Math 1
Two boys, Shawn and Curtis, went for a walk. Shawn began walking 20 seconds earlier than Curtis. Shawn walked at a speed of 5 feet per seconds, Curtis walked at a speed of 6 feet per seconds.
For how many seconds had Shawn been walking at the moment when the two boys walked exactly the same distance?
120
What do transitional fossils best support?
The Theory of Biological Evolution
The number of points scored by a basketball player in the first eight games of a season are shown below
15, 35, 18, 30, 25, 21, 32, 16 What would happen to the data distribution if she scored 24, 22, 27, and 28 points in her next four games?
The data distribution would become more peaked and less widely spread
What happens to water molecules during the boiling process?
They move faster and move farther apart as they lose heat.
1.My heart all Winter lay so numb 2. The earth is dead and frore,*(frozen) 3. That I never thought the Spring would come, 4. Or my heart wake any more.
What can be inferred from line 5?
The speaker’s heart is paralyzed.
Cell phone company Y charges a $10 start-up fee plus $0.10 per minute, x. Cell phone company Z charges $0.20 per minute, x, with no start-up fee.
Write a function that represents the difference in cost between Company Y and Company Z.
f(x)=-10x + 10
Which of these organisms is a producer in a marine ecosystem?
Algae
The table below shows the distance a car traveled.
| Minutes | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 125 |
| Distance Traveled (in miles) | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
What it the meaning of the slope of the linear model for the data?
The car travels 5 miles every minute
Which pair of elements has the most similar properties?
N and P
In the sentence below, what is conveyed by comparing the sound of the wind to a murmur?
“As he listened to the swish and murmur of the wind, the earth-old tune with the power to carry the soul back to the dawn of time, the years fell away from him, and he forgot much, remembering more.”
The wind is gentle.
Suppose the equation V=20.8x2 - 458.x + 3,500 represents the value of a car from 1964 to 2002.
What year did the car have the least value? (x=0 in 1964)
1975
Which of these careers would a student studying biotechnology most likely pursue?
Agricultural Research
Katie and Jennifer are playing a game. * Katie and Jennifer each start with 100 points * At the end of each turn, Katie's points doubled * At the end of each turn, Jennifer's points increased by 200
At the start of which turn will Katie first have more points than Jennifer?
4
Which is a possible disadvantage of using flowing water to produce electricity?
ecosystem damage and loss of land
What do the sentences below reveal about the character?
“He had lost that intangible, all-real wealth of faith and idealism and zest; he had bartered it away for the hard, yellow gold of the marketplace, and he realized at last how much poorer he was than when he had left that home valley. His was a name that stood for millions, but he was beggared of hope and purpose.”
He would trade his fortune for happiness.
A school purchases boxes of candy bars. * Each box contains 50 candy bars * Each box cost $30
How much does the school have to charge for each candy bar to make a profit of $10 per box?
$0.80
What best determines the number of wolves that can live in an area?
the amount of food available in the area
Suppose that the function f(x)-2x + 12 represents the cost to rent x movies a month from an internet movie club. Makayla now has $10. How many more dollars does Makayla need ti rent 7 movies next month?
16
Scientists find dinosaur fossils in the bottom rock layers of a cliff and mammal fossils in the middle rock layer of the cliff. Which could best be concluded from this evidence?
Dinosaurs lived on Earth before the mammals.
Which phrase from the sentence below, helps the reader determine the meaning of the word subtle? “Another more subtle change that is occurring, according to scientists, is the slow expansion of the entire island toward the mainland as winds and storms deposit sand on the island’s west side.” A “entire island” B “winds and storms” C “slow expansion” D “deposit sand
C-slow expansion
What is the smallest of 3 consecutive positive integers if the product of the smaller two integers is 5 less than 5 times the largest integer?
5
Why is a healthy diet important?
It supplies the body’s needs for growth and energy.
The larger leg of a right triangle is 3 cm longer than its smaller leg. The hypotenuse is 6 cm longer that the smaller leg. How many centimeters long is the smaller leg?
9
What do earthquakes tell scientists about the history of the planet?
The continents of Earth are continually moving.
When a dream is born in you With a sudden clamorous pain When you know the dream is true
Based on the first two lines, what can be inferred about the speaker’s experience with dreams?
It has been agonizing.