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Geometry - Pre Test



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Sean’s dog Clifford has an exercise area behind the house. A stake in the ground has a 25-foot rope tied to it. The other end of the rope is fastened to Clifford’s collar. If Clifford travels in a circular path around the stake, what is the largest circumference allowed by the rope’s length? Round your answer to the nearest foot.
a.
157 feet
b.
491 feet
c.
79 feet
d.
39 feet
 

 2. 

Leon needs to find the surface area of his jewelry box to determine the amount of paint that will be needed to paint it. Including the bottom side, what is the surface area of the jewelry box?
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a.
24 in2
b.
26 in2
c.
40 in2
d.
52 in2
 

 3. 

A construction crew is repairing a 221-ft-long section of a highway. The road is 19 ft wide, and the concrete must be poured to the depth of 6 in. How many cubic feet of concrete will be required for the repair?
a.
4,199 ftmc003-1.jpg
b.
2,099.5 ftmc003-2.jpg
c.
2,519.4 ftmc003-3.jpg
d.
25,194 ftmc003-4.jpg
 

 4. 

The length of a rectangular room is 6.5 m and its width is 4.2 m. Find the area of the room.
a.
17.64 m2
b.
42.25 m2
c.
27.3 m2
d.
21.4 m2
 
 
Graph the linear equation.
 

 5. 

y = mc005-1.jpgmc005-2.jpg
a.
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c.
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b.
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d.
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 6. 

In science class, students stacked cubical weights as shown below. What is the volume in cubic units of this stack of weights?
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Volume = length ´ width ´ height
a.
13 cubic units
c.
72 cubic units
b.
18 cubic units
d.
108 cubic units
 

 7. 

The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 m. The length of one leg is 24 cm. Find the length of the other leg.
a.
1 cm
b.
7 cm
c.
35 cm
d.
49 cm
 

 8. 

The measure of angle A is 53.8°.Find the measures of the complement and supplement of angle A.
a.
36.2°; 143.8°
b.
143.8°; 36.2°
c.
126.2°; 36.2°
d.
36.2°; 126.2°
 
 
Find the area of the trapezoid.
 

 9. 

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a.
495 m2
b.
247.5 m2
c.
165 m2
d.
82.5 m2
 

 10. 

A scale model of a car is 16 in. long. The actual car is 24 ft long. What is the scale of the model?
a.
1 in. : 1.5 in.
c.
1 in. : 18 ft
b.
1 in. : 18 in.
d.
1 in. : 24 in.
 

 11. 

Find the measure of the central angle that you would draw to represent 38% in a circle graph. Round your answer to the nearest degree.
a.
137mc011-1.jpg
b.
13,680mc011-2.jpg
c.
150mc011-3.jpg
d.
125mc011-4.jpg
 

 12. 

Which hill described in the table is the steepest? Explain.

Street
Horizontal
Distance (ft)
Vertical Rise
of Street (ft)
Dixie Hill
80
40
Bell Hill
80
20
Liberty Hill
80
60
a.
Bell Hill; it rises one foot for every 4 feet of horizontal travel.
b.
Dixie Hill; it rises 2 feet for every 1 foot of horizontal travel.
c.
Liberty Hill; it rises 4 feet for every 3 feet of horizontal travel.
d.
Liberty Hill; it rises mc012-1.jpg foot for every 1 foot of horizontal travel.
 

 13. 

The diagram shows the dimensions of the front of a storage building. What is the area of the entire front of the building?
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a.
36 ft2
b.
30 ft2
c.
33 ft2
d.
3 ft2
 

 14. 

Miniature cars are sold in boxes like the one below right. The miniature cars are then shipped to stores in crates like the one below left. How many miniature car boxes can fit inside the crate?
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a.
33
b.
600
c.
797
d.
800
 

 15. 

The Pie Factory sells an apple pie with a diameter of 16 inches for $10.99. What is the approximate cost per square inch of surface area of the pie? Use 3.14 for pi.
a.
$.67
b.
$.83
c.
$.01
d.
$.05
 

 16. 

The data in the table are linear. Use the table to find the slope.
x
–4
–3
–2
–1
y
–5
–7
–9
–11
a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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 17. 

Identify the slope and y-intercept of y = mc017-1.jpgxmc017-2.jpg.
a.
mc017-3.jpg; –8
b.
mc017-4.jpg; –8
c.
mc017-5.jpg; 8
d.
mc017-6.jpg; 8
 

 18. 

Estimate the value of mc018-1.jpg to the nearest integer.
a.
–10
b.
9
c.
–9
d.
10
 

 19. 

Mia charges $3.75 per hour when she babysits plus $4.00 for transportation expenses. Write an equation to represent the amount y Mia charges to babysit for x hours.
a.
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c.
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b.
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d.
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It is recommended that students have a calculator available to complete this Pre Test. The use of a reference sheet with geometric formulas is highly recommended.

Short Answer
 

 20. 

What is the slope of the line that passes through points (-3,0) and (4,5)?
 



 
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