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Math Test – No Calculator
25 MINUTES, 20 QUESTIONS

Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DIRECTIONS

For questions 1–15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided,
and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16–20, solve the
problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions
before question 16 on how to enter you answers in the grid. You may use any available space in
your test booklet for scratch work.

NOTES

1. The use of a calculator is NOT permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers for which
f(x) is a real number.

REFERENCE

l
45° s 2
r c 2x 60° s
w h b x
30° 45°
b a s
x 3
1
A = r2 A = lw A= bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles
C= r 2

r r h h
h
h
r w
w
l l
4 3 1 2 1
V = lwh V = r 2h V= r V= rh V = lwh
3 3 3

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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1 3
If 6x + 9 = 30, what is the value of 2x + 3 ? A total of 300 tickets were sold for a performance of
a school play. The ticket prices were $5 for each adult
A)  5
and $3 for each child, and the total revenue from
B) 10 tickets was $1,400. Solving which of the following
C) 15 systems of equations would yield the number of
adult tickets sold, a, and the number of children’s
D) 20
tickets sold, c ?

A) a + c = 1,400
5a + 3c = 300
B) a + c = 300
5a + 3c = 1,400
2 C) a + c = 300
y 3a + 5c = 1,400
D) a + c = 300
3a + 5c = 1,400 × 2

4
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
2(x - 4)2 - 5x ?
A) 2x2 - 21x + 32
x +y =9
2 2
B) 2x2 - 21x - 32
y = x2 - 4
C) 2x2 - 13x + 32
 system of two equations and their graphs in the
A D) 2x2 - 16x - 21
xy-plane are shown above. How many solutions
does the system have?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

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Line l intersects the graph of the function
f(x) = 2x2 - 4x + 1 at two points where x = -1 and
3 x = 2, respectively. What is the slope of line l ?
A) -2
b 2
a B) -
3
Note: Figure not drawn to scale 3
C)   
A rectangular solid above has dimensions 3, a, and 2
b, where a and b are integers. Which of the following D) 2
CANNOT be the areas of three different faces of this
solid?
A) 15, 18, and 30
B) 18, 24, and 48
C) 12, 15, and 24
D) 15, 24, and 40 8
Which of the following equations represents a
parabola in the xy-plane with a vertex that lies on
the x-axis?
A) y = (x - 3)2 + 2
B) y = 2(x - 3)2
6
C) y = 2x2 - 3
The cost in dollars, C, to manufacture n necklaces D) y = 3x2 + 2
is given by the equation C(n) = an + b, where a
and b are positive constants. In this equation, what
does a represent?
A) the fixed costs, in dollars, independent of any
necklaces being manufactured
B) the total cost, in dollars, to produce n
necklaces, not including fixed costs
C) the total cost, in dollars, to produce one
necklace, including fixed costs
D) the cost, in dollars, to produce one necklace,
not including any fixed costs

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9 11
If the function m(x) satisfies the equation The graph of the equation y = 2x2 - 16x + 14
m( x ) x + 1 intersects the y-axis at point A and the x-axis at
- = 1 for all values of x greater than 1,
points B and C. What is the area of triangle ABC ?
 x + 3 x -1
then m(x) = A) 42
B) 48
2( x + 3)
A) C) 54
x -1
D) 56
2( x 2 + 3 x + 3)
B)
x -1
2( x + 6)
C)
x -1

2 x ( x + 3)
D)
x -1 12
What is the total number of x- and y-intercepts in
the graph of the equation y = (x + 2)2(x - 3)2 ?
A) Two
B) Three
10 C) Four
In the mesosphere, the atmospheric layer D) Five
between 50 km and 80 km in altitude, the average
atmospheric temperature varies linearly with
altitude. If the average temperature at 50 km
altitude is 10°C and the average temperature at
80 km is -80°C, then at what altitude is the average
temperature -50°C?
A) 60 km 13

B) 65 km If the complex number A satisfies the equation

C) 70 km A(2 - i) = 2 + i, where i = -1, what is the value
D) 75 km
of A ?

A) 5 - i
B) 5 + i
3 4
C) + i
5 5
3 5
D) + i
4 4

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If k > 2, which of the following could be the graph The function g(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d has zeroes
of y + x = k(x - 1) in the xy-plane? at x = -2 , x = 3, and x = 6. If g(0) < 0, which of the
following must also be negative?
A)
A) g(-3)
y
B) g(-1)
C) g(4)
D) g(5)
1
x
1

B)
y

1
x
1

C)
y

1
x
1

D)
y

1
x
1

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DIRECTIONS Answer:
7
Answer: 2.5
12
Write answer
For questions 16–20, solve the problem and enter in boxes.
7 1 2 2 5
Fraction
your answer in the grid, as described below, on the line Decimal
answer sheet. 0 0 0 0 0 0 point
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Grid in
1. Although not required, it is suggested that you write result.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
your answer in the boxes at the top of the columns to 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

help you fill in the circles accurately. You will receive 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
credit only if the circles are filled in correctly. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

2. Mark no more than one circle in any column.

Answer: 201
3. No question has a negative answer. Either position is correct.
4. Some problems may have more than one correct 2 0 1 2 0 1
answer. In such cases, grid only one answer.
1
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 must be gridded as 0 0 0 0

7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3.5 or . 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 4 4 4 4 4

1 3 1 2
(If 3is entered into the grid as , it will be
2 2
Acceptable ways to grid are:
31 1 3
interpreted as , not 3 ).
2 2 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 7
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal answer
with more digits than the grid can accommodate, it 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
may be either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
entire grid. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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2 1
If x + y = 5, what is the value of 4x + 3y ?
3 2 A

x°
C B
36

17
Note:
Note:Figure
Figure not drawntotoscale.
not drawn scale.
5 2
If - = 1, what is the value of x ?
x 5 In the circle above, arc AB has a measure of 7p.
What is the value of x ?

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19 20

1 1 1 If x represents the radian measure of an angle,

x= y+
2 3 10 π 5
where 0 ≤ x ≤ , and sin x = , then what is the
6x - 4y = k 2 13
⎛π ⎞
value of tan − x ?
For what value of k will the system of equations ⎝2 ⎠
above have at least one solution?

STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
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Math Test – Calculator
55 M I N U T E S , 3 8 Q U E S T I O N S

Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DIRECTIONS

For questions 1–30, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided,
and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 31–38, solve the
problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions
before question 31 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use any available space
in your test booklet for scratch work.

NOTES

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers for which
f(x) is a real number.

REFERENCE

l
45° s 2
r c 2x 60° s
w h b x
30° 45°
b a s
x 3
1
A = r2 A = lw A= bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles
C= r 2

r r h h
h
h
r w
w
l l
4 3 1 2 1
V = lwh V = r 2h V= r V= rh V = lwh
3 3 3

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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1 3
a - b = 10 What number is the same percent of 225 as 9 is
a - 2b = 8 of 25?
A) 27
Based on the system of equations above, what is
the value of b ? B) 54
A) -2 C) 64

-1
B)   D) 81

C)     1
D)      2

2 RESULTS OF FAVORABILITY POLL

The average (arithmetic mean) of three numbers No

is 50. If two of the numbers have a sum of 85, what is Favorable Unfavorable Total
Opinion
the third number? Men 26 12
A) 75 Women 13 89
B) 70 Total 59 162
C) 65
D) 55 The table above shows the partial results of a
favorability poll for a local politician. If the data
shown are correct, how many of the women who
were polled viewed the politician unfavorably?
A) 33
B) 43
C) 61
D) It cannot be determined by the information
given.

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5 7
If 22n-2 = 32, what is the value of n ?
A) 2.0 k
B) 2.5
35°
C) 3.0
12
D) 3.5

In the triangle above, what is the value of k ?

(sin 35° = 0.574, cos 35° = 0.819, tan 35° = 0.700)
A) 6.00
B) 6.88
6 C) 8.40

A bag of Nellie’s Nut Mix contains x ounces of D) 9.83

walnuts, 15 ounces of peanuts, and 20 ounces
of pecans. Which of the following expresses the
fraction of the mix, by weight, that is walnuts?
x
A)
35
x 8
B)
35- x
x
C)
35 + x
35 - x
D)
35 + x

The figure above shows a polygon with five sides.

What is the average (arithmetic mean) of the
measures, in degrees, of the five angles shown?

A) 108°
B) 110°
C) 112°
D) 114°

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10
Which of the following statements is most directly
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the graph justified by the data shown in the scatterplot?
below.
A) The average revenue per store increased by
over 100% from 2005 to 2009.
ANNUAL REVENUE PER STORE B) The total number of retail stores increased by
1,000 50% from 2005 to 2012.
Revenue Per Store (Thousands of $)

C) The total revenue from all stores in 2012 was

800 more than three times the total revenue from
all stores in 2004.
600 D) The total revenue from all stores in 2008 was
over $1 million.
400

200

0
2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Year

11
Which of the following statements expresses the
fact that the product of two numbers, a and b, is 6
greater than their sum?

9 A) ab + 6 > a + b
B) ab = a + b + 6
The scatterplot above shows the annual revenue for
each of the individual retail stores operated by a C) ab + 6 = a + b
clothing company for each year from 2004 through D) ab > a + b + 6
2012. Based on the line of best fit to the data shown,
which of the following is closest to the average
annual increase in revenue per store?

A)   $5,000
B)  $50,000
C)   $100,000
D) $500,000

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12 14

y A culture of bacteria initially contained p cells,

where p > 100. After one hour, this population

(k, 12) m
1
decreased by . In the second and third hours,
3
l however, the population increased by 40% and 50%,
O (12, 0)
x respectively. At the end of those first three hours,

what was the population of the culture?

(0, −9)
A) 1.3p
B) 1.4p
Note: Figure not drawn to scale. C) 1.5p
D) 1.6p
In the figure above, if m || l, what is the area, in
square units, of the shaded rectangle?
A) 156
B) 168
C) 180
15
D) 192 1
If (6 -2)(m-2) = , what is the value of m2 ?
16

1
A)
9

B) 4
9
13
9
The Glenville Giants have played a total of 120 C)
games and have a win-to-loss ratio of 2 to 3. How 16
many more games have they lost than won? 9
D)
A) 24 4

B) 30
C) 40
D) 48

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A jar contains only red, white, and blue marbles. A certain function takes an input value and
It contains twice as many red marbles as white transforms it into an output value according to the
marbles and three times as many white marbles as ­following three-step procedure:
blue marbles. If a marble is chosen at random, what
Step 1: Multiply the input value by 6.
is the probability that it is not red?
Step 2: Add x to this result.
1
A) Step 3: Divide this result by 4.
5
2 I f an input of 7 to this function yields an output of
B)
5 15, what is the value of x ?
3
C) A) 12
5
B) 16
4
D) C) 18
5
D) 24

17
y = -3(x - 2)2 + 2
In the xy-plane, line l passes through the point
(-1, 3) and the vertex of the parabola with equation
above. What is the slope of line l ?

2
A) -
3
1
B) -
2

1
C)  
-
3
1
D)     
3

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The variables x and y are believed to correlate On a number line, the coordinates of points P and
according to the equation y = ax2 + bx + c, where R are p and r, respectively, and p < r. If the point
a, b, and c are constants. Which of the following with coordinate x is closer to p than to r, then
scatterplots would provide the strongest evidence which of the following statements must be true?
in support of the hypothesis that a < 0 ?

A) p -r
A) y x<
2

B) p +r
x<
2
C) |x - p| < r

D) |x + p| < r - p

x
B) y

21
Let function f(x) be defined by the equation

f(x) = 1 . If m is a positive integer, then f 1 =

2- x ⎝m ⎠
x
A) m
C) y 2m -1

B) m
m 2 -1

C) 1
2-m
D) 2 - m

D) y

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The value of y varies with x according to the An online trading company charges a 3%
equation y = a(x - 2)(x + 1), where a < 0. As commission for all stock purchases. If a trader
the value of x increases from 0 to 5, which of the purchases 200 shares of a stock through this
following best describes the behavior of y ? company and is charged $3,399 including
commission, what is the cost per share for this
A) It increases and then decreases.
stock?
B) It decreases and then increases.
A) $16.45
C) It increases only.
B) $16.48
D) It decreases only.
C) $16.50
D) $16.52

23
n2 - 9
If the expression is equivalent to the 25
n2 + 3
k For nonzero numbers w and y, if w is 50% greater
expression 1- 2 for all values of n, what is the than y, then what is the ratio of w-2 to y-2 ?
n +3
value of k ? A) 4 to 9
B) 2 to 3
A) -12
C) 9 to 4
B)   -6
D) 4 to 1
C)    6
D)     12

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Every athlete in a group of 60 female varsity y
athletes at Greenwich High School either runs
y = f (x)
track, plays soccer, or does both. If one-third of the
athletes in this group who play on the soccer team
also run on the track team, and one-half of the
athletes in this group who run on the track team
also play on the soccer team, which of the following
statements must be true? x
(−1, 0) (3, 0)
A) This group contains 40 soccer players.
(1, −2)
B) This group contains 20 athletes who play soccer
but do not run track.
C) This group contains 20 athletes who play both A portion of the graph of the quadratic
track and soccer. function y = f(x) is shown in the xy-plane above.
D) The number of soccer players in this group The function g is defined by the equation
is 15 greater than the number of track team g(x) = f(x) + b. If the equation g(x) = 0 has exactly
members in this group. one solution, what is the value of b ?
A) -2
B)   -1
C)     1
D)   2

28
π
If cos x = a, where < x < π, and cos y = -a,
2
then which of the following could be the value of y ?
A) x + 2p
B) x + p
π
C) x +
2
D) -x + 2p

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30
If the data in the table above are assumed to be
Questions 29 and 30 refer to the following representative of the general voting population,
table. which of the following statements is most directly
justified by these data?
OPINION POLL ON PROPOSAL 81A A) The approval rate for Proposal 81a generally
decreases with the age of the voter.
Age of No B) The disapproval rate for Proposal 81a generally
Approve Disapprove Total
Voter Opinion increases with the age of the voter.
18 to 39 918 204 502 1,624 C) Those who express an opinion on Proposal 81a
are more likely to be over 64 than they are to be
40 to 64 1,040 502 102 1,644 under 40.
D) In all three age categories, voters are more than
65 and twice as likely to approve of Proposal 81a than
604 420 115 1,139
older to have no opinion about it.

Total 2,562 1,126 719 4,407

29
Of those surveyed who expressed an opinion on
Proposal 81A, approximately what percentage are
under 40 years of age?
A) 30%
B) 38%
C) 68%
D) 72%

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DIRECTIONS Answer:
7
Answer: 2.5
12
Write answer
For questions 31–38, solve the problem and enter your in boxes.
7 1 2 2 5
Fraction
answer in the grid, as described below, on the answer line Decimal
sheet. 0 0 0 0 0 0 point
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Grid in
1. Although not required, it is suggested that you write result.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
your answer in the boxes at the top of the columns to 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

help you fill in the circles accurately. You will receive 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
credit only if the circles are filled in correctly. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

2. Mark no more than one circle in any column.

Answer: 201
3. No question has a negative answer. Either position is correct.
4. Some problems may have more than one correct 2 0 1 2 0 1
answer. In such cases, grid only one answer.
1 0 0 0 0
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 must be gridded as 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3.5 or . 4 4 4 4 4
2
1 3 1 2
(If 3 is entered into the grid as , it will be 2
2 Acceptable ways to grid are:
3
31 1
interpreted as , not 3 .) 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 7
2 2
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal answer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

with more digits than the grid can accommodate, it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
may be either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
entire grid. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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If y varies inversely as x, and y = 0.5 when x = 10, If m and n are integers such that m2 + n2 = 40 and
then for what value of x does y = 25 ? m < 0 < n, what is the value of (m + n)2 ?

32 35
If x2 + 12x = 13, and x < 0, what is the value of x2 ? If (cos  x)(sin  x) = 0.2, what is the value of
(cos x + sin x)2 ?

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36

x MONTHLY SALES (FEBRUARY)

Price Per Number
Item
Item Sold
y
Model AT350 $120 20
y
x Model U32 $98 80

x y x
Model GY53 $140 62

Four triangles are to be cut and removed from a Model CDP3 $162 38
square piece of sheet metal to create an octagonal
sign with eight equal sides, as shown in the figure Model AP14 $110 40
above. If the total area of the removed material is
196 square centimeters, what is the perimeter, in
centimeters, of the octagon? The table above shows information about the
February sales for five different cell phone models
at a local store. What was the median price, to the
nearest dollar, of the 240 phones sold in February?

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Performance Banner Company charges its
Questions 37 and 38 refer to the following customers $1.20 per square foot for the banner
information. material, $2.50 per square foot of any printed
logo, and $32 in fixed costs per banner. The Zypz
 erformance Banner Company creates
P
Running Shoe Company is considering two options
promotional banners that include company logos.
for the banner: one with a single logo, and another
The Zypz Running Shoe Company would like a
with two logos. If these logos are all to be the same
4-foot high and 20-foot long rectangular banner
size as described in Part 1, what percent of the
that includes its logo, which has a height-to-length
banner costs would the company save by choosing
ratio of 5:8.
the single-logo option instead of the two-logo
option? (Ignore the % symbol when entering into
the grid. For example, enter 27% as 27.)

37
If the logo were scaled so that its height matched
the height of the banner and then were placed
in the center of the banner, then what would be
the width, in feet, of each margin on either side
of the logo?

STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
Do not turn to any other section of the test.

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