PSAT & SAT Practice 3

A car traveled at an average speed of 80 miles per hour for 3 hours and consumed fuel at a rate of 34 miles per gallon. Approximately how many gallons of fuel did the car use for the entire 3-hour trip?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 7

What is the slope of the line in the xy-plane that passes through the points ( -5/2, 1) and (-1/2, 4)?

• -1

• -2/3

• 1

• 3/2

A high school basketball team won exactly 65 percent of the games during last season. Which of the following could be the total number of games the team played last season?

• 22

• 20

• 18

• 14

110x + y = 1, 210

A coffee shop is running a promotion where a number of free coffee samples are given away each day. The equation above can be used to model the number of free coffee samples, y, that remain to be given away x days at the promotion began. What does it mean that (11, 0) is a solution to this equation?

• During the promotion, 11 samples are given away each day.

• It takes 11 days during the promotion to see 1,2010 customers.

• It takes 11 days during the promotion until none of the sample are remaining.

• There are 11 samples available at the start of the promotion.

Which scatterplot shows a negative association that is not linear?

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The histogram shows the distribution of the heights, in meters, of 26 pyramids in Egypt. Which of the following could be the median height of the 26 pyramids represented in the histogram?

• 44 meters

• 48 meters

• 63 meters

• 77 meters

A survey of 170 randomly selected teenagers aged 14 through 17 in the United States was conducted to gather data on summer employment of teenagers. The data are shown in the table below.

• 22%

• 35%

• 47%

• 53%

In quadrilateral ABCD, BC is parallel to AD and AB = CD. If BC and AD were each doubled and BE was reduced by 50 percent, how would the area of ABCD change?

• The area of ABCD would be decreased by 50 percent.

• The area of ABCD would be increased by 50 percent.

• The area of ABCD would not change

• The area of ABCD would be multiplied by 2.

Given the right triangle ABC, which of the following is equal to b/a

• sin A

• sin B

• tan A

• tan B

A system of inequalities and a graph are shown above. Which section or sections of the graph could represent all of the solutions to the system?

• Section R

• Sections Q and S

• Sections Q and P

• Sections Q, R, and S