1.   The equation where d represents the distance in miles
and t is the number of seconds between seeing lightening and
hearing thunder, tells how far away a thunderstorm is.
How far is it to a thunderstorm if you count 15 seconds between
seeing the lightening and hearing the thunder?
    A. 15 miles B. 1 mile
    C. 3 miles D. 10 miles
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  2.   A realtor is examining data on average home prices in four separate neighborhoods for the past year. Which graph gives the most accurate representation of the home prices in a neighborhood?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  3.   Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading?
    A. outliers in the data B. too much data
    C. inaccurate data D. incomplete data
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  4.   What is the next term in the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, … ?
    A. 13 B. 30
    C. 40 D. 17
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  5.   Find the next term in the sequence 2, 6, 18, ...
    A. 30 B. 38
    C. 22 D. 54
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  6.   What is the first step in solving 4x – 3 = 9?
    A. Divide each side of the equation by 4.
    B. Subtract 3 from each side of the equation.
    C. Add 3 to each side of the equation.
    D. Divide each side of the equation by –3.
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  7.   At a local lake, you can rent canoes for a flat fee of $5.00, plus an additional fee of $2.00 per hour. If you have $15.00, use the equation
15 = 2h + 5 to determine how many hours you can use the canoe.
    A. 7.5 hours B. 4 hours
    C. 10 hours D. 5 hours
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  8.   Evaluate x2 + 2xy + y2 if = 4 and y = 7.
    A. 86 B. 78
    C. 121 D. 65
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  9.   Solve f = .
    A. 3 B. 6
    C. 4 D. 2
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  10.   Write 1,360,000,000,000 in scientific notation.
    A. 1.36 × 1013 B. 1.36 × 1012
    C. 13.6 × 1012 D. 0.136 × 1013
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  11.   Choose an appropriate scale for the data
69, 72, 121, 81, 98.
    A. 65 to 125 B. 40 to 100
    C. 70 to 100 D. 70 to 120
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  12.   Find the next term in the sequence
83, 92, 101, 110, …
    A. 111 B. 55
    C. 121 D. 119
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  13.   What is the correct graph of (-3, -5)?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  14.   Solve r = 11 + (-5).
    A. -6 B. 16
    C. 6 D. -16
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  15.   Evaluate x – y if x = 8 and y = -5.
    A. 13 B. -3
    C. -13 D. 3
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  16.   Write an algebraic expression for the phrase 6 times z.
    A. z6 B. 6z
    C. z - 6 D. 6 + z
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  17.   Solve 7 + y 21
    A. y > 14 B. y 14
    C. y 14 D. y 3
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  18.   Evaluate 37.
    A. 5,034 B. 21
    C. 343 D. 2,187
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  19.   Which sentence is true?
    A. 6 > -9 B. -2 > 2
    C. 1 < 0 D. -5 < -7
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  20.   Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.
   
    A. B. 5
    C. - D. -5
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