1 1

1. If = , then k =
4k - 1 15

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 10
(E) 16

2. If 4 3t = 64 , then t =

(A) 1
4
(B)
3
(C) 4
16
(D)
3
(E) 16

3. If x = 3 , then ( x - 8)( x + 3) =

(A) 30
(B) 5
(C) -3
(D) -5
(E) -30

1
4. Chet traveled to Bayport. He took a bus of
5
the way, then walked 2 miles, and then took a
2
train of the way, arriving in Bayport. How
3
many miles did he travel ?

(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 24
(E) 30
5. The distance between the points ( - 7 , 1) and
( - 15 , 1) is

(A) 22
(B) 8
(C) 34
(D) 22
(E) 176

3
6. If x - 7 = - 0.8, then x =

(A) 6.072
(B) 6.488
(C) 6.800
(D) 7.640
(E) 7.894

7. If ∣1 - x∣ = 2x - 11, then which of the

following could be the value of x ?

(A) -4
(B) -1
(C) 0
(D) 5
(E) 10

8. The volume of container a is one-third that of

container b, and the volume of container b is
two-thirds that of container c . If volume of a
is 180 cubic meters, what is the volume of c
in cubic meters ?

(A) 60
(B) 135
(C) 270
(D) 405
(E) 810
9. If Figure 1, what is the value of m + n ?

(A) 65
(B) 100
(C) 165
(D) 195
(E) 330

Figure 1

10. If a - b = 12 , and a + b = 10 , then

ab =

(A) -11
(B) -5
(C) 2
(D) 11
(E) 120

11. In Figure 2, if AB = BD = DC , B
then x = 60 〫
(A) 15
(B) 60 x 〫
(C) 129 A D C
(D) 150 Figure 2
(E) 165

12. If an operation Φ is defined for all real

numbers x and y by the equation
x Φ y = xy - x, then 3 Φ ( - 3) =

(A) -12
(B) -9
(C) 0
(D) 9
(E) 12
13. Of all rectangles with a given area, the square
has minimum perimeter. What is the minimum perimeter
of a rectangle with area 100 ?

(A) 10
(B) 25
(C) 40
(D) 50
(E) 100

14. what is the slope of the line given by the equation

3
y- 7= ( x + 6) ?
4

4
(A) -
3
7
(B) -
6
3
(C)
4
6
(D)
7
37
(E)
4

15. If f ( x) = 2 - x and g( x) = x2 + 3 ,
then g( f ( 4) ) =

(A) -14
(B) -7
(C) 7
(D) 17
(E) 19
16. Each of the 80 employees of a company took a
vacation during the months of May through October.
The number of employees who took a vacation each
month is pictured in the chart above. Approximately
what percent of the employees took a vacation in
the months of August through October ?

(A) 10 %
(B) 30 %
(C) 32 %
(D) 35 %
(E) 40 %

17. If 5 < s < 11 and - 2 < t < 7 , which of the

following describes all possible values of st ?

(A) - 22 < st < 35

(B) - 22 < st < 77
(C) - 10 < st < 0
(D) - 10 < st < 77
(E) 0 < st < 35
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18. If 2 x ⋅2 4x⋅2 4 = 512 and x > 0 , then x =

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

19. Which of the lines in Figure 3 is the graph

of x + y = 3 ?

(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
(E) e
Figure 3

20. If a and b are positive integers and r = 8a + 12b,

then r must be divisible by which of the following ?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 12
(D) 20
(E) 24

21. Most radio stations in the United States are identified

by "call letters" -a sequence of four letters of the
alphabet in a specific order. If each set of call letters
must begin with either K or W , how many different
sets of call letters are possible ?

(A) 80
(B) 104
(C) 2,704
(D) 35,152
(E) 456,976
22. In Figure 4, a quadrilateral has three of its sides
with lengths 6, 7, and 10. If the length n of the
four side is also an integer, what is the greatest
possible value of n ?

(A) 10
(B) 16
(C) 17
(D) 22 Note: Figure not drawn to scale
(E) 23
Figure 4

23. Which of the following lines is perpendicular to

the line 4x + 5y = 17 ?

(A) 4x + 5y = 10
(B) 4x - 5y = 17
(C) 8x + 10y = 34
(D) 8x - 10y = 3
(E) 10x - 8y = 17

24. In Figure 5, ray OA forms an angle with the positive

x-axis. If tan a 〫 = 1 , how far counterclockwise would
ray OA have to be rotated about point O so that
tan a 〫= 3 ?
y
(A) 15 〫 A
(B) 30〫
(C) 45〫
(D) 60〫 a 〫
(E) 70〫 O x
Figure 5
25. At a meeting, everyone shakes hands with every
other person exactly once. If there are ten people
at the meeting, how many handshakes occur ?

(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 45
(E) 50

26. If△PQR us equilateral and PQ = 6 ,

what is the area of △PQR ?

(A) 9 2
(B) 9 3
(C) 18
(D) 18 2
(E) 36

27. LIsa's average(arithmetic mean) grade on

three of math tests is 87. What grade would
she have to receive on a fourth test in order
to make the average of all four test grades
equal to 90 ?

(A) 87
(B) 90
(C) 93
(D) 96
(E) 99
28. In Figure 6, segments AD and BE intersect
s
at point C . What is the value of
t ?

3
(A)
4
6
(B)
7
7
(C) Figure 6
8
8
(D)
7
7
(E)
6

29. If 0 〫≤ θ ≤90〫, then

sin θ - 5 + cos 2θ = ?
2

(A) -16
(B) -4
(C) 6
(D) 16
(E) 26

30. In Figure 7, if the circle has a length of r ,

what is the value of the ratio
area of the circumscribed
?
area of the inscribed square

4 2
(A)
1
4
(B) Figure 7
1
2 2
(C)
2
2
(D)
1
2
(E)
1
31. The height of a ball thrown into the air
is a function of the time that the ball has
been in flight. If h represents the height,
in meters, of the ball, and t represents the
time, in seconds, that the ball has been in
flight, then h ( t) = 28t - 4.9t 2 . Of the following,
which is the closest approximation to the to the
height, in meters, of the ball after it has been
in flight for 2 seconds ?

(A) 33.6
(B) 36.4
(C) 40.0
(D) 46.2
(E) 204.4

32. In circle O , chord AC has a length of 6,

and is a distance of 4 from point O . what
is the length of radius OB ?

(A) 5
(B) 5.657
(C) 6
(D) 6.928
(E) 7.211 Figure 8

33. What value of x satisfies

-2
1 - x=
x+ 1 ?

(A) -2
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 3
34. The function f is defined as f ( x) = ( 1 - x) 2
for - 3 ≤ x ≤ 3. What is the range of f ?

(a) 0 ≤ f ( x) ≤ 1
(b) 0 ≤ f ( x) ≤ 9
(c) 0 ≤ f ( x) ≤ 16
(d) 1 ≤ f ( x) ≤ 9
(e) 1 ≤ f ( x) ≤ 16

35. If i 2 = - 1 and x = 6 + 3i , then x2 =

(a) 27 + 9i
(b) 36 + 9i
(c) 45 + 9i
(d) 27 + 36i
(e) 45 + 36i

36. In △RST in Figure 9 is reflected across the

line y = x, what will be the coordinates of the
reflection of point R ?

(a) ( 5 , 1)
(b) ( - 5 , - 1)
(c) ( 1 , 5)
(d) ( 1 , - 5)
(e) ( - 1 , - 5)

Figure 9
37. A delivery person delivers three different
sandwiches to three different people without
paying attention to who ordered which sandwich.
What is the probability that at least one person
will get the wrong sandwich ?

1
(a)
6
1
(b)
3
1
(c)
2
2
(d)
3
5
(e)
6

38. Which of the following points is not on

the circle defined by x2 + y 2 = 25

(a) ( 2 3 , 13)
(b) ( 5 , 5)
(c) ( - 10 , 15)
(d) ( 0 , - 5)
(e) ( - 3 , 4)

39. If f ( x) = 2x3 + 4x2 - 70x, g( x) = 2x2 + 14x,

f ( x)
x ≠ 0, and x = - 7, then =
g( x)

(a) x - 5
1
(b)
x- 5
2x
(c)
x- 5
(d) 2x2 - 10x
(e) 2x3 + 2x2 - 84x
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40. In Figure 10, if r = s and s = 3t, what is
3
the volume of the rectangular solid in terms of r ?

r3
(a)
2
r3
(b)
3
3r 3
(c)
4
4r 3
(d) Figure 10
3
3r 3
(e)
2

41. At the end of 1998, a certain house was worth

$135,000. If the value of the house increases
at a rate of 4 percent each year, approximately
how much will the house be worth at the end of
2018 ?

(a) $140,400
(b) $167,400
(c) $243,000
(d) $280,000
(e) $295,800

42. The points E ( 3 , 0), F ( 0 , 8), G ( 7 , 10) and

H( 7 , 0) are connected in that order to form
a quadrilateral with sides EF , FG , GH, and
HE . What is the area of quadrilateral EFGH ?

(a) 15.82
(b) 29.82
(c) 40
(d) 51
(e) 70
43. If m is the mean of the numbers a , b, and c ,
which of the following must be true ?

I a + b + c = 3m
II. a = ( m - b) + ( m - c ) + m
a + b+ c+ 1
III. m + 1 =
3

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I, II and III only

44. If f ( x) = x2 + 0.25 and if f - 1 is the

inverse function of f , what is f - 1 (1) ?

(A) 0.500
(B) 0.563
(C) 0.707
(D) 0.750
(E) 0.866

45. Rectangle WXYZ is inscribed in the circle

shown in Figure 11. If the length of side WX
is 6 and the length of side XY is 8, what is X Y
the area of the shaded region ?

(A) 30.54 W Z
(B) 65.10
(C) 102.80
(D) 153.06 Figure 11
(E) 266.16
46. In the right circular cylinder cone shown in
Figure 12, segment AB is a diameter of
the base with length 8. If the height of the
cone is 9, what is the perimeter of △APB ? P

(A) 23.70
(B) 26
(C) 27.70
(D) 32.80 A B
(E) 36
Figure 12

47. Which of the following has a solution, if k

must be a positive integer ?

1 3 4 5
(A) = + +
k k k k
3 3 4 5
(B) = + +
k k k k
3 4 5
(C) 3k = + +
k k k
3 4 5
(D) k = + +
k k k
3 4 5
(E) k2 = + +
k k k

48. A sequence S is of the form mn + p, where

n is the number of the term in S , and m and
p are constants. If the first four terms of S
are 5, 14, and 32, what is the value of the
twentieth term of S ?

(A) 127
(B) 143
(C) 168
(D) 176
(E) 195
49. If 0〫 < x < 90〫, then tan x
sin x⋅ cos x
=

(A) sin 2x
(B) cos 2x
1
(C)
sin 2x
1
(D)
cos 2x
1
(E)
tan x

50. If p + q = pr , where p, q and r are

positive integers, which of the following must
be true ?

I. q is a multiple of p
II. r is a multiple of p
III. r is a multiple of q

(A) None
(B) I only
(C) II only
(D) I and II only
(E) I and III only