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____________ 1 Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest: 15%, 0.1,
25
____________ 2 A box contains red, blue, and yellow balls. If the ratio of red to blue to yellow balls is 3 ∶ 6 ∶ 10
and there are 42 blue balls, how many balls are yellow?
____________ 3 If 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?
____________ 4 If x = −1, find the value of x x + x x .
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____________ 5 What is Q(x) in (x + 2)Q(x) + (4x + 2) = x 3 + 5x 2 + 9x?

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____________ 6 Which is greater, 2 5 or 3 3?
____________ 7 If the point (−2, 11) lies on the line y = mx + 3, what is m?
____________ 8 The exterior angle of an equiangular polygon is 40○ . How many sides does the polygon have?
____________ 9 What is the equation of the line (in slope-intercept form) that is parallel to 2x + 3y = 1 and
passes through (1, −2)?
____________ 10 If −11 − 6w ≥ −35, what is the largest value of w?
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____________ 11 The average of two radical expressions is 3 − 2. If one of them is 3 + 2, what is the
other radical expression?
____________ 12 If f (x) = 1 + 5x − 2x 2 , what is f (1 + h) − f (1)?
____________ 13 Find the least value of k for the equation 2k = 2(x − 1)2 + 5 to have a real root.
____________ 14 A liquid mixture is 4% pesticide. Some amount of this mixture and some amount of water
are mixed to make 500 l of new mixture. Find the amount of water needed so that the new
mixture is 1% pesticide.
____________ 15 If a n = (−1)n+1 − 2n + 2n, what is a4 ?
____________ 16 If the numbers −15, a2 , a3 , a4 , 21 form an arithmetic sequence, what is a4 ?
____________ 17 If the third and ninth terms of an arithmetic sequence are 13 and 37, respectively, what is the
second of the six terms of the sequence?
____________ 18 How many three-digit numbers from 100 to 500 are divisible by 12?
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____________ 19 If the numbers − , a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 , form a geometric sequence, what is a4 ?
10 320
____________ 20 If the second and fourth terms of a geometric sequence are 250 and 10, respectively, what is
the sum of the first five terms of the sequence?
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____________ 21 Find the sum of the infinite geometric series − + − ⋯.
2 8 32
p
____________ 22 Express 2.24 in the form , where p and q are positive integers with gcd(p, q) = 1.
q
____________ 23 When the polynomial P(x) is divided by 2x 2 − x, the quotient is x 2 + 1 and the remainder is
x + 2. What is P(x)?
____________ 24 What is the remainder when P(x) = 2x 4 − 7x 2 − 4x + 2 is divided by x + 2?
____________ 25 Find the value of k so that x + 1 is a factor of P(x) = 2kx 4 + 4x 3 + kx 2 − x − 3.

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____________ 26 Solve for x in the equation 3x 3 + x 2 − 12x − 4 = 0.

____________ 27 Let P(x) be a third-degree polynomial such that P(−1) = P(1) = P(2) = 0 and P(3) = −16.
What is P(−2)?
____________ 28 In a circle, chord AB is bisected by chord CD at M. If CM = 8 cm and MD = 18 cm, find
AB.
____________ 29 Chords AB and CD intersect at W such that CW ∶ W D = 3 ∶ 2. If AW = 6 cm and WB =
16 cm, what is the length of CD?
____________ 30 Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. Given that ∠A = (2x + 12)○ , ∠C = (3x + 18)○ ,
and ∠D = (2x − 15)○ , what is ∠D?
____________ 31 Find the center of the circle 4x 2 + 4y2 + 24 = 8x + 24y.
____________ 32 A circle with a radius of 4 cm is tangent to both x and y axes. How far is its center from the
origin?
____________ 33 For what value of k will the line through (2k, −7) and (8, 2) contain the origin?
____________ 34 Find k so that the line 3x + 2y = 7 is perpendicular to ky = 2x + 2.
____________ 35 Find all values of θ in the interval [0○ , 360○ ] that satisfy the equation sin θ = tan θ.
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____________ 36 If 0○ < θ < 180○ and cos θ = − , what is tan θ?
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____________ 37 If 642x = 162x−5 , what is 42x+10 ?
____________ 38 If x + x −1 = 5, what is x 2 + x −2 ?
____________ 39 If 0○ < θ < 180○ , and 4sin = 2, find θ.
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____________ 40 A group with 20 members plans to elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer. If each
member is eligible for each position, in how many ways can the group choose their officers?
____________ 41 In how many ways can the letters of the word ISLAND be arranged on a line so that the
vowels are together?
____________ 42 A fair coin is tossed five times. What is the probability of getting exactly three heads?
____________ 43 It is found that if a hectare of land is planted with 42 mango trees, the annual yield of each
tree will be 480 mangoes. For every additional tree planted on this land, the yield per tree
will decrease by 8 mangoes. How many trees should be planted to this hectare of land to
maximize the annual yield?
____________ 44 Three regular polygons fit exactly together around a point on a plane surface. One is a square
and another is a hexagon. How many sides does the third polygon have?
____________ 45 How far is the line 3x − 4y + 15 = 0 from the origin?
____________ 46 A circle is inscribed in a triangle with perimeter 10 cm. If the radius of the circle is 4 cm, find
the area of the triangle.
____________ 47 Find the quadratic equation whose leading coefficient is 2 and whose roots are the square of
the sum and the square of the difference of the roots of the equation 2x 2 + 4x + 10 = 0.

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____________ 48 The center of a circle lies on the line 2x + 5y = 42. If the line y = x + 4 is tangent to the circle
at the point (4, 8), find the equation of the circle in center-radius form.
____________ 49 When a polynomial P(x) is divided by 2x − 4, the remainder is −3. If P(−1) = −6, what is
the remainder when P(x) is divided by (2x − 4)(x + 1)?
____________ 50 It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock. In 4 minutes, the hour hand of the clock will be directly
opposite the position occupied the minute hand 3 minutes ago. What time is it now?