Section 2, Module 2—Harder: Math

PSAT Prep Test 2—Math

Module 2—Harder

Turn to Section 2 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DIRECTIONS

The questions in this section address a number of important math skills.

Use of a calculator is permitted for all questions.

NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated:

• All variables and expressions represent real l numbers.

• Figures provided are drawn to scale.
• All figures lie in a plane.
• The domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for which f(x) is a real
number.

REFERENCE

 2x 60° 45°
1
•
r h b
c x s s 2
w
30° 45°
b a x 3 s
A = πr 2 A = w
C = 2πr A = 12 bh c2 = a2 + b2 Special Right Triangles

•r h
h r h
h
w r w
 
V = wh V = πr2h V = 43 πr3 V = 13 πr2h V = 13 wh

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.

CONTINUE

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For multiple-choice questions, solve each problem, choose the correct answer from the choices provided,
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truncate it or round at the fourth digit.
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1

equivalent (3.5).
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1 Mark for Review 3 Mark for Review

A doctor selects a random sample of the residents of
an island and finds that 0.8% of the selected residents f (x) = 100 + 10x
have a specific gene mutation. Based on these results, The function f is defined by the given equation. For
approximately how many of the island’s 15,000 what value of x does f (x) = 200?
residents likely have this mutation?
A 8
A 75

B 9
B 90

C 10
C 105

D 11
D 120

2 Mark for Review

If 3(4k – 10) – (26 + 5k) = 21, what is the value of 4k?

CONTINUE

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4 Mark for Review

5 Mark for Review
a b
The point (4, 3) lies on the graph of the function h (x) in
1 2
the xy -plane. If h (x) = x – a , where a is a constant,
2
what is the value of a ?

k
x°

y°
l

6 Mark for Review

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

In the figure, lines a and b are parallel and lines k and l 65x + y = 455
are parallel. If x = 75, what is the value of y? A grocery store receives a shipment of oranges and
consistently sells the same number of oranges each day.
A 15 The given equation models the number of oranges, y,
that remain x days after the shipment is received. What
does it mean that (7, 0) is a solution to the equation?
B 75
A It takes 7 days after the shipment until none of the
oranges are remaining.
C 105

B There are 7 oranges in the shipment.

D 165

C It takes 7 days for oranges to be sold to 455

customers.

D After the shipment, 7 oranges are sold each day.

CONTINUE

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7 Mark for Review 9 Mark for Review

v + 3w = 30
Data Set 1 3.9 6.1 4.4 5.3 5.8
The given equation relates the positive integers v and w. h
Data Set 2 4.5 5.7 4.2 3.8
Which of the following equations correctly expresses w
in terms of v? The table shows all 5 values in Data Set 1 and all 5
values in Data Set 2. The mean of Data Set 1 is 0.3
1
A w= (30 – v) greater than the mean of Data Set 2. What is the value
3
of h?
1
B w= (30) –v
3

1
C w= (30 + v)
3

1
D w= (30) +v
3

10 Mark for Review

When function g is graphed in the xy -plane, it has
8 Mark for Review
x -intercepts at –4, 2, and 4. The graph of y = h (x) is the
63 result of translating the graph of y = g (x) to the right 3
Angle D of triangle DEF is a right angle, and sin(E ) = . units. Which of the following could define function h?
65
What is the value of sin(F )?

16 A h(x) = (x – 7)(x – 5)(x + 1)

A
65

16 B h(x) = (x – 7)(x + 5)(x – 1)

B
63

63 C h(x) = (x + 7)(x – 5)(x – 1)

C
65

65 D h(x) = (x + 7)(x + 1)(x – 1)

D
63

CONTINUE

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11 Mark for Review 13 Mark for Review

1
If y = , which of the following gives x in terms cx – 6y = 8
x3
of y ? 3x – 7y = 5
1
In the system of equations shown, c is a constant and x
A x = y3
and y are variables. For what value of c will the system
of equations have no solution?
1
−
B x= y 3

24
A –
5
C x = –y3
18
B –
7
D x = y3
18
C
7

24
D
5
12 Mark for Review

3(x 2 + 4) = 18x
What is the product of all values of x that satisfy the
14 Mark for Review
given equation?
C (x) = 3x + 75
A 3
The function C gives the cost, in dollars, of
manufacturing x units of a product. How will the cost
B 4 of manufacturing change if 5 additional units of the
product are manufactured?

C 3 5 A The cost will increase by $3.

D 6 5 B The cost will increase by $15.

C The cost will increase by $75.

D The cost will increase by $375.

CONTINUE

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15 Mark for Review 17 Mark for Review

At a music school, each long session lasts twenty An elementary school had k kindergarten students
minutes longer than each short session. If 3 long enrolled at the beginning of the 2011 school year. The
sessions and 4 short sessions last a total of 270 minutes, number of kindergarten students enrolled tripled each
how many minutes does a long session last? year until 2014, when the elementary school had 540
kindergarten students enrolled. What is the value of k?

16 Mark for Review

18 Mark for Review

x 3 – 4 x 2 + 3x = 0 Glucose, which is an important component of growth

One of the factors of the given equation can be written media for cultured cells, is so energy rich that 1
as (x – k). What is the greatest possible value of k? milliliter can feed up to 9 Petri dishes of cells. If a
1
Petri dish has an area of approximately 7 square
A –3 4
centimeters, about how many square centimeters of

B –1 cells could 115 milliliters of glucose feed?

A 140
C 1

B 1,000
D 3

C 6,500

D 7,500

CONTINUE

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19 Mark for Review 21 Mark for Review

20
Average mass per plant (milligrams)

8" 8"
18
16 12"
14 8"
12
10
10"
8
6
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
4
2 A time capsule is constructed from two rectangular
0 pyramids and a rectangular prism with measurements
0 2 4 6 8 10 indicated in the figure. Of the following, which is the
Days since germination closest to the volume of the time capsule, in cubic
inches?
The line graph shows the average mass of plants grown
in a greenhouse during the first 10 days after the seeds A 426
germinated. According to the graph, approximately how
much less, in milligrams, is the total mass of 4 plants
that germinated 4 days ago than the total mass of 3 B 960
plants that germinated 8 days ago?

A 6.0 C 1,173

B 8.0 D 1,386

C 9.6

D 32.2

20 Mark for Review

f (x) = cx – d
Function f is defined by the given equation, where c
and d are constants. When graphed in the xy-plane,
y = f (x) + 8 has a y -intercept at (0, 2.9). The sum of c
and d is 8.4. What is the value of c?

CONTINUE

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22 Mark for Review

y
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
–8 –7–6 –5–4 –3–2–1O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A partial graph of y = g (x) is shown. Function g is

c
defined by the equation g (x) = , where c and d
x−d
are constants. If h (x) = g (x – 3), which equation could
define function h?

12
A h(x) = x + 7

12
B h(x) = x + 1

12
C h(x) =
x−3

12( x − 3)
D h(x) = x−3

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