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Question 4

The area of polygon , in square units, is

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Question 5

The bar graph shows the grades in a mathematics class for the last grading period. If A, B, C, and D are satisfactory grades, what fraction of the grades shown in the graph are satisfactory?

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Question 6

A ream of paper containing sheets is cm thick. Approximately how many sheets of this type of paper would there be in a stack cm high?

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Question 7

A "stair-step" figure is made of alternating black and white squares in each row. Rows through are shown. All rows begin and end with a white square. The number of black squares in the row is

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Question 8

If , the largest number in the set

is

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Question 9

The product of the 9 factors

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Question 10

The fraction halfway between and (on the number line) is

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Question 11

A piece of paper containing six joined squares labeled as shown in the diagram is folded along the edges of the squares to form a cube. The label of the face opposite the face labeled is

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Question 12

A square and a triangle have equal perimeters. The lengths of the three sides of the triangle are , and . The area of the square is

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Question 13

If you walk for minutes at a rate of and then run for minutes at a rate of how many miles will you have gone at the end of one hour and minutes?

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Question 14

The difference between a sales tax and a sales tax on an item priced at before tax is

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Question 15

How many whole numbers between and contain the digit ?

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Question 16

The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Brown's math class is . If there are students in the class, how many more girls than boys are in the class?

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Question 17

If your average score on your first six mathematics tests was and your average score on your first seven mathematics tests was , then your score on the seventh test was

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Question 18

Nine copies of a certain pamphlet cost less than while ten copies of the same pamphlet (at the same price) cost more than . How much does one copy of this pamphlet cost?

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Question 19

If the length and width of a rectangle are each increased by , then the perimeter of the rectangle is increased by

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Question 20

In a certain year, January had exactly four Tuesdays and four Saturdays. On what day did January fall that year?

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Question 21

Mr. Green receives a raise every year. His salary after four such raises has gone up by what percent?

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Question 22

Assume every 7-digit whole number is a possible telephone number except those that begin with or . What fraction of telephone numbers begin with and end with ?

Note: All telephone numbers are 7-digit whole numbers.

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Question 23

King Middle School has students. Each student takes classes a day. Each teacher teaches classes. Each class has students and teacher. How many teachers are there at King Middle School?

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Question 24

In a magic triangle, each of the six whole numbers is placed in one of the circles so that the sum, , of the three numbers on each side of the triangle is the same. The largest possible value for is

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Question 25

Five cards are lying on a table as shown.

Each card has a letter on one side and a whole number on the other side. Jane said, "If a vowel is on one side of any card, then an even number is on the other side." Mary showed Jane was wrong by turning over one card. Which card did Mary turn over?

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Answer Keys


Question 1: A
Question 2: B
Question 3: D
Question 4: C
Question 5: C
Question 6: D
Question 7: C
Question 8: A
Question 9: A
Question 10: C
Question 11: E
Question 12: B
Question 13: B
Question 14: B
Question 15: C
Question 16: D
Question 17: D
Question 18: E
Question 19: B
Question 20: C
Question 21: E
Question 22: B
Question 23: E
Question 24: D
Question 25: A



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