MATNC2001
1. What is 10% of 16% of 3200 ?
(a) 48.8 (b) 51.2 (c) 2419.2 (d) 62.4 (e) nota
2. Solve for x: 3x+2-9-6x = 9x- (2x+1) + 6
(a) 16/5 (b) -11/10 (c) -1 (d) -9/10 (e) nota
3. If x/y = 4/7 and y/z = 14/3, evaluate (x+z) / z
(a) 8/3 (b) 55/49 (c) 11/3 (d) 6/49 (e) nota
4. Line l intersects side AB and CD of rhombus ABCD at E and F, respectively. Given
angle AEF = 83 degree, determine the measure of angle EFC
(a) 97 (b) 7 (c) 83 (d) 106 (e) nota
5. Find the smallest natural number evenly divisible by 42, 175, and 392
(a) 210 (b) 13720 (c) 29400 (d) 68600 (e) nota
6. Evaluate 1+( 1/s+ (1/(3+1/4)) )
(a) 8/5 (b) 43/30 (c) 23/7 (d) 25/21 (e) nota
7. What is the diameter of a circle whose area is 49 Pi ?
(a) 7/(square root of 2) (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 7 (square root of 2) (e) nota
8. Compute the value of (16x/24y) / (8/9) when x=3 and y=4
(a) 6 (b) 27 (c) 853 (d) 9/16 (e) nota
9. In the realm of celebrity dining, it is considered polite to give the waiter a
tip worth 12% of the cost of the meal. If an actress leaves a $432 tip,
how much did the meal cost ?
(a)3200 (b) 3400 (c) 3600 (d) 3800 (e) nota
10. Which of the following is a number that, when added to its reciprocal, produces 10/3 ?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (e) nota
11. Due to a slanted ceiling wall at one end of an attic has the shape of a trapezoid
with two vertical sides perpendicular to the horizontal floor. The wall is 8 ft. high
at one end, 10 ft. wide, and only 3 ft. high at the other end. How many square feet of
the wallpaper would be needed to cover the wall ?
(a) 240 (b) 120 (c) 110 (d) 55 (e) nota
12. What is theprime factorization of 5292 ?
(a) 2.3.5 (b) 3.5.7 (c) 5.7.11 (d) 2.5.7 (e) nota
13. The arithmetic mean of a and b is 8 while the arithmetic mean of c and d is 44.
What is the arithmetic of a,b,c, and d ?
(a) 7.5 (b) 13 (c) 26 (d) 52 (e) nota
14. Find the solution set for x: 3x-2 <= -8x+7
(a) x<= 8/5 (b) x<= -5/11 (c) x>= -9/5 (d) x<= 9/11 (e) nota
15. How many counting numbers less than 56998 are multiples of 3 and 2 ?
(a) 56997 (b) 20898 (c) 47498 (d) 37998 (e) nota
16. Find the mode of the following data set: 5, -3, 7, 14, 5, 8, 2, -4, 6, 5, 6, 19
(a) 5 (b) 23 (xc) 5.5 (d) 35/6 (e) nota
17. Since Richard's newly purchased home was so large, the seller provided him with
a map where 1 and 1/2 inches represents 25 feet. If the two bathrooms are 6 and 3/8
inches apart on the map, how far apart are the bathrooms ?
(a) 103.125ft (b) 100ft (c) 105.5ft (d) 106.25ft (e) nota
18. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with area 252 and width 12 ?
(a) 34 (b) 66 (c) 33 (d) 68 (e) nota
19. The line with equation y=2x+6 never passes through which quartant ?
(a) IV (b) III (c) II (d) I (e) nota
20. How many diagonals can be drawn in a 23-sided polygon ?
(a) 153 (b) 253 (c) 161 (d) 230 (e) nota
21. Simplify: (1-a/b) / (b/a -1)
(a) -1 (b) 1/b (c) 1 (d) b/a (e) nota
22. The Fibonacci numbers are defined as follows: The first two numbers of the
sequence are a and from the third term onward, each term is the sum of the
previous two terms. If the 55th Fibonacci number is x, and the 56th Fibonacci
number is y, which of the following is an expression for the 51th Fibonacci
number in terms of x and y ?
(a) 5y-2x (b) -3y-5x (c) 2y-3x (d)5x-3y (e) nota
23. Find the equation of the line passing through (3,6) and (8,-1) in the
slope-intercept form.
(a) 5y+7x = 57 (b) y=(7/5) x + 61/5 (c) y= (-7/5) x + 51/5 (d) 5y-7x=-27 (e) nota
24. The diagonals of a rhombus are 16 and 30. What is its perimeter ?
(a) 68 (b) 100 (c) 40 (d) 52 (e) nota
25. Solve for x: (10x)x - 23x -42 = 0
(a) 7/5, -3 (b) -1.3, 3.1 (c) -6/5, 7/2 (d) 2.3, -4.2 (e) nota