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x + y = 21 Which of the following is the graph of the equation
x − 2y = −3 y = 3x − 2 in the xy-plane?
According to the system of equations above, what is A) y
the value of x ?
A) 6
B) 8 1
C) 13 x
1
D) 15

B) y

1
x
1

C) y

1
x
1

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Which of the following expressions is equivalent to In the xy-plane, line passes through the points
2
x + 10x + 21 ? (0, 1) and (1, 4). Which of the following is an
equation of line ?
A) (x + 1)(x + 9) + 12
1
B) (x + 1)(x + 9) + 12x A) y = x+1
3
C) (x + 3)(x + 7) + 5
1
D) (x + 3)(x + 7) + 5x B) y = x−1
3

C) y = 3x + 1

D) y = 3x − 1

y ≥ −2x + 11
y > 3x − 9
In the xy-plane, point A is contained in the graph of
the solution set of the system of inequalities above. 6
Which of the following could be the coordinates of
point A ? x + 28 − 2 x + 1 = 0
A) (2, 1)
What value of x satisfies the equation above?
B) (4, 1)
A) 8
C) (4, 5)
B) 9
D) (6, 6) C) 26
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B 2dK
Q=
h
35° The formula above is used to estimate the ideal
quantity, Q, of items a store manager needs to order
given the demand quantity, d; the setup cost per
order, K; and the storage cost per item, h. Which of
105° x° y°
D the following correctly expresses the storage cost per
A C item in terms of the other variables?

In triangle ABC above, side AC is extended to 2dK

A) h =
point D. What is the value of y − x ? Q
A) 40
2dK
B) 75 B) h =
Q
C) 100
D) 140 2dK
C) h =
Q2

Q2
D) h =
2dK

In the xy-plane, the point (2, 6) lies on the graph of

k
y= , where k is a constant. Which of the following 10
x
8x − 2x(c + 1) = x
points must also lie on the graph?
In the equation above, c is a constant. If the equation
A) (1, 3) has infinitely many solutions, what is the value of c ?
B) (1, 4) 3
A)
C) (3, 3) 2

D) (3, 4) 5
B)
2
7
C)
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2,000 − 61k = 48 (x + 2)2 + ( y − 3)2 = 40
In 1962, the population of a bird species was 2,000. y = −2x + 4
The population k years after 1962 was 48, and k
satisfies the equation above. Which of the following Which of the following could be the x-coordinate of
is the best interpretation of the number 61 in this a solution to the system of equations above?
context?
A) The population k years after 1962 A) 7
B) The value of k when the population was 48
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C) The difference between the population in 1962 B)
and the population k years after 1962 2
D) The average decrease in the population per year 6 + 2 34
from 1962 to k years after 1962 C)
5

4 + 191
D)
5

12
y

30

20

10

x
–4 –2 O 2 4

The graph of the function f is shown in the xy-plane

above, where y = f (x). Which of the following
functions could define f ?

A) f (x) = (x − 3)(x − 1)2 (x + 2)2

B) f (x) = (x − 3)2 (x − 1)(x + 2)
C) f (x) = (x + 3)(x + 1)2 (x − 2)2
D) f (x) = (x + 3)2 (x + 1)(x − 2)

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t
Which of the following is an equivalent form of the
P = 215(1.005) 3
expression (2x − 2)2 − (2x − 2) ?
The equation above can be used to model the
population, in thousands, of a certain city t years A) 2x 2 − 6x + 6
after 2000. According to the model, the population is
predicted to increase by 0.5% every n months. What B) 4x 2 − 10x + 2
is the value of n ? C) (2x − 2)(2x − 2)
A) 3 D) (2x − 3)(2x − 2)
B) 4
C) 12
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2s + t = 11 x f(x)
In the equation above, what is the value of s 8 12
when t = −1 ? 12 17

The table above shows two pairs of values for the

linear function f. The function can be written in the
form f (x) = ax + b , where a and b are constants.
What is the value of a + b ?

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(x − 1)2 = 3x − 5
What is one possible solution to the equation above?

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A

x°
B
O
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In the complex number system, what is the value of Segments OA and OB are radii of the semicircle
the expression 16i 4 − 8i 2 + 4 ? (Note: i = −1 ) above. Arc AB has length 3π and OA = 5. What is
the value of x ?

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If 6 • 2k = 36, what is the value of 4k − 2 ? A physician prescribes a treatment in which a patient
takes 2 teaspoons of a medication every 6 hours for
A) 12 5 days. According to the prescription, how many
B) 10 teaspoons of the medication should the patient take
C) 6 in a 24-hour period?
D) 1 A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 40

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The number of people who rode a certain bus each
day of a week is shown in the table below.

Day Number of riders

Monday 612
Tuesday 798
Wednesday 655
Thursday 773
Friday 808
Saturday 480
Sunday 229

Which of the following is true based on these data?

A) The bus had the most riders on Tuesday.
B) Each day from Tuesday through Sunday, the
number of riders on the bus was greater than the
previous day.
C) Each day from Tuesday through Sunday, the
number of riders on the bus was less than the
previous day.
D) The two days with the fewest number of riders
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One hundred park-district members will be selected 2x(x 2 + 1) + (2x 2 − 2x)
to participate in a survey about selecting a new
park-district coordinator. Which of the following Which of the following expressions is equivalent to
methods of choosing the 100 members would result the expression above?
in a random sample of members of the park district?
A) 4x 2
A) Obtain a numbered list of all park-district
members. Use a random number generator to B) 2x 2 + 2x
select 100 members from the list. Give the survey
C) 2x 3 + 2x 2
to those 100 members.
B) Obtain a list of all park-district members sorted D) 2x 3 + 2x 2 − 4x
alphabetically. Give the survey to the first
100 members on the list.
C) Tell all park-district members that volunteers are
needed to take the survey. Give the survey to the
first 100 members who volunteer.
D) Obtain a list of all park-district members who
are attending an upcoming event. Give the
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survey to the first 100 members on the list.
If x + 3 = 2x − 2, what is the value of x − 4 ?
A) 9
B) 5
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The functions f and g are defined by f (x) = 4x and Total Home Runs for
2 Selected Years, 1903–2013
g (x) = x . For what value of x does 6,000
f (x ) − g (x ) = 4 ? 5,500
5,000

Number of home runs

A) −2 4,500
4,000
B) −1 3,500
C) 1 3,000
2,500
D) 2 2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
03 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 93 03 13
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20
Year

8 The scatterplot above shows the total number of

home runs hit in major league baseball, in ten-year
2x intervals, for selected years. The line of best fit for the
The function g is defined as g (x) = + 3. What is data is also shown. Which of the following is closest
3
to the difference between the actual number of home
the value of g (−30) ? runs and the number predicted by the line of best fit
in 2003?
A) −27
A) 250
B) −23
B) 500
C) −17
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Which of the following is closest to the median price,
in dollars, of the seven recorded prices of one metric
889 ton of oranges?
Average price of one metric ton

873 A) 834
857
of oranges (US dollars)

B) 808
841
C) 783
825
D) 768
809
793
777
761
745
729
y il ay ne ly st
u ar arch Apr M Ju Ju ugu
br M A 12
Fe
Month In 2014, the average price of one metric ton of
oranges decreased by 2.36% from January (not
The line graph above shows the average price of one shown) to February. Which of the following is closest
metric ton of oranges, in dollars, for each of seven to the price of one metric ton of oranges in
months in 2014. January 2014?
A) 700
B) 770
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C) 790
Between which two consecutive months shown did
the average price of one metric ton of oranges D) 830
decrease the most?
A) March to April
B) May to June
C) June to July
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The load capacity of a certain washing machine is
Roof type
12 pounds. What is the approximate load capacity of
Asphalt Cedar the same washing machine, in kilograms?
Slate Total (1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds)
shingle shake
Single story 9 4 2 15 A) 2.2
B) 5.4
Two story 20 10 3 33
C) 9.8
Total 29 14 5 48 D) 26.5

The table above shows the distribution of

single-story and two-story houses in a neighborhood
classified according to roof type. If one of the houses
is selected at random, what is the probability that it
will be a single-story house with a slate roof?
4
A) 16
48
4 B
B)
15
4
C)
14
29
14 21
D)
48 E

A 20 C D 5 F

Triangles ABC and DEF above are similar. How

much longer than segment EF is segment DE ?
14 A) 1
2x − y = −4 B) 2
2x + y = 4 C) 4
D) 8
For the solution of the system of equations above,
what is the value of x ?
A) −4
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Data set A 25,550 40,430 49,150 62,590 73,670 118,780 126,040

Data set B 22,860 55,020 173,730 300,580 358,920 456,170 603,300

Which of the following is true about the standard deviations of the two
data sets in the table above?
A) The standard deviation of data set B is larger than the standard
deviation of data set A.
B) The standard deviation of data set A is larger than the standard
deviation of data set B.
C) The standard deviation of data set A is equal to the standard
deviation of data set B.
D) There is not enough information available to compare the standard
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The velocity v, in meters per second, of a falling In the xy-plane, the graph of line has slope 3.
object on Earth after t seconds, ignoring the Line k is parallel to line and contains the
effect of air resistance, is modeled by the equation point (3, 10). Which of the following is an equation
v = 9.8t . There is a different linear relationship of line k ?
between time and velocity on Mars, as shown in the
table below. 1
A) y = − x + 11
3
Velocity on
Time 1
Mars (meters B) y = x+9
(seconds)
per second) 3
0 0
4 14.8 C) y = 3x + 7
8 29.6
D) y = 3x + 1
If an object dropped toward the surface of Earth has
a velocity of 58.8 meters per second after t seconds,
what would be the velocity of the same object
dropped toward the surface of Mars after t seconds,
ignoring the effect of air resistance?
A) 15.9 meters per second
B) 22.2 meters per second
C) 36.2 meters per second 20
D) 88.8 meters per second A certain colony of bacteria began with one cell, and
the population doubled every 20 minutes. What was
the population of the colony after 2 hours?
A) 6
B) 12
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The circumference of Earth is estimated to be
40,030 kilometers at the equator. Which of the
following best approximates the diameter, in miles, Phase Diagram for
of Earth’s equator? (1 kilometer ≈ 0.62137 miles) Aluminosilicate Polymorphs
A) 3,205 miles 1.0
B) 5,541 miles
0.8 (795, 1.0)
C) 7,917 miles kyanite

Pressure (GPa)
D) 13,004 miles
0.6
(500, 0.38) sillimanite
0.4

0.2 andalusite
(760, 0)
(350, 0.19)
0
22 400 500 600 700 800
The budget for a school band was $8,000 in 2010. Temperature (°C)
The budget decreased by 15% from 2010 to 2011 and
then increased by 22% from 2011 to 2012. Which of
the following expressions represents the budget, in During mineral formation, the same chemical compound
dollars, for the school band in 2012? can become different minerals depending on the
A) (1.15)(1.22)(8,000) temperature and pressure at the time of formation.
A phase diagram is a graph that shows the conditions
B) (0.85)(1.22)(8,000) that are needed to form each mineral. The graph above is
C) (1.15)(0.78)(8,000) a portion of the phase diagram for aluminosilicates, with
the temperature T, in degrees Celsius (°C), on the
D) (0.85)(0.78)(8,000)
horizontal axis, and the pressure P, in gigapascals (GPa),
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P = −0.00146T + 1.11 y = 2x + 4
An equation of the boundary line between the y = (x − 3)(x + 2)
andalusite and sillimanite regions is approximated by The system of equations above is graphed in the
the equation above. What is the meaning of the xy-plane. At which of the following points do the
T-intercept of this line? graphs of the equations intersect?
A) It is the maximum temperature at which
sillimanite can form. A) (−3, −2)

B) It is the temperature at which both andalusite B) (−3, 2)

and sillimanite can form when there is no C) (5, −2)
pressure applied.
D) (5, 14)
C) It is the increase in the number of degrees
Celsius needed to remain on the boundary
between andalusite and sillimanite if the pressure
is reduced by 1 GPa.
D) It is the decrease in the number of gigapascals of
pressure needed to remain on the boundary
between andalusite and sillimanite if the
temperature is increased by 1°C .
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The gas mileage M(s), in miles per gallon, of a car
traveling s miles per hour is modeled by the function
below, where 20 ≤ s ≤ 75.
1 2
M (s ) = − s + 4s − 50
24
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According to the model, at what speed, in miles per
Which of the following systems of inequalities best hour, does the car obtain its greatest gas mileage?
describes the region where sillimanite can form?
A) 46
A) P ≥ 0.0021T − 0.67 B) 48
P ≥ 0.0013T − 0.25
C) 50
B) P ≤ 0.0021T − 0.67 D) 75
P ≥ −0.0015T + 1.13
C) P ≤ 0.0013T − 0.25
P ≥ −0.0015T + 1.13
D) P ≤ 0.0013T − 0.25
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x h(x) An ecologist selected a random sample of 30 prairie
dogs from a colony and found that the
−1 1
mean mass of the prairie dogs in the sample was
2 7 0.94 kilograms (kg) with an associated margin of
4 11 error of 0.12 kg. Which of the following is the best
interpretation of the ecologist’s findings?
The table above shows selected values for the
A) All prairie dogs in the sample have a mass
function h. In the xy-plane, the graph of y = h(x) is between 0.82 kg and 1.06 kg.
a line. What is the value of h(8) ?
B) Most prairie dogs in the colony have a mass
A) 15 between 0.82 kg and 1.06 kg.
B) 19 C) Any mass between 0.82 kg and 1.06 kg is a
plausible value for the mean mass of the prairie
C) 21
dogs in the sample.
D) 22
D) Any mass between 0.82 kg and 1.06 kg is a
plausible value for the mean mass of the prairie
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The front row of an auditorium has 10 seats. There
are 50 rows in total. If each row has 2 more seats than 30
the row before it, which expression gives the total
A poster has an area of 432 square inches. The
number of seats in the last row?
length x, in inches, of the poster is 6 inches longer
A) 10 + 2(50 − 1) than the width of the poster. Which of the following
equations can be solved to determine the length, in
B) 10 + 2(50) inches, of the poster?
C) 50(10 + 2)
A) x 2 − 6 = 432
50
D) 10 + 2
B) x 2 − 6x = 432
C) x 2 + 6 = 432
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If 2x + 3 = 5 and 3y − 3 = 6, what is one possible
value of xy ?
10 m 8 m 10 m
stage

seating xm
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Revenue
70
Revenue (millions of dollars)

60
50 The figure above is the floor plan drawn by an
40 architect for a small concert hall. The stage has depth
8 meters (m) and two walls each of length 10 m. If
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the seating portion of the hall has an area of
20 180 square meters, what is the value of x ?
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Year

The scatterplot above shows the revenue, in millions

of dollars, that a company earned over several years
and a line of best fit for the data. In Year 4, the
difference between the actual revenue and the
predicted revenue is n million dollars, where n is a
positive integer. What is the value of n ? Round your
answer to the nearest whole number. (Disregard the
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Jacob bought two types of pens: blue pens that cost An arc of a circle measures 2.4 radians. To the
$0.60 each and red pens that each cost d times as nearest degree, what is the measure, in degrees, of
much as a blue pen. If the cost of 3 blue pens and this arc? (Disregard the degree sign when gridding
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George took a nonstop flight from Dallas to
Los Angeles, a total flight distance of 1,233 miles. The
plane flew at a speed of 460 miles per hour for the
first 75 minutes of the flight and at a speed of
439 miles per hour for the remainder of the flight. To
the nearest minute, for how many minutes did the
plane fly at a speed of 439 miles per hour?

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Carrie redesigned the container because the initial
sketch did not account for cushioning material
between the glasses. The area of the base of the newly
12 in
designed container is 25% greater than the area of the
base in the initial sketch. What is the area, in square
inches, of the base of the newly designed container?
9 in

Carrie, a packaging engineer, is designing a container to

hold 12 drinking glasses shaped as regular octagonal
prisms. Her initial sketch of the top view of the base of
the container is shown above.

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If the length and width of the container base in the
initial sketch were doubled, at most how many more
glasses could the new container hold?

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