ACT Prep Practice Test English

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arity A. Wesley

This test is for practice only and

are of questions from previous

tests.

ACT Prep

Practice

Testnglish, Math, Reading,

cience, ! Writing


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English

DIRECTIONS:In the passage that follows, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In

the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose

the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is

worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the originalversion is best, choose "NO CHANGE." In some cases, you will find in the right-hand column a question

about the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to the question.

You will also find questions about a section of the passage, or about the passage as a whole. These

questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or

numbers in a box.

For each question, choose the alternative you consider best and fill in the corresponding oval on your

answer document. Read the passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that

accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to

determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative.

Passage I

A Microscope in the Kitchen

I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide

table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. Having

studied, my mother is a marine biologist. Our household might have been described as uncooperative.

Our meals werent always served in the expected order of breakfast, lunch, and supper. Everything was

subservient to the disposal of the tides. When the tide was low, Mom could be found down on the

mudflats. When the tide was high, she would be standing on the inlet bridge with her plankton net.

I have great respect for my mother. I learned early that the moon affected the tides. Mom was always

waiting for a full moon, when low tide would be much lower than usual and high tide much higher. The

moon being closer to the earth when full, so its gravitational pull is stronger. I knew that it took about eight

hours for the tides to change from high to low, sixteen hours for a complete cycle of tides.9I didnt have

to wait to learn these things in school. In our house they were everyday knowledge.

[1] Often, my brother and I, joined our mother on her adventures into tidal lands. [2] At the very low tidesof the full moon, when almost all the water was sucked away, we found the hideaways where crabs,

snails, starfish, and sea urchins hid in order not to be seen. [3] Sometimes we would dig with shovels in

the mud, where yellow and white worms lived in their leathery tunnels.13

For plankton tows, we would stand on the bridge while Mom lowered a cone-shaped net that is often used

by marine biologists. Then we would patiently wait. After a while, she would pull up the net, and we would


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go home. Later, we would see her sitting at the kitchen table, peering at a drop of water through the

lenses of her microscope from the bottlewatching the thousands of tiny swimming organisms.

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1.

A.NO CHANGE

B.waiting, by the back door,

C.waiting by the back door,

D.waiting by the back door

2.

F.NO CHANGE

G.would sit

H.sitting

J.sat

3.

A.NO CHANGE

B.As my mothers interest is science, she is

C.My mothers occupation is that of

D.My mother is

4. Which choice would most effectively introduce the rest of this paragraph?

F.NO CHANGE

G.There seemed to be no explanation for why Mom ran our household the way she did.
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H.Our household didnt run according to a typical schedule.

J.Mom ran our household in a most spectacular manner.

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5.

A.NO CHANGE

B.was defenseless in the face of

C.depended on

D.trusted in

6. Which choice most effectively signals the shift from the preceding paragraph to this paragraph?

F.NO CHANGE

G.Our lives were likewise affected by the phases of the moon.

H.A relationship exists between the moon and the tides.

J.The moon is a mysterious orb afloat in the sky.

7.

A.NO CHANGE

B.Since the moon is

C.The moon is

D.The moon,

8.

F.NO CHANGE
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G.ones

H.its

J.its

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9. If the writer were to delete the phrase sixteen hours for a complete cycle of tides from the

preceding sentence (ending the sentence with a period), the essay would primarily lose a detail that:

A.shows how the narrators interests are different from the mothers interests.

B.contradicts a point made earlier in the paragraph.

C.helps establish the setting for the essay.

D.displays the narrators knowledge of tides.

10.

F.NO CHANGE

G.brother, and I,

H.brother, and I

J.brother and I

11.

A.NO CHANGE

B.away. Then we

C.away. We

D.away; we

12.
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F.NO CHANGE

G.hideouts where crabs, snails, starfish, and sea urchins concealed and hid themselves.

H.places where crabs, snails, starfish, and sea urchins were stashed away.

J.hiding places of crabs, snails, starfish, and sea urchins.

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13. Which of the following sequences of sentences makes this paragraph most logical?

A.NO CHANGE

B.2, 1, 3

C.2, 3, 1

D.3, 1, 2

14. Given that all of the choices are true, which one provides information that is relevant and that

makes the rest of this paragraph understandable?

F.NO CHANGE

G.had a specimen bottle attached to its smaller end.

H.was woven from cotton and nylon material.

J.was shaped like a geometric figure.

15. The best placement for the underlined portion would be:

A.where it is now.

B.after the wordlenses.

C.after the wordmicroscope.

D.after the wordbottle(but before the dash).
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Passage II

The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is numbered in

brackets, and question 14 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 2 should most logically be placed.

My Fathers Garden

[1]

When I was a boy growing up in Delhi, India,

we had a kitchen garden behind our downstairs

apartment. My father was an avid gardener, he still is:

and every Saturday morning he would put on his work

clothes, pick up his hoe and trowel, and would head

out the back door.3

[2]

As a ten-year-old, I was supremely unenthusiastic

about swinging a hoe in the garden when I could be out

playing with my friends. Having tried and failed,

my father was unable to make a gardener of me.

I had no qualms, of course, about enjoying theresults of his labor: the potatoes, squash, cucumbers,

and cauliflower that he pursued out of the earth. I would

even help him dig out the potatoes or cut a cucumber from

its vine. To me, it was much more fun to reap than sowing.

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Many years later, living in an upstairs apartment,

I am more often sorry I didnt follow my father out to the

garden. I have several indoor plants, but the experience is

not the same. The few times that Ive helped a friend with

yard work has given me the joy of touching the soil

with an open palm, to get the earth under my fingernails,of patting down the berm around a newly transplanted

sapling. Now that I live far from my father (I live in Iowa

on the other side of the world), I wish Id spend more time

with him in the garden.

[4]

My favorite photograph of my father shows him

squatting on his heels, trowel in hand, behind a golden

heap of onions freshly pulled from the ground.12

His glowing smile are evidence of his pride in the

onionsthe proof of his labor and loveand in me, the

photographer, his son. In that photo, his love of the land

and his love for me are somehow intertwined, indivisible.

It is that same lovelove of kin, love of landthat

pushes under my fingernails, pushes against my skin,

when I thrust my hand into the yielding earth and think

that on its far side my father might be doing the same.

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16.

A.NO CHANGE

B.gardenerhe still is

C.gardener, he still is

D.gardener and he still is

17.

F.NO CHANGE

G.picked up his hoe and trowel, and headed

H.pick up his hoe and trowel, and head
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J.picking up his hoe and trowel, and headed

18. If the wordSaturdaywere deleted from the preceding sentence, the essay would primarily lose:

A.evidence that the father was an avid gardener.

B.a detail that changes the meaning of the sentence.

C.support for a point made earlier.

D.a crucial link to the following paragraph.

19. Which of the choices best emphasizes how much the father wanted his son to share his avid

interest in gardening?

F.NO CHANGE

G.Because of my indifference to his hobby,

H.Contrary to this thinking,

J.Despite his repeated attempts,

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20.

A.NO CHANGE

B.More important, I had no qualms

C.It stands to reason, then, that I certainly would have no qualms

D.I had no qualms, as a consequence of it,

21.

F.NO CHANGE

G.coaxed


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D.OMIT the underlined portion.

Questions 14 and 15 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.

29.For the sake of the logic and coherence of the essay, Paragraph 2 should be placed:

F.where it is now.

G.before Paragraph 1.

H.after Paragraph 3.

J.after Paragraph 4.

30.Suppose the writer had intended to write a brief essay showing how a value he holds as an adult is

very different from what he felt as a child. Would this essay successfully fulfill the writers goal?

A.Yes, because the essay shows how the writer came to value gardening when this was

something he had not appreciated as a child.

B.Yes, because the essay shows that as an adult the writer finally learned to value his fathers

ability to be a good parent, when as a child he had not done so.

C.No, because the focus of the essay is on the writers fathers values and not on the values of

the writer himself.

D.No, because the essay is not about values; rather, it is about one mans avid interest in

backyard gardening.

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Passage III

The Andean Panpipe

Whether its bright and jaunty or haunting and

melancholic, the music of the Andes highlands has a

mellow sound unique in the musical world. The

instrument responsible for this sound is theantara, or

Andean panpipe, known for the hollow-sounding,

breathy notes it creates. The antara has its origins in
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the Incan civilization, once the more richer and more

powerful empire in South America.

The antara consists of a connected row of hollow,

vertical pipes of varying lengths, which are then lined up.

The pipes, which can vary numerously from three tofifteen, are fashioned from clay that is rolled around

a mold. Each pipe is individually rolled to create the

proper pitch before being bound to the other pipes.

The antara dates back to the ninth century.

Evidence about how musicians played the instrument

have come from painted images on Incan ceramic

pottery. Musicians are depicted playing a six-pipe antara

by holding the lower ends of the two longer pipes

with the right hand while placing the left hand near the

remaining tops of the four pipes. The antara was also

sometimes held in one hand while the other hand beat

a cylindrical drum.

[1] Due to the limited number of notes that can be

played on an antara, early musicians most likely worked

in groups, coordinating the timing and pitch of their

instruments to extend the range of sounds produced.10

[2] Other pottery images show two antara players facing

each other while dancing. [3] Each player holds a set of

pipes so that both sets are connected to the other set bya string, as if to suggest that those two antaras should be

played together. [4] Even to this day, descendants of the

Incas, the Quechua people of Peru and Bolivia, prefer

to play matched antaras bound together.12

Unfortunately, the music of the Incas can

probably never be exactly re-creating. Yet one

can hear in the music of their descendants, beautiful

variations on a musical sound that has survived for

many centuries.

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31.

A.NO CHANGE

B.theyre

C.its

D.its

32.

F.NO CHANGE

G.one of the richest and most

H.the richest and most

J.the richer and more

33.Given that all of the choices are true, which one provides the most significant new information?

A.NO CHANGE

B.thus forming this musical instrument.

C.arranged from shortest to longest.

D.which are fastened together.

34.

F.NO CHANGE

G.in quantity of numbers

H.number-wise

J.in number

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35.

A.NO CHANGE

B.being binded

C.been bounded

D.been bound

36.

F.NO CHANGE

G.are coming

H.comes

J.come

37.The best placement for the underlined portion would be:

A.where it is now.

B.before the wordleft.

C.before the wordof.

D.before the wordfour.

38.

F.NO CHANGE

G.beaten

H.beated

J.beats

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39.

A.NO CHANGE

B.antara, early musicians

C.antara early musicians

D.antara early musicians

40.If the writer were to delete the phrase coordinating the timing and pitch of their instruments from the

preceding sentence, the sentence would primarily lose:

F.a description of how musicians overcame the limitations of the antara.

G.an indication that music was an important element in Incan life.

H.the idea that the antara was a key feature of Incan music.

J.nothing of significance, because the phrase is redundant.

41.

A.NO CHANGE

B.in such a way that both sets are

C.with both sets being


42.For the sake of the logic and coherence of this paragraph, Sentence 4 should be placed:

F.where it is now.

G.before Sentence 1.

H.after Sentence 1.

J.after Sentence 2.


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43.

A.NO CHANGE

B.re-created exactly.

C.exact re-created.

D.re-created exact.

44.

F.NO CHANGE

G.hear, in the music of their descendants

H.hear in the music of their descendants;

J.hear in the music of their descendants

45.If the writer were to change the pronounonetowein the preceding sentence, this closing sentence

would:

A.indicate that the writer is a descendant of the Incas.

B.suggest that the essays audience are all musicians.

C.take on a somewhat more personal tone.

D.become more clearly a call to action.
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Passage IV

Vatican Citys Wonders

Surrounded by the ancient city of

Rome, Vatican City is an independent nation

on the west bank of the Tiber River. This tiny

countryabout one-sixth of a square mile in allis

also home to a disproportionately large number of

sites with great historical, artistic, and which have

religious significance.4

The Vatican Museums house a great many valuable

paintings, sculptures, pieces of jewelry, and tapestries,

as well as the worlds most extensive collections of

ancient manuscripts. Scholars often probe the museums

archives of early written works for insights into lives

led long ago.

Accordingly, St. Peters Basilica, the largest

cathedral in the Northern Hemisphere, is remarkable.

Built upon second-century foundations. St. Peters

features a dome designed by the artist and architectMichelangelo.10Intricate mosaicsenormous

paintings fashioned from millions of tiny cut stones

of various colorslining each of the basilicas several

smaller domes.12The marble floor, with its intricate

designs, covers the cathedrals catacombs, where

popes are buried. Sculptures by Michelangelo and

Bernini, including Michelangelos poignantPiet,

contributes to the basilicas beauty.

However, to many, the most spectacular part of

Vatican City is the Sistine Chapel. This vast chapel

displays what many consider some of the most

important works of Renaissance art: Michelangelos

awe-inspiring frescoes. These frescoespaintings

made on freshly spread, still-moist plastercapture

the attention of viewers with a complex array of

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The Last Judgment, is painted on the west wall. A

series of interrelated frescoes covers the vaulted ceiling.

Despite its small size, Vatican City offers its

many visitors a chance to see a wide range of historical

and artistic wonders. It is easy to understand why thecity has become one of the most frequently visited

places in the world.

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46.Given that all of the choices are true, which one best supports the sentences claim about Vatican

Citys status as an independent nation?

A.NO CHANGE

B.with an interesting past.

C.with its own government, banking system, postal service, and army.

D.that has to import most of its supplies, even such necessities as food and water.

47.

F.NO CHANGE

G.approximately about one-sixth of a square mile, all told

H.a grand total sum of about one-sixth of a square mile

J.a total of about one-sixth of a square mile when added together

48.

A.NO CHANGE

B.having

C.as well as

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49.If the writer were to delete the wordstinyanddisproportionatelyfrom the preceding sentence, the

sentence would primarily lose:

F.elements of the setting of the essay.

G.a contrast emphasizing the unusual number of sites.

H.details that stress how important the sites are.

J.a comparison between Vatican City and Rome.

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50.Given that all of the choices are true, which one best emphasizes the extent and worth of themuseums holdings?

A.NO CHANGE

B.thousands of invaluable

C.numerous important

D.a group of precious

51.Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

F.in addition to

G.besides

H.also there is

J.and also

52.

A.NO CHANGE

B.grab an eyeful of

C.check out


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D.pry

53.

F.NO CHANGE

G.Indeed,

H.For instance,

J.OMIT the underlined portion.

54.

A.NO CHANGE 18

B.foundations,

C.foundations:

D.foundations;

55.At this point, the writer is considering adding the following true statement:

In addition to being an architect and artist, Michelangelo wrote poetry, including more than 300 sonnets.

Should the writer make this addition here?

F.Yes, because it provides further details about Michelangelo, who designed the dome at St.

Peters.

G.Yes, because it reinforces the paragraphs implication that Michelangelo was extremely

talented.

H.No, because it distracts attention from the paragraphs focus, which is on the architecture and

visual art of St. Peters.

J.No, because it adds more information about Michelangelo, who made only small contributions

to Vatican Citys art and architecture.

56.
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A.NO CHANGE

B.that line

C.line

D.lines

57.If the writer were to delete the quotation marks around the wordpaintingsin the preceding sentence,

the sentence would primarily lose a feature that suggests:

F.that mosaics are not paintings in the usual sense of the word.

G.how large and complicated the mosaics in St. Peters actually are.

H.how carefully mosaics are put together.

J.that the mosaics in St. Peters are not typical of mosaics in general. 19

58.

A.NO CHANGE

B.does contribute

C.has contributed

D.contribute

59.Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

F.Yet,

G.Therefore,

H.Still,

J.Nonetheless,

60.

A.NO CHANGE
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B.consider some,

C.consider, some,

D.consider, some

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Passage V

Edna Gellhorns Walkless-Talkless Parade

In 1916, as the Democratic Partys national

convention met in St. Louis, Missouri, to nominate

candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency

and to establish a platform, a set of positions on

issues. Therefore, suffragists (those who advocated

extending voting rights to women) wanted the

Democrats platform to support womens right to vote.

[1] Edna Gellhorn, a leader in the Missouri

Equal Suffrage League, planned a silent parade

without movement or music or speech. [2] She gathered

together 7,000 St. Louis women. [3] Similar formsof demonstrations, known as walkless-talkless

parades, had been adopted by national woman

suffrage organizations in Washington, D.C. [4] Gellhorn

made telephone calls and wrote letters. [5] They donned

yellow sashes over white dresses and held yellow

umbrellas aloft as they lined both sides of Locust
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Street between the convention delegates hotel and

the meeting hall.7

At the end of the Golden Lane, as the event was

also called,8Gellhorn organized a three-tiered living

tableau, which a live scene was presented by silent,

costumed participants. Women wearing white

represented states where women could vote. Others

wore gray to represent states with partial suffrage

(women could vote in school board elections, for

example). Women draped in black represented states

that refused women the vote. This group held out

manacled hands to them as a reminder that, without

the vote, women were deprived of their freedom.

At the top of the tiers, stood a woman dressed as

Lady Liberty.

Edna Gellhorn witnessed a victory that year

when votes for women would became part of the 1916

Democratic Partys set of positions, or platform. Then

finally in August 1920, after more than seventy years

and countless parades, speeches, letters, and calls, the

Nineteenth Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution, was

ratified, thus giving all women the right to vote.

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61.

A.NO CHANGE

B.while

C.when


62.
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66.

F.NO CHANGE

G.among

H.with

J.amid

67.For the sake of the logic and coherence of the paragraph, Sentence 2 should be:

A.placed where it is now.

B.placed after Sentence 3.

C.placed after Sentence 4.

D.OMITTED from the paragraph.

68.The writer is considering revising the preceding part of this sentence (At the end of the Golden

Lane, as the event was also called,) to read as follows:

At the end of the parade,

If the writer did this, the essay would primarily lose:

F.an indication that Edna Gellhorn preferred the term Golden Lane to the term walkless-talkless

parade.

G.a possible point of confusion, as the proposed revision eliminates a term that was not

explained.

H.another historical detail about the parade described in the preceding paragraph. 23

J.details that help establish the time and place of the essay.

69.

A.NO CHANGE

B.a live scene
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C.a live scene was

D.a live scene that

70.

F.NO CHANGE

G.in that

H.that


71.

A.NO CHANGE

B.the passing delegates to remind the men

C.them as a way to remind them

D.remind them

72.

F.NO CHANGE

G.tiers stood a woman

H.tiers stood a woman,

J.tiers stood, a woman

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A.NO CHANGE


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B.had became

C.becoming

D.became

74.

F.NO CHANGE

G.set of positions, otherwise known as its

H.set of positionsits


75.

A.NO CHANGE

B.Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

C.Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution

D.Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
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Math

DIRECTIONS:Solve each problem, choose the correct answer, and then fill in the corresponding oval on

your answer document.

Do not linger over problems that take too much time. Solve as many as you can; then return to the others

in the time you have left for this test.

You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. You may use your calculator for any problems you

choose, but some of the problems may best be done without using a calculator.

Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should be assumed.

1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.

2. Geometric figures lie in a plane.

3. The wordlineindicates a straight line.

4. The wordaverageindicates arithmetic mean.

1. A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest

to how much the gas would cost for this car to travel 2,727 typical miles?

A.$ 44.44

B.$109.08

C.$118.80

D.$408.04

E.$444.40

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5. Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more the second year than the first, and sales for the

third year were double the sales for the second year. If sales for the third year were 38 million dollars,

what were sales, in millions of dollars, for the first year?

A.16

B.17.5

C.20.5

D.22

E.35

6. In the figure below, ray was constructed starting from rays and . By using a compass,D

andGwere marked equidistant fromEon rays and . The compass was then used to locate apointF, distinct fromE, so thatFis equidistant fromDandG. For all constructions defined by the

above steps, the measures of DEFand GEF:

F.are equal.

G.are NOT equal.

H.sum to 30.

J.sum to 45.

K.sum to 60

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7. Abandoned mines frequently fill with water. Before an abandoned mine can be reopened, the

water must be pumped out. The size of pump required depends on the depth of the mine. If pumping

out a mine that isDfeet deep requires a pump that pumps a minimum of + 4D 250 gallons per

minute, pumping out a mine that is 150 feet deep would require a pump that pumps a minimum of

how many gallons per minute?

A.362

B.500

C.800

D.1,250

E.1,750

8. The length, in inches, of a box is 3 inches less than twice its width, in inches. Which of the

following gives the length,linches, in terms of the width,winches, of the box?

F.l= w+ 3

G.l=w+ 3

H.l=w 3

J.l= 2w+ 3

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9. In quadrilateralPQRSbelow, sidesPSandQRare parallel for what value ofx?

A.158

B.132

C.120

D.110

E.70

10. How many irrational numbers are there between 1 and 6 ?

F.1

G.3

H.4

J.10

K.Infinitely many

11. A typical high school student consumes 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. As part of a new nutrition

plan, each member of a track team plans to lower the sugar he or she consumes by at least 20% for

the coming year. Assuming each track member had consumed sugar at the level of a typical high

school student and will adhere to this plan for the coming year, what is the maximum number of

pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year?


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A.14

B.44 30

C.48

D.54

E.6

12. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane below, 3 of the vertices of a rectangle are shown. Which of

the following is the 4th vertex of the rectangle?

F.(3,7)

G.(4,8)

H.(5,1)

J.(8,3)

K.(9,3)

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$hen the scre$ is turned " complete turn. %f a scre$ is & inches long and has a

lead of inch, ho$ many complete turns $ould get it all the $ay into a piece of

$ood'A. (

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can 1e found using the formula V+ r&h. A cone?shaped paper cup has a volume

of "*& cu1ic centimeters and a height of 0.( centimeters. What is the radius, to the

nearest centimeter, of the paper cup'

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B. *

C. 0

D."&

E."/

"0. A 1oat departs Port %sa1elle, Te@as, traveling to an oil rig. The oil rig is located

8 miles east and "& miles north of the 1oat3s departure point. A1out ho$ many miles

is the oil rig from the departure point'

F. #

G.

H. "(

J. &"

K.&&(

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F. x "

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H.&x (

J.&x (

K.#x (

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H.

J. >

K. 8

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&(.What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed 1y the hands of a "&?hour

cloc; that reads e@actly " o3cloc;'

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E.>&I

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G.

H.

J.

K.

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B. *

C. 0D."/

E.#&

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is the area of the rectangle in square centimeters'

F. "(

G. ()

H. &))

J.#

K./&8.%n the standard x,y coordinate plane, $hat are the coordinates of the midpoint

of a line segment $hose endpoints are #,) and >,* '

A.&,&

B.&,*

C.(,&

D.(,*

E.(,(
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from Bto C. What is the distance, in units, from the midpoint of BCto the

midpoint of CD'

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positive integers such that nL a, c- a, and b- c'

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passes through #,* in the standard x,y coordinate plane'

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