
1.	Jordan used 44 legs to make some tables with 4 legs each and some stools with 3 legs each. Which of the following problem-solving strategies would work best to find the number of tables and the number of stools he made?
	A.	guess and check	B.	draw a diagram
	C.	use a formula	D.	make a graph
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2.	Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good sample?
	A.	representative of the larger population	B.	large enough to provide accurate data
	C.	at least 20 items	D.	selected at random
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3.	One hundred people who enter a restaurant are asked to identify their favorite food. This sample is _____.
	A.	not a good sample because only people who eat at this particular restaurant are surveyed	B.	a good sample because there are a large number of people surveyed
	C.	not a good sample because you need to use at least 2000 people to have a good survey	D.	a good sample because the people are randomly chosen
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4.	Ten test scores from Mrs. McDaniel's mathematics class are 100, 95, 93, 86, 82, 80, 78, 77, 75, and 75. She calculates the mean, median, and mode of the scores. An eleventh student takes the test with a score of 62. Mrs. McDaniel recalculates the mean, median, and mode of the test scores. Which measure changes the most when the eleventh score is included?
	A.	mean	B.	The mean, median, and mode change equally.
	C.	mode	D.	median
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5.
	A.	9 in.	B.	7 in.
	C.	8 in.	D.	6 in.
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6.	Simplify 6b(-3.5c).
	A.	-21bc	B.	21bc
	C.	2.5bc	D.	-9.5bc
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7.	An equation that is true for every value of the variable is called a(n) ______.
	A.	equivalency	B.	identity
	C.	empty set	D.	representation
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8.	In 1990, 5,283,055 people subscribed to cellular telephone service. In 1998, the number of people had risen to 69,209,321. To the nearest percent, find the percent of increase.
	A.	92%	B.	920%
	C.	121%	D.	1210%
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9.	The probability of an event can best be described as ______.
	A.
	B.
	C.
	D.
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10.	The slope m of a line containing any two points with coordiantes (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is given by which formula?
	A.	slope = , where	B.	slope = , where
	C.	slope = , where	D.	slope = , where
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11.	Simplify .
	A.		B.
	C.		D.
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12.	On a science test, Odell and his friends got the following scores. Who had the median score of the group?

	A.	Taina	B.	Cindy
	C.	Odell	D.	Candace
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13.	Carmen and her friend Marva have a total of 15 pets. If Marva has 12 pets, how many pets does Carmen have?
	A.	3	B.	5
	C.	31	D.	27
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14.	Joseph and Pedro are selling chocolate bars at the concession stand at a school football game. There are two types of chocolate bars, with nuts and without. They sell 36 of the ones with nuts and 54 of the ones without and make a total of $44.10. If the chocolate bars with nuts cost ten cents more than the ones without, how much did the chocolate bars with nuts cost?
	A.	$0.49	B.	$0.45
	C.	$0.55	D.	$0.59
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15.	If you spin two spinners numbered one through ten, what is the probability of spinning a 2 the first one and an odd number the second?
	A.		B.
	C.		D.
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16.	Suppose a rectangle has a perimeter of 16 cm. What are the possible dimensions of the rectangle given the domain (or length) values {2, 3, 4}?
	A.	(2, 10), (3, 11), (4, 12)	B.	(2, 14), (3, 13), (4, 12)
	C.	(2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 4)	D.	(2, 12), (3, 10), (4, 8)
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17.	If f(x) = 4x – 3, find f(j + 2).
	A.	4j – 3	B.	4j + 11
	C.	4j – 1	D.	4j + 5
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18.	At the local video store, membership costs $5.00, and the cost of each video after the membership fee is $1.50. Which graph represents this situation?
	A.		B.
	C.		D.
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19.	The distance around the equator of Jupiter is approximately 4.49 × 10⁸m, and a normal football field is about 1.1 × 10²m long. About how many football fields could fit lengthwise across Jupiter's equator?
	A.	4,080,000 football fields	B.	408,000 football fields
	C.	40,800,000,000 football fields	D.	408 football fields
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20.	Estimate the square root .
	A.	16	B.	4
	C.	5	D.	25
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