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Practice Test Seven Answers and Explanations
definite decision to leave her marriage forever. Her feelings
are uncertain, (E).
24. D
Difficulty: Medium
This is a Global question that deals with the passage as
a whole. Remember that Global questions do not ask
you to analyze specific paragraphs but rather how all the
paragraphs fit together into one complete passage with
a purpose. The beginning of the passage describes the
morning rituals of Eleanor and Harold, (A), but the rest of
the passage deals with a greater issue. Similarly, (C) only
refers to a small portion of the passage. Choices (B) and (E)
are matters of opinion, and this is not a persuasive piece
but a story. Choice (D) accurately describes the author's
intent in writing the passage.
SECTION 3
1. c
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: You're looking for the student who finished
third, so number the students in order of their running time
by comparing the decimal fractions.
Getting to the Answer:
Grace had the shortest time, so she's in first place; Francisco
with a time of 32.083 is in second place; and Logan with a
time of 32.146 seconds is in third place.
2. E
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: You must know how to calculate using
powers to find the value of a 2 .
Getting to the Answer:
Clear the fraction by multiplying both sides by 6 to get rid of
the denominator on the left:
a2
6 x 2 x 3 = 6 x (6 x 49)
a 2 = 6 2 x 49
Since 49 = 7 2 ,
a2 = 6 2 x 7 2 ,
or a 2 = (6 x 7)2. Therefore, a 2 = 42 2 .
3. A
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: You're given that a pump can drain a
375-gallon tank in 15 minutes. Therefore, the rate of the
pump is
375 &allons , or 25 gallons per minute.
15 minutes
Getting to the Answer:
At this rate, the pump will drain a 600-gallon tank in 6 ° ° ,
25
or 24 minutes. So it will take 24 - 15, or 9, more minutes to
drain the 600-gallon tank.
4. B
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: You're looking for the 47th flower in a
repeating pattern. Since there are 5 different flowers in
the pattern, the last flower in the pattern corresponds to a
multiple of 5.
Getting to the Answer:
The 5th, l Oth, . .. , and 45th flowers will be zinnias. But
there will also be two remainders, so the 46th will be the
first flower in the pattern, and the 47th will be the second
flower, which is a daffodil.
5. B
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: The median is the middle term in a group
of terms arranged in numerical order.
Getting to the Answer:
Arrange Maja's quiz scores from least to greatest: 76, 78,
80, 81, 84, 84, 91 . So the middle term is 81, and (B) is
correct.
6. A
Difficulty: Medium
Strategic Advice: Pay attention only to the exact information
you're given.
Getting to the Answer:
You're given thatp < q and r < q. However, this tells you
nothing about the relationship between p and r; you only
know that they're both less than q. So Statement Ill is not
necessarily true, and you can eliminate (C) and (E). You're
also given that r < s, but all this tells you is that q and s are
greater than r; you can't determine the relationship between