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Do you want a high school diploma, but find it too difficult to study on your own, too hard to find time to attend classes? Getting ahead in life is difficult enough you dont need your lack of a high school diploma holding you back. Now you can pick your own, time, place, and pace to study for the GED/High School Equivalency Tests. This comprehensive series from Video Aided Instruction will guide you toward higher self-esteem, a better job, and that all-important diploma. A follow-up to our Pre-GED series that emphasizes basic skills, this series teaches you what to expect on each of the five GED tests and how to best prepare for them. Now, getting that passing score is easier than ever! This user-friendly series will prepare you thoroughly for the GED exams by helping you increase your skills in a wide variety of areas, including: reading comprehension; essay writing; geometry; earth science; U.S. history; calculator keys and functions; and more. By the end of these programs, youll feel competent and confident when you walk into that exam room!

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About the Author

Harold D. Shane, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Baruch College, City University of New York, where he taught for over 30 years and was the Department Chair for 14 years. Dr. Shane is a prolific author of mathematics textbooks, research articles, and reviews.

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CONTENTS

PART 1: Number Operations .....................................................3

PART 2: Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis ..................5

PART 3: Algebra .......................................................................11

PART 4: Geometry and Coordinate Geometry ......................14

Formulas ....................................................................................19

Answer Grids .............................................................................21

Directions: For multiple-choice questions, choose the one best answer for each question. For questions requiring you to use the grid, enter your answer at the top of the grid, and blacken the corresponding circles. The following problems are designed to help you thoroughly review the specific areas of mathematics that youre expected to know for the GED Mathematics Test. The GED Mathematics Test allows you to use your calculator only on Part I of the exam; however, you should feel free to use your calculator throughout this entire program for practice. We suggest that, wherever appropriate, you do the calculations twice: once without the calculator, and then once with it. This will help you improve both your math skills and your calculator skills.

PART 1: Number Operations

1. Mrs. Winston purchased a new SUV. She made a $6,500 down payment and financed the remainder, making 48 equal monthly payments. If her total cost for the SUV was $37,700, how much was each payment? (1) $400 (2) $450 (3) $510 (4) $650 (5) $618 2. Danny earns $18 per hour for the first 40 hours worked in a week, and time and a half for overtime. Which expression shows how much Danny would earn in a 54-hour week? (1) 18(14) + 10(4) (2) 18(4) + 10(14) (3) 18(40) + 27(4) (4) 18(40) + 27(14) (5) 18(40) + 27(54) 3. In 2002, the Easy Fit Shoe Company manufactured 28,000 pairs of shoes. If they sold 840 cartons of shoes, with 30 pairs per carton, how many pairs remained unsold? (1) 2,800 (2) 6,300 (3) 12,600 (4) 16,200 (5) 25,200

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4. A restaurant manager ordered fifteen dozen cases of canned goods. She finds that she is using up 14 cases per week. For how many full weeks will the supply last? (1) 10 (2) 11 (3) 12 (4) 13 (5) 14 11. A chain of hardware stores buys door locks at $160 per carton of 10. They sell them at a 60% markup. What is the retail price of one door lock? (1) $9.60 (2) $25.60 (3) $96.00 (4) $256.00 (5) Not enough information is given. 12. Miss Potter ordered a half-dozen boxes of business envelopes. She was given a 20% discount off the retail price of $14 per box. What was the cost of the purchase? (1) $11.20 (2) $67.20 (3) $82.32 (4) $100.80 (5) $134.40 13. A $600 camcorder was put on sale for $450. What was the percent discount? (1) 25% (2) 33 1 (3) 43% 3% (4) 75% (5) 80% 14. A store is selling a software package at a 40% discount. If the discounted price is $1,200, what was the original price of the software? (1) $480 (2) $1,680 (3) $1,860 (4) $2,000 (5) $2,200

5. The Carlsbad Tigers played 1 2 of their games in New Mexico and won 3 5 of those games. If they played a total of 60 games, how many games did they win in New Mexico? (1) 36 (2) 30 (3) 24 (4) 18 (5) Not enough information is given.

10. A crate containing 25 pipe wrenches weighs a total of 90 pounds. If each wrench weighs 3 lbs. 4 oz., what is the weight, in pounds, of the crate when it is empty? (1) 5.00 lbs. (2) 8.25 lbs. (3) 8.75 lbs. (4) 9.25 lbs. (5) 81.25 lbs.

1 6. An office has a staff of 96 workers. If 12 are women age 50 1 or older, 6 are men age 50 or older, and 1 3 are women under 50, how many are men under 50? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

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7. The Crisp Crust Bake Shop sells jumbo fruit pies for $6.50 per pie. They received an order for 12 jumbo fruit pies for an office party. The recipe calls for 2 1 4 cups of flour per pie. If 4 cups of flour weigh 1 pound, how many pounds of flour will be needed? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

8. A builder had $560,000 in his bank account. He withdrew 7 8 of the money from the bank in order to purchase 10 acres of land. If he plans on building houses on 1 2 3 acre lots, to the nearest dollar, how much will the land for each house cost him? (1) $8,347 (2) $28,852 (3) $78,652 (4) $81,667 (5) $128,667

9. Mr. Andrews ordered a printer online for $300. He was billed 51 4 % sales tax on the printer and an additional $18.95 for shipping and handling. What was his total bill? (1) $315.75 (2) $318.95 (3) $334.70 (4) $335.69 (5) Not enough information is given.

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Questions 15 and 16 refer to the following information. Leonia County Bank Simple Interest on CDs
Maturity Dates 2 months 36 months 4 Annual Rate in %

18. Alyson drove on Route 70 at an average rate of 48 miles per hour for 2 hours and 15 minutes. If her gas mileage was 27 miles per gallon, and each gallon cost $1.20, how much money did she spend on gasoline on this trip? (1) $4.00 (2) $4.20 (3) $4.80 (4) $5.75 (5) $6.40 19. What is the next term in the sequence 3, 5, 8, 12, ___? (1) 13 (2) 14 (3) 15 (4) 16 (5) 17
1 2

41 2
51 8
6
3 4

712 months 12 years 35 years 7

20. What is the next term in the sequence 2, 1, (1) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 1 3 6 7 5

1 4

, ___? (5) 1 8

PART 2: Probability, Statistics, and PART 2: Data Analysis Probability

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following information. A shelf at the Ajax Box Company has 4 boxes with red labels, 7 boxes with yellow labels, and 15 boxes with green labels. 1. If Joe picks one box at random, what is the probability that he will pick a box with a green label? (1) 1 (2) 4/7 (3) 7/15 (4) 26/15 (5) 15/26 2. If Denise picks one box at random, what is the probability that she will pick a box with a green or a red label? (1) 4/15 (2) 7/15 (3) 26/19 (4) 19/26 (5) 22/26

15. Carlos invested $5,000 in a certificate of deposit for 2 years. How much money will he have at the end of 2 years? (1) $337.50 (2) $675.00 (3) $5,337.50 (4) $5,675.00 (5) $5,900.00

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16. Mrs. Liuzzi invested $40,000 in a certificate of deposit. If the certificate of deposit had a 3 month maturity date, how much interest did she earn? (1) $45 (2) $450 (3) $5,400 (4) $40,450 (5) $45,400

17. A candy store mixes 6 pounds of peanuts costing $1.60 per pound with 12 pounds of raisins costing $2.20 per pound. What is the cost per pound of the mixture? (1) $1.60 (2) $1.90 (3) $2.00 (4) $2.20 (5) $3.00

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Questions 36 refer to the spinner below.

7 1 2 5 4 3 6

8. A fair coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of getting 3 heads in a row? (1) 1/2 (2) 3/8 (3) 1/3 (4) 1/8 (5) 1/9 Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following information. A drawer contains 4 white socks and 2 gray socks, all the same size. A sock is drawn at random and not replaced. A second sock is then drawn from the drawer. 9. What is the probability that both socks are white? (1) 1/4 (2) 2/6 (3) 11/30 (4) 2/5 (5) 4/6 10. What is the probability that the first sock is gray and the second sock is white? (1) 2/15 (2) 4/15 (3) 1/3 (4) 3/4 (5) Not enough information is given.

A spinner is divided into 7 equal regions, numbered 1 through 7. An arrow is spun to always fall into one of the regions.

3. What is the probability that the arrow lands in region 3? (1) 1/7 (2) 1/6 (3) 1/5 (4) 1/4 (5) 1/3

4. What is the probability that the arrow lands in a region that is numbered less than 5? (1) 1/5 (2) 2/7 (3) 3/7 (4) 4/7 (5) 5/6

Statistics
Questions 1113 refer to the following information. Miss Polumbo wanted to rent a one bedroom apartment in Cambridge. In one day she looked at five apartments with the following monthly rents: $1,750; $1,640; $1,700; $1,680; and $1,780. 11. What was the median rent? (1) $1,640 (2) $1,680 (4) $1,750 (5) $1,780 12. What is the mean (average) rent? (1) $1,640 (2) $1,710 (4) $1,770 (5) $1,780 (3) $1,700

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5. What is the probability that the arrow lands in an even-numbered region? (1) 1/7 (2) 1/6 (3) 3/7 (4) 4/7 (5) 6/7

6. What is the probability of not landing in region 2? (1) 1/7 (2) 1/5 (3) 2/7 (4) 1/2 (5) 6/7

7. A fair die is thrown twice. What is the probability that the number 5 comes up both times? (1) 1/72 (2) 1/36 (3) 5/36 (4) 2/5 (5) 5/6

(3) $1,730

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13. What is the range of the rents? (1) $28 (2) $30 (4) $100 (5) $140 (3) $40 Questions 1620 refer to the following diagram. The diagram below shows the property in front of Mr. and Mrs. Johnsons town house.
T OWN HOUSE TOWN

Data Analysis

Questions 14 and 15 refer to the table below.

The table shows Jessicas scores on 8 math quizzes.

Quiz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 2 10 9 10 8 8 7 Score

DECK 8' LAWN PARKING 15' 23' 30'

W A L K W A Y 5'

14. What was the mode score? (1) 10 (2) 8.5 (3) 8 (4) 7 (5) 2

16. If a flagstone covers 3 square feet, how many flagstones would be needed to pave the walkway? (1) 50 (2) 60 (3) 75 (4) 100 (5) 150 17. How long would a fence around the lawn be if no fence is needed along the side of the deck or house? (1) 53 feet (2) 75 feet (3) 85 feet (4) 98 feet (5) 106 feet 18. What fraction of the total area in front of the town house is the lawn? (1) 5/12 (2) 1/2 (3) 23/43 (4) 2/3 (5) 3/4 19. Mr. Johnson is thinking about turning the parking area into additional lawn space. By approximately what percent would his lawn space be increased if he does so? (1) 10% (2) 20% (3) 30% (4) 50% (5) 80%

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15. What is the difference between the median and the mean scores? (1) 0.5 (2) 1.5 (3) 7.5 (4) 8.0 (5) 9.5

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20. If it costs $4 per square foot to blacktop the parking area and $6 per square yard to sod the lawn, the total cost for both jobs would be (1) $460 (2) $850 (3) $1,320 (4) $1,780 (5) $5,460 25. How many more billions of dollars are spent on Net Interest than on Grants to States and Localities? (1) 12 (2) 18 (3) 108 (4) 126 (5) 234 26. Income from which of the following sources was most nearly equal to the Cost of the Thrift Industry Bailout? (1) Social Security (2) Borrowing (3) Corporate Income Tax (4) Excise Tax (5) Other 27. To the nearest percent, what percent is the amount received by Borrowing greater than the amount spent on Net Interest? (1) 1/5% (2) 5% (3) 21% (4) 25% (5) 32%

24. What fraction of the outlay is spent on National Defense? (1) 1/2 (2) 1/3 (3) 1/4 (4) 1/5 (5) 1/6

Questions 2128 refer to the following graphs.

Where The Government Of Country X Collects Money From (Receipts) And How It Spends The Money (Outlays)
Where The Tax Dollar Is Spent
Total Outlays: $900 Billion Cost Of Thrift Other Industry Bailout 5

Where The Tax Dollar Comes From

Total Receipts: $800 Billion

Other Excise Tax 5 3 Corporate Income Tax 7 Individual Income Tax

Grants To States And Localities 12 Net Interest

Borrowing

19

36

Social Security

14 43

Direct Benefit Payments To Individuals

28. What is the angle at the center of the sector for Social Security? (1) 180 (2) 108 (3) 100 (4) 30 (5) 12

30

National Defense

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21. From which sector does the government get its greatest revenues? (1) Excise Tax (2) Corporate Income Tax (3) Borrowing (4) Social Security (5) Individual Income Tax

22. What percent is collected by the government from Excise Tax? (1) 3% (2) 4% (3) 19% (4) 30% (5) 37%

23. In billions of dollars, what is the revenue received from Excise Taxes? (1) 3 (2) 8 (3) 24 (4) 240 (5) 300

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Questions 2936 refer to the following graphs.

Retired People Per 100 Workers
60 2032 (projected) 50
Number

2002

31. For which nation is the number of retirees per 100 projected to have the least increase over the 30 years between 2002 and 2032? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E

40 30 20 10

32. What is the median number of retirees per 100 workers for the five nations in 2002? (1) 38 (2) 37 (3) 28 (4) 26 (5) 25 33. What is the mean number of retirees per 100 workers for the five nations in 2002? (1) 18 (2) 24 (3) 26 (4) 26.4 (5) 47.4
A B D E C Nation

Life Expectancy
90 Women 80 70 60 50 40 Men

34. If there are 1.5 million workers in nation B in 2002, which of the following expressions gives the number of people in nation B retired in 2002? (1) 0.18 1.5 (2) 18 1.5 (3) 0.18 15,000 (4) 0.018 1,500,000 (5) 0.18 1,500,000

Years

35. For the nation with the least number of projected retirees per 100 workers in 2032, what is the difference in years between male and female life expectancies? (1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7 (5) 8

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A B D E C Nation

29. Which nation has 25 retired people per 100 in 2002? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E

36. For the nation with the least difference in male-female life expectancy, what number most closely approximates the ratio of projected retirees per 100 workers in 2032 to the number of retirees per 100 workers in 2002? (1) 2 1 (2) 1 4 (3) 1 1 (4) 1 (5) 2 4 2 5 5

30. For which two nations is the life expectancy for men greater than 75? (1) B and D (2) A and C (3) A and E (4) C and D (5) C and E

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Questions 3741 refer to the following graph.

Fall Enrollment By Major At Prescott University For 19881995
Business (B) Natural Science (N)

Engineering (E) Social Science (S)

41. In 1990, by approximately how much did total enrollment in Engineering and Natural Science exceed total enrollment in Business and Social Science? (1) 400 (2) 600 (3) 650 (4) 700 (5) 800 Questions 4245 refer to the following table.
Ajax Appliance Corporation Dishwasher Sales, 2001
(in thousands)
Jan Model A Model B Model C Model D 48 20 28 32 40 40 40 60 62 68 35 36 10 21 22 24 Feb March April May 30 44 16 30 June 32 34 8 36

1,500

1,000

Enrollment

500

S
1989 1990 1991 1992 Year 1993 1994 1995

1988

42. In how many months was model B the biggest seller? (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) Not enough information is given. 43. How many more model Ds were sold than model As for the total of the first six months? (1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 12 (4) 38 (5) 59 44. What is the median monthly sales for model A? (1) 10 (2) 21 (3) 23 (4) 23.17 (5) 32

37. Which two majors had at least 500 enrollees in 1990? (1) B and E (2) B and S (3) S and N (4) B and N (5) S and E

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38. What was the last year in which Engineering enrollment exceeded Natural Science enrollment? (1) 1990 (2) 1991 (3) 1992 (4) 1993 (5) 1994

39. By how much did Engineering enrollment decrease between 1988 and 1995? (1) 550 (2) 750 (3) 950 (4) 980 (5) 1,000

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40. Which major doubled its enrollment between 1992 and 1993? (1) Social Science (2) Engineering (3) Natural Science (4) Business (5) Not enough information is given.

45. Models A and D sell for the same price while model C sells for half that price. In February, the sales of which of these three models brought in the greatest revenues? (1) A (2) C (3) D (4) They each brought in the same revenues. (5) Not enough information is given.

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PART 3: Algebra
6. Which expression is the simplified form of m(3n + 2 m) + 4 mn + 2 m 2 ? (1) 6m 12n (2) 2m 2 (3) m2 + n 2 (4) 2m + n (5) mn 7. What is the product of 2 x 2 y and 3 x 3 y 4 ? (1) 5 x 5 y 5 (2) 5 x 6 y 4 (3) 6 x 5 y 5 6 4 5 4 (4) 6 x y (5) 6 x y 8. What is the result when 48 x 5 y 2 z 5 is divided by 12 x 3 yz 5 ? (1) 4 x 2 y (2) 4 x 2 y (3) 60 x 2 y 8 3 10 8 3 10 (4) 4 x y z (5) 4 x y z 9. In the equation 3( x + 4) ( x 1) = 19 , what is the value of x? (1) 1/2 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 3 (5) 10 10. If 8 y = 23 + 3(2 y 7) , what does y equal? (1) 14 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 17 (5) 23

1. If x = 2, y = 4, and z = 2, what is the value of x 3 2( y z )? (1) 20 (2) 16 (3) 4 (4) 0 (5) 4 a b2 2. If a = 12, b = 6, and c = 2, evaluate the expression . 2c (1) 24 (2) 6 (3) 0 (4) 6 (5) 12

3. An object is thrown straight up with an initial velocity of 128 feet per second. Its height, h, after t seconds is given by the equation h = 128t 16t 2 . What is the height, in feet, of the object after 2 seconds? (1) 12 (2) 112 (3) 128 (4) 144 (5) 192
2b 2b c 4b 3c

Question 4 refers to the following figure.

b+c

11. What is the solution to the equation 1.2 z + 3.6 = 5.4 ? (1) 1.5 (2) 1.7 (3) 2.16 (4) 7.5 (5) 15 12. If five times a certain number is decreased by 4, the result is the same as when the number is increased by 32. Find the number. (1) 9 (2) 2 (3) 7 (4) 9 (5) 10 13. Over the past decade, the Hilton High School baseball team played 150 games, and won 32 more games than they lost. How many games did the team win? (1) 34 (2) 59 (3) 91 (4) 116 (5) 118 14. In the month of September, Gregg worked 3/4 of the number of hours that Marlo worked. If Gregg worked 36 hours, how many more hours did Marlo work than Gregg? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

4. What is the perimeter of the quadrilateral in terms of b and c? (1) 9b (2) 8b 3c (3) 8b + 3c (4) 9b 3c (5) 9b + 3c

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5. The expression 4(2 p + 6) 3( p 2) is equal to which of the following? (1) 5p 18 (2) 5p + 30 (3) 3p + 30 (4) 3p 18 (5) 11p

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15. Mechanicsville and Monroe are 85 miles apart. If one inch on a map represents 20 miles, how many inches are between Mechanicsville and Monroe? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

16. A local pharmacy mailed its catalog. If 4 catalogs weighed 9 ounces, what is the maximum number of catalogs it could mail if the total weight could not exceed 500 pounds? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

20. Two cargo planes took off from the same airport and flew in opposite directions. One plane flew 80 miles per hour faster than the other. In three hours, they were 2,760 miles apart. What is the rate, in miles per hour, of the slower plane? (1) 180 (2) 210 (3) 256 (4) 360 (5) 420

17. A computer technician earns $20 more per hour than his assistant. Together they earn $640 for an 8-hour day. If x represents the hourly wage of the technician, which of the following equations can be used to find x? (1) 2 x 20 = 640 (2) 16 x 20 = 640 (3) 16 x + 160 = 640 (4) 16 x 160 = 640 (5) 8 x 20 = 640

21. If one factor of 6 x 2 18 x is 6x, what must the other factor be? (1) x 18 (2) 3 x 2 91 2 (3) x 3 x (4) 3 x 9 (5) x 3 5 x + 25 22. Which of the following is equal to the expression 2 x 25 if x 5? 5 5 (1) (2) (3) 5 x 1 x+5 x5 5 (4) (5) 5 x x 23. Which of the following are factors of a 2 + a 56 ? (1) (a 7)(a 8) (2) (a + 7)(a + 8) (3) (a 7)(a + 8) (4) (a + 7)(a 8) (5) (a + 1)(a 56) 24. If twice the square of a number is increased by the number, the result is 21. If x represents the number, which of the following equations could be used to find the number? (1) x + x + 1 = 21 (2) x 2 + x = 21 2 (3) 2 x + x = 21 (4) 2 x 2 + 2 x = 21 2 (5) x + 2 x = 21

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18. If the sum of three consecutive integers is decreased by 29, the result is equal to twice the smallest integer. If n represents the smallest integer, which of the following equations could be used to find n? (1) n + (n + 1) + (n + 2) 29 = 2(n + 1) (2) (n 29) + (n 28) + (n 27) = 2n (3) n + (n + 1) + (n + 2) 29 = 2n (4) (n 29) + (n 30) + (n 31) = 2n (5) n + (n + 1) + (n + 2) 29 = 2(n + 2)

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19. Heather has $1.55 in dimes and quarters. She has 8 coins all together. If q represents the number of quarters she has, which equation could be used to find q? (1) 25q + 10(8 q) = 155 (2) 0.25q + 0.10(8 q) = 155 (3) 25q + 10(q 8) = 1.55 (4) 10q + 25(8 q) = 155 (5) 0.10q + 0.25(q 8) = 1.55

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32. Express in scientific notation the result of 0.022 0.15. (1) 3.3 10 3 (2) 3.3 104 (3) 3.3 105 3 (4) 3.3 (5) 3.3 10 33. Which solution set is represented by the graph?
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5

25. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd integers is 290. If n represents the smaller odd integer, which equation could be used to find the smaller integer? 2 2 2 2 (1) n + (n + 1) = 290 (2) n + (n + 3) = 290 2 2 2 (3) n 2 + 2 = 290 (4) n + (n + 2) = 290 2 2 (5) n + (n + 2) = 290 (1) x < 1 (4) x > 1 34. Which inequality is represented by the graph?
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5

26. Which of the following pairs satisfies the equation x 2 = 7 x + 30 ? (1) 5 and 6 (2) 5 and 6 (3) 3 and 10 (4) 10 and 3 (5) 5 and 6 (2) x 1 (5) x 1

(3) x < 1

27. In the equation 3 x 2 = 7 x , what is a possible value of x? 7 3 3 (1) (2) (3) 3 7 7 (4) 1 (5) 0 (1) 2 x 3 (4) 2 < x 3 (3) 0 only (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

(2) 2 < x < 3 (5) 3 < x < 2

(3) 2 x < 3

28. If 6c 2 = 96 , what does c equal? (1) 6 only (2) 4 only (4) 4 or 4 (5) 6 or 6

35. Which of the following graphs is the solution set to 5 4x 2x 1?

5 4 3 2 1 0
5 4 3 2 1 0

1
1

2
2

3
3

4
4

5
5

29. If 6c = 60 , what is the positive value of c to the nearest hundredth? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

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5 4 3 2 1 0

30. To the nearest tenth, what is the value of 3 + 6 ? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

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2
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3
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31. Twenty people in a factory divided up a 45 million dollar lottery prize. Express in scientific notation the amount each one received. (1) 2.25 10 6 (2) 4.5 106 (3) 2.25 105 7 7 (4) 2.25 10 (5) 4.5 10

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Question 4 refers to the following figure.

A 3x B

PART 4: Geometry and PART 4: Coordinate Geometry

E
C
B
D

Geometry
1 2 3 4 F

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following figure.

2x
D

A
C

5 6 7 8 E

4. If AB CD, AE BC, mBCD = 2x, and mBAE = 3x, what is x? (1) 18 (2) 36 (3) 40 (4) 54 (5) 180 Question 5 refers to the following diagram.
A x

AB CD, and EF is a transversal.

1. Which of the following statements is not true? (1) m1 + m2 = 180 (2) 1 and 5 are congruent (3) 6 and 8 are supplementary (4) m7 = m2 (5) 3 is complementary to 1
B

130

C E

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2. If m7 = 40, what is the sum of the measures of 1 and 4? (1) 80 (2) 100 (3) 180 (4) 280 (5) Not enough information is given.

5. If AB = BC and mBCE = 130, what is x? (1) 130 (2) 100 (3) 80 (4) 50

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3. If the angles of a triangle are in a ratio of 2:3:4, what type of triangle is it? (1) equilateral (2) isosceles (3) acute (4) right (5) obtuse

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Question 6 refers to the following figure.

B
E

Question 8 refers to the following figure.

C 120 50 D

40

10' 6' x 8'

6. E is a point on BC such that AE bisects BAD. If mEAD = 40, mADC = 50, and mDCE = 120, what is mABE? (1) 40 (2) 100 (3) 110 (4) 120 (5) 360
5 3 12 x

Question 7 refers to the following diagram.

8. A light is on a 10' lamp post. A 6' tall man standing nearby casts an 8' shadow. If x is the distance of the man from the lamp post, which of the following equations could be used to find x? 10 6 x +8 8 x +8 6 (1) = (2) = (3) = x 8 10 6 10 8 6 10 (4) x + 8 = 10 + 6 (5) = x 8 Question 9 refers to the following diagram.

7. Solve for x. (1) 7 1 (2) 9 5 (3) 15 (4) 16 (5) 20

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21'

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9. A 21 foot ladder just reaches the top of an 18 foot chimney. To the nearest tenth, how far away from the base of the chimney is the base of the ladder? Use the grid on page 21 for your answer.

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10. In order to drive from Tanglewood to Deer Creek, Elton must first drive 3 miles east to Morrisville, then 12 miles south to Sommerville, and finally 2 miles east to Deer Creek. How many miles will Elton save if next month he will be able to take a new, straight road connecting Tanglewood to Deer Creek? (1) 17 (2) 13 (3) 12 (4) 4 (5) 2 16. A jogger is running on a circular track with a radius of 280 feet at the rate of 880 ft/min. To the nearest minute, how many minutes will it take her to go around the track 3 times? (1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6 (5) 7 Question 17 refers to the following diagram.

15. The diameter of a bicycle wheel is 2 feet. If Ricardo cycles 1,000 feet, approximately how many revolutions does the wheel make? (1) 16 (2) 80 (3) 159 (4) 318 (5) 6,280

11. Mr. Brown has a rectangular vegetable garden which is 8 yards wide by 18 yards long. In the course of re-landscaping his property, he decides to replace the rectangular garden with a completely fenced-in square garden with the same area. How many yards of fencing will he need? (1) 12 (2) 26 (3) 48 (4) 52 (5) 144
O
B 13' A 20' 12' C

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E
D

17. In the diagram, the larger circle has O as its center and a radius of 4 cm. In terms of , how many square centimeters are in the shaded portion? (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 12 (4) 16 (5) 24

12. How many square feet are in the area of parallelogram ABCD? (1) 60 (2) 66 (3) 120 (4) 240 (5) 260

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13. How many square feet are in the area of triangle ABE? (1) 30 (2) 60 (3) 78 (4) 120 (5) Not enough information is given.

18. A cylindrical can has a top with a radius of 1.8 inches. Which of the following can be used to find the volume in cubic inches? (1) (3.14)(1.8) (2) (3.14)(1.8) 2 (3) (3.14)(3.6) (4) (3.14)(3.6)2 (5) Not enough information is given.

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14. How many square feet are in the area of quadrilateral EBCD? (1) 180 (2) 195 (3) 210 (4) 230 (5) Not enough information is given.

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Question 19 refers to the following figure.

20'

Coordinate Geometry
Questions 2124 refer to the following graph.
+6 +5 +4 +3 +2

10'

2'
E
C

B
+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

19. A rectangular wading pool at a hotel is 20' long, 10' wide, and 2' deep. How many gallons of water are needed to fill the pool if one cubic foot contains 7.5 gallons of water? (1) 53 (2) 240 (3) 3,000 (4) 4,000 (5) 30,000
+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Question 20 refers to the following diagram.

3 4 5 6

11'

21. Which point lies at coordinates (1,3)? (1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E
14'

(5) F

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20. A pile of salt used for de-icing city streets is shaped like the cone shown in the diagram. The cone is 11 feet high and the base is 14 feet across. In cubic feet, which of the following choices is closest to the amount of salt in the pile? (1) 80 (2) 150 (3) 180 (4) 550 (5) 1,700

22. What are the coordinates of point A, if ABCD forms a rectangle? (1) (3,1) (2) (1,3) (3) (1,3) (4) (1,3) (5) (3,1) 23. What is the length of line segment BD to the nearest tenth? (1) 2.0 (2) 4.0 (3) 4.4 (4) 4.5 (5) 4.6 24. What is the slope of the line that passes through points B and D? (1) 2/3 (2) 3/2 (3) 1/3 (4) 3 (5) 2

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25. Which of the following is the graph of y 4 x = 1?

+6 +5 +4 +3 +2

+6

+5

+4

+3

+2

26. Which of the following equations has as its graph a straight line with a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of 2? (1) y = 2 x 3 (2) y = 3 x + 2 (3) y = 3 x 2 (4) y = 2 x + 3 (5) x = 3 y + 2 Question 27 refers to the following graph.
+6 +5 +4 +3 +2

(1)
2 3 4 5 6

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

(2)

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

+6 +5 +4 +3 +2

+6

+5

+4

+3

+2

(3)
2 3 4 5 6

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

(4)

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6

+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

+6

+5

+4

+3

+2

(5)

+1 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6

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27. What is the equation of the line shown in the graph? 1 (1) y = x + 1 (2) y = 2 x + 1 2 1 1 (3) y = x 1 (4) y = x + 1 2 2 1 (5) y = x 2 28. If the point (3, k) lies on the line y x = 2 , what is the value of k? (1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 2 (5) 5

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Formulas
AREA (A) of a: square rectangle parallelogram triangle trapezoid
2

29. The point with coordinates (3,1) lies on a line whose slope is 2/3. The coordinates of another point on the line may be (1) (0,0) (2) (1,3) (3) (3,1) (4) (1,6) (5) (6,1) A = s (where s = side) A = lw (where l = length, w = width) A = bh (where b = base, h = height) A= A= 1 bh (where b = base, h = height) 2
2

30. Which pair of points will determine a line parallel to the y-axis? (1) (1,1), (2,4) (2) (1,2), (4,2) (3) (2,1), (2,4) (4) (1,1), (4,4) (5) (0,0), (4,0)

1 h(b1 + b2) 2 (where h = height, b1 and b2 are bases)

circle PERIMETER (P) of a: square rectangle triangle

A = r (where 3.14, r = radius)

P = 4s (where s = side) P = 2l + 2w (where l = length, w = width) P = a + b + c (where a, b, and c are sides)

CIRCUMFERENCE (C) of a: circle C = d (where 3.14, d = diameter)

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Formulas (continued)
PYTHAGOREAN RELATIONSHIP: V = s (where s = side) V = lwh (where l = length, w = width, h = height) V= mean (average) mean = 1 2 bh 3 (where b = base edge, h = height) MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY:
3

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VOLUME (V) of a:

cube

rectangular solid

a 2 + b2 = c2 (where a and b are the legs and c is the (hypotenuse of a right triangle)

square pyramid

cylinder

V = r2h (where 3.14, r = radius, h = height) V= median 1 2 r h 3 (where 3.14, r = radius, h = height)

x1 + x 2 + + x n n (where the xs are the values for which (a mean is desired, and n = the total (number of values for x)

cone

COORDINATE GEOMETRY: d = ( x 2 x1 ) 2 + ( y2 y1 ) 2 (where (x 1, y1) and (x 2, y2) are two (points in a plane) m= (where (x 1, y1) and (x 2, y2) are two (points on a line) y2 y1 x 2 x1

distance (d) between two points in a plane

in an ordered set of numbers that contains an odd number of values, the median is equal to the middle value; in an ordered set of numbers that contains an even number of values, the median is equal to the mean of the two middle values

MISCELLANEOUS: simple interest (i) distance (d) total cost (c) i = prt (where p = principal, r = rate, t = time) d = rt (where r = rate, t = time) c = np (where n = number of units, p = price (per unit)

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