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Solve y - 17 = 24. |
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A. |
19 |
B. |
20 |
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C. |
7 |
D. |
41 |
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2. |
Solve x - 4.91 = 15.25. |
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A. |
9.84 |
B. |
10.34 |
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C. |
18.16 |
D. |
20.16 |
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3. |
Solve x = -2 + 7 + (-11). |
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A. |
20 |
B. |
-20 |
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C. |
6 |
D. |
-6 |
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4. |
Evaluate the expression 3 + x + y + (-7) if x = -2 and y = 5. |
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A. |
2 |
B. |
1 |
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C. |
-1 |
D. |
-2 |
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5. |
Determine whether the ratios  and  form a
proportion. Justify your answer. |
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Yes, their cross products are equal. |
B. |
Yes, they are both percents. |
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No, they are unit rates. |
D. |
No, their cross products are not equal. |
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6. |
-13 is _____. |
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an integer and rational number |
B. |
a whole number and rational number |
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C. |
a whole number |
D. |
a whole number and an integer |
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7. |
If James can bicycle 32 miles in 4 hours, how far can he bicycle in 3 hours? |
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24 miles |
B. |
30 miles |
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C. |
8 miles |
D. |
12 miles |
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8. |
A shoe store advertises that all shoes are on sale for 25% off the regular price. Find the sale price of a pair of shoes that have an original price of $85. |
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$40.75 |
B. |
$21.25 |
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$113.33 |
D. |
$63.75 |
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9. |
Find the sale price to the nearest cent of a pair of jeans that originally cost $40 and are 15% off. |
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$30 |
B. |
$6 |
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$26.67 |
D. |
$34 |
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10. |
A lakefront building that is 30 feet high casts a shadow on the water. How long is that shadow if a 16-foot high truck parked nearby casts an 8-foot shadow? |
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9 ft |
B. |
13 ft |
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15 ft |
D. |
12 ft |
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11. |
Solve the equation x2 = 0.81. |
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none of these is correct |
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x = 0.9 only |
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x = -0.9 only |
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x = 0.9 or x = -0.9 |
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12. |
Estimate  . |
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A. |
8 |
B. |
10 |
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C. |
9 |
D. |
11 |
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13. |
Write an equation you could use to find the length of the missing side of the right triangle. |
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b2 = 222 - 72 |
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222 = 72 - b2 |
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b2 = 222 + 72 |
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72 = 222 + b2 |
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14. |
An elevator started on the 10th floor. It rose 2 floors, dropped 7 floors, and then rose 1 floor. What floor did the elevator end on? |
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20th floor |
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Basement (-1st floor) |
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4th floor |
D. |
6th floor |
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15. |
A hat's price rose from $9.99 to $12.99. What was the percent of change rounded to the nearest percent? |
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23% |
B. |
30% |
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15% |
D. |
20% |
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16. |
A 15-foot ladder is placed against a house and reaches a second story window. The ladder's base is 9 feet from the house. How far above ground is the window? |
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12 feet |
B. |
6 feet |
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C. |
17.5 feet |
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13 feet |
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17. |
Which value of y makes the difference of y minus -8 equal to 16? |
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A. |
-8 |
B. |
24 |
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8 |
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-24 |
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18. |
Tickets for the Washington Middle School talent show cost $3. If $735 is collect from the sale of tickets, which equation could be used to determine the number of tickets sold? Let t represent the number of tickets. |
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A. |
 = 3 |
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 = 735 |
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3t = 735 |
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3 + t = 735 |
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19. |
Olivia has 3 times as many quarters as Kaylee has. If Olivia has 42 quarters, which equation could be used to determine the number of quarters Kaylee has? Let k represent the number of quarters that Kaylee has. |
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A. |
 = 42 |
B. |
42 – k = 3 |
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3k = 42 |
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3 + k = 42 |
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20. |
On a clear day, the distance in miles that you can see to the horizon is about 1.23 ×  , where h represents the height of your eyes above the ground in feet. Estimate the distance you can see if your eyes are 98 feet above ground. |
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A. |
10 miles |
B. |
13 miles |
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C. |
12 miles |
D. |
11 miles |
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