Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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If the pattern of coins below is repeated, what kind of coin will be in
Figure 12?  A | penny | C | quarter | B | nickel | D | dime |
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The cost of catering a party is $130 to pay for the chef plus $14 per person
served. An expression to represent the total cost of the catering, with p = number of people
served, is ____.
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3
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Carlos used the equation  to generate the following function
table. Which of the following
graphs accurately displays these values and also shows two other function values?
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4
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Pedro and 7 of his classmates are running for class president. If each
student is equally likely to be elected, what is the probability that Pedro will be elected class
president?
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The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the distribution of the number of minutes
that it takes a group of workers at a factory to get to work each day (3 | 2 = 32 minutes) as
reported in a survey. Minutes to Travel to
Work | Stem | Leaf | 1 | 2,
7 | 2 | 2, 5, 9 | 3 | 2, 3, 6, 9 | 4 | 4, 9 | 5 | 2, 3 | | | 3 | 2 = 32
minutes | | |
Which of the following statements about this data is NOT true? A | There are 12 workers involved in this survey.. | B | There are 5 workers
who take less than 30 minutes to get to work. | C | The median number of minutes is
33. | D | The highest number in this data is 53. |
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A small store that specializes in work boots sells 3 different models of boots.
The prices of these 3 models are as follows: $10, $80, and $90. An advertisement for this store
correctly states that the average cost of the boots sold there is $60.00.  Which
of the following best explains why this average cost is misleading? A | There is only one store listed in the advertisement. | B | There are only 3
types of boots. | C | The $10 boot brings the average down to an unrealistic value. | D | The average needs to
be a whole number. |
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The graph below represents the yearly number of car accidents at the same
intersection during each of the days of the week. Number of Car
Accidents per Day During a Year | | |
Which of the following would be the best
observation about this graph? A | There are many accidents on Mondays. | B | Weekends have much fewer accidents compared to
the weekdays. | C | The number of accidents each day is unpredictable. | D | There are about the
same number of accidents each day. |
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The line graph shows the cost of a share of stock in a manufacturing company at
different times during the afternoon. During which hour did the cost of the stock increase the
most? A | between 2:00 and 3:00 | C | between 1:00 and 2:00 | B | between 3:00 and
4:00 | D | between 12:00 and
1:00 |
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Mrs. Stern recorded the number of absent students at Brighton Middle School last
week. What was the mean number of absent students per day? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if
necessary. Absent
Students | Day | Number of
Students | | Monday | 12 | | Tuesday | 12 | | Wednesday | 5 | | Thursday | 8 | | Friday | 12 | | |
A | 11.1 students per day | C | 9.8 students per day | B | 12 students per day | D | 9.2 students per
day |
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Sally noticed that out of 15 students entering the building at Willowville
Elementary School this morning, 9 of them were carrying a lunch box. If these students are
representative of the entire school, how many of the Willowville’s 130 students would you
expect to have brought a lunch box?
A | 81 students | C | 52 students | B | 78 students | D | 49 students |
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The horizontal bar graph shows the results of a survey conducted by a research
company to determine support for a local issue. The research company interviewed a random sample of
212 voters and asked whether each voter supports or opposes the issue.
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Which of the following statements is most misleading about the bar graph?
A | The labels on the vertical axis are not accurate. | B | The word Support in
the title of the graph is misleading. | C | The horizontal axis showing the number of voters
does not begin at 0. | D | The survey only displays the results for two
different view points. |
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12
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Which of the following shapes has only one line of symmetry?
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Which coordinates could NOT represent the point F in the grid
below? 
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Triangle ABC is congruent to Triangle DEF. What is the length of
 ?  A | 5.9 centimeters | C | 2.7 centimeters | B | 5.4 centimeters | D | 5.3 centimeters |
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The playground at Harrison Middle School has the dimensions shown in the figure.
If each unit on the coordinate grid represents 3 yards, what is the actual perimeter of the
rectangular playground?  A | 72 yards | C | 20 yards | B | 216 yards | D | 60 yards |
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Which of the following is Point R (5, 2) plotted on a rectangular
coordinate system?
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As part of a social studies project on Benjamin Franklin, Evan made a poster of
a $100 bill. The dimensions of the poster are shown in the figure.  What is the area of
the poster? A | 521 square inches | C | 220 square inches | B | 62 square inches | D | 31 square inches |
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Use the figure below to answer the following question. Which of the listed
angles is an obtuse angle? 
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The perimeter of the isosceles triangle shown below is 19 units. If the
dimensions of the triangle are scaled by a factor of 3, what will the new perimeter of the triangle
be?  A | 19 units | C | 57 units | B | 171 units | D | 6.3 units |
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20
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Which of these is the largest number?
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Which of the following number lines shows the numbers in correct order?
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Students making pastries in their cooking class determined that the number of
cups of flour needed in their recipe was the amount given below, shown as an improper
fraction.  What is the mixed fraction equivalent of this
improper fraction?
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Carlos bought a hat that was originally priced at $23.75. The hat was advertised
to be on sale for 30% off the regular price. What was the sale price that Carlos paid for the
hat?
A | $23.04 | C | $19.00 | B | $30.88 | D | $16.62 |
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The table below shows the populations of four nearby towns. Which number
represents the largest population?
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List the decimals in order from greatest to least. A | 0.8, 0.86, 0.862, 0.8625 | C | 0.8625, 0.862, 0.86,
0.8 | B | 0.8, 0.8625, 0.862, 0.86 | D | 0.8625, 0.86, 0.862, 0.8 |
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A coastal sand dune is being eroded by the ocean’s waves at a rate of
about  inches per year. Which of the following operations can be used to find the total
amount of dune that will disappear during the next 4 years? A | divide  by 4 | C | add 4 to  | B | multiply 
by 4 | D | subtract 4 from  |
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A savings account pays a simple annual interest rate of 4% on deposits of $300
or more. How much will an account be worth after 5 years if the principal deposit is $900?
Assume that no other deposits or withdrawals are made on the account. Use the simple interest formula
I = prt, where p is the principle, r is the rate, and t
is the time in years.
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Mrs. Sheng’s math class is trying to estimate the total number of people
who will fit in the bleachers at their school’s soccer field. The field has bleachers on either
side as shown in the figure. The class estimates that about 40 people will fit in the shaded
region of the bleachers. Based on this approximation, estimate the maximum number of people that the
bleachers can hold.  A | about 400 people | C | about 200 people | B | about 800 people | D | about 120 people |
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Use the correct order of operations to find the value of each
expression.
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