1.   The Rodriguez family is taking a vacation that costs $1,400. They are making a down payment of $500 and paying the rest in three equal payments. What will be the amount of each payment?
    A. $400 B. $900
    C. $300 D. $500
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  2.   Express as a mixed number.
    A. 2 B. 4
    C. 4 D. 3
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  3.   Choose the symbol which makes the following sentence true. 0.2_______0.02
    A. B. <
    C. = D. >
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  4.   What would you predict your heart rate would be if you exercise 40 minutes per day?
   
    A. 120 B. 50
    C. 10 D. 0
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  5.   You have scores of 62, 75, and 90 on three of your history exams. What do you need to get on your fourth exam in order to have a mean of 80?
    A. 100 B. 80
    C. 97 D. 93
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  6.   Find the next term in the sequence
3, 9, 15, 21, …
    A. 63 B. 25
    C. 36 D. 27
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  7.   Factor 144 completely.
    A. 12 · 12 B. 3 · 3 · 4 · 4
    C. 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 3 D. 4 · 4 · 9
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  8.   A carpenter cuts a board that is 4 feet long. After the cut, 1 feet
remain. How long was the piece that was cut?
    A. 3 ft. B. 3 ft.
    C. 3 ft. D. 3 ft.
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  9.   In an eighth grade class, 20% of the students are in the band, 20% are in the orchestra, and 90% are in the choir. Which bar graph best represents this data?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   Find ÷ Write the answer in simplest form.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   A music club is offering unlimited CDs for $6.00 each. There is also a $5.00 shipping cost. If m = the number of CDs, which equation can you use to determine how many CDs you can buy with $35.00?
    A. 6m + 5 = 35 B. 5m + 6 = 35
    C. 6m = 35 D. 5 + 6 = 35m
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  12.   David, Scott, and Roger are going camping for the weekend. They bought 3 pounds of ground beef to make hamburgers on the grill. If an average hamburger weighs pound, how many hamburgers can they make?
    A. 10 B. 8
    C. 12 D. 9
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  13.   What is the name of a polygon that has five sides?
    A. heptagon B. nonagon
    C. pentagon D. decagon
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  14.   Jon took a test with a total of 50 questions. His teacher told him that he must answer 90% of the questions correctly to earn an A. How many questions must he answer correctly to earn the A?
    A. 30 B. 35
    C. 40 D. 45
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  15.   Estimate the measure of .
   
    A. 30° B. 60°
    C. 90° D. 45°
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  16.   4 is 16% of what number?
    A. 0.64 B. 25%
    C. 64 D. 25
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  17.   Which is greatest, –6, –3, –1, or –5?
    A. –5 B. –6
    C. –1 D. –3
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  18.   Rows 0, 1, and 2 of Pascal's Triangle are given below. Row three is __________.
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  19.   Find a rule for the toothpick sequence.
   
    A. number of toothpicks = 2 × term number – 1
    B. number of toothpicks = term number
    C. number of toothpicks = 1 + term number
    D. number of toothpicks = term number – 1
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  20.   What is always the final answer to this Think of a Number trick.Think of a number.Divide by 2.Add 1.Multiply by 4.Subtract your original number.Subtract 3.
    A. 1 more than the number you started with B. the same number you started with
    C. 1 D. 11
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