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The 5164 exam has 66 questions and runs 3 hours.
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A student evaluates the expression 24 ÷ 4 × 3 and arrives at an answer of 2. Which statement identifies the student's error?
Correct answer: A - The student multiplied before dividing instead of working from left to right
A store buys a jacket for $40, marks up the price by 35%, and later discounts the marked-up price by 20%. What is the sale price of the jacket?
Correct answer: B - $43.20
Which statement about the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is always true?
Correct answer: D - The sum is always an irrational number
A car travels at a constant speed of 36 miles per hour. What is this speed in feet per second? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)
Correct answer: C - 52.8 feet per second
Two shuttle buses leave a terminal at the same time. One bus returns to the terminal every 12 minutes and the other returns every 18 minutes. After how many minutes will both buses next return to the terminal at the same time?
Correct answer: C - 36 minutes
A student solves the inequality -3x > 12 and writes the solution as x > -4. Which statement identifies the student's error?
Correct answer: A - The student divided correctly but failed to reverse the inequality symbol
Which expression represents "the product of 4 and the quantity 7 less than a number n"?
Correct answer: D - 4(n - 7)
How many solutions does the equation 4(x + 3) = 4x + 12 have?
Correct answer: D - Infinitely many solutions
A theater sold 110 tickets and collected $1,120. Adult tickets cost $12 each and child tickets cost $8 each. How many child tickets were sold?
Correct answer: B - 50
A gym charges a one-time $40 initiation fee plus $25 per month. A student claims that the relationship between total cost and number of months is proportional because the cost increases by the same amount each month. Which statement BEST evaluates the student's claim?
Correct answer: C - The claim is incorrect, because the graph does not pass through the origin
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