RocketReview Illustrative Math Problems Set A (arranged from easy to hard)

1. If x + y = 12 and x = 2y, then x = 7. If x + y = 6 and x – y = 10, then x2 – y2 =

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8 8. If 25 percent of x is 12, what is 75 percent of x?
(E) 24

If x +
x 8
2. = , then x =
3 3 3
9. If m + 2 = 4, then 2m + 2 =
(A) 1
(B) 2 (A) 2
(C) 3 (B) 4
(D) 4 (C) 6
(E) 8 (D) 8
(E) 10
3. If a car traveling at a constant rate covers 50 miles in 2
hours, then at this rate how many miles will the car 10. Let J be the set of multiples of 2, K be the set of multiples
cover in the next 3 hours? of 3, and L be the set of multiples of 5. Which of the
following sets contains 45?

4. Which of the following numbers has the digit 6 in the (A) J

hundredths place? (B) J IK
(C) JIL
(A) 600.00
(D) KIL
(B) 6.00
(E) JIKIL
(C) 0.600
(D) 0.060
(E) 0.006
11. If ab = 36 and a2 + b2 = 97, then (a + b)2 =
x 3 y
5. If = , what is the value of ?
y 2 2x
(A) 1
3
3
(B) 12. The digits 7, 8, and 9 are used to create a one-digit number
4
2 and a two-digit number, with no digit repeated. What is the
(C) largest possible product of the resulting one-digit and two-
3
digit numbers?
(D) 2

(E) 3

6. |–5| – |–3| 13. A book collector has a collection of 1200 books, of which
900 are hardcover and 300 are paperback. If 1000 of the
(A) –8 books are nonfiction and 50 of the paperbacks are fiction,
(B) –2 how many of the books are hardcover and nonfiction?
(C) 2
(D) 4
(E) 8
 17. The ratio of x to y is 3 to 5 and the ratio of x to z is 2 to 11.
A B What is the ratio of y to z ?

(A) 6 to 55
(B) 10 to 33
(C) 15 to 22
(D) 33 to 10
C (E) 55 to 6

14. In the figure above, circular regions A, B, and Care used to

represent sets A, B, and C respectively. Which of the 18. If j > 0 and 4x2 + kx + 9 = (2x + j)2 for all values of x, what
following describes the shaded region? is the value of k ?

(A) AUBIC (A) 3

(B) AIBIC (B) 6
(C) (A I B) U C (C) 10
(D) A I (B U C) (D) 12
(E) B I (A U C) (E) 24

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

15. The two circles in the figure above have the same
center O. The circumference of the outer circle is
16π greater than the circumference of the inner cir-
cle. The radius of the outer circle is how much
greater than the radius of the inner circle?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 4π
(E) 8π

B x° 40° D

C
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

16. In the figure above, two line segments AD and CD are

tangents to the circle. If B is the center of the circle, what
is x ?

(A) 50
(B) 70
(C) 80
(D) 140
(E) 160