1.   Express the ratio in simplest form.
number of shaded squares: total number of squares
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  2.   A guy wire is attached to the top of a telephone pole and goes to the ground 8 feet from the base. When Jim stands under the guy wire so that his head touches it, he is 3 feet from where the wire goes into the ground. If Jim is 6 feet tall, how tall is the telephone pole?
    A. 16 feet B. 12 feet
    C. 24 feet D. 20 feet
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  3.   Assume the triangles are similar. What is the value of x?
   
    A. 3.2 B. 20
    C. 5 D. 10
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  4.   The figure is a scale drawing of the east side of a house. In the drawing, the side of each square represents 4 feet. Find the width and height of the door.
   
    A. 4 feet by 8 feet B. 4 feet by 12 feet
    C. 4 feet by 9 feet D. 4 feet by 10 feet
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  5.   Graph with vertices A(1, 2), B(4, 1), C(5, 3). Graph the image of with a scale factor of 2.
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  6.   In a recent survey, 336 out of 500 people chose Reallygood Cola as their favorite soft drink. If a similar survey was conducted out of 2,000 people, how many people would chose Reallygood Cola as their favorite soft drink?
    A. 672 people B. 1,680 people
    C. 1,000 people D. 1,344 people
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  7.   A picture has dimensions of 4 inches in height and 6 inches in width. The picture will be enlarged to a width of 14 inches. What will be the height of the enlarged picture?
    A. 1 inches B. 21 inches
    C. 9 inches D. 10 inches
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  8.   A logo on a business card is inch wide by 1 inches tall. A company has enlarged the same logo for a billboard. The logo on the billboard is 12 feet wide, what is its height?
    A. 13 feet B. 7 feet
    C. 20 feet D. 12 feet
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  9.   What is the ordered pair of the image of A(-2, 4) if the scale factor is 5?
    A. (10, 20) B. (3, 9)
    C. (-0.4, 0.8) D. (-10, 20)
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  10.   The table shows the number of students and the number of teachers at four middle schools. Which school has the most students per teacher?
   
    A. West Middle School B. South Middle School
    C. North Middle School D. East Middle School
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  11.   A mother has graphed her baby’s growth. Find the rate of change in the weight of the baby from 3 months to 6 months.
   
    A. 1.5 pounds per month B. 1.375 pounds per month
    C. 1.25 pounds per month D. 1.75 pounds per month
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  12.   The graph shows the fuel efficiency for the light duty trucks in the United States. Find the rate of change in the fuel efficiency from 1999 to 2000.
   
    A. -0.2 mpg per year B. 0.075 mpg per year
    C. 0 mpg per year D. -0.4 mpg per year
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  13.   Find the slope of the line
   
    A. -2 B. 2
    C. - D.
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  14.   Find the slope of the line.
   
    A. -1 B. 0
    C. 1 D. 2
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  15.   Which pair of ratios forms a proportion?
    A. , B. ,
    C. , D. ,
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  16.   The Golden Gate Bridge is 8,981 feet long. Latisha wants to make a model of the bridge that is between 20 and 25 inches long. Choose an appropriate scale for Latisha of use.
    A. 1 inch = 450 feet B. 1 inch = 400 feet
    C. 1 inch = 350 feet D. 1 inch = 300 feet
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