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Time-25 Minutes
20 Questions
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1. If the median of a set of five consecutive 4. What is the value of the sum of the external
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integers is equal to 13, then what is the value of angles of a triangle subtracted from the sum of
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the largest of these five integers? the external angles of a pentagon?
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(A) 11 (A) 0
(B) 13 (B) 30
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(C) 15 (C) 90
(D) 17 (D) 180
(E) 19 (E) 360
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2. If x  4 x  3 x  1  3 , then what is the value 5. The ratio of a rectangle’s length to the length
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of x ? of a square’s side is 3:1. If the area of the

square is 36, and the rectangle’s width is 2,
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(A) 1 what is the area of the rectangle?

(B) 2
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(C) 3 (A) 24
(D) 4 (B) 36
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(E) 5 (C) 72
(D) 108
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(E) 216

3. If the probability of selecting a red marble is

1 ∕ 3 and the probability of selecting a blue
marble is 2 ∕ 3, what is the ratio of blue marbles
6. Given that | m − 2 | = 7 and | n − 3 | = 6,
to red marbles?
where m < 0 and n < 0, what is the value of mn?
(A) 1:2
(A) 6
(B) 3:2
(B) 15
(C) 2:1
(C) 21
(D) 2:3
(D) 42
(E) 3:1
(E) 81
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7. The average of a, b, and c is 27. If the value 10. A store determines the retail price of a DVD
of d is 19, what is the average of a, b, c, and d? player by marking up its wholesale price by 60
percent. After a 25 percent discount off the
(A) 7 DVD player’s retail price, the DVD player costs
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(B) 11 $162. What is the wholesale price of the DVD

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(C) 25 player?
(D) 28
(E) 46 (A) 54
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(B) 81
(C) 135
(D) 216
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a (E) 324
8. If  4 and b  15, then what is the value
b
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of 5ab ?
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11. If | -3x | + 4y-1 = 6z + 4x, what is the value

(A) 30
of x in terms of y and z?
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(B) 60
(C) 300
(A) (y/4) – 6z
(D) 900
(B) (4/y) – 6z
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(E) 4500
(C) 4 – (6z/y)
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(E) (7/4y) + 6z
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9. Nancy can make 5 bags per hour. Sue can

make 6 bags per hour, and Ned can make 12
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bags per hour. If Nancy and Sue make bags 12. If a segment with a slope of two passes
together for one hour, and then Ned joins them, through points (2, 6) and (-2, -y), what is the
how many minutes will it take them to make
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value of y2?
126 bags?
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(A) 0
(A) 60 (B) 2
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(B) 115 (C) 4
(C) 227 (D) 8
(D) 300 (E) 16
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13. 15. m, n, and p are three consecutive positive

odd integers such that m < n < p. If their sum is
45, what is the value of mp?
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(A) 30
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(B) 90
(C) 195
(D) 221
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(E) 224
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2b
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16. If a  and b = 24, then what is the
In the figure above, ray s begins at the origin 3c 2
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and passes through point (-3, 2). Which of the value of c in terms of a?
following is not a possible value of the slope of
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line t? (A) 4/a
(B) a2/16
1 (C) ± (√a) / 4
(A) 
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8 (D) ± (√4a) /a2

2 (E) ± (4√a) / a
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(B) 
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(C) 
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3 when y-1 = 4t, then what is the value of y in

(D)  terms of t when x = 4s?
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(E)  (A) t ∕ 16
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(B) t ∕ 4
(C) 1 ∕ t
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(D) t
(E) 16t
14. Bob buys s socks from the store each week.
If each sock costs c cents, and he buys the same
number of socks each day, what equation shows 18. Jordan is now four times older than Grace.
how many cents Bob spends on socks per day In 30 years, he will be 18 years older than
in terms of s and c? Grace. What is Jordan’s age now?

(A) sc (A) 10
(B) sc(s – 7) (B) 12
(C) sc – 7 (C) 20
(D) (sc)/7 (D) 24
(E) 7/(sc) (E) 48
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19. If u is inversely proportional to v1/2 and
u = -5 when v1/2 = 3-1, then what is the value of
v when u = -1?
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20. Max decides to carve out a cylinder in a
wooden cube. The cube has a side length of 6
cm, and the cylinder has a radius of 2 cm. What
is the surface area of the cube after the cylinder

(A) 1/12 has been carved out?

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(C) 5/6 (A) 216  24
(D) 5/3 (B) 216  16
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(E) 25/9 (C) 144  24
(D) 216  16
(E) 18  36
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Time: 20 Minutes
16 Questions
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1. It takes 6 seconds of pulling a lever to raise a 4.

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pump to 24 feet. At this rate, how high is the

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pump after the lever is pulled for 2 seconds?
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(A) 3
(B) 4
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(C) 8
(D) 12
(E) 18
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If the area of rectangle ABCD is 24, and
ED = 4 3 , then what is the length of AB?
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2. What is the value of ( 3) 3  ( 4) 2 ? (A) 2

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(B) 3
(C) 4
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(A) -25
(B) -11 (D) 6
(E) 8
(C) 0
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(D) 7
(E) 11
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5. If a is an odd integer and b is an even integer,

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which of the following must be an odd integer?
3. In the xy-plane, segment DE passes through
points (2, 4) and (-4, 8). What is the midpoint of I. ab + 1
segment DE? II. 2a + 2b
III. 3(a – b)
(A) (-6, 4)
(B) (-2, 12) (A) I only
(C) (-1, 6) (B) II only
(C) I and III
(D) (5, 5)
(E) (6, 4) (D) II and III
(E) None of the Above
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6. If f(x) = -4x – (3x − 8), what is the value of 9. Trent walked from John’s house three miles
f(2)? due north then four miles due east, while John
walked six miles due south and eight miles due
(A) - 14 west. If John were to walk directly to Trent’s
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(B) - 12 location, how many hours would it take him if
(C) - 10 John walks at a rate of three miles per hour?
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(D) - 8
(E) - 6 (A) 4
(B) 5
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(C) 10
(D) 14
7. If a, b, and c are positive consecutive even (E) 15
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integers and c > b > a, what is the value of b2 in
terms of a?
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(A) a2 + 1 10.
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(B) (a − 1)2
(C) (a + 2)2
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(D) a2 + 4
(E) (a + 1)2
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8. If 3x + 2, 2x − 10, and x − 1 are integers, and

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x + 3 is the average of these numbers, then
which of the following is a possible value of x? In the figure above, if segment BD bisects
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segment CA, what is the area of triangle CED?

(A) 2
(B) 5 (A) 6
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(C) 6 (B) 9
(D) 8 (C) 12
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(E) 9 (D) 18
(E) 36
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11. If k = m2n2, k is not 0, and the values of m

and n are doubled, then the value of k increases
by which of the following factors?

(A) 0
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8
(E) 16
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12. 15.
18, 42,…
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preceding term. What is the sum of the units

digits of the first 12 terms?
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(A) 2
(B) 8
The graph above represents y = f(x). If (C) 9
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f(x) = 0, what is the sum of all the values of x? (D) 60

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(E) 77
(A) -3
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(B) -2
(C) -1
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(D) 1 16.
(E) 2
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13. If 4c2 − 16e2 = | (-8d)2 |, then what is the

value of c2 in terms of d and e?
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(A) 16d2 + 4e2

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(B) 2(2d +e)

(C) 4(d +e)
(D) 64d2 + 16e2
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(E) 16d2e2
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14. If exactly three triangles are used to

construct a rectangle, what is the minimum
number of right triangles that can be used in the
rectangle’s construction? The graph above has a function of b. Which of
the following has the approximate value of
(A) 0 b(2)?
(B) 1
(C) 2 (A) 0.5
(D) 4 (B) 0.9
(E) 6 (C) 1
(D) 1.5
(E) 1.9
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18 Questions
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1. The smallest integer of a set of consecutive 4.

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integers is -13. If the sum of the integers is 14,

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what is the total number of integers in the set?
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(A) 24
(B) 25
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(C) 26
(D) 28 In the number line above, which point best
(E) 32 approximates the value of (k  m)2?
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(A) point k
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(B) point l
2. If w is a positive integer and w2 = w3, then (C) point m
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which of the following is a possible value of w? (D) point n

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(A) -10
(B) -2
(C) -1
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(D) 1 5. If p and q are consecutive negative even

integers whose sum is -120, and q < p, what is
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the value of | q − p |?
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(A) -4
3. If p and q are both even integers and r is an (B) -2
odd integer, which of the following expressions (C) 0
will not result in an answer that is even? (D) 2
(E) 4
(A) pr + q2
(B) q(p + r)p
(C) (rq)2 − p
(D) (p • r)q
(E) r(p – r) q
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6. In a sequence, the first term is -3. Each term p x q

10. If  2  , then what is the value of
after the first term is four less than two times q y p
the preceding term. Which term is the first one
in terms of x and y?
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(B) 6
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(D) 12
(E) none
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11. If y + z = 18 and 40 percent of 75 percent of

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p is the average of y and z, what is the value of
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7. If x  x x  x  x 2 , and x > 0, what p?
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is the value of x?
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(A) 1/2
(B) 0
(C) 1
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(D) 1.5
(E) 2
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12. If - | -f | = 3h − 12 and h1/2 = m-1/2, what is

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the value of f in terms of m?

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8. If s2 = t -1 and t1/4 = u-1/3, then what is the
value of s in terms of u?
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(B) u-1/3
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(C) u1/6
(D) u1/3
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(E) u2/3
13. If 30 percent of 50 percent of x is 60 percent
of y minus 75 percent of y, then what is the
value of x in terms of y?
9. If the average of w and x is 30, the average of
p and q is 30, and the average of m and n is 30,
what is the average of w, x, p, q, m, and n?
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14. a and b are positive consecutive integers 17. If x and y2 are directly proportional and
and b > a. When b is seven more than a , x = 6 when y2 = 8, then what is the value of y-2
what is the greatest possible value of a? when x = 2?
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15. If the graphs of y = 3x2 − 15 and y = -4x + p 18. The function f(x) = x2 + x – 24 and h(t) = x2.
intersect at point (3, r), then what is the value of If 3h(t) = f(2x), what is one possible value of x?
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TEST END
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16. If x☻y = 3y − 2(x + y), what is 2☻4?

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Practice Test 1
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Answer Key and Explanations

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Section 1 Section 3

1. C 1. D
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2. A 2. D
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4. A 4. C
5. B 5. D
6. B 6. B
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7. C 7. C
8. E 8. E
9. E 9. 30
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10. C 10. y / (2y + x)

11. B 11. 30
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12. C 12. (12 – 3) / m or -3/m + 12

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13. E 13. -y
14. D 14. 9
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15. D 15. 2
16. E 16. 0
17. C 17. 3/8 or 0.375
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18. D 18. -6 or 4
19. E
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20. B
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Section 2

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4. D
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7. C
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9. B
10. D
11. E
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. A
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Finding Your Score

Raw score: Total Number Right – [Total Number Wrong ÷ 4] = _____

Notes: 1) For #9 - #18 in Section 3, only right answers are counted

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2) Omissions are not counted towards your raw score
3) If the total number wrong ÷ 4 ends in .5 or .75, it is rounded up
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Math Scoring Table

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Raw Scaled Raw Scaled

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Score Score Score Score
54 800 23 520
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53 800 22 510
52 780 21 500
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51 770 20 490
50 750 19 490
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49 730 18 480
48 720 17 470
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47 710 16 460
46 700 15 460
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45 690 14 450
44 680 13 440
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43 670 12 420
42 660 11 410
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41 660 10 400
40 650 9 400
39 640 8 390
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38 630 7 380
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37 630 6 370
36 620 5 350
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35 610 4 330
34 600 3 320
33 590 2 310
32 590 1 290
31 580 0 270
30 570 -1 250
29 560 -2 240
28 550 -3 230
27 550 -4 220
26 540 -5 210
25 530 -6 200
24 520 and below 200
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