EST I – Math

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Duration: 90 minutes
Test sections: I- Calculators are not required, II – Calculator are required
45 Multiple Choice Questions and 13 Short Constructive Response Questions

Instructions:
- Place your answer on the answer sheet. Mark only one answer for each of the multiple
choice questions.
- Write your final result only on the answer sheet for the constructive response
questions.
- Avoid guessing. Your answers should reflect your overall understanding of the
subject matter.
- Calculators are allowed. When a calculator is used, be aware of switching between
radian mode and median mode.
- A formula sheet is available at the end of the booklet for your reference.
 Section I
Calculators are not
required
(30 minutes)
1. 4. If 𝑝 𝑥 𝑥 7𝑥 5 and
People who own a smartphone 𝑞 𝑥 3𝑥 7𝑥 2𝑥 5, which of
worldwide the following expressions is equal to the
difference 𝑝 𝑥 – 𝑞 𝑥 ?
Year Number of
People A. 4𝑥 9𝑥 10
(in billions) B. 3𝑥 6𝑥 5𝑥
2016 2.3 C. 3𝑥 8𝑥 9𝑥 10
2017 2.6 D. 3𝑥 8𝑥 9𝑥 10
2018 2.9
5.
2019 3.2
2020 3.5

The table above shows the number of

people who owned a smartphone from the
year 2016 to the year 2020. The number
of people 𝑁 (in billions) is a linear
function of the number of years 𝑦 from
the year 2016. Which of the following
expressions best describes 𝑁 in terms
of 𝑦?
A. 𝑁 0.3𝑦
B. 𝑁 0.3𝑦 2016
C. 𝑁 0.3𝑦 2.3 In a certain electric circuit, the generator
D. 𝑁 3.3𝑦 2.3 has an adjustable feature called the
2. 9𝑥 18𝑥 3 0 frequency. For different frequencies
between 60 and 80 Hertz, one obtains
What is the average (arithmetic mean) of different intensities of current flowing in
the two solutions of the equation given the circuit measured in Amperes. The
above? graph given above represents the
A. -1 variation of the effective value of the
B. current as a function of the frequency.
Which of the following values of the
√
C. current can be attained by only one value
D. √2 of the frequency?

3. In the complex number system, which of A. 0.04

the following is equal to 3𝑖 1 𝑖 B. 0.1
1 𝑖 ? C. 0.23
D. 0.35
(Note: 𝑖 √ 1 )
A. 3 𝑖
B. 3 5𝑖
C. 3 𝑖
D. 3 5𝑖

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6. 8. 3𝑦 12 3𝑦
𝑦 𝑎 𝑥 1
𝑦 𝑎 𝑥 1
In the system of equations above, a is a
constant and (x, y) is a solution, where
x = 3. What is the value of a ?
A. -4
B. 0
C. 2
D. 4
9. If 𝑎 is a solution of the equation
|2𝑥 4| 5, what is the distance
between 𝑎 and the point of coordinate 2
The graph shown above is that of a linear on the number line?
function 𝑓whose expression is given by A. 0.5
𝑓 𝑥 𝑐𝑥 𝑑, where 𝑐 and 𝑑 are B. 2.5
constants. Which of the following must C. 4.5
be true about c and d? D. 5
A. c=d 10. 𝑎𝑥 𝑦 𝑐
B. c>d
C. c<d 2𝑥 4𝑦 5
D. c=0 The system of equations above has
7. Ryan wants to calculate the amount of infinitely many solutions. If a and c are
time he spends on social media which, constants, what is the value of c?
for him, includes only Instagram and A.
Facebook. To do this he uses a formula
T = aI + bF, where I is the number of B.
hours he spends on Instagram every day, C.
F is the number of hours he spends on
Facebook every day, and T is the total D.
number of hours he spends on social
media every week. If he spends the same 11.
amount of time on Instagram every day 𝑥 -3 -1 0 2 4 5 8
and the same amount of time on 𝑓 𝑥 2 1 4 7 -3 9 -5
Facebook every day, which of the 𝑔 𝑥 -7 8 -3 20 0 10 5
following could be the value of a + b?
The table above shows some values of the
A. 7 two functions 𝑓 and 𝑔. For what value of
B. 14 𝑥 is 𝑔 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥?
C.
A. -3
D. B. 0
C. 4
D. 8

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12. Black holes are massive objects in the 14.
universe. The Schwarzschild Radius of a
black hole is the maximum distance at
which an object can escape the
gravitational pull of the black hole. It is
given by 𝑅 , R is the
Schwarzschild Radius, G is called the
gravitational constant, M is the mass of
the black hole, and c is the speed of light
in vacuum. What is c in terms of G, M,
and R?

A. 𝑐
B. 𝑐 √2𝐺𝑀𝑅
C. 𝑐

D. 𝑐

13. As a treat for the holidays, the principal

of a school got a bucket of 120 cookies The graph of the function f in the
for the teachers. Every hour, when the 𝑥𝑦-plane above is a parabola. Which of
principal checked the bucket, 4 of the the following expressions defines 𝑓 while
cookies seemed to be missing. Which of showing the 𝑥-intercepts as constants or
the following expressions models the coefficients?
number of cookies C eaten by the
teachers after T hours? A. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 2
B. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 1 𝑥 2
A. C = 120 – 4T C. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 2
B. C = 120 + 4T D. 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 2 1
C. C = – 4T
D. C = 4T

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15. SPR (Student Produced Responses)
16. 13𝑥 7𝑦 12
7𝑥 13𝑦 6
Based on the system of equations above,
what is the value of 4𝑥 4𝑦?
17. If √2 8, what is the value of √3 ?
18. What is the solution of the equation
𝑥 2 𝑥 1 3 𝑥 1
3 𝑥 1 𝑥 24 ?
19. If 𝑎𝑥 𝑏 2𝑥 1 𝑐𝑥 1 for all
values of 𝑥, what is the value of ?

In the given figure, A is the center of the 20. If x and y are positive measures of acute
circle. C, D, E, and F are points on the angles, and sin 𝑥 20 cos 𝑦
circle. If segments AE and EF have the 12 , what is a possible value of x + y?
same length, what is the measure of (Disregard the degree sign when gridding
in your answer).
angle 𝐶𝐴𝐷 ?
A. 15o
B. 25o
C. 30o
D. 60o

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