Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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A town plans to make a triangular park. The triangle has a
base of 130 feet and a height of 135 feet. What will the area of the park be?
A | 17,550 ft2 | C | 9,112.5
ft2 | B | 8,775
ft2 | D | 35,100 ft2 |
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Two similar right triangles are shown below. What is the
value of x?
 
A | 18 units | C | 22.5
units | B | 15 units | D | 6.7
units |
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3
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A cable 19 m long runs from the top of a utility pole to a
point on the ground 9 m from the base of the pole. How tall is the utility pole, to the nearest
tenth?
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4
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Suzanne wants to put a fence around her square garden. If
the garden covers an area of 81 ft2, how many feet of fencing does she need?
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Find the commission on a $580.00 sale if the commission is
15%.
A | $108.00 | B | $138.67 | C | $69.00 | D | $87.00 |
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Find the total weekly earnings for a waitress with a weekly
salary of $275 plus a 9% commission on dinners, if the total worth of the dinners she served was
$3,500.00.
A | $570.70 | B | $590.00 | C | $472.30 | D | $315.00 |
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The graph of the equation y = 2x + 2 passes
through which point?
A | (–4, –5) | C | (–1,
–1) | B | (–2, –3) | D | (1,
4) |
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Write and solve an equation.
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8
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Mark wants to buy a skateboard that costs $98. He plans to
save $7 per week. How many weeks w will it take him to save $98?
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Rita spent 6 dollars fewer than one-third her allowance
last month on a new skateboard. Let a represent the amount of her monthly allowance. Write an
expression that represents the cost of the skateboard.
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The circle graph represents a family’s monthly budget.
If the total monthly budget is $4,000, how much is spent on housing?
A | $2,800 | B | $2,000 | C | $1,200 | D | $800 |
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Find the area of the trapezoid.
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A | 155 cm2 | C | 63.75
cm2 | B | 13.75
cm2 | D | 77.5 cm2 |
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Use  = 3.14 to estimate the area of the
circle. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
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A | 366.25 m2 | C | 91.56
m2 | B | 33.91
m2 | D | 16.96 m2 |
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Solve the equation.
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The ladders shown below are standing against the wall at the
same angle. How high up the wall does the longer ladder go? (All measurements are in
feet.)
A | 27 ft | B | 11.5
ft | C | 22.5 ft | D | 21
ft |
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Refer to the diagram below. Surveyors know that 
and  are similar. What is PQ, the distance across the lake?
A | 3.30 km | B | 2.50
km | C | 2.70 km | D | 3.20
km |
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Is the line containing (8, –5) and (8, –9)
horizontal, vertical, or neither?
A | neither | B | horizontal | C | vertical |
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A department store purchases a dress for $40. To sell the
dress to customers, the price is marked up by 20%. You hand the clerk $60. How much change will you
get back?
A | $48.00 | B | $8.00 | C | $20.00 | D | $12.00 |
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20
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Draw a line with a slope of  through the point (1,
–1).
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Write a word phrase for  .
A | the quotient of a number and 3 | C | a number decreased by 3 | B | the sum of a number and
3 | D | the product of a number and 3 |
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22
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A 6-ft adult has a shadow 4 ft long. How long is the shadow
of a 4.5-ft child standing next to the adult?
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23
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Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the hypotenuse of a
right triangle with legs of 4 and 8.
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Brandon needs $480 to buy a TV and stereo system for his
room. He received $60 in cash for birthday presents. He plans to save $20 per week from his part-time
job. To find how many weeks w it will take to have $480, solve 60 + 20w =
480.
A | 20 weeks | B | 22
weeks | C | 21 weeks | D | 24
weeks |
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Find the percent of markup. Round to the nearest
tenth.
$32.50 to $75.50
A | 14.0% | B | 132.3% | C | 130.8% | D | 43.0% |
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