Strategy
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
2, 9, 14, 23, 32 What is the mean of the data shown? A) 14 B) 16 C) 17 D) 32
B) 16
Should you guess the same answer every time for questions you're unsure of, or should you guess different letters?
The same letter!
How many yards are in 612 inches? (1 yard = 36 inches) a. .059 b. 17 c. 576 d. 22,032
B. 17
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 = 4.8x + 162
D: y= 4.8x +162
What number is 40% greater than 115?
161
If you're stuck on a multiple choice question, what can you do?
Plug in answer options to see if it works
If you're feeling tired during the test, what should you do?
Take a brain break for 30 seconds and keep going!
What value of p satisfies the equation 5p+180 = 250
A. 14, B. 65, C. 86, D. 250
A. 14
b= 42cf; The given equation relates the positive numbers b, c, and f. Which equation correctly expresses c in terms of b and f ? A) c= b/42f, B) c= (b-42)/f, C) c= 42bf, D) c= 42-b-f
A) c=b/42f
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
If you receive a free response question, and get a fraction answer, should you simplify?
No!
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 ?
14
Davio bought some potatoes and celery. The potatoes cost $0.69 per pound, and the celery cost $0.99 per pound. If Davio spent $5.34 in total and bought twice as many pounds of celery as pounds of potatoes, how many pounds of celery did Davio buy? A) 2 B) 2.5 C) 2.67 D) 4
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
If there is a difficult question, should you try to tackle it for 5 minutes or skip it and move on?
SKIP IT!
If you have extra time, what should you do?
Check the questions you feel confident in
d = 16t; The given equation represents the distance d, in inches, where t represents the number of seconds since an object started moving. Which of the following is the best interpretation of 16 in this context? A) The object moved a total of 16 inches. B) The object moved a total of 16t inches. C) The object is moving at a rate of 16 inches per second. D) The object is moving at a rate of 1 16 inches per second.
C: The object is moving at a rate of 16 inches/sec
Immanuel purchased a certain rare coin on January 1. The function f (x)= 65(1.03)x , where 0<x<10, gives the predicted value, in dollars, of the rare coin x years after Immanuel purchased it. What is the best interpretation of the statement “ f(8) is approximately equal to 82” in this context? A) When the rare coin’s predicted value is approximately 82 dollars, it is 8% greater than the predicted value, in dollars, on January 1 of the previous year. B) When the rare coin’s predicted value is approximately 82 dollars, it is 8 times the predicted value, in dollars, on January 1 of the previous year. C) From the day Immanuel purchased the rare coin to 8 years after Immanuel purchased the coin, its predicted value increased by a total of approximately 82 dollars. D) 8 years after Immanuel purchased the rare coin, its predicted value is approximately 82 dollars.
D) 8 years after Immanuel purchased the rare coin, its predicted value is approximately $82
In a box of pens, the ratio of black pens to red pens is 8 to 1. There are 40 black pens in the box. How many red pens are in the box? A) 5 B) 8 C) 40 D) 320
A) 5
Should you eat breakfast/food before you test?
Yes!