SC TEST 7– MODULE 1

1. -
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above ?

A) A
B) B 2(
C) C
D) D

2.
√
+√ =5
√
√

If (a,b) is a solution to the system of equations

above, what is the value of a ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

3.

Note: Figure not drawn to scale

In the xy-plane above, the graph of a quadratic
function y = f(x) intersects the x-axis at points O
and Q, and has a vertex at point P. If line 
passes through points P and Q, what is the y-
intercept of line  ?

A) 8
B) 10
C) 12
D) 15

4. If | |=10, what is the value of | |?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

5. Which expression is equivalent to ?

A) √
B) √
C) √
D) √

6.
B

C A
In the triangle above, the sine of BAC is 0.6 and
the area of triangle ABC is 216. What is the length
of BC ?
7. P=

The equation above can be used to model the

population of a certain city t years after 1800.
According to this model, the population is
predicted to decrease by 0.2% every k months.
What is the value of k ?

8.

The graph of the linear function f is shown in the

xy-plane above. If the graph of g , defined by
g(x) = 4 f (x – 2) + k , where k is a constant, passes
through the point (1,-4), what is the value of g(3) ?

A) -20
B) -17
C) 12
D) 17

9. If and y < 0, which of the following has

the greatest value?

A)
B)
C)
D)
10. To rent a single movie from a DVD lending
machine, Mrs. Kinney was charged $1 for the first
day. For every day afterwards, she must pay a
rental fee of $1 plus a late fee of $.50. If she paid a
total of $10, how many days did she keep the DVD
?

A) 7
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4

11.

In the figure above, the perimeter of the triangle is

8 + 4√ . What is the value of ?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 2√
D) 4√

12.

If + = 9, y = - 3, and = 2, then what is the

value of ?

A) -8
B) -6
C) 10
D) 3

13. If the diameter of a cylindrical jar is increased

by 100% without altering the volume, by what
percent must the height be decreased ?
(Note: Disregard the % sign when gridding your
answer.)
14.

In the xy-plane above, the area of square ABCD is

equal to the area of triangle CDP. What is the value
of a ?

15.

Mina can do a job in 2 hours, and Ruth can do the

same job in 4 hours. If they work together, how
long will it take them to do the job ?

A) 50 minutes
B) 60 minutes
C) 80 minutes
D) 100 minutes

16.

g(x) = x² + ax + b
For the function g defined above, a and b are
constants. If g(-2) = g(10), what is the value of a ?
A) 8
B) 4
C) -6
D) -8

17.

In the xy-plane above, the base of a rectangle is on

the x-axis and the upper vertices are on the
parabola y = 10 - 2x². Which of the following
represents the area of the rectangle ?

A) 10a - 2

B) 2 - 10a

C) 20a - 4a³

D) 4a³ - 20a

18.

The graph of the linear function g intersects points

(p, 0) and (0, q) in the xy-plane. If pq < 0, which of
the following is true about the graph of g ?

A) The graph of g has a positive y-intercept.

B) The graph of g has a negative y-intercept.
C) The graph of g has a positive slope.
D) The graph of g has a negative slope.
19.

For which of the following tables are all the values

of and their corresponding values of solutions
to the given system of inequalities ?
A)

-5 3
-6 8
-8 20

B)

-5 2
-6 4
-8 -5

C)

-5 2
-6 4
-8 5

D)

-5 5
-6 11
-8 20

20. When a zebra fish was 25 days old, the length

of its tail fin was 3.0 millimeters (mm). The
length of the fin increased by 0.06 mm each day
for the next 175 days. Which of the following
types of functions best describes how the fin
length changed over time during this 175-day
period ?
 A) Increasing linear
B) Decreasing linear
C) Increasing exponential
D) Decreasing exponential
21.

When Michael swims he burns 9 calories per

minute, and when he walk he burns 4 calories per
minute. If Michael spends a total of 4 hours walking
and swimming and burns a total of 1600 calories,
how many minutes did he spend walking ?

22.

How many different positive four-digit integers can

be formed if the digits 0, 1, 2, and 3 are each used
exactly once ?

A) 10
B) 12
C) 15
D) 18

23.

Triangles A, B, and C are different in size. Triangle

A's area is twice the area of triangle B, and triangle
C's area is three times the area of triangle A. What
is the area of triangle C, in square inches, if the
area of triangle B is 10 square inches ?

A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) 80

24. If , and , which of the

following is equivalent to ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

25.

In a high school pep rally, a student is to be chosen

at random. The probability of choosing a freshman
is and the probability of choosing a sophomore is
. Which of the following cannot be the total
number of students in the prepally ?

A) 120
B) 144
C) 150
D) 156

26.

A car rental company calculates the price of renting

a car by adding the fixed rental fee with an
additional charge for every 10 miles traveled. If the
charge to rent a car and drive 50 miles is $120 and
the charge to rent a car and drive 200 miles is $165,
what would be the price, in dollars, to rent a car
and travel 300 miles ?

A) 178
B) 186
C) 195
D) 225

27. y
y = x²
B C

x
O

A D

y = - x²
The xy-plane above shows the graphs of two
quadratic functions and a rectangle. Points A, B, C,
and D lie on the graphs of y = x² and y = -x²
respectively. If the area of rectangle ABCD is 108,
what is the length of BC ?

SC TEST 7– MODULE 2
1.

x² + y² - 2x - 2y = 7
y=k
In the system of equation above, k is a constant.
For which of the following values of k does the
system of equations have exactly two real solutions
?

A) k=6
B) k=5
C) k=4
D) k=3

Questions 2 and 3 refer to the following

information.
h= - ² + 40
A rocket is launched from a height of 40 meters
with an initial speed of 196 meters per second. The
equation above describes the height h and the
initial speed of the rocket, where t is the time
elapsed since the rocket is launched and g is the
acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s²)

2.

How long will it take for the rocket to reach its

maximum height in seconds ?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
3. What is the maximum height, in meters, of the
rocket from the ground ?
A) 1200
B) 1600
C) 2000
D) 2400
4. From 1990 to 2001, German currency included
coins called pfennigs, worth 1 pfennig each, and
groschen, worth 10 pfennigs each. Which
equation represents the number of pfennig coins,
p, and groschen coins, g, that have a combined
value of 85 pfennigs ?

A) p + g = 85
B) p + 10g = 85
C) 10p + g = 85
D) 10(p + g) = 85

5.
In the dot plots above, the four data sets are fund-
raising totals in dollars for five clubs in Mr. Lee’s
class. Which data set appears to have the smallest
standard deviation ?

A) Club 1
B) Club 2
C) Club 3
D) Club 4

6. The scatterplot shows the relationship between

two variables, x and y. A line of best fit for the
data is also shown.

For how many of the data points is the y-value

predicted by the line of best fit greater than the
actual y-value ?

7. The function g( ) = ( - 3)( - 1). If

( + 1) = 0 and > 0, what is the value of ?

8.
The following are coordinates of points on the -
plane. Which of these points is nearest to the origin?

A) (0, -1)
B) (- , 0 )
C) (- )
D) (

9. If an integer, but not an integer, which

of the following could be the values of and ?

A) a = 5, =5
B) a = 3, =2
C) a = 6, =3
D) a = 6, =4

10.
D
A
10

10 C
E

B
In the figure shown, segments AE and BD interest
at C. which additional piece of information is
sufficient to determine whether triangle ABC is
congruent to triangle EDC ?

A) AC = BC
B) AC = CE
C) The measures of angles A and B are equal.
D) The measures of angles A and E are equal.

11.
 | |
What are all possible solutions to the given
equation

A) -15
B) 5
C) -5 and 5
D) There are no solutions.

12. When a number is tripled and then reduced by

15, the result is 300. What is the number ?
13.

In the figure above, is an equilateral

triangle. What is the value of in degrees ?

14. Set X has x elements and set Y has y elements. If

they have exactly w elements in common, how
many elements are in set X or set Y but not in
both set X and Y ?
A)
B)
C)
D)
15. A spacecraft’s solar panels initially generate
1,150 watts of power. The solar panels generate
2% less power than the previous year’s output
every year the spacecraft in operation. Which
equation represents the relationship between the
amount of power generated P, in watts, and the
number of years, t, the spacecraft is in
operation?

A)
B)
C)
D)

16.

The amount of money, in dollars, earned from a

school fundraiser by selling x cookies is given by
A(x) = 2x - 90. How many cookies must the event
sell in order to raise 250 dollars ?

A) 150
B) 170
C) 175
D) 180

17. 2x, y, 2y
If the average (arithmetic mean) of the three
numbers above is 3x and x 0, what is y in terms
of x ?

A) 2x
B) 3x
C)
D)
18.

x 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) -2 1 6 13 22
Some pairs of input and output values of the
function f are shown above. The function h is
defined by h(x) = f (2x + 1).
What is the value of h(1)?

A) -2
B) 1
C) 6
D) 13

19. If n > 0, what is the value of

5x + + + ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

20.

Jonh walks 10 meters away from a wall outside his

school building as shown in the figure above. At
the point he stands, he notices that his shadow
reaches to the same spot as the shadow of the
school. If Jon is 1.6 meters tall and his shadow is 2
meters long, how high is the school building, in
meters ?

21. If a + bi = , what is the value of a + b = ?

22. Let *m be defined as *m = m2 + 4 for all values
of m. If *x = 3X2, which of the following could
be the value of x ?

A) -2
B) 1
C) 2
D) -√

23.

When 3x is added to 13 and the sum is divided by 5

subtracted from x, the result equals 4. What is the
value of x ?

A) 33
B) 29
C) 24
D) 18

24.
A rectangular solid has dimensions of a x b x c
where a, b and c are positive integers. Its volume is
v and its surface area is s. If v is odd, which of the
following must be true ?
I. a is odd.
II. both b and c are odds
III. s is even.

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

25.
Which of the following expressions must be
negative if x < 0 ?

A) -2
B) -1
C) -3 -1
D) +3 +1
26.
Triangle is an isosceles triangle with base
angles measuring . Triangle is similar to
triangle . The length of each side of triangle
is 1.5 times as large as the corresponding
side of triangle . What is the measure of each
of the base angles of triangle ?

A)
B)
C)
D)

27.
A company manufactures picture frames. The
figure shows a frame with a shaded border of width
x inches (in) and inside dimensions of 10 in by 18
in. The area of the shaded border is 128 square in.
What is the value of x ?