Multiple-Choice Exercise From the New York State Education Department. Regents High School Examination Internet. Available from http://www.nysedregents.org; accessed January 22, 2012.; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Which graph represents a linear function?
A spinner is divided into eight equal regions as shown in the diagram below.
Which event is most likely to occur in one spin?
The arrow will land in a green or white area.
The arrow will land in a green or black area.
The arrow will land in a yellow or black area.
The arrow will land in a yellow or green area.
A school wants to add a coed soccer program. To determine student interest in the program, a survey will be taken. In order to get an unbiased sample, which group should the school survey?
every third student entering the building
every member of the varsity football team
every member in Ms. Zimmer’s drama classes
every student having a second-period French class
There is a negative correlation between the number of hours a student watches television and his or her social studies test score. Which scatter plot below displays this correlation?
Jack bought 3 slices of cheese pizza and 4 slices of mushroom pizza for a total cost of $12.50. Grace bought 3 slices of cheese pizza and 2 slices of mushroom pizza for a total cost of $8.50. What is the cost of one slice of mushroom pizza?
$1.50
$2.00
$3.00
$3.50
The bowling team at Lincoln High School must choose a president, vice president, and secretary. If the team has 10 members, which expression could be used to determine the number of ways the officers could be chosen?
Lenny made a cube in technology class. Each edge measured 1.5 cm. What is the volume of the cube in cubic centimeters?
2.25
3.375
9.0
13.5
(–2,–2)
(–1,1)
(0,0)
(2,2)
What are the vertex and the axis of symmetry of the parabola shown in the diagram below?
The vertex is (–2,–3), and the axis of symmetry is x = –2.
The vertex is (–2,–3), and the axis of symmetry is y = –2.
The vertex is (–3,–2), and the axis of symmetry is y = –2.
The vertex is (–3,–2), and the axis of symmetry is x = –2.
Pam is playing with red and black marbles. The number of red marbles she has is three more than twice the number of black marbles she has. She has 42 marbles in all. How many red marbles does Pam have?
13
15
29
33
What is half of 26?
13
16
23
25
The center pole of a tent is 8 feet long, and a side of the tent is 12 feet long as shown in the diagram below.
If a right angle is formed where the center pole meets the ground, what is the measure of angle A to the nearest degree?
34
42
48
56
–4
–3
3
0
Consider the set of integers greater than –2 and less than 6. A subset of this set is the positive factors of 5. What is the complement of this subset?
{0, 2, 3, 4}
{–1, 0, 2, 3, 4}
{–2, –1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 6}
{–2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Which data set describes a situation that could be classified as qualitative?
the elevations of the five highest mountains in the world
the ages of presidents at the time of their inauguration
the opinions of students regarding school lunches
the shoe sizes of players on the basketball team
What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (–6,1) and (4,–4)?
Students in a ninth grade class measured their heights, h, in centimeters. The height of the shortest student was 155 cm, and the height of the tallest student was 190 cm. Which inequality represents the range of heights?
The table below shows a cumulative frequency distribution of runners’ ages.
According to the table, how many runners are in their forties?
25
10
7
6
Mr. Turner bought x boxes of pencils. Each box holds 25 pencils. He left 3 boxes of pencils at home and took the rest to school. Which expression represents the total number of pencils he took to school?
22x
25x – 3
25 – 3x
25x – 75
0
2x
4x
2x + 2
Don placed a ladder against the side of his house as shown in the diagram below.
Which equation could be used to find the distance, x, from the foot of the ladder to the base of the house?
–2
–3
–10
–15
Mrs. Ayer is painting the outside of her son’s toy box, including the top and bottom. The toy box measures 3 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2 feet high. What is the total surface area she will paint?
9.0 ft2
13.5 ft2
22.5 ft2
27.0 ft2
The vertex is 3 units above the vertex of the original parabola.
The new parabola is 3 units to the right of the original parabola.
The new parabola is wider than the original parabola.
The new parabola is narrower than the original parabola.
Kathy plans to purchase a car that depreciates (loses value) at a rate of 14% per year. The initial cost of the car is $21,000. Which equation represents the value, v, of the car after 3 years?
