Testmaster 10

Part 1.
Question 1. The population of Greenville increased by 7% from 2015 to 2016 . If the 2016 population
is k times the 2015 population, what is the value of k ?

A. 0.07B. 0.7 C. 1.07D. 1.7

Question 2. When scuba divers ascend from deep water, they must either rise slowly or take safety breaks to
avoid nitrogen buildup in their lungs. The length of time a diver should take to ascend is directly
proportional to how many feet she needs to ascend. If a scuba diver can safely ascend 165 feet in 5.5
minutes, then how many feet can she ascend in 90 seconds?
A. 45. B. 60. C. 75 D. 90

Question 3. If what is the value of

Question 4. The histogram summarizes the measurements a botanist made of the transpiration rates in

millimoles of water per square meter per second of several diamondleaf willow plants. In which
interval does the median transpiration rate occur?

A. B. C. D.
Question 5. A linear equation is graphed. Which of the following equations combines with the graphed
equation to create a system of equations whose solution set is comprised of the points (−1,−5) and (3,3) ?

A. B. C. D.
Question 6. Which of the following radian measures is equal to 1,0800 ?
(The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 3600. The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2π.)

A. B. C. D.
Question 7. Alyssa determines that a floating balloon is 1,200 meters away from her at an angle of 42∘from
the ground, as in the figure above. What is the height, h, of the balloon from the
ground? (sin42∘=0.669,cos42∘=0.743,tan42∘=0.900)

A. B. C. D.
Question 8. Which of the following does not represent a linear relationship?

A. B.

C. D.

Question 9. Given the polynomial , where c is a constant, for what value

of c will have no remainder?

A. -120 B. 60 C. -60 D. 120
Question 10. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a weighted average of the cost of certain categories of
goods and services in the United States. It is one of the most widely used measures of inflation. According
to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CPI was 130.7 in 1990 and was 218.1 in 2010 . If the CPI continues to
experience the same percent increase over the next 20 years, approximately what will the CPI be in 2030?
A.145.8 B. 305.5 D. 363.9 D. 408.7
Question 11. In order to determine if engine oil E will improve gas mileage, a research study was
conducted. From a wide range of vehicle makes, models, and model years, 400 vehicles were randomly
selected. Half of the vehicles were chosen at random to receive oil E, and the other half received a generic
brand of oil. The resulting data showed that vehicles that received engine oil E had substantial
improvements in gas mileage as compared to those that received the generic brand of engine oil. Which of
the following can best be concluded based on the design and results of the research?
A. Engine oil E improves gas mileage better than any other available engine oil.
B. Engine oil E will cause a significant improvement in gas mileage.
C. Engine oil E will improve the gas mileage of any vehicle that uses it.
D. Engine oil E is likely to improve the gas mileage of cars that use it.

Question 12.

Which of the following functions expresses a relationship that is satisfied by all pairs in the table
above?

A. B. C. D.
Question 13. The number of city residents, y, in Philadelphia from 1980 to 2000 can be modeled by the
linear equation y=−8,533x+1,688,210, where x is the number of years after 1980. What does the number
8,533 represent?
A. The percent of city residents leaving Philadelphia after 1980.
B. The ratio of the number of city residents remaining in Philadelphia to the number of years since 1980.
C. The number of city residents remaining in Philadelphia in 2000.
D. The average decrease in the number of city residents of Philadelphia each year from 1980 to 2000.

Question 14.
In the system of equations above, a and c are constants. If this system has infinitely many solutions, what is

the value of
Question 15.
Kudzu is a vine-like plant that grows indigenously in Asia. It was brought over to the United States in the
early 20 th century to help combat soil erosion. As can often happen when foreign species are introduced
into a non-native habitat, kudzu growth exploded and it became invasive. In one area of Virginia, kudzu
covered approximately 3,200 acres of a farmer's cropland, so he tried a new herbicide. After two weeks of
use, 2,800 acres of the farmer's cropland were free of the kudzu. Based on these results, and assuming the
same general conditions, how many of the 30,000 acres of kudzu-infested cropland in that region would still
be covered if all the farmers in the entire region had used the herbicide?
A. 3,750 B. 4,000 C. 26,250 D. 26,000

Question 16.

A portion of the graph of the quadratic function is shown in the xy-plane above. The function is
defined by the equation If the equation has exactly one solution, what is the
value of b ?
A. -2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2
Question 17. Ramon graphed a line that has a slope of -2. The line he graphed passes through the point (3,5)
. If Ramon slides the line right 1 unit, through which point will the line pass?
A. (0,13). B. (1,7) C. (0,11) D. (0,10)

Question 18.
Two airplanes departed from different airports at 5: 30 AM, both traveling nonstop to London Heathrow
Airport (LHR). The distances the planes traveled are recorded in the table. The Washington, D.C. (DCA)
flight flew through moderate cloud cover and as a result only averaged 338 mph. The flight from Miami
(MIA) had good weather conditions for the first two-thirds of the trip and averaged 596 mph, but then
encountered some turbulence and only averaged 447 mph for the last part of the trip. Which plane arrived
first and how long was it at the London airport before the other plane arrived?
A. MIA; 2 hours, 40 minutes B. MIA; 3 hours, 30 minutes
C. DCA; 1 hour, 20 minutes D. DCA; 3 hours, 40 minutes

Question 19.

In the figure above AB, CD and EF are diameters of the circle. If and the shaded area is of
the circle, what is the value of (in degree)?
Question 20. Paper Scraper, Inc, a mobile paper shredding and recycling company, receives $0.39 for each
pound of paper they shred, but it costs them approximately $1.38 per mile to operate their truck. Any job
that requires less than 200 miles of travel, and also nets at least $500 profit, qualifies for free delivery. Of
the following, which combination of size in pounds and distance in miles would qualify for free delivery?
A. Paul has 1,100 pounds of paper that requires 3 miles of travel.
B. Li Min has 1,500 pounds of paper that requires 107 miles of travel.
C. Amira has 1,800 pounds of paper that requires 94 miles of travel.
D. Jarles has 3,500 pounds of paper that requires 225 miles of travel.
Question 21.
A business's "break-even point" is the point at which revenue (sales) equals expenses. When a company
breaks even, no profit is being made, but the company is not losing any money either. Suppose a
manufacturer buys materials for producing a particular item at a cost of $4.85 per unit and has fixed monthly
expenses of $11,625 related to this item. The manufacturer sells this particular item to several retailers
for $9.50 per unit. How many units must the manufacturer sell per month to reach the break-even point for
this item?
A. 810 B. 1,225 C. 2,100 D. 2500

Question 22.
The graph of the equation above is a parabola in the xy -plane. In which of the following equivalent forms of
the equation do the x -intercepts of the parabola appear as constants or coefficients?

A. B.

C. D.

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Answer C A 4 C A B A D D C D
Question 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
 Answer C D 2/5 C D A A 40 C D D

Part 2.

Question 1.
In the equation above, a is a constant. If no value of x satisfies the equation, what is the value of a?
A. 1. B. 2. C. 4. D. 8.

Question 2.
Graphs of the functions f and g are shown in the xy-plane above. For which of the following values of x
does
A. -3 B. -2 C. -1 D. 0

Question 3.
A company's market share is the percent of consumers who utilize the services or buy the products of that
company. The pie chart above shows the different market shares of cable providers in a certain region. If the
ratio of the market shares of Provider 1 to Provider 2 is 3:2, what is Provider 1's market share?
A. 24% B. 30% C. 36% D. 42%

Question 4. If and then which of the following could define

A. B. C. D.
Question 5. The population of mosquitoes in a swamp is estimated over the course of twenty weeks, as

shown in the table.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between time and the estimated population of
mosquitoes during the twenty weeks?
A. Increasing linear B. Decreasing linear
C. Exponential growth D. Exponential decay
Question 6. At a lunch stand, each hamburger has 50 more calories than each order of fries. If 2 hamburgers
and 3 orders of fries have a total of 1700 calories, how many calories does a hamburger have?
Question 7. Selena is taking a 90 -minute test that consists of 50 multiple-choice questions and 30 true-false
questions. If she completes 48 questions in 50 minutes, how many seconds per question does she have on
average to answer each of the remaining questions?
Question 8. Petra waited in line for 78 minutes for tickets to see her favorite band. How long did she wait in
hours?
A. 0.8 B. 1.2 C. 1.3 D. 1.1
Question 9. Which of the following radian measures is equal to 1050?

A. B. C. D.

Question 10.
The given equation represents a circle in the xy-plane. If (x,−5) is a point on the circle, what is a possible
value of x ?
Question 11. The dot plots represent the distributions of values in data sets A and B.

Which of the following statements must be true?

I. The median of data set A is equal to the median of data set B.

II. The standard deviation of data set A is equal to the standard deviation of data set B.

A. I only B. II only C. I and II C. Neither I nor II

Question 12. The function f is defined by f(x)=(x−6)(x−2)(x+6). In the xy-plane, the graph of y=g(x) is the
result of translating the graph of y=f(x) up 4 units. What is the value of g(0) ?
Question 13.
An isosceles right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 58 inches. What is the perimeter, in inches, of this
triangle?

A. B. C. D.
Question 14. In a video game, each player starts the game with k points and loses 2 points each time a task is
not completed. If a player who gains no additional points and fails to complete 100 tasks has a score of 200
points, what is the value of k ?
A. 0. B. 150 C. 250 D. 400
Question 15. A freight train operator knows that on a 200-mile trip, if the freight cars are not fully loaded,
she can save 1 hour of travel time by increasing her normal speed by 10 miles per hour. What is her normal
speed in miles per hour?
A. 40 B. 55 C. 45 D. 60
Question 16. The USDA recommends that adult females consume 75 milligrams of ascorbic acid, also
known as vitamin C, each day. Because smoking inhibits vitamin absorption, smokers are encouraged to
consume an additional 35 milligrams daily. If one grapefruit contains 40mg of vitamin C and one serving of
spinach contains 10 milligrams, which of the following inequalities represents the possible intake of
grapefruit, g, and spinach, s, that a smoking female could consume to meet or surpass the USDA's
recommended amount of vitamin C?

A. B. C. D.
Question 17. An environmental protection group had its members sign a pledge to try to reduce the amount
of garbage they throw out by 3% each year. On the year that the pledge was signed, each person threw out
an average of 1,800 pounds of garbage. Which exponential function could be used to model the average
amount of garbage each person who signed the pledge should throw out each year after signing the pledge?

A. B. C. D.
Question 18. Marion is a city planner. The city she works for recently purchased new property on which it
plans to build administrative offices. Marion has been given the task of sizing the lots for new buildings,
using the following guidelines:

⋅The square footage of each lot should be greater than or equal to 3,000 square feet, but less than or equal to
15,000 square feet.

⋅ Each lot size should be at least 30%30% greater in area than the size before it.

⋅To simplify tax assessment calculations, the square footage of each lot must be a multiple of 1,000 square
feet.

Which list of lot sizes meets the city guidelines and includes as many lots as possible?

A. 3,000 ; 5,000 ; 10,000 ; 15,000

B. 3,000 ; 4,500 ; 6,000 ; 7,500 ; 10,000 ; 15,000
C. 3,000 ; 4,000 ; 6,000 ; 8,000 ; 11,000 ; 15,000
D. 3,000 ; 3,900 ; 5,100 ; 6,600 ; 8,600 ; 11,200 ; 14,600

Question 19. If x represents the radian measure of an angle, where and then what is

the value of

Question 20. If what is the value of x?

A. B. C. D.

Question 21.
Fleur wants to make tables and chairs. Each chair or table is made with the same number of wooden boards
and nails. She has a total of 150 wooden boards and 330 nails. The system of inequalities shown represents
the number of tables (T) and chairs (C) she can make in this situation. Does Fleur have enough boards and
nails to make 3 tables and 9 chairs?
A. Fleur has enough boards and nails.
B. Fleur has enough nails but not enough boards.
C. Fleur has enough boards but not enough nails.
D. Fleur has neither enough boards nor enough nails.

Question 22. The kinetic energy, measured in kilogram meters squared per second squared of the
International Space Station is approximately:

If 1 Joule (J) is equal to 1 and 1 terajoule (TJ) is equal to 1012 J, what is the approximate kinetic
energy of the Space Station in terajoules to the nearest hundredth?
A. B. C. D.

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Answer C B C B C 370 75 C B 11, 3 A
Question 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Answer 76 C D A B D C 12/5 A C C

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