Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Consider the following sequence of figures.
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If the pattern is continued, how many squares will be needed to make the fifth
figure?
A | 13 squares | C | 16 squares | B | 10 squares | D | 7 squares |
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2
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If the function table is extended, what will the value of y be when  .
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3
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If the volleyball team washes 11 more cars, then they will have met their
overall goal of washing 70 cars to raise money for their season. Let c represent the
number of cars that the volleyball team has washed so far. Which of the following equations can be
used to solve for c?
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4
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Monica wants to draw a line graph showing the daily zoo admissions over the past
several weeks. Which of the following labels would be most appropriate for the vertical axis of the
graph?
A | Time (months) | C | Number of People | B | Time (weeks) | D | Zoo Attendance
Figures |
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5
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Linda is creating a circle graph to help her budget her monthly expenses. She
figures that out of every $100 in monthly expenses, she spends $23 on utilities. Which of the
following labels is most appropriate for this section of the circle graph?
A | Monthly Expenses | C | Utilities, 23% | B | Linda’s Budget, 23% | D | Utilities, 11.5% |
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George’s suitcase contains 3 pairs of pants, 3 shirts, and
2 pairs of shoes. How many different outfits can he wear? 
A | 8 outfits | C | 18 outfits | B | 9 outfits | D | 16 outfits |
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Typically, 60% of the customers who purchase a lift ticket at a local ski resort
also rent skis. Does the number of ski rentals shown in the table agree with this statement for the
given number of lift tickets sold? If not, state how many more or fewer ski rentals there should have
been for a typical day.  Northwest Slopes | Lift Tickets
Sold | Ski Rentals | 320 | 205 | | |
A | Yes, 60% of the customers who bought a lift ticket also rented
skis. | B | No, 13 more customers rented skis than would have on a typical
day. | C | No, 18 fewer customers rented skis than would have on a typical
day. | D | No, 10 more customers rented skis than would have on a typical
day. |
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8
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Amber is one of 4 employees in an accounting department. If each employee
is equally likely to be chosen to perform an offsite audit, what is the probability that Amber will
NOT be chosen?
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9
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The table shows the number of incorrect answers given by nine students on a
standardized test. Which of the following measures would make the number of missed questions appear
as small as possible? Student
ID | Missed Questions | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 17 | | |
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The Reliant Storage Company uses the following bar graph in their brochures to
compare the volume of their sheds to the volume of a competitor’s shed.
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10
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Which of the following statements describes what is most misleading about the
bar graph?
A | The vertical axis showing the volume of the sheds does not begin at
0. | B | The labels on the horizontal axis are not accurate. | C | The graph does not
mention the kinds of materials used to build each shed. | D | The scale of the
horizontal axis is not shown. |
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The members of the Mappets Geography Club decided that each of them should write
a report about what they have learned from being in the club. One of the more mathematically inclined
members decided to count how many words were in each report. One of the reports she counted had 58
words. She created the following stem-and-leaf plot. Report Analysis | Stem | Leaf | 2 | 4 5 5 | 3 | 1 1 1 1 1 | 4 | 4 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 | 5 | 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 | 6 | 1 2 4 4 4 5 5 | 7 | 1 2 | 8 | 2 6 | | | ? | | |
Which of the
following is a possible key to this data that should be written in the bottom row of the plot?
A | sentences | C | words | B | sentences | D |
words |
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The daily highs for the last 5 days are given in the line graph below. Find the
mean temperature for this period. Give your answer in degrees. Daily Highs |  |  | |
A | 69.6°F | C | 71°F | B | 69.1°F | D | 64.6°F |
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Marta is watching the progress of two different stocks over a period of 5
months. Based on the data below, which of the following might you predict will happen? Stock Progress | |  |  | | |
A | In the future¸ the first stock will rise and the second stock will
fall. | B | The value of the first stock will continue to rise. | C | The value of the
second stock will continue to fall. | D | There is no visible
pattern. |
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Triangle XYZ has been reflected across the line shown to create Triangle
LMN. If  ,  , and  , what is the length of
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A | 9.2 units | C | 8.9 units | B | 6.9 units | D | 3.6 units |
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15
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The line in the figure below intersects a parallelogram to form an angle of
65°. What is the measure, in degrees, of  ? 
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16
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How many units has the triangle been translated up to create the dashed
triangle? 
A | 2 units | C | 6 units | B | 3 units | D | 5 units |
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Opposing faces of a die always add up to 7. This means if three is showing on
the top face of the die, then four is displayed on the bottom face of the die. Tansy is playing
Hidden Totals. She rolls the five dice and she gets: Face down on the plane that is the table, what is the sum
of the dice?
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Norman cut off the bottom right corner of a piece of paper.  Norman
then flips the paper over horizontally (left to right). Which of the four positions below is his
paper in now? Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 |  |  |  |  | | | | |
A | Position 1 | C | Position 3 | B | Position 4 | D | Position 2 |
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Linette makes a 2-dimensional representation of a spool of thread. The height of
the spool is 15 inches. The middle part of the spool where the thread is wound is square with side
being 8 inches. The top and the bottom of the spool are congruent regular trapezoids. What is the
height of the top of the spool? 
A | 3.5 inches | C | 0.5 inches | B | 7 inches | D | 2.5 inches |
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A home remodeling contractor needs to cut a piece of baseboard to be
102 inches long. How many feet long is the baseboard?
A | 10 feet | C | 6.8 feet | B | 8.5 feet | D | 1,224 feet |
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If an employee correctly answers 30 out of 40 questions on a safety
certification test, between which two percents does the employee’s score lie?
A | between 60% and 70% | C | between 70% and 80% | B | between 50% and 60% | D | between 80% and
90% |
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The lab study in Mrs. Piedro's chemistry class this morning requires
80 milliliters of a 25% hydrochloric acid solution. What portion of the solution is comprised of
hydrochloric acid? Express your answer as a decimal. 
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What is the value of the following expression? 
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Jerry is opening a savings account that pays simple interest at a rate of 5%
annually. How much interest will he earn after 6 years if the principal deposit is $1,100?
Recall that the simple interest formula is I = prt, where I is the
amount of interest, p is the principal, r is the interest rate, and t is the
length of time in years.
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The box holding the instruments for science class is square. The box measures 18
inches by 18 inches and is 3 inches deep. This means that the volume of the box is “18 times 18
times 3” cubic inches. Which of the following formulas is an equivalent expression for
“18 times 18 times 3”? 
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Belinda is going shopping. She starts out with $43 and buys three items. She
buys a book for $6, a shirt for $17 and a sandwich for $2. She calculates the money she now has using
the formula:  Which of the following expressions is also
correct?
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Find the value of the expression:  .
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Wei-Ling, James, Megan, and Sabrina went to the store together. Each had $20.00
to spend. Wei-Ling spent $11.50, James spent $5.50, Megan spent $6.00, and Sabrina spent $14.50. Who
spent the least money at the store?
A | Wei-Ling | C | James | B | Sabrina | D | Megan |
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The following table depicts the historical extreme temperatures for several
states according to information from the U.S. National Climate Data Center. Historical Extreme
Temperatures | State | January Minimum
Temperature | January Maximum
Temperature | July Minimum
Temperature | July Maximum
Temperature | | Michigan | –48 | 72 | 20 | 112 | | Oregon | –52 | 82 | 14 | 119 | | Idaho | –60 | 70 | 15 | 118 | | New Mexico | –47 | 89 | 19 | 116 | | Source: NCDC Temperature Extremes and
Drought | | | | | |
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According to the Historical Extreme Temperatures table, what is the coolest
recorded July minimum temperature?
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Liana and her mom went to a dog show. Liana told her mom that  of the dogs
were spotted, because she counted 6 spotted dogs out of 12 dogs. What percent of the
dogs were spotted? 
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