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If 3x + 5 = 20, what is the value of x?
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Correct answer: 5
Subtract 5 to get 3x = 15, then divide by 3.
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The line y = 2x + 3 crosses the y-axis at the point:
- 1 (0, 2)
- 2 (3, 0)
- 3 (2, 3)
- 4 (0, 3)
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Correct answer: (0, 3)
The y-intercept is the constant term, 3.
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If x + y = 10 and x − y = 2, what is x?
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Correct answer: 6
Adding the equations gives 2x = 12, so x = 6.
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If f(x) = x² − 4x + 3, what is f(5)?
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Correct answer: 8
f(5) = 25 − 20 + 3 = 8.
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The mean of 5 numbers is 12. When one of the numbers, 20, is removed, what is the mean of the remaining 4?
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Correct answer: 10
The total is 60, so the remaining total is 40, and 40 ÷ 4 = 10.
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A price increases from 40 to 50. What is the percent increase?
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Correct answer: 25%
The increase is 10 on 40, which is 25%.
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What are the solutions of x² − 7x + 12 = 0?
- 1 2 and 6
- 2 3 and 4
- 3 −3 and −4
- 4 1 and 12
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Correct answer: 3 and 4
The equation factors as (x − 3)(x − 4) = 0.
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What is the median of 3, 7, 8, 12 and 15?
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Correct answer: 8
The middle number of the ordered list is 8.
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A line is parallel to y = 3x − 1 and passes through (0, 4). What is its equation?
- 1 y = −3x + 4
- 2 y = 3x − 4
- 3 y = x/3 + 4
- 4 y = 3x + 4
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Correct answer: y = 3x + 4
Parallel lines have the same slope, and the y-intercept is 4.
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A population of 100 bacteria doubles every 3 days. How many are there after 9 days?
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Correct answer: 800
9 days is 3 doublings: 100 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 800.
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If 2(x + 3) = 14, what is the value of x?
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Correct answer: 4
Divide by 2 to get x + 3 = 7, so x = 4.
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If 2x + y = 11 and x − y = 1, what is the value of x?
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Correct answer: 4
Adding the equations gives 3x = 12, so x = 4.
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If f(x) = 3x − 2, what is f(4)?
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Correct answer: 10
f(4) = 12 − 2 = 10.
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What are the solutions of x² + 2x − 15 = 0?
- 1 −3 and 5
- 2 5 and 3
- 3 15 and −1
- 4 3 and −5
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Correct answer: 3 and −5
The equation factors as (x − 3)(x + 5) = 0.
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30 is 20 percent of what number?
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Correct answer: 150
30 ÷ 0.2 = 150.
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What is the mean of 6, 8, 10 and 12?
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Correct answer: 9
The sum is 36 and 36 ÷ 4 = 9.
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Every value in a data set is increased by 5. By how much does the mean increase?
- 1 It cannot be known
- 2 5
- 3 0
- 4 25
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Correct answer: 5
Adding a constant to each value adds the same constant to the mean.
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A line passes through (0, −1) and has slope 4. What is its equation?
- 1 y = 4x + 1
- 2 y = x/4 − 1
- 3 y = 4x − 1
- 4 y = −x + 4
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Correct answer: y = 4x − 1
The y-intercept is −1 and the slope is 4.
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A balance of 200 grows by 10 percent each year. What is it after 2 years?
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Correct answer: 242
200 × 1.1 × 1.1 = 242.
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Which values of x satisfy 3x − 5 > 10?
- 1 x > 3
- 2 x > 5
- 3 x > 15
- 4 x < 5
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Correct answer: x > 5
3x > 15, so x > 5.
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Three pencils cost Rs 45. How much do 8 pencils cost at the same rate?
- 1 Rs 90
- 2 Rs 120
- 3 Rs 105
- 4 Rs 135
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Correct answer: Rs 120
One pencil costs Rs 15, so 8 cost Rs 120.
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A bag has 3 red and 5 blue marbles. One marble is picked at random. What is the probability that it is red?
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Correct answer: 3/8
There are 3 red marbles out of 8.
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What is the median of 2, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 14?
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Correct answer: 8
The middle two values are 7 and 9, and their mean is 8.
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If x² = 49 and x < 0, what is x?
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Correct answer: −7
The square root of 49 is 7, and x must be negative.
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A cyclist travels 150 km in 2.5 hours. What is the average speed?
- 1 65 km/h
- 2 375 km/h
- 3 50 km/h
- 4 60 km/h
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Correct answer: 60 km/h
Speed = 150 ÷ 2.5 = 60.
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If g(x) = x² + 1, what is g(−3)?
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Correct answer: 10
g(−3) = 9 + 1 = 10.
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