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MATHEMATICS SUBJECT TEST, LEVEL IIC

Directions: For each problem in this test, determine which is the best of the five choices given. Then
darken the corresponding oval space on the answer sheet.
Notes:

(1) Figures that accompany problems in this test are drawn as accurately as possible
EXCEPT when accompanied by the words NOTE: Figure not drawn to scale.
(2) Unless otherwise indicated, all figures lie in a plane.
(3) Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real
numbers x such that f(x) is a real number.
(4) A calculator is necessary for answering somebut not allof the questions in this test. In
each case, you must decide whether or not to use a calculator. For some items, you will
need to determine whether the calculator should be in the degree mode or the radian mode.

1. If x and y are positive integers such that x

divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 4, and y
divided by 7 leaves a remainder of 3, then what
is the remainder when xy is divided by 7?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 6
2. The radius of a sphere with volume 35 is how
much greater than the radius of a sphere with
volume 24?
(A) 0.58
(B) 0.49
(C) 0.37
(D) 0.24
(E) 0.12
3. If S is the set of all integers that can be written
in the form n2 + 1, then which of the following is a member of S?
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 52
(E) 65

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4. A group of students consisting of 4 seniors, 5

juniors, and 6 sophomores plans to nominate
a slate of 3 officerspresident, vicepresident,
and treasurerfor the student government
election. If the presidential candidate must be
a senior and the vicepresidential candidate
must be a junior, how many different slates
are possible?
(A) 3,375
(B) 840
(C) 300
(D) 260
(E) 120
5. If f(x) = x2 + bx + 1, and if f(1) = 4, then b =
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 0
(E) 2
6. Points P and Q lie in the coordinate plane.
If the coordinates of P are (5,3) and Q are
(2, 6), what is the distance between point P
and point Q?
(A) 11.4
(B) 13.2
(C) 15.8
(D) 17.5
(E) 21.2

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7. During the last 4 hours of a 400kilometer trip,
a passenger train traveled at an average speed
of t kilometers per hour. If the train completed
the entire trip in 6 hours, at what speed, in kilometers per hour, did the train travel during
the first 2 hours?
(A)
(B)
(C) 200 + t
(D) 200 2t
(E) 2t 100

10. How many integers are in the solution set of

|3x 2| < 1?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Infinitely many
11. If f(x,y) = x2 xy + y2, for all real numbers,
then which of the following must be true?
(A) f(x,y) = f(x,y)
(B) f(x,y) = f(x,y)
(C) f(x,y) = f(x, y)
(D) f(x,y) = f(x,1/y)
(E) f(x,y) = f(x, 1/y)
, for what value of x is

12. If

8. In the above figure, if AC is a diameter of the

circle, B is a point on the circle, and sin = 1/2,
then sin =
(A)

f(x) undefined?
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 0
(D) 2
(E) 4
13. An angle measure of 45 is equivalent to an
angle measure of
(A)

(B)
(B)
(C)
(C)
(D)
(D)
(E)

(E)

9. If an equilateral triangle is rotated 360 around

one of its altitudes, the resulting solid is a
(A) cone
(B) cube
(C) cylinder
(D) sphere
(E) right prism

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1
radians
4
1
radians

radians
4

radians
2
radians

14. If cos x = 0.2586 and 0 < x <

, what is the
2

value of x?
(A) 8.254
(B) 1.309
(C) 0.999
(D) 0.688
(E) 0.005

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15. If log32 = x, then x =
(A) 0.27
(B) 0.63
(C) 0.89
(D) 1.2
(E) 1.7
16. If f(x) = 3x 6, and if g(f(x)) = x, then g(x) =

21. In the coordinate plane, the graph of which of

the following lines is perpendicular to the
graph of line
(A)
(B)

(A)

(C)

(B)

(D)

(C) 6 3x
(E)

(D)
(E)

22. If

17. Where defined,

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

sin x
cos x
tan x
sin x csc x

(E)
18. What is the area of a right triangle with an
angle of 58 and with a shorter leg of 5?
(A) 8
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 27
(E) 33
19. The diameter and the height of a right circular
cylinder are equal. If the volume of the cylinder is 6, what is the height of the cylinder?
(A) 1.5
(B) 2.0
(C) 2.2
(D) 2.5
(E) 2.8

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

, then x =
6
9
12
15
16

23. If the probability that an event, e, will occur is

represented by the expression

, then which

of the following expressions represents the

probability that event e will not occur?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) x + 1
(E) x 1

20. If x1/4 = 20, then x =

(A)
(B) 5
(C) 80
(D) 2,000
(E) 160,000

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24. A students final grade in a certain course is
the average of his scores on ten tests graded
on a scale of 0 to 100, inclusive. For the first
six tests, the students scores averaged 83. If x
is the students final grade for the course, then
which of the following is true?
(A) 8.3 x 83.0
(B) 49.8 x 83.0
(C) 49.8 x 89.8
(D) 54.7 x 89.8
(E) 83.0 x 89.8

28. If

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, then which of the following must

be true?
I. sin x < cos x
II. tan x < cot x
III. sec x < cos x
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I, II, and III
(E) None

25. Which of the following represents the multiplicative inverse of the complex number 2 i?
(A) 2 + i
(B) i 2
(C)

29. In the above figure, if Arcsin s = 2 Arcsin d,

then x =
(A) 15
(B) 30
(C) 45
(D) 60
(E) 75

(D)
(E)
26.
(A) 1

30. If, for all n, 2n + 2 n + 2 n + 2 n = x(2 n+1 ), then x =

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 2 n
(D) 2 2n
(E) 2 n+1

(B)
(C)
(D)
(E) 2
1

27. If
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

, what is f (2.5)?
0.4
0.9
1.3
1.7
2.3

31. If i x = 1, then x could equal

(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 17

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34. What is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

1
0
1
2
The limit does not exist.

35. If 0 x and cos x = 1, then cos

32. The formula for the area enclosed by an
ellipse is A = ab, where a and b are onehalf
the lengths of the major and minor axes,
respectively. In the figure above, the equation
of the circle is x 2 + y 2 = 12, then what is the
area enclosed by the ellipse?
(A) 62
(B) 87
(C) 103
(D) 117
(E) 131

(A)
(B)
(C)

(D)
(E)
36. Which of the following defines the range of
?

the function
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

All real numbers

All real numbers except 1
All real numbers except 0
All real numbers except 1
All real numbers greater than 1

33. The above figure is a possible graph for which

of the following equations?
(A) y = 2 sin x
(B) y = sin x + 2
(C) y = csc x + 1
(D) y = csc x 1
(E) y = sec x + 1

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37. Which of the following figures represents the
graph of
x = 3 sin
y = 2 cos
(A)

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38. If 5x = 2, what does 3x equal?

(A) 2.8
(B) 2.3
(C) 2.1
(D) 1.9
(E) 1.6
39. If 4 cos x = sin x and if x is in radian measure,
what is the least positive value of x?
(A) 6.452
(B) 2.133
(C) 1.326
(D) 1.021
(E) 0.933

(B)

40. Triangle ABC has coordinates A(1, 2),

B(0,4), and C(3, 1). Which of the following
provides the coordinates of triangle ABC,
respectively, the image of triangle ABC after
a reflection in the line y = x?
(A) (2, 1), (4,0), (3, 1)
(B) (1,2), (0, 4), (3,1)
(C) (2,1), (4,0), (1, 3)
(D) (3,2), (5,1), (2, 2)
(E) (4,0), (3, 1), (1, 2)

(C)

41. If sin x = cos x, then x could terminate only in

the
(A) first quadrant
(B) second quadrant
(C) first or third quadrants
(D) second or third quadrants
(E) second or fourth quadrants
42. If the line x = k is tangent to the circle
(x 2) 2 + (y + 1) 2 = 4, then the point of tangency is
(A) (6, 1) or (2, 1)
(B) (2, 1) or (6, 1)
(C) (0, 1) or (4, 1)
(D) (0,1) or (4,1)
(E) (2,1) or (6,1)

(D)

43. The graph of y = 2 cos 2x + 2 intersects the y

axis where y =
(A) 0
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

(E)

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44. What is the last term in the expansion
(2x + 3y)4?
(A) y4
(B) 9y4
(C) 27y4
(D) 81y4
(E) (xy) 4

46. Which of the following could be a graph of the

equation y = ax2 + bx + c, where b2 4ac = 0?
(A)

45. If two unbiased dice are rolled, what is the

probability that the number of dots on the two
exposed faces will total 4?
(A)

(B)

(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(C)

(D)

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47. A plane cuts through a cube in such a way that
the plane passes through three of the cubes
vertices, no two of which lie on the same edge.
If the edge of the cube has a length of 1, what
is the surface area of the smaller fragment of
the cube?
(A) 2.4
(B) 2.7
(C) 3.1
(D) 3.7
(E) 4.3
48. Which of the following equations describes a
parabola with focus (2,3) and directrix y = 0?
(A) (x + 2) 2 + (y + 3) 2 = 2
(B) (x 2) 2 + (y 3) 2 = 4
(C) (x 2) 2 = (y 3) 2
(D) (x 2) 2 = 2(y + 3)
(E) (x 2) 2 = 3(2y 3)
49. A student taking a truefalse test guesses randomly on three items. What is the probability
that exactly two of the guesses will be correct?
(A)

1
16

(B)

1
8

(C)

1
4

(D)

3
8

(E)

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2

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50. (1) Given any individual x, if x is a C, then x is

also a Q.
(2) There exists at least one individual x such
that x is not a Q.
Which of the following conclusions can be
logically deduced from the two statements
above?
(A) There exists at least one x such that x is
not a C.
(B) There exists at least one x such that x is a
C.
(C) There exists at least one x such that x is a
Q.
(D) There are no xs that are Cs.
(E) There are no xs that are Qs.

STOP
IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED,
YOU MAY CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS
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