SAT #1 Math Test - Calculator part 2

Alma bought a laptop computer at a store that gave a 20 percent discount off its original price. The total amount she paid the cashier was p dollars, including an 8 percent sales tax on the discounted price. Which of the following represents the original price of the computer in terms of p?

• 0.88p

• (0.8)(1.08)p

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• 68/100

• 79/100

• 79/164

• 164/200

Which of the following best approximates the average rate of change in the annual budget for agriculture/natural resources in Kansas from 2008 to 2010?

• $50,000,000 per year

• $65,000,000 per year

• $75,000,000 per year

• $130,000,000 per year

Of the following, which program's ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget is closest to the human resources program's ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget?

• Agriculture/natural resources

• Education

• Highways and transportation

• Public safety

What is the equation of a circle in the xy-plane with center (0,4) and a radius with endpoint (4/3, 5)?

• x² + (y-4)² = 25/9

• x² + (y+4)² = 25/9

• x² + (y-4)² = 5/3

• x² + (y+4)² = 5/3

• 3.5

• 4.0

• 4.5

• 5.0

Katarina is a botanist studying the production of pears by two types of pear trees. She noticed that Type A trees produced 20 percent more pears than Type B trees did. Based on Katarina's observation, if the Type A trees produced 144 pears, how many pears did the Type B trees produce?

• 115

• 120

• 124

• 173

Which of the following is a reasonable approximation of the number of earthworms to a depth of 5 centimeters beneath the ground's surface in the entire field?

• 150

• 1,500

• 15,000

• 150,000

• Quadrant II

• Quadrant III

• Quadrant IV

• There are solutions in all four quadrants

For a polynomial p(x), the value of p(3) is -2. Which of the following must be true about p(x)?

• x-5 is a factor of p(x)

• x-2 is a factor of p(x)

• x + 2 is a factor of p(x)

• The remainder when p(x) is divided by x-3 is -2