New York City SHSAT 2017

(F) 13 (G) 13.5 (H) 14 (J) 14.5 (K) 15.5 What is 29. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Jon works 4.5 hours a day, 3 days each week after schoo ...

A museum records 16 visitors to an exhibit on Monday, 21 on Tuesday, 20 on Wednesday, 17 on Thursday, 19 on Friday, 21 on Saturd ...

(A) 72 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 0 (E) −24 Which of the following numbers is closest to the product 48.9 × 21.2? (F) 10,000 (G) 8,000 (H ...

(A) 7 (B) 20 (C) 28 (D) 35 (E) 42 A number is considered “blue” if the sum of its digits is equal to the product of its digits. ...

For any two numbers a and b, a? b = (a + b)(a − b). For example, 10? 5 = (10 + 5)(10 − 5) = (15)(5) = 75. The value of 7? 5 is 4 ...

(F) 17 (G) 15 (H) 13 (J) 11 (K) 9 If r is an even integer, and s is an odd integer, which of the following must be true? I. r( ...

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) (E) If a kilogram is equal to approximately 2.2 pounds, which of the following is the best approximation o ...

(F) 6 a (G) 5 a − 1 (H) 52 a + 1 (J) (5a)a − 1 (K) 6(5a) If m and n are prime numbers greater than 2, which of the following co ...

(F) 1:6 (G) 1:5 (H) 1:4 (J) 2:5 (K) 2:3 A car travels 60 kilometers in one hour before a piston breaks, then travels at 30 kilom ...

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EXERCISE i. 11.8 ii. 1 iii. −29.5 3, 5 2, 3, 6, 9 0 is divisible by every nonzero integer. iv. v. vi. 0.6875, 0.625 vii. viii. i ...

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PRACTICE SET D The way to tell if a number is even is to look at the last digit to the right—in the ones column. If that digit i ...

D If a number is divisible by both 5 and 2, then it must also be divisible by 5 • 2 or 10. Since a number divisible by 10 must h ...

When you’re asked how many strips of a foot long can be cut from a 60-foot piece of wire, the question is really asking how many ...

The product of three integers must be an integer, so eliminate (A) and (D). A number that has at least one even factor is even, ...

which, when rounded, becomes $57.38 per week. D The original price is x. The price paid is 70 percent of the original price (100 ...

E First find the absolute value of 16 − 25: 16 − 25 = −9, and the absolute value of a negative number is the same number without ...