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Which of the following expressions is equal to 0 for x
=6
some value of x ? y
A) x − 1 − 1 4( y + 1) = x

B) x+1 +1 If (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations

above, what is the value of y ?
C) 1 − x + 1
A) 2
D) x − 1 + 1
B) 4
C) 12
D) 24

2
3
f (x ) = x+b
2 4
In the function above, b is a constant. If f (6) = 7 ,
If f (x ) = −2x + 5 , what is f (−3x ) equal to?
what is the value of f (−2) ?
A) −6x − 5
A) −5
B) 6x + 5
B) −2
C) 6x − 5
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3(2x + 1)(4x + 1) While preparing to run a marathon, Amelia created a
training schedule in which the distance of her longest
Which of the following is equivalent to the run every week increased by a constant amount. If
expression above? Amelia’s training schedule requires that her longest
A) 45x run in week 4 is a distance of 8 miles and her longest
run in week 16 is a distance of 26 miles, which of the
B) 24x 2 + 3 following best describes how the distance Amelia
runs changes between week 4 and week 16 of her
C) 24x 2 + 18x + 3 training schedule?
D) 18x 2 + 6 A) Amelia increases the distance of her longest run
by 0.5 miles each week.
B) Amelia increases the distance of her longest run
by 2 miles each week.
C) Amelia increases the distance of her longest run
by 2 miles every 3 weeks.
D) Amelia increases the distance of her longest run
6 by 1.5 miles each week.
a−b 3
If = , which of the following must also be
b 7
true?

a 4
A) =−
b 7
a 10
B) =
b 7
a + b 10
C) =
b 7
a − 2b 11
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Which of the following equations represents a line t+5
If = 10, what is the value of t ?
that is parallel to the line with equation t−5
y = −3x + 4 ? 45
A)
A) 6x + 2y = 15 11
B) 3x − y = 7
B) 5
C) 2x − 3y = 6
D) x + 3y = 1 11
C)
2
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D)
9

9
x−a =x−4
If a = 2, what is the solution set of the equation
11
above?
x = 2y + 5
A) {3, 6}
B) {2} y = (2x − 3)(x + 9)

C) {3} How many ordered pairs (x, y ) satisfy the system of

equations shown above?
D) {6}
A) 0
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Ken and Paul each ordered a sandwich at a 8−i
restaurant. The price of Ken’s sandwich was 3 − 2i
x dollars, and the price of Paul’s sandwich was $1
more than the price of Ken’s sandwich. If Ken and If the expression above is rewritten in the form
Paul split the cost of the sandwiches evenly and each a + bi , where a and b are real numbers, what is the
paid a 20% tip, which of the following expressions value of a ? (Note: i = −1 )
represents the amount, in dollars, each of them paid?
(Assume there is no sales tax.) A) 2
A) 0.2x + 0.2
8
B) 0.5x + 0.1 B)
3
C) 1.2x + 0.6
D) 2.4x + 1.2 C) 3

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D)
3

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y
15
y = f (x) k
x2 −x = 2p
2
x In the quadratic equation above, k and p are
(–k, 0) O (k, 0) constants. What are the solutions for x ?
y = g(x)
k k 2 + 2p
A) x = ±
4 4

k k 2 + 32p
The functions f and g, defined by f (x ) = 8x − 2 2 B) x = ±
4 4
and g (x ) = −8x 2 + 2, are graphed in the xy-plane
above. The graphs of f and g intersect at the points k k 2 + 2p
C) x = ±
(k, 0) and (− k, 0) . What is the value of k ? 2 2
1 k 2 + 32p
A) k
4 D) x = ±
2 4
1
B)
2

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2x shelf y°

shampoo
3x 18 in
x°
shelf
shelf
x In the triangle above, the sine of x° is 0.6. What is
the cosine of y° ?

Jim has a triangular shelf system that attaches to his

showerhead. The total height of the system is
18 inches, and there are three parallel shelves as
shown above. What is the maximum height, in
inches, of a shampoo bottle that can stand upright on
the middle shelf?

18

x 3 − 5x 2 + 2x − 10 = 0
For what real value of x is the equation above true?

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−3x + 4y = 20 The mesosphere is the layer of Earth’s atmosphere
6x + 3y = 15 between 50 kilometers and 85 kilometers above
If (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations Earth’s surface. At a distance of 50 kilometers from
above, what is the value of x ? Earth’s surface, the temperature in the mesosphere is
−5° Celsius, and at a distance of 80 kilometers from
Earth’s surface, the temperature in the mesosphere is
−80° Celsius. For every additional 10 kilometers
from Earth’s surface, the temperature in the
mesosphere decreases by k° Celsius, where k is a
constant. What is the value of k ?

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The monthly membership fee for an online television If a 3-pound pizza is sliced in half and each half is
and movie service is $9.80. The cost of viewing sliced into thirds, what is the weight, in ounces, of
television shows online is included in the each of the slices? (1 pound = 16 ounces)
membership fee, but there is an additional fee
of $1.50 to rent each movie online. For one month, A) 4
Jill’s membership and movie rental fees were $12.80. B) 6
How many movies did Jill rent online that month? C) 8
A) 1 D) 16
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

4
Nick surveyed a random sample of the freshman
class of his high school to determine whether the Fall
Festival should be held in October or November. Of
2
the 90 students surveyed, 25.6% preferred October.
One of the requirements for becoming a court Based on this information, about how many students
reporter is the ability to type 225 words per minute. in the entire 225-person class would be expected to
Donald can currently type 180 words per minute, prefer having the Fall Festival in October?
and believes that with practice he can increase his
typing speed by 5 words per minute each month. A) 50
Which of the following represents the number of B) 60
words per minute that Donald believes he will be able C) 75
to type m months from now?
D) 80
A) 5 + 180m
B) 225 + 5m
C) 180 + 5m
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The density of an object is equal to the mass of the Movies with Greatest Ticket Sales in 2012
object divided by the volume of the object. What is
the volume, in milliliters, of an object with a mass of Type of movie
24 grams and a density of 3 grams per milliliter? MPAA
rating
Action Animated Comedy Drama Total
A) 0.125
B) 8 PG 2 7 0 2 11
C) 21
PG-13 10 0 4 8 22
D) 72
R 6 0 5 6 17

Total 18 7 9 16 50

The table above represents the 50 movies that had

the greatest ticket sales in 2012, categorized by movie
type and Motion Picture Association of America
6 (MPAA) rating. What proportion of the movies are
comedies with a PG-13 rating?
Last week Raul worked 11 more hours than
Angelica. If they worked a combined total of 2
A)
59 hours, how many hours did Angelica work last 25
week?
9
A) 24 B)
50
B) 35
2
C) 40 C)
11
D) 48
11
D)
25

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Line A in the xy-plane contains points from each of
Quadrants II, III, and IV, but no points from
Quadrant I. Which of the following must be true?
A) The slope of line A is undefined.
B) The slope of line A is zero.
C) The slope of line A is positive.
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Number of Registered Voters
in the United States in 2012, in Thousands
Age, in years
Region 18 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 to 74 75 and Total
older
Northeast 2,713 8,159 10,986 3,342 2,775 27,975
Midwest 3,453 11,237 13,865 4,221 3,350 36,126
South 5,210 18,072 21,346 7,272 4,969 56,869
West 3,390 10,428 11,598 3,785 2,986 32,187
Total 14,766 47,896 57,795 18,620 14,080 153,157

The table above shows the number of registered voters in 2012, in thousands, in four geographic regions and five age
groups. Based on the table, if a registered voter who was 18 to 44 years old in 2012 is chosen at random, which of the
following is closest to the probability that the registered voter was from the Midwest region?
A) 0.10
B) 0.25
C) 0.40
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Questions 10 and 11 refer to the following
information. Of the labeled points, which represents the animal
for which the ratio of life expectancy to gestation
period is greatest?
Gestation Period versus Life Expectancy
12 A) A
Life expectancy (years)

10 D B) B
C) C
8 B C
A D) D
6
4
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2
0
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Gestation period (days)

A curator at a wildlife society created the scatterplot

above to examine the relationship between the gestation
period and life expectancy of 10 species of animals. 12
In the xy-plane, the graph of function f has
10 x-intercepts at −3, −1, and 1. Which of the
following could define f ?
What is the life expectancy, in years, of the animal
that has the longest gestation period? A) f (x ) = (x − 3)(x − 1)(x + 1)
A) 3 B) f (x ) = (x − 3)(x − 1)2
B) 4 C) f (x ) = (x − 1)(x + 1)(x + 3)
C) 8
D) f (x ) = (x + 1)2 (x + 3)
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The population of mosquitoes in a swamp is ⎛ r ⎞12
estimated over the course of twenty weeks, as shown 1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
in the table.
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
The expression above gives the amount of money, in
Time (weeks) Population dollars, generated in a year by a $1,000 deposit in a
bank account that pays an annual interest rate of r %,
0 100
compounded monthly. Which of the following
5 1,000 expressions shows how much additional money is
generated at an interest rate of 5% than at an interest
10 10,000 rate of 3% ?
15 100,000
12
20 1,000,000 ⎛ 5−3⎞
A) 1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
Which of the following best describes the
relationship between time and the estimated
population of mosquitoes during the twenty weeks?
⎛ 5 ⎞12
A) Increasing linear ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎜ 3 ⎟⎟
B) 1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟
B) Decreasing linear ⎜⎜ 1,200 ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ ⎟⎟
C) Exponential growth ⎠
D) Exponential decay
12
⎛ 5 ⎞
1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠
C) 12
⎛ 3 ⎞
1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
⎜⎝ 1,200 ⎟⎠

12 12
⎛ 5 ⎞ ⎛ 3 ⎞
D) 1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟ − 1,000⎜⎜1 + ⎟⎟
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Questions 16 and 17 refer to the following
Which of the following scatterplots shows a information.
relationship that is appropriately modeled with the Mr. Martinson is building a concrete patio in his
equation y = ax b , where a is positive and b is backyard and deciding where to buy the materials and
rent the tools needed for the project. The table below
negative? shows the materials’ cost and daily rental costs for three
y different stores.
A)
Rental cost of
20 Materials’ Rental cost of
concrete
Store Cost, M wheelbarrow, W
10 mixer, K
(dollars) (dollars per day)
(dollars per day)
x A 750 15 65
O 10 20 30 B 600 25 80
C 700 20 70
B) y

20 The total cost, y, for buying the materials and renting the
tools in terms of the number of days, x, is given by
10
y = M + (W + K ) x .
x
O 10 20 30
16
C) y
For what number of days, x, will the total cost of
20 buying the materials and renting the tools from
Store B be less than or equal to the total cost of
10 buying the materials and renting the tools from
Store A ?
x
O 10 20 30 A) x ≤ 6
B) x ≥ 6
D) y
C) x ≤ 7.3
20 D) x ≥ 7.3
10
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If the relationship between the total cost, y, of buying Jim has identical drinking glasses each in the shape of
the materials and renting the tools at Store C and the a right circular cylinder with internal diameter of
number of days, x, for which the tools are rented is 3 inches. He pours milk from a gallon jug into each
graphed in the xy-plane, what does the slope of the glass until it is full. If the height of milk in each glass
line represent? is about 6 inches, what is the largest number of full
milk glasses that he can pour from one gallon of
A) The total cost of the project milk? (Note: There are 231 cubic inches in 1 gallon.)
B) The total cost of the materials
A) 2
C) The total daily cost of the project
B) 4
D) The total daily rental costs of the tools
C) 5
D) 6
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If 3p − 2 ≥ 1 , what is the least possible value of
3p + 2 ?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 2
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Questions 21 and 22 refer to the following
The mass of living organisms in a lake is defined to information.
be the biomass of the lake. If the biomass in a lake
doubles each year, which of the following graphs Renewable Energy Consumption
could model the biomass in the lake as a function of

Consumption (quadrillion Btu)

3.00 2000
time? (Note: In each graph below, O represents 2010
(0, 0).) 2.50
2.00
Biomass (tons)

A)
2 1.50
1 1.00

O 0.50
1 2
Time (years) 0.00

els

al

nd

d
tri

o
rm
u

wo
wi
lec
of
Biomass (tons)

he
B)

bi

oe
ot

dr
ge
2

hy
1 Energy source

O 1 2 The bar graph above shows renewable energy

Time (years) consumption in quadrillions of British thermal units
(Btu) in the United States, by energy source, for several
energy sources in the years 2000 and 2010.
Biomass (tons)

C)
2
1 21
In a scatterplot of this data, where renewable energy
O 1 2 consumption in the year 2000 is plotted along the
Time (years) x-axis and renewable energy consumption in the year
2010 is plotted along the y-axis for each of the given
energy sources, how many data points would be
Biomass (tons)

D)
above the line y = x ?
2
A) 1
1
B) 2
O C) 3
1 2
Time (years) D) 4

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Of the following, which best approximates the The tables below give the distribution of high
percent decrease in consumption of wood power in temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit (°F) for City A
the United States from 2000 to 2010 ? and City B over the same 21 days in March.
A) 6% City A
B) 11%
Temperature (°F) Frequency
C) 21%
D) 26% 80 3
79 14
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77 1
76 1

City B

Temperature (°F) Frequency

80 6
79 3
78 2
77 4
76 6

Which of the following is true about the data shown

for these 21 days?
A) The standard deviation of temperatures in
City A is larger.
B) The standard deviation of temperatures in
City B is larger.
C) The standard deviation of temperatures in
City A is the same as that of City B.
D) The standard deviation of temperatures in these
cities cannot be calculated with the data
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D f (x ) = 2x 3 + 6x 2 + 4x
B
g (x ) = x 2 + 3x + 2
The polynomials f (x ) and g (x ) are defined above.
Which of the following polynomials is divisible by
2x + 3 ?
A
A) h(x ) = f (x ) + g (x )
B) p(x ) = f (x ) + 3g (x )
In the circle above, segment AB is a diameter. If the
C) r(x ) = 2 f (x ) + 3g (x )
length of arc qADB is 8π , what is the length of the
radius of the circle? D) s(x ) = 3 f (x ) + 2g (x )

A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 16

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Let x and y be numbers such that − y < x < y .
Which of the following must be true?
I. x < y
II. x > 0
III. y > 0
A) I only
B) I and II only
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average housing cost for the city
The relative housing cost for a US city is defined to be the ratio , expressed as a
national average housing cost
percent.
y
450
400
(percent of national average cost)

350
Relative housing cost

300
250
200
150
100
50
0 x
0
0

00

00

00

00
00

,0

,0

,0

,0
5,

10

15

20

25
Population density
(people/square mile land area)

The scatterplot above shows the relative housing cost and the population density for several large US cities in the year
2005. The line of best fit is also shown and has equation y = 0.0125x + 61. Which of the following best explains how
the number 61 in the equation relates to the scatterplot?
A) In 2005, the lowest housing cost in the United States was about $61 per month.
B) In 2005, the lowest housing cost in the United States was about 61% of the highest housing cost.
C) In 2005, even in cities with low population densities, housing costs were never below 61% of the national average.
D) In 2005, even in cities with low population densities, housing costs were likely at least 61% of the national average.

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f (x ) = (x + 6)(x − 4) y
Which of the following is an equivalent form of the 5
function f above in which the minimum value of f
4
appears as a constant or coefficient?
3
A) f (x ) = x 2 − 24 2
1
B) f (x ) = x 2 + 2x − 24 x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 –1 1 2 3 4 5
C) f (x ) = (x − 1)2 − 21
–2
D) f (x ) = (x + 1)2 − 25 –3
–4
–5

11
The function f (x ) = x 3 − x 2 − x − is graphed in
4
the xy-plane above. If k is a constant such that the
29
If x is the average (arithmetic mean) of m and 9, equation f (x ) = k has three real solutions, which of
y is the average of 2m and 15, and z is the average
of 3m and 18, what is the average of x, y, and z in the following could be the value of k ?
terms of m ?
A) 2
A) m + 6 B) 0
B) m + 7 C) −2
C) 2m + 14 D) −3
D) 3m + 21

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A partially filled pool contains 600 gallons of water. The pes, a Roman measure of length, is
A hose is turned on, and water flows into the pool at approximately equal to 11.65 inches. It is also
the rate of 8 gallons per minute. How many gallons equivalent to 16 smaller Roman units called digits.
of water will be in the pool after 70 minutes? Based on these relationships, 75 Roman digits is
equivalent to how many feet, to the nearest
hundredth? (12 inches = 1 foot)

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The normal systolic blood pressure P, in millimeters 34

of mercury, for an adult male x years old can be In a study of bat migration habits, 240 male bats and
x + 220
modeled by the equation P = . According to 160 female bats have been tagged. If 100 more female
2
the model, for every increase of 1 year in age, by how bats are tagged, how many more male bats must be
3
many millimeters of mercury will the normal systolic tagged so that of the total number of bats in the
5
blood pressure for an adult male increase? study are male?

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1 2 B
nv q=
2
The dynamic pressure q generated by a fluid moving x°
with velocity v can be found using the formula A
O
above, where n is the constant density of the fluid.
An aeronautical engineer uses the formula to find the
dynamic pressure of a fluid moving with velocity v
and the same fluid moving with velocity 1.5v. What
is the ratio of the dynamic pressure of the faster fluid Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
to the dynamic pressure of the slower fluid?

In the figure above, the circle has center O and has

radius 10. If the length of arc p
AB (shown in bold) is
between 5 and 6, what is one possible integer
value of x ?

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Questions 37 and 38 refer to the following
information. To the nearest dollar, what does the analyst believe
the value of the stock will be at the end of three
The stock price of one share in a certain company is weeks? (Note: Disregard the $ sign when gridding
your answer.)
worth $360 today. A stock analyst believes that the stock
will lose 28 percent of its value each week for the next
three weeks. The analyst uses the equation V = 360(r )t ▲
to model the value, V, of the stock after t weeks.

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What value should the analyst use for r ?

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