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Mitchell plans to work at a day camp over the summer. Each week, he will be paid
according to the following schedule: at the end of the first week, he will receive $1.
At the end of each subsequent week, he will receive $1, plus an additional amount
equal to the sum of all payments hes received in previous weeks. How much money
will Mitchell be paid in total during the summer, if he works for the entire duration of
the 8-week-long camp? 5lb:302

A book with 80,000 words costs $24 and a short story has 1,000 words and costs $1.
Quantity A Quantity B
Price per word of the book Price per word of the short story5lb:302

20. For the month of May, Alis Coffee Shop is offering a buy five drinks get one
free special, and Bobs Coffee
Shop is offering 20% off all drinks. At both shops, the regular price of a coffee is
$2.25. 5lb:303
Quantity A: The total cost of one coffee per day from Alis for every day of May
Quantity B: The total cost of one coffee per day from Bobs for every day of May

21. In a certain ancient kingdom, the length of a foot was the length of the current
kings foot. If the newly crowned
monarch had a 12 inch foot as opposed to the 10 inch foot of his predecessor, a
formerly 300 foot fence would
now have a length of how many feet? (Assume that the length of an inch remains
constant.)
(A) 250
(B) 302
(C) 350
(D) 360
(E) 400

31. How many 1-inch square tiles would it take to cover the floor of a closet that has
dimensions 5 feet by 4 feet? (1
foot = 12 inches)
(A) 20
(B) 240
(C) 1,440
(D) 2,160
(E) 2,880


34. It takes feet of wood to make a frame for a lithograph. If wood is sold at $5 a yard
and only by the yard, and a
collector needs to make 4 frames, how much will the wood cost? (1 yard = 3 feet)
(A) $23.33
(B) $25
(C) $33.33
(D) $35
(E) $100

38. The distance between Mercury and Earth changes due to the orbits of the
planets. When Mercury is at its closest
point to Earth, it is 48 million miles away. When Mercury is at its furthest point from
Earth, it is 138 million
miles away. For a science project, Ruby calculates the maximum and minimum
amount of time it would take to
travel from Earth to Mercury in a spacecraft traveling 55 miles per hour.
Approximately what are the times, in
days?
(A) 3,636 and 10,454
(B) 14,545 and 41,818
(C) 36,364 and 104,545
(D) 87,272 and 250,909
(E) 872,727 and 2,509,091

7. If b>0 and (a/b) >0, then which of the following must be true?

a > b
b > 0
ab > 0

9. If y < 0 and 4x > y, which of the following could be equal to ?
(A) 0
(B)1/4
(C)1/2
(D) 1
(E) 4

9. If y < 0 and 4x > y, which of the following could be equal to x/y?
(A) 0
(B)1/4
(C)1/2
(D) 1
(E) 4

|-x| >=6
xy2 < 0 where y is an integer.
Quantity A Quantity B
x -4


x is an integer such that -x|x| > 4.
Quantity A Quantity B
x 2

x and y are positive numbers such that x + y + z < 1 and xy = 1
Quantity A Quantity B
z -1



x and y are integers such that |x|(y) + 9 < 0 and |y| 1.

Quantity A Quantity B
x -9



p + |k| > |p| + k

Quantity A Quantity B

p k


|x| + |y| > |x + z| col A:y col B:

FUNCTIONS


If f(x) = x - 3 and 2[f(g)] = 14, what is the value of f(4g)?

11. [x] is defined as the least integer greater than x for all odd values of x, and the
greatest integer less than x for all
even values of x. What is [-2]-[5]?
(A) -12
(B) -9
(C) -8
(D) -7
(E) 3

17. #x = the square of the number that is 2 less than x. What is the value of #5 - #(-
1)?


26. If Sn = Sn - 1 + Sn - 2 - 1, then what is S4 when S0 = -10 and S2 = 0?
(A) -3
(B) 0
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 14

The expression a{}b is defined as a{}b = (a - b)(a + b).
QA) The value of (7{}6) {} (11{}11)
QB) 26

44. An investor doubles his money every 8 years. At 33 years old, he had 13 million
dollars ($13m). How much
money will he have when he retires at 65 years old?
(A) $26m
(B) $104m
(C) $130m
(D) $208m
(E) $260m

52. The wait time in hours, w, for a certain popular restaurant can be estimated by
the formula where k
is a constant, n is the number of parties waiting ahead of you, and s is the size of your
party. If a family of 4 has a
wait time of 30 minutes when 2 other parties are ahead of it, how long would a
family of 6 expect to wait if there
are 8 parties ahead of it?
(A) 45.5 minutes
(B) 1 hour 15 minutes
(C) 1 hour 25 minutes
(D) 1 hour 45 minutes (E) 2 hours
67. For which of the following functions f(x) is f(a + b) = f(a) + f(b)?
(A) f(x) = x2
(B) f(x) = 5x
(C) f(x) = 2x + 1
(D) f(x) =sqrt(x)
(E) f(x) = x 2
Functions bits >60

ALGEBRA:

11. If (x + 3)2 = 225, which of the following could be the value of x - 1?
(A) 13
(B) 12
(C) -12
(D) -16
(E) -19

Quantity A Quantity B
xy2z(x2z + yz2 - xy2) x3y2z2 + xy3z3 - x2y4z

33. If x2 - y2 = 0 and xy 0, which of the following MUST be true?
Indicate all such statements.
x = y
|x| = |y|
X2/y2 =1

Fractions and decimals

12. 5/12 of all the students are girls and 1/4 of all the students are girls who take
Spanish. What fraction of the girls take Spanish?
(A) 5/48
(B) 5/12
(C) 2/5
(D) 3/5
(E) 7/12

13. 1/5 of all the cars on a certain auto lot are red, and 2/3 of all
the red cars are convertibles. What fraction of all the cars are NOT
red convertibles? See solution.

14. Two identical pies are cut into a total of 16 equal parts. If
each part is then split equally among three people, what fraction of
a pie does each person receive?

32. If 3/4 of all the cookies have nuts and 1/3 of all the cookies
have both nuts and fruit, what fraction of all the
cookies have nuts but no fruit?
(A) 1/4
(B) 5/12
(C) 1/2
(D) 7/12
(E) 5/6
33. 1/4 of all the juniors and 2/3 of all the seniors are going on a
trip. If there are 2/3 as many juniors as seniors, what
fraction of the students are not going on the trip?
(A) 4/9
(B) 1/2
(C) 2/3
(D) 1/3
(E) 5/6

34. 4/5 of the women and 3/4 of the men speak Spanish. If there are
40% as many men as women, what fraction of the
group speaks Spanish