1.   Sarah must maintain a balance of at least $500 in her checking account to avoid finance charges. If her current balance is $794, write an inequality to determine how many times she can withdraw $25 for shopping without paying finance charges.
    A. 25w 294 B. 25w 106
    C. 25w 794 D. 25w 500
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  2.   What is the slope of in parallelogram ABCD?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   Students from the local high school are selling tickets to the town's annual carnival. Adult admission is $5.00 and child admission is $2.50. Two hours after the carnival opened its first day, 440 tickets had been sold totaling $1900. How many adults and how many children entered the carnival during the first two hours it was open?
    A. 220 adults, 220 children
    B. 380 adults, 760 children
    C. 320 adults, 120 children
    D. 293 adults, 147 children
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  4.   Determine the slope of the line containing the points P(-7, -8) and
Q(3, 0).
    A. -2 B. 2
    C. D.
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  5.   Determine whether the number is rational or irrational.
    A. neither B. both
    C. rational D. irrational
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  6.   Which line is parallel to the line listed below?
    A.
    B. y = 2x - 5
    C.
    D.
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  7.   Which three points are collinear?
    A. (3, –1), (2, 5), (2, –3)
    B. (1, 2), (–3, –2), (–2, –4)
    C. (–5, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4)
    D. (–4, 4), (0, –4), (–1, –2)
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  8.   How many diagonals does a 25-sided polygon have?
    A. 25 B. 275
    C. 550 D. 300
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  9.   How many diagonals are connected to each vertex for a 25-sided polygon?
    A. 20 B. 21
    C. 25 D. 22
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  10.   Find a quadratic equation for the table.
   
    A. y = 5x2 – 2 B. y = x2 – 5
    C. y = 5x2 – 1 D. y = 5x2 + 1
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  11.   What is the new equation if the graph y = 2x3 – 6x2 is moved down 1 unit?
    A. y = 2x3 – 5x2
    B. y = 2x3 – 6x2 + 1
    C. y = 2x3 – 6x2 – 1
    D. y = x3 – 6x2
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  12.   How does a affect graphs of equations in the form of ?
    A. a affects the length of the graph
    B. negative values of a move the graph to the left, positive values move it to the right
    C. a affects the width of the graph
    D. positive values of a move the graph to the left, negative values move it to the right
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  13.   What type of relationship does the equation have if its first differences are constant?
    A. linear B. cubic
    C. quadratic D. constant
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  14.   What is the relationship between constant second differences and the coefficient of the equation?
    A. the second difference is opposite the coefficient
    B. the second difference is the same as the coefficient
    C. the second difference is –2 times the coefficient
    D. the second difference is 2 times the coefficient
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  15.   Use an exponent to write 177,147 as a power of 3.
    A. 319 B. 317
    C. 39 D. 311
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  16.   The population of fish in Mark's lake is 500 this year. If the population increases by 6.9% a year, what number can Mark multiply this year's population by to estimate the fish population in the lake next year?
    A. 0.0931 B. 1.69
    C. 1.069 D. 6.9
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  17.   Evaluate.
    A. 2 B. –3
    C. –2 D. 3
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  18.   A ball is launched straight up from ground level modeling the equation h = 52t – 10t2, where h stands for height in meters and t stands for time. What is the approximate value of t when the ball hits the ground?
    A. 5.2 seconds B. 0 seconds
    C. 6.0 seconds D. 2.6 seconds
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  19.   Use you calculator's Table feature to approximate the solutions to the nearest hundredth.
4x(x + 2) = 12
    A. x = 0, x = –4 B. x = 1, x = –3
    C. x = –1, x = –4 D. x = 2, x = –2
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  20.   Toby needs to create a rectangular pen for his dog. He decides that the area of the pen will be 100 square feet with its length 2 feet longer than its width. What are the dimensions of Toby's pen approximated to the nearest hundredth?
    A. length 10.58 ft width 8.58 ft
    B. length 10.00 ft width 10.00 ft
    C. length 10.32 ft width 8.32 ft
    D. length 11.05 ft width 9.05 ft
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