Mathematics exam 10 pptx

Questions 55 through 57 are based on the following graph.
55. How many gallons of paint were sold on
Wednesday?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7
56. How much more paint was sold on Saturday
than on Monday?
a. 6 gallons
b. 8 gallons
c. 10 gallons
d. 11 gallons
e. 12 gallons
57. What was the total amount, in gallons, of paint
sold by the store that week?
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 60
e. Not enough information is given.
Question 58 is based on the following figure.
58. O is the center of the circle, and the measure of
∠O is 70°. What is the measure of ∠OAB ?
a. 55°
b. 60°
c. 70°
d. 70°
e. 75°
59. A bookcase has 3 large shelves and 4 small

shelves. Each large shelf contains 8 more books
than each small shelf. If the bookcase contains
297 books, how many books does each small
shelf hold?
a. 29
b. 31
c. 32
d. 35
e. 39
60. Ms. Kraus buys 40 feet of wool to use for scarves.
How many scarves of 3 feet 4 inches each in
length can she cut from this material, assuming
each scarf is as wide as the original piece of
fabric?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 16
d. 18
e. 120
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Number of Gallons
Days of the Week
Paint Sales at Carolyn’s Hardware
M T W Th F Sa Su
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Questions 61 and 62 refer to the following graph.
61. Customers of Rico’s Beauty Supply can make
purchases online, from a catalog, or in the store.
About how much more did the company make
from catalog sales than from online sales in
March?
a. $35,000
b. $65,000
c. $130,000
d. $195,000
e. $650,000
62. Approximately what fraction of the company’s
total sales came from in-store sales?
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63. Josh needs to replace the boards on a 22-foot
section of his fence. If the boards are 5
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wide, how many boards should he buy to cover
the distance?
a. 4
b. 33
c. 48
d. 66

e. 121
Question 64 refers to the following graph.
64. What is the slope of the line that passes through
points A and B on the coordinate graph? Mark
your answer on the grid below.
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Dollars (in thousands)
Online Sales Catalog Sales
Rico’s Beauty Supply
Total Sales—March
In-Store Sales
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65. What is the value of the expression 3(2x − y) +
(3 + x)
2
, when x = 4 and y = 5? Mark your
answer in the circles in the grid below.
66. The dimensions of Box B, shown below, are
twice the length of the corresponding dimen-
sions on Box A (not shown).
a. The volume of Box A is greater than the
volume of Box B.
b. The volume of Box B is twice the volume of

Box A.
c. The volume of Box B is three times the
volume of Box A.
d. The volume of Box B is four times the volume
of Box A.
e. The volume of Box B is eight times the
volume of Box A.
67. At the end of baseball season, 5% of the children
enrolled in a local youth baseball program will
be chosen to play in the state tournament. If 12
children will be chosen to play in the tourna-
ment, how many children are enrolled in the
program?
a. 24
b. 60
c. 120
d. 240
e. 600
68. A bag contains 12 red, 3 blue, 6 green, and 4 yel-
low marbles. If a marble is drawn from the bag at
random, what is the probability that the marble
will be either blue or yellow?
a. 7%
b. 12%
c. 16%
d. 25%
e. 28%
69. Patricia wants to order business cards. A printing
company determines the cost (C) to the cus-
tomer using the following function, where b =

the number of boxes of cards and n = number of
ink colors.
C = $25.60b + $14.00b(n − 1)
If Patricia orders 4 boxes of cards printed in 3
colors, how much will the cards cost?
a. $214.40
b. $168.00
c. $144.40
d. $102.40
e. $56.00
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70. Andrea bought a used mountain bike for $250.
She gave the bike a new paint job; replaced the
tires, chain, and gear assembly; and sold the bike
for 150% of the price she paid. For what
amount, in dollars, did she sell the bike? Mark
your answer in the circles in the grid below.
71. Ajani finds that the distance between two land-
marks on a map is 6
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reads
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inch = 120 miles, what is the actual dis-
tance, in miles, between the two landmarks?
Mark your answer in the circles in the grid
below.
72. Which of the following is a graph of the inequal-
ity −2 ≤ x < 4?
a.
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c.
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Questions 73 and 74 are based on the following figure.
Lines A and B are parallel.
73. What is the measure of ∠4?
a. 50°
b. 76°
c. 126°
d. 130°
e. 104°
74. What is the value of x?
a. 54°
b. 76°
c. 126°
d. 130°
e. Not enough information is given.
75. On a coordinate plane, a vertical line is drawn
through the point (−3,4). On the same plane, a
horizontal line is drawn through the point

(2,−1). At what point on the plane will the two
lines intersect? Mark your answer on the coordi-
nate grid below.
76. What was Edmundo’s mean score for a round of
golf in August if his scores for each round were
78, 86, 82, 81, 82, and 77?
a. 77
b. 78
c. 81
d. 82
e. 84
77. In quadrilateral ABCD, side AB is parallel to side
CD. Sides AD and BC are not parallel. What is the
area of the figure to the nearest square centimeter?
Mark your answer in the circles in the grid below.
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78. A display of canned yams has a sign that reads
“5 cans for $3.” At the same rate, how much
would the store charge, to the nearest whole cent,
for 8 cans? Mark your answer in the circles in the
grid below.
79. A plastic pipe, 5 feet 9 inches long, is cut into

three equal pieces. Assuming no waste when the
cuts are made, what is the length of each piece?
a. 1 ft. 6 in.
b. 1 ft. 8 in.
c. 1 ft. 9 in.
d. 1 ft. 11 in.
e. 2 ft.
Question 80 refers to the following diagram.
80. The Wrights plan to carpet their bedroom and
the adjoining hallway as shown in the diagram.
What is the area of the bedroom and hallway in
square feet?
a. 147
b. 336
c. 294
d. 364
e. 504
81. One number is 12 more than 3 times another
number. The sum of the 2 numbers is −20. What
are the numbers?
a. −2 and −18
b. −4 and −16
c. −5 and −15
d. −6 and −14
e. −8 and −12
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