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26. A pump installed on a well can pump at a maxi-
mum rate of 100 gallons per minute. If the pump
runs at 50% of its maximum rate for six hours a
day, how much water is pumped in one day?
a. 3.00 ϫ 10
2
gallons
b. 1.80 ϫ 10
4
gallons
c. 3.60 ϫ 10
2
gallons
d. 7.20 ϫ 10
2
gallons
27. It costs $0.75 each to make color copies at a copy
center. At this price, how many copies can be
purchased with $60.00?
a. 45
b. 60
c. 75
d. 80
Question 28 is based on the following diagram.
DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM
CHICAGO WITH RESPECT TO TIME
TIME DISTANCE FROM
(HOURS) CHICAGO (MILES)
160
2 120
3 180

4 240
28. A train moving at a constant speed leaves
Chicago for Los Angeles at time t = 0. If Los
Angeles is 2,000 miles from Chicago, which of
the following equations describes the distance
from Los Angeles at any time t?
a. D(t) = 60t – 2,000
b. D(t) = 60t
c. D(t) = 2,000 – 60t
d. D(t) = –2,000 – 60t
Use the table below to answer question 29.
29. According to the table, what is the starting time
of period 3 and the ending time of period 8,
respectively?
a. 9:24, 1:43
b. 9:23, 1:44
c. 9:29, 1:59
d. 9:23, 1:43
e. 9:24, 1:44
30. Anne has two containers for water: a rectangular
plastic box with a base of 16 square inches, and a
cylindrical container with a radius of 2 inches
and a height of 11 inches. If the rectangular box
is filled with water 9 inches from the bottom, and
Anne pours the water into the cylinder without
spilling, which of the following will be true?
a. The cylinder will overflow.
b. The cylinder will be exactly full.
c. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate
level of 10 inches.

d. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate
level of 8 inches.
Period
Start Time
End Time
1
7:55
8:35
2
8:39
9:19
3
10:03
4
10:07
10:47
5
10:51
11:31
6
11:35
12:15
7
12:19
12:59
8
1:03
9
1:47
2:27

Class Time Schedule
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31. Roger, Lucia, Mike, and Samantha are cousins.
They all practice unique sports: One enjoys ski-
ing, one enjoys fishing, one enjoys tennis, and
one enjoys volleyball.
I. The cousin who fishes is female.
II. Roger and Lucia dislike sports with balls.
III. Samantha is older than the cousin who
fishes.
Who likes to fish?
a. Roger
b. Mike
c. Samantha
d. Lucia
32. A triangle has sides that are consecutive even
integers. The perimeter of the triangle is 24
inches. What is the length of the shortest side?
a. 10 inches
b. 8 inches
c. 6 inches
d. 4 inches
33. Use the pattern below to answer the question
that follows.
Z26 X23 V20 T17 ____
What is the next set in the sequence?
a. R15
b. Q15
c. Q14

d. R14
34. Jamal drives 15 miles round trip to work on
weekdays. On weekends, he drives an average of
20 miles per day. If Jamal gets 25 miles per gal-
lon, and buys gas in whole gallon increments,
how many gallons of gas does he have to buy in a
week?
a. 3 gallons
b. 4 gallons
c. 5 gallons
d. 6 gallons
35. The Senior High School Band is washing cars to
earn money. It takes three students 5 minutes to
wash a car, 7 minutes to wash a truck, and 10
minutes to wash a van. If they charge $3.00 for a
car, $4.00 for a truck, and $5.00 for a van, which
vehicle will earn the band the most money for
the time spent working?
a. Cars
b. Truc ks
c. Van s
d. There is no difference in the amount of money
earned per time worked.
36. The length of a rectangle is equal to 4 inches
more than twice the width. Three times the
length plus two times the width is equal to 28
inches. What is the area of the rectangle?
a. 8 square inches
b. 16 square inches
c. 24 square inches

d. 28 square inches
37. A gardener on a large estate determines that the
length of garden hose needed to reach from the
water spigot to a particular patch of prize-
winning dragonsnaps is 175 feet. If the available
garden hoses are 45 feet long, how many sections
of hose, when connected together, will it take to
reach the dragonsnaps?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
38. Which number sentence is true?
a. 4.3 < 0.43
b. 0.43 < 0.043
c. 0.043 > 0.0043
d. 0.0043 > 0.043
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39. Which of the following means 5n + 7 = 17?
a. 7 more than 5 times a number is 17
b. 5 more than 7 times a number is 17
c. 7 less than 5 times a number is 17
d. 12 times a number is 17
40. Which of these is equivalent to 35° C?
F =
ᎏ
9
5
ᎏ

C + 32
a. 105° F
b. 95° F
c. 63° F
d. 19° F
41. What is the value of y when x = 3 and y = 5 + 4x?
a. 6
b. 9
c. 12
d. 17
42. The radius of a circle is 13. What is the approxi-
mate area of the circle?
a. 81.64 units squared
b. 530.66 units squared
c. 1,666.27 units squared
d. 169 units squared
43. What is the volume of a pyramid that has a rec-
tangular base 5 feet by 3 feet and a height of 8
feet? (V =
ᎏ
1
3
ᎏ
lwh)
a. 16 feet
b. 30 feet
c. 40 feet
d. 80 feet
44. Which of these angle measures form a right
triangle?

a. 45°, 50°, 85°
b. 40°, 40°, 100°
c. 40°, 50°, 90°
d. 20°, 30°, 130°
45. What is another way to write 3͙12
ෆ
?
a. 12͙3
ෆ
b. 6͙3
ෆ
c. 2͙10
ෆ
d. 18
46. Third grade student Stephanie goes to the school
nurse’s office, where her temperature is found to
be 98° Fahrenheit. What is her temperature in
degrees Celsius? C =
ᎏ
5
9
ᎏ
(F – 32)
a. 35.8° C
b. 36.7° C
c. 37.6° C
d. 31.1° C
47. Plattville is 80 miles west and 60 miles north of
Quincy. How long is a direct route from Plattville
to Quincy?

a. 100 miles
b. 110 miles
c. 120 miles
d. 140 miles
48. Each sprinkler head in a sprinkler system sprays
water at an average of 16 gallons per minute. If 5
sprinkler heads are flowing at the same time,
how many gallons of water will be released in 10
minutes?
a. 80
b. 60
c. 320
d. 800
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Section 3: Writing (Part A—
Multiple-Choice)
Questions 1–3 are based on the following passage.
(1) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born March 1,
1848, in Dublin, Ireland, to Bernard Saint-Gaudens,
a French shoemaker, and Mary McGuinness, his
Irish wife. (2) Six months later, the family immi-
grated to New York City, where Augustus grew up.
(3) Upon completion of school at age thirteen, he
expressed strong interest in art as a career so his
father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter. (4) While
working days at his cameo lathe, Augustus also took
art classes at the Cooper Union and the National
Academy of Design.

(5) At 19, his apprenticeship completed,
Augustus traveled to Paris where he studied under
Francois Jouffry at the renown Ecole des Beaux-
Arts. (6) In 1870, he left Paris for Rome, where for
the next five years, he st
udies classical art and archi-
tecture, and worked on his first commissions. (7) In
1876, he received his first major commission—a
monument to Civil War Admiral David Glasgow
Farragut. (8) Unveiled in New York’s Madison
Square in 1881, the monument was a tremendous
success; its combination of realism and allegory was
a departure from previous American sculpture. (9)
Saint-Gaudens’ fame grew, and other commissions
were quickly forthcoming.
1. Which of the following numbered parts requires
a comma to separate two independent clauses?
a. Part 9
b. Part 3
c. Part 7
d. Part 1
2. Which of the following words should replace the
underlined word in Part 6?
a. studied
b. will study
c. had been studying
d. would have studied
3. Which of the following changes needs to be
made to the passage?
a. Part 2: Change where to when.

b. Part 5: Change renown to renowned.
c. Part 8: Change its to it’s.
d. Part 3: Change expressed to impressed.
Questions 4–6 are based on the following passage.
(1) Everglades National Park is the largest remaining
sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United
States. (2) It is home to abundant wildlife; including
alligators, crocodiles, manatees, and Florida pan-
thers. (3) The climate of the Everglades are mild
and pleasant from December through April, though
rare cold fronts may create near freezing conditions.
(4) Summers are hot and humid; in summer, the
temperatures often soar to around 90 degrees and
the humidity climbs to over 90 percent. (5) After-
noon thunderstorms are common, and mosquitoes
are abundant. (6) If you visit the Everglades, wear
comfortable sportswear in winter; loose-fitting,
long-sleeved shirts and pants, and insect repellent
are recommended in the summer.
(7) Walking and canoe trails, boat tours, and
tram tours are excellent for viewing wildlife, includ-
ing alligators and a multitude of tropical and tem-
perate birds. (8) Camping, whether in the back
country or at established campgrounds, offers the
opportunity to enjoy what the park offers firsthand.
(9) Year-round, ranger-led activities may help you to
enjoy your visit even more; such activities are offered
throughout the park in all seasons.
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4. Which of the following numbered parts contains
a nonstandard use of a semicolon?
a. Part 6
b. Part 2
c. Part 9
d. Part 4
5. Which of the following numbered parts needs to
be revised to reduce unnecessary repetition?
a. Part 4
b. Part 6
c. Part 9
d. Part 8
6. Which of the following changes is needed in the
passage?
a. Part 6: Remove the comma after Everglades.
b. Part 2: Change It is to Its.
c. Part 8: Remove the comma after campgrounds.
d. Part 3: Change are to is.
Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following passage.
(1) On January 1, 1998, the Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA) announced that lower-fat milk
products had to follow the same set of criteria as
most other foods labeled “low fat.” (2) This meant
that such products as 2-percent milk, which contain
about 5 grams of fat per serving, could no longer be
labeled “low fat” because the fat content was more
than 3 grams per serving, the upper limit permitted
in food products labeled “low fat.” (3) The Surgeon
General advised that low-fat and high-fiber diets
help to improve the health of Americans and reduce

medical costs to the country. (4) The FDA judged
that the designation “2-percent fat” on reduced fat
milk products was causing consumers to imply that
such products were actually low in fat content.
7. Which of the following numbered parts is least
relevant to the passage?
a. Part 4
b. Part 1
c. Part 3
d. Part 2
8. Which of the following changes needs to be
made to the passage?
a. Part 4: Change imply to infer.
b. Part 2: Change contain to containing.
c. Part 1: Change criteria to criterion.
d. Part 4: Change designation to assignation.
Questions 9–11 are based on the following passage.
(1) Being able to type good is no longer a require-
ment limited to secretaries and novelists; thanks to
the computer, anyone who wants to enter the work-
ing world needs to be a
ccustomed to a keyboard. (2)
Just knowing your way around a keyboard does not
mean that you can use one efficiently, though; while
you may have progressed beyond the “hunt-and-
peck” method, you may never have learned to type
quickly and accurately. (3) Doing so is a skill that will
not only ensure that you pass a typing p
roficiency
exam, but one that is essential if you want to advance

your career in any number of fields. (4) This chap-
ter ass
ures that you are familiar enough with a stan-
dard keyboard to be able to use it without looking at
the keys, which is the first step in learning to type,
and that you are aware of the proper fi
ngering. (5)
The following information will help you to increase
your speed and accuracy and to do our best when
being tested on timed writing passages.
9. Which of the following numbered parts contains
a nonstandard use of a modifier?
a. Part 5
b. Part 2
c. Part 3
d. Part 1
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10. Which of the following words, underlined in the
passage, is misused in its context?
a. assures
b. proficiency
c. fingering
d. accustomed
11. Which of the following changes needs to be
made in the passage?
a. Part 3: Remove the comma after exam.
b. Part 4: Insert a colon after that.
c. Part 1: Change needs to needed.
d. Part 5: Change our to your.

Questions 12 and 13 are based on the following passage.
(1) None of us knew my Uncle Elmer, not even my
mother (he would have been ten years older than
she) we had pictures of him in an ancient family
album, a solemn, spindly baby, dressed in a white
muslin shirt, ready for bed, or in a sailor suit, hold-
ing a little drum. (2) In one photograph, he stands
in front of a tall chiffonier, which looms behind
him, massive and shadowy, like one of the Fates in
a greek play. (3) There weren’t many such pictures,
because photographs weren’t easy to come by in
those days, and in the ones we did have, my uncle
had a formal posed look, as if, even then, he knew he
was bound for some unique destiny. (4) It was the
summer I turned thirteen that I found out what
happened to him, the summer Sister Mattie Fisher,
one of Grandma’s evangelist friends, paid us a visit,
sweeping in like a cleansing wind and telling the
truth.
12. Which of the following changes needs to be
made to the above passage?
a. Part 4: Change friends to friend’s.
b. Part 4: Change Sister to sister.
c. Part 2: Change greek to Greek.
d. Part 3: Change uncle to Uncle.
13. Which of the following numbered parts contains
a nonstandard sentence?
a. Part 3
b. Part 4
c. Part 1

d. Part 2
Questions 14–16 are based on the following passage.
(1) O’Connell Street is the main thoroughfare of
Dublin City. (2) Although it is not a particularly
long street Dubliners will tell the visitor proudly
that it is the widest street in all of Europe. (3) This
claim usually meets with protests, especially from
French tourists who claim the Champs Elysees of
Paris as Europe’s widest street. (4) But the witty
Dubliner will not e
nsign bragging rights easily and
will trump the French visitor with a fine distinc-
tion: the Champs Elysees is the widest boulevard, but
O’Connell is the widest street.
(5) Divided by several important monuments
running the length of its center, the street is named
for Daniel O’Connell, an Irish patriot. (6) An
impressive monument to him towers over the
entrance of lower O’Connell Street and overlooking
the Liffey River. (7) O’Connell stands high above the
unhurried crowds of shoppers, business people, and
students on a sturdy column; he is surrounded by
four serene angels seated at each corner of the mon-
ument’s base.
14. Which of the following words should replace the
underlined word in Part 4 of the passage?
a. require
b. relinquish
c. acquire
d. assign

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