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Duration: 75 minutes

50 Multiple Choice Questions

Instructions:
- Place your answers on the answer sheet. Mark only one answer for
each of the multiple-choice questions.
- Avoid guessing. Your answers should reflect your overall
understanding of the subject matter.
- Calculator is allowed.
Directions
 1. Consider the two functions 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 and 𝑔(𝑥) = −𝑥 + 3.
Which of the following is the correct graph representing 𝑓 and 𝑔?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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 2. A box contains 6 plain chocolate bars, 11 chocolates filled with nuts, and 7 chocolates
filled with nougat. If Arjun selects one chocolate at random, what is the probability that he
chooses a plain chocolate bar?
A. 0.25
B. 0.46
C. 0.55
D. 0.71
3. A pencil case contains 4 blue pens, 1 green pen, 2 black pens and 2 red pens. One pen is
chosen randomly. What is the probability of not picking a blue pen?
3
A. 5
5
B. 9
4
C. 9
1
D. 3

4. The ratio of men to women in an office is 7 to 4. If there are 66 employees in this office,
what is the difference in numbers between the two genders?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18

2𝑥 − 7 4𝑥 2 + 7
=
5 10𝑥
5. What is the value of 𝑥 in the equation above?
A. 1.0
B. −0.5
C. −1.0
D. −2.0
6. Given 𝑝 = −1 + 2𝑖 and 𝑞 = 2 − 3𝑖, then 𝑝 + 𝑞̅ =
A. 1 − 5i
B. 1 + 4𝑖
C. 1 + 5i
D. 5−𝑖

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Questions 7 and 8 refer to the information below:

The bar chart above represents the preferred subject chosen by Grade 10 students in a school.

7. What is the approximate percentage of students who prefer to study English?

A. 10.8%
B. 16.7%
C. 28.6%
D. 27.5%
8. One student is selected at random. What is the probability that the student prefers either
Mathematics or Social Studies?
5
A. 42
3
B. 14
5
C. 14
5
D. 21

9. A company manufactures cotton T-shirts. The manufacturing cost for two shirts is $5 and
the average worker’s wage to produce one shirt is $2. Which of the following equations
below best represents the total cost 𝐶 of producing 𝑟 shirts?
A. 𝐶 = 5𝑟
B. 𝐶 = 5𝑟 − 2
C. 𝐶 = 4.5𝑟
D. 𝐶 = 2.5𝑟 + 2

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 10. Which of the following is the remainder when dividing 3𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 6 by (𝑥 + 2)?
A. −15
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
11. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 5 and 𝑔(𝑥) = −2𝑥 + 1, which of the following is 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥))?
A. −6𝑥 − 2
B. −2𝑥 + 5
C. 4𝑥 − 2
D. 6𝑥 − 1
12. A line passes through the origin and the point 𝐴(2, 28). What is the 𝑦-coordinate of a point
𝐵 that lies on the same line if 𝑥𝐵 = −5?
A. −70
B. −7
C. 0
D. 70
13. The line of equation 𝑦 − 1 = 7𝑥 passes through the point (1, 𝑎). What is the value of 2𝑎?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 16
D. 18
Year Cars sold
2023 32
2024 40
14. Based on the data in the table, the owner of a car company estimates that the percentage
increase in the number of cars sold between 2023 and 2024 would be half the percentage
increase between 2024 and 2025. How many cars are expected to be sold in 2025?
A. 48
B. 60
C. 65
D. 90
15. The sum of 5, 15, 2, 18, 7, and 𝑥 is 50. What is the value of the interquartile range?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 15
D. 16

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16. What is the value of 𝑥 if 25𝑥 = 125𝑥−4 ?
A. 0.50
B. 0.75
C. 1.25
D. 2.50
17. Consider the line 𝑙 defined by the equation 𝑥 − 3𝑦 − 12 = 0. Let ⃡𝐴𝐵 be a line parallel to
𝑙, where 𝐴 has coordinates (0, −1). Which of the following could be the coordinates of
point 𝐵?
A. (6, −1)
B. (−3, 1)
C. (3, 0)
D. (−2, 1)
18. After a 45% discount, Tim bought sweatpants for $5. What was the original price of the
sweatpants before discount?
A. $2.25
B. $7.25
C. $7.50
D. $9.09
19. James has 3 rings, 4 watches, and 2 necklaces. How many different ways can he wear
exactly one accessory from each category?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 32
20. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 10𝑥 − 𝑛, for which value of 𝑛 is 𝑔 tangent to 𝑓?
A. −18.5
B. −12.5
C. 12.5
D. 18.0
21. A ball was launched, from the ground, having its trajectory along the curve represented by
𝑦 = −3𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9, where 𝑥 and 𝑦 are measured in meters. How high, above the ground,
does the ball get to as it travels?
A. 12 meters
B. 10 meters
C. 8 meters
D. 5 meters

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 22. What is the 𝑥-intercept of the line defined by 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 40?
A. 2
B. 8
C. 10
D. 20
23. Given two points 𝐴(−20, 4) and 𝐾(12, −3), the 𝑥-coordinate of the midpoint of ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐾 is:
A. −32
B. −4
C. 0.5
D. 16
𝑥 2 +2𝑥+4
24. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to ?
𝑥+5
18
A. 𝑥 − 4 −
𝑥−5
19
B. 𝑥 − 3 − 𝑥+5
19
C. 𝑥 − 3 + 𝑥+5
19
D. 𝑥 + 3 + 𝑥+5

Questions 25 – 27 refer to the information below:

A student went to the bookstore to buy 𝑥 notebooks and 𝑦 copybooks for the school. The price of
each notebook is $5 and the price of each copybook is $6.

25. Which of the following expressions represent the total price of buying 𝑦 copybooks and 𝑥
notebooks?
A. 6𝑥 + 6𝑦
B. 5𝑥 + 6𝑦
C. 5𝑥 + 𝑦
D. 𝑥 + 6𝑦
26. What is the maximum number of copybooks that can be purchased with $23?
A. 10
B. 4
C. 3
D. 1
27. If the student paid $27 at the counter, how many notebooks and copybooks could he have
bought?
A. 1 notebook and 4 copybooks
B. 2 notebooks and 4 copybooks
C. 3 notebooks and 2 copybooks
D. 3 notebooks and 3 copybooks

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(2𝑚10 𝑛14 )4
[ ]
(3𝑚4 𝑛2 )3
28. What is the exponent of 𝑛 in the simplified form of the expression above?
A. 140
B. 250
C. 300
D. 360
29. Suppose you have a bag of 12 yellow marbles and 9 blue marbles. If you select 2 marbles
randomly and without replacement, what is the probability that both marbles are yellow?
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A. 35
16
B. 49
21
C. 23
140
D. 157

𝑦 = 4𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 5
30. The vertex form of the equation above is 𝑦 = 4(𝑥 + 𝑏)2 − 𝑐.
What is the value of 𝑐 − 𝑏 − 3?
A. 8.0
B. 9.5
C. 10.5
D. 14.0
31. Amjad and Ali are preparing for a math exam. The probability of Amjad passing his exam
is 0.65. The probability of both Ali and Amjad failing is 0.25. Assuming that the events
are independent, what is the probability, rounded to the nearest tenth, that both Amjad and
Ali pass the exam?
A. 0.6
B. 0.3
C. 0.2
D. 0.1

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 32. A survey was conducted to determine the number of pens owned by employees in a
company. The table below shows the number of employees who own 1, 2, 3, and 5 pens.
What is the product of the mean, median, and mode of the number of pens?

Number of pens 1 2 3 5

Number of employees 23 17 25 10
A. 10.25
B. 13.50
C. 14.50
D. 14.56
33. 92 + 4[6 × (−5) + 7] + 10 =
A. −2
B. −1
C. 2
D. 6
𝑥 + 𝑦 < 13
{
𝑦−𝑥 >7
34. If the point with coordinates (𝑎, 𝑏), where 𝑎 > 1 and both 𝑎 and 𝑏 integers, lies in the
solution set of the system of inequalities above, what is the value of 𝑏 𝑎 ?
A. 100
B. 225
C. 1,000
D. 1,024
35. A company sells electric scooters for $625 each. Last month, they decided to apply a 10%
tax fee on all products. This month, they reduced the total price of a scooter by 15%.
Approximately, how much does a scooter cost now?
A. $531.2
B. $584.4
C. $593.7
D. $687.5
36. To watch a movie at the cinema, Fady bought 4 adult tickets and 1 child ticket for $46,
while Samer bought 3 adult tickets and 2 child tickets for $42. What is the price of 1 child
ticket?
A. $5
B. $6
C. $8
D. $10

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 37. In Turkey, the dollar exchange rate increased from 32.2 TRY in May 2024 to 38.5 TRY
in May 2025 due to the recent economic crisis. What was the percentage increase in the
value of the dollar in TRY, rounded to the nearest whole percent?
A. 15%
B. 19%
C. 20%
D. 30%
√2
38. Consider triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, right-angled at 𝐴. If sin(𝐶) = , what is the measure of angle 𝐵?
2

A. 60°
B. 45°
C. 30°
D. 15°

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39. In the figure above, the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐸 is 31.5 𝑐𝑚2. If 𝐹𝐸 = 3 𝐵𝐸, what is the area
of the parallelogram 𝐴𝑁𝐹𝐸? (Figure not drawn to scale)
A. 18 𝑐𝑚2
B. 21 𝑐𝑚2
C. 42 𝑐𝑚2
D. 54 𝑐𝑚2

2
𝑓(𝑥) = −1
𝑥+4
40. The vertical asymptote of the graph of 𝑓 is 𝑥 = 𝑎, while its horizontal asymptote is 𝑦 = 𝑏.
What is the value of |𝑏 + 𝑎|?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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41. If 𝑎 + 7𝑥 = 2 and 𝑥 = 1, what is the value of 𝑎?
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A. −2
B. −3
C. −4
D. −8
42. The interior angles of a hexagon are in the ratio 2 ∶ 3 ∶ 4 ∶ 5 ∶ 5 ∶ 6. What is the measure
of the largest angle in this hexagon?
A. 118.5°
B. 136.0°
C. 172.5°
D. 172.8°

City Number of staff members

Cairo 33
Alexandria 37
Port Said 19
Giza 30
Aswan 11
Luxor 10
43. A company has 6 different stores in Egypt. The number of staff members in each store is
represented in the table above. If the store in Giza decided to increase the number of its
staff members to 42, which of the following is true regarding the new average number of
staff members?
A. The average will decrease
B. The average will increase by 2
C. The average will increase by 4
D. The average will not change
44. What is the value of 𝑥 if 4|2𝑥 + 1| = 10 and 𝑥 < 0?
A. 1.75
B. 0.75
C. −1.75
D. −2.0

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 ⏜ in the figure above is:
45. The area of the sector containing the major arc 𝐵𝐶
(Figure not drawn to scale)
√17
A. 𝜋 squared units
4
17
B. 𝜋 squared units
4
51
C. 𝜋 squared units
4

D. 17𝜋 squared units

2𝑥 − 𝑦 ≤ 4
46. Which of the points below does not satisfy the system of inequalities { ?
𝑦 + 4𝑥 > 1
A. (−1, 6)
B. (1, 2)
C. (0, 5)
D. (−1, 1)
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47. What is the value of 𝑥 if 𝑥−3 = √3?

A. √3
B. 3
C. 3 + √3
D. √6

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 2𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 8 = (𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 4)(2𝑥 − 𝑎)
48. In the identity above, true for every real 𝑥, 𝑎 and 𝑏 are two integers. Which of the following
expressions has the smallest value?
A. −4𝑎 − 𝑏
B. 𝑎−8
C. 2𝑏 − 12
D. 𝑏2 − 8
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49. The domain of definition of the function ℎ(𝑥) = is:
√−2𝑥+7
A. (−∞, 3.5)
B. (0, +∞)
C. [3.5, +∞)
D. (3.5, +∞)
4√𝑥 − 4 = 𝑥
50. What is the number of real solutions in the equation above?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 0

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