Using the process of elimination 1 pdf

Question 13 is based on the following table.
13. What were the total taxes collected for January,
February, and April?
a. $78,000
b. $98,000
c. $105,000
d. $115,000
Question 14 is based on the following table.
BLUE ROUTE BUS SCHEDULE
DEPOT WASHINGTON ST.
Bus 1 6:00 6:53
Bus 2 6:30 7:23
Bus 3 7:00 7:53
Bus 4 7:20
Bus 5 7:40 8:33
14. According to the table, what time is Bus 4 sched-
uled to arrive at Washington Street?
a. 8:03
b. 8:10
c. 8:13
d. 8:18
15. Membership dues at Arnold’s Gym are $53 per
month this year, but were $50 per month last
year. What was the percent increase in the gym’s
prices?
a. 5.5%
b. 6.0%
c. 6.5%
d. 7.0%
Question 16 is based on the following diagram.
16. In the figure, angle POS measures 90 degrees.

What is the measure of angle ROQ?
a. 30 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 90 degrees
d. 180 degrees
P R
O
S Q
Month
Monthly Taxes
Taxes, Dollars
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Questions 17–19 are based on the following graph of
wildfire trends.
17. According to the graph, in which of the following
years were the fewest acres burned?
a. 2000
b. 2001

c. 2002
d. 2003
18. According to the graph, about how much money
was spent fighting wildfires during 2002?
a. $ 90,000
b. $100,000
c. $110,000
d. $300,000
19. According to the graph, in which of the following
years was the cost per acre of fighting wildfires
the lowest?
a. 2001
b. 2002
c. 2003
d. 2004
Questions 20–22 are based on the following graph, which
compares the average annual rainfall with the actual
rainfall for one year in a particular city.
20. According to the graph, in which of the following
months during 2004 was the rainfall nearest
normal?
a. April
b. May
c. June
d. July
21. What is the average rainfall amount for the
month of September?
a. 0.5 inches
b. 0.7 inches
c. 2.0 inches

d. 2.1 inches
22. During 2004, how many months had above-
average rainfall amounts?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 6
d. 9
J FMAMJ J ASOND
Months
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
Inches of Rainfall
2004
Average Annual Rainfall
1999
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
Dollars/Acres
400,000
500,000
600,000

Dollars Spent
Acres Burned
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
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23. Which of these has a 9 in the thousandths place?
a. 3.00950
b. 3.09050
c. 3.90050
d. 3.00590
24. James has a length of rope that he measures with
a yardstick to be 28 inches long. By laying the
yardstick end-to-end with the rope, what is the
longest distance that he can measure accurately?
a. 28 inches
b. 36 inches
c. 50 inches
d. 64 inches
25. The number of red blood corpuscles in one cubic
millimeter is about 5,000,000 and the number of
white blood corpuscles in one cubic millimeter is
about 8,000. What, then, is the ratio of white
blood corpuscles to red blood corpuscles?
a. 1:400
b. 1:625
c. 1:40
d. 4:10
26. A piece of ribbon 3 feet 4 inches long was divided
in 5 equal parts. How long was each part?

a. 11 inches
b. 10 inches
c. 9 inches
d. 8 inches
27. If candy bars cost $0.40 and soft drinks cost
$0.50, what is the cost of four candy bars and
three soft drinks?
a. $2.10
b. $2.30
c. $2.60
d. $3.10
28. What is 56.73647 rounded to the nearest
hundredth?
a. 100
b. 57
c. 56.7
d. 56.74
29. Which of the following is between
ᎏ
1
3
ᎏ
and
ᎏ
1
4
ᎏ
?
a.
ᎏ

1
2
ᎏ
b.
ᎏ
1
5
ᎏ
c.
ᎏ
2
3
ᎏ
d.
ᎏ
2
7
ᎏ
30. The population of Smithtown increases at a rate
of 3% annually. If the population is currently
2,500, what will the population be at the same
time next year?
a. 2,530
b. 2,560
c. 2,575
d. 2,800
31. How many feet of ribbon will a theatrical com-
pany need to tie off a performance area that is 34
feet long and 20 feet wide?
a. 54

b. 68
c. 88
d. 108
32. A university has 36,042 total students. Of these
students, 16,534 are male. Approximately how
many more women attend the university than
men?
a. 1,500
b. 2,000
c. 3,000
d. 4,000
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33. A machine on a production line produces parts
that are not acceptable by company standards 4%
of the time. If the machine produces 500 parts,
how many will be defective?
a. 4
b. 10
c. 16
d. 20
34. About how many liters of water will a 5-gallon
container hold? (1 liter = 1.06 quarts)
a. 5
b. 11
c. 19
d. 20
35. Nationwide, in one year there were about 21,500
residential fires associated with furniture. Of
these, 11,350 were caused by smoking materials.

About what percent of the residential furniture
fires were smoking-related?
a. 47%
b. 49%
c. 50%
d. 53%
36. Rashaard went fishing six days in the month of
June. He caught 11, 4, 0, 5, 4, and 6 fish respec-
tively. On the days that Rashaard fished, what
was his average catch?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
37. Jerry was
ᎏ
1
3
ᎏ
as young as his grandfather 15 years
ago. If the sum of their ages is 110, how old is
Jerry’s grandfather?
a. 80
b. 75
c. 65
d. 60
38. Solve for x in the following equation:
ᎏ
1
3

ᎏ
x + 3 = 8.
a. 33
b. 15
c. 11
d. 3
39. Which of the following is a simplification of
ᎏ
(x
2
(
+
x +
4x
2
+
)
4)
ᎏ
?
a. x – 2
b. x + 4
c. x
2
+ 3x + 2
d. x + 2
40. A line passes through the points (0,–1) and (2,3).
What is the equation for the line?
a. y =
ᎏ

1
2
ᎏ
x – 1
b. y =
ᎏ
1
2
ᎏ
x + 1
c. y = 2x – 1
d. y = 2x + 1
41. What is the slope of the line passing through
(4,2) and (–2,–1)?
a.
ᎏ
1
2
ᎏ
b. –
ᎏ
1
2
ᎏ
c. 2
d. –2
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42. Which of the following is a solution to
3x

2
+ 9x + 9?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 3 Ϯ
Ί
ᎏ
(–
2
3)
ᎏ
๶
d. 3 Ϯ
Ί
ᎏ
3
2
ᎏ
๶
43. Which of the following values should be placed
in each set of parentheses below in order to solve
the equation by completing the square?
x
2
+ 4x + (?) = 7 + (?)
a. –4
b. 2
c. –2
d. 4
Question 44 is based on the following graph.

44. Which equation is represented by the graph
above?
a. y = –x
2
+ 2x + 4
b. y = –x
2
+ 2x – 4
c. y = x
2
+ 2x + 4
d. y = x
2
+ 2x – 4
Question 45 is based on the following graph.
45. Which of the following inequalities is repre-
sented by the graph above?
a. y ≥ x
2
+ 2
b. y ≥ x
2
– 2
c. y ≥ x
2
+ 2x
d. y ≥ x
2
– 2x
46. If f(x) = 3x

2
–
ᎏ
1
2
ᎏ
x + 7, what is f(
ᎏ
1
2
ᎏ
)?
a.
ᎏ
1
2
5
ᎏ
b.
ᎏ
–
2
15
ᎏ
c. 8
d.
ᎏ
1
2
7

ᎏ
47. What is the value of y when x = 3 and y = 5 + 4x?
a. 6
b. 9
c. 12
d. 17
48. After three days, a group of hikers discovers that
they have used
ᎏ
2
5
ᎏ
of their supplies. At this rate,
how many more days can they go forward before
they have to turn around?
a. 0.75 days
b. 1.5 days
c. 3.75 days
d. 4.5 days
–4 –2 2 4
25
20
15
10
5
–5
–10
–15
–20
–25

–30
5
–4 –2 2 4 6
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Section 3: Writing (Part A—
Multiple-Choice)
Questions 1–3 are based on the following passage.
(1) Greyhound racing is the sixth most popular
spectator sport in the United States. (2) Over the last
decade, a growing number of racers have been
adopted to live out retirement as household pets,
once their racing career is over.
(3) Many people hesitate to adopt a retired
racing greyhound because they think only very old
dogs are available. (4) People also worry that the
greyhound will be more nervous and active than
other breeds and will need a large space to run. (5)
_________________. (6) In fact, racing greyhounds
are put up for adoption at a young age; even cham-
pion racers, who have the longest careers, only work
until they are about three-and-a-half years old. (7)
Since greyhounds usually live to be 12–15 years old,
their retirement is much longer than their racing
careers. (8) Far from being nervous dogs, grey-
hounds have naturally sweet, mild dispositions, and,
while they love to run, they are sprinters rather than
distance runners and are sufficiently exercised with
a few laps around a fenced-in backyard everyday.

(9) Greyhounds do not make good watchdogs,
but they are very good with children, get along well
with other dogs (and usually cats as well), and are
very affectionate and loyal. (10) A retired racing
greyhound is a wonderful pet for almost anyone.
1. Which part, if inserted in the blank space labeled
Part 5, would best help to focus the writer’s argu-
ment in the second paragraph?
a. Even so, greyhounds are placid dogs.
b. These worries are based on false impressions
and are easily dispelled.
c. Retired greyhounds do not need race tracks to
keep in shape.
d. However, retired greyhounds are too old to
need much exercise.
2. Which of the following changes is needed in the
first paragraph?
a. Part 2: Change growing to increasing.
b. Part 2: Change their to there.
c. Part 1: Change is to was.
d. Part 2: Change have to has.
3. Which of the following parts, if added between
Parts 9 and 10 of the third paragraph, would be
most consistent with the writer’s purpose, tone,
and intended audience?
a. Former racing dogs make up approximately
0.36% of all dogs owned as domestic pets in
the United States.
b. Despite the fact that greyhounds make excel-
lent domestic pets, there are still a large num-

ber of former racers who have not been
adopted.
c. Good-natured and tolerant dogs, greyhounds
speedily settle into any household, large or
small; they are equally at ease in an apartment
or a private home.
d. It is imperative that people overcome the
common myths they harbor about grey-
hounds that are preventing them from adopt-
ing these gentle dogs.
Questions 4–6 are based on the following passage.
(1) Following a recent series of arson fires in public-
housing buildings, the mayor of Crasonville has
decided to expand the city’s Community Patrol,
made up of 18- to 21-year-olds, to about 400 people.
(2) The Community Patrol has been an important
part of the city’s efforts to reduce the number of
arson crimes.
(3) In addition to the expanded patrol, the city
also has decided to reduce the seriousness of these
fires, most often set in stairwells, by stripping the
paint from the stairwell walls. (4) Fed by the thick
layers of oil-based paint, these arson fires race up the
stairwells at an alarming speed. (5) Fire retardant
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