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2 5 M I N U T E S, 1 7 QU E ST ION S

Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

For questions 1-13, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 14-17,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 14 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

1. The use of a calculator is not permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for
which f (x) is a real number.

r

c 2x 60° s 45° s√2
w h b x
30° 45°
b a x√3 s
A = pr 2
1
A = bh c 2 = a2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles
A = w 2
C = 2pr

h r r h h
h
w r w
 
4 1
V = wh V = pr 2h V = pr 3 V = pr 2h V = 1 wh
3 3 3
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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Which of the following is an equivalent form of the Which of the following ordered pairs (x, y) satisfies
expression 15x + 24ax ?
both equations y = x 2 + 3x − 4 and x = y − 4 ?
A) 39ax 2
A) (0, −4)
B) 39(a + 2x)
B) (2, 6)
C) (5 + 8a) x
C) (3, 14)
D) (15 + 24a) x
D) (5, 9)

2
4
The formula d = rt is used to calculate the distance
Which of the following is a solution to the equation
an object travels over a period of time, t, at a
constant rate, r. Based on this formula, what is the 2x 2 + 4x = 3 + 3x 2 ?
rate, r, in terms of d and t ? A) −1
d B) 0
A) r=
t
C) 3
B) r = dt D) 6

t
C) r=
d

D) r = d − t

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−3x − 4y = 20 Giovanni wants to buy shirts that cost $19.40 each
x − 10y = 16 and sweaters that cost $24.80 each. An 8% sales tax
will be applied to the entire purchase. If Giovanni
If (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations buys 2 shirts, which equation relates the number of
above, what is the value of x ? sweaters purchased, p, and the total cost in
dollars, y ?
A) −14
A) 1.08(38.80 + 24.80p) = y
B) −12
B) 38.80 + 24.80p = 0.92y
C) −4
C) 38.80 + 24.80p = 1.08y
D) 16 D) 0.92(38.80 + 24.80p) = y

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8
The equation y = 36 + 18x models the relationship
A line is graphed in the xy-plane. If the line has a
between the height y, in inches, of a typical golden positive slope and a negative y-intercept, which of
delicious apple tree and the number of years, x, after the following points cannot lie on the line?
it was planted. If the equation is graphed in the
xy-plane, what is indicated by the y-intercept of the A) (−3, −3)
graph? B) (−3, 3)
A) The age, in years, of a typical apple tree when it C) (3, −3)
is planted
D) (3, 3)
B) The height, in inches, of a typical apple tree
when it is planted
C) The number of years it takes a typical apple tree
to grow
D) The number of inches a typical apple tree grows
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A parachute design uses 18 separate pieces of rope. B
Each piece of rope must be at least 270 centimeters
and no more than 280 centimeters long. What
inequality represents all possible values of the total 28°
length of rope x, in centimeters, needed for the
parachute?
28°
A) 270 ≤ x ≤ 280 A C
D
B) 4,860 ≤ x ≤ 4,870
C) 4,860 ≤ x ≤ 5,040
D) 5,030 ≤ x ≤ 5,040 In the figure above, which of the following ratios has
AB
the same value as ?
BC
BD
A)
DC
BC
B)
AC
10
A carpenter has $60 with which to buy supplies. The AD
C)
carpenter needs to buy both nails and screws. Nails BD
cost $12.99 per box, and screws cost $14.99 per box. DC
If n represents the number of boxes of nails and s D)
represents the number of boxes of screws, which of BC
the following systems of inequalities models this
situation?

A) {12.99n
n+s ≤1
+ 14.99s ≥ 60

B) {12.99n
n+s ≤1
+ 14.99s ≤ 60

⎧⎪12.99n + 14.99s ≥ 60
⎪
C) ⎨n ≥ 1
⎪⎪
⎪⎩ s ≥ 1
⎧⎪12.99n + 14.99s ≤ 60
⎪
D) ⎨n ≥ 1
⎪⎪
⎪⎩ s ≥ 1

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1 1 a a If the equation y = (x − 6)(x + 12) is graphed in the
2 3 2 2 3 3
(x y ) (x y ) = x 3 y 2 xy-plane, what is the x-coordinate of the parabola’s
If the equation above, where a is a constant, is true vertex?
for all positive values of x and y, what is the
A) −6
value of a ?
A) 2 B) −3

B) 3 C) 3
C) 5 D) 6
D) 6

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Answer: 12 Answer: 2.5
Write
For questions 14-17 , solve the problem and answer 7 / 12 2 . 5
enter your answer in the grid, as described in boxes. / / Fraction / /
below, on the answer sheet. line
. . . . . . . . Decimal
0 0 0 0 0 0 point

1. Although not required, it is suggested that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

you write your answer in the boxes at the top 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
of the columns to help you fill in the circles Grid in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately.You will receive credit only if the result. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3. No question has a negative answer. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4. Some problems may have more than one 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
answer.
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded 2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:
2
as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the
/ / 2 / 3 . 666 . 667
grid, it will be interpreted as 31 , not 3 1 .) / / / / / /
2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
answer with more digits than the grid can 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
accommodate, it may be either rounded or 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Answer: 201 – either position is correct
NOTE: You
201 201 may start your
/ / / / answers in any
column, space
. . . . . . . .
permitting.
0 0 0 0 0 0 Columns you
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 don’t need to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 use should be
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21x + 14 = 7(3x + a) In the expression below, a is an integer.
In the equation above, a is a constant. For what 12x 2 + ax − 20
value of a does the equation have an infinite number
of solutions? If 3x + 4 is a factor of the expression above, what is
the value of a ?

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Juliene practiced her dance routine for twice as many
minutes on Monday as she did on Tuesday. She (ax + by)(cx − dy)
practiced her routine those two days for a total of
2 hours and 15 minutes. For how many minutes did In the expression above, a, b, c, and d are non-zero
Juliene practice her dance routine on Monday? constants and ad = bc . If ac = 18 and bd = 50, what
is the value of the coefficient of the xy term when
the expression is multiplied out and the like terms
are collected?

STOP
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Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DI R ECTI ONS

For questions 1-27, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices
provided, and fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 28-31,
solve the problem and enter your answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to
the directions before question 28 on how to enter your answers in the grid. You may use
any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for
which f (x) is a real number.

r

c 2x 60° s 45° s√2
w h b x
30° 45°
b a x√3 s
A = pr 2
1
A = bh c 2 = a2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles
A = w 2
C = 2pr

h r r h h
h
w r w
 
V = pr 2h 4
V = pr 3
1
V = pr 2h 1 wh
V = wh 3 3 V=3

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2p.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

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A high school counselor conducted a study over According to the Department of Agriculture,
16 consecutive quarters to determine the number of consuming 100 grams of banana provides
students with part-time jobs. Each student in the 0.15 milligram of zinc. Which of the following is
2014 graduating class is surveyed once per quarter closest to the number of milligrams of zinc provided
for all four years of high school. The graph below by 140 grams of banana?
shows the data for each quarter the survey was A) 0.15
conducted. B) 0.21
Number of Students with Part-Time Jobs C) 0.25
70 D) 0.93
Number of students

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Quarter 4
When the equation y = 5x + p, where p is a
During which of the following periods is the increase constant, is graphed in the xy-plane, the line passes
in the number of students with part-time jobs through the point (−2, 1). What is the value of p ?
largest?
A) −9
A) Quarters 4 through 6
B) −2
B) Quarters 7 through 10
C) Quarters 11 through 14 C) 3
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Eli saves money each month to buy a new computer.
The total amount he has saved, T, can be calculated
by the equation T = 83 + 30m , where m is the
number of months since he started saving. What
does the number 83 represent in the equation?
A) The amount of money Eli started with
B) The number of months Eli has been saving
C) The amount of money Eli saves each month
D) The total amount of money Eli wants to save

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Questions 5 and 6 refer to the following information. Which of the following statements about the
The Number of Hits relationship between the number of times at bat and
and Times at Bat by Players on the number of hits is true?
a Major League Baseball Team A) As the number of times at bat increases, the
number of hits decreases.
225
B) As the number of times at bat increases, the
200 number of hits increases.
175 C) As the number of times at bat increases, the
150 number of hits remains constant.
Number of hits

D) As the number of times at bat decreases, the

125 number of hits increases.
100
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50 For the player with 450 times at bat, the actual
25 number of hits the player had is approximately how
many fewer than the number of hits predicted by the
0 line of best fit?
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
A) 10
Number of times at bat
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
The scatterplot above shows the number of hits and the
number of times at bat by each of 20 players on a major
league baseball team. The line of best fit for the data is
also shown.

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An advertisement states that the printing rate of a (x 2y − 3y 2 + 5xy 2) − (−x 2y + 3xy 2 − 3y 2)
certain printer is 400 characters per second.
According to the convention that 1 word consists of Which of the following is equivalent to the
5 characters, what would be the advertised printing expression above?
rate, in words per minute?
A) 2x 2y + 2xy 2
A) 2,000
B) 4,800 B) 8xy 2 − 6y 2
C) 24,000 C) 2x 2y + 8xy 2 − 6y 2
D) 120,000
D) x 4y 2 + 9xy 4 – 15xy 2

8
10
Year 0 1 2 3 4
1 ⎛1 ⎞
Salary 38,000 39,140 40,314 41,524 42,769 4x − x − 7 = 7⎜⎜ x − 7⎟⎟
2 ⎜
⎝2 ⎟⎠
The table above shows the yearly salary, in dollars, of Which of the following describes the solution to the
an employee at a company. Which of the following equation above?
best describes the type of model that fits the data in
the table? A) x = 0
A) Linear, increasing by approximately
$1,140 per year 1
B) x = 10
2
B) Linear, increasing by approximately
$1,245 per year
C) The equation has infinitely many solutions.
C) Exponential, increasing by approximately
3% each year
D) Exponential, increasing by approximately D) The equation has no solutions.
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The table below shows the monthly electricity bills of Cars in Service on a Railroad
Joseph and Samuel for the first five months of a year. In service less In service
Electricity Bills than 10 years 10 or more years
Single level 215 497
Month Joseph Samuel
January $184.66 $188.99 Double-decker 16 82
February $193.12 $181.27
The table above presents information about the
March $175.99 $176.35
810 train cars in service on a railroad.
April $145.30 $149.23
Approximately what percentage of the train cars in
May $180.33 $185.66
service are double-decker cars that have been in
service for less than 10 years?
Based on the information in the table, which of these
statements is true about the ranges and medians of A) 2 percent
the bills? B) 7 percent
A) Both the range and median of Joseph’s bills are C) 10 percent
less than the range and median of Samuel’s bills. D) 16 percent
B) Both the range and median of Joseph’s bills are
greater than the range and median of Samuel’s
bills.
C) The range of Joseph’s bills is less than the range
of Samuel’s bills, while the median of Joseph’s
bills is greater than the median of Samuel’s bills.
D) The range of Joseph’s bills is greater than the
range of Samuel’s bills, while the median of
Joseph’s bills is less than the median of Samuel’s
bills.

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A moving company uses plastic wrap to bundle A circle is graphed in the xy-plane. If the circle has a
groups of boxes together. If a portion of plastic wrap radius of 3 and the center of the circle is at (4, −2),
that measures 900 inches in length is used to bundle
each group of boxes, how many groups of boxes can which of the following could be an equation of the
be bundled using 1,500 feet of the same type of circle?
plastic wrap?
A) (x + 4)2 + (y − 2)2 = 3
A) 15
B) 20 B) (x + 4)2 − (y − 2)2 = 3
C) 25 C) (x − 4)2 + (y + 2)2 = 9
D) 30
D) (x − 4)2 − (y + 2)2 = 9

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The table below shows the number of calories in a
cheeseburger at six different restaurants.
Calories in a Cheeseburger
Restaurant Calories
Blue Jay 810
Clear Lake Cafe 900
Molly’s 740
Riverside Diner 1,120
Maya’s Bistro 1,050
Tom’s Place 700

What is the difference in the number of calories in a

cheeseburger at the Riverside Diner and the
median number of calories in cheeseburgers at all
six restaurants?
A) 190
B) 233
C) 265
D) 390

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Questions 16-18 refer to the following information. What is the difference, to the nearest whole percent,
between the percentage of students enrolled in
A high school developed a program called Propel, which Propel who had a GPA of 3.0 or greater and the
offers extra guidance and support during the 9th-grade percentage of students not enrolled in Propel who
year. Before the school year began, 327 rising 9th graders had a GPA of 3.0 or greater?
were selected at random to participate in a study; 109 of
those students were randomly assigned to enroll in the A) 4%
Propel program and the remaining students served as a B) 8%
control group. A summary of the year-end grade point
averages (GPA) for the 327 9th-grade students who were C) 10%
chosen for the study is shown in the table below. D) 12%
GPA for the 327 9th-Grade Students
GPA Enrolled in Propel Not enrolled in Propel
3.0 or greater 61 95
Less than 3.0 48 123

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If a 9th-grade student at the high school is chosen at Of the students enrolled in the Propel program, the
random, which of the following is closest to the ratio of boys to girls is approximately 2:3. Which of
probability that the student will have a GPA of 3.0 or the following is the best estimate of the number of
greater? girls enrolled in the program?

A) 0.64 A) 44
B) 0.48 B) 65
C) 0.33 C) 73
D) 0.19 D) 131

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An artist is creating a sculpture using bendable metal A landscaper is designing a rectangular fountain
rods of equal length. One rod is formed into the with a 4-foot-wide path around it. The equation
shape of a square and another rod into the shape of A = 4p + 64 will relate the area A, in square feet, of
an equilateral triangle. If each side of the triangle is
the path to the perimeter p, in feet, of the fountain.
2 inches longer than each side of the square, how
long, in inches, is each rod? In the design, how many feet will the perimeter of the
fountain increase for each additional square foot of
A) 16
the path’s area?
B) 18
C) 24 1
A)
64
D) 30
1
B)
4
20
2x − 4 C) 4
f (x ) = 2
2x + 2x − 4
A rational function is defined above. Which of the D) 64
following is an equivalent form that displays values
not included in the domain as constants or
coefficients?
x−2
A) f (x) = 2
x +x−2
2(x − 2)
B) f (x) =
2(x + 2)(x − 1)
1
C) f (x) =
x+1
1
D) f (x) =
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In the xy-plane the graph of the function q is a 4 3
V= πr
parabola. The graph intersects the x-axis at (−1, 0) 3
and (r, 0). If the vertex of q occurs at the point The formula for the volume of a sphere with radius r
(2, 4) , what is the value of r ? is shown above. The radius of the planet Jupiter is
about 11 times the radius of planet Earth. Assuming
A) 0 that planets are spheres, about how many times
B) 3 larger is the volume of Jupiter than the volume of
Earth?
C) 4
A) 11
D) 5
B) 121
C) 1,331
23
D) 1,775
Liquid going through a cooling system is chilled so
that its temperature decreases at a constant rate from
100°C to 25°C in 5 seconds. Which of the following
functions represents the temperature C, in degrees
Celsius, as a function of the time t, in seconds, after
chilling began, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 ?
A) C = −25 + 15t
B) C = 25 − 15t
C) C = 25 + 15t
D) C = 100 − 15t

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The population of squirrels in a park has been 1
doubling every 15 years. Which of the following x= y
3
statements describes the type of function that best 154 − 4y = 10x
models the relationship between the population of
squirrels in the park and the number of 15-year time The equations of two lines are shown above. If the
periods? lines are graphed in the xy-plane, which of the
following ordered pairs represents the point at which
A) Exponential growth, because the population of the lines would intersect?
squirrels is increasing by the same amount each
15-year time period A) (1, 3)
B) Exponential growth, because the population of B) (3, 9)
squirrels is increasing by the same percentage
each 15-year time period C) (5, 15)

C) Linear growth, because the population of D) (7, 21)

squirrels is increasing by the same amount each
15-year time period
D) Linear growth, because the population of
squirrels is increasing by the same percentage
each 15-year time period

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If function f is defined by f (x) = 3x 2 − 5x + 4,

what is f (x − 4) ?

A) f (x − 4) = 3x 2 − 5x
B) f (x − 4) = 3x 2 − 5x + 72
C) f (x − 4) = 3x 2 − 29x + 52
D) f (x − 4) = 3x 2 − 29x + 72

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Answer: 12 Answer: 2.5
Write
For questions 28-31, solve the problem and answer 7 / 12 2 . 5
enter your answer in the grid, as described in boxes. / / Fraction / /
below, on the answer sheet. line
. . . . . . . . Decimal
0 0 0 0 0 0 point

1. Although not required, it is suggested that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

you write your answer in the boxes at the top 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
of the columns to help you fill in the circles Grid in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately.You will receive credit only if the result. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3. No question has a negative answer. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4. Some problems may have more than one 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
correct answer. In such cases, grid only one 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
answer.
5. Mixed numbers such as 3 1 must be gridded 2
Acceptable ways to grid 3 are:
2
as 3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is entered into the
/ / 2 / 3 . 666 . 667
grid, it will be interpreted as 31 , not 3 1 .) / / / / / /
2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
answer with more digits than the grid can 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
accommodate, it may be either rounded or 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Answer: 201 – either position is correct
NOTE: You
201 201 may start your
/ / / / answers in any
column, space
. . . . . . . .
permitting.
0 0 0 0 0 0 Columns you
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 don’t need to
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 use should be
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Type of meal Fat (g) Carbohydrates (g) y = x 2 − 4x + 3
Stir-fry 4 40 y =x−1
Szechuan chicken 5 35
If (x, y) is a solution to the system of equations
A grocer carries two types of frozen meals that have above, what is one possible value of the product
the fat and carbohydrate content shown in the table of x and y ?
above. John wants to purchase a combination of the
two types of meals with no more than 350 grams of
fat and no more than 2975 grams of carbohydrates.
If John purchases 10 Szechuan chicken meals, what is
the greatest number of stirϣfry meals he can purchase
so that the combination will satisfy the requirements?

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Questions 30 and 31 refer to the following In 2006, the price of king crab was $8 per pound at
information. the beginning of the year and dropped to $7
per pound toward the end of the year. If 60% of the
King Crab Supply from 2005–2012 king crab supply was sold at the higher price per
200 pound and the rest was sold at the lower price per
pound, what was the total revenue generated, in
180 millions of dollars, from the sales of king crab in
160 2006 ? (Disregard the $ when gridding your answer.)
140
Pounds (millions)

120
100
80
60
40 31
20 In 2011, the price of king crab was $17 per pound. In
2012, x million pounds of king crab were sold at $16
0 per pound. If the total money generated from sales
05 006 007 008 009 010 011 012
20 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 each year was the same, what is the value of x ?
Year

The graph above shows the supply, in millions of pounds,

of king crab harvested and sold from 2005 to 2011. The
information for the year 2012 is not included in the
graph.

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READING TEST
1. A e 8. A e 15. C h 22. D e 29. D h 36. C h 43. A m
2. B m 9. D m 16. B m 23. B m 30. B h 37. B h 44. A e
3. B m 10. A m 17. D e 24. D m 31. D h 38. C m 45. A m
4. B e 11. D e 18. B e 25. C m 32. A h 39. C m 46. D m
5. C m 12. D e 19. A m 26. B m 33. C h 40. C h 47. C m
6. D h 13. D h 20. C m 27. B m 34. A e 41. B m
7. B h 14. A m 21. B m 28. A m 35. A m 42. B m

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1. D e 8. B m 15. D h 22. A e 29. D h 36. B m 43. C e
2. B e 9. A m 16. B m 23. C h 30. C h 37. C m 44. B h
3. C h 10. D m 17. B m 24. D m 31. D m 38. A m
4. C m 11. D e 18. A m 25. C m 32. B m 39. C h
5. B m 12. B h 19. B m 26. A m 33. D h 40. D h
6. B h 13. C e 20. C m 27. A m 34. D m 41. D h
7. A m 14. C e 21. A e 28. B m 35. D h 42. A h

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1. D m 4. C m 7. A m 10. D m 13. B h 16. 1 h
2. A e 5. C m 8. B m 11. A h 14. 2 m 17. 0 h
3. B m 6. B m 9. C m 12. C h 15. 90 h

MATH TEST – CALCULATOR

1. B e 6. A m 11. D m 16. B m 21. B h 26. D h 31. 85 h
2. A e 7. B m 12. A m 17. D h 22. D h 27. D h
3. B e 8. C m 13. B m 18. B h 23. D h 28. 65 h
4. D m 9. A m 14. C m 19. C m 24. C m 29. 0,12 h
5. B e 10. D m 15. C m 20. B h 25. B h 30. 1368 h

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