1.

2. D
3. A

4. A
5. D
6. C

7. D
8. D
If line J does not pass through first quadrant, then it must be a line with a negative
slope and a negative y–intercept. Such a line could be perpendicular to line H:

Therefore, Statement I is possible.

Line H has a positive slope, and line J must have a negative slope, so there is absolutely
no way for them to have the same slope. They absolutely cannot be parallel.

Therefore, Statement II is impossible.

Both line H and line J pass through QIII, so there’s no reason they cannot intersect
there. For example:

Therefore, Statement III is possible.

Answer = D

9. A

First of all, line p clearly has a negative slope. If the slope is negative, that means the x &
y have opposite sign coefficients when written in slope–intercept form (i.e. y = mx +
b). Thus, if we move the x to the opposite side, so that the x & y are on the same side, then
they will have to have the same sign coefficients. The x & y coefficients could be both
positive or both negative. The latter is not an option among the answer choices. We must
have a plus–sign, so answers (C) & (D) are out right away. Notice the x intercept is
approximately (6, 0), so it could be exactly equal to that, or approximately equal to
that. Plug this in to the three remaining choices, and see what happens.
(A) 3(6) + 7(0) = 18 YES, exactly true
(B) 7(6) + 3(0) ≠ 18 no, not even close
(E) 3(6) + 7(0) = –18 no, not even close Ans. A
10. E

11. (D) The standard equation of a parabola in vertex form is y = a(x – h)2 + k, where the
vertex is (h, k). Eliminate choice (A), as it is not the equation of a parabola. Here is the
vertex of the parabola described by each remaining answer choice:
(B) (0, 1) Correct
(C) (0, –1) Incorrect
(D) (0, 1) Correct
(E) (1, 0) Incorrect

12. (E). The standard equation of a parabola in vertex form is y = a(x – h)2 + k, where the
vertex is (h, k). Here is the vertex of the parabola described by each answer choice:
(A) (0, 3) On the axis
(B) (3, 3) Incorrect quadrant
(C) (–3, –3) Incorrect quadrant
(D) (3, –3) Incorrect quadrant
(E) (–3, 3) Correct

Only choice (E) places the vertex in the correct quadrant.

13. B

f(-1) = -1 + 1 = 0

Solve by options.
Let's put x = -2
F(x) = x+1
=> -2+1 => -1 = y
SO THE COORDINATE IS (-2,-1),

SIMILARLY, with other values of x given in options.

x = -1 , y = 0 => {-1,0}
x = 0 , y = 1 => {0,1}
x = 1 , y = 2 => {1,2}
x = 2 , y = 3 => {2,3}

Among all plotted points in diagram, only (-1,0) is satisfying the points on diagram.
Hence B is the Answer.

14. E

The line passes through (6, 0) and (0, 3). Assume the equation as y = mx + c, substitute
these 2 points in the equation of the line and we get m = –1/2 and c = 3. So the equation
is y = – ½ x + 3. As we want below this line, the answer is E.

15. (C) The graph is of a parabola, so its equation must be in the general form of
y = ax2 + bx + c. That eliminates choices (A) and (E). Of the remaining answer choices,
only answer choice (C) gives a negative y value when x = 0 is plugged in. Also, it should
be noted that when a parabola lacks a bx term, that is b = 0, it will be centered around the
y-axis, just as this graph is.

16. C
17. C
Sum of the AP = avg of AP × no of terms
Avg of the AP can be found by addition of (first term + last term) /2 or (second +second
last term)/2 or (third +third last term)/2.... try this out its a property of any AP....here as
we need to find sum of first 15 terms...let us assume AP of 15 terms....

for this AP … going by above logic … (1st +15th term) = (4th + 12 th term) = 20
hence Avg of AP = 10

Sum of the AP = 10 x 15 = 150

18. A
What is the nth term of an AP? It’s a+(n−1)d
What is the 82nd term of this AP? It’s −11+81∗4=313

19. A

Sum of the fourth and seventh terms of this arithmetic progression is 40

(a+3d) + (a + 6d) = 40

2a + 9d = 40

Note here that 2a is even and sum of 2a and 9d is even. So, 9d must be even too. This
means, d, the common difference, must be even.

If d = 2, 9d = 18 and 2a = 40 - 18 = 22. But a = 11 is not in the options so ignore it.

If d = 4, 9d = 36 and 2a = 40 - 36 = 4. This gives us a = 2

Now check: a = 2, d = 4

1st term = 2, 3rd term = 10, 13th term = 50.

2, 10 and 50 are in GP.

The answer is (A)

20. D

1/5 taller doesn’t mean 1/5 feet taller. It means 20% taller or 1.2 times or 6/5 times or
(1 + 1/5) times.
21. D
Noting that a1 = 1, each subsequent term can be calculated as follows:
a1 = 1
a2 = a1 + 1
a3 = a1 + 1 + 2
a4 = a1 + 1 + 2 + 3
ai = a1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + i–1

In other words, an = a1 plus the sum of the first n – 1 positive integers. In order to
determine the sum of the first n – 1 positive integers, use the formula n(n+1)/2. For this
problem, substituting a1 = 1 and using this formula for the sum of the first (n – 1) integers
yields: an = 1 + (n)(n – 1)/2 The sixtieth term can be calculated as:

a60 = 1 + (59)(60)/2 a60 = 1,771 The correct answer is D.

22. C
Let the five consecutive even integers be represented by x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 6, and x + 8.
Thus, the second, third, and fourth integers are x + 2, x + 4, and x + 6. Since the sum of
these three integers is 132, it follows that 3x + 12 = 132, so 3x = 120, and x = 40. The first
integer in the sequence is 40 and the last integer in the sequence is x + 8, or 48. The sum
of 40 and 48 is 88. The correct answer is C.

23. D

24. B
From the graph, when x = 1, the parabola is below the x–axis, so g(x) is negative. But we
can see almost immediately that every answer choice besides B is positive when x = 1, so
B must be correct.
25. D

Week 1: $1

Week 1: 1 + 1 = $2

Week 3: 1 + (1 + 2) = $4

Week 4: 1 + (1 + 2 + 4) = $8

At this point, we see that the amount he earns in certain week is double the amount he
earns the previous week. Therefore,

Week 5: $16 Week 6: $32 Week 7: $64 Week 8: $128

So the total he earns at the end of the 8-week-long camp is:

1 + 2 + 4 + … + 128 = 2^8 - 1 = $255

(Note: We are using the formula 1 + 2 + 4 + … 2^n = 2^(n + 1) - 1 and notice that 128 =
2^7.)

At the end of the first week, Mitchell receives $1. At the end of the second week, he gets
$1, plus $1 for the total he had been paid up to that point, for a total of $2. At the end of
the third week, he gets $1, plus ($1 + $2), or $3, for the total he had been paid up to that
point, so this third week total is $4.
1, 3, 7, 15, 31 …
You may notice that this payment schedule is a simple geometric sequence, 2n–1, where
n is the number of the week in which Mitchell is being paid. And summing that sequence
is equivalent to 2t – 1, where t is the total number of weeks. In words, the cumulative pay
is one less than the next power of 2. The correct answer is 28 – 1 = $255. Ans. D
26. D

27. D

We have the sum of a geometric progression with the first term equal to 1/2 and the
common ratio also equal to 1/2.

Now, the sum of infinite geometric progression with common ratio |r|<1,
is sum=a/(1−r)

So, if we had infinite geometric progression instead of just 20 terms then its sum would
be 1/2/(1−1/2)=1. Which means that the sum of this sequence will never exceed 1. Also
since we have a large enough number of terms (20), the sum will be very close to 1, so
we can safely choose answer choice D.

28. C
29. D

At the end of the first week, there are 5 members. During the second week, 5x new
members are brought in (x new members for every existing member). During the third
week, the previous week's new members (5x) each bring in x new members:

Since choice (D) is the only one to yield an integer value, it is the correct answer.

30. C

The equation of the sequence can be written as follows: Tn = arn–1

So, we have

ar5–1 < 1000 Or ar4 < 1000

To maximize a, we must minimize r.

The minimum value of r = 2

So, a * 24 < 1000 or a < 1000/16 or a < 62.5

If a is a positive integer, then it can have 62 values (1 to 62).

31. B

1, –3, 6, –10, 15, –21 are the first 6 terms.

Here the odd numbered terms are positive. So A15 and A13 are both positive.

If we look at the absolute values, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21 are the first 6 terms.

+2, +3, +4, +5, +6

32.

III only

X intercept of y = mx + c is Xintercept = –c/m = –4/m = –4/ a –ve number = positive.

Only III is possible. OR

Let's draw a bunch of lines with a negative slope AND have a y–intercept of 4, means
passes through the point (0,4).

As we can see, the x–intercept can have ANY POSITIVE value. So, the x–intercept COULD
be 6, but it could NOT be –1 or 0
33. E

The graph of y = |x| is

Graph the equation y = | x |. The inequality y > | x | represents everything above the line
(on either side of the y-axis)— that is, the shaded region. Since the equation y = | x | forms
a 45-degree angle from the x-axis, there are 90 degrees above the line (on both sides of
the y-axis). This represents one-fourth of the xy-plane. Therefore, if a random pair of (x,
y) coordinates is chosen from the plane, the probability is that the point will fit the
criterion y ≥ | x |. The correct answer is (E).

All points which satisfy y≥|x| condition lie above that graph. You can see that portion of
the plane which is above the graph is 1/4. Answer: E.

34. B

Find two points on line 2 and use their coordinates to build the line's equation. Points
(0, 1) and (−1/2, 0) on line 1 correspond to points (1, 0) and (0, 1/2) on line 2. The
equation of line 2 is 2y = 1 − x.

35. D
After the first term in the sequence, every term has a unit’s digit of 8:
Q1 = 3
Q2 = 2(3) + 2 = 8
Q3 = 2(8) + 2 = 18
Q4 = 2(18) + 2 = 38
Q5 = 2(38) + 2 = 78
…
So, 8 will be the units digit nine out of the first ten times. Ans. D
36. D

S1 = 1/2, S2 = 2/3, S = 3/4, S5 = 4/5, S6 = 5/6 …

37. B
This is a counting pattern problem. In order for g(y) to be divisible by 411, it must be
divisible by (22)11 = 222. Thus g(y) must contain 22 twos in its prime factorization. If y =
10, for example, then g(y) equals 2 × 4 × 6 × 8 × 10. 2 has one 2 in its prime factorization;
4 has two 2s; 6 has one 2 (and a 3); 8 has three 2s; 10 has one 2 (and a 5). This amounts
to a total of only eight 2s. For this question, we need 22 twos. Thus, we must keep adding
even numbers to the result until we get to 22 twos in total. Thus, the smallest possible
number for y is 24.

38. A
This is a recursive sequence, so we have to work backwards term by term.

Answer = (A).

39. C

7 * 39 + 77 * 1 = 350 … so 39 terms of 7 and 1 term of 77 … total 40 terms.

Well, first, think about the qualitative aspects of the sequence: if the sequence consisted
entirely of 7's, then there would be fifty terms in the sequence. these answer choices are
reasonably close to fifty, so it stands to reason that by far the majority of the terms will
be 7's. therefore, try as few 77's as possible.
Try only one 77:
Remaining terms = 350 - 77 = 273
This would be 273 / 7 = 39 sevens
So ... you'd have one '77' and thirty-nine '7's … this works! Answer = c … 40 terms.
40. D

First of all to simplify the given expression multiply it be 2: |x|+|y|=10

Now, find x and y intercepts of the region (x–intercept is a value(s) of x for y=0 and
similarly y–intercept is a value(s) of y for x=0):
Thus we have 4 points: (10, 0), (–10, 0), (0, 10) and (–10, 0).
When you join them you'll get the region enclosed by |x|+|y|=10:

You can see that it's a square.

Since this square has a diagonal equal to 20, so the Areasquare=d2/2=20∗20/2=200
Or the Side=√200, so area=side2=200

41. (C)
Since AB = 5, you know that BC = 2(5) = 10. Now you need to determine which of the
listed points are not 10 units away from (3, 4). Choice (E) is the easiest to eliminate, as
you can simply add 10 the x value of point B perpendicular to arrive at the location of C.
That line segment will be 10 units long. To handle the other choices, you need to calculate
their distances from (3, 4). Again, use the distance formula.

For answer choice

(A):

(B)

(C)

(D)
42. D

b2 – 4ac = m2 – 4(4)(1) = m2 – 16. The roots of the given equation are real and equal.
Therefore, m2 – 16 = 0 or m2 = 16 or m = +4 or m = –4.

43. D

To solve this problem, we need to use the following two facts:

1) If a quadratic equation has integer coefficients only, and if one of the roots is a + √b
(where a and b are integers), then a – √b is also a root of the equation.
2) If r and s are roots of a quadratic equation, then the equation is of the form
x2 – (r +s) x + rs = 0.

Since we know that 1 – √2 is a root of the quadratic equation, we can let: r = 1 + √2 and
s = 1 – √2
Thus, r + s = (1 + √2) + (1 – √2) = 2 and rs = (1 + √2)(1 – √2) = 1 – 2 = –1.
Therefore, the quadratic equation must be x2 – 2x – 1 = 0.

44. (C):
Consider the figure below, which has additional lines, labels, and coordinates filled in

The area of trapezoid OPQR can be found by subtracting the areas of the unshaded right
triangles from the area of rectangle shown. (This allows you to arrive at the value of the
shaded area in the figure, which is the original trapezoid.)

Because OPQR is a trapezoid, PQ is parallel to OR and has a slope equal to a/2a = ½

The y-coordinate of P must therefore equal a/2
The area of the rectangle is 2a × a = 2a², the area of the top triangle is ½ * a/2 * a = a2 / 4
And the area of the bottom triangle is ½ * 2a * a = a2.
Thus, the area of OPQR is 2a2 – a2 / 4 – a2 = 3a2 / 4
45.(C) Perhaps the easiest way to solve this problem is to draw a rectangle around the
parallelogram, find its area, and subtract out the area of the triangles that emerge around
the parallelogram, within the rectangle (but that are not part of the parallelogram):

Since ABCD is a parallelogram, line segments AB and CD have the same length and the sa
me slope. Therefore, in the diagram above, point A is at (–4, 3). The square has an area of
7 × 7 = 49. By drawing carefully and exploiting similar triangles created by various
parallel lines, you can label the height of each triangle
3, and each base 7. Each triangle has area
½bh = ½ 7*3 = 21/2
Therefore, the area of parallelogram ABCD equals 49 – 4 (21/2) = 7.
OR A = ½d1d2
d1 = 7√2 and d2 = √2.
Ans. 7

46. C
For 2 real and distinct roots, D > 0 or b2 > 4ac
Only for choice C, D > 0 …

47. B
x2 – 4x – 5 = 0 Factor: (x – 5)(x + 1) = 0 So, either x = 5 or x = –1

If x = 5, then x – 4 = 5 – 4 = 1 [not among the answer choices]

If x = –1, then x – 4 = (–1) – 4 = –5.

48. D

In a rectangle, the mid points of the diagonals are the same.

A (– 5, 1), B (– 4, 4), and C (8, 0) … Let the coordinates of D be (a, b)

Mid–point of AC = Mid–point of BD
(3/2, 1/2) = [(a – 4) / 2, (b + 4)/2]
So, a – 4 = 3, so a = 7
And b + 4 = 1 or b = –3

OR
Complete the rectangle with the dashed lines shown.

The fourth point must be located approximately where the bigger dot is drawn.
Answers (A), (B), and (E) must be incorrect. The closest answer choice is the point
(7, − 3). Alternatively, you could plot the remaining two answer choice points to see
which one “works” with the three given points. Alternatively, compute the location of
the fourth point, using the fact that the short sides have the same slope. The known
short side connects the points (− 5, 1) and (− 4, 4). In other words, the bottom left
corner is 1 to the left and 3 down from the top left corner. The unknown bottom right
corner should therefore be 1 to the left and 3 down from the top right corner, or x = 8 −
1 = 7 and y = 0 − 3 = − 3, corresponding to the point (7, − 3). The correct answer is (D).
49. B

The line passes through the point (0, 4), so label that point as well. Since the slope of the
line could vary, sketch several possible lines that pass through the point, being certain
to test extreme cases. If the slope is very positive, then the line is nearly vertical, and
the area above the line will be very close to 2(8) = 16:

As the slope decreases, the area above the line will decrease. If the slope is 1, the area
above the line is the area of a triangle with base 4 and height 4, which is equal to
½ (4)( 4) = 8.
Then, as the slope continues to decrease, the area above the line will once again increase
steadily. The greatest area is found when the slope is very negative, since the area will
be slightly less than (6)( 8) = 48.

The area of the shaded region can be a minimum of exactly 8 and can be a maximum of
almost, but not equal to, 48 (since the line cannot be vertical). The correct answer is
(B).

50. D
h and k are the roots of the quadratic equation.
Sum of the roots = −b.
When b is least, the sum of the roots (−b) will be the greatest. Or when b is least, the
sum of the roots (−b) will be least.
Product of the roots = 256
i.e., h * k = 256, given h and k are both integers.
256 can be expressed as product of two numbers in the following ways:
1 * 256 | 2 * 128 | 4 * 64 | 8 * 32 | 16 * 16

The sum of the roots is maximum when the roots are 1 and 256 and the maximum sum
is 1 + 256 = 257. ∴ The least value possible for b is –257. Choice D is the correct answer.
51. C

5x + 4|y| = 55

The equation can be rewritten as 4|y| = 55 – 5x.

Because |y| is non–negative, 4|y| will be non–negative. Therefore, (55 – 5x) cannot take
negative values.

Because x and y are integers, 4|y| will be a multiple of 4.

Therefore, (55 – 5x) will also be a multiple of 4.

55 is a multiple of 5. 5x is a multiple of 5 for integer x. So, 55 – 5x will always be a

multiple of 5 for any integer value of x.

So, 55 – 5x will be a multiple of 4 and 5.

i.e., 55 – 5x will be a multiple of 20.

Integer values of x > 0 that will satisfy the condition that (55 – 5x) is a multiple of 20:

1. x = 3, 55 – 5x = 55 – 15 = 40.

2. x = 7, 55 – 5x = 55 – 35 = 20

3. x = 11, 55 – 5x = 55 – 55 = 0.

When x = 15, (55 – 5x) = (55 – 75) = –20.

Because (55 – 5x) has to non–negative x = 15 or values greater than 15 are not possible.

So, x can take only 3 values viz., 3, 7, and 11.

We have 3 possible values for 55 – 5x. So, we will have these 3 values possible for 4|y|.

Possibility 1: 4|y| = 40 or |y| = 10. So, y = 10 or –10.

Possibility 2: 4|y| = 20 or |y| = 5. So, y = 5 or –5.

Possibility 3: 4|y| = 0 or |y| = 0. So, y = 0.

Number of values possible for y = 5.

The correct choice is (C) and the correct answer is 5.

52. A

With statement 1:

This function can only be addition or multiplication

With either of these two operations the left side does indeed equal the right...sufficient

With statement 2

This function can be either multiplication or division

With multiplication the left and right side equal one another

With division it doesn't...

Hence 2 is insufficient.

Ans. A

53. All three

Try those numbers:

I.

3 + 8 – 24 = 8 + 3 – 24

–13 = –13

Works

II.

3+0–0=3

3=3

Works

III.

First find a*b = –13 (see above), and b*c = 8 + 10 – 80 = –62.

So, this says

–13 + 10 – (–130) = 3 – 62 – (–186)

127 = 127 Works

54. D

If you solve for a

a + b = ab

Or a – ab = –b

a × [1–b] = –b

a = b / (b–1)

if b=1

then a is indeterminate
55. A First, rewrite the line as . The equation is now in the
form where m represents the slope and b represents the y–intercept.
Thus, the slope of this line is .
By definition, if line F is the perpendicular bisector of line G, the slope of line F is
the negative inverse of the slope of line G. Since we are told that the
line is the perpendicular bisector of line segment RP, line segment RP
must have a slope of (which is the negative inverse of ).

Now we know that the slope of the line containing segment RP is but we do

not know its y–intercept. We can write the equation of this line as ,
where b represents the unknown y–intercept.

To solve for b, we can use the given information that the coordinates of point R

are (4, 1). Since point R is on the line , we can plug 4 in for x and 1 in
for y as follows:

Now we have a complete equation for the line containing segment RP:

We also have the equation of the perpendicular bisector of this line: .

To determine the point M at which these two lines intersect, we can set these
two equations to equal each other as follows:

Thus, the intersection point M has x–coordinate 2. Using this value, we can find
the y coordinate of point M:

Thus the perpendicular bisector intersects line segment RP at point M, which

has the coordinates (2, 0). Since point M is on the bisector of RP, point M
represents the midpoint on line segment RP; this means that it is equidistant
from point R and point P.

We know point R has an x–coordinate of 4. This is two units away from the x–
coordinate of midpoint M, 2. Therefore the x–coordinate of point P must also be
two units away from 2, which is 0.
 We know point R has a y–coordinate of 1. This is one unit away from the y–
coordinate of midpoint M, 0. Therefore, the y–coordinate of point P must also be
one unit away from 0, which is –1.

The coordinates of point P are . The correct answer is A.

56. A

(1) tells us that * = + or ×

But in both the cases,
(5 + 6) + 2 = 5 + (6 + 2)
AND
(5 × 6) × 2 = 5 × (6 × 2)
So as per statement (1)
(5 * 6) * 2 = 5 * (6 * 2)
Sufficient

(2) tells us that * can be either + or –.

(5 + 6) + 2 = 5 + (6 + 2)

(5 – 6) – 2 ≠ 5 – (6 – 2)

Not sufficient

Ans. A

57. C
Going down the left–hand column, you can write the following equations:
4+x=1
e+x=7
f+x=2
Only the first of these gives a value right away, but, once you've got that value, you can
plug it into the other two and find the other values.

The question is asking for m+n, from the matrix, you can see that m = z +4 and n = e + y.
Also, from the matrix, z+e = 10 and 4+y = –5, hence m+n = 10–5 = 5.

58. D
Let us say the number is 0.ABCD (the decimal d)

(1) d = 0.ABCD, hence 10d = A.BCD 10th digit of 10d = B = 7. which is 100th digit of d
(=0.A7CD and thus bigger than 5) Sufficient

(2) d = 0.ABCD, hence d/10 = 0.0ABCD 1000th digit of 10d = B = 7. which is 100th digit
of d (=0.A7CD and thus bigger than 5) Sufficient

Ans. D
59. B
(1)
Suppose r/10 = abc3d.e
So, r = abc3de and ten’s digit = d, which is not known to us.

(2)
Let the number be
10r = abcd6ef
So, r = abcd6e.f
So, ten’s digit has to be 6 in original number.

Ans. B

60. C

To solve this problem most efficiently, you should rephrase the first statement.
When x is rounded to the nearest thousandth the result is 0.455 ––> this just means
that 0.4545 < x < 0.4555.

that's insufficient, because all the values from 0.4545 to 0.454999.... will round to 0.45,
but all the values from 0.4550 to 0.4554999999... will round to 0.46. (you don't have to
figure out these entire ranges; it's good enough to try the largest and smallest values
and note that they round to different numbers.)

ONCE AGAIN:

x could be 0.4546, which would round up to 0.455 when rounding to the thousandths
place (per the statement), but would round down to 0.45 when rounded to hundredths
(one possible answer to the question). On the other hand, x could be 0.4551, which
would round up to 0.455 when rounding to the thousandths place (per the statement),
and would round up to 0.46 when rounded to hundredths (another possible answer to
the question). The value of x rounded to the nearest hundredth could be 0.45 or 0.46.

(2) is obviously insufficient, because you have no idea how big the number is at all. The
5 in the thousandths place does tell us to round up to the next hundredth, but we have
no idea what that is.

combined, though: the only numbers in the range 0.4545 < x < 0.4555 such that the
thousandths digit is 5 are the numbers from 0.4550 to 0.4554999999..., which are
precisely the ones that round to 0.46.

0.455 <= x < 0.456 (the inequality symbols are awkward to format here, so read them
carefully)

The thousandths digit is 5 or greater for all of these values, therefore we will round up
to the next hundredth: 0.46.

Sufficient Ans. C