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A granite block in the shape of a right rectangular Ages of 20 Students Enrolled
prism has dimensions 30 centimeters by in a College Class
40 centimeters by 50 centimeters. The block has a Age Frequency
density of 2.8 grams per cubic centimeter. What is 18 6
the mass of the block, in grams? (Density is mass
19 5
per unit volume.)
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A) 336 21 2
B) 3,360 22 1
23 1
C) 16,800
30 1
D) 168,000
The table above shows the distribution of ages of the
20 students enrolled in a college class. Which of the
following gives the correct order of the mean,
median, and mode of the ages?
A) mode < median < mean
B) mode < mean < median
16 C) median < mode < mean
Number of Adults Contracting Colds D) mean < mode < median

Cold No cold Total

Vitamin C 21 129 150
Sugar pill 33 117 150
Total 54 246 300

The table shows the results of a research study that

investigated the therapeutic value of vitamin C in
preventing colds. A random sample of 300 adults
received either a vitamin C pill or a sugar pill each
day during a 2-week period, and the adults reported
whether they contracted a cold during that time
period. What proportion of adults who received a
sugar pill reported contracting a cold?
11
A)
18
11
B)
50
9
C)
50
11
D)
100

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The figure below shows the relationship between the The range of the polynomial function f is the set of
percent of leaf litter mass remaining after real numbers less than or equal to 4. If the zeros of f
decomposing for 3 years and the mean annual
are −3 and 1, which of the following could be the
temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C), in 18 forests in
Canada. A line of best fit is also shown. graph of y = f (x) in the xy-plane?
A) y
100
6
90
Leaf litter mass
remaining (%)

80
70 x
–6 6
60
50
40 –6
–10 –5 0 5 10
Mean annual temperature (°C) B) y
A particular forest in Canada, whose data is not 6
included in the figure, had a mean annual
temperature of −2°C. Based on the line of best fit,
which of the following is closest to the predicted x
percent of leaf litter mass remaining in this particular –6 6
forest after decomposing for 3 years?
A) 50% –6
B) 63%
C) 70% C) y
D) 82% 6

x
–6 6

–6

D) y
6

x
–6 6

–6

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The average annual energy cost for a certain home is Questions 21 and 22 refer to the following
$4,334. The homeowner plans to spend $25,000 to information.
install a geothermal heating system. The homeowner
estimates that the average annual energy cost will Between 1985 and 2003, data were collected every
then be $2,712. Which of the following inequalities three years on the amount of plastic produced annually in
can be solved to find t, the number of years after the United States, in billions of pounds. The graph below
installation at which the total amount of energy cost shows the data and a line of best fit. The equation of the
savings will exceed the installation cost? line of best fit is y = 3.39x + 46.89, where x is the number
of years since 1985 and y is the amount of plastic
A) 25,000 > (4,334 − 2,712) t produced annually, in billions of pounds.
US Production of Plastic
B) 25,000 < (4,334 − 2,712) t 120

(billions of pounds)
Amount of plastic
100
C) 25,000 − 4,334 > 2,712t 80
60
4,332 40
D) 25,000 > t
2,712 20
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Number of years since 1985

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Which of the following is the best interpretation of
the number 3.39 in the context of the problem?
A) The amount of plastic, in billions of pounds,
produced in the United States during the
year 1985
B) The number of years it took the United States to
produce 1 billion pounds of plastic
C) The average annual plastic production, in
billions of pounds, in the United States from
1985 to 2003
D) The average annual increase, in billions of
pounds, of plastic produced per year in the
United States from 1985 to 2003

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Which of the following is closest to the percent For the finale of a TV show, viewers could use either
increase in the billions of pounds of plastic produced social media or a text message to vote for their
in the United States from 2000 to 2003? favorite of two contestants. The contestant receiving
more than 50% of the vote won. An estimated 10% of
A) 10% the viewers voted, and 30% of the votes were cast on
B) 44% social media. Contestant 2 earned 70% of the votes
C) 77% cast using social media and 40% of the votes cast
using a text message. Based on this information,
D) 110% which of the following is an accurate conclusion?
A) If all viewers had voted, Contestant 2 would
have won.
B) Viewers voting by social media were likely to be
younger than viewers voting by text message.
C) If all viewers who voted had voted by social
media instead of by text message, Contestant 2
would have won.
D) Viewers voting by social media were more likely
to prefer Contestant 2 than were viewers voting
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M = 1,800(1.02)t
The equation above models the number of
members, M, of a gym t years after the gym opens.
Of the following, which equation models the number
of members of the gym q quarter years after the gym
opens?
q
4
A) M = 1,800(1.02)

B) M = 1,800(1.02)4q

C) M = 1,800(1.005)4q

D) M = 1,800(1.082)q

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Population of Greenleaf, Idaho To determine the mean number of children per
household in a community, Tabitha surveyed
Year Population 20 families at a playground. For the 20 families
2000 862 surveyed, the mean number of children per
household was 2.4. Which of the following
2010 846 statements must be true?
A) The mean number of children per household in
The table above shows the population of Greenleaf, the community is 2.4.
Idaho, for the years 2000 and 2010. If the relationship
between population and year is linear, which of the B) A determination about the mean number of
following functions P models the population of children per household in the community should
Greenleaf t years after 2000? not be made because the sample size is too small.
C) The sampling method is flawed and may
A) P(t ) = 862 − 1.6t produce a biased estimate of the mean number
B) P(t ) = 862 − 16t of children per household in the community.
D) The sampling method is not flawed and is likely
C) P(t ) = 862 + 16(t − 2,000)
to produce an unbiased estimate of the mean
D) P(t ) = 862 − 1.6(t − 2,000) number of children per household in the
community.

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The 22 students in a health class conducted an
In the xy-plane, the point (p, r ) lies on the line with
experiment in which they each recorded their pulse
rates, in beats per minute, before and after
equation y = x + b , where b is a constant. The point
completing a light exercise routine. The dot plots
below display the results.
with coordinates (2p, 5r ) lies on the line with

equation y = 2x + b. If p ≠ 0, what is the

r
value of ?
p 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88
2 Beats per minute before exercise
A)
5
3
B)
4
80 84 88 92 96 100 104 108 112
4 Beats per minute after exercise
C)
3
Let s1 and r1 be the standard deviation and range,
5 respectively, of the data before exercise, and let s2
D)
2 and r2 be the standard deviation and range,
respectively, of the data after exercise. Which of the
following is true?
A) s1 = s2 and r1 = r2
B) s1 < s2 and r1 < r2
C) s1 > s2 and r1 > r2
D) s1 ≠ s2 and r1 = r2

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A photocopy machine is initially loaded with y
5,000 sheets of paper. The machine starts a large job x g(x)
and copies at a constant rate. After 20 minutes, it has 4
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used 30% of the paper. Which of the following 3
2 y = f (x) –1 2
equations models the number of sheets of paper, p,
remaining in the machine m minutes after the 1 0 3
machine started printing? x 1 4
–1 2 4 6 8 10
2 5
–2
A) p = 5,000 − 20m –3 3 6
–4 4 7
B) p = 5,000 − 75m
The complete graph of the function f and a table of
m
20
values for the function g are shown above. The
C) p = 5,000(0.3)
maximum value of f is k. What is the value of g (k) ?
m
A) 7
D) p = 5,000(0.7) 20
B) 6
C) 3
D) 0

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ANSWER KEY

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Answers
16 B
17 A
18 C
19 A
20 B
21 D
22 A
23 A
24 D
25 A
26 C
27 B
28 D
29 B
30 B

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