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

4
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
2(x - 4)2 - 5x ?
A) 2x2 - 21x + 32
B) 2x2 - 21x - 32
x2 + y 2 = 9
y = x2 - 4 C) 2x2 - 13x + 32
D) 2x2 - 16x - 21
 system of two equations and their graphs in the
A
xy-plane are shown above. How many solutions 5
does the system have?
A) One
3
B) Two
C) Three
b
D) Four
a
Note: Figure not drawn to scale
A rectangular solid above has dimensions 3, a, and
b, where a and b are integers. Which of the following
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
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6 9
The cost in dollars, C, to manufacture n necklaces If the function m(x) satisfies the equation
is given by the equation C(n) = an + b, where a m( x ) x + 1
- = 1 for all values of x greater than 1,
and b are positive constants. In this equation, what
 x + 3 x -1
does a represent?
then m(x) =
A) the fixed costs, in dollars, independent of any
necklaces being manufactured 2( x + 3)
A)
B) the total cost, in dollars, to produce n x -1
necklaces, not including fixed costs 2( x 2 + 3 x + 3)
B)
C) the total cost, in dollars, to produce one x -1
necklace, including fixed costs
2( x + 6)
D) the cost, in dollars, to produce one necklace, C)
x -1
not including any fixed costs
2 x ( x + 3)
D)
x -1
7
Line l intersects the graph of the function 10
f(x) = 2x2 - 4x + 1 at two points where x = -1 and
x = 2, respectively. What is the slope of line l ? In the mesosphere, the atmospheric layer
between 50 km and 80 km in altitude, the average
A) -2 atmospheric temperature varies linearly with
2 altitude. If the average temperature at 50 km
B) -
3 altitude is 10°C and the average temperature at
3 80 km is -80°C, then at what altitude is the average
C)    temperature -50°C?
2
D) 2 A) 60 km
B) 65 km
C) 70 km
8
D) 75 km
Which of the following equations represents a
parabola in the xy-plane with a vertex that lies on
the x-axis? 11
A) y = (x - 3)2 +2 The graph of the equation y = 2x2 - 16x + 14
B) y = 2(x - 3)2 intersects the y-axis at point A and the x-axis at
points B and C. What is the area of triangle ABC ?
C) y = 2x2 - 3
D) y = 3x2 + 2 A) 42
B) 48
C) 54
D) 56

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12 B)
y
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 1
x
C) Four 1
D) Five

13
If the complex number A satisfies the equation C)
y
A(2 - i) = 2 + i, where i = -1, what is the value

of A ?

A) 5 - i
1
B) 5 + i x
1
3 4
C) + i
5 5
3 5
D) + i
4 4
D)
y
14
If k > 2, which of the following could be the graph
of y + x = k(x - 1) in the xy-plane?
1
A) x
y 1

1
x
1 15
The function g(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d has zeroes
at x = -2 , x = 3, and x = 6. If g(0) < 0, which of the
following must also be negative?
A) g(-3)
B) g(-1)
C) g(4)
D) g(5)

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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 3 is 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 1 1 1
If x + y = 5, what is the value of 4x + 3y ? x= y+
3 2 2 3 10
6x - 4y = k

For what value of k will the system of equations

above have at least one solution?
17
5 2
If - = 1, what is the value of x ?
x 5

20
If x represents the radian measure of an angle,
π 5
18 where 0 ≤ x ≤ , and sin x = , then what is the
2 13
⎛π ⎞
value of tan − x ?
A ⎝2 ⎠

x°
C B
36

Note:
Note:Figure
Figure not drawntotoscale.
not drawn scale.

In the circle above, arc AB has a measure of 7p.

What is the value of x ?

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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