1.   Find |-2| + |-3|.
    A. 5 B. -1
    C. -5 D. 1
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  2.   Solve s + 2 = -8.
    A. 10 B. -10
    C. 6 D. -6
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  3.   Similar triangles must have the same ______.
    A. size B. shape
    C. size and shape D. right angles
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  4.   Evaluate a - b if a = and b = .
    A. 1 B. -1
    C. D.
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  5.   Express 0.08% as a fraction in simplest form.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  6.   Find the surface area of a triangular prism whose bases are right triangles with legs 9 feet and 12 feet and whose height is 14 feet.
    A. 612 square feet B. 486 square feet
    C. 444 square feet D. 558 square feet
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  7.   Choose the correct symbol to make a true statement.
–17____-15
    A. B.
    C. = D.
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  8.   Express the ratio 30 minutes to 4 hours in simplest form.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Estimate 21% of 75.
    A. 15 B. 5
    C. 10 D. 20
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  10.   What is the distance around a circle whose diameter is 96 feet? Use 3.14 for .
    A. 301.44 ft B. 292.02 ft
    C. 326.4 ft D. 288.42 ft
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  11.   Let R = real numbers, Q = rational number, Z = integers, W = whole numbers, and I = irrational numbers. Name the set(s) of numbers to which belongs.
    A. R, W B. R, Z
    C. R, Q D. R, I
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  12.   What is the surface area of a cylinder with a radius of 2 meters and a height of 700 centimeters?
    A. about 4,404.5 m2
    B. about 8,821.6 m2
    C. about 113.1 m2
    D. about 50.3 m2
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  13.   A race consists of ten runners. How many ways can the runners finish first, second, and third?
    A. 30 B. 504
    C. 720 D. 1,000
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  14.   The eighth grade class of 225 students is planning an ice cream social. If the director of the ice cream social knows that 7 out of 10 students prefer vanilla, how many students should be expected to eat vanilla ice cream?
    A. about 169 B. about 68
    C. about 158 D. about 113
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  15.   Solve -4.8 = 3.2d.
    A. -15.36 B. -1.5
    C. 15.36 D. 1.5
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  16.   The two triangles shown in the figure are similar. Find the distance d across the river.
   
    A. 81 meters B. 18 meters
    C. 16 meters D. 25 meters
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  17.   Find the surface area of the cone. Round to the nearest tenth.
   
    A. 706.9 square centimeters B. 314.2 square centimeters
    C. 78.5 square centimeters D. 392.7 square centimeters
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  18.   Find the surface area of the cone. Round to the nearest tenth.
   
    A. 311.0 square centimeters B. 169.6 square centimeters
    C. 141.4 square centimeters D. 282.7 square centimeters
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  19.   Four-hundred fifty teenagers were asked whether they purchased certain items in the last month. The table gives the results of the survey. What is the experimental probability that a teenager has bought a music CD in the last month?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  20.   The school store is selling T-shirts in red, white, grey, and blue. The graph at the right shows how many of each color the store has sold. Which circle graph also represents this information?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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