PRE-BOARD EXAM

MATHEMATICS

Name_______________________________ Date _________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Evaluate the algebraic expression for the given value or values of the variable(s).
y - 5x
1) ; x = -2 and y = 4 1)
7x + xy
7 8 3
A) 1 B) - C) - D)
11 11 11

Factor out the greatest common factor.

2) x2 (x - 13) - (x - 13) 2)
A) (x3 - 13x2 ) - (x - 13) B) x2 (x - 13)
C) (x - 13)(x2 - 1) D) (x - 13)(x2 + 1)

Factor the difference of two squares.

3) (16x4 - 81) 3)
A) (4x2 + 9)(2x + 3)(2x - 3) B) (2x + 3)2 (2x - 3)2
C) (4x2 + 9)(4x2 + 9) D) (4x2 + 9)(4x2 - 9)

Solve the problem.

4) The radius r and height h of a cylinder are changing with time. At the instant in question, r = 2 cm, 4)
h = 3 cm, dr/dt = 0.03 cm/sec and dh/dt = -0.01 cm/sec. At what rate is the cylinder's volume
changing at that instant?
A) 1.26 cm3 /sec B) 0.5 cm3 /sec C) 0.44 cm3 /sec D) 1.01 cm3 /sec

5) The population of a city increased from 931,212 in 1995 to 1,517,660 in 2005. To the nearest tenth, 5)
what was the percent increase?
A) 63.0% B) 6.3% C) 38.6% D) 3.9%

6) Two tracking stations are on the equator 119 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing 6)
of N 35°E from the western station and a bearing of N 22°E from the eastern station. How far, to the
nearest mile, is the balloon from the western station? Round to the nearest mile.
A) 499 mi B) 435 mi C) 444 mi D) 490 mi

7) To find the distance AB across a river, a distance BC = 646 m is laid off on one side of the river. It is 7)
found that B = 111.0° and C = 18.6°. Find AB rounded to the nearest meter.
A) 206 m B) 267 m C) 270 m D) 203 m

8) Lookout station B is located 14 mi due east of station A. The bearing of a fire from A is S10°20'W 8)
and the bearing from B is S36°30'W. Determine the distance from the fire to B (to the nearest tenth
of a mile).
A) 31.2 mi B) 33.2 mi C) 17.6 mi D) 15.6 mi

Find the probability.

9) One digit from the number 3,828,998 is written on each of seven cards. What is the probability of 9)
drawing a card that shows 3, 8, or 2?
3 5 4 2
A) B) C) D)
7 7 7 7

Solve the problem.

10) A guy wire to a tower makes a 65° angle with level ground. At a point 40 ft farther from the tower 10)
than the wire but on the same side of the base as the wire, the angle of elevation to the top of the
pole is 40°. Find the wire length (to the nearest foot).
A) 127 ft B) 61 ft C) 122 ft D) 66 ft

Find the probability.

11) A bag contains 3 blue marbles, 7 green marbles, and 7 red marbles. One marble is drawn from the 11)
bag. What is the probability that the marble drawn is not blue?
3 14 14 3
A) B) C) D)
17 3 17 14

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 12) A game spinner has regions that are numbered 1 through 9. If the spinner is used twice, what is the 12)
probability that the first number is a 3 and the second is a 7?
10 7 1 1
A) B) C) D)
81 10 18 81

Use the formula for the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence to find the indicated sum.
28
13) (-6i + 7) 13)
i=1
A) -2100 B) -2002 C) -2156 D) -2240

Solve the problem.

14) A brick staircase has a total of 14 steps The bottom step requires 123 bricks. Each successive step 14)
requires 5 fewer bricks than the prior one. How many bricks are required to build the staircase?
A) 2177 bricks B) 1232 bricks C) 2534 bricks D) 1267 bricks

Write out the first three terms and the last term of the arithmetic sequence.
13
15) (4i + 1) 15)
i=1
A) 5 + 17 + 49 + . . . + 209 B) 1 - 5 + 9 - . . . + 53
C) 5 + 9 + 13 + . . . + 53 D) 1 + 5 + 9 + . . . + 53

Solve the problem.

16) Points A and B are on opposite sides of a lake. Point C is 92.6 meters from A. The measure of angle 16)
BAC is 77°20', and the measure of angle ACB is determined to be 36°50'. Find the distance between
points A and B (to the nearest meter).
A) 59 m B) 29 m C) 61 m D) 31 m

Find the indicated sum.

17) Find 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + . . ., the sum of the first 100 positive even integers. 17)
A) 10,100 B) 9995 C) 10,104 D) 9999

Solve the problem.

18) Write a polynomial in standard form that represents the area of the shaded region. 18)

x+9

x+4
x+3 x+1

A) 17x + 31 B) -7x - 23 C) 7x + 23 D) x2 + 22x + 23

19) An airplane is sighted at the same time by two ground observers who are 2 miles apart and both 19)
directly west of the airplane. They report the angles of elevation as 11° and 20°. How high is the
airplane? Round to the nearest hundredth of a mile.
A) 0.68 mi B) 0.83 mi C) 1.5 mi D) 0.38 mi

20) A rocket tracking station has two telescopes A and B placed 1.5 miles apart. The telescopes lock 20)
onto a rocket and transmit their angles of elevation to a computer after a rocket launch. What is the
distance to the rocket from telescope B at the moment when both tracking stations are directly east
of the rocket telescope A reports an angle of elevation of 20° and telescope B reports an angle of
elevation of 45°? Round to the nearest hundredth of a mile.
A) 1.21 mi B) 2.51 mi C) 0.73 mi D) 3.1 mi

21) Find the area of a triangular-shaped field with sides of 213.1 m and 249.5 m, and the included angle 21)
between them measuring 65.70°. Round to the nearest square meter.
A) 21,879 m2 B) 24,229 m2 C) 48,458 m2 D) 10,940 m2

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Factor the perfect square trinomial.
22) 100x2 + 20x + 1 22)
A) (10x + 1)2 B) (x + 10)2
C) (10x + 1)(10x - 1) D) prime

Solve the mixture problem.

23) It is necessary to have a 40% antifreeze solution in the radiator of a certain car. The radiator now 23)
has 40 liters of 20% solution. How many liters of this should be drained and replaced with 100%
antifreeze to get the desired strength?
A) 20 liters B) 10 liters C) 13.3 liters D) 16 liters

Solve the problem.

24) A painter is going to apply a special coating to a triangular metal plate on a new building. Two 24)
sides measure are 11.9 m and 4.4 m. She knows that the angle between these sides is 30.9°. What is
the area of the surface she plans to cover with the coating? Round to the nearest square meter.
A) 24 m2 B) 11 m2 C) 13 m2 D) 22 m2

25) Two ships leave a harbor together traveling on courses that have an angle of 124° between them. If 25)
they each travel 518 miles, how far apart are they (to the nearest mile)?
A) 40 mi B) 1830 mi C) 915 mi D) 486 mi

Solve the investment problem.

26) Walt made an extra $10,000 last year from a part-time job. He invested part of the money at 8% and 26)
the rest at 10%. He made a total of $880 in interest. How much was invested at 10%?
A) $8000 B) $5000 C) $4000 D) $6000

Solve the problem.

27) Two airplanes leave an airport at the same time, one going northwest (bearing 135°) at 414 mph 27)
and the other going east at 342 mph. How far apart are the planes after 2 hours (to the nearest
mile)?
A) 1398 mi B) 1247 mi C) 699 mi D) 1163 mi

28) A straight line which a curve approaches more and more closer to but never actually touches it 28)
except as a limiting position at infinity.
A) Asymptote B) Latus rectum
C) Directrix D) Axis of symmetry

29) The ring area bounded by two concentric circles 29)

A) Torus B) Shell C) Annulus D) Cycloid

30) Differentiate y=sec (x²+2). 30)

A) 2x cos (x²+2) B) - cos (x²+2) cot (x²+2)
C) 2x sec (x²+2) tan (x²+2) D) cos (x²+2)

31) What is the area bounded by the curve y²=4x and x²=4y? 31)
A) 5.33 B) 6.67 C) 7.33 D) 8.67

32) Find the differential equations of the family of lines passing through the origin. 32)
A) ydx — xdy = 0 B) xdy — ydx = 0 C) xdx + ydy = 0 D) ydx + xdy = 0

33) What is the distance between the centers of the circles x²+y²+2x+4y—3=0 and x²+y²-8x-6y+7=0 33)
A) 7.07 B) 7.77 C) 8.07 D) 7.87

34) An experimental wing design is elliptical in shape with a span of 12 feet and eccentricity of 0.87. 34)
Find the chord at the root.
A) 7 feet B) 5 feet C) 8 feet D) 6 feet

35) The expression is equal to: 35)

A) tan x B) cot x C) sec3 x D) csc3 x

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Evaluate the integral.
0
36) 2x2 + x + 4 dx 36)
7
1687 1687 1687 1687
A) - B) C) D) -
3 6 3 6

Assume a triangle ABC has standard labeling. Determine whether SAA, ASA, SSA, SAS, or SSS is given. Then decide
whether the law of sines or the law of cosines should be used to begin solving the triangle.
37) b, A, and C 37)
A) SSA; law of sines B) SSA; law of cosines
C) ASA; law of sines D) ASA; law of cosines

38) a, b, and C 38)

A) ASA; law of cosines B) SAS; law of sines
C) SAS; law of cosines D) ASA; law of sines

Evaluate the integral.

39) d 39)
/2
2 2 2 2
A) B) C) D)
8 8 8 2

40) Given the following points on the xy plane (1,1), (4,5) and (7,9). If the points are collinear, 40)
determine the distance between two points that are farthest from each other. If the points are not
collinear, determine the longest distance between two of the points.
A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 5

Solve the problem.

41) A carpenter is building a rectangular room with a fixed perimeter of 200 ft. What are the 41)
dimensions of the largest room that can be built? What is its area?
A) 100 ft by 100 ft; 10,000 ft2 B) 50 ft by 50 ft; 2500 ft2
C) 50 ft by 150 ft; 7500 ft2 D) 20 ft by 180ft; 3600 ft2

42) Of all numbers whose sum is 200, find the two that have the maximum product. That is, maximize 42)
Q = xy, where x + y = 200.
A) 1 and 199 B) 100 and 100 C) 10 and 190 D) 99 and 101

Use a definite integral to find an expression that represents the area of the region between the given curve and the x-axis
on the interval [0, b].
43) y = 15x2 43)
A) -30b B) 5b3 C) -5b3 D) 30b

Solve the equation.

x - 18 x + 3
44) + =x+8 44)
-9 3
81 99 45
A) - B) - C) - D) - 9
7 7 7

45) The GCF of 25 and 125 is? 45)

A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 25

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Answer Key
Testname: MATH

1) B
2) C
3) A
4) D
5) A
6) D
7) B
8) A
9) B
10) B
11) C
12) D
13) D
14) D
15) C
16) C
17) A
18) C
19) B
20) A
21) B
22) A
23) B
24) C
25) C
26) C
27) A
28) A
29) C
30) C
31) A
32) B
33) A
34) D
35) A
36) D
37) C
38) C
39) B
40) B
41) B
42) B
43) B
44) C
45) A

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