New York City SHSAT 2017

MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS

Don’t leave any answers blank on the SHSAT. Since there’s no penalty for wrong answers, there is no harm in guessing when you
don’t know the answer.

DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF GUESSING

Remember, there’s no penalty for wrong answers. Even if you guess randomly, you have a 1 in 5 chance of guessing

correctly.

Of course, you should still guess strategically whenever possible. Remember, every answer choice you eliminate increases your
odds of guessing correctly.

EXAMPLE

If you looked at this problem and either could not remember how to find greatest common factor or were running out of time and
wanted to save your time for other questions, you should be able to eliminate at least one answer choice pretty easily. Do you see
which one?

NOTE WHAT YOU SKIP

When you skip a question, circle it so that it will be easy to spot if you have time to go back.

Since all multiples of 5 end in either 5 or 0, 5 cannot be a factor of 114, and so choice (G) must be incorrect.

54. What is the greatest common factor of 95 and 114?

F. 1

G. 5

H. 6

J. 19

K. 38