SC TEST 8– MODULE 1

1.

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The given equation relates the real numbers
and , where < 0 and > 0. Which equation
correctly express in terms of an ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

2. ( )
( )

In the polynomial functions and above

and are constants. lf the polynomial
( ) ( ) ( ) is divisible by which of
the following must be true ?

A)
B)
C)
D)
3.
A marine biologist tracked the distance o f two
bottlenose dolphins from an ocean beacon. The
graph shows the distance o f each dolphin from the
beacon after the marine biologist began tracking
them. After how many seconds were the dolphins
the same distance from the beacon ?
A) 2
B) 8
C) 20
D) 60

4. M = ( ) , t year. If k is represented the

number of months. Which is the formula in term
k?

A) M= ( )
B) M= ( )
C) M= ( )
D) M= ( )

5. y = (x — 1)(x + 1)(x + 2)
The graph in the xy-plane of the equation above
contains the point (a, b). If -1 ≤ a ≤1, which of the
following is NOT a possible value of b ?

A) -2
B) -1
C) 0
D) 1

6.
The figure above shows triangle ABC. The length
of ̅̅̅̅ is 10 and the altitude of the triangle is 20. If
M and N are the midpoints of ̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅
respectively, what is the area of the shaded region ?

7.

In the xy-plane, the graphs of y = - + 12 and line

l intersect at points P(p,3) and Q(q,-4). What is the
greatest possible value of the slope of line l ?

8.
Two beach balls are each in the shape of a sphere.
The larger beach ball has a diameter of 3x, and the
smaller beach ball has a diameter of x. What is the
ratio of the volume of the larger beach ball to the
volume of the smaller beach ball ?

A) 3 to 1
B) 6 to 1
C) 9 to 1
D) 27 to 1

9. y

x
-2 O 2 3

Which of the following could be the equation for

the graph shown in the xy-plane above ?

A) y = (x + 1)( ) (x 2)
B) y=( ) (x + 1)(x + 2)
C) y=( ) (x 1)(x 2)
D) y= ( ) (x 1)(x 2)
10.

The function A(t) = ( ) models the number of

water hyacinths in a population over time, where
A(t) is the number of water hyacinths and t is he
time, in days, since the population was first
measured. Which is the best interpretation of ( )
in this context?

A) The number of water hyacinths doubled t

time
B) The number of water hyacinths doubled
every 6 days.
C) The number of water hyacinths increased by
2 every day.
D) The number of water hyacinths increased by
2 every t day

11.
Roman Empire
Ancient Greece

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Diametern(cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has plates on

display from the Roman Empire and ancient
Greece. The box plots shown summarize the
distributions of the diameters, in centimeters, of all
the museum’s plates from each region. How does
the median diameter of the plates from the Roman
Empire, r, compare to the median diameter of the
plates from ancient Greece, g ?

A) r <g
B) r >g
C) r=g
D) There is not enough information to compare
the medians
12.

In a certain class of 70 students, of the students are

boys, and the ratio of students 10 years or older to

students less than 10 years is 2:3. If of the girls are

less than 10 years old, how many boys are 10 years

old or older ?

13.

P R
4
In the figure above, a circle is inscribed in PQR.

If PQ = 3 and PR = 4, what is the radius of the

circle ?

14.

If 2x+1=9, what is the value of √ ?

A) 4
B) -4
C) 3
D) -3

15. 2, 4, 6, 8
In the list above, if we add a positive integer P to
the list, which of the following could be the median
of the new list of five numbers ?
 I. 4
II. 5
III. 6

A) I only
B) I, II only
C) I, III only
D) I, II, III

16.
y = x² - a
In the equation above, a is a positive constant and
the graph of the equation in the xy-plane is a
parabola. Which of the following is an equivalent
form of the equation ?

A) y = (x + a)(x - a)

B) y = (x + √ )(x - √ )

C) y=(x+ )(x- )

D) y = (x + a)²

17.
The function ƒ is defined by f (x)=| | - 4.
If f (0) = f (k), what is the value of k ?

A) -10
B) -5
C) 4
D) 10
18. f(x) g(x)

In the xy-plane above, the graph of f(x) and g(x)

are shown. The graph of g(x) is the results of a
translation of f(x). If f(x)= (x+1)3 - 3(x+1)2 + 3,
which of the following is an equation of g(x) ?

A) g(x) = ( ) -3( ) +1

B) g(x) = ( ) -3( ) -1

C) g(x) = ( ) -3( ) -3

D) g(x) = ( ) -3( ) +3
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y

0
15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150
Height of pyramid (meters)

The histogram above shows the distribution of the

heights, in meters, of 26 pyramids in Egypt. Which
of the following could be the median height of the
26 pyramids represented in the histogram ?

A) 44 meters
B) 48 meters
C) 63 meters
D) 77 meters

20.
In a community garden, the ratio of tomato plants
to pepper plants is 1:3, and the ratio of pepper
plants to pea plants is 8:1. There are 6 pea plants in
the garden. How many tomato plants are in the
garden ?
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21.

45° 30°
A D 4 C

In the figure above, AD = 4, measure of BAD is

45°, and measure of BCD is 30°. What is the area
of triangle ABC ?
(Round your answer to the nearest tenths)

22.
x² − 6x + 2 = 0
If a and b are the roots of the equation above, what
is the value of (a + 1)(b + 1) ?

A) 9
B) 10.5
C) 11
D) 12

23.
For a polynomial p(x), the remainder when p(x) is
divided by (x − 1) is 2, and the remainder when
p(x) is divided by (x + 1) is −4. If p(x) is divided by
(x² − 1), what is the reminder ?

A) 2x + 1
B) 3x – 1
C) 4x + 1
D) -8
24.

y= ( )

In the equation above, what is the maximum value

of y ?
A) 27
B) 81
C) 243
D) 729
25.
The lengths of the sides of a right triangle are
consecutive even integers, and the length of the
longest side is x. What is the value of x ?

A) 2
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10

26.
The triangle ABC has the measure of angle A, B, C
is respectively 68, 80 and 42 degree. Which is the
longest side of this triangle ?

A) AB
B) BC
C) AC
D) Undefined cause not enough information.

27.
There are $160 cash in John’s pocket. John only
has 10 and 20 dollar bills. If John has a total of 12
bills, how many 20 dollar bills are in his pocket ?
SC TEST 8– MODULE 2

1.
There are 20 high school seniors who are taking the
total of 85 AP classes this year. Some of them take
4 APs and the others take 5. How many seniors are
taking 5 Aps ?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8

2.
According to the bar graph below, the total
population in all five cities increased by
approximately what percent from 2012 to 2013 ?

Population in Five Cities

Population (In Thousands)

50
40
30
20
10
0
Almond Burgen Cliff Denver Franklin
Axis Title

2012 2013

A) 11%
B) 10%
C) -10%
D) -11%
3. If and
( )

A)
B)
C)
D)

4.

( )
If ( ) is a solution of the system of equations
above and what is the value of ?

A) -2
B) -1
C) 1
D) 2

5. In the figure above, which of the following

CANNOT be the value of ?

A) 105
B) 111
C) 115
D) 124
6.

The figure above shows four squares with sides of

length 2, 3, and Line hits the upper left
corner of each square. What is the value of ?

7. When twice a number is reduced by 10, the

result is 200. What is the number ?

8.
The kinetic energy of an object is calculated by the
following formula:

Where is the kinetic energy, is the mass, and

is the velocity. If the kinetic energy of an object
is a constant, which of the following graphs best
represents the possible relationship between the
velocity ( ) and the Kinetic Energy ( ) of the
object
 9.
If x, y and z represent consecutive positive odd
integers. Which of the following is true ?

A) x + y + z = even integer
B) x + y = odd integer
C)
D) is an even integer

10.
Which of the following numbers is contained in the
domain of the function f (x)= ?
√
A) 6
B) 5
C) -5
D) -6

11.
What is the range of the function y = + 8x – 13 ?

A) All real numbers greater than or equal to -21

B) All real numbers less than or equal to -21
C) All real numbers greater than or equal to -11
D) All real numbers less than or equal to -11
12.

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

Point O is the center of the circle in the figure
above. What is the value of x ?

13.
In the xy-plane, the point (1,3) is the vertex of the
graph of the function f. If f(x) = x² + ax + b, where
a and b are constants, what is the value of b ?

14.
If x -10 or x ≥ 16, which of the following
represents the values of x ?

A) | | ≤ 13
B) | | 13
C) | | 13
D) | | ≤ 13

15. 2x - 3y = 1
ax + by = c
In the system of equations above, a,b, and c are
constants. For which of the following values of a,
b, and c does the system have only one solution ?

A) a = 2, b = -3, c = 1
B) a = 4, b = -6, c = 5
C) a = 6, b = -9, c = 5
D) a =10, b =10, c = 1

16.
Members of a reading club want to buy a science
fiction book for their sponsors. If each member of
the club contributes $4.00 towards the purchase of
the book, they will still be short $7.00. If each
member contributes $6.00, they will have a surplus
of $9.00 after the purchase of the book. What is the
price of the book in dollars ?
A) 8
B) 24
C) 39
D) 48

17.

The scatterplot shows the average number of

people per household in the United States for select
years from 1970 to 1980. A line of best ft for the
data is also shown. Which of the following is
closest to the average number of people per
household predicated by the line of best fit for
1976 ?
A) 2.7
B) 2.9
C) 3.1
D) 3.2

18.
The total surface area from the hemisphere of a
certain primate brain is 2,261 square millimeters.
There are 127,000,000 total neurons in this
hemisphere. Which of the following is closet to the
cortical neuron density, in neurons per square
millimeter, for this hemisphere ?
A) 287,000
B) 178,000
C) 125,000
D) 56,200

19.

What is an equation of the graph shown ?

A) y= -(x-4)2 +8
B) y= (x+4)2 -8
C) y= -(x-6)2 +4
D) y= (x+6)2 -4

20. -9x + 24qx = 36

In the given equation, q is a constant. The equation
has no solution. What is the value of q ?

21.

The value of r is times the value of t, where t >

0. The value of t is what percent greater than the
value of r? (Disregard the % sign when entering
your answer. For example, if your answer is 39%,
enter 39)

22.
A piece of paper is cut two times, resulting in three
smaller pieces of paper of the same shape and size.
Then, the three smaller pieces are stacked and cut
two times to form nine even smaller pieces, each
with the same shape and size. This process
continues until the pieces of paper are too small to
cut. Which of the following functions gives the
number of pieces of paper, F(c), that result after c
cuts, where c is an even number ?

A) F(c) =
B) F(c) =
C) F (c) =
D) F (c) =

23. A school nurse chose 50 girls from the seventh

grade and measured their weight, in pounds,
shown in the table below
If there is a total of 500 girls in the seventh grade,
what could be the possible number of girls in the
median measure of weight for the entire grade ?

A) 80
B) 100
C) 150
D) 200

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24.
In the figure above, what is the value of ?

A) 405
B) 135
C) 270
D) 360

25.
In the circle below, a regular hexagon ABCDEF is
inscribed inside a circle. What is the ratio of the
length of arc AFE to the length of arc ADE ?

A) 1 to 2
B) 2 to 3
C) 2 to 5
D) 3 to 2
26. 8 players participate in a tennis tournament. A
game involves two players and each player plays
two games with each of the other seven players.
How many games will be played in total at this
tournament ?
A) 45
B) 50
C) 56
D) 108

27.
At an intersection, a complete cycle of the traffic
light takes 70 seconds. Within each cycle, the red
light lasts for 30 seconds and the yellow light 10
seconds. If a driver arrives at the intersection at a
random time, what is the probability that the light
is green ?