Functions
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Geometry
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Information about the NYS Math Exam
200
The graph of a linear function's appearance.

What is a straight, non-vertical line?

200
The solution to 5x+6=21.

What is 3?

200

The volume of a sphere with radius of 10, rounded to the nearest hundredth. (V=4/3*pi*r3)

What is 424.41 units3?

200

423.987394 rounded to the nearest hundredth.

What is 432.99?

200

The amount of time you have for each exam session.

What is untimed (or end of school day)?

400

The equation for a linear function.

What is

y=mx+b, where

m is the slope

b is the y-intercept

x is the input

y is the output

?

400

The property used to simplify 4(x+5).

What is the distributive property?

400

The shape used for the Pythagorean Theorem.

What is a right triangle?

(a2+b2=c2, where a and b are the legs of the right triangle and c is the hypotenuse)

400

The simplified form of 4* 43 written in exponential notation.

What is 48?

400

The number of points you will earn for a correct open response answer with no work.

What is zero (0) points?

600
The definition of a function.

What is when each input has exactly one output?

600
The different number of solutions that an equation may have.

What is one, none, and infinitely many solutions?

600

The definitions of congruent and similar.

What is "same size, same shape" and "same shape, not always same size"?

600

The meaning of an irrational number.

What is a number that is non-terminating and non-repeating?

600

The 4 math tools you are provided on the NYS math exam in 8th grade.

What are a ruler, protractor, scientific calculator, and a reference (formula) sheet?

800

The equation when the change in x is 5, the change in y is 15, and the initial value is -8.

What is y=3x-8?

800

The number of solutions for 3x+5 = 3x+2.

What is zero (0) solutions?

800

The four types of transformations and what they do.

What is translation (slide), reflection (mirror), rotation (turn), and dilation (enlarge or reduce size)?

800

The type of correlation or association when a scatterplot looks like a straight, upward diagonal.

What is a positive, linear correlation or association?

800

The number of multiple choice questions asked during session 1 and the number of multiple choice questions asked during session 2.

What are 32 and 6?

1000

An example of a non-linear equation.

y=5x2+6

1000

The value of x in 5x+12=6x+10+4x.

What is 2/5 or 0.4?

1000

The value of x when given congruent angles with measures 65 and x+10.

What is 55?

1000

The type of correlation or association when a scatterplot looks like random dots with no pattern.

What is no correlation or association?

1000

The number of 1-credit, 2-credit, and 3-credit questions you will have for sessions 1 and 2.

What is 0 for session 1 (only multiple choice)?

and 

What is
3 1-credit questions,
6 2-credit questions, and
1 3-credit question for session 2?