EST I – Math

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Duration: 90 minutes
Test sections: I- Calculator is not required, II – Calculator is 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.
- Calculator is allowed. When a calculator is used, be aware of switching between
radian mode and median mode.
- Formula sheet is available at the end of the booklet for your reference.

 
Reference:

 
 Section I
Calculator is not required
(30 minutes)

 
 1. The difference between twice a 4. How many gallons of gas can
number and two is three times the Ibrahim’s tank hold?
number. Which of the following
A. 20
represents the equation that can be
B. 8
used to solve the number?
C. 12
A. 2x 2 3 x 2 D. 11.95
B. 2 2x 3
5. What does 20 represent in the
C. 2x 2 3x
equation above?
D. 2x 3x 3 x
A. Ibrahim’s tank can hold 20
2. If 50% of 𝑎 is 𝑏, then 𝑎 gallons of gas.
A. 50𝑏 B. Ibrahim’s car can travel 20
B. kilometers on 12 gallons of
gas.
C. 2𝑏
C. Ibrahim uses 20 gallons of gas
D. 0.50𝑏 per kilometer.
3. Ibrahim needs enough fencing to D. Ibrahim’s car can travel 20
enclose a rectangular garden with a kilometers to the gallon.
perimeter of 200 meters. If the
6. In June 2021, Peter wants to
length of his garden is to be 60
manage his time carefully to know
meters, which of the following
the number of interviews, T, he can
equations can be used to solve the
take. For each interview that he
width of the garden?
takes, he expects to spend 3.5 hours
A. 2𝑥 120 200 working on the candidate’s
B. 𝑥 60 200 application. In addition to this, he
C. 2𝑥 200 120 expects to spend an additional 5
D. 2𝑥 60 200 hours to schedule interviews for all
candidate. If Peter has 80 hours
Questions 4 and 5 refer to the same
available in June, how many
information
interviews can he take?
𝑚
𝑔 12 A. 21
20
B. 24
Ibrahim fills up the gas tank of his car C. 9
before going on a trip. The equation above D. 23
models the amount of gas 𝑔, in gallons,
remaining in Ibrahim’s car after he has
driven 𝑚 kilometers.

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 10. For what values of 𝑎 and 𝑏
will the equation 𝑥
𝑎𝑥 𝑏 have the solutions 1
and 1?
A. 𝑎 1; 𝑏 1
B. 𝑎 0; 𝑏 1
C. 𝑎 0; 𝑏 1
D. 𝑎 1; 𝑏 0
11. The graphs of 𝑓 𝑥 |𝑥| 2
and 𝑔 𝑥 1 in the same system
will have:
A. 0 points of intersection
B. 1 point of intersection
7. Which of the inequalities below C. 2 points of intersection
represents the solution of the D. 4 points of intersection
shaded region in the figure above?
12. What is the coefficient of 𝑥 when
A. 𝑦 0.5𝑥 3
𝑥 2𝑥 3 is multiplied by
B. 𝑦 0.5𝑥 3
C. 𝑦 0.5𝑥 3 5𝑥 ?
D. 𝑦 0.5𝑥 3
A. 10
8. Which of the following is the
B.
simplest form of the expression
C.
?
D.
A.
B. 2𝑥 3 3
𝑥 3 2𝑥 6
C.
13. Which of the following is
D. equivalent to the expression above,
9. A factor of the polynomial 7𝑥 given that 𝑥 3?
14𝑥 21 is:
A.
A. 7𝑥 7
B. 7𝑥 7 B.
C. 𝑥 3 C.
D. 7𝑥 3
D.
 

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14. The graph of an exponential
function 𝐾 in the xy-plane, where
𝑦 𝐾 𝑥 has a y-intercept of ℎ,
where ℎ is a negative constant
number. Which of the following
could be function 𝐾?
A. 𝐾 𝑥 ℎ 𝑥
B. 𝐾 𝑥 2 ℎ
C. 𝐾 𝑥 ℎ 4
D. 𝐾 𝑥 √3ℎ𝑥
15. If C is a circle of center (2,0) and
radius = 2, then which of the
following points is inside the 18. In the figure above, ABCD is a
circle? square and points A, B and O lie on
A. 1,3 the parabola of equation 𝑦 𝑥 ,
B. 2,-2 where 𝑘 is a constant number. If the
C. 3,-1 area of ABCD is 16 𝑐𝑚 , what is
D. 4,0 the value of 𝑘? (The figure is not
drawn to scale). (Grid in)

x y
-4 -9
0 -1
2 3
p 9
16. In the figure above, d and d are 19. If the values in the table above
parallel lines, ∠2 103° , represent a linear relationship
∠3 107° and ∠4 97°. What between x and y, what is the value
is the measure of ∠1? (The figure of p? (Grid in)
is not drawn to scale) (Grid in) 20. How many asymptotes does the
curve of the function 𝑓 defined by
3𝑥 1 3𝑘 𝑥 𝑓 𝑥 admit? (Grid in)
17. If 𝑘 0 and 𝑥 2 in the equation
above, what is the value of 𝑘?
(Grid in)

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Section II
Calculator is required
(60 minutes)

 
 

1. If 𝑥 is a positive number less than 1, 4. Street food tickets at the park cost 10
then which of the following is true? EGP for children and 15 EGP for
I. 𝑥 𝑥 adults. On a certain day, 1,500 tickets
II. 𝑥 𝑥 were bought for a total of 19,750
III. 𝑥 1 1 EGP.
What is the amount of money made
A. III only
from the tickets for adults only on that
B. I and II
day?
C. II and III
D. I and III A. 5,490 EGP
B. 7,500 EGP
2. In a school competition, students
C. 12,000 EGP
have to prepare sketches of length 𝑥
D. 14,250 EGP
minutes. The minimum length is 2
minutes and the maximum length is 3 𝑥 1 2
minutes. 2 2𝑥
3 4 5
Which inequality represents the given 5. What is the solution to the equation
situation? above?
A. |𝑥 2| 3
A. 𝑥
B. |𝑥 3| 2
C. |𝑥 2.5| 0.5 B. 𝑥
D. |𝑥 0.5| 2.5 C. 𝑥
(d): 𝑥 2𝑦 2 0 D. 𝑥
3. Which of the equations below could 6. If the straight line (d) of equation
not be a line perpendicular to line (d) 𝑘𝑥 3𝑦 1 0 passes through the
given above? point 0.5, 1 , what is the slope of
A. 4𝑥 2𝑦 2 0 (d)?
B. 2𝑥 𝑦 3 0 A. 4
C. 2𝑥 𝑦 1 0
B.
D. 6𝑥 3𝑦 0
C.
D.

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10. The price of the COVID-19 vaccine

in the black market was first
increased by 15% and then increased
by 10% after two weeks. What is the
percent increase in the price of the
vaccine?
A. 126.5%
B. 26.5%
C. 25%
D. 1.265%

7. The graph above shows the amount of

money earned by Dana who works at
a restaurant based on the number of
hours she works every day.
What is the unit rate of Dana’s
working hour?
A. $8/h
B. $1/h
C. 1 h/$
D. $4/h
8. If 𝑎𝑥 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑏 and 𝑏𝑥 𝑎𝑦
𝑎 𝑏 then:
A. 𝑥 𝑦 1 11. Alice surveyed all the students in the
B. 𝑥 𝑦 1 secondary department at her school to
C. 𝑥 1 and 𝑦 1 see their most important concern
D. 𝑥 1 and 𝑦 1 through the pandemic situation of
corona virus. The results are shown in
9. On a math test of 30 questions, Mona the figure above. If the ratio of
got 75% of the 12 geometry questions students who answered
correct, 60% of the 10 algebra “Vaccinations” to those who
questions correct and 25% of the 8 answered “Economic crisis” was 3:2,
trigonometry questions wrong. What what percentage of the students
percentage of all the questions did answered “Vaccinations”?
Mona get correct?
A. 8%
A. 56.6% B. 12%
B. 160% C. 18%
C. 70% D. 10%
D. 210%

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Questions 12, 13, 14 and 15 refer to the 15. Which appliances are used on
same information. weekends for an average of at least
three hours per day more than on
weekdays?
Home Electricity Use Per  A. lights and washer
Appliance B. TV, computer and washer
30
C. TV and heater
D. Others
Average Hours Used Per Day 

25
20
16. In a bag there are 14 identical tokens
15
10
numbered from 0 to 13. A token is
5 drawn at random. What is the
0 probability to obtain an odd multiple
of 3?
A.
Weekday Weekend B.
C.
12. What information does the graph
above provide? D.
A. Average kilowatts used by each 17. How much money would you need to
appliance in a day deposit today at 8% annual interest
B. Total electricity per day compounded monthly to have
C. Hours appliance used per day $10,000 in the account after 5 years?
D. Average hours used in a day by A. $6,500.5
each appliance B. $6,680.13
13. Which appliance has more usage on C. $6,712.10
weekdays than on weekends? D. $5,989.3
A. TV 18. A box contains 7 identical balls, three
B. Lights red, two green and two blue. Three
C. Computer balls are drawn randomly and
D. Fridge successively one after the other
without replacing the ball in the box.
14. How many hours a day, on average, is
What is the probability to get exactly
the washer used on weekdays?
one ball of each color?
A. 5
B. 6 A.
C. 7 B.
D. 12
C.
D.
 

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19. Consider 𝑘 points on the plane where

no three points are collinear. How
many straight lines can be drawn
using these points?
A.
B.
C. 𝑘 𝑘 1
D.
!

21. The polygon line above represents the

grades distribution of a class on a
history exam.
What is the mode of the above
distribution?
A. 20
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
22. If 3 . √3 9 , then 𝑥
A. 4
B.
C.
D.
20. Mrs. Mary made the scatterplot above  
to show the relationship between the
number of absences and a student’s
final exam score without drawing the
line of best fit. Which of the
following scores could a student
approximately get on the final exam
with 6 absences?
A. 70
B. 65
C. 87
D. 76

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23. The math teacher asked four of her

students to draw the function 𝑓 𝑥
in the xy-plane and to write only
one piece of information from their
obtained curves. The table below
shows the results.
Maya The curve admits a center of
symmetry of coordinates (1,0).
Tarek The curve admits two vertices.
Mirna The curve admits an asymptote of
equation 𝑦 1.
Albert The range of the function is ℝ.
Which student could be right?
A. Maya 26. The curve above represents the curve
B. Tarek of function 𝑓 defined over ℝ.
C. Mirna What is the solution of 0 𝑓 𝑥
D. Albert 2?

24. If 𝐴 and 𝑥 A. , 0.5 ∪ 2, ∞

0, 𝑦 0 then 𝐴 B. 2, 1 ∪ 0, ∞
C. 2.5, 0.5
A.
D. , 0.5 ∪ 2, ∞
B.
27. Which of the following represents
C.
3 81 in logarithmic form?
D.
A. log 4 81
25. If 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 3 and B. log 81 3
ℎ 𝑥 𝑥. 𝑓 𝑥 3𝑥, what is C. log 81 4
ℎ 1 ? D. log 3 4
A. 1
B. -7
C. -5
D. -4

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30. In the figure above, D1 and D2 are

two parallel lines.
28. What is the area of the cross section Which of the following is always
perpendicular to the base of the right true?
cone with a diameter of 6? (The figure
is not drawn to scale) A. 𝑧 𝑥
B. 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦
A. 36√2 C. 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
B. 6√2 D. 𝑥 𝑧 𝑦 180
C. 18√2 31. If |2𝑥 3| 4 , what is the greatest
D. 18 possible value of |3𝑥 2|? (Grid in)
32. A father decides to give his son 10
EGP for every math question solved
correctly as to encourage him to study
mathematics more, but takes back 5
EGP if the solution is wrong. After 30
questions, each has given and
received the same amount of money.
How many correct questions did the
son solve? (Grid in)
33. What is 17% of 36% of 2500? (Grid
in)
 
29. In the xy-plane above, if the
coordinates of point B are
√3, √3 , what is the measure, in
radians, of angle AOB?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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Push‐ups
70
60 60
55
50
40
30 30
20 20 20
15
10 10
0

38. In the triangle above, 𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶 and

34. The graph above shows the number of 𝐶𝐸 ⊥ 𝐵𝐴 such that 𝐵𝐷 5, 𝐵𝐸 6
push-ups Bob did last week. and 𝐴𝐷 8. What is the length of 𝐶𝐸
What was the average number of ? (The figure is not drawn to scale)
push-ups? (Grid in)
35. On Mother’s Day, a big store put a
freezer and a refrigerator on sale. The
owner of the store suggests that:
The probability that a person buys a
refrigerator is .
The probability that a person buys a
freezer if he buys a refrigerator is .
The probability that a person buys a
freezer if he doesn’t buy the
refrigerator is 5%.
What is the probability that the person
buys the freezer? (Grid in)
36. In a class of 25 students, the average
of the grades of the boys, girls and the
class is 12, 14 and 13.2 respectively.
How many girls are in this class?
(Grid in)
37. How many solutions, in ℝ, does the
equation 𝑒 3𝑥 3 0 admit?
(Grid in)

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