SC TEST 6– MODULE 1

1.
The combined weight of Adam and Bradley is
165 pounds. The combined weight of Bradley
and Chris is 185 pounds. The combined weight
of Chris and Adam is 175 pounds. How many
pounds does Bradley weight ?

A) 80
B) 85
C) 87.5
D) 92.5

2.
If the function f is defined by f(x – 1) = – 1,
which of the following represents f(x) ?

A) f(x) =
B) f(x)= +1
C) f(x)= + 2x
D) f(x)= + 2x – 1

3.

If Sally drives miles from her house to her

office in hours, and drives back to her house in
hours, what is her average speed of the entire
trip, in miles per hour ?

A)

B)

C)

D) +
4.
If y > 0, what is 20 percent of 50y ?

A) 10y
B) 12y
C) 14y
D) 20y

5.

The figure above shows the graph of the line y =

mx + b, where m and b are constants. Which of
the following best represents the graph of the
line y= -2mx + b ?

A)
B)

C)

D)

6.

If x + 2 y = 5, what is the value of x + 2y - l ?

 7.
A B

E F
b

D G
a C

Squares ABCD and DCFG with integer-length

sides of b and a respectively are shown in the
figure above. If the area of the shaded region is
28, what is the area of square ABCD ?

8.
City Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Amber 26 30 25 22
Buner 24 35 20 18

The table above gives high temperatures in

degrees Celsius ( ) for Amber City and Buner
City over the four seasons. Which of the
following is true about the data shown for the
four seasons ?

A) The standard deviation of high temperatures

in Amber City is larger than Buner City.
B) The standard deviation of high temperatures
in Buner City is larger than Amber City.
C) The standard deviation of high temperatures
in Amber City is the same as that of Buner City.
D) Based on the data above, the standard
deviation of high temperatures in these cities
cannot be determined.
9.
= 16
= 81
In the system of equations, what is the value of
x?

A) 4
B) 3
C)
D)
10.
What is the product of all values of x that satisfy
?
A)
B)
C)
D)

11.
For a polynomial , the value of is 3.
Which of the following must be true about
?

A) is a factor of
B) is a factor of
C) is a factor of
D) The remainder when is divided by
is 3.

12.
Which of the following expressions is equal to 0
for some value of x ?
A) +1
B) +2
C) +3
D) –4
13.
3(x 1) = y
6x y = 6
If (x, y) is a solution of the system of equations
above and y＃ 0, what is the value of x ?

14. y y = mx 1
y = x²

-1 x

The graphs of y = x and y = mx 1 are shown in

the xy-plane above, where m is the slope of the
line. If the graph of y = mx 1 is tangent to the
graph of y = x², what is the value of m ?

15.
Let wx2 =y, where wxy ≠ 0. If both x and y are
multiplied by 3, then w is

A) multiplied by
B) multiplied by
C) multiplied by
D) multiplied by
16.
What would be the least amount of money
needed to purchase exactly 31 tickets according
the table below ?
Bus Ticket Price
Number at Bus Tickets Price
1 7.5
Book of 6 40
Book of 12 75

A) $207.5
B) $202.5
C) $200
D) $197.5

17.
The pie graph above represents the automobiles
that were sold by a dealer in 2010, according to
their records. If the dealer sold 50 more Sedans
than all others combined, how many
automobiles did it sell altogether?
A) 1,000
B) 1,150
C) 1,250
D) 1,500
18.
When r is divided by 12, the remainder is 9.
What is the remainder when r + 1 is divided by 4
?

A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3

19.
The monthly cost of renting an apartment
increases every year by 3%. John paid $500 per
month this year on his rental. What is the
monthly cost for John's rental n years from now
?
A)
500 x 0.03n
B)
500 x 1.03n
C)
500 x 1.03n
D)
500 x 1.03n-1
20.
Gina drove at an average of 40 miles per hour
from her house to a bookstore. Along the same
route, she returned at an average of 60 miles per
hour. If the entire trip took her 1 hour, how
many miles did Gina drive in total ?

21.
The length of a rectangular piece of cardboard is
15 inches longer than its width. If a 5-inch
square is cut from each comer of the cardboard,
and the remaining piece is folded up to form a
box, the volume of the box is 1,250 cubic
inches. Find the sum of the length and the width,
in inches, of the original cardboard ?
22.
If the volume of a cube is a cubic meter, which
of the following is the expression for the surface
area of this cube ?

A) √
B) 6√
C) 6a√
D)

23.
f (x) = x(x + 2)(x - 3)
In the function f (x) above, which of the
following about the graph of ƒ in the xy-plane
could not be true ?

A) The graph of ƒ rises to the right as x

approaches positive infinity.
B) The function f falls to the left as x
approaches negative infinity.
C) The function has three distinct real zeros.
D) The graph of f has a negative y-intercept.

24.
Each dot plot represents the number of pets
owned by students in a class. Which of the
following data sets appears to have the smallest
standard deviations ?

A)
B)

C)

D)

25.
f (x) = a(x - b)² + 10
In the xy-plane, the graph of the function ƒ
above has x-intercepts at -2 and 6. What is the
value of a ?
A) -5
B) -
C)
D) 5
26.
f (x) = x² + mx + 4
In the function above, f(x) > 0 for all values of x.
Which of the following could be the value of m
?

A) 8
B) 6
C) 4
D) 2

27 .
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P

.
A
.
B

In the figure above, line  is tangent to both

circles at points A and B respectively. The radius
of circle A is 4 and the radius of circle B is 9.
What is the length of PS ?
 SC TEST 5 – MODULE 2
1.
The total cost, in dollars, to rent a surfboard
consists of a $25 service fee and a $10 per hour
rental fee. A person rents a surfboard for t hours
and intends to spend a maximum of $75 to rent
the surfboard. Which inequality represents this
situation ?
A) 10t ≤ 75
B) 10 + 25t ≤ 75
C) 25t ≤ 75
D) 25 + 10t ≤ 75

2.
The line y = mx - 5, where m is a constant, is
graphed in the xy-plane. If the line passes
through the points (a, 0), where a 0, what is
the slope of the line in terms of a ?

A) -
B) -
C)
D)

3.
The equation
3 - 5x + 5 = (3 + 3x - 2)(x − 1) + a is true for
all values of x, where a is a constant. What is the
value of a ?

A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 8
4.
Which of the following is equivalent to
?
A)
B)
C)
D)

5.
If , and , what is the value
of ?

A) 3
B) 9
C) 24
D) 27

6.

If , what is the value of x ?

√

7.
If the sum of ten integers is even, at most how
many of these integers could be odd ?

8.
The surface area of a cube is 24 square meters.
What is the volume, in cubic meters, of the
cube?

A) 4
B) 8
C) 64
D) 144
9.

What is the equation of the graph shown ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

10.
Which shaded region shown represents the
solutions to which inequality ?
A)
B)
C)
D)

11.
If 50 pounds of force can stretch a spring 5
inches, how many inches will the spring be
stretched by a force of 70 pounds? Assume the
force needed to stretch a spring varies directly
with its stretch distance ?

A) 10
B) 9
C) 8
D) 7

12.
Each term in a sequence of numbers, except for
the first term, is 2 less than the square root of the
previous term. If the third term of this sequence
is 1, what is the first term ?

A) 4
B) 9
C) 121
D) 81

13.
Let the function be defined by = 3 + 1.
If +3) = 25, what is the value of

14.
In a triangle, one angle measures ,
where sin = . What is cos (90° - °) ?
15.

If is a solution to the given equation, what is a

possible value of – 1 ?

A) –8
B) –6
C) 6
D) 9

16.
If the value of is twice the value of 4 ,
what is the value of k ?

A)
B)
C) 2
D) 4

17.

The graph of y = |ax(x - 6)| is shown in the xy-

plane above. Which of the following could be
the value of a ?
A)

B)

C) 2
D) 3

18.

D E

A C

In the figure above, ABC and DBE are similar

and = If the area of ABC is 45, what is the
area of the shaded region ?

A) 15
B) 17.5
C) 25
D) 30
19.
The function f(x) = x² 2x + 3 is defined for
2 < x < 2. Which of the following represents
the range of the function ?

A) 3<f≤4
B) 5≤f≤3
C) 5≤f≤4
D) 3<f ≤5
Questions 20 and 21 refer to the following
information.
Lidia lives on a street that runs west and east.
Her office is to the east and the town library is to
the west of her house. Both are on the same
street as her house. At 9:00 a.m., she left her
home and drove at an average speed of 30 mph
for 6 minutes to her office. When she arrived at
the office, she realized she has forgotten to pick
up a book at the library. Immediately, she drove
to the library at an average speed of 36 mph for
8 minutes. After 3 minutes at the library, she
drove directly to her office.

20.
What is the distance, in miles, from her house to
the town library ?
21.
If she arrived at the office at 9:27 a.m., what was
her average speed, in miles per hour, from the
town library to her office?

22.
A teacher set up a survey to study the tendency
of a student to select a favorite subject when
presented with five subjects. In the survey, 100
students were selected and each student was
asked to choose a favorite subject. Of the first 80
students, 15 students choice mathematics as
their favorite subject. Among the remaining 20
students, k students chose mathematics. If more
than 25% of all participants chose mathematics,
which of the following could be the value of k?

A) k=5
B) k = 10
C) k = 15
D) k = 25
23.
A polling agency recently surveyed 300 students
who were selected at random from a certain high
school to see if they are for or against
purchasing a water filtration system for the
school water fountains. Of these surveyed 80
percent responded that they favor the water
filtration system and 20 percent responded that
they oppose the system. Based on the results of
the survey, which of the following statements
must be true ?

I. Eighty percent of all students in the school

favor the water filtration system.
II. If 300 students selected at random from a
different high school were surveyed, 20
percent of them would oppose the water
filtration system.
III. If another 300 students selected at random
from the school were surveyed, 80 percent
of them would favor the water filtration system

A) I only
B) I and III only
C) I and III only
D) None

24.
x+y=8
x² + y² = 48
If (x, y) is a solution of the system of equations
above, what is the value of xy ?

A) 4
B) 8
C) 12
D) 16
25.
A group of men agreed to share equally the cost
of a hunting trip which they estimated to be
$720. At the last minute, two of the men were
unable to go, with the result that each of the
others had to pay an additional $12. How many
men actually went on the hunting trip ?

A) 10
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14

26.

The equation of a circle in the -plane, where

is a constant, is shown above. If the radius of the
circle is 6, what is the value of ?

A) -28
B) -2
C) 14
D) 28
 27.

The figure above has the lenght of QP is half of

the length of QR. What is the area of that figure
? (Rounding the answer to the nearest tenths)