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Directions
The ISEE measures skills and abilities commonly used by students in school. Your test booklet contains
four sections: Verbal Reasoning; Quantitative Reasoning; Reading Comprehension; and Mathematics
Achievement. There are several different forms for each test, so the questions in your test booklet will
probably be different from the questions that others in this room are answering. Because these tests are
given to students in more than one grade, don’t be surprised if you notice that some of the questions are
very easy for you, or that others are very difficult.
Read the directions and samples printed at the beginning of each test carefully. Work as quickly as you
can without becoming careless. Do not spend too much time on any question that is difficult for you to
answer since all questions are scored equally. Instead, skip it and answer all of the questions that you
can. Then, if you have time, return to any questions you may have skipped.
Do your best as you answer each question. If you can eliminate one or more answer choices, then make
a best guess. On this test, unanswered questions will be counted the same as wrong answers.
Be sure to record all your answers on the answer sheet. Mark only one answer for each question, and
make every mark heavy and dark, as in these examples.
Sample Answers
If you decide to change one of your answers, be sure to erase the first mark completely. Don’t worry if
you find that there are more answer spaces on the answer sheet than there are questions in this booklet.
As you work, make sure that the number of the question that you are answering matches the number on
the answer sheet section that you are marking.
Please do not open the booklet until you are told to do so.
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Section 1
Verbal Reasoning
40 Questions
Time: 20 minutes
This section is divided into two parts that contain two different types of questions. As soon as you have
completed Part One, answer the questions in Part Two. You may write in your test booklet. For each
answer you select, fill in the corresponding circle on your answer document.
Part One — Synonyms
Each question in Part One consists of a word in capital letters followed by four answer choices. Select
the one word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
SAMPLE QUESTION:
Sample Answer
DISPERSE:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
conceal
excuse
scatter
translate
Part Two — Sentence Completion
Each question in Part Two is made up of a sentence with one or two blanks. One blank indicates that one
word is missing. Two blanks indicate that two words are missing. Each sentence is followed by four
answer choices. Select the one word or pair of words that best completes the meaning of the sentence as
a whole.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
Sample Answers
Never -------, the dishes Martha prepared were
always highly seasoned.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
bland
durable
plentiful
spicy
When the young politician took office, she was -------,
but she felt ------- by the time her first term ended.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
disappointed . . . confused
energetic . . . excited
indifferent . . . idealistic
inexperienced . . . knowledgeable
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Part One — Synonyms
Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
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1. DISTRAUGHT:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
6. WHIMSICAL:
affable
agitated
gullible
timely
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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2. DIFFUSE:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
7. INSURRECTION:
bizarre
dispersed
secluded
tolerant
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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8. FACTION:
immortalize
inflate
liberate
provoke
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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9. FELICITY:
ascribe
jeopardize
parry
unify
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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contentment
duplicity
propriety
servitude
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5. FALLACY:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
affiliate
bulwark
section
variable
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4. IMPERIL:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
caricature
facsimile
mutiny
voucher
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3. EMANCIPATE:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
antiquated
humorous
poignant
tedious
10. ENTREAT:
falsehood
farce
momentum
motif
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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ascribe
implore
reclaim
surmise
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11. SIMULATE:
16. REBUFF:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
feign
integrate
oversimplify
rouse
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cater
erode
peruse
spurn
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12. TAWDRY:
17. INCLINATION:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
humid
tenacious
tepid
vulgar
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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13. CHAGRIN:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
policy
potential
propensity
proximity
18. ABRIDGE:
courtesy
distress
geniality
temperance
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
alienate
incorporate
terminate
truncate
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14. SQUALID:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
19. PARSIMONIOUS:
adept
fetid
lenient
placid
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
artificial
disorganized
frugal
voracious
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15. HERESY:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
claimant
heirloom
heritage
sacrilege
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Part Two — Sentence Completion
Directions: Select the word or word pair that best completes the sentence.
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20. Unlike his busy home at Monticello,
Thomas Jefferson designed his house
Poplar Forest to be a ------- retreat where
he could escape the crowds and relax.
24. Unlike the tent, which had several leaks
and rips, the cabin remained ------- even
after years of neglect.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
banal
modular
secluded
transitory
attentive
habitable
notorious
unanimous
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25. Volunteering in a relevant field can ------the confidence of a student who feels
unprepared to find a job after graduation.
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21. Rather than the tedious experience Dana
was dreading, the children’s piano recital
turned out to be quite -------.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
despicable
formal
memorable
obscure
bolster
emit
malign
squander
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26. Usually -------, the actor became
surprisingly flustered when the reporter
began asking personal questions.
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22. Instead of diminishing Victor’s role in the
successful project, his manager actually
------- the valuable contributions he made
and gave him full credit.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
accentuated
commuted
depreciated
severed
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27. Always -------, the journalist actively
questioned the relevant viewpoints on both
sides of the issue.
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23. Careful planning, including checking
relevant weather reports and packing
emergency supplies, can ------- the need
for most mountaintop rescues of stranded
hikers.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
decrepit
immaculate
nonchalant
vigilant
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
embrace
obviate
pique
validate
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enigmatic
ignoble
impartial
partisan
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28. Worries about an upcoming sports
competition or music performance can
------- a student who should be paying
attention in class.
32. When proposing a controversial new
theory, scientists will ------- the results of
earlier scientific studies in order to support
their -------.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
delude
preoccupy
sedate
typify
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cite . . . hypothesis
evoke . . . mentor
indict . . . dynasty
verify . . . incision
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33. The new mother was so ------- about the
birth of her first child, she would ------her daughter’s achievements at the drop of
a hat.
29. The beautiful and dramatic effects of a
total solar eclipse, including the sudden
disappearance of the sun and darkening of
the sky in the middle of the day, can ------even a seasoned scientist.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
affront
disillusion
stupefy
vindicate
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34. Because the awards ceremony was
attended by so many ------- of the theater
world, the nominees were ------- to be
there even if they failed to win an award.
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30.
Always -------, Mickey was a natural
candidate to join the academy’s boxing
team.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
abject . . . stipulate
amiable . . . harass
elated . . . extol
morose . . . evoke
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
competent
morbid
objective
pugnacious
alumni . . . demoralized
dignitaries . . . exhilarated
hypocrites . . . enamored
novices . . . stimulated
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31. An experienced cyclist will ------- the
route of his important races before starting
out in order to anticipate any -------.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
35. Because the Jackson House Inn on
Martha’s Vineyard maintains ------accommodations, guests routinely
contribute ------- comments on the inn’s
Web site.
articulate . . . consensus
connive . . . junctures
peruse . . . successor
visualize . . . obstacles
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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arbitrary . . . amiable
immaculate . . . laudatory
reprehensible . . . cordial
utilitarian . . . inconsiderate
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36. The pilot was reprimanded because of his
------- behavior during the complicated
midair refueling procedure, which ------not only himself, but his entire crew.
39. Because the musician was widely known
as a -------, her fellow violinists were
------- to her suggestions for improving
their performance.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
atrocious . . . reconciled
erratic . . . imperiled
resilient . . . repudiated
vigilant . . . discredited
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
connoisseur . . . acrimonious
hypocrite . . . assiduous
interloper . . . affable
virtuoso . . . amenable
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37. Because Helena was Adam’s ------- in his
profession, she provided him with advice
that was ------- to his advancement in his
career.
40. When disagreements at work lead to
-------, co-workers can become ------during even the most ordinary interactions.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
benefactor . . . devastating
mentor . . . invaluable
namesake . . . redundant
scapegoat . . . mandatory
animosity . . . cantankerous
malice . . . intrepid
pessimism . . . exuberant
tenure . . . pompous
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38. In recent years, poultry producers have
been working to ------- the widespread
------- that eggs cannot be part of a healthy
diet.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
ameliorate . . . credentials
dispel . . . fallacy
disperse . . . franchise
invoke . . . reprimand
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Section 2
Quantitative Reasoning
37 Questions
Time: 35 minutes
This section is divided into two parts that contain two different types of questions. As soon as you have
completed Part One, answer the questions in Part Two. You may write in your test booklet. For each
answer you select, remember to fill in the corresponding circle on your answer document.
Any figures that accompany the questions in this section may be assumed to be drawn as accurately as
possible EXCEPT when it is stated that a particular figure is not drawn to scale. Letters such as x, y,
and n stand for real numbers.
Part One — Word Problems
Each question in Part One consists of a word problem followed by four answer choices. You may write
in your test booklet; however, you may be able to solve many of these problems in your head. Next, look
at the four answer choices given and select the best answer.
EXAMPLE 1:
Sample Answer
What is the value of the expression 2 × (3 + 4) ÷ (2 + 5)?
(A) 0
(B)
2
(C)
7
(D) 14
The correct answer is 2, so circle B is darkened.
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Part Two — Quantitative Comparisons
All questions in Part Two are quantitative comparisons between the quantities shown in Column A and
Column B. Using the information given in each question, compare the quantity in Column A to the
quantity in Column B, and choose one of these four answer choices:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
EXAMPLE 2:
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Column A
Column B
50% of 80
40% of 100
Sample Answer
The quantity in Column A (40) is the same as the quantity
in Column B (40), so circle C is darkened.
EXAMPLE 3:
x is any real number
Column A
Column B
x
–x
Since x can be any real number (including 0 or negative
numbers), there is not enough information given to
determine the relationship, so circle D is darkened.
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Part One — Word Problems
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices given.
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1. A figure is made by stacking cubes as shown.
Which could represent the front view of the figure?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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2. A basketball team makes 60% of its shots
during a game. Which could be the exact
number of shots made and shots missed?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
3. A number between 100 and 200 is
1
multiplied by a number between
and 1.
2
Which could be the value of the product?
22 made, 22 missed
24 made, 36 missed
30 made, 20 missed
33 made, 55 missed
(A) 40
(B) 55
(C) 400
(D) 555
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4. If 2p – 3q = 9, what is the value of
6p – 9q?
8. The table shows the sales data from the
refreshment stand at a basketball game.
(A) 3
(B)
9
(C) 18
(D) 27
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5. The rectangle shown has a shaded right
triangle with leg lengths half the length of
each side of the rectangle.
For which two items is the amount
collected from sales the same?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
What is the ratio of the area of the
rectangle to the area of the triangle?
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(A) 16 : 1
(B)
8:1
(C)
4:1
(D) 2 : 1
9. The formula for the volume of a cone is
1 2
pr h. The volume of Cone X is 2 times
3
the volume of Cone Y. Which statement
could be true?
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6. A rectangle has dimensions 6 cm by 2 cm.
A triangle has the same area as the
rectangle and a base of 4 cm. What is the
height of the triangle?
(A) The radius of Cone X is 2 times the
radius of Cone Y, and the height of
Cone X is the same as the height of
Cone Y.
(B) The height of Cone X is 2 times the
height of Cone Y, and the radius of
Cone X is the same as the radius of
Cone Y.
(C) The height of Cone X is 2 times the
height of Cone Y, and the radius of
1
Cone X is
the radius of Cone Y.
2
(D) Both the height and the radius of
Cone X are 2 times the radius and the
height of Cone Y, respectively.
(A) 3 cm
(B)
6 cm
(C) 12 cm
(D) 24 cm
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7. If a is a factor of n and b is a factor of m,
which statement is true?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
candy and hot dog
hot dog and popcorn
bottled water and candy
popcorn and bottled water
nm is a multiple of ab
n is a multiple of ab
nm is a factor of ab
n is a factor of ab
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Marla finds the following pattern in her
research on seashells.
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12.
Rectangle PQRS is shown. Point T is the
midpoint of side PS.
21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1
Which describes the creation of the
pattern?
(A) Use a prime number and add or
subtract 2.
(B) Each entry is the sum of a prime
number and a multiple of 5.
(C) Use two decreasing prime numbers
and then a smaller even number;
repeat.
(D) Each entry after the first two entries
is the difference between the
previous two entries.
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What is the area of rTPQ?
11. What is the area of a square that has
the same perimeter as a rectangle with
side lengths 7 cm and 5 cm?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
24 cm2
25 cm2
36 cm2
49 cm2
15
10 cm2
15 cm2
20 cm2
40 cm2
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13. A class of 25 students earned a mean score
of 85% and a median score of 83% on an
exam. Only two students scored less than
50%. If both students were allowed to
retake the exam and scored 65% and 78%
respectively, which statement would be
true?
15. The mean of 5 consecutive even numbers
is 12. What is the greatest number?
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 16
(A) The mean and median would both
increase.
(B) The mean and median would both
remain unchanged.
(C) The mean would remain unchanged,
and the median would increase.
(D) The mean would increase, and the
median would remain unchanged.
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16. The first four terms of a sequence are
shown.
1
1
1 1
,
,
,
, ...
81 27 9 3
Which sequence is created using the same
rule that is used to create the given
sequence?
14. If x2 + y2 = 40 and 2xy = 24, what is the
value of (x + y)2?
1
1
1 1
,
,
,
, ...
32 16 8 4
1 1
1
1
(B)
,
,
,
, ...
3 9 27 81
(C) 4, 8, 16, 32, ...
(D) 2, 6, 18, 54, ...
(A)
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 64
(D) 960
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17. A figure and its base plan showing the height of each tower are shown.
Which base plan can be used to build another figure with the same front view as the figure shown?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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18. A set of numbers is closed if an operation
(+, -, ´, ÷) on any two numbers of the set
results in a number that is also a member
of the set. Which set of numbers is closed
under subtraction?
19. A jar of marbles contains 8 red marbles,
4 blue marbles, 3 green marbles, 7 yellow
marbles, and 3 black marbles. What is the
smallest number of draws that will
guarantee that at least two of the marbles
drawn are the same color?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
{. . . , – 4, –2, 0, 2, 4, . . .}
{. . . , –3, –1, 0, 1, 3, . . .}
{0, 1, 2, 3, . . .}
{1, 2, 3, 4, . . .}
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17
3
5
6
8
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20. The table below gives some values of two functions, f (x) and g (x).
For example, f (-2) = 5 and g (-2) = 6.
What is the value of f ( g (0) ) ?
(A) –2
(B) 0
(C) 3
(D) 5
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21. A photographer uses a colored paper border with a uniform width of 5 centimeters around
his photographs. The figure shows the border for a photograph with length x centimeters and
height y centimeters.
Which expression represents the area, in cm2, of the paper border?
( x + 5)( y + 5)
(B) ( x + 10)( y + 10)
(C) ( x + 5)( y + 5) - xy
(D) ( x + 10)( y + 10) - xy
(A)
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Part Two — Quantitative Comparisons
Directions: Using the information given in each question, compare the quantity in Column A to the
quantity in Column B. All questions in Part Two have these answer choices:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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x
A bag contains red, yellow, and green
y = 8x, t = 2
Column A
22. The value of y
when x = 3
marbles. There are 2 times as many red
1
marbles as green marbles and
as many
2
yellow marbles as green marbles. Sue
Column B
The value of t
when x = 3
reaches in the bag and randomly removes
a marble.
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23.
Column A
Column B
6.433 ´ 108
64,430,000
Column A
26. The probability
that Sue’s marble
is red
Column B
The probability
that Sue’s marble
is yellow or green
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Column A
Column B
75% of 32,500
3
of 32,558
4
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24.
The volume of the block is 47 cm3.
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25.
Column A
Column B
0.37 ´ 10–3
0.37 ´ 10– 4
27.
19
Column A
Column B
x cm
3 cm
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Answer choices for all questions on this page:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The quantity in Column A is greater.
The quantity in Column B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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The sum of the interior angles of a polygon with n sides is 180(n – 2).
28.
Column A
Column B
The measure of an interior angle
of a regular quadrilateral
The measure of an interior angle
of a regular hexagon
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The first seven terms of a sequence are shown.
7, 14, 11, 22, 19, 38, 35, …
29.
Column A
Column B
The 57th term of the sequence
The 58th term of the sequence
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range with the 6 points added.
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Section 3
Reading Comprehension
36 Questions
Time: 35 minutes
This section contains six short reading passages. Each passage is followed by six questions based on its
content. Answer the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that
passage. You may write in your test booklet.
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The names George Gershwin, Irving Berlin,
and Cole Porter resound in early twentiethcentury American musical lore. Songs such as
Berlin’s “White Christmas,” Porter’s “It’s DeLovely,” and Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” were
all the rage in the Roaring Twenties.
Gershwin, Berlin, and Porter are three of
the memorable men who made a neighborhood
in New York City, as well as this songwriting
and production era, impossible to ignore. The
place was dubbed Tin Pan Alley. The “Alley”
was Manhattan’s West 28th Street between
Broadway and Sixth Avenue—the work
produced and published there was sold as sheet
music, with unique, stylized covers and highenergy nationwide promotional campaigns.
The name Tin Pan Alley apparently
emerged when a newspaper writer named
Monroe Rosenfeld coined it to describe the
cacophony made when scores of pianos were
pounded at once in demo rooms across the
vibrant Alley. It was as if hundreds of people
were hitting tin pans. The moniker Tin Pan
Alley lingered in the public and industry
consciousness. It denoted not just a place, but a
musical style. The name Tin Pan Alley wasn’t
limited by geography, and its brethren of
practitioners plied their tunesmith trade
wherever a piano, paper, and a potpourri of
uplifting words united. Most of these
composers were men, and many of them had
ties to New York. However, one of the
preeminent ones was neither a man nor a New
Yorker.
Carrie Jacobs-Bond was, in fact, a star who
glimmered in unmatched ways during those
days; ironically, she pursued her career as a
composer nearly one thousand miles from New
York City. During her heyday in the early part
of last century, Jacobs-Bond was based in
Chicago. Jacobs-Bond’s most famous works,
often called “home and heart songs,” were “I
Love You Truly,” which sold an astounding
five million copies, and “A Perfect Day.”
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Far from that idyll of perfection, JacobsBond’s own “heart and home” and her health
were both filled with anxiety and affliction.
The little girl with the keen ear, born in tiny
Janesville, Wisconsin, lost her father very
young; his death left the family penniless. Her
first marriage, at age eighteen, soon ended in
divorce. Jacobs-Bond also began suffering
from terrible bouts of rheumatism, and at times
the malady was so debilitating she could not
care for herself.
Jacobs-Bond’s fortunes turned in 1887
when she married Dr. Frank Bond, who, as the
composer later recounted, “took a deep and
sympathetic interest in my music and
encouraged me to put down on paper some of
the songs that were continually running through
my mind.” Yet, in another tragic turn, Dr. Bond
died just seven years later. His widow and son
moved to Chicago. There, through
perseverance and natural ability, she earned a
living and a prominent reputation as a
composer.
A friendly stroke of luck, the kind that had
been so scarce in Jacobs-Bond’s history up to
that point, opened the way to recognition. A
local performer and his agent, who happened to
be friends of her neighbor, spotted the
composer’s piano piled high with manuscripts.
Her best works were subsequently distributed,
and the exposure ignited Jacobs-Bond’s thenfledgling career. Her company, Bond & Son,
became a publishing empire.
Another tragedy befell Jacobs-Bond: the
early death of her only child, Fred. Incredibly,
Jacobs-Bond rebounded, surmounting
adversity to create new, still-joyous songs.
This composer’s tenacity and talents left a Tin
Pan Alley legacy that simply cannot be
overlooked. The story of her accomplishments
is perhaps that dazzling era’s most amazing
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of the passage?
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(A) to explain how Tin Pan Alley
influenced modern music
(B) to describe Carrie Jacobs-Bond’s
childhood in Tin Pan Alley
(C) to describe Tin Pan Alley and one of
its successful composers
(D) to contrast the careers of several
different Tin Pan Alley musicians
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fictitious.
inevitable.
unfortunate.
belligerent
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Tin Pan Alley was
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style.
(B) folk music that was rarely ever
recorded.
(C) as loud and harsh as banging pans
together.
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overcoming.
predicting.
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tranquil scene.
difficult choice.
surprising event.
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Since the days of Nellie Bly, Latin
America had been for editors a place to send
women who insisted on being foreign
correspondents. Compared to Europe, Latin
America was considered “safely” close to
home. Women covered the building of the
Panama Canal and the occupation of Haiti by
the United States Marines. By the 1980’s,
women were the accepted authorities on Latin
America, and they appeared in force to cover
repression in Chile, strife in El Salvador, and
the war of the Contras against the Sandinista
government in Nicaragua.
Shirley Christian, with the Associated
Press, staked out Latin America when it was
considered less than a choice assignment.
When revolution and terrorism promoted the
story to page one, her reputation soared.
Returning to the region for the Miami Herald,
she won the Pulitzer Prize for International
Reporting in 1981, the first time it was
awarded for coverage of Latin America.
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to cover the world, her articles for the Chicago
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one. Geyer and Henry Gill, a Chicago Daily
News photographer, slipped into Guatemala in
1967 and traveled with guerrilla forces while
the Guatemalan Army, led by United States
officers, pursued them. Her stories dramatized
and drew attention to the developing crisis. Her
initial success in Latin America led eventually
to a three-times-weekly column distributed by
Universal Press Syndicate to more than 100
newspapers. She also achieved celebrity status
as a panelist on the television show
“Washington Week in Review,” produced by
the Public Broadcasting System.
Of her career, Geyer wrote:
In my … lifetime I went from the
beginning… from the point where
women like me were considered
misfits to a point where we became
extremely fashionable and were
ironically and incongruously called
“role models,” to the third point,
which is where we are trying
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the passage that Nellie Bly was
(A) provide a history of the women’s
movement.
(B) describe the living conditions in
Latin America.
(C) describe one route by which a
number of women became
successful journalists.
(D) compare the career of Georgie Anne
Geyer with the careers of Nellie Bly
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an editor.
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(lines 14-22), the rise in Shirley
Christian’s reputation was a result of
(A) becoming a panelist on a weekly
television show.
(B) the novelty of women being foreign
correspondents.
(C) an increase in public interest in
events in Latin America.
(D) branching out to cover the world
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(B) worry about the safety of female
correspondents.
(C) publish stories by women
correspondents in Latin America.
(D) try to dissuade women from
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America.
(B) many women desire to be role
models.
(C) female journalists have had to
overcome different problems at
different times.
(D) female journalists are now well
trained compared with their earlier
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(A) Latin America was relatively close
to the United States.
(B) More female reporters than male
reporters spoke Spanish.
(C) Women were the accepted
authorities on Latin America.
(D) The countries in Latin America
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Most people have taken a passing glance at
the ingredient lists on the packages of their
favorite processed foods, taken note of one or
the other compounds listed, and wondered,
“What’s that?” Citric acid often raises this
question. It is one of the most common
ingredients in fruit-flavored drinks and candies,
especially the fashionable ultra-sour ones.
“Citric?” one might ask. “That’s vitamin C,
right?”
Not exactly, but that’s a good response.
Vitamin C is ascorbic acid, which is different
from citric acid, but they both come from citrus
fruits and other tart fruits, such as tomatoes and
mangoes. Citric acid’s taste is tart and brisk, and
it has a pleasing natural citrus aroma. It gives
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soda or strawberry-flavored candy, that
pleasantly puckery taste. Winemakers add citric
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Citric acid, unlike many ingredients listed
on candy packages, is a natural substance.
While it is not a vitamin, it is beneficial to
human health because it is an antioxidant, a
substance that may slow the ill effects of time
upon our cells. It also discourages bacteria
growth and repels some insects, so it may be
found in cosmetic products as well as food.
Astringents, preparations meant to dry oily skin
slightly and help control complexion problems,
may also include citric acid. Its antioxidant and
antibacterial properties also make it effective as
a preservative, so it is often added to cosmetics
to keep the product fresh smelling and stable.
Though fabrics do not come with ingredient
lists, citric acid would be on many of them
because of its role in color science. The
versatile chemical is added to some fabric dyes
because of its enhancement of bright tonalities.
There are food and cosmetic ingredients
that are cause for concern, even avoidance, but
citric acid is not one of them; it is harmless in
normal use and biodegradable when it joins
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passage?
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consider citric acid
(A) Citric acid is a useful natural
additive.
(B) Citric acid is a biodegradable
substance.
(C) Citric acid is beneficial to human
health.
(D) Citric acid is produced from citrus
fruits.
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in candy.
(B) actually a vitamin rather than an
antioxidant.
(C) slow to break down once it enters the
waste stream.
(D) found mainly in foods that have not
been processed.
in chronological order
from problem to solution
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used in cosmetics to
add a natural orange tint.
create more vibrant colors.
preserve the dyes over time.
prevent the growth of bacteria.
(A) enhance the brightness of dyes.
(B) develop a fruity “nose” or aroma.
(C) create a pleasingly tart and brisk
taste.
(D) protect against bacteria and to dry
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When John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison, and Ringo Starr reached the
top of the charts as the Beatles in 1964, they
took an unprecedented hold on the music world
and the popular imagination. Listeners
worldwide embraced the Beatles as one of the
most popular musical groups of all time, a
cultural phenomenon of global proportions.
Their influence extended far beyond the world
of popular music, vibrant and important as it is.
They influenced political opinion, fashion
trends, and philosophical viewpoints to an
extent that few other celebrities have.
Just what inspired “Beatlemania”?
Many people loved their look, which was
new in 1964: their long hair, their psychedelic
“mod” clothing. Politically, the Beatles said
what many people longed to hear in that
turbulent time. They promoted peace and love
rather than the rhetoric of the Vietnam War,
which was escalating at that time. They also
wrote songs that suggested great possibilities
for women’s lives, which fit very well with the
burgeoning women’s liberation movement.
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fall of communism, since many of their songs
invited people to examine political
developments. Not least among these
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Beatles pioneered.
Pop music is sometimes identified as part of
youth culture, but the Beatles’ fan base
included people of all ages. That is a rare
achievement for any musical group. While
performing, they seemed to wield a power over
crowds that only royalty and some political and
religious leaders had enjoyed. People could not
get enough of “The Fab Four.” For a time, the
Beatles created a cultural unity that has rarely,
if ever, been equaled. They were a topic that
many people, who would have disagreed on
most other topics, could agree upon. In fact, in
1967 one critic said that the release of the
Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band was the closest Europe had been to
unification since the Congress of Vienna in
1815.
The Beatles retired as a group at the peak of
their talents in 1970. However, their influence
has not retired; it remains very active. Some of
their earliest fans may associate them with the
progress and the glory of the 1960s, or they
may simply count the band among the
important influences on their worldviews. Their
younger fans regard the Beatles with reverence,
and those who are aspiring rock musicians
study their work as earnestly as rising classical
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Vienna?
(A) describe the innovative musical style
of the Beatles.
(B) explain the reasons for the popularity
of the Beatles.
(C) compare the Beatles to other
contemporary celebrities.
(D) contrast how the Beatles are seen by
different generations.
(A) to suggest that European music
influenced the music of the Beatles
(B) to emphasize the sense of
community the Beatles created in
Europe
(C) to show that the Beatles were
popular even with European
politicians
(D) to imply that the Beatles supported
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Europe becoming unified.
mixing politics with music.
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commendable.
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vulnerable.
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All soap begins with the combination of fat
and lye that was the earliest, perhaps
accidental, formula. Our factory-made or
handcrafted soaps are just refined versions of
this recipe. In pre-industrial times, crude soap
was fairly simple to make, at least for anyone
with its basic ingredients plus adequate fuel on
hand. However, the production of elegant soaps
was a fine craft, almost an art. Soap making on
this level is described in Kathryn Harrison’s
novel of seventeenth-century Spain, Poison.
Her character, Concepción de Luarca, an
accomplished practitioner of several fine crafts,
makes delicate soap from deer fat. None of the
Luarcas would dream of washing with the
elegant product, which they identify with other
comforts and privileges beyond their reach.
They sell their soap to eke out their precarious
livelihood.
We tend to regard soap as a staple in welldeveloped civilizations, but that idea may not
be accurate. There is a story of an ambassador
who took his king’s friendship overtures to an
empress in medieval Germany. The kingly gifts
included a basket of soap, the elegant version
of the product produced by people like
Concepción de Luarca. The empress didn’t
know what to think of the scented bars, and
when her guest explained, she was not flattered.
Rather, she was offended at the thought that she
might be dirty!
Soap, though, is not the only way to wash
off dirt. There’s soap, and then there’s
detergent—two different products with some
similar effects. The first detergents came from
plants. The soapwort, the quillaja, and the
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detergent chemicals known as saponins. A
saponin is a surfactant, which means that it
causes grease or dirt to separate from a surface.
Soapwort’s properties have a long history in
human health maintenance.
Before the Industrial Age, soapwort had
advantages over soap. Soap making required
fat, usually animal fat, and plenty of firewood.
Soapwort grows wild in many areas, and
people could harvest it cost-free. Using the
herb required far less fuel than soap making
and allowed many who could not buy or make
soap to keep clean. Soapwort makes a literary
appearance in Marly Youmans’s novel
Catherwood. Cath, the English heroine, comes
with her husband, Gabriel Lyte, to the New
World, which is new, wild, and huge beyond
her comprehension. Returning from a visit in
the next settlement, Cath and her toddler
daughter, Elisabeth, stray from the path in the
forests of upstate New York and stay lost for a
very long time. Cath uses her knowledge of
plants to keep herself and her daughter fed and
utilizes soapwort for their cleaning needs.
For scientists who pursue the properties of
plants, too, the saponins have proved
rewarding. These natural saponins are
unfriendly to many of the organisms that are
unfriendly to man; they fight bacteria, fungi,
and cancer cell growth. Alfalfa, a nutritious
food for farm animals, contains a saponin that
can help maintain a healthy heart. Sold in
tablets, alfalfa extract sends cholesterol out of
the body—doing for the arteries what that
squirt of household detergent does for the
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Poison, the Luarcas did not use the soap
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Industrial Age, the soapwort plant was
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communities.
(B) used to make elegant and beautiful
soaps.
(C) cheaper and easier to obtain than
animal fat.
(D) eaten in order to reduce cholesterol
in the body.
(A) they thought the fine soap was only
for the wealthy.
(B) using the soap was considered
insulting by their empress.
(C) the deer fat used in the soap had bad
effects on human health.
(D) Spanish people preferred to wash
with detergents instead of soap.
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A) persuade traditional soap makers to
include saponins in their products.
(B) explain the chemical process that
makes grease separate from a
surface.
(C) describe some of the benefits
saponins have besides removing
grease and dirt.
(D) encourage readers to conduct their
own experiments with detergents and
soaps.
old-fashioned.
sophisticated.
therapeutic.
unusual.
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
extinct.
luxurious.
skilled.
uncertain.
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describing the king’s gift of soap to the
German empress?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
amused
critical
impressed
passionate
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Mother’s Day is such an established and
accepted holiday that it is hard to imagine a
time when it did not exist. It is now celebrated
on the second Sunday of May in the United
States as well as in dozens of other countries
around the globe.
Mothers have been honored throughout
history from the time of the ancient Greeks. In
the spring, the Greeks held a festival to honor
Rhea, whom they considered the Mother of the
Gods. The Greeks paid tribute to her with food
and flowers, offerings that were not so different
from contemporary Mother’s Day gifts. The
Romans and the Celts also honored mother
goddesses with events that took place in
springtime. Around the start of the 1600s, a
holiday called Mothering Sunday was held in
Great Britain. Children would bring their
mothers a “mothering cake,” usually a type of
fruitcake or a pastry filled with fruit.
In the 1870s in America, Julia Ward Howe,
a social reformer and the writer of “The Battle
Hymn of the Republic,” tried to start an annual
“Mother’s Day for Peace.” As the name
suggests, the proposed holiday would honor
both maternity and pacifism. This event did
take place for a number of years, but it was not
until Anna Jarvis campaigned for an official
Mother’s Day in the early 1900s that the
holiday firmly entered American tradition.
It is said that when Jarvis’s mother passed
away in 1905, Anna made a vow to create a
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Mother’s Day to honor her and all other
mothers. Over the next few years, Jarvis and
her supporters wrote to hundreds of
businessmen and government officials
throughout the country about their project.
Their campaign was fruitful: by the end of the
decade, most of the states were holding their
own versions of Mother’s Day. President
Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution making
Mother’s Day a national holiday in 1914.
Mother’s Day merchandise found its way onto
retailers’ shelves: cards, candy with special
Mother’s Day packaging, other presents,
special wrapping paper to wrap them, and
flowers, both artificial and fresh.
Even though she had achieved her goal,
Anna Jarvis was not always happy with the
way the holiday was celebrated. It is said she
felt that children should write their mothers
their own letters of appreciation rather than
give them Mother’s Day cards that they had
purchased. Carnations became a symbol of
Mother’s Day because they were the flowers
that Anna’s mother had liked best. However,
Jarvis thought that the spirit of the holiday was
undermined by the sale of flowers. Her
emphasis for the holiday was emotional rather
than commercial.
Ironically, Jarvis had no children of her
own; her legacy is the holiday established by
one devoted daughter.
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31. Which best describes the primary purpose
of the passage?
34. Which best describes the purpose of the
fifth paragraph (lines 48– 60)?
(A) to pay tribute to the creator of
Mother’s Day
(B) to contrast Mothering Sunday with
Mother’s Day
(C) to describe the origins and evolution
of Mother’s Day
(D) to question the commonly accepted
history of Mother’s Day
(A) to show how Mother’s Day has
changed during the twentieth century
(B) to explain Jarvis’s feelings about
some modern Mother’s Day
traditions
(C) to describe the types of Mother’s
Day gifts that are most common
today
(D) to argue that buying Mother’s Day
gifts violates the spirit of the holiday
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proposed by Julia Ward Howe and the
modern American holiday is that Howe’s
holiday
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nearly means
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A) involved giving gifts and cards.
(B) included children as well as mothers.
(C) honored peace as well as
motherhood.
(D) was based on the traditions of the
Greeks.
constructed.
diminished.
represented.
undertaken.
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ironic?
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33. According to the passage, ancient Greek
festivals to honor the goddess Rhea
(A) The Greeks paid tribute to their
Mother of the Gods with food and
flowers.
(B) Shopping plays a large part in
Mother’s Day celebrations in the
United States.
(C) Some contemporary Mother’s Day
gifts are the same as ancient
Mother’s Day gifts.
(D) The author of “Battle Hymn of the
Republic” proposed a holiday to
honor pacifism.
(A) inspired Jarvis’s campaign to create
a modern Mother’s Day.
(B) were celebrated by children giving
gifts of food to their mothers.
(C) were based on earlier festivals held
by the Romans and the Celts.
(D) included elements that were similar
to modern Mother’s Day traditions.
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Section 4
Mathematics Achievement
47 Questions
Time: 40 minutes
Each question is followed by four suggested answers. Read each question and then decide which one of
the four suggested answers is best.
Find the row of spaces on your answer document that has the same number as the question. In this row,
mark the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. You may write in your test
booklet.
SAMPLE QUESTION:
Sample Answer
What is the area of a rectangle that has a length of 8 cm
and a width of 6 cm?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
28 cm2
36 cm2
48 cm2
64 cm2
The correct answer is 48 cm2, so circle C is darkened.
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1. A television repairman charges a flat fee
of $50 for a house call. He also charges
$30 for each hour spent repairing the
television. Which linear equation can be
used to model the relationship between the
amount of money, y, the repairman
charges and the number of hours, x, spent
repairing the television?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
4. Anthony earns $10 for each yard he mows
and $5 for each car he washes. Each week,
he gives $15 to a local charity and saves
the rest of his earnings. Which function, f,
gives Anthony’s savings for a week in
which he mows m yards and washes
c cars?
(A)
y = 50x + 30
y = 30x + 50
x = 50y + 30
x = 30y + 50
(B)
(C)
(D)
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(A)
(B)
é 9 13ù
ê12 17 ú
ë
û
(C)
é12 11ù
ê15 14 ú
ë
û
(D)
é 22 14 ù
ê 33 21ú
ë
û
f (m, c ) = 10m + 5c - 15
f (m, c ) = 10m + 5c + 15
f (m, c ) = (10 + m )(5 + c ) - 15
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5. The ages of the children in the Jones
family are shown.
é 2 4 ù é1 3 ù
2. What is ê
ú + ê5 2 ú ?
3
6
ë
û ë
û
é3 7 ù
ê8 8 ú
ë
û
f (m, c ) = 15mc + 15
2 5 14 7 2
What is the median age?
(A) 2
(B)
5
(C) 12
(D) 14
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6. The perimeter of the triangle shown
is 18 cm.
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3. What is the value of the numerical
expression
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
?
8.0 x 107
8.0 x 106
8.0 x 103
8.0 x 102
What is the value of a?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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3
4
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8. Use the figure shown to answer the
question.
3
7. A driver can fill of his gas tank in
5
one minute. How long does it take for
the driver to completely fill his empty
gas tank?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
24 seconds
36 seconds
1 minute, 40 seconds
2 minutes, 7 seconds
What is the value of x?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
25
40
50
80
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9. Marilyn and Katya conducted a survey about the type of footwear people wear at the mall. They
recorded the type of footwear and the gender of each person who was surveyed. The table shows
the recorded data.
A person was randomly selected from the participants to receive a $50 gift certificate. If the person
chosen was female, what is the probability that she was wearing dress shoes?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
1
4
2
5
3
5
3
4
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10. A chess club meets every week and has
6 members. Each member of the club
plays one opponent each week. How many
weeks will it take for every member to
play each of the other members of the
club?
14. Which equation represents the statement
“2 less than 3 times a number is 7”?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
2
3
5
6
(3 – 2)x = 7
(2 – 3)x = 7
2 – 3x = 7
3x – 2 = 7
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15. What is the value of x for
3(x – 3) + 2 – 2(x – 3) + 1 = 7?
(A) 0
(B)
3
(C)
7
(D) 10
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11. A class consists of 12 boys and 10 girls.
The teacher plans to randomly choose one
boy and one girl from the class to
represent the class at the science fair. How
many choices of one boy and one girl are
possible from this class?
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16. For rRST, RT = RS = 10 cm, as shown.
(A) 22
(B) 100
(C) 120
(D) 144
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12. If 9b = 81, what is
b?
(A) 3.0
(B)
4.5
(C)
9.0
(D) 18.0
What is the value of x – y?
(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 100
(D) 110
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13. A triangle has angles with measures x°,
2x°, and 3x°. What is the value of x?
(A) 3
(B)
6
(C) 30
(D) 60
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17. What is the solution set to the inequality
5 ≤ –2x + 1 ≤ 9?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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2≤x≤4
– 4 ≤ x ≤ –2
x ≤ 4, x ≥ 2
x ≤ –4, x ≥ –2
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18. Three vertices of a rectangle are graphed on the coordinate plane shown.
What are the coordinates of the fourth vertex of the rectangle?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(–9, 5)
(2, –2)
(3, –3)
(7, 3)
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19. What is the smallest integer greater
73
than
?
6
20. A function has the equation y = –2x + 5.
For each increase of 1 grid unit in the
x-value, the y-value decreases by how
many grid units?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
11
12
13
14
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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3
5
7
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21. The graph of an equation is shown.
Which equation is represented by the graph?
(A) y = 2x + 1
1
(B) y = x + 1
2
(C) y = –2x + 1
1
(D) y = – x + 1
2
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22. The results of a poll of eligible voters for
an election predicted that 40% of the
estimated 3,000 voters would vote for a
particular candidate. If 24 people in the
poll chose this candidate, approximately
how many people were polled?
23. There are 5,280 feet in a mile. If John
were running at a rate of 8 miles per hour,
the value of which numerical expression is
his speed in feet per second?
(A)
(B)
(A) 40
(B) 60
(C) 96
(D) 125
(C)
(D)
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24. In the figure shown, any path from X to Y
should follow the connected line segments
in the direction of the arrows.
26. The volume of the right circular cylinder
shown is 250π cm3.
What is the radius of the cylinder?
(V = pr2h)
(A) 2.5 cm
(B)
5.0 cm
(C) 10.0 cm
(D) 25.0 cm
Which path is allowed and has the shortest
length from X to Y ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
X
X
X
X
C
A
C
A
Y
B C Y
D E Y
B D E Y
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27. When a number x is divided by 12, the
result is 6 and the remainder is 3. What is
the remainder when x is divided by 7?
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25. The first five terms of an arithmetic
sequence of numbers are shown.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
–3, 2, 7, 12, 17
Which expression represents the nth term
of this sequence?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
2
3
5
6
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28. Triangle RST is similar to triangle XYZ.
The length of
is 3 cm, and the length of
is 2 cm. If the length of
is 9 cm,
what is the length of
?
n–3
n+5
5n – 2
5n – 8
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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6 cm
8 cm
10 cm
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29. For a science project, Ben measured the
speed of an ant to be 6 meters per minute.
Which measurement is equivalent to Ben’s
measurement?
31. A Greek museum plans to commemorate
the legendary run of Pheidippides. His
42-kilometer run from Marathon to Athens
is generally used as the basis for the
modern marathon race. If the path of
Pheidippides were modeled at the museum
1
at
the original scale, how long
1,000
would the path in the display be?
(A)
1 meter per second
(B) 10 centimeters per second
(C) 60 centimeters per minute
(D) 600 millimeters per minute
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30. Which line contains the two points
(4, 7) and (– 6, –3)?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
y=x–3
y=x+3
y = 3x – 5
y = 3x + 15
42 meters
42 decimeters
42 decameters
42 centimeters
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32. The scatter plot shows the relationship between weekly hot chocolate sales at Mr. Gratama’s
store and the average weekly high temperature.
Which is a possible slope of the line that models Mr. Gratama’s hot chocolate sales?
(A) –2.5
(B) – 0.5
(C)
0.5
(D) 2.5
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33. Crystal wants to purchase a video game. She only has $50, and her mother prohibits her from
buying games rated M (mature).
If Crystal chooses randomly from the video games that she can buy, what is the probability that
she will get a video game that is under $20?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
14
85
14
71
13
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34.
35. A circle with circumference 6π cm is
inscribed inside a square, as shown.
A chair manufacturer has designed a new
chair. A sample of 1,000 chairs is found to
weigh 5,817.86 kilograms. The
manufacturer decides that an acceptable
chair will weigh within ±0.15 kg of the
average chair weight. Which chair weight
would fall within the acceptable range?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
5.66
5.67
5.97
5.98
What is the area of the square?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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12 cm2
24 cm2
36 cm2
48 cm2
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36. A cylinder and a cone have the same
radius and height. The volume of the cone
is 6 cm3. What is the volume of the
1
cylinder? (Volume of cone = pr 2 h ;
3
2
Volume of cylinder = pr h)
38. The graph models the balance on a coffee
shop gift card given the number of cups of
coffee purchased.
(A) 2 cm3
(B)
3 cm3
(C) 12 cm3
(D) 18 cm3
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37. A store includes a free video game with
each customer’s purchase. There are
5 different games, the selection of the
game is random, and each game is equally
likely to be selected with any purchase.
Renee wants to model the number of
purchases it could take to get all 5 of the
video games. Which experiment models
the video game giveaway?
What is the rate of change of the amount on
the gift card per cup of coffee purchased?
5
2
2
(B) 5
2
(C)
3
3
(D)
2
(A) -
(A) Roll a number cube and record the
number showing until each number
from 1 through 5 has been recorded.
(B) Flip 3 coins and record the number
of heads or tails for each series of
flips. Repeat until 5 different results
are recorded.
(C) Spin a spinner with 8 equal,
numbered sections and record the
results until each number from
1 through 5 has been recorded.
(D) Select a disk from a bag containing
10 disks, 2 each of 5 different colors.
Replace the disk each time and
record the color until each color has
been recorded.
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39. Employees at a store receive an additional
10% off the sale price on an item. During
a 20% off sale, an employee purchases an
item that originally cost $450. How much
did the employee pay?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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$135
$265
$315
$324
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40. The table shows an example of an exponential function.
Which table shows another example of an exponential function?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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41. What is the difference between 2x2 – 8 and
5x + 7?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
42. Five divers are scheduled to dive at a
swim meet. The order in which they dive
is randomly determined. How many
different orders are possible for the
5 divers?
7x – 1
3x – 15
2x2 – 13x + 7
2x2 – 5x – 15
(A)
5
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 120
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43. James is a member of his high school’s
basketball team. The team won 15 of the
25 games they played last year. All the
games were taped. James randomly chose
two games to watch. What is the
probability that the team won both games
that James chose to watch?
45. The frequency histogram shows the results
of a survey in which 29 students were
asked how many sisters they have.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
15 15
´
25 25
15 15
´
25 24
15 14
´
25 25
15 14
´
25 24
Which statement is correct?
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(A) The mean number of sisters is 2.
(B) The median number of sisters is 2.
(C) The range in the number of sisters
is 11.
(D) The mode for the number of sisters
is 13.
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46. Danita is shopping for T-shirts, and she
has x dollars to spend. The shirts sell for
$8.00 each, plus 5% sales tax. Which
equation represents the relationship
between C, the amount of money she will
have left, and n, the number of shirts she
will have bought?
How much greater would the area of the
square be if the length of each side
increased by 3 cm?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(9n) cm2
(6n) cm2
(6n + 9) cm2
(n + 12) cm2
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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C = x – 8n + 0.05n
C = x – 8n – 0.05n
C = x – 8.05n
C = x – 8.4n
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47. A jewelry maker has a selection of bracelets and necklaces made from glass beads and silver
beads. The matrices show the number of bracelets and necklaces made from the beads and the
price for each.
Which matrix shows the total value of the glass and silver jewelry?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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write. You should try to express your thoughts clearly. How well you write is
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for a reader to understand what you mean.
You will probably want to write more than a short paragraph. You should also
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REMINDER: Please write this essay topic on the first few lines of page 3 of your answer
sheet.
Essay Topic
Of the books you have read in the past year, which one has made the
biggest impression on you and why?
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Only write on this essay question
Only pages 3 and 4 will be sent to the schools
Only write in blue or black pen
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