PSAT Math-2 Sample
PSAT Math-2 Sample
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r----------t.~-::r.===H Henry receives a $60.00 gift card to pay for movies
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online. He uses his gift card to buy 3 movies for
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 $7.50 each. If he spends the rest of his gift card
balance on renting movies for $1.50 each, how many
The box plot summarizes 15 data values. What is the
movies can Henry rent?
median of this data set?
A) 10
A) 2
B) 25
B) 3
C) 35
C) 5
D) 40
D) 8
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2
y x = 49
y = x +9
The graphs of the given equations intersect at the
8 point (x , y ) in the xy-plane. What is the value of y ?
A) 16
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B) 40
C) 81
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D) 130
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What is the x-intercept of the graph shown?
A) (−5, 0)
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B) (5, 0)
A cherry pitting machine pits 12 pounds of cherries
C) (−4, 0) in 3 minutes. At this rate, how many minutes does it
D) (4, 0) take the machine to pit 96 pounds of cherries?
A) 8
B) 15
C) 24
D) 36
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If 2x = 12, what is the value of 9x ? The length of the base of a certain parallelogram is
89% of the height of the parallelogram. Which
expression represents the length of the base of the
parallelogram, where h is the height of the
parallelogram?
A) 89h
B) 0.089h
7 C) 8.9h
1 D) 0.89h
Line k is defined by y = x + 1. Line j is parallel to
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line k in the xy-plane. What is the slope of j ?
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For a camping trip a group bought x one-liter bottles
of water and y three-liter bottles of water, for a total
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of 240 liters of water. Which equation represents this
6, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, 21 situation?
Which of the following lists represents a data set that A) x + 3y = 240
has the same median as the data set shown?
B) x + y = 240
A) 4, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8
C) 3x + 3y = 240
B) 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10
D) 3x + y = 240
C) 6, 8, 10, 10, 10, 12
D) 8, 8, 10, 10, 21, 21
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y = −4x + 40 y
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The shaded region shown represents solutions to an
C) inequality. Which ordered pair (x , y ) is a solution to
x y
0 40 this inequality?
1 36 A) (0, −4)
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B) (0, 4)
D) x y C) (−4, 0)
0 0 D) (4, 0)
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In triangle JKL , the measures of ∠ K and ∠ L are
each 48° . What is the measure of ∠ J , in degrees?
(Disregard the degree symbol when entering your
answer.)
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A cleaning service that cleans both offices and homes
can clean at most 14 places per day. Which inequality
represents this situation, where f is the number of
offices and h is the number of homes? 18
A) f + h ≤ 14 y = 0.25x 2 − 7.5x + 90.25
B) f + h ≥ 14
The equation gives the estimated stock price y, in
C) f − h ≤ 14 dollars, for a certain company x days after a new
D) f − h ≥ 14 product launched, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 20. Which
statement is the best interpretation of (x , y ) = (1, 83)
in this context?
A) The company’s estimated stock price increased
$83 every day after the new product launched.
B) The company’s estimated stock price increased
$1 every 83 days after the new product launched.
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company’s estimated stock price is $83 .
Which expression is a factor of 2x 2 + 38x + 10 ?
D) 83 days after the new product launched, the
A) 2 company’s estimated stock price is $1.
B) 5x
C) 38x
D) 2x 2
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f (x ) = 39 y
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three values of x and their corresponding values i:=
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x f(x) 1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Time (seconds)
2 39
The graph shows the momentum y, in
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x f(x) newton-seconds, of an object x seconds after the
0 0 object started moving, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 8. What is the
1 39 average rate of change, in newton‑seconds per
2 78 second, in the momentum of the object from x = 2
to x = 6 ?
D) x f(x)
m 0
1
2
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−15x + 25y = 65
One of the two equations in a system of linear
20 equations is given. The system has infinitely many
solutions. Which of the following could be the
A triangular prism has a height of 8 centimeters second equation in the system?
(cm) and a volume of 216 cm3. What is the area, in
A) 12x + 20y = 52
cm2, of the base of the prism? (The volume of a
B) 12x + 20y = −52
triangular prism is equal to Bh , where is the area
C) −12x + 20y = 52
of the base and h is the height of the prism.)
D) −12x + 20y = −52
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A bus traveled on the highway and on local roads to f (x ) = 2x + 244
complete a trip of 160 miles. The trip took 4 hours.
The bus traveled at an average speed of 55 miles per The given function f represents the perimeter, in
hour (mph) on the highway and an average speed of centimeters (cm), of a rectangle with a length of
25 mph on local roads. If x is the time, in hours, the x cm and a fixed width. What is the width, in cm, of
bus traveled on the highway and y is the time, in the rectangle?
hours, it traveled on local roads, which system of A) 2
equations represents this situation?
B) 122
A) 55x + 25y = 4 C) 244
x + y = 160 D) 488
B) 55x + 25y = 160
x+y =4
C) 25x + 55y = 4
x + y = 160
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The functions f and g are defined by the given 64x 2 − (16a + 4b)x + ab = 0
equations, where x ≥ 0 . Which of the following
equations displays, as a constant or coefficient, the In the given equation, a and b are positive constants.
maximum value of the function it defines, where The sum of the solutions to the given equation is
x≥0? k(4a + b), where k is a constant. What is the
value of k ?
I. f (x ) = 33(0.4)x+3
II. g (x ) = 33(0.16)(0.4)x−2
A) I only
B) II only
C) I and II
D) Neither I nor II
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