9th GRADE SHSAT PRACTICE TEST

(1) How many multiples of 3 between 1 and 22 are even?

(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) None

Solution

(2) 2x(3y) =

(A) 12xy (B) 6xy (C) 5xy (D) 6x + 6y (E) 5x + 5y

Solution

(3)

In triangle ABC, AB = AC and the measure of angle C is 70°. What is the measure of angle A, in degrees ?

(A) 40 (B) 55 (C) 60 (D) 70 (E) 90

Solution

(4) √36 x √9 + √16 =

(A) √340 (B) 22 (C) 30 (D) 42 (E) 150

Solution

(5) At 9 A.M. it was 12 degrees below zero. By noon the temperature had dropped 7 degrees. Over the next two hours, the temperature rose 5 degrees. What was the temperature at 2 P.M.?

(A) 0° (B) 10° below zero (C) 14° below zero

(D) 24° below zero (E) none of these

Solution

(6) Bob’s age is now 3 times Tom’s age. Twelve years from now, Tom will be 15 years old. How many years old is Bob now?

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 27 (E) 45

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(7)

In rectangle ABCD, point E is on side AB. What is the measure of angle DEC?

(A) 10° (B) 48° (C) 60° (D) 70° (E) 90°.

Solution

(8) If 1 < 4n < 50, and n is a positive Integer, what is the largest possible value for n?

(A) 199 (B) 49 (C) 13 (D) 12.5 (E) 12

Solution

(9) Which of the following is equal to (8x-8)/2?

(A) 8x – 4 (B) 4x – 4 (C) 4x – 8 (D) 4x (E) 4

Solution

(10) If 7x – 14 = 14 – 7x, then x =

(A) -4 (B) -2 (C) 0 (D) 2 (E) 4

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(11) If N granola bars cost 3 dollars, then the cost of 3 granola bars is

(A) 9/N dollars (B) N dollars (C) 3N dollars

(D) 1 dollar (E) 9 dollars

Solution

(12) In Mr. Romano’s class, the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3:2. A student is selected at random from the class. The probability that the selected student is a boy is

(A) 1/6 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/5 (D) 3/5 (E) 2/3

Solution

(13) Each of the integers from -3 to 5 inclusive is placed in the diagram, with one number going into each box. If the sum of the numbers in each row is the same, what is that sum?

(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

Solution

(14) What is the median of the set of numbers {4, 16, 12, 10, 6, 8, 12, 12}?

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 13

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(15) If x means (x+3) / x then the value of (3)(6) is

(A) 7/6 (B) 4/3 (C) 3 (D) 16 (E) 18

Solution

(16) What is the least common multiple of P and Q if

P = 3·3·11·11·13 and Q = 3·5·11·11·11?

(A) 3·11 (B) 3·5·11·13 (C) 3·11·11

(D) 3·3·11·11·11 (E) 3·3·5·11·11·11·13

Solution

(17) What is the perimeter of figure ABCDEF?

(A) 33 (B) 34 (C) 35 (D) 36 (E) none of these

Solution

(18) The value of 808080 / 80 is

(A) 111 (B) 10101 (C) 101010 (D) 640 (E) 1000

Solution

(19) From 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Jose completed one-third of this homework. From 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M., he completed 1/4 of the remaining part of his homework. What fraction of his homework still remained to be completed after 9:00 P.M.?

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/5 (E) 1/6

Solution

(20) Which of the following represents the phrase “ 5 less than 8 times n”?

(A) 5 < 8n (B) 5 – 8n (C) 8n + 5

(D) 8n – 5 (E) n – 3

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