Which answer can you cross out?
a) (-6, 0)
b) (0, 0)
c) (0, -6)
d) (-5, -5)
d) (-5, -5)
What value of p satisfies the equation 5p + 180 = 250?
A) 14
B) 65
C) 86
D) 250
A) 14
x + 3y = 29
3y = 11
The solution to the given system of equations is (x , y). What is the value of x ?
x = 18
The area of a square is 64 square inches. What is the side length, in inches, of this square?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 64
D) 128
A) 8
Farouk El-Baz, a geologist and space scientist, _______ part of the team that selected the lunar landing sites for the Apollo program during the 1960s and 1970s.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A) are
B) was
C) have been
D) were
B) was
a) 2
b) 40
c) 78
d) 80
a) 2
There are 170 blocks in a container. Of these blocks, 10% are green. How many blocks in the container are green?
17
The population density of Worthington is 290 people per square mile. Worthington has a population of 92,800 people. What is the area, in square miles, of Worthington?
A) 102,400
B) 93,090
C) 320
D) 32
C) 320
In a right triangle, the measure of one of the acute angles is 51°. What is the measure, in degrees, of the other acute angle?
A) 6
B) 39
C) 49
D) 51
B) 39
"I drew the shades far down, got into bed"
As used in the text, what does the word “drew” most nearly mean?
A) Pulled
B) Drained
C) Inspired
D) Sketched
A) Pulled
a) 5
b) 8
c) 40
d) 320
d) 320
An employee at a restaurant prepares sandwiches and salads. It takes the employee 1.5 minutes to prepare a sandwich and 1.9 minutes to prepare a salad. The employee spends a total of 46.1 minutes preparing x sandwiches and y salads. Which equation represents this situation?
A) 1.9x + 1.5y = 46.1
B) 1.5x + 1.9y = 46.1
C) x + y = 46.1
D) 30.7x + 24.3y = 46.1
B) 1.5x + 1.9y = 46.1
The function f is defined by the equation f(x) = 100x + 2. What is the value of f(x) when x = 9 ?
A) 111
B) 118
C) 900
D) 902
D) 902
A right triangle has legs with lengths of 28 centimeters and 20 centimeters. What is the length of this triangle’s hypotenuse, in centimeters, rounded if needed?
A) 19.6
B) 34.4
C) 48
D) 1,184
B) 34.4
Bioluminescent beetles called fireflies may seem to create flashes of light randomly, but each species of firefly actually has its own special series of repeated flashes and pauses. These unique _______ allow fireflies of the same species to find each other. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) quantities
B) decorations
C) patterns
D) agreements
C) patterns
a) -92/3
b) -3/92
c) (n+92)/-3
d) (2n-92)/3
b) -3/92
There are 20 buttons in a bag: 8 white buttons, 2 orange buttons, and 10 brown buttons. If one of these buttons is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a white button?
A) 2/20
B) 8/20
C) 10/20
D) 12/20
B) 8/20
y= 4x − 9
y = 19
What is the solution (x ,y ) to the given system of equations?
A) (4, 19)
B) (7, 19)
C) (19, 4)
D) (19, 7)
B) (7, 19)
The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 83 inches. Each of the two congruent sides of the triangle has a length of 24 inches. What is the length, in inches, of the third side?
35 inches
"Physicist Joseph Weber performed _______ work in gravitational wave research in the 1960s and 1970s, conducting key experiments that scientists later used as the basis for their own investigations that led to the first verified detection of a gravitational wave in 2015."
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) foundational
B) supplementary
C) repetitive
D) ineffective
A) foundational
a) c = b/42f
b) c = (b - 42)/f
c) c = 42bf
d) c = 42 - b - f
d) c = 42 - b - f
The length, y, of a white whale was 162 centimeters (cm) when it was born and increased an average of 4.8 cm per month for the first 12 months after it was born. Which equation best represents this situation, where x is the number of months after the whale was born and y is the length, in cm, of the whale?
A) y = 162x
B) y = 162x + 162
C) y = 4.8x + 4.8
D) y = 4.8 + 162
D) y = 4.8 + 162
The equation 46 = 2a + 2b gives the relationship between the side lengths a and b of a certain parallelogram. If a = 9, what is the value of b ?
b = 14
How many yards are equivalent to 612 inches? (1 yard = 36 inches)
A) 0.059
B) 17
C) 576
D) 22,032
B) 17
The following text is adapted from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1902 novel The Sport of the Gods. Joe and some of his family members have recently moved to New York City.
"[Joe] was wild with enthusiasm and with a desire to be a part of all that the metropolis meant. In the evening he saw the young fellows passing by dressed in their spruce clothes, and he wondered with a sort of envy where they could be going. Back home there had been no place much worth going to, except church and one or two people’s houses."
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
A) It illustrates a character’s reaction to a new environment.
B) It explains why a character has traveled to a city.
C) It compares a character’s thoughts about an event at two different times of day.
D) It presents a character feeling regret over leaving home.
A) It illustrates a character’s reaction to a new environment.