5. While driving on a 500-mile trip, Mr.

Smith av-
erages 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
 
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(C) 20, 000 − t
1. Tom had 2b books for sale at a price of k dollars 60
each. If y is the number of books he did not sell, (D) 500 −
t
which of the following represents the total dollar
500
amount he received in sales from the books? (E)
60t
(A) k(2b − y)
v r t r
(B) k(y − 2b) 6. If = 2 and = , then, for t , 0, =
s s v t
(C) ky − 2b
1
(D) 2b − ky (A)
2
(E) 2bk − y (B) 2
t
2. If t represents an odd integer, which of the fol- (C)
lowing expressions represents an even integer? v
v
(D)
(A) t + 2 2s
(B) 2t − 1 2v
(E)
s
(C) 3t − 2
(D) 3t + 2 7. If y = 5x and the value of x is increased by 4, then
the value of y will increase by how much?
(E) 5t + 1

3. If 0 < x < 1 and 0 < y < 1, which of the follow- (A) 1

ing must be true? (B) 4
(A) xy > 0 (C) 5
(B) xy < 0 (D) 9
x
(C) <0 (E) 20
y
(D) x − y > 0 8. If e, f , g, and h are consecutive odd integers and
(E) x − y < 0 e < f < g < h, then g + h is how much greater
than e + f ?
4. The cost of 3 sweatshirts is d dollars. At this rate,
what is the cost, in dollars, of 30 sweatshirts? (A) 2
10d (B) 3
(A)
3 (C) 4
d
(B) (D) 5
30
30 (E) 8
(C)
d
(D) 10d 9. If the perimeter of a rectangle is 10 times the
width of the rectangle, then the length of the rect-
(E) 30d
angle is how many times the width?

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10. If n is an even integer greater than 2, what is the 14. If n is a positive number, which of the following
next greater even integer in terms of n? is equal to 8n?
√
(A) n + 1 (A) 64n
√
(B) n + 2 (B) 8n2
√
(C) n + 3 (C) 16n2
√
(D) 2n (D) 2 4n
√
(E) n2 (E) 4 4n2

11. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 5 consecutive 15. If p is a prime number greater than 3, which of
even integers is n, what is the median of these 5 the following is NOT a factor of 6p?
integers?
(A) p2
(A) 0 (B) 6p
(B) 2 (C) 3p
(C) n (D) 2p
(D) n − 2 (E) 3
(E) n − 4
x
16. If x = 2y, y = 4z, 2z = w, and w , 0, then =
x w
12. If = −1, then x + y =
y
1
(A)
(A) 0 4
(B) 1 1
(B)
2
(C) x (C) 1
(D) y (D) 2
(E) 2x (E) 4
13. If j and k are integers and j + k = 2 j + 4, which 17. If x < y, which of the following must be true?
of the following must be true?
(A) x2 < y2
I. j is even.
II. k is even. (B) −y < −x

III. k − j is even. (C) x2 < xy

(D) xy < y2
(A) None (E) 2x < y
(B) I only 3x − 1 x + 6
18. The expression + is how much more
(C) II only 4 4
than x?
(D) III only
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19. In a certain shop, items were put in a showcase 23. If x is 5 percent of r and r is 20 percent of s, what
and assigned prices for January. Each month after percent of s is x?
that, the price was 10 percent less than the price
for the previous month. If the price of an item (A) 1%
was p dollars for January, what was the price for (B) 4%
April?
(C) 10%
(A) 0.4p (D) 40%
(B) 0.6p (E) 100%
(C) 0.6561p
24. If a and b are positive, then the solution to the
(D) 0.7p bx
equation = 1 is x =
(E) 0.729p a−x
20. A person slices a pie into k equal pieces and eats a
(A)
one piece. In terms of k, what percent of the pie b+1
is left? a+1
(B)
b+1
(A) 100(k − 1) % b−1
100(k − 1) (C)
(B) % a
k b
100k (D)
(C) % a+1
k−1 b+1
k−1 (E)
(D) % a
100
k−1 25. If m and n are both negative numbers, m is less
(E) % than −1 and n is greater than −1, which of the
100k
following gives all possible values of the product
2 3
21. If x is of y and y is of z, what is the value of mn?
3 5
x
? (A) All negative numbers
z
(B) All negative numbers less than −1
2
(A) (C) All negative numbers greater than −1
5
5 (D) All positive numbers
(B)
8 (E) All positive numbers less than 1
9
(C) x+7
10 26. If x is an integer and is an integer, which of
10 2
(D) the following must be true?
9
5 I. x is odd.
(E)
2 II. x is a multiple of 7.
5x3 x+5
22. If y = , what happens to the value of y when III. is an integer.
z 2
both x and z are doubled?
(A) y is not changed. (A) I only
(B) y is halved. (B) II only
(C) y is doubled. (C) III only
(D) y is tripled. (D) I and II
(E) y is multiplied by 4. (E) I and III

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Ratios 31. Three business partners are to share profits of
$24,000 in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. What is the amount
27. The ratio of 8 to 3 is equal to the ratio of 24 to of the least share?
what number?
(A) $1,200
(A) 8
(B) $3,000
(B) 9
(C) $6,000
(C) 19
(D) $8,000
(D) 29
(E) $10,000
(E) 64
32. If the ratio of two positive integers is 3 to 2, which
1
28. A recipe calls for 7 tablespoons of milk. This of the following statements about these integers
3
amount is equivalent to how many teaspoons of CANNOT be true?
milk? (3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon)
(A) Their sum is an odd integer.
(A) 2 (B) Their sum is an even integer.
(B) 10 (C) Their product is divisible by 6.
(C) 16 (D) Their product is an even integer.
(D) 22 (E) Their product is an odd integer.
(E) 30
33. If the ratio of q to r is 4 to 5, which of the follow-
29. Five of the 12 members of a club are girls and the ing could be true?
rest are boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls in
4
the club? (Answer as a fraction.) (A) q = 0, r =
5
5
(B) q = 2, r =
2
(C) q = 5, r = 6
A B
O
(D) q = 15, r = 12
(E) q = 16, r = 25

30. In the figure above, both circles have their cen-

ters at point O, and point A lies on segment OB.
If OA = 3 and AB = 2, what is the ratio of the
circumference of the smaller circle to the circum-
ference of the larger circle?
2
(A)
3
3
(B)
5
9
(C)
16
1
(D)
2
4
(E)
9

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Mean, Median, & Mode 37. If the average (arithmetic mean) of x, 2x − 8,
2x + 2, 3x − 1, and 4x + 1 is 6, what is the value
CENTRAL HIGH’S of the mode of these numbers?
FIELD HOCKEY RESULTS
38. In a set of eleven different numbers, which of the
Games Played in September
following CANNOT affect the value of the me-
Margin of dian?
Goals Goals Victory
(A) Doubling each number
Central 7 Northern 0
Central 3 Westfield 1 (B) Increasing each number by 10
Central 3 Easton 2 (C) Increasing the smallest number only
Central 5 Southern 1
(D) Decreasing the largest number only
Central 2 Bayville 1
(E) Increasing the largest number only

34. Central High’s field hockey team was undefeated 39. If the average (arithmetic mean) of three different
in September, as shown in the table above. A positive integers is 70, what is the greatest possi-
team’s margin of victory for a single game is de- ble value of one of the integers?
fined as the number of goals it made minus the
number of goals made by the losing team. What
is the median of the missing values in the column
labeled Margin of Victory? xº

(A) 1 vº

(B) 2
(C) 3 yº uº wº

(D) 4
(E) 5 40. In the triangles above, what is the average (arith-
metic mean) of u, v, w, x, and y?
35. In a certain club, the median age of the members
is 11. Which of the following must be true? (A) 21
(B) 45
I. The oldest member in the club is at least 1
year older than the youngest. (C) 50
II. If there is a 10 year old in the club, there is (D) 52
also a 12 year old. (E) 54
III. The mode of the members’ ages is 11.
41. The average (arithmetic mean) of nine numbers
(A) None is 9. When a tenth number is added, the average
(B) I only of the ten numbers is also 9. What is the tenth
number?
(C) II only
(D) III only (A) 0
9
(E) II and III (B)
10
36. The average (arithmetic mean) of the test scores 10
(C)
of a class of p students is 70, and the average of 9
the test scores of a class of n students is 92. When (D) 9
the scores of both classes are combined, the aver-
p (E) 10
age score is 86. What is the value of ?
n

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Triangles and Geometry 47. If ∠CAB = ∠CBD and AB = 12, what is the mea-
sure of BC?
Base your answers to the following questions on
the diagram below, in which l k m. Treat each
Base your answers to the following questions on
question as if the information from the previous
the diagram below (not drawn to scale), in which
question has been discarded.
triangles ABD and DBC are right triangles. Treat
each question as if the information from the pre-
t k
vious question has been discarded.

B C

zº
l
yº
A B
xº
m
C wº

A D

48. Suppose ABD and DBC are isosceles right trian-

42. Suppose that y = 2x and w = 60 . What is the
◦ gles, and AB = 5. What is the length of BC?
value of y? 49. Suppose triangle ABD is isosceles, BC = 10 and
DC = 6. What is the area of triangle ABD?
43. If y = 70◦ and x = 40◦ , what is the value of z?

44. Suppose the triangle formed by A, B, and C is

equilateral (i.e. A = B = C). What is the value of 10
z?

45. Suppose instead that A = B (i.e. the triangle 16

formed by A, B, and C is isosceles), and that
w = 50◦ . What are the values of y and z?
x

Base your answers to the following two questions y

on the figure below, in which ACD and BCD
are right triangles. Treat each question as if the
information from the previous question has been 50. In the figure above, what is the value of x2 + y2 ?
discarded.
C D
C

B
yº

A B A xº E
D

51. In the figure above AE ⊥ CE and CD ⊥ CE. If

46. If AC = BC, AC = 5 and CD = 4, what is the x = y, the length of AB is 4, and the length of BD
length of AB? is 8, what is the length of CE?

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2. E 11. C 20. B 29. 7/5 38. E 47. 6 2
3. A 12. A 21. A 30. B 39. 207 48. 10
4. D 13. D 22. E 31. C 40. E 49. 16
5. B 14. E 23. A 32. E 41. D 50. 356
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6. A 15. A 24. A 33. B 42. 80◦ 51. 6 2
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