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Muslim High School has 840 students, and the ratio of the number of students taking Spanish to the number not taking Spanish is 4:3. How many of the students take Spanish?
A. 280 B. 360 C. 480 D. 560 E. 630

Of the 200 seniors at Millat High School, exactly 40 are in the band. 60 are in the orchestra, and 10 are in both. How many students are in neither the band nor the orchestra?
A. 130 B. 110 C. 100 D. 140 E. 160

Consider the sequence 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3,.. What is the sum of the first 100 terms?
A. 100 B. 180 C. 198 D. 199 E. 200

If 2x - 1 = 9 then what is 10x - 5?

A. 35 B. 45 C. 55 D. 75 E. 95

A googol is the number that is written as 1 followed by 100 zeros. If g represents a googol, how many digits are there in g2.
A. 102 B. 103 C. 199 D. 201 E. 202

When a gymnast competes at the Olympics, each of six judges awards a score between 0 and 10. The highest and lowest scores are discarded, and the gymnasts final mark is the average (arithmetic mean) of the remaining scores. What would be a gymnasts mark if the judges scores were 9.6, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7, 9.2, and 9.6?
A. 9.5 B. 9.525 C. 9.55 D. 9.575 E. 9.6

Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of

A. 30% B. 32% C. 34% D. 35% E. 36%

It takes Eric 20 minutes to inspect a car. Jane only needs 18 minutes to inspect a car. If they both start inspecting cars at 8:00 a.m., what is the first time they will finish inspecting a car at the same time?
A. 9:30 A.M. B. 9:42 A.M. C. 10:00 A.M. D. 11:00 A.M . E. 2:00 P.M.

For all numbers s and t, the operation * is defined by S * T = (S - 1)(T + 1), if (-2)* x = -12 then x =
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6 E. 11

How many two-element subsets of {1, 2, 3, 4} are there that do not contain the pair of elements with 2 and 4?
A. One B. Two C. Four D. Five E. Six

If x = -3 then what is the value of -3x2?

A. -27 B. -18 C. 18 D. 27 E. 81

If positive integers x and y are not both odd, which of the following must be even?
A. Xy B. X + Y C. X - Y D. X + Y -1 E. 2(X + Y) - 1

If a printer can print 2 pages of text per second, then at this rate, approximately how minutes will it take to print 5,000 pages of text?
A. 4 B. 25 C. 42 D. 250 E. 417

If the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is 60 and the average (arithmetic mean) of y and z is 80, what is the value of z - x?
A. 70 B. 40 C. 20 D. 10 E. It Cannot Be Determined From The Information Given.

As a salesperson, Phyllis can choose one of two methods of annual payment; either an annual salary of $35,000 with no commission or a annual salary of $10,000 plus a 20 percent commission on her total annual sales. What must her total annual sales be to give her the same annual pay with either method?
A. $100,000 B. $120,000 C. $125,000 D. $130,000 E. $132,000

If paper costs 1 a sheet, and a buyer gets a 2% discount on all the paper she buys after the first 1,000 sheets, how much will it cost to buy 5,000 sheets of paper?
A. $49.20 B. $50.00 C. $3.920 D. $4.920 E. $5,000

Tanveers salary is 150% of Javeds salary. Javeds salary is 80% of Serveres salary. What is the ratio of Servers salary to Tanveers salary?
A. 1 To 2 B. 2 To 3 C. 5 To 6 D. 6 To 5 E. 5 To 4

If a box if notepaper costs $4.20 after a 40% discount, what was its original price?
A. $2.52 B. $4.60 C. $5.33 D. $7.00 E. $10.50

A pound of water is evaporated from 6 pounds of seawater containing 4% salt. The percentage of salt in the remaining solution is
A. 3.6% B. 4% C. 4.8% D. 5.2% E. 6%

The product of 753 and 757 is

A. 75 5 B. 75 10 C. 150 10 D. 5625 10 E. 75 21

Jamal bought two dozen apples for 3 dollars. At this rate, how much will 18 apples cost?

A.

$1.20 B. $2.25 C. $2.50 D. $2.75 E. $4.50

Quantitative Comparison
Choose , A = Column A greater value B = Column B greater Value C = Both are equal D = undetermined or cannot calculate.

Question: Column A List A 10 20 30 40 50 The average of the numbers in List A Column B List B 20 25 30 35 40 The average of the numbers in List B

Correct Answer Explanation:

Although the averages can be computed directly, it is simpler to examine the number carefully. In List A, note that the average of the first and last number is (10+20) / 2=30. Since the middle number is 30, the average of all the numbers is 30. A similar calculation holds for List B. The average of the second and fourth number is also 30, (40+20)/2=30 Since the middle number is 30, the average of all the numbers is 30. A similar calculation holds for List B.

Question:

Column A Column B of the 50 students in a social studies class, exactly 60% are passing. The number who are failing 40 Correct Answer Explanation: Answer is B. If 60% are passing, then 50 0.6 = 30 are passing. By subtracting 30 from 50, we find that 20 are failing. B

Question: Column A 0 Given Answer: Explanation: Answer is C. Observe that the number 0 is an integer, and it is also an even integer because it is divisible by 2. Also, observe that 0 is the largest even integer smaller than2. Thus, the quantities in both columns are equal. E Column B The largest even integer Smaller than 2 Correct Answer C

Question: Column A The sum of all angles of a polygon whose sides are all equal Given Answer: Explanation: Answer is D. Observe that in order to attempt to compare the two statement there is a need to analyze each. The statement in Column B indicates that a representation of the sum of the angles of a square must be made. Since each of the four angles of a square is a right angle, then one can write the sum of the angles as follows: 4(900) = 3600 on the other hand, the statement in Column B indicates that a representation of the sum of all the angles of a polygon whose sides are equal must be made. The sum of all of the angles of any polygon with equal sides will vary. Thus, it is not possible to compare the results from the two columns. E Correct Answer Column B The sum of all angles of a square D

Question: Column A The product of the roots of the Equation x2 + 3x + 2 = 0 Given Answer: E Correct Answer Column B -1 A

Explanation: Answer is A. in Column A find the roots of the given quadratic equation. An easy method of solution is by factoring. Since the left side of the equation x2 + 3x + 2 may be factored as (x + 2) (x + 1). then the equation may be written as (x + 2)(x + 1) = 0 using the zero factor property (that is, for real numbers a and b, if ab = 0 then a = 0 or b = 0), one can write the last equation as two linear equations and solve each to obtain the roots of the original equation. Thus,

x+2=0 x+1=0 x + 2 + (-2) x + 1 + (-1) = 0 + (-1) x + 0 = -2 x + 0 = -1 x = -2 x = -1

so, the roots of the equation are -2, -1. The product is (-2)(-1) = 2 which is larger than the quantity in Column B. An easier approach is to recognize that the product of roots of a quadratic equation in standard form ax2 + bx + c = 0 is given by c/a.