PART 1 — ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

57 QUESTIONS

Suggested Time: 90 Minutes

REVISING/EDITING

Directions: For questions 1 to 5, you will be asked to recognize and correct errors in sentences or short paragraphs.

Directions: Read the passages below to answer questions 6 to 13. The questions will focus on
improving the writing quality of the passage to follow the conventions of standard written English.

6. Which revision eliminates the use of passive voice in Sentence 2

7. Which revision is necessary Sentence 3?

8.  What is the best way to combine Sentence 4 and Sentence 5 to clarify the relationship between ideas?

9. Which transition should be added to the beginning of Sentence 7?

10. Which sentence would best follow and support Sentence 7?

11. Which sentence would best follow Sentence 8 to serve as a conclusion sentence for the second paragraph?

12. What kind of error needs to be corrected in Sentence 10?

13. Which revision eliminates the use of “to be” verbs in Sentence 13?

14. Which revision of Sentence 2 eliminates the dangling modifier?

15. Which revision of Sentence 3 corrects the use of commas?

16. Which sentence would best follow Sentence 4 to serve as a conclusion for paragraph 1?

17. Which revision of Sentence 6 corrects the use of semicolons and commas?

18. Which edit is needed to correct Sentence 8?

19. Which revision of Sentence 12 corrects the use of passive voice?

20. Which edit is needed to correct Sentence 13?

Reading Comprehension

Questions 21-57

Directions: Analyze the passages below, and answer the commensurate questions. Only use
information provided within the passage for your answers. There is only one answer for each
question.

21. What is this passage mostly about?

22. Lex is a Latin word for:

23. According to the passage, how did Rome acquire its public land?

24. According to the passage, what was one benefit to not defending yourself against an invading Roman army?

25. What kind of land was most likely to be Roman Agrarian land?

26. All land not under Roman control, but in a state conquered by Rome, was:

27. This passage mostly serves to:

28. What change to a country’s election standards, since 1900, may have allowed it to now be considered democratic?

29. What element of a democracy establishes election procedure, according to the passage?

30. According to the passage, what would be covered by a constitution?

31. What is true about democracies since 1950, according to the passage?

32. What about constitutionalism, compared to basic election procedure, is necessary “to comprehending an advanced conceptualization of democracy?”

33. What is this passage mostly about?

34. The author notes Jackson’s belief that the earth was flat as an example of:

35. Jackson had a naturally ___ temper.

36. According to the passage. Jackson was similar to Jefferson in his concern over the ___ ?

37. According to the passage, Jackson was more passionately supportive of the ___ than Jefferson?

38. Which of the following was not. according to Jackson, an assault on individual rights?

39. What is the main idea of this passage?

40. Why does the author imply it is more productive to focus on an individual trade?

41. What is an example of the division of labor becoming “more marked” in modern society?

42. What would be an example of how a surplus of goods can be used to exchange for other goods?

43. What is the “treasure” that the old man holds?

44. Which profession would the author consider a worker creating the “culture of the mind?”

45. Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?

46. Scat, which is improvisational singing, is also characterized by

47. Why was “Satchmo” criticized by some of his colleagues in the 1930’s?

48. Which of the following is not mentioned as one of the reasons for Armstrong’s success?

49. How did Armstrong change the rhythm of jazz?

50. According to the author, what qualified Armstrong to be the “goodwill ambassador” of jazz music in the United States (lines 35-36)?

51. Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?

52. Which of the following best describes the function of lines 51-61 (“What… Horns.”) in the passage as a whole?

53. The author mentions the Arab proverb in lines 21-22 (“Man…Pyramids”) to make the point that

54. The author mentions “Pharaoh Khufu” (line 26) in order to

55. According to the passage, the constellation Orion is significant to ancient Egyptians because

56. Which of the following best illustrates that “the ancient Egyptians were far more than a people who believed in what many would call the pseudoscience of astrology.”

57. The last paragraph (lines 62-79) most strongly implies that

Mathematics
Suggested Time: 90 minutes
57 questions

Grid-In Problems Questions 58-62

Directions:
The following five questions are grid-in problems. On the answer sheet, please be sure to
write your answer in the boxes at the top of the grid. Start at the left side of each grid.

59. Solve -7(3n + 5) = -6n + 25 for n

60. Bob is making mini fondant cakes for the next bake sale. Each cake costs Bob $1.80 to make. If he sells the cakes for $3.00 each, how many will he have to sell to make a profit of exactly $36.00?

61. A car travels for 3 hours at a speed of 55 miles per hour and then for the next 2 hours travels at a speed of 65 miles per hour. Find the average speed of the car for the entire journey.

62. If x = -1 and y = 2, what is the value of the expression 2x³ – 3xy ?

Multiple Choice Problems
Questions 63-114

Directions: Select the best answer from the choices given by carefully solving each problem. Bubble
the letter of your answer on the answer sheet. If you need to erase, please erase thoroughly.

63. What is the value of √25  + √64 ?

64. What is the value r in the equation 2r = 10² ?

65. What is the area of a square with a perimeter of 16?

66. What is 10% of a number whose square is 81?

67. What is the range of the set {1, 2, 5, 10, 6, 12}?

68. Nancy found a formula for the area of a square in terms of its perimeter. Let A stand for the area and P for perimeter What is the formula Nancy found?

69. Anayet is driving to work from home and realizes he left his wallet at home when he is at his workplace. He turns back to retrieve his wallet. His workplace and home are 45 miles apart and it takes him twice as long to get to workplace from his home than the other way around. It is a 30 minute drive from his workplace to home. What is the average speed for the round trip in miles per minute?

71. Sarah has a trick coin that has heads on both sides. She asks her friend John, who believes the coin is fair, to guess what face it will land on. If they flip the coin 100 times, how many times bigger is Sarah’s expected probability of the coin landing on heads than John’s expected probability of the coin landing on heads?

72. What is the square of a number that when added to any number does not change that number’s value?

73. How many nonzero numbers are between 3 and 5?

75. What is the absolute value of the difference between the number of integers between 0 and 5 inclusive and the number of integers between 1 and 6 exclusive?

77. What time will it be 53 hours after 3:30 P.M. on Thursday?

79. A certain substance has a mass of 98 milligrams. What is the mass of this substance in kilograms?

80. Samuel scored a 72, 92 and 80 on his first three exams. What is the minimum score he needs to get on his next exam to get an average of 85?

81. Five out of 10 marbles in a bag are red. What percentage of the marbles are not red?

83. (√81)(√25) + √16 = 

84. It takes George 3 minutes to read 300 words. If each page in a book that he is reading has 750 words, how long will it take George to read 6 pages?

85. (½ – ¾)² + (5 / 10)

86. If x = 2⁵ • 3² • 7, then what is the value of x ? 

88.  If x⁸ = (2²)⁴ , what is x² ?

90. A computer originally priced at $550.50 is on sale for 20% off. Jamie used a 5% discount coupon which was applied to the sales price. How much did Jamie pay for the computer? (Assume there is no tax.)

91. Given the following value 4,760. Solve the following. (x² / y), if x represents the smallest prime factor of the given value, and y represents the greatest prime factor of the given value

92. An adult male Diptera has a mass of 11.5 milligrams. What is the Dipteras mass in grams?

93. Michael has a project due in exactly 83 hours. It is currently 8:30 on a Monday morning. What time is his project due?

94. ((2 / 3) + (1 / 4)) / 2

95. Michelle bought a dress that costs $103.00, a pair of shoes that costs $73.00 and a bag that costs $111.00. There is a 7% sales tax on all items priced at $90.00 and higher. There is no sales tax on items under $90.00. How much did Michelle spend on the following items, including tax?

96. How many terms are in the sequence, 0, 3, 6, … , 57, 60 ?

97. The larger of two consecutive even integers is two times the smaller. What is their sum?

99. In Mr. Farmer’s class there are 30 kids. If there are twice as many boys as there are girls in the English club, then what percentage of the English club are boys?

101. What is the prime factorization of 752?

102. In a triangle, the sum of two angles equals the third. Find the measure of the third angle.

103. If Anthony and Bridget take turns watching T.V. every 4 hours and Anthony’s third watch was at 10:00 P.M. and Bridget was the first to watch T.V., then when did Bridget begin her second watch?

104. There are a total of 9 bicycles and unicycles in a path There are 13 wheels in total. If x is the number of bicycles, what is x² ?

105. A boy moves 4 miles south. Then he turns 90° to the left. He moves forward 6 miles. He turns 90° to the left. He moves forward 4 miles. How far is he now than from his starting point?

109. The sum of two positive numbers is 6 times their difference. What is the reciprocal of the ratio of the larger number to the smaller?

110. The mean weekly salary of 9 teachers in a school is $1,000. If there are 9 teachers and 11 assistant principals and the mean weekly salary for assistant principals and teachers is $1,275, what is the mean salary of the assistant principals?

113. The new video game console was priced at $400 when it was released last year. This year, the price decreased by 15% during the holiday sale period. The game manufacturer recently announced that the same console will be re-released with new updates and expanded functionality The retail price will be 25% greater than the previous sale price. When the game console is re-released, what will be the retail price?

114. Jimmy stands at the window of an apartment which is 40 feet above the ground. He releases a glider which flies a straight path to his friend, who catches the glider 10 feet above the ground in the neighboring building. If the buildings are 40 feet apart, what is the distance traveled by the glider?