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SAT Foundation Final Exam
SAT Foundation Final Exam
Module
1
DIRECTIONS
The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing
skills. Each question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or
graph. Read each passage and question carefully, and then choose the best
answer to the question based on the passage(s).
All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each
question has a single best answer.
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actions ________ because there was no Which choice completes the text with the
justification for their intentional disregard for most logical and precise word or phrase?
the law.
A) indefatigable
B) indefensible
C) comprehensive
D) corrective
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twist flax fibers until they had dipped the Which choice completes the text with the
fibers into water to make them ________. most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) solvent
B) immutable
C) supple
D) invisible
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orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Which choice best states the main purpose of
September 12, 1992, she also blasted into the text?
Line history as the first woman of color to go into
5 space. A chemical engineer, scientist, A) To explain how Jemison fosters interest in
physician, teacher, and astronaut, Jemison has science.
been undaunted by a lack of role models or by B) To discuss how Jemison rose to fame.
roadblocks to women and minority people. “I C) To provide a sketch of Jemison and her
had to learn very early not to limit myself due goals.
10 to others’ limited imagination,” says Dr.
D) To describe Jemison’s introduction to
Jemison. An advocate for science and
science.
technology, Jemison maintains, “we need to
change the image of who does science. That’s
important not only for folks who want to go
15 into science, but for the folks who fund
science.”
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making up at least a third of the total market— Which choice best describes the function of
was perhaps the most striking and profound the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
Line social consequence of the mid-1890s cycling
5 boom. Although the new, improved bicycle A) To correct a common misconception
had appealed immediately to a few privileged regarding the use of the bicycle in the
women, its impact would have been modest mid-1890s.
had it not attracted a greater cross section of B) To elaborate on a claim made in the
the female population. It soon became previous sentence regarding a social
10 apparent that many of these pioneer women consequence of the cycling boom.
bicyclists had not taken up the sport as an idle C) To provide a context in which to
pastime. Rather, they saw cycling as a noble understand the increased popularity of
cause to be promoted among all women as a bicycle riding among privileged women.
means to improve the general female
D) To explain why cycling attracted such a
15 condition. Not only would cycling encourage
significant cross section of women.
healthy outdoor exercise, they reasoned, it
would also hasten long-overdue dress reform.
To feminists, the bicycle affirmed nothing less
than the dignity and equality of women.
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Lee Masters. In the poem, the narrator Which quotation from “Mabel Osborne”
expresses her sorrow at being ignored by other most effectively illustrates the claim?
people, writing ______
A) “But you do not ask for water. / You
cannot speak!”
B) “Everyone knows that you are dying of
thirst, / Yet they do not bring water!”
C) “And I, who had happiness to share, /
And longed to share your happiness;”
D) “I who loved you, Spoon River, / And
craved your love,”
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Text 1 and Text 2 both support which of the
What accounts for the inexorable advance of following generalizations about buyers of
the giant sports utility vehicle (SUV) into our SUVs?
lives? Why do we want high-clearance trucks
Line with four-wheel drive and front bumpers as big A) They intend to drive them on rough
5 as battering rams? A large part of the answer terrain.
lies in the fake Western names so many of B) They wish to live in mountainous
them carry. No one much cares about what regions.
those names denote (lakes, frontier towns, C) They are influenced by marketing
mountain ranges); what matters is their strategies.
10 connotations of rugged individualism, mastery
over the wilderness, cowboy endurance. The D) They are insecure about their social
names simply magnify the appeal of these status.
vehicles that are the Frankensteinian
concoctions of our private anxieties and
15 desires.
Text 2
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Which choice best describes data from the
graph that support the researchers’
conclusion?
rely on weather forecasts to predict the Which choice most effectively uses data from
maximum amount of power, in the graph to complete the example?
Line megawatthours (MWh), they can generate
5 using wind so that they can determine how A) so weak that the electricity from wind
much they’ll need to generate from other turbines was about 175 thousand MWh
sources. When winds are stronger than they less than predicted.
were forecast to be, however, the predicted B) strong enough to generate about 150
maximum amount of electricity wind turbines thousand more MWh of electricity from
10 could generate will be too low. For example, wind turbines.
the graph shows that for the West region, the C) so weak that the electricity from wind
winds were ________ turbines was about 150 thousand MWh
less than predicted.
D) strong enough to generate about 175
thousand more MWh of electricity from
wind turbines.
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in Southwestern cuisine, but the traditional Which finding, if true, would most directly
roasting method of burning propane is not support Armijo’s hypothesis?
Line environmentally friendly. To see if solar power
5 could provide a better alternative, engineer A) Attempts to roast green chiles using 50
Kenneth Armijo and his team roasted batches heliostats yields results in fewer than six
of green chiles using between 38 and 42 minutes.
heliostats, which are devices that concentrate
B) The temperature inside the roasting drum
sunlight. The team was successful in reaching
is distributed more evenly when roasting
10 the same roasting temperature used in
green chiles with solar power than with
traditional propane roasting, but they found
that propane yielded faster results. While the propane.
fastest solar-roasted green chiles took six C) Green chile connoisseurs prefer the flavor
minutes, batches using propane took only four. of solar-roasted green chiles over the
15 Armijo hypothesizes that they can reduce the flavor of propane-roasted green chiles.
roasting time for solar-roasted green chiles by D) The skins of solar-roasted green chiles are
using more heliostats. easier to peel than the skins of propane-
roasted green chiles.
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produce methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. Which choice most logically completes the text?
Ecologist Ralf Aben and his team wanted to see
Line how different types of shallow-water plants A) shallow lakes and ponds release more
5 might affect the amount of methane that methane than deeper bodies of water
escapes into the atmosphere. Aben’s team set up because shallow bodies of water usually
some water tanks with soil and microbes from have more plants than deep bodies of water
local ponds. Some tanks had a type of do.
underwater plant that grows in the soil called B) the presence of some kinds of underwater
10 watermilfoil. Other tanks had either duckweed, plants like watermilfoil helps prevent
a type of plant that floats on the water’s surface, methane from escaping shallow lakes and
or algae. Aben and his team found that tanks
ponds.
with duckweed and algae released higher levels
of methane than tanks with watermilfoil did. C) shallow lakes and ponds are more likely to
15 This finding suggests that ________ contain algae than to contain either
watermilfoil or duckweed.
D) having a mix of algae, underwater plants,
and floating plants is the best way to reduce
the amount of methane in shallow lakes
and ponds.
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economic impact is in local ______ to Which choice completes the text so that it
protected lands need food, fuel, and lodging, conforms to the conventions of Standard
and businesses that cater to these needs
English?
provide job opportunities in the surrounding
communities. A) communities visitors
B) communities; while visitors
C) communities, visitors
D) communities. Visitors
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gentoo penguins at a tourist site and those at a Which choice completes the text so that it
rarely visited area. The penguins at the tourist conforms to the conventions of Standard
site showed higher levels of contaminants in
English?
their ______ the presence of pollution as well
as decreased immune functioning. A) blood, indicating
B) blood, this indicates
C) blood: indicating
D) blood, thus is indicated
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environment, acid-whey runoff can pollute Which choice completes the text so that it
waterways, depleting the oxygen content of conforms to the conventions of Standard
streams and rivers as it decomposes. Yogurt
English?
manufacturers, food ______ government
officials are also working together to develop A) scientists; and
additional solutions for reusing whey.
B) scientists: and
C) scientists, and
D) scientists, and,
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useless major, philosophy is now being seen Which choice completes the text with the
by many students and prospective employers most logical transition?
as in fact a very useful and practical major,
offering students a host of transferable skills A) In broad terms,
with relevance to the modern workplace.
B) For example,
______ philosophy is the study of meaning
and the values underlying thought and C) In contrast,
behavior. But more pragmatically, the D) Nevertheless,
discipline encourages students to analyze
complex material, question conventional
beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise
manner.
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States have experienced reductions in their Which choice completes the text with the
operating funds due to cuts imposed at the
most logical transition?
federal, state, and local government levels.
______ library staffing has been cut by almost A) However,
four percent, and the demand for librarians
B) Consequently,
continues to decrease, even though half of
public libraries report that they have an C) Nevertheless,
insufficient number of staff to meet their D) Previously,
patrons’ needs.
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While researching a topic, a student has taken While researching a topic, a student has taken
the following notes: the following notes:
• The Heliocentric Model has the Earth and • Miles Davis was a famous jazz musician who
other planets revolving around the sun. was born in 1926 in Illinois and died in 1991
• Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was a in California.
proponent of the Heliocentric Model. • Davis studied for a time at the Julliard School,
• The Geocentric Model has the sun and other a music conservatory in New York City.
planetary bodies revolving around the Earth. • Davis is best known for his trumpet playing.
• Ancient Greek philosopher Ptolemy was a • Louis Armstrong was also a famous jazz
proponent of the Geocentric Model. musician, who was born in 1901 in Louisiana
• The Heliocentric Model eventually became and died in 1971 in New York.
dominant after Copernicus demonstrated that • Armstrong learned much of his musical skill,
it better utilized mathematics to explain including reading music, by playing on
astronomical observations. riverboats.
The student wants to emphasize a similarity • Armstrong is well known for both trumpet
between the Heliocentric and Geocentric playing and vocal skill.
theories. Which choice most effectively uses
The student wants to emphasize a difference
relevant information from the notes to
between the two musicians. Which choice most
accomplish this goal?
effectively uses relevant information from the
notes to accomplish this goal?
A) The Heliocentric and Geocentric models are
both widely accepted by scientists today. A) Davis and Armstrong both were excellent
B) Both the Heliocentric and Geocentric trumpet players.
models incorporate rotational movement. B) Davis and Armstrong were both born in the
C) The Geocentric and Heliocentric models United States.
were both widely known by the citizens of C) Armstrong’s education was less formal than
ancient Greece. Davis’s.
D) Aristotle and Copernicus were both D) Davis was born several years earlier than
eminent scientists who lived in ancient Armstrong.
Greece.
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Module
2
DIRECTIONS
All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each
question has a single best answer.
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Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to Which choice completes the text with the
be ______ her creative process. For example, most logical and precise word or phrase?
Line live performances of her dance Hair Stories,
5 which debuted in 2001, featured videos of A) involved in
people across the United States talking about B) nervous about
their hair and audience members sharing
C) completed by
pictures of their interesting hairstyles.
D) delayed by
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Peru, Renata Flores Rivera was eager to Which choice completes the text with the
promote the Quechua language in her music, most logical and precise word or phrase?
Line but she was ______ speaking it. She met this
5 challenge by asking her grandmother, a native A) inexperienced with
speaker of Quechua, to help her pronounce B) prepared for
words in her song lyrics and also by taking C) skilled in
classes in the language.
D) excited about
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details of complex policies. Most have staked Which choice completes the text with the
out positions on these issues, but they are not most logical and precise word or phrase?
Line often reasoned positions, which take hard
5 intellectual work. Most citizens opt instead for A) misconception
simplistic explanations, assuming wrongly B) dream
that they comprehend the nuances of issues.
C) charade
Psychological scientists have a name for
this easy, automatic, simplistic thinking: the D) phantom
10 ______ of explanatory depth. We strongly
believe that we understand complex matters,
when in fact we are clueless, and these false
and extreme beliefs shape our preferences,
judgments, and actions— including our votes.
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in the United States will eventually produce a
Which choice best states the main purpose of the
gradual increase in the proportion of women in the
text?
Line armed forces and in the variety of women’s
5 assignments, but probably not the dramatic gains A) To present an overview of the different types
for women that might have been expected. This is of assignments available to women in the
so even though the armed forces operate in an new United States all-volunteer armed forces.
ethos of institutional change oriented toward
B) To present a reasoned prognosis of the status
occupational equality and under the federal
of women in the new United States all-
10 sanction of equal pay for equal work. The difficulty
volunteer armed forces.
is that women are unlikely to be trained for any
direct combat operations. A significant portion of C) To analyze reforms in the new United States
the larger society remains uncomfortable as yet all-volunteer armed forces necessitated by
with extending equality in this direction. the increasing number of women in the
15 Therefore, for women in the military, the search military.
for equality will still be based on functional D) To analyze the use of functional equivalence
equivalence, not identity or even similarity of task. as a substitute for occupational equality in
Opportunities seem certain to arise. The growing the new United States all-volunteer armed
emphasis on deterrence is bound to offer forces.
20 increasing scope for women to become involved in
novel types of noncombat military assignments.
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frequency in eighteenth-century England is the Which choice best describes the function of
familiar image of a gentleman poised with one the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
Line hand inside his partially unbuttoned waistcoat.
5 Standard interpretations of this portrait A) To account for the origin of a particular
posture offer observations of correspondence— type of behavior frequently represented
demonstrating either that it mirrors actual in eighteenth-century English portraiture.
social behavior or that it borrows from classical B) To acknowledge a historical basis for two
statuary. Such explanations, however, competing hypotheses about a particular
10 illuminate neither the source of this curious portrait type.
convention nor the reason for its popularity. It C) To emphasize the influence of a
is true that in real life the “hand-in” was a particular social class on the conventions
common stance for elite men. Still, there were of eighteenth-century English portraiture.
other ways of comporting the body that did not
15 become winning portrait formulas. And even if D) To concede that one explanation for the
the “hand-in” portrait does resemble certain prevalence of a particular portrait type
classical statues, what accounts for the has a basis in fact.
adoption of this particular pose?
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Both texts are concerned with the
When children are first born, they know
nothing of the world beyond themselves. A) distinction between play and reality.
Almost immediately they are presented with B) role of toys in children's lives.
rattles, dolls, or other playthings that will
Line
C) validity of expert opinions.
5 become their constant companions and, in
some sense, their mentors. In nearly every D) different ways that toys reflect human
imaginable situation, children are accompanied culture.
by toys that perform the vital role of reducing a
complex universe of human culture to terms
10 that they can readily apprehend. It is not that
children are unable to grasp such things on
their own. Rather, toys furnish a playground
where rehearsals for reality can proceed without
constraint or self-consciousness, allowing
15 children an opportunity to exercise their
inherent capacities for learning and
assimilation.
Text 2
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child’s social development. A recent study that Which of the following, if true, most weakens
followed thirty only children and thirty-five
the conclusion of the passage?
Line first-born children to the age of three found
5 that the two groups of children behaved very A) The groups being compared did not
similarly to each other toward their peers, their contain the same number of children.
parents, and other adults.
B) More time was spent observing the
interactions of children with their
mothers than with their fathers.
C) The first-born children were, on the
average, nearly three when their parents
had second children.
D) The “other adults” described in the study
consisted mainly of members of the
research team.
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group of Asian American students at the Which finding, if true, would most directly
University of California, Los Angeles, Gidra
support the student’s hypothesis?
Line helped raise awareness about social and political
5 issues concerning the Asian American A) The students who initially formed Gidra
community on campus and at large. The each contributed financially to its
newsletter had an expansive reach for a creation.
publication of its kind: around 4,000 copies
were published each month. A student writing a B) In addition to covering current events,
10 history paper, however, hypothesizes that Gidra also featured works of art and
Gidra’s influence cannot be measured by the literature.
number of newsletters published monthly C) People would often give their copies of
alone. Gidra to others once they had finished
reading an issue.
D) Gidra was initially based out of the Asian
American Studies Center at UCLA.
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benefits of Greek yogurt and support those Which choice completes the text so that it
who make and sell ______ and businesses conforms to the conventions of Standard
should continue finding safe and effective
English?
methods of producing the food.
A) it, therefore farmers
B) it, farmers
C) it, so farmers
D) it: farmers
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developer at a small company for a position Which choice completes the text so that it
that allowed me to work full-time from home, I
conforms to the conventions of Standard
thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my
English?
suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and
slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged A) no colleagues were nearby to share ideas.
lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my
B) colleagues were important for sharing
refrigerator. However, within a month, I found
myself feeling isolated despite having frequent ideas.
email and instant messaging contact with my C) ideas couldn’t be shared with colleagues.
colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to D) I missed having colleagues nearby to
solve difficult problems, ______ consult.
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major in philosophy often do better than Which choice completes the text so that it
students from other majors in both verbal
conforms to the conventions of Standard
reasoning and analytical ______ measured by
English?
standardized test scores.
A) writing as
B) writing, and these results can be
C) writing, which can also be
D) writing when the results are
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living along the West Coast of North America Which choice completes the text with the
help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy
most logical transition?
and vital. They do this by feeding on sea
urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates A) nevertheless,
that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters
B) however,
to keep the population of sea urchins in check,
kelp forests can flourish. In fact, even two years C) hence,
or less of sea otter presence can reduce the sea D) likewise,
urchin threat in a coastal area. Without sea
otters present, ______ kelp forests run the
danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal
wasteland known as urchin barrens.
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Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its Which choice completes the text with the
famous large paintings. ______ I couldn’t
most logical transition?
wait to view painter Georges Seurat’s 10-foot-
wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La A) On one hand,
Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by
B) For instance,
surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the
museum was one of its tiniest: the Thorne C) However,
Miniature Rooms. D) Similarly,
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While researching a topic, a student has taken While researching a topic, a student has taken
the following notes: the following notes:
• A wok is a cooking pan that originated in • In 2013, paleontology professor Hesham
China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 Sallam and his students from Mansoura
CE). University in Egypt made a discovery.
• The wok's round, wide base helps to cook • The team found a partial dinosaur skeleton at
food evenly. a site in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis.
• The wok's high, angled sides help to contain • The skeleton belonged to a dinosaur species
oil splatters. that lived approximately 80 million years ago.
• Grace Young is a cook and culinary historian. • The new species was named Mansourasaurus
• Her book The Breath of a Wok (2004) traces to recognize the team that discovered it.
the history of the wok.
The student wants to explain the origin of the
The student wants to describe the wok's shape. species' name. Which choice most effectively
Which choice most effectively uses relevant uses relevant information from the notes to
information from the notes to accomplish this accomplish this goal?
goal?
A) The new species was named
A) Grace Young's 2004 book, The Breath of a Mansourasaurus to recognize the team that
Wok, traces the history of the cooking pan. discovered it, a professor and students from
B) A wok is a cooking pan with a round, wide Mansoura University.
base and high, angled sides. B) Mansourasaurus, a species that lived
C) The design of a wok, a type of cooking pan approximately 80 million years ago, was
that originated in China during the Han discovered in 2013 by Egyptian
dynasty, helps the pan cook food evenly and paleontologist Hesham Sallam and a team
contain oil splatters. of university students.
D) Able to cook food evenly and contain oil C) Mansourasaurus, a new species discovered
splatters, the wok is the subject of Grace in Egypt in 2013, lived approximately 80
Young's 2004 book. million years ago.
D) A partial dinosaur skeleton found in Egypt's
Dakhla Oasis belonged to a species named
Mansourasaurus.
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Module
1
Math
27 QUESTIONS
DIRECTIONS
The questions in this section address a number of important math skills.
Use of a calculator is permitted for all questions.
NOTES
REFERENCE
A =nr 2
C=2nr
A= l w ½
A = bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles
V= l wh V= nr 2 h π
V =4/3 r3 ⅓
V= nr 2 h ⅓
V = l wh
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for anything written outside the circle, or for any questions with more than
one circled answer.
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6 characters (including the negative sign) for a negative answer, but no more.
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6 characters for negative), write the decimal equivalent.
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6 characters for negative), truncate it or round at the fourth digit.
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5x 2 − 3(1 − x) − 2x(x + 5) x + 2y = 16
Which of the following polynomials is equivalent to 0.5x − y = 10
the expression above?
The solution to the system of equations above is
2
A) 3x − 7x − 3 (x, y). What is the value of x ?
B) 3x 2 + 7x − 3 A) −2
C) 5x 2 − 5x − 3 B) 2
D) 5x 2 − 9x − 3 C) 18
D) 36
2
5
C = 10x + 4y
The formula above gives the monthly cost C, in B C
dollars, of operating a delivery truck when the driver 115°
works a total of x hours and when y gallons of
gasoline are used. If, in a particular month, it cost no
more than $2,000 to operate the truck and at least A D
150 gallons of gas were used, what is the maximum E
number of hours the driver could have worked? Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
A) 125
B) 140 In the figure above, BC and AD are parallel, AB
and EC are parallel, CD = CE , and the measure of
C) 500
∠ABC is 115°. What is the measure of ∠BCD ?
D) 1,400
A) 85°
B) 115°
C) 125°
D) 140°
3
x(x + 2) = 8
Which of the following lists all solutions to the 6
quadratic equation above?
The graph of x 2 − 4x + y 2 + 6y − 24 = 0 in the
A) 8 and 6 xy-plane is a circle. What is the radius of the circle?
B) 4 and −2
A) 2 6
C) −4 and 2
B) 37
D) 6
C) 11
D) 76
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Last year, 800 students attended the career fair at Which of the following is an equivalent form of
West High School. This year, the number of students
who attended the career fair increased by 5%. How
3 f 6a k 2 , where f > 0 and k > 0 ?
many students attended the career fair at 1
West High School this year? A) f 3a k−1
A) 804 1 3
B) 805 B) f 2a k 2
C) 840
D) 1,200 C) f 3a k−1
2
D) f 2a k 3
8
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Ryan has 1,500 yards of yarn. He wants to knit at If x 4 − y 4 = −15 and x 2 − y 2 = −3, what is the value
least 2 scarves and at least 3 hats. Each scarf requires
of x 2 + y 2 ?
300 yards of yarn, and each hat requires 120 yards of
yarn. If s represents the number of scarves and A) 5
h represents the number of hats, which of the B) 4
following systems of inequalities represents this
situation? C) 2
D) 1
A) s + h ≤ 1,500
s≥2
h≥3
15
B) 2s + 3h ≤ 1,500
s≥2 During a storm, the atmospheric pressure in a
h≥3 certain location fell at a constant rate of
3.4 millibars (mb) per hour over a 24-hour time
C) 2s + 3h ≤ 1,500 period. Which of the following is closest to the total
s ≥ 300 drop in atmospheric pressure, in millimeters of
h ≥ 120 mercury (mm Hg), over the course of 5 hours
during the 24-hour time period?
D) 300s + 120h ≤ 1,500
(Note: 1,013 mb = 760 mm Hg)
s≥2
h≥3 A) 2.6
B) 10.2
C) 12.8
D) 22.7
13 16
Kate bought a bus pass that had an initial value of On its opening day, a car dealership had an inventory
$90. For every bus ride Kate takes, $1.80, the cost of of 29 cars. During the first 6 months, 18 additional
one bus ride, is subtracted from the value of the pass. cars were purchased by the dealership each week, and
What percent of the initial value of Kate’s bus pass is the sales team sold an average of 15 cars per week.
the cost of one bus ride? During the first six months, which of the following
equations best models the car inventory, c, at the
A) 1.8% dealership t weeks after opening day?
B) 2%
C) 5% A) c = −t + 29
D) 98%
B) c = t + 29
3
C) c = t + 29
2
D) c = 3t + 29
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7π
An angle with a measure of radians has a
6
measure of d degrees, where 0 ≤ d < 360. What is the
Arrangement I
value of d ?
Arrangement II
Arrangement III 19
D) 2(3n + 1)
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Students in a science lab are working in groups When 19 is increased by 3x , the result is greater
to build both a small and a large electrical circuit. than 36. What is the least possible integer
A large circuit uses 4 resistors and 2 capacitors, value for x ?
and a small circuit uses 3 resistors and 1 capacitor.
There are 200 resistors and 80 capacitors available,
and each group must have enough resistors and
capacitors to make one large and one small circuit.
What is the maximum number of groups that could
work on this lab project?
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Math
27 QUESTIONS
DIRECTIONS
The questions in this section address a number of important math skills.
Use of a calculator is permitted for all questions.
NOTES
Unless otherwise indicated:
• All variables and expressions represent real numbers.
• Figures provided are drawn to scale.
• All figures lie in a plane.
• The domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for which f(x)
is a real number.
REFERENCE
A =nr 2
C=2nr
A= l w ½
A = bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles
V= l wh V= nr 2 h V= 4/3πr3 V= ⅓πr h
2
1
V = 3 l wh
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6 characters (including the negative sign) for a negative answer, but no more.
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6 characters for negative), write the decimal equivalent.
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½
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fraction (7/2) or its decimal equivalent (3.5). 2
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your circled answer.
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If m = 3, how much greater is 10m than 6m ? 0.8p = t
B) p = 0.8t
0.8
C) p =
t
t
D) p =
0.8
2 4
x − 2 = x + 10 5 8
+
x − 1 2 ( x − 1)
Which of the following values of x is a solution to the
equation above? Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
the one above, where x ≠ 1 ?
A) −1
B) 1 9
A)
C) 4 x−1
D) 6 14
B)
x−1
15
C)
2x − 2
21
D)
2x − 2
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For a positive real number x, where x8 = 2, what is A pool initially contains 1,385 cubic feet of water. A
the value of x 24 ? pump begins emptying the water at a constant rate of
20 cubic feet per minute. Which of the following
A) 3
24 functions best approximates the volume v(t ), in
B) 4 cubic feet, of water in the pool t minutes after
C) 6 pumping begins, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 69 ?
D) 8 A) v(t ) = 1,385 − 20t
B) v(t ) = 1,385 − 69t
C) v(t ) = 1,385 + 20t
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
D) v(t ) = 1,385 + 69t
6 8
If 2 2x = a , what is 2x in terms of a ?
a
A)
2
a2
B)
4
a2
C)
2
D) 4a2
Lionel purchases 1-pound bags of each of the
five seeds and nuts shown in the table. Of the
following, which best approximates the average
(arithmetic mean) number of calories per bag?
(1 pound = 16 ounces)
A) 150
B) 250
C) 1,500
D) 2,500
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Michael performed an experiment where he tossed A farmer sold 108 pounds of produce that consisted
two coins, one dime and one nickel, at the same time of z pounds of zucchini and c pounds of cucumbers.
and recorded whether each one landed on heads or The farmer sold the zucchini for $1.69 per pound
tails. His results are shown in the table below. and the cucumbers for $0.99 per pound and collected
a total of $150.32. Which of the following systems of
Nickel equations can be used to find the number of pounds
Heads Tails of zucchini that were sold?
Heads 27 26 z + c = 150.32
Dime A)
Tails 24 23 1.69z + 0.99c = 108
For what percent of the tosses did the dime Michael z + c = 108
B)
tossed land on heads? 1.69z + 0.99c = 150.32
A) 49% z + c = 108
C)
0.99z + 1.69c = 150.32
B) 51%
C) 53% z + c = 150.32
D)
0.99z + 1.69c = 108
D) 55%
10 12
The polynomial p4 + 4p3 + 3p2 − 4p − 4 can be Which of the following describes an exponential
relationship between the pair of variables listed?
written as (p2 − 1)(p + 2)2 . What are all of the roots
of the polynomial? A) Each second s, a car’s speed C decreases at a
constant rate of 10 meters per second.
A) −2 and 1 B) For every 3-millimeter increase m in the
B) −2, 1, and 4 thickness of a piece of glass, the intensity of light
I traveling through the glass decreases by 20%.
C) −2, −1, and 1
C) With every 33-foot increase in depth d below the
D) −1, 1, and 2 surface of water, the pressure p on an object
increases by 14.7 pounds per square inch.
D) The depth d of water remaining in a reservoir
decreases by 15 inches each minute m as the
water is being pumped out at a constant rate.
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The graphs in the xy-plane of the following quadratic
equations each have x-intercepts of −2 and 4. The 5
graph of which equation has its vertex farthest from
the x-axis? y
30°
30°
A) y = − 7(x + 2)(x − 4) 30°
x
1
B) y = Note:
(x + 2Figure
)(x − 4not
) drawn to scale. The figure above shows that the shaded triangular
10
region with a hypotenuse of 5 centimeters (cm) has
1 been removed from a rectangular tile with
C) y = − (x + 2)(x − 4)
2 dimensions x cm by y cm. Of the following, which
best approximates the area, in square centimeters, of
D) y = 5(x + 2)(x − 4) the tile before the piece was removed?
A) 15
B) 43
C) 65
D) 85
14
Distance from Tara’s Home
5
Dis tance from home (miles)
4
3 16
4
2
0
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
Hours
Tara rode her bicycle along a straight road from Thomas is making a sign in the shape of a regular
her home to a restaurant and ate lunch. She then hexagon with 4-inch sides, which he will cut out
continued along the same road to a movie theater from a rectangular sheet of metal, as shown in the
to see a movie. Finally, she returned home on the figure above. What is the sum of the areas of the
same road after the movie. Tara’s distance from four triangles that will be removed from the
home during the 4 hours she was out is shown in the rectangle?
graph above. How many total miles did she ride her
bicycle? A) 8 2
A) 5 B) 8 3
B) 10 C) 4 2
C) 16 D) 16
D) 20
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Which of the following equations describes a circle ⎛ 1 ⎞
with radius 10 that passes through the origin when If x ≠ −1, what is the value of ⎜⎜ ⎟(2 + 2x) ?
⎜⎝ x + 1 ⎟⎟⎠
graphed in the xy-plane?
A) (x − 5)2 + ( y + 5)2 = 10
2 2
D) (x − 5 2 ) + ( y + 5 2 ) = 100
18 20
In the xy-plane, the graph of y = (x − 6)2 + 3 is the A fashion buyer for a large retail store purchased
2 315 items directly from the manufacturer for a total
image of the graph of y = (x + 5) + 3 after a
of $6000. Some of the items were dresses purchased
translation of how many units to the right? for $25 each, and the rest were shirts purchased for
$10 each. How many more dresses than shirts did the
buyer purchase?
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Ticket Prices by Row Number Century and Region of United States
Presidents’ Births as of 2014
Row number Ticket price
1–2 $25 Century
3–10 $20 18th 19th 20th
11–20 $15 Northeast 5 6 3
South 9 4 9
The price of a ticket to a play is based on the row the Midwest 0 9 2
seat is in, as shown in the table above. A group wants West 0 0 2
to purchase 10 tickets for the play.
The table above shows the distribution of
They will purchase 3 tickets for seats in row 1. 37 United States presidents according to the century
They will purchase 2 tickets for seats in row 3. and the region of the country in which they were
born. Based on the information in the table, what
They will purchase 2 tickets for seats in row 4. percent of presidents who were not born in the
They will purchase 3 tickets for seats in row 12. nineteenth century were born in the South?
(Ignore the % symbol when gridding your
What is the average (arithmetic mean) ticket price, in response)
dollars, for the 10 tickets? (Disregard the $ sign when
gridding your answer.)
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