (C) x (D) y (E) z
15. If x + y = 30 and x > 8, then which of the following must be true? (A) y > 0 (B) y < 22 (C) y = 22 (D) y > 22 (E) x < 30
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19. If 4x = 6u = 5v = 7w > 0, which of the following is true? (A) x < v < u < w (B) x < u < v < w (C) x < v < w < u (D) w < u < v < x (E) u < v < w < x
On the number line above, which of the following corresponds to u w ? (A) t (B) v (C) x (D) y (E) z
17.
m 3 k 7
5 15
20. If x = 1 and k > 0, which of the following has the greatest value? (A) 2kx (B) 4kx2 (C) 6kx3 (D) 8kx4 (E) l0kx5
In the equations above, m < 0 and k < 0. What is the value of m k? (A) 24 (B) 14 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 20
18. If k(2x + 3)(x 1) = 0 and x > 1, what is the value of k? (A) (B) 0 2 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) 2
3 2
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1 1 1 1 1 1 then x could be 6 7 8 x 7 8 which of the following?
1. If 2 x
possible value of x? (A) 4 (B) 5 {C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
4. If
(A) 3 (B) 4 {C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
2. If a>b>0, which of the following is greater a than ? b (A) 1 b (B) a 1 (C) a b a (D) 2b 2a (E) b 5. If m>0, then m 2 (A) 0 (B) 1 {C) m (D) m 2 1 (E) m 2
m m m m
3. If -9 < x <9, which of the following must be true? (A) x 2 < 9 (B) x 3 > 9 (C) x < 9 (D) x (E) x
2 >7 9 <9
1 1 1 1 1 1 then y could be 5 6 7 5 6 y which of the following?
6. . If
(A) 6 (B) 7 {C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
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10. If a, b, and c are positive integers, and if (ac)b=0, which of the following must be true? (A) a<b (B) b<c (C) a=b (D) a=c (E) b=c
8.
if x>0, then x
x x
x x2
11. If p < 5 or p > 5, which of the following must be true? I. p 2 > 5 II. p > 5 III. p 3 > 5 (A) II only (B) I and II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
(A) 0 (B) 1 {C) x (D) x 2 (E) x 1
9. If k is a positive integer divisible by 7, and if k < 90, what is the greatest possible value of k ? (A) 83 (B) 84 (C) 87 (D) 88 (E) 89
12. t 3 =4 For how many values of t is the equation above true? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Four (E) More than four
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13. Which of the following inequalities is true about the lengths a and b of the sides of the triangle above? (A) 0(a+b) 2 <20 (B) 20 (a+b) 2 < 40 (C) 40 (a+b) 2 < 100 (D) 100 (a+b) 2 < 400 (E) 400 (a+b) 2
Which of the lettered points in the figure above has coordinates (x,y) such that x y 7? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
15. If 75 percent of m is equal to k percent of m 25, where k > 0, what is the value of ? k
3 16 1 (B) 3 3 (C) 4 (D) 3 16 (E) 3
(A)
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19 . If x and y are integers, 7 <y <16, and x 2 how many possible values are there for y 5 x? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Five
17. Each of the following inequalities is true for some values of x EXCEPT (A) x < x 2 < x 3 (B) x < x 3 < x 2 (C) x 2 <x 3 < x (D) x 3 <x <x 2 (E) x 3 <x 2 <x
18. If 6 < x 3 <7 and x< 0, what is one possible value of x ?
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5 15
1.
m 3 k 7
3.
2x 5 y 4 x ky
8 17
In the equations above, m < 0 and k < 0. What is the value of m k? (A) 24 (B) 14 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 20
For which of the following values of k will the system of equations above have no solution? (A) -10 (B) -5 (C) 0 (D) 5 (E) 1 0
2.
3x 7 y 12 6 x ky 6
4.
k m
3wx ( w 1)k
For which of the following values for k will the system of equations above have no solution? (A) 14 (B) 7 (C) 0 (D) 7 (E) 14
If k and m are defined by the equations above, what is the value of m when w = 4 and x = 1? (A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 24 (E) 36
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2 9x 9 y , then 3 10 a 10b
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x y a b
7. If 2x + z = 2y and 2x + 2y + z = 20, what is the value of y? (A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
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6. If 5y + 2x = 23 and x = y + 1, what is the value of y?
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3. The quadratic function g is given by g(x) = ax2, + bx + c, where a and c are negative constants. Which of the following could be the graph of g?
1. If x2+y2 = 73 and xy = 24, what is the value of (x + y)2 ? (A) 73 (B) 97 (C) 100 (D) 121 (E) 144
(A)
2.
(B)
(C)
The figure above shows the graphs of y = x2 and y = a x2 for some constant a. If the length of PQ is equal to 6, what is the value of a? (A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 18
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The quadratic function graphed above has equation f(x) = a x 2 . Which of the following must be true? (A) a > 0 (B) a < 0 (C) a is even. (D) a is odd. (E) a is the square of an integer.
Which of the following could be the equation of the graph of function g, shown above? (A) g(x) = x 2 (B) g(x) = x 2 (C) g(x) = x 2 (D) g(x) = x 2 (E) g(x) = x 2 -3x +2 -2x +1 +x + 3 +2x -1 +3x -2
5. If x 2 64 = 0, which of the following could be a value of x? (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) 16 (E) 32
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1. The table above shows some values for the function f. If f is a linear function, what is the value of a + b? (A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 72 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
The figure above shows the graph of y = g(x). If the function h is defined by h(x) = g(2x) + 2, what is the value of h(1)?
2. The shaded region in the figure above is bounded by the xaxis, the line x = 4, and the graph of y = f(x).If the point (a, b) lies in the shaded region, which of the following must be true? I. a 4 II. b a III. b f(a) (A) I only (C) I and II only (E) I, II, and III (B) III only (D) I and III only
4. A group of students washed cars to raise money. The net amount A, in dollars, raised by washing k cars is given by the function A(k) = 4k 30. If the group washed 15 cars, what is the net amount they raised? (A) $10 (B) $15 (C) $20 (D) $25 (E) $30
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20092009-2010 2010 5. Let the function h be defined by x2 h(x) = 14 + .If h (2m) = 9m, what is one 4 possible value of m?
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8. The total daily cost c, in dollars, of producing x units of a certain product is 600 x 200 given by the function c(x) = + k, x where k is a constant and x 100. If 20 units were produced yesterday for a total cost of $640, what is the value of k? (A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 590 (E) 600
6. For which of the following functions is f( 3 ) f( 3 ) ?
4x 2 4 4 (C) f ( x) x (D) f ( x) 4 x 3 (E) f ( x) x 4 4

(A) f ( x) (B) f (x)
9. Let the function f be defined by f(x) = x + 1. If 2f (p) = 20, what is the value of f (3p)?
\ 7. The figure above shows the graph of the function h. Which of the following is closest to h(5) ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 10. The graph of y = g(x) is shown above. If g (k) = 1, which of the following is a possible value of k? (A) 1.5 (B) 0.5 (C) 1 (D) 1.5 (E) 2
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11. The table above gives values of the quadratic function f for selected values of x. Which of the following defines f? (A) f(x) = x2 + 1 (B) f(x) = x2 + 2 (C) f(x) = 2x2 2 (D) f(x) = 2x2 1 (E) f(x) = 2x2 + 1
12. The graph of y = f(x) is shown above. Which of the following could be the graph of y = f(x + 2)?
(A)
(B)
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15. The graph of y = g(x) is shown above. If g (2) = k, which of the following could be the value of g (k)? 13. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle. Points A and C lie on the graph of y = px3, where p is a constant. If the area of ABCD is 4, what is the value of p? (A) 2 (B) 2.5 (C) 3 (D) 3.5 (E) 5
14. The total daily profit p, in dollars, from producing and selling x units of a certain product is given by the function p(x) = 17x (10x + b), where b is a constant. If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? (A) 200 (B) 100 (C) 0 (D) 100 (E) 200
16. The figures above show the graphs of the functions f and g. The function f is defined by f(x) = x3 4x. The function g is defined by g(x) = f(x + h) + k, where h and k are constants. What is the value of hk? (A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 6
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18. The table above gives values of the linear function g for selected values of t. Which of the following defines g? (A)
1 t+1 2 1 (B) g(t)= t + 1 2 (C) g(t)= t + 1 (D) g (t)= t + 2 (E) g(t)= 2t + 2
(A) g(t)=
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g ( n)
(D) 19. (A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 18 (E) 32
n2 n2
n n
h( n) g (5) h(4) =
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20. Which of the following is equivalent to h (m + 1)? (A) g (m) (B) g (m) + 1 (C) g (m) 1 (D) h (m) + 1 (E) h(m) 1 SAT Practice Book 84 55
20092009-2010 2010 21. Let the function f be defined by f(x) = x2 + 18. If m is a positive number such that f (2m) = 2f (m), what is the value of m?
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23. The table above represents a relationship between x and y. Which of the following linear equations describes the relationship? (A) y = x + 1 (B) y = x + 4 (C) y = 3x (D) y = 4x (E) y = 4x 1
22. Let the function h be defined by h (t) = 2(t3 3). When h (t) = 60, what is the value of 2 3t? (A) 35 (B) 11 (C) 7 (D) 7 (E) 11
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3. Let the function f be defined by f(x) = x2 + 18. If m is a positive number such that f (2m) = 2f (m), what is the value of m?
1. Let the function f be defined by f(x) = 2x 1. 1 If f ( t ) = 4, what is the value of t? 2 (A) (B)
3 2
7 2 9 (C) 2 49 (D) 4 81 (E) 4
4. The rate for a telephone call between City A and City B is 50 cents for the first minute and 30 cents for each additional minute or portion thereof. Which of the following functions describes the cost, in dollars, of a phone call between these two cities that lasts for n minutes, if n is a positive integer? (A) f(n) = 0.80n (B) f(n) = 0.50 + 0.30 n (C) f(n) = 0.50 + 0.30 (n + 1) (D) f(n) = 0.50 + 0.30 (n 1) (E) f(n) = 0.50n + 0.30(n 1)
2. Based on the graph of the function f above, what are the values of x for which f(x) is negative? (A) 6 < x < 0 (B) 0 < x < 6 (C) 6 < x < 7 (D) 6 < x < 6 (E) 6 < x < 0 and 6 < x < 7
5. For all numbers x, the function f is defined by f(x) =(x+4) (x+2). Which of the following has a negative value? (A) f ( 5) (B) f ( 4) (C) f ( -3) (D) f ( -2) (E) f ( -1)
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20092009-2010 2010 6. A weather-watch camera is set so that its shutter opens every 31 seconds. If g (h) represents the number of times the cameras shutter opens in h hours, which of the following defines g? (A) g (h) = 31h (B) g (h) = 31* 3600h (C) g (h) = 31h/3600 (D) g (h) =3600h/31 (E) g (h) =31*3600/h
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9. For all x -1, let the function f be defined as f(x) = x+1. Which of the following is equal to f (15) f (8)? (A) f ( 1) (B) f (0) (C) f (1) (D) f (7) (E) f ( 7 )
7. Let the function s be defined so that s(x) is the area of a semicircle with diameter x. If s (6) +s (8) =s (b), what is the value of b?
8. The table above gives values of the linear function k for selected values of x. Which of the following defines k? (A) k (x) = -2x +1 (B) k (x) = -x +1 1 1 (C) k (x) = x 2 2 (D) k (x) = x -1 (E) k (x) =2x-1
10. The table above shows some values for the functions f and g. If f and g are linear functions, what is the value of a b? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
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20092009-2010 2010 11. Ritas dog weighed 5 pounds when she bought it. Over the next several years, the dogs weight increased by 10 percent per year. Which of the following functions gives the weight, w, in pounds, of the dog after n years of weight gain at this rate? (A) w(n)=5+0.1n (B) w(n) = 5(0.1) n (C) w(n) = 5(0.9) n (D) w(n) = 5(1.1) n (E) w(n) = 5(n) 1.1
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13. Which of the following could be the equation of the graph of function g, shown above? (A) g(x) = x 2 -3x +2 (B) g(x) = x 2 -2x +1 (C) g(x) = x 2 +x + 3 (D) g(x) = x 2 +2x -1 (E) g(x) = x 2 +3x -2
14. Let the function f be defined by f(x) =2x-1. 1 If f (t) = 10 what is the value of t? 2 (A) 9.5 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 9.5 (E) 10.5
f x =kg(x) +2 12. The function f above is defined in terms of another function g for all values of x, where k is a constant. If t is a number for which f (t) = 30 and g (t) = 8, what does k equal?
15. For which of the following functions is it true that f (-2)= f(2)? (A) f (x) = (B) f (x) = 2 - x (C) f (x)=x+1 2 (D) f (x)= x +1 (E) f (x)=2 x 3
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20092009-2010 2010 16. The graph of a quadratic function and the graph of a linear function in the xy -plane can intersect in at most how many points? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) More than four C.
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17. Which of the following could be the graph in the xy -plane of the function f (x) = 2x + 3? A.
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r ( x) t ( x) x2 x 2
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The functions r and t are defined above. For how many values of a is it true that r (a) = t (a)? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
The function f graphed above is defined for 3 x 6. For which of the following values of x is f (x) < f (x) ? (A) 3 (D) 1 (B) 2 (E) 5 (C) 1
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2. For all x, the function f is defined by f (x) = 3x, and the function g is defined by g(x) = f (x) + 2. What is the value of g (50)?
3. c (n) = 35 + 12n To hold a birthday party for n people, the amount a party planner charges, in dollars, is given by the function c(n) above. How much, in dollars, does the planner charge to hold a birthday party for 12 people? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
The function y= f(x), defined for 5 x 6, is graphed above. Which of the following gives all values of x for which f(x) is positive? (A) 0< x 6 (B) 5< x 6 (C) 5 x <2 (D) 4< x <1 and 5< x 6 (E) 5 x < 4 and 1< x <5 90 11
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6. If the function f is defined by f ( x) for what value of x does f(x) = 20?
9. Based on the graph of the function f above, what are the values of x for which f(x) is positive? (A) -2 x <1 or 8<x< 10 (B) -2 x <1 or 4<x<8 (C) 1<x<4 or 8<x 10 (D) -2 x 10 (E) 1<x<8
7. If the function g is defined by g(x) =x 3 3x, what is the value of g (3)? (A) 36 (B) 18 (C) 3 (D) 18 (E) 36
8. The table above gives values of the function f for several values of t. If the graph of f is a line, which of the following defines f (t)? (A) f (t)=t-1 (B) f (t)=t+1 (C) f (t)=2t+1 (D) f (t)=2t-1 (E) f(t)=1-2t
10. Let the function f be defined by f(x) = 5x for all numbers x. Which of the following is equivalent to f(p + r)?
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5 (B) 5p+r (C) 5p+5r (D) 10 (p + r) (E) 25pr
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13. If the function f is defined by f(x)=3x + 4, then 2f(x) +4=? (A) 5x +4 (B) 5x+ 8 (C) 6x +4 (D) 6x+ 8 (E) 6x +12
11. The graph of y= f(x) is shown above. If -3 x 6, for how many values of x does f(x) = 2? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) More than three
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B.
Based on the portions of the graphs of the functions f and g shown above, what are all values of x between -6 and 6 for which g (x) >f (x)?
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(A) 6< x< 3 only (B) 3 <x< 0 only (C) 0 <x< 3 only (D) 3 <x< 6 only (E) 6 <x< 3 and 0< x< 3
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a b = a + 3b a b = a + 4b 3. For all the numbers x and y, let the operation be defined by x y =xy y. If a and b are positive integers, which of the following can be equal to zero? I. a b II. (a + b) b III. a (a + b) (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II (E) I and III
1. Let the operations and be defined for all real numbers a and b as follows.
If 4 (5y) = (5y) 4, what is the value of y?
2. Let the operation be defined by a b for all numbers a and b, a b a b where a b. If 1 2 = 2 x, what is the value of x? (A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) l (E) 0
4. Let be defined as for all values of x. If is the value of a? (A) 1 1 (B) 2 3 (C) 2 6 (D) 5 (E) 3
= x2 x what
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20092009-2010 2010 5. For all positive integers j and k, let j k be defined as the whole number remainder when j is divided by k. If 13 k = 2, what is the value of k? 8. If 10 # h = 98, then h = (A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
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6. Let
be defined as = xy
z y for all positive integers x,
9. For what value of x is the statement x # y = x always true? (A) - 2 (B) - 1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 2
y, and z. What is the value of
Questions 7-9 refer to the following definition.
Let # be defined by a # b = ab + a + b for all numbers a and b. 7. 2 # 5 = (A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 17 (D) 20 (E) 32
10. For all values of y, let y be defined by y = y2- 1.Which of the following is equal to (y ) ? (A) y4 1 (B) y4 y2 1 (C) y4 + y2 1 (D) y4 2 y2 (E) y4 2 y2+ 1
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20092009-2010 2010 11. For all positive integers a and b, let be defined by ab = a 2+ b2 2. If c and d are positive integers, which of the following CANNOT be the value of cd ? (A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6 (E) 8
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13. For all numbers x and y, let x defined as x the value of (3 (A) 5 (B) 13 (C) 27 (D) 170 (E) 183 1) 1? y be y = x2 + xy + y2. What is
12. For all positive integers w and y, where w > y, let the operation be 2w y defined by w y= w y . 2 For how many positive integers w is w 1 equal to 4 ? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Four (E) More than four
14. Let
1 x for all nonzero integers x. If x = t, where t is an integer, which of the following is a possible value of t ?
x be defined as x+
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
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1. In the xyplane, the equation of line l is y = 2x + 5. If line m is the reflection of line l in the xaxis, what is the equation of line m ? (A) y = 2x 5 (B) y = 2x + 5 (C) y = 2x 5 1 (D) y = x5 2 1 (E) y = x+5 2
3. In the figure above, what is the slope of line ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2. In the xyplane, line l passes through the origin and is perpendicu1ar to the line 4 x y k where k is a constant. If the two lines intersect at the point (t, t + 1), what is the value of t?
4 3 5 (B) 4 3 (C) 4 5 (D) 4 4 (E) 3
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4. In the coordinate plane, the points F and H lie on a circle with center P. What are the coordinates of point P ? (A (B) (C) (D) (E)
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20092009-2010 2010 5. Which of the following is the graph of a linear function with a negative slope and a positive yintercept?
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(B) 6. In the figure above, the scale on the xaxis is different from the scale on the yaxis. If the area of ABC is 18, what is the value of k? (A) (D) (B) (C) (E) (D) (E)
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7. In the xyplane, the center of a circle has coordinates (3, 7). If one endpoint of a diameter of the circle is (2, 7), what are the coordinates of the other endpoint of this diameter? (A) (7, 7) (B) (2,2) (C) (3, 2) (D) (8, 2) (E) (8, 7) SAT Practice Book 98 22
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8. In the figure above, RS = ST and the coordinates of S are (k, 3). What is the value of k? (A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 3 (E) 3
10. What is an equation of line in the figure above? (A) y= (B) y= (C) y= (D) y= (E) y=
9. If the areas of the two rectangles in the figure above are equal, which of the following could be the coordinates of point P ? (A) (5, 3) (B) (5, 3) (C) (5, 5) (D) (5, 3) (E) (5, 3)
11. In the xy -plane, an equation of line is y=3x1. If line m is the reflection of line in the y -axis, what is an equation of line m ? (A) y= 3x1 (B) y= 3x+1 (C) y=3x+1 (D) y= (E) y=
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20092009-2010 2010 12. In the xy-coordinate plane, the graph of y= intersects line at (p, 5) and (t, -7). What is the least possible value of the slope of ? (A) 6 (B) 2 (C) -2 (D) -6 (E) -10
14. In the figure above, line l passes through the origin. What is the value k of ? h (A) 3 (B) 2 3 (C) 2
3 2 (E) 3
(D)
13. In the xycoordinate system above, which of the following line segments has a slope of 1? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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15. The figure above shows the graph of the line y = mx + b, where m and b are constants. Which of the following best represents the graph of the line y = 3mx + b?
16. The figure above shows the graph of the line y = ax + b, where a and b are constants. Which of the following best represents the graph of the line y = 2ax + b?
(A)
(A)
(B)
(B)
(C) (C)
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20092009-2010 2010 17. Rectangle ABCD lies in the xycoordinate plane so that its sides are not parallel to the axes. What is the product of the slopes of all four sides of rectangle ABCD? (A)2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 2
19. Which of the lettered points in the figure above has coordinates (x, y) such that x y 3? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E 18. In the xyplane above, points Q and S are the centers of the circles, which are tangent to the xaxis. What is the slope of line QS (not shown)?
1 8 1 (B) 4 1 (C) 2 7 (D) 8 (E) 1
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20. In the figure above, if the legs of triangle ABC are parallel to the axes, which of the following could be the lengths of the sides of triangle ABC? (A) 2, 5, and 29 (B) 2, 5,and 7 (C) 3, 3, and 3 2 (D) 3, 4,and 5 (E) 4, 5,and 41
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21. In the figure above, the slope of line is . What is the value of k ? (A) 3 (B) (C) (D) 2 (E)
22. If the areas of the two rectangles in the figure above are equal, which of the following could be the coordinates of point R ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) SAT Practice Book 103 77
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1. In the figure above, line (not shown) is perpendicular to and bisects . Which of the following points lies on line ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3. Point P is the point with the greatest ycoordinate on the semicircle shown above. What is the x-coordinate of point Q ? (A) -3.5 (B) -3 (C) -2.5 (D)-2 (E)-1.5
2. In the figure above, the coordinates of P are (10 -2a, 0) - and the coordinates of Q are (10, a). A point in square ORST is to be chosen at random. If the probability that the point will be in the shaded triangle is what is the value of a? (A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 2 (E) 5 SAT Practice Book 104
4. Point S is the point with the greatest y coordinate on the semicircle shown above. What is the x coordinate of point R ? (A) 5.5 (B) 4 (C) 3.5 (D) 3 (E) 2.5
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5. What is an equation of the line parallel to the x axis and two units above the x -axis? (A) x = 2 (B) x = 2 (C) y = 2 (D) y = 0 (E) y = 2 7. In the figure above, if line has a slope of 2, what is the y-intercept of ? (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 12
6. Which of the lettered points in the figure above has coordinates (x,y) such that y=5? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
8. If x is the coordinate of the indicated point on the number line above, which of the lettered points has coordinate -2x ? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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10. What is the total number of different routes that a fire truck can travel the mdistance from F to Z ? (A) Six (B) Five (C) Four (D) Three (E) Two
The grid above represents equally spaced streets in a town that has no one-way streets. F marks the corner where a firehouse is located. Points W, X, Y, and Z represent the locations of some other buildings. The fire company defines a buildings m-distance as the minimum number of blocks that a fire truck must travel from the firehouse to reach the building. For example, the building at X is an m-distance of 2, and the building at Y is an m-distance of from the firehouse.
11. All of the buildings in the town that are an m-distance of 3 from the firehouse must lie on a (A) circle (B) square (C) right isosceles triangle (D) pair of intersecting lines (E) line
9. What is the m-distance of the building at W from the firehouse? (A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3 (E) 4 12. In the figure above, line intersects the x-axis at x = -2 and the y-axis at y = -3. If line m (not shown) passes through the origin and is perpendicular to line , what is the slope of line m ?
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20092009-2010 2010 13. In the xycoordinate plane, the distance between point B(10, 18) and point A(x, 3) is 17. What is one possible value of x?
14. In a rectangular coordinate system, the center of a circle has coordinates (5, 12), and the circle touches the xaxis at one point only. What is the radius of the circle?
16. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle. Points A and C lie on the graph of y = px3, where p is a constant. If the area of ABCD is 4, what is the value of p?
15. In the figure above, PQRS is a rectangle, and points Q and. R lie on the graph of y = ax2, where a is a constant. If the perimeter of PQRS is 10, what is the value of a?
17. Point P lies on the line with equation y 4 = 3(x 2). If the xcoordinate of P is 4, what is the ycoordinate of P ?
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20. In the xy -coordinate plane, the distance between points P(10,y) and Q(70, 14) is 61. What is one possible value of y ?
18. Line m (not shown) passes through O and intersects AB between A and B. What is one possible value of the slope of line m?
19. In the xy-plane above, the area of OST is 8. What is the value of a ?
21. In the xy -coordinate plane above, AC = 3, BC = 5, and is perpendicular to . If the coordinates of point A are (1, 0), what is the y -intercept of line ?
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1. In the figure above, PS and TR intersect at O and ON is perpendicular to PS . What is the value of y x? (A) 20 (B) 70 (C) 90 (D) 100 (E) 140
3. In the figure above, if l // m, then the sum of the measures of angles 2 and 4 must equal the sum of the measures of which of the following pairs of angles? (A) 5 and 6 (B) 5 and 7 (C) 6 and 7 (D) 6 and 8 (E) 7 and 8
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In the figure above, three line segments meet at a point to form three angles. What is the value of x? (A) 20 (B) 36 (C) 40 (D) 45 (E) 60
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5. What is the value of x in the figure above?
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8. In the figure above, m // n and l bisects <ABC. If 45 < y < 55, what is one possible value for x? 6. In the figure above, l //m and r = 50. What is the value of s + t + u? (A) 230 (B) 240 (C) 250 (D) 270 (E) 310
7. Three lines intersect in a point as shown in the figure above. Which of the following pairs of angle measures is NOT sufficient for determining all six angle measures? (A) t and z (B) t and y (C) s and x (D) r and t (E) r and s SAT Practice Book 110
9. In the figure above, if z = 30, what is the value of x + y? (A) 60 (B) 150 (C) 180 (D) 210 (E) 330
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12. In the figure above, y + z =? (A) 180 (B) 195 (C) 215 (D) 230 (E) 245 .
11. In the figure above, l // m. If x = 80 and y = 70, what is the value of z? (A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 75 (D) 90 (E) 150
13. In the figure above, if x = 70 and y = 40 and the dotted lines bisect the angles with measures x and y, what is the value of z? (A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50 (E) 55
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14. In the figure above, AD , BE , and CF intersect at point O. If the measure of <AOB is 80 and CF bisects <BOD, what is the measure of <EOF? (A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70 (E) 80
16. In the figure above l // m. If v = 2w, which of the following must be equal to q? (A) v + t (B) v - t (C) t (D) 2v (E) s + t .
15. In the figure above, if l // m, what does z equal in terms of x and y? (A) x + y (B) x y (C) 180 x (D) 180 x + y (E) 180 x y
17. In the figure above, AE and BG intersect at C. If x = 80 and CF bisects ECG, what is the value of y?
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18. In the figure above, l // m. If p (not shown) is another line in the plane, what is the least number of points at which p can intersect these four lines? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Four
20. In the figure above, the measure of 2 SQR is the measure of PQR. If the 5 2 measure of PQR is the measure of a 3 right angle, what is the measure of SQR? (A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 60 (E) 96 .
19. In the figure above, OA OC and OB OD. If x = 35, what is the value of z? (A) 55 (B) 45 (C) 35 (D) 30 (E) 25 21. In the figure above, lines k, l, and m are parallel. If y = 125, what is the value of x + z? (A) 90 (B) 95 (C) 100 (D) 105 (E) 110
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22. In the figure above, lines l and m intersect. If y = 44, what is the value of x? (A) 127 (B) 128 (C) 130 (D) 132 (E) 134
24. In the figure above, what is the value of y? (A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 60 (E) 72 .
23. The figure above shows five lines. If l // m, which of the following is NOT equal to 90? (A) r (B) s (C) t (D) u (E) v
25. In the figure above, if l // m and r = 91, then t + u = (A) 178 (B) 179 (C) 180 (D) 181 (E) 182
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1. In the equilateral triangle RST above, what is the value of y ? (A) 60 (B) 70 (C) 75 (D) 80 (E) 85
Note: Figure not drown to scale. 3. In the xy-plane above, the area of OST is 8. What is the value of a ?
2. In the figure above, N lies on MO . In terms of x, which of the following must be equivalent to y ? (A) 2 x (B) 2x (C) 3x (D) 90 (E) 180
4. In the figure above, what is the value of x + y ? (A) 90 (B) 100 (C) 110 (D) 120 (E) 130
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Note: Figure not drown to scale. 5. In the figure above, x 90 and y z 1 . If z is an integer, what is the greatest possible value of y ? (A) 30 (B) 45 (C) 60 (D) 61 (E) 89
7. In triangle ABC above, if AD = 6, DC = 3, and BC = 4, what is the area of triangle ABD? (A) 36 (B) 18 (C) 12 (D) 6 (E) 3
6. If the length of AB is 5 and the length of BC is 6, which of the following could be the length of AC ? (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15 (E) 16
8. In ABC above, what is the length of AD ?
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9. In ABC above, AB = 3, and D is the midpoint of AC . What is the length of BC ? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 5
11. In the triangle above, x = (A) 59 (B) 60 (C) 61 (D) 62 (E) 63
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10. In isosceles triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is 80 . If another angle of the triangle measures x , where x 80 , what is one possible value of x ?
12. In the figure above,the coordinates of P are (10 2a,0) and the coordinates of Q are (10, a) .A point in square ORST is to be chosen at random. If the probability that the point will be in the 1 shaded triangle is , what is the value 5 of a? (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 2 5 (D) 2 10 (E) 5 117 33
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15. If the length of LM is 7 and the length of MN is 8, which of the following could be the length of LN ? (A) 23 (B) 22 (C) 17 (D) 16 (E) 14
13. In the figure above, if the area of triangle CAF is equal to the area of rectangle CDEF, what is the length of segment AD ?
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14. In the figure above, side AC of ABC is on line . What is x in terms of k ? (A) 60 (B) k (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) 120
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17. In triangle XYZ above, XW = 2, WZ = 8, and XY = 6. What is the area of triangle WYZ ? (A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 30
19. In the figure above, ABDE is a square, BCD is a right triangle, and AB = BC. If a point is chosen at random from polygon ACDE, what is the probability that the chosen point is in the shaded region? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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18. In the figure above, ABC is similar to DEF. What is the length of side EF ?
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20. The figure above is a right triangle. What is the value of 25 x 2 ? (A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 39 (D) 50 (E) 64
21. In the figure above, a < 40 and b = c + 1. If c is an integer, what is the least possible value of b ? (A) 30 (B) 39 (C) 50 (D) 61 (E) 71
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3. A triangle has a perimeter of 13 and one side of length 3. If the lengths of the other two sides are equal, what is the length of each of them? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
1. Which of the following inequalities is true about the lengths a and b of the sides of the triangle above? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
0 (a b) 2 20 20 (a b) 2 40 40 (a b) 2 100 100 (a b) 2 400 400 (a b) 2
4. The three angles of a triangle have measures of x , 2 x , and y , where x > 55. If x and y are integers, what is one possible value of y ?
2. Triangles ABC and ACD in the figure above are equilateral. What is the ratio of BD to AC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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5. In ABC above, AC=5, PC=3, and BP = 4 3 .What is the length of AB ?
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6. In the figure above, triangles ABC and CDE are equilateral and line segment AE has length 25. What is the sum of the perimeters of the two triangles?
8. In PQR above, PR = QR. Which of the following must be true? (A) u = x (B) x = v (C) x = z (D) y = x (E) y = z
7. In the figure above, which of the following is greatest? (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d (E) e
9. In the figure above, AC 6 and BC 3 . Point P (not shown) lies on AB between A and B such that CP AB . Which of the following could be the length of CP ? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 8
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12. In ABC above, AB AC , E is the midpoint of AB , and D is the midpoint of AC . If AE x and ED 4 , what is length BC ? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 2x (D) 4x (E) 4x 2
11. In the figure above, AB , CD , and EF intersect at P. If r= 90, s=50, t= 60, u= 45, and w= 50, what is the value of x ? (A) 45 (B) 50 (C) 65 (D) 75 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
13. If x = 20 and y = 30 in the figure above, what is the value of z ? (A) 60 (B) 70 (C) 80 (D) 90 123 33
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14. In the right triangle above, if x = 3, what is the value of y? (A) 13 (approximately 3.61) (B) 15 (approximately 3.87) (C) 4 (D) 17 (approximately 4.12) (E) 5
In the figure above, PQR is equilateral and SR and TV intersect at point P. What is the value of y?
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Each angle of ABC above has the same measure as angle in XYZ (not shown). If the length of one side of XYZ is 24, what is one possible perimeter of XYZ?
In the figure above, AD = 1 and DC = 3 . What is the value of z? (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 35 124 44
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20. The lengths of the sides of a right triangle are consecutive even integers, and the length of the shortest side is x. Which of the following equations could be used to find x? (A) x + x + 1 = x + 2 (B) x2 + (x + 1)2 = (x + 2)2 (C) x2 + (x + 2)2 = (x + 4)2 (D) x + x + 2 = x + 4 (E) x2 = (x + 2)(x + 4)
In the figure above, what is the value of c in terms of a and b? (A) a + 3b 180 (B) 2a + 2b 180 (C) 180 a b (D) 360 a b (E) 360 2a 3b
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If y = 60 in DEF above, how much greater is the perimeter of ABC than the perimeter of DEF? (A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 9
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In the figure above, KN JL and LM JL . If the lengths of LN and LM are equal, what is the value of x?
In the figure above, AB = BC and DE = EF = DF. If the measure of <ABC is 30 and the measure of <BDE is 50, what is the measure of <DFA? (A) 30 (B) 35 (C) 40 (D) 45 (E) 50 4.
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In the figure above, what is the sum, in terms of n, of the degree measures of the four angles marked with arrows? (A) n (B) 2n (C) 180 n (D) 360 n (E) 360 2n 126 11
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In the figure above, what is the value of z? (A) 55 (B) 60 (C) 65 (D) 70 (E) 75
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In the figure above, if z = 30, what is the value of x + y? (A) 60 (B) 150 (C) 180 (D) 210 (E) 330 10.
For the triangles above, the perimeter of ABC equals the perimeter of DEF. If ABC is equilateral, what is the length of AB ? (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 15
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In the figure above, AE and CD are each perpendicular to CE . If x = y, the length of AB is 4, and the length of BD is 8, what is the length of CE ? (A) 3 2 (approximately 4.24) (B) 6 2 (approximately 8.49) (C) 8 2 (approximately 11.31) (D) 10 2 (approximately 14.14) (E) 12 2 (approximately 16.97) SAT Practice Book 128
In the triangles above, what is the average (arithmetic mean) of u, v, w, x, and y? (A) 21 (B) 45 (C) 50 (D) 52 (E) 54
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In the figure above, points P, A, and B are equally spaced on line l and points P, Q, and R are equally spaced on line m. If PB = 4,PR = 6, and AQ = 4, what is the perimeter of quadrilateral QABR? (A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 17
In the figure above, y + z = ? (A) 180 (B) 195 (C) 215 (D) 230 (E) 245
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In the figure above, the perimeter of the triangle is 4 + 2 2 . What is the value of x? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 2 2 (E) 2 + 2
16. A square and an equilateral triangle have equal perimeters. If the square has sides of length 3, what is the length of one side of the triangle? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
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In the figure above, if the legs of triangle ABC are parallel to the axes, which of the following could be the lengths of the sides of triangle ABC? (A) 2, 5, and 29 (B) 2, 5,and 7 (C) 3, 3, and 3 2 (D) 3, 4,and 5 (E) 4, 5,and 41
In ABC above, what is the value of x? (A) 25 (D) 40 (B) 30 (E) 60 (C) 35
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21. If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:3:4, by how many degrees does the measure of the largest angle exceed the measure of the smallest angle? (A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 60
The figure above is a right triangle. What is the value of 49 + x2? (A) 50 (D) 98 (B) 51 (E) 100 (C) 72
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1. In the figure above, a small square is inside a larger square. What is the area, in terms of x, of the shaded region? (A) 2x 10 (B) 10 2x (C) 25 2x (D) x2 25 (E) 25 x2
3. In the figure above, the circle is tangent to sides BC and AD of the 8-by-12 rectangle, ABCD. What is the area of the circle? (A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 36 (D) 64 (E) 96
2. In the figure above, rectangle ABCD is made up of seven non-overlapping rectangles. The two smallest rectangles have the same area. Each of the other rectangles has twice the area of the next smaller rectangle. The area of the shaded rectangle is what fraction of the area of rectangle ABCD? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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4. What is the perimeter of the figure above? (A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 28 (D) 30 (E) 36
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5. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with BC = 4 and AB = 6. Points P, Q, and R are different points on a line (not shown) that is parallel to AD . Points P and Q are symmetric about line AB and points Q and R are symmetric about line CD . What is the length of PR ? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 20 .
7. In rectangle PQRS above, arcs QT and RT are quarter circles with centers at P and S, respectively. If the radius of each quarter circle is 1, what is the area of the shaded region? (A) 1 4 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 4 (D) 4 2 (E) 3
6. The pattern shown above is composed of rectangles. This pattern is used repeatedly to completely cover a rectangular region 12L units long and 19L units wide. How many rectangles of dimension L by W are needed? (A) 30 (B) 36 (C) 100 (D) 150 (E) 180 SAT Practice Book 132
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9. The smallest squares in Figure A and Figure B are all equal in size. If the area of Figure A is 26 square centimeters, what is the area of Figure B? (A) 12 sq cm (B) 14 sq cm (C) 16 sq cm (D) 18 sq cm (E) 20 sq cm
11. In the figure above, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, and its center is point O. What is the value of x? (A) 80 (B) 60 (C) 40 (D) 30 (E) 20
10. In the figure above, arc SBT is one quarter of a circle with center R and radius 6. If the length plus the width of rectangle ABCR is 8, then the perimeter of the shaded region is (A) 8 + 3 (B) 10 + 3 (C) 14 + 3 (D) 1 + 6 (E) 12 + 6
12. If the five line segments in the figure above are all congruent, what is the ratio of the length of AC (not shown) to the length of BD ? (A) 2 to 1 (B) 3 to1 (C) 2 to 2 (D) 3 to 2 (E) 3 to 2 133 33
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15. In rectangle ABCD, point E is the midpoint of BC . If the area of quadrilateral 2 ABED is , what is the area of rectangle 3 ABCD?
1 2 3 (B) 4 8 (C) 9 (D) 1 8 (E) 3
13. The figures above represent three pieces of cardboard. All angles of the cardboard pieces are right angles, all short sides have length 1, and all long sides have length 2. Which of the following figures could be made from only the three pieces of cardboard without over lapping or cutting them?
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(A) None (B) I only (C) II only (D) III only (E) I and II = 16. In the figure above, EF divides square ABCD into two rectangles, and CD bisects EF. If AB is 4, what is the area of DCF? (A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6 (E) 5
14. If there is no waste, how many square yards of carpeting is needed to cover a rectangular floor that is 12 feet by 18 feet? (1 yard = 3 feet) (A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 216
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17. If the perimeter of the rectangle above is 72, what is the value of x? (A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 21 (E) 36
19. In the figure above, the length of CD is 4, and the length of each side of quadrilateral ABCE is 5. What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD? (A) 32 (B) 28 (C) 27 (D) 26 (E) 22
18. In the figure above, a square with sides of length 6 units is divided into 9 squares. What is the area of the circle (not shown) that passes through the points A, B, C, and D, which are the centers of the four corner squares? (A) 6 square units (B) 8 square units (C) 9 square units (D) 10 square units (E) 18 square units
20. If all four interior angles of quadrilateral P have the same measure, which of the following statements must be true? I. All sides of P have equal length. II. The diagonals of P are perpendicular. III. The measure of each interior angle of P is . (A) None (B) I only (C) II only (D) III only (E) I, II, and III
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1. In the figure above, a small square is inside a larger square. What is the area, in terms of x, of the shaded region? (A) 2x 10 (B) 10 2x (C) 25 2x (D) x2 25 (E) 25 x2
2. In the figure above, rectangle ABCD is made up of seven non-overlapping rectangles. The two smallest rectangles have the same area. Each of the other rectangles has twice the area of the next smaller rectangle. The area of the shaded rectangle is what fraction of the area of rectangle ABCD? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
1 128 1 64 1 32 1 16 1 7
4. What is the perimeter of the figure above? (A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 28 (D) 30 (E) 36
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5. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with BC = 4 and AB = 6. Points P, Q, and R are different points on a line (not shown) that is parallel to AD . Points P and Q are symmetric about line AB and points Q and R are symmetric about line CD . What is the length of PR ? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 20 .
7. In rectangle PQRS above, arcs QT and RT are quarter circles with centers at P and S, respectively. If the radius of each quarter circle is 1, what is the area of the shaded region? (A) 1 4 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 4 (D) 4 2 (E) 3
6. The pattern shown above is composed of rectangles. This pattern is used repeatedly to completely cover a rectangular region 12L units long and 19L units wide. How many rectangles of dimension L by W are needed? (A) 30 (B) 36 (C) 100 (D) 150 (E) 180 SAT Practice Book 137
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9. The smallest squares in Figure A and Figure B are all equal in size. If the area of Figure A is 26 square centimeters, what is the area of Figure B? (A) 12 sq cm (B) 14 sq cm (C) 16 sq cm (D) 18 sq cm (E) 20 sq cm
11. In the figure above, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, and its center is point O. What is the value of x? (A) 80 (B) 60 (C) 40 (D) 30 (E) 20
12. If the five line segments in the figure above are all congruent, what is the ratio of the length of AC (not shown) to the length of BD ? (A) 2 to 1 (B) 3 to1 (C) 2 to 2 (D) 3 to 2 (E) 3 to 2 138 33
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15. In rectangle ABCD, point E is the midpoint of BC . If the area of quadrilateral 2 ABED is , what is the area of rectangle 3 ABCD?
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13. The figures above represent three pieces of cardboard. All angles of the cardboard pieces are right angles, all short sides have length 1, and all long sides have length 2. Which of the following figures could be made from only the three pieces of cardboard without over lapping or cutting them?
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(A) None (B) I only (C) II only (D) III only (E) I and II = 16. In the figure above, EF divides square ABCD into two rectangles, and CD bisects EF. If AB is 4, what is the area of DCF? (A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6 (E) 5
14. If there is no waste, how many square yards of carpeting is needed to cover a rectangular floor that is 12 feet by 18 feet? (1 yard = 3 feet) (A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 216
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17. If the perimeter of the rectangle above is 72, what is the value of x? (A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 21 (E) 36
19. In the figure above, the length of CD is 4, and the length of each side of quadrilateral ABCE is 5. What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD? (A) 32 (B) 28 (C) 27 (D) 26 (E) 22
18. In the figure above, a square with sides of length 6 units is divided into 9 squares. What is the area of the circle (not shown) that passes through the points A, B, C, and D, which are the centers of the four corner squares? (A) 6 square units (B) 8 square units (C) 9 square units (D) 10 square units (E) 18 square units
20. If all four interior angles of quadrilateral P have the same measure, which of the following statements must be true? I. All sides of P have equal length. II. The diagonals of P are perpendicular. III. The measure of each interior angle of P is . (A) None (B) I only (C) II only (D) III only (E) I, II, and III
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Questions 1-2 refer to the following figures and information.
3. In the figure above, if the area of triangle CAF is equal to the area of rectangle CDEF, what is the length of segment AD ? The figure on the left is called an ell. The lengths of some of its sides are given, and all the angles are right angles. For any positive integer n, an n-ell is the figure formed by positioning n ells adjacent to each other as shown in the 3-ell on the right. (A) (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) (E) 15
1. What is the perimeter of the 3-ell? (A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 24 (D) 27 (E) 30
4. The smallest squares in Figure A and Figure B are all equal in size. If the area of Figure A is 33 square centimeters, what is the area, in square centimeters, of Figure B? (A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 21 (D) 24 (E) 28
2. The perimeter of an 80-ell is 326 and the perimeter of a 20-ell is 86. What is the perimeter of a 100-ell? (A) 406 (B) 409 (C) 412 (D) 416 (E) 430
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5. In the figure above, ABDE is a square, BCD is a right triangle, and AB=BC. If a point is chosen at random from polygon ACDE, what is the probability that the chosen point is in the shaded region? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7. In the figure above, regular pentagon ABCDE is divided into three nonoverlapping triangles. Which of the following is true about the three triangles? (A) They have equal areas. (B) They have equal perimeters. (C) They are similar. (D) They are isosceles. (E) They each have at least one angle of measure 60.
6. The length of a rectangular garden is 3 feet more than its width. If the length of the garden is 9 feet, what is the area of the garden in square feet? (A) 27 (B) 36 (C) 54 (D) 81 (E) 108
8. Triangles ABC and ACD in the figure above are equilateral. What is the ratio of BD to AC ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) to 1 to 1 to 2 to 2 to 2
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11. What is the perimeter of the trapezoid above? (A) 52 (B) 72 (C) 75 (D) 80 (E) 87
12. In the figure above, CDE is an equilateral triangle and ABCE is a square with an area of 1. What is the perimeter of polygon ABCDE? 10. In rectangle ABCD above, the area of the shaded region is given by . If the area of the shaded region is 7, what is the total area, to the nearest number, of the unshaded regions of rectangle ABCD? (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10 (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
13. The perimeter of a rectangular plot of land is 250 meters. If the length of one side of the plot is 40 meters, what is the area of the plot, in square meters?
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14. In the figure above, the lengths and widths of rectangles A, B, C, and D are whole numbers. The areas of rectangles A, B, and C are 35, 45, and 36, respectively. What is the area of the entire figure?
17. In the figure above, EBCD is a square and AE = 8. What is the area of EBCD?
15. In the figure above, what is the area of the shaded square?
18. In the figure above, PQRS is a rectangle. The area of RST is 7 and PT PS. What is the area of PQRS
16. In the figure above, PQST is a rectangle and URST is a square. PU = 5 and UT is a positive integer. If the area of PQST must be more than 10 but less than 30, what is one possible value of UT.
19. In the figure above, points A, D, and E lie on the same line. What is the value of x?
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3. Senai customized his bicycle by exchanging the front wheel for a wheel that had one half the diameter of the back wheel. Now when Senai rides the bicycle, how many revolutions does the front wheel make for each revolution of the back wheel? (A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 2 1 (D) 2 1 (E) 4
1. The circle above has center O and diameter AB. The two semicircles have diameters OA and OB. If the circumference of the circle is 36 , what is the length of the curved path from A to B through O? (A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 36
4. In the figure above, XYZ is equilateral, with side of length 2. If WY is a diameter of the circle with center O, then the area of the circle is (A) (B)
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5. In rectangle PQRS above, arcs QT and RT are quarter circles with centers at P and S, respectively. If the radius of each quarter circle is 1, what is the area of the shaded region? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2
7. The figure above shows part of circle whose circumference is 45. If arcs of length 2 and length b continue to alternate around the entire circle so that there are 18 arcs of each length, what is the degree measure of each of the arcs of length b? (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 16 (E) 20
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6. In the figure above, point O is the center of the circle. If x = 40, what is the value of y? (A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70 (E) 80
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9. In the xyplane above, points Q and S are the centers of the circles, which are tangent to the xaxis. What is the slope of line QS (not shown)?
1 8 1 (B) 4 1 (C) 2 7 (D) 8 (E) 1
11. In the figure above, the radius of the circle with center R is twice the radius of the circle with center P. What is the radius of the circle with center R? (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 10
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12. A circular piece of cardboard is cut in half along a diameter. If the diameter is 12 inches, what is the perimeter, in inches, of one of the semicircular pieces? (A) 6p+6 (B) 6p+12 (C) 12p+6 (D) 12p+12 (E) 12p+24
10. In the figure above, the two circles are tangent at point B and AC = 6. If the circumference of the circle with center A is twice the circumference of the circle with center C, what is the length of BC ? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
13. What is the ratio of the radius r of a circle to the circumference of the circle? (A) 1:2 (B) 1: (C) 1:r (D) :1 (E) 2:1 147 33
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1. What is the radius of a circle whose circumference is ? (A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) (E) 2
4. In the figure above, O is the center of the circle and segment AC is tangent to the circle at point B. If the measure of ABO is x, how many possible values are there for x ? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) More than four
2. If three different circles are drawn on a piece of paper, at most how many points can be common to all three? (A) None (B) One (C) Two (D) Three (E) Six
5. A circle was cut into two pieces, and one of the pieces is shown above, with the dashed line indicating the path of the cut. Which of the following could be the other piece of the circle?
(A) 3. The circle above has an area of 25 and is divided into 8 congruent regions. What is the perimeter of one of these regions? (A) 10 - 25 (B) 10 + C) 10+ (D) 10+5 (E) 10+25 SAT Practice Book 148 11
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8. What is the ratio of the diameter d of a circle to half the circumference of the circle? (A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : (C) 2 : (D) : 1 (E) 2:1
6. The circle above has an area of 49 and is divided into 6 congruent regions. What is the perimeter of one of these regions? (A) 14 49 (B) 14+ (C) 14+ (D) 14 + 7 (E) 14 + 49
9. Six points are placed on a circle. What is the greatest number of different lines that can be drawn so that each line passes through two of these points? (A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 36
7. The circumference of the circle with center O shown above is 2. What is the area of the shaded region? (A) (B) (C) 1 (D) (E) 10. In the figure above, the smaller circles each have radius 3. They are tangent to the larger circle at points A and C, and are tangent to each other at point B, which is the center of the larger circle. What is the perimeter of the shaded region? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 15 149 22
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11. In the figure above, triangle ABC is inscribed in the circle with center O and diameter AC. If AB AO, what is the degree measure of ABO? (A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60 (E) 90
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14. The figure above consists of two circles that have the same center. If the shaded area is 64 square inches and the smaller circle has a radius of 6 inches, what is the radius, in inches, of the larger circle?
12. Tameka cut a circular pizza into wedge shaped pieces, one of which is shown above. The tip of each piece is at the center of the pizza and the angle at the tip is always greater than 20, but less than 30. What is one possible value for the number of pieces into which the pizza is cut?
15. Naomi makes silver jewelry. For one style of earrings, she cuts wedges from a silver disk, as shown in the figure above. Each wedge makes a 40 angle at the center of the disk. If the weight of each uncut disk is a uniformly distributed 2.5 grams, how many grams does each wedge weigh?
13. If a circle has circumference 7, what is the radius of the circle?
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1. Which of the following has the same volume as the cylinder shown above with radius x and height 2x? (A) A cylinder with radius 2x and height x (B) A cylinder with radius 2 x and height x (C) A cube with edge 2x (D) A cube with edge 2 x (E) A rectangular solid with dimensions x, 2x, x
3. If the rectangular box with no lid shown above is cut along the vertical edges and flattened, which of the following figures best represents the result?
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6. The cube shown above has edges of length 2, and A and B are midpoints of two of the edges. What is the length of AB (not shown)? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 10
5. The threedimensional figure above has two parallel bases and 18 edges. Line segments are to be drawn connecting vertex V with each of the other 11 vertices in the figure. How many of these segments will not lie on an edge of the figure? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Seven (E) Nine
7. The threedimensional figure represented above consists of rectangular and triangular faces. Each rectangular face has area r and each triangular face has area t. What is the total surface area of the figure, in terms of r and t? (A) 2r + t (B) 3r + 2t (C) 4r + 3t (D) 6rt (E) r3t2
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10. If the volume of a cube is 8, what is the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 2 2
8. In the cube shown above, points B, C, and E are midpoints of three of the edges. Which of the following angles has the least measure? (A) <XAY (B) <XBY (C) <XCY (D) <XDY (E) <XEY
9. The pyramid above has a square base and four congruent triangular faces. The height of the pyramid is 5 inches and each edge of the base is 4 inches long. What is the length of AB , in inches? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (approximately 5.39) (approximately 5.74) (approximately 6.24) (approximately 6.56) (approximately 7.55)
11. In a windowless, cube-shaped storage room, the ceiling and 4 walls, including a door, are completely painted. The floor is not painted. If the painted area is equal to 80 square meters, what is the volume of the room, in cubic meters? (A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 64 (D) 256 (E) 400
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12. The tin can in the figure above is a cylinder that is 8 inches high and has a base of radius 3 inches. Of 5 pencils with lengths 6 inches, inches, 9 inches, inches, and 12 inches, how many CANNOT fit entirely inside the can? (A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Five
14. Which of the rectangular solids shown above has a volume closest to the volume of a right circular cylinder with radius 2 and height 4 ? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
15. The height of a right circular cylinder is 5 and the diameter of its base is 4. What is the distance from the center of one base to a point on the circumference of the other base? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 29 (approximately 5.39) (D) 33 (approximately 5.74) (E) 41 (approximately 6.40)
13. Of the labeled points on the cube shown above, which is farthest from point P ? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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18. Point O is the center of both circles in the figure above. If the circumference of the large circle is 36 and the radius of the small circle is half of the radius of the large circle, what is the length of the darkened arc? (A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4 (E) 2
17. The interior dimensions of a rectangular fish tank are 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet high. The water level in the tank is 1 foot high. All of the water in this tank is poured into an empty second tank. If the interior dimensions of the second tank are 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet high, what is the height of the water in the second tank? (A) 0.5 ft (B) 1 ft (C) 1.5 ft (D) 2 ft (E) 4 ft 19. The figure above shows the dimensions of a pedestal constructed of 4 layers of marble. Each layer is a rectangular solid that is 1 foot high and has a square base. How many cubic feet of marble make up the pedestal? (A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 30 (D) 36 (E) 80 SAT Practice Book 155 55
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22. The sphere above has radius 6 inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the smallest cube that can contain the entire sphere?
21. A large solid cube is assembled by gluing together identical unpainted small cubic blocks. All six faces of the large cube are then painted red. If exactly 27 of the small cubic blocks that make up the large cube have no red paint on them, how many small cubic blocks make up the large cube?
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1. Which of the following regions in Africa had an elephant population in 1989 that was approximately of its elephant population in 1979 ? I. Central II. Eastern III. Southern (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III 2. From 1979 to 1989, the total elephant population in the four regions of Africa decreased by approximately what percent? (A) 10% (D) 70% (B) 30% (E) 90% (C) 50%
The pictograph above shows the results of a survey in which 150 people were asked to indicate which of four hot beverages they drink. How many more responses did Coffee receive than Hot cider? (A) 15 (D) 45 4. (B) 30 (E) 60 (C) 40
In a survey, 3,400 people responded to the following question: How many weeks of vacation did you take last year? Their responses to the question are summarized in the chart above, where n equals the number of vacation weeks indicated. How many respondents took more than 2 weeks of vacation last year? 157
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The graph above shows various temperatures from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. of a given day. Which of the following situations best fits the nformation on the graph? The depth of a lake is the difference between the altitude at the surface and at the lowest point of the lake. If the five lakes in the graph above were listed in order from the greatest depth to the least depth, which lake would be third in the list? (A) Erie (B) Huron (C) Michigan (D) Ontario (E) Superior (A) It rained a little, and then the Sun came out and warmed things up. (B) The mild temperature was lowered by a heavy rain in the morning, and the temperature dropped lower by evening. (C) It was more windy in the morning than it was in the evening, and the temperature was mild throughout. (D) The morning was cold, but the Sun later came out and raised the temperature. (E) The temperature decreased at a constant rate from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.
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Some common nail sizes and their corresponding lengths are shown in the table above. If nail sizes from 2d up to 10d increase by a constant length for each increase of 1d in size, what would be the length, in inches, of a 6d nail? (A) 2 (D) 1 (B) 2 (E) 1 (C) 2
According to the chart above, Company XYZ experienced its largest increase in monthly profits between which two consecutive months? (A) January and February (B) February and March (C) March and April (D) April and May (E) May and June
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Which of the following graphs best represents the information in the table above?
The Lyndhurst High School twelfth graders are represented in the circle graph in Figure 1. Figure 2 is another way to illustrate the use of computers by these twelfth graders. If the same 200 twelfth graders are represented in both figures, what is the total number of twelfth graders represented by the shaded circle in Figure 2 ?
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According to the graph above, for which month was sales minus cost greatest? (A) June (B) July (C) August (D) September (E) October 12.
For 12 bottles of shampoo of various brands, the cost and volume of each are displayed in the scatterplot above, and the line of best fit for the data is shown. Of the following, which is closest to the average (arithmetic mean) cost per ounce for the 12 bottles? (A) $0.06 (D) $0.15 (B) $0.09 (E) $0.18 (C) $0.12
It took Kia 6 hours to drive from Ashton to Farley, passing through Belville, Clinton, Dryden, and Edgewood on the way. The graph above shows where she was along the route during the 6 hours of the trip. According to the graph, approximately how long, in hours, did it take Kia to drive from Dryden to Edgewood? (A) 1 (D) 3 (B) 2 (E) 4 161
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Company R makes cars in many locations around the world. The graph above shows where its cars were made in 2003. If the company made 5,000,000 cars in 2003, how many of these cars were made in South America? (A) 50 (D) 50,000 (B) 500 (C) 5,000 (E) 500,000
The graph above shows the monthly sales for Company A and Company B for the second half of 2004. What was the largest one-month decrease in sales for Company B during this period of time? (A) $45,000 (B) $30,000 (C) $25,000 (D) $20,000 (E) $15,000
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Which of the following graphs best represents the information in the table above?
The table above shows the number of items 100 customers purchased from a hardware store over a 4 -hour period. Which of the following can be determined from the information in the table? I. The average (arithmetic mean) number of items purchased per customer II. The median number of items purchased per customer III. The mode of the number of items purchased per customer (A) None (B) I and II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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The incomplete table above is an expense sheet for Carmens business trip. If her hotel expenses were the same each day, what were her total expenses for Friday, in dollars? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
Graphed above is the amount that a computer shop charges for a repair job as a function of the number of hours required to do the job. Which of the following is most consistent with the information in the graph? (A) The shop charges the same amount for any job of any length. (B) The shop charges at an hourly rate for work with no fixed initial amount. (C) The shop charges a fixed initial amount plus an hourly rate for work, starting at the beginning of the first hour. (D) The shop charges a fixed amount for the first 2 hours or less of work. The shop charges at an hourly rate for work beyond 2 hours. (E) The shop charges at an hourly rate for work beginning at the start of the first hour. This rate decreases after 2 hours of work.
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Table 1 above shows the number of juniors and seniors taking Physics and Statistics at Midland High School. The partially completed Table 2 above gives the enrollment for these classes in periods 1 and 2, which are the only periods Physics and Statistics are taught. If only juniors and seniors take these classes, what is the total number of students who take Physics or Statistics in period 2?
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An amusement park awards tickets that can be exchanged for prizes to reward high scores at an arcade game. Some scores and the corresponding number of prize tickets awarded are shown in the table above. For scores from 100 up to 200, the number of tickets awarded increases by a constant amount for each 10 -point score increase. How many tickets would be awarded for a score of 180 ? (A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 5
A furniture company makes one style of tables and chairs. The chart on the left above gives the prices of these tables and chairs in three different years. The chart on the right gives the maximum number of tables and chairs that can be stocked in each of three warehouses, X, Y, and Z. Based on the prices shown, what was the maximum possible value of the table and chair inventory in warehouse Y in 1995 ? (A) $23,950 (B) $26,500 (C) $27,200 (D) $28,400 (E) $29,500
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The scatterplot above shows, for each of 10 students, the amount of time the student spent on homework plotted against the amount of time the student spent on afterschool activities last week. According to the scatterplot, which of the following statements is true?
Students at Northern High School are represented in Figure 1 above. Figure 2 above is another way to show which pets these students have. If the same 500 students are represented in both figures, what is the total number of students represented by the shaded circle in Figure 2 ?
(A) Each of the students spent the same amount of time on homework as on afterschool activities. (B) Each of the students spent more time on homework than on after-school activities. (C) Each of the students spent less time on homework than on after-school activities. (D) Exactly 3 students spent 4 hours on homework. (E) Exactly 4 students spent 3 hours on afterschool activities.
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According to the graph above, if there are 6,000 registered voters aged 60 and over in Washington County, how many registered voters are under the age of 30 ? (A) 1,000 (D) 4,000 (B) 2,000 (E) 5,000 (C) 3,000
The graph above shows the monthly sales for Company A and Company B for the second half of 2004. What was the largest one-month decrease in sales for Company B during this period of time? (A) $45,000
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The table above shows the total number of copies of Book B that were sold by the end of each of the first 5 weeks of its publication. How many copies of the book were sold during the 3rd week of its publication?
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9. Mark began a 4-mile bicycle trip by riding slowly uphill for 1 mile. He rested for 10 minutes and then rode quickly downhill for the rest of the trip. Which of the following graphs could correctly represent his trip?
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The grid above shows the number of hours worked last week by 12 students of various ages at after-school jobs. Which of the following is true, according to this grid?
(A) Half of the students worked more than 12 hours each. (B) One student worked exactly 15 hours. (C) One 16 year old worked more than 11 hours. (D) More 18 year olds than 17 year olds worked at least 13 hours each. (E) Most of the students were under 16 years old.
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In a certain game, each person threw a beanbag at a target until the person missed the target. The table shows the results for the 25 people who played the game. For example, 4 people hit the target on their first 3 throws and missed on their 4th throw. Based on the information in the table, which of the following must be true?
In the schedule above, each session is to be 1 hours long, each break is to be hour long, and lunch is to be 1 hour long. If session IV is to end at 4:30 P.M., at what time should session I begin?
(A) 8:15 A.M. I. More than half the people hit the target on their first throw. II. For all of the throws attempted, more hit the target than missed the target. III. No one hit the target 5 times. (B) 8:30 A.M. (C) 8:45 AM. (D) 9:00 A.M. (E) 9:15 A.M
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
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14. A store discounts merchandise by 10 percent of the original price at the end of each week and stops when the merchandise is priced at 50 percent of the original price. Which of the following graphs could correctly represent the price of an article of merchandise over an eight-week period?
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The bar graph above shows the number of tons of beans produced on a large farm for the years 1985 through 1991. For which of the following two-year periods was the average (arithmetic mean) bean production closest to the bean production in 1985 ? (A) 1986-1987 (B) 1987-1988 (C) 1988-1989 (D) 1989-1990 (E) 1990-1991 13.
The graph above shows the amount of water remaining in a tank each time a pail was used to remove x gallons of water. If 5 gallons were in the tank originally and 2 gallons remained after the last pail containing x gallons was removed, what is the value of x? SAT Practice Book 170
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The table above shows the number of employees at Company X classified according to work shift and salary. If a second-shift employee will be picked at random, what is the probability that the employees salary is over $30,000? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C) The first table above shows the number of premium members at two video rental stores, A and B, during the years 20002002. The second table shows the average (arithmetic mean) number of video rentals per premium member at store B during each of those years. Based on this information, which of the following best approximates the total number of video rentals by premium members at Store B during the years 2000 2002? (A) 24,000 (B) 46,000 (C) 58,000 The circle graph above shows how Davids monthly expenses are divided. If David spends $450 per month for food, how much does he spend per month on his car? (A) $200 (D) $400 (B) $320 (E) $450 (C) $360 (D) 70,000 (E) 130,000
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The graph above shows how the Jackson family continued to grow between 1991 and 1998 by indicating the total number of children in the family at the end of each year. The Jacksons have one set of twins who were born to Mrs. Jackson one year in July. During what year were the twins born? (A) 1993 (D) 1997 (B) 1994 (E) 1998 (C) 1996
The graph above shows Elinas height in inches from the age of 6 to the age of 12. Elinas height at the age of 12 was what percent greater than her height at the age of 6? (A) 15% (D) 50% . (B) 25% (E) 66 % (C) 33%
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The table above, describing the Preston City workforce, is partially filled in. Based on the information in the table, how many women in the Preston City workforce are unemployed? (A) 500 The table above shows the noon temperatures for seven cities designated A through G. If the median noon temperature of these cities is 40F, then the noon temperature for City D could be any of the following EXCEPT (B) 1,000 (C) 1,500 (D) 2,000 (E) 2,500
(A) 29F (B) 35F (C) 39F (D) 40F (E) 42F A merchant sells three types of clocks that chime as indicated by the check marks in the table above. What is the total number of chimes of the inventory of clocks in the 90 minute period from 7: 15 to 8:45? 3.
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4. Of the following, which is the closest approximation of the cost per donut when one purchases a box of 6? (A) $0.20 (B) $0.30 (C) $0.40 (D) $0.50 (E) $0.60
The bar graph above shows where fraud is committed on the Internet. Which of the following circle graphs most accurately displays the same data? (A) (B)
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5. What would be the least amount of money needed to purchase exactly 21 donuts? (A) $5.88 (B) $6.68 (C) $7.19 (D) $7.38 (E) $8.40 (E)
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According to the graph above, between which two consecutive years was there the greatest change in the price of coffee? (A) 1981 and 1982 (C) 1983 and 1984 (E) 1985 and 1986 8. (B) 1982 and 1983 (D) 1984 and 1985
Doug s biology experiment involved timing 12 hamsters in a maze. Each hamster received at least one practice before being timed. The scatter-plot above shows the time each hamster took to complete the maze and the corresponding number of practices that each hamster received. Based on the data, which of the following functions best models the relationship between t, the number of seconds to complete the maze, and p, the number of practices? (A) t(p) = 44 (B) t(p) = p
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The table above gives the voter registration data for the town of Bridgeton at the time of a recent election. In the election, 40 percent of the votingage population actually voted. If the turnout for an election is defined to be the fraction
number who actually v oted number of registered voters
10. For which student was the change in scores from test I to test II the greatest? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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11. What was the average (arithmetic mean) of the scores of the 5 students on test II? (A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 68 (D) 70 (E) 72 The table above shows how many students in a class of 12 preschoolers had 0, 1, 2, or 3 siblings. Later, a new student joined the class, and the average (arithmetic mean) number of siblings per student became equal to the median number of siblings per student. How many siblings did the new student have? (A) 0 (D) 3 (B) 1 (E) 4 (C) 2
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According to the graph above, which salesperson had the greatest increase in the number of units sold from 1998 to 1999? (A) Albert (B) Goldberg (C) Patel (D) Smith (E) Wang 15.
According to the graph above, which of the following is closest to the decrease per year in the number of homes sold between 1987 and 1990? (A) 7,000 (D) 17,500 (B) 11,500 (E) 42,000 (C) 14,000
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The circle graph above represents all the jeans that were sold by a retail store in 2001, according to their brands. If the store sold 900 pairs of jeans other than brands J, K, L, M, and N, how many pairs of jeans did it sell altogether? (A) 1,500 (D) 3,600 (B) 2,250 (E) 4,500 (C) 3,000
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The results of a survey of 16 students at Thompson High School are given in the grid above. It shows the distance, to the nearest mile, that students at various grade levels travel to school. According to this grid, which of the following is true? (A) There is only one student who travels 2 miles to school. (B) Half of the students travel less than 4 miles to school. (C) More 12th graders than 11th graders travel 6 or more miles to school. (D) The students who travel less than 3 miles to school are all 12th graders. (E) Of the students who travel 7 or more miles to school, half are 9th graders.
The scores on Tuesdays history test for 16 students are shown in the table above. Sam, who was the only student absent on Tuesday, will take the test next week. If Sam receives a score of 95 on the test, what will be the median score for the test? (A) 90 (D) 82.5 (B) 87.5 (E) 80 (C) 85
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According to the table above, car engine oil with a rating of 5W flows how many times as fast as car engine oil with a rating of 20W? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 32 SAT Practice Book 178
Outdoor Sneaker Company manufactures only white sneakers and black sneakers, both of which are available as either hightops or lowtops. On the basis of the information in the table above, how many black sneakers did Outdoor Sneaker Company manufacture in July?
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The chart above shows the results when 1,000 people were asked, How old are you? The age they gave is represented by x. How many people said that their age was less than 40? (A) 200 (B) 300 (C) 450 (D) 500 (E) 550
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3. A, B, C, D, E, F, G A list consists of all possible three-letter arrangements formed by using the letters above such that the first letter is D and one of the remaining letters is A. If no letter is used more than once in an arrangement in the list and one three-letter arrangement is randomly selected from the list, what is the probability that the arrangement selected will be DCA ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
1. How many positive four-digit integers have 1 as their first digit and 2 or 5 as their last digit? (A) 144 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 300 (E) 720
2. Marble 1 was red. Marble 2 was not red. Marble 3 was blue. Marble 4 was the same color as marble 1. Marble 5 was the same color as marble 2. A jar contained 10 marblessome red, some white, and some blue. The information above is about 5 marbles that were drawn from the jar. If x is the total number of blue marbles drawn, which of the following statements must be true? (A) The only possible value of x is 1. (B) The only possible value of x is 2. (C) The only possible value of x is 3. (D) The only possible values of x are 1 and 2. (E) The only possible values of x are 1 and 3.
4. If a number is chosen at random from the set {-12,-6, 0, 6, 12}, what is the probability that it is a member of the solution set of both 2x 3 < 7 and x + 5 > -6 ? (A) 0 (B) (C) (D) (E)
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5. A box contains 2,900 solid-colored marbles that are either orange, blue, or green. If 29 percent of the marbles are orange and 29 percent of the marbles are blue, what percent are green? (A) 29% (B) 42% (C) 52% (D) 58% (E) 71% 7.
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The figure above shows, on the left, the call buttons for the 12 floors of an apartment building, and on the right, the 9 buttons labeled A through I for the 9 apartments on each floor of the building. How many different apartments can be called by pressing one button on the left and one button on the right?
A snack machine has buttons arranged as shown above. If a selection is made by choosing a letter followed by a one-digit number, what is the greatest number of different selections that could be made? 8. The digits of the positive three-digit integer n are 7, 8 and 9. How many possible values are there for n? (A) Three D) Eight (B) Four (E) Nine (C) Six
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On the disk shown above, a player spins the arrow twice. The fraction is formed, where a is the b number of the sector where the arrow stops after the first spin and b is the number of the sector where the arrow stops after the second spin. On every spin, each of the numbered sectors has an equal probability of being the sector on which the arrow stops. What is the probability that the fraction is greater than 1? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C)
There are five houses on each side of a street, as shown in the figure above. No two houses next to each other on the same side of the street and no two houses directly across from each other on opposite sides of the street can be painted the same color. If the houses labeled G are painted gray, how many of the seven remaining houses cannot be painted gray? (A) Two (D) Five (B) Three (E) Six (C) Four
12. 10. A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory. There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each seniors name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each juniors name, 2 times; and each sophomores name, 1 time. If a student's name is chosen at random from the names in the lottery, what is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C)
In the figure above, a path from point A to point D is determined by moving upward or to the right along the grid lines. How many different paths can be drawn from A to D that do not include either B or C? (A) Two (D) Eight 13. (B) Four (C) Six (E) Sixteen
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15. For a class ring, each senior can choose from 4 types of stones and 3 types of metals. How many combinations of a stone and a metal are there? The figure above shows the top view of an open square box that is divided into 6 compartments with walls of equal height. Each of the rectangles D, E, and F has twice the area of each of the equal squares A, B, and C. When a marble is dropped into the box at random, it falls into one of the compartments. What is the probability that it will fall into compartment F? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C) (A) 7 (D) 12 (B) 8 (E) 16 (C) 10
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The tables above show the different colors and sizes of T-shirts that are available at Independence High School. How many different combinations of color and size are possible? (A) 7 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 25 (E) 64 SAT Practice Book 183
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1. A bag contains only red marbles, blue marbles, and yellow marbles. The probability of randomly selecting a red marble from this bag is selecting a blue marble is
following could be the total number of marbles in the bag? (A) 10 (D) 20 (B) 12 (E) 30 (C) 18
4. A piece of fruit is to be chosen at random from a basket of fruit. The probability that 2. If 6 cars out of 10 on an assembly line are red, what is the probability that a car selected at random from the assembly line will be red? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C) the piece of fruit chosen will be an apple is Which of the following could NOT be the number of pieces of fruit in the basket? (A) 20 (D) 70 (B) 35 (E) 80 (C) 52 .
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5. A restaurant menu lists 8 dinners and 3 desserts. How many different dinnerdessert combinations are possible from this menu? (A) 24 (D) 8 (B) 12 (E) 3 (C) 11 The figure above shows the remaining pieces of a paper chain from which a section has been removed. The first link of the original chain was red and the colors of the links formed the repeating pattern of red (R), yellow (Y), green (G), white (W), and blue (B) from left to right. Which of the following could be the number of links in the section that was removed? (A) 60 (D) 63 (B) 61 (E) 64 (C) 62 7.
6. A clerk accidentally threw a valuable document into one of 90 trash cans. It is equally likely that the document is in any of these 90 trash cans. If exactly 15 of these 90 trash cans are blue, what is the probability that the document will be in a blue trash can? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C)
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Above are the four houses on a block of Oak Road. Each house is painted a different color. There is a red house, which is next to a blue house. There is a green house, which is next to the red house and a yellow house. Which house could be painted red? (A) 1 only (D) 2 or 3 (B) 2 only (E) 1 or 4 (C) 3 only
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9. 11. A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 80 seconds. During each cycle, the light is green for 40 seconds, amber for 10 seconds, and red for 30 seconds. At a randomly chosen time, what is the probability that the light will not be red? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C)
The figure above represents four offices that will be assigned randomly to four employees, one employee per office. If Karen and Tina are two of the four employees, what is the probability that each will be assigned an office indicated with an X ? (A) (D) (B) (E) (C)
12. 10. salad.
The first person ordered a salad. The second person did not order a
In the figure above, three wires are braided. That is, by starting in the order A, B, C, the outer left wire A is brought over wire B to the middle position, forming the order shown in step 1 , then the outer right wire C is brought to the new middle position shown in step 2, and so on, alternately bringing each new left and each new right wire to the middle. At what numbered step does the braid first repeat the original order A, B, C? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
The third person ordered a hamburger. The fourth person ordered the same thing as the first person. The fifth person ordered the same thing as the second person. A lunch stand has three choices: hamburger, hot dog, or salad. Five people from an office ordered one choice each from the lunch stand. The statements above are about what these five people ordered. If n is the number of people who ordered a hamburger, which of the following statements is true? (A) n must be 1. (B) n must be 2. (C) n must be 3. (D) n must be 1 or 2. (E) n must be 1 or 3. 186
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A circle was cut into two pieces, and one of the pieces is shown above, with the dashed line indicating the path of the cut. Which of the following could be the other piece of the circle?
The figure above shows four apartments in a building. In this building, each apartment is occupied by only one person. Alice lives next to Sam, and Paul lives next to Alice and Dara. In which apartment could Alice live? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) 3 only (D) 2 or 3 (E) 1 or 4
15. The Acme Plumbing Company will send a team of 3 plumbers to work on a certain job. The company has 4 experienced plumbers and 4 trainees. If a team consists of 1 experienced plumber and 2 trainees, how many different such teams are possible?
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D E C E C A D D E E 03. ELEMANTARY NUMBER THEORY (DIVISIBILITY) I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 D D C B C D 990 C D D C 125 12 B D D 10 1600 C 2491 04. SEQUENCE I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. 16 17 18 19 20 21. 22 23 C D C C E B C C B A 202 D 5 B A C D 39 E D 12.5 21 6/25
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02. NUMBER LINES AND FRACTIONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 B 4/9, 0.444 D C D D D B D C E E A C E
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05. SETS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 C A A 33 180 D B 275 C A A 11 E B B E E E A E 06. RATIO, PROPORTION, PERCENTS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 D D C B E B C E 7/15, 0.466, 0.467 3 A B A 8, 10, 12 A D D B 06. RATIO, PROPORTION, PERCENTS II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 120 A E B E C D B D B C 5/2 OR 2.5 2380 B A 3.4 OR 17/5 E E
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06. RATIO, PROPORTION, PERCENTS III 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 3 0.53 OR 8/15 B B A A 175 4 C E B C A B E C A E 07. EXPONENTS, SQUARES, SQUARE ROOTS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 B A 1404 C D B E D B A B E C C A D 5 C B A B 07. EXPONENTS, SQUARES, SQUARE ROOTS II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 C A B A A A 25 E A C D C A B D E
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08. WORD PROBLEMS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 D E D C 18 mile D C D C B A D 7 packages 7/15 C E E A 450 128 70 D C A A B 08. WORD PROBLEMS II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 n+4 B D C B C 3 1/3 36 1 3/7 B A E 45 mile B E B D 32.5 B A D B D D 08. WORD PROBLEMS III 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 C 100 A E C B C D C C 7.5 22 1024 A A 89 A C E 115
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09. FACTORING I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 B D E B A D B 2 D A 103 A A C E 15/7 A C 10. MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C A 46 C D D A 71 12.5, 25/2 C A 3.4 OR 17/5 C E A C D 109 D C A B D A 11. EQUATIONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 B C B C D 2/5 C C C B B D A A A B C E 3 B B 15/7 E C C C E A
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12. VARIATIONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 D B D D D 8/15 E 13. INEQUALITIES II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A E C E A A D A B D A C E D B A D 9.5 B 15. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 D E A B A A
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16. FUNCTIONS II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 A B 3, -3 D C E 10 D D C D 3.5 B E D B D 17. OPERATIONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1.2 A E C 11 875 C A B D B E E D 18. COORDINATE GEOMETRY I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. FUNCTIONS III 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D 152 179 C D 66 B D C C D D E E B D 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 B A A B A E E A D B B D E A C B D B B A E C
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18. COORDINATE GEOMETRY II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 8 12 5 16 10 0<m< 4 3 D C C E E E D E D A D 19. PARALLEL LINES AND ANGLES I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 C A D C 135 A A 22.5<x<27.5 D A A E E B E E 40 C C A E D A D A 20. TRIANGLES I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 D B 2 B B A B 9 A 20 or 50 D C C A E E E 10.5 E A E
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20. TRIANGLES II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 B C E B B 3 or 6 or 9 or 12 8 75 D E A C C B B A 52 or 78 or 104 40 D E 20. TRIANGLES III 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 70 C B B B C C A D B C E E A E C B C A A C 21. POLYGONS I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 E B A D B 180 B B B B B B C C C B D B D D
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21. POLYGONS II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A A C C B C D B B B D B B 28 5 3 192 70/3 105 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 A B C A B C B B B D D 7 7/2 10 5/18 197
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24. STATISTICS, GRAPHS & TABLES I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 B C D 2380 D B C C B 180 D A C E E B E 96 39 D 24. STATISTICS, GRAPHS & TABLES II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 D C 275 D E 1300 E D B E D A 1/3 C B C B D C D 24. STATISTICS, GRAPHS & TABLES III 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 D B E C E C C C 2400 E D 1350 E A 149 B B D D C A E C
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