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1. There is a computer that takes 58 seconds to

save 2 megabytes. How long will it take to save
420 megabytes to 1.44 megabyte floppy disk?

(A) 472
(B) 679
(C) 1,480
(D) 7,362
(E) 12,180

2. When x = 3, which of the following is the

greatest value?

𝑥2
(A) 𝑥−7
3
(B) 𝑥+1
2
(C) 𝑥−1
1
(D) 𝑥
𝑥+1
(E) 𝑥−2

3. When (x – 2)3 = 10, what is the value of x?

(A) 2.82
(B) 3.34
(C) 4.15
(D) 5.17
(E) 6.47

4. From 3k + 1, k is an integer and 3k + 1 is a

prime number. Which of the following is the
counterexample of k?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 10

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5. If f(g(x)) = 4x + 1 and g(x) = 2x – 1, then f(x) =

(A) 8𝑥 − 3
(B) 8𝑥 − 4
1
(C) 2 𝑥 − 1
(D) 2𝑥 + 3
(E) 2𝑥 + 1

6. What is the sum of arithmetic sequence

2+6+10+14+18+22?

(A) 36
(B) 48
(C) 52
(D) 64
(E) 72

7. The relation between the height and the length

of the radius of a pine tree in a certain region is
like the following. When the height of this pine
tree is h and the length of a radius is l,
h = 25(1.50)k, l = 𝜋k2(h – 52). When k = 1.87,
what is l, the length of the radius of this pine tree?

(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 17
(D) 22
(E) 29

8. x is a real number in (x – 2)(x2 + 4) = 0. Then,

what is the value of (x – 1)(x2 + 4)?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8
(E) 16

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9. How many positive three-digit integers are not

divisible 3?

(A) 214
(B) 300
(C) 548
(D) 600
(E) 782

(𝑥−1)(𝑥+1)(𝑥+2)
10. 𝑓(𝑥) = . Which of the
(𝑥−1)
following is true?

(A) f(x) is discontinuous at x = –2

(B) f(x) is discontinuous at x = –1
(C) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 1
(D) f(x) is discontinuous at x = 0
(E) f(x) is continuous for all real numbers

1 1 1
11. 𝑘 + 3𝑘 = 12. Then what is the value of k?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 6
(D) 12
(E) 16

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12. In the figure below, what is 𝜃?

(A) 195.04º
(B) 207.73º
(C) 210.96º
(D) 221.37º
(E) 239.04º

13. How many positive four digit even integers can

be made by using digits 0, 1, 2, 3 once?

(A) 6
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 24
(E) 48

14. What is the center point of the circle equation,

(x – 1)2 + (y – 3)2 = 25?

(A) (1, 3)
(B) (3, 1)
(C) (–1, –3)
(D) (–3, –1)
(E) (1, –3)

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15. When x is all real numbers, what is the domain

√9−𝑥 2
of ?
𝑥−1

(A) x ≠ 1
(B) |x| ≦ 3
(C) |x| ≦ 3, x ≠ 1
(D) x ≧ 1
(E) |x| ≧ 3, x ≠ 1

16. If x approaches 2 infinitely, what is the value

𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2
of 𝑥−2

(A) ∞
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) None of these

17. In a 320-mile trip, a car was driving at 100

mile per hour until certain time t. After t hour, if
the car traveled the rest of the trip at 80 mile per
hour, what is the equation that represents total trip
time?

(A) 16t
𝑡−16
(B) 4
16−𝑡
(C) 4
𝑡−1
(D) 4

(E) 8

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(𝑛)!
18. (𝑛+1)! =

(A) n
1
(B) 𝑛−1
𝑛+1
(C) 𝑛
1
(D) 𝑛
1
(E) 𝑛+1

19. ax2 + bx + c = 3 has exactly two roots. Which

of the following must be true?

(A) a ≠ 0
(B) b > 3
(C) a + b + c > 0
(D) a > b
(E) c > 0

20. y = f(x) is shown on the graph below. Which

of the following is true if y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d?

(A) f(x) have three real roots.

(B) a > 0 and f(x) has one real root and two
imaginary roots.
(C) a < 0 and f(x) has three real roots.
(D) a < 0 and f(x) has one real root and two
imaginary roots
(E) a > 0 and b = c = d

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21. What is the midpoint between

(1, 2, 3) and (3, 4, 3)?

(A) (3, 1, 2)
(B) (2, 2, 3)
(C) (1, 2, 2)
(D) (0, 1, 2)
(E) (2, 3, 3)

22. There are 100 consecutive odd integers.

Which of the following must be true?

I. Range is always even.

II. Mean and median is the same.
III. Median is the same with standard
deviation.

(A) I
(B) II
(C) I and II
(D) I and III
(E) II and III

23. When lnx = 0, what is the value of 𝑒 𝑥 ?

(A) –2.71
(B) –1
(C) 0
(D) 1
(E) 2.71

24. What is the magnitude of a vector whose initial

point is (1, 2) and the terminal point is (–2, –2)?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

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|𝑥|
(𝑥 ≠ 0)
𝑥
25. If f(x) = { ,
1 (𝑥 = 0)

what is the value of f(1.5) – f(–1.5)?

(A) –2
(B) 0
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 9

26. When f(x) = [𝑥] , [𝑥] is the greatest integer

less than or equal to x, what is the value of
(f ∘ f)(√3)?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

27. (s, t) is on f(x) = √2𝑥 2 + 3. Which of the

following points is on y = f(x)?

(A) (–s, –t)

(B) (s, –t)
(C) (t, s)
(D) (–s, t)
(E) (–t, –s)

28. For f(x) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + bx + 4, a and b are all real

numbers. If f(x) intersects with x axis at 1 and 4,
what is the value of a?

(A) – 1
1
(B) – 2
1
(C) 2
(D) 1
(E) 2

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29. y = sin3x is moved to the left by 1 units and up

by 2 units. Which of the following is true?

(A) y – 2 = sin (3(–x + 1))

(B) y – 2 = sin (3(x + 1))
(C) y – 2 = sin (3(x – 1))
(D) y + 2 = sin (3(x – 1))
(E) y + 2 = sin (3(x + 1))

30. What is the range of f(x) = 𝑥 4 – 3x + 1?

(A) f(x) ≧ 1.06

(B) f(x) ≧ 0
(C) f(x) ≧ – 1.03
(D) f(x) ≧ 1
(E) All real numbers

31. ‘n’ friends were to pay $240 for the dinner.

However, at the last moment four of friends
couldn’t participate. Therefore, each of the rest of
the members need to pay $80 more for the dinner.
How much is the final cost of the dinner per
person?

(A) $40
(B) $80
(C) $100
(D) $120
(E) $200

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32. In the figure above, which of the following is

true?

I. → →
𝑎 = 𝑏
II. → →
𝑎 = 𝑐
III. → →
|𝑏| = |𝑐|

(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) I and II
(E) I and III

33. There are three seats at the front row of the

classroom. Jim, Jane, and Pam are trying to sit at
the front. What is the probability that Jane and
Pam will sit next to each other?
2
(A) 3
1
(B) 6
1
(C) 2
1
(D)
3
1
(E) 4

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34. cos 𝜃 = 0.21 and 𝜃 is the radian. Which of the

following is NOT 𝜃?

(A) 1.359
(B) – 1.359
(C) 1.359 + 2𝜋
(D) – 1.359 – 2𝜋
(E) – 1.359 + 𝜋

35. Three different points A, B, and C lie on a line

in that order.
If A(2, 3), B(4, 6), and AB : BC = 2 : 1, what is the
coordinate of point C?

(A) (5, 7.5)

(B) (7.5, 5)
(C) (8, 12)
(D) (12, 8)
(E) (5, 8)

36. In the figure above, (𝑓 ∘ 𝑓)(𝑥) = 4. What is

the value of x?

(A) –8
(B) –6
(C) 0
(D) 12
(E) 24

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37. A writer is paid $475 every month and $0.25

per a poem additionally. If the writer gave n
poems to the publisher, 40% of the total money
that he earned can be expressed as _____.

(A) 0.2(𝑛 + 0.2) + 475

(B) 0.4(𝑛 + 0.2) + 475
(C) 0.4(0.25𝑛 + 475)
(D) 0.4 × 0.25𝑛 + 475
(E) 0.2(𝑛 + 475)

38. When cos(cosx) = 0.57, what is cosx?

(A) 0.570
(B) 0.842
(C) 0.893
(D) 0.964
(E) 1.000

39. Minute hand of a certain clock is twice the

length of its hour hand. If the length of the hour
hand is 4cm and the hour hand and minute hand
are each pointing at 3 and 1, when the end of the
minute hand is connected to the end of hour hand
by the chord, what is the length of the chord?

(A) 2
(B) 2√3
(C) 4√2
(D) 4√3
(E) 6

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40. Box A and box B both contain black balls and

yellow balls. For box A, probability of getting
2 3
black is 7 and 5 for box B. What is the probability
of getting yellow ball from both boxes A and B?
1
(A) 5
2
(B) 7
5
(C) 7
6
(D) 35
2
(E) 5

41. In the figure above, x = 5 and y = 12. What is

the volume of this solid figure?

(A) sin 𝜃
(B) 150sin 𝜃
25𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
(C) 2
(D) 12sin 𝜃
(E) 300sin 𝜃

42. If 𝑎𝑛 =– 𝑖 ∙ 𝑎𝑛−1 and 𝑎1 = 1 + 𝑖, then

what is 𝑎14 ?

(A) – 1 + 𝑖
(B) – 1 − 𝑖
(C) 1 − 𝑖
(D) 1 + 𝑖
(E) 𝑖

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43. The volume of a cylinder is 10. The other

cylinder’s radius is 30% larger than that of the
other cylinder and its height 30% longer. What is
the volume of the other cylinder?

(A) 15.55
(B) 17.62
(C) 19.35
(D) 21.97
(E) 23.57

44. There are 10-capped bottles on the table. The

weight of 10 bottles is equal, and the weight of the
caps is also equal. If all 10 caps of the bottles are
removed, which of the following is not true?

(A) Mean is decreased

(B) Median is decreased
(C) Mode is decreased
(D) Standard deviation is decreased
(E) Range is not changed

45. The mean of the annual salaries of the five

workers at company A is 43,275 and the median of
the salaries is 48,300. The annual salaries of the
ten workers at company B are each 45,000. Which
one of the following statements is true?

(A) The mode and the median of B company

are different
(B) The mean salary of the company A
workers who earn less than 48,300 is
always higher than the mean of the annual
salaries of the ten company B workers.
(C) As a median gets larger, a mean always
gets smaller.
(D) The annual salary of the company A
workers who get the lowest salary is equal
to the mean of the annual salaries of the
ten company B workers.
(E) The highest annual salary of the company
A workers is higher than the mean of the
annual salaries of the ten company B
workers.

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46. For 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑝 = 0.7 and 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑞 = 2, what is the

value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑞?

(A) 1.3
(B) 1.4
(C) 1.8
(D) 2.1
(E) 2.7

47. How many intersection points do f(x) and g(x)

have when f(x) = lnx and g(x) = x – 100?

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

48. Which of the following is true?

I. 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 − 1 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥
II. 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑥 = 1 − 2𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥
III. 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 = 1

(A) None
(B) I
(C) II
(D) I and II
(E) II and III

49. 𝑥11 + 5𝑥10 is a perfect square integer. Which

of the following could be the value of x?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 10
(D) 11
(E) 15

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50. ln(1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥) =

(A) –2ln|cscx|
(B) 2ln|cotx|
(C) ln|sin2x|
(D) ln|secx|
(E) –2ln|cosx|

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1. E 38.D
2. E 39.D
3. C 40.B
4. D 41.B
5. D 42.C
6. E 43.D
7. B 44.D
8. D 45.E
9. D 46.E
10.C 47.C
11.E 48.C
12.C 49.D
13.B 50.E
14.A
15.C
16.C
17.C
18.E
19.A
20.B
21.E
22.C
23.E
24.E
25.C
26.B
27.D
28.D
29.B
30.C
31.D
32.E
33.A
34.E
35.A
36.E
37.C

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