1.   Based on the line plot, what is the highest score?
   
    A. 100 B. 21
    C. 71 D. 75
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  2.   If the number 178,651 is rounded to 179,000 and plotted on a stem-and-leaf plot as 17|9, how would you display 151,205?
    A. 15|2 B. 15|1
    C. 151|2 D. 1|51
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  3.   What is the probability that you roll an odd number on a six-sided number cube?
    A. 3:1 B. 1:1
    C. D.
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  4.   If y varies directly as x and y = 35 when x = 5, find y when x = 11.
    A. 7 B. 41
    C. 77 D.
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  5.   Four blocks are placed in a paper bag. Each block is marked with a different letter, A, C, T, or E. Several children are playing a game by picking three blocks out of the bag without looking into the bag as they choose. Anyone who picks the three blocks that spell CAT wins a point. What is the probability of picking the blocks marked C, A, and T?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  6.   Find (a2 + 3a + 4) ÷ (a - 2).
    A. B.
    C. a + 5 D. a + 3 - 2
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  7.   Solve .
    A. -2 B. 4
    C. 1 or 4 D. 0
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  8.   Simplify 7(b + 3) + 14.
    A. 24b B. 7b + 35
    C. 42b D. 7b + 17
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  9.   Identify the coordinates of point C.
   
    A. (2, 1) B. (5, 2)
    C. (4, 6) D. (6, 4)
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  10.   Find f(x – 7) if f(x) = -4x – 10.
    A. 4x + 3 B. 4x – 38
    C. -4x + 18 D. -4x – 17
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  11.   Solve
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  12.   Use graphing to solve the system of inequalities given by y < x + 1 and
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  13.   Which of the following is not necessarily considered a part of the population?
    A. census B. random sample
    C. biased sample D. the data collector
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  14.   Anthony and Sanford each throw a football. The height of Anthony's throw can represented by the equation A = –10x2 + 15x + 22, where A is height and x is the time in seconds. The height of Sanford's throw can represented by the equation S = –9x2 + 14x + 23. At time x, how much higher is Sanford's throw?
    A. x2 + x – 1 B. x2x + 1
    C. x2x – 1 D. x2 + x + 1
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  15.   Joanne has a garden that is 9 feet long by 6 feet wide. She wants to increase the dimensions of the garden by the same amount, and have the area of the new garden be 5 times the area of the present garden. What should the new dimensions be?
    A. length = 18 ft
wideth = 15ft
B. length = 24 ft
width = 30 ft
    C. length = 30 ft
width = 24ft
D. length = 15 ft
width = 18 ft
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  16.   Solve the following: (q + 2)2 = 25.
    A. {–7, 3} B. {–3, 3}
    C. {–7} D. {3}
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  17.   In baseball, a pop fly should be easily caught if it stays in the air for 7 seconds. Suppose a ball that is hit can be represented by the function y = –16t2 + 125t + 5, where y is the height after t seconds. Will the ball be considered an easy catch?
    A. yes, because t < 7 B. no, because t < 7
    C. no, because t > 7 D. yes, because t > 7
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  18.   Simplify . State the excluded values of x.
    A. , excluded value is 3 B. , excluded values are 1 and 3
    C. , excluded value is 3 D. , excluded values are 1 and 3
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  19.   Find .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  20.   Gary is inches tall, and weighs pounds. What is his ratio in pounds per inch of height?
   
    A. B.
    C. D. 3
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