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For each problem in this section determine which of the five choices Time25 Minutes is correct and blacken the corresponding choice on your answer 20 Questions sheet. You may use any blank space on the page for your work. Notes: You may use a calculator whenever you think it will be helpful. Use the diagrams provided to help you solve the problems. Unless you see the words Note: Figure not drawn to scale under a diagram, it has been drawn as accurately as possible. Unless it is stated that a figure is three-dimensional, you may assume it lies in a plane.
Area Facts Volume Facts Triangle Facts Angle Facts

Reference Information

a w A= w h b A = bh r A = r2 C = 2r
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h w V = wh r h V = r2h a 60 a
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2a 30

45 a 45 a

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y c a x z x + y + z = 180

b a2 + b2 = c2 4. When a gymnast competes at the Olympics, each of six judges awards a score between 0 and 10. The highest and lowest scores are discarded, and the gymnasts final mark is the average (arithmetic mean) of the remaining scores. What would be a gymnasts mark if the judges scores were 9.6, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7, 9.2, and 9.6? (A) 9.5 (B) 9.525 (C) 9.55 (D) 9.575 (E) 9.6
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1. Every Sunday Greg jogs 3 miles. For the rest of the week, each day he jogs 1 mile more than the preceding day. How many miles does Greg jog in 2 weeks? (A) 42 (B) 63 (C) 84 (D) 98 (E) 117

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2. In the figure above, what is the value of x? (A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 110 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given. 3. The following table lists the prices of eight types of sandwiches: Sandwich Roast beef Corned beef BLT Egg salad Price $5.25 $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 Sandwich Tuna fish Salami Grilled cheese Club Price $4.25 $4.50 $3.95 $5.75
A 10x

(25x 30)

5. In parallelogram ABCD above, what is the value of x? (A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 20 (E) 60

If the price of a tuna fish sandwich is increased 75 and the price of every other sandwich is increased 50, how many sandwiches will be more expensive than the tuna fish? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

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6. Three lines are drawn in a plane. Which of the following CANNOT be the total number of points of intersection? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) They all could. 7. If a b = 10, and a b = 20, what is the value of b? (A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given. 8. A dealer in rare metals owns 1000 ounces of silver. If every year she sells half of the silver she owns and doesnt acquire any more, which of the following is an expression for the number of ounces of silver she will own t years from now where t is a positive integer? 1000 (A) (B) 1000 2t (C) 1000 2t 2t 1000 (D) (E) 1000 2t 2 t 9. If x = 9 is a solution of the equation x2 a = 0, which of the following is a solution of x4 a = 0? (A) 81 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 9 (E) 81
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12. If 3x + 2y = 11 and 2x + 3y = 17, what is the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y? (A) 2.5 (B) 2.8 (C) 5.6 (D) 5.8 (E) 14 Questions 13 and 14 refer to the following definition. W Y X Z 3 Y is a number square if W + Z = X + Y and 2W = 3X.

13. If

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is a number square, what is the value of Y?

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

14. If

W Y

X W

is a number square, Y = (C) 4 W 3

(A) 3 W 4

(B) W

(D) 3W (E) 4W

10. The following table shows the hourly wages earned by the 16 employees of a small company and the number of employees who earn each wage. Wages per Hour $6 8 10 13 Number of Employees 3 5 4 4

15. When the price of gold went up, a jeweler raised the prices on certain rings by 60%. On one ring, however, the price was accidentally reduced by 60%. By what percent must the incorrect price be increased to reflect the proper new price? (A) 60% (B) 120% (C) 300% (D) 400% (E) It depends on the original price of the ring

Number of miles from A

6 5 4 3 2 1 0 8:30 9:00 Time 9:30 10:00

What is the average (arithmetic mean) of the median and the mode of this set of data? (A) 4.5 (B) 8 (C) 8.5 (D) 9 (E) 9.5

11. The degree measure of each of the three angles of a triangle is an integer. Which of the following CANNOT be the ratio of their measures? (A) 2:3:4 (B) 3:4:5 (C) 4:5:6 (D) 5:6:7 (E) 6:7:8

16. John rode his bicycle 5 miles along a straight road from A to B and back. The graph above shows how far he was from A at any given time. Not counting the time he stopped, what was Johns average speed, in miles per hour, for the round trip? 2 1 4 (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 3 2 7 (E) It cannot be determined from the graph.

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(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

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(E) E

17. Let A, B, and C be three points in a plane such that AB:BC = 3:5. Which of the following can be the ratio AB:AC? I. 1:2 II. 1:3 III. 3:8 (A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III Questions 18 and 19 refer to the following situation. Over a weekend, fifteen students took car trips of varying distances and kept a record of how much gasoline they used. On Monday in their math class, the students plotted their distances against their gas consumptions as shown below.
Gas Consumption (gallons) 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 O 30 A B

19. Which of the five students labeled A, B, C, D, and E had the best mileage? (In other words, which of them drove the greatest number of miles per gallon of gasoline?)

20. On the critical reading portion of the SAT, the raw score is calculated as follows: 1 point is awarded 1 for each correct answer, and point is deducted 4 for each wrong answer. If Ellen answered all q questions on the test and earned a raw score of 10, how many questions did she answer correctly? q q q 10 (A) q 10 (B) (C) 10 (D) 5 5 5 q (E) 8 + 5

60 90 120 150 Distance Traveled (miles)

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18. What was the median number of miles driven by the fifteen students? (A) 7 (B) 12 (C) 90 (D) 120 (E) 150

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