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If a ≠ b and 1/x + 1/a = 1/b, then x =
A. 1/b - 1/a
B. b - a
C. 1/ab
D. a - b/ab
E. ab/a - b - ✔✔-E
The graph of which of the following equations is
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Accuplacer Practice Test Questions and
answers, 100% Accurate.
If a ≠ b and 1/x + 1/a = 1/b, then x =
A. 1/b - 1/a
B. b - a
C. 1/ab
D. a - b/ab
E. ab/a - b - ✔✔-E
The graph of which of the following equations is a straight line parallel to the graph of y = 2x ?
A. 4x - y = 4
B. 2x - 2y = 2
C. 2x - y = 4
D. 2x + y = 2
E. x - 2y = 4 - ✔✔-C
An equation of the line that contains the origin and the point (1, 2) is
A. y = 2x
B. 2y = x
C. y = x -1
D. y = 2x +1
E. y/2 = x - 1 - ✔✔-A
An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom apartments that rent for
$360 and $450 per month, respectively. When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950.
What is the number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7 - ✔✔-E
If θ is an acute angle and sin θ = 1/2, then cos θ =
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1/2
D. √3/2
E. 2 - ✔✔-D
5y(2y - 3) + (2y - 3) =
A. (5y + 1) (2y + 3)
B. (5y + 1) (2y - 3)
C. (5y - 1) (2y + 3)
D. (5y -1) (2y - 3)
E. 10y (2y - 3) - ✔✔-B
One ordering of the letters T, U, V and W from left to right is UTVW. What is the total number of
orderings of these letters from left to right, including UTVW?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24 - ✔✔-E
From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to work on a project. How many
different groups of 3 employees can be chosen?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 15 - ✔✔-D
Writing a best seller had earned the author a sum of money and had freed him from the necessity of
selling his pen for the political purposes of others.
Rewrite, beginning with
"The author was not obliged..."
The new sentence will include
A) consequently he earned
B) because he had earned
C) by earning
D) as a means of earning - ✔✔-(B) The author was not obligated to sell his peen for the political
purposes of others BECAUSE HE HAD EARNED a sum of money by writing a best seller.
In the modern world, groups of people living thousands of miles apart may still be dependent on each
other politically, culturally, and economically.
Change PEOPLE LIVING to PEOPLE MAY LIVE.
Your new sentence will include
A) apart and still be dependent
B) apart so as to be dependent still
C) apart, they are still dependent
D) apart, but would still be dependent - ✔✔-(A) In the modern world, groups of people may live
thousands of miles APART AND STILL BE DEPENDENT on each other politically, culturally, and
economically
JOSE WANTED TO STUDY HE TRIED TO KEEP his roommates quiet; but he did not succeed.
A) Jose wanted to study he tried to keep
B) Jose wanted to study, he tried to keep
C) Because he wanted to study, Jose tried to keep
D) Jose wanting to study, and trying to keep - ✔✔-(C) BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STUDY, JOSE TRIED TO
KEEP his roommates quiet; but he did not succeed.
PREDICTIONS TWENTY YEARS AGO that the phonograph record was about to become obsolete have
proven to be true.
A) Predictions twenty years ago that
B) Predictions twenty years ago,
C) Twenty years ago, predictions that
D) Predictions, twenty years ago - ✔✔-(A) PREDICTIONS TWENTY YEARS AGO that the phonograph
record was about to become obsolete have proven to be true.
WHEN YOU MOVE OUT OF AN APARTMENT BEFORE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, THIS is an example
of breaking a lease.
A) When you move out of an apartment before the contract expires, this
B) You move out of an apartment before the contract expires, this
C) Moving out of an apartment before the contract expires
D) The fact that you move out of an apartment before the contract expires - ✔✔-(C) Moving out of an
apartment before the contract expires is an example of breaking a lease
KNOCKED TO HIS KNEES, THE QUARTERBACK LOOKED as if he were in pain.
A) Knocked to his knees, the quarterback looked
B) The quarterback was knocked to his knees, looked
C) The quarterback looked knocked to his knees
D) The quarterback, looking knocked to his knees, - ✔✔-(A) KNOCKED TO HIS KNEES, THE
QUARTERBACK LOOKED as if he were in pain
YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD RETIRE FROM POLITICAL LIFE, TO AMAZED
REPORTERS
A) Yesterday the President announced that he would retire from political life,
to amazed reporters.
B) Yesterday the President announced that he would retire from political life,
amazing reporters.
C) The President, to the amazement of reporters, announced that he would
retire from political life yesterday.
D) Yesterday the President announced to amazed reporters that he would
retire from political life. - ✔✔-(D) Yesterday the President announced to amazed reporters that he
would retire from political life.
Mr. Wilson PLANNNG to teach a course in physics next fall
a. planning
b. are planning
c. with a plan
d. plans - ✔✔-plans
Using the spell checker, she eliminated a number of errors on her paper.
rewrite Whole sentence, beginning with..
----She eliminated a number of errors on her paper...
The next words will be:
a. on account of she used
b. by her using
c. because she used
d. being as she was using - ✔✔-She eliminated a number of errors on her paper, BECAUSE SHE USED the
spell checker
Working as a receptionist for my uncle's business taught me TO HANDLE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS,
ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE, AND HOW TO MAINTAIN A ROLODEX.
a. to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a
Rolodex.
b. how to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintaining a
Rolodex.
c. how to handle customer complaints, how to answer the telephone, and how to
maintain a Rolodex.
d. handling customer complaints, answering the telephone, and maintenance of a
Rolodex. - ✔✔-how to handle customer complaints, how to answer the telephone, and how to
maintain a Rolodex.
Judy is dating A MAN THAT HAS A SEVEN HUNDRED-ACRE RANCH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OUTSIDE OF
TOWN.
a. a man that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
b. a man, that has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
c. a man, who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
d. a man who has a seven hundred-acre ranch near the foothills outside of town. - ✔✔-a man who has a
seven hundred (-)acre ranch near the foothills outside of town.
These BOOKS, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, are very valuable.
a. books which was published in the late eighteenth century
b. books in the late eighteenth century
c. books which were published
d. books, which is published, in the eighteenth century - ✔✔-books which were published
4. The hikers were at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned
mineshaft.
Rewrite, beginning with
----After the hikers were...
The next words will be
a. at the bottom of the canyon, and they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
b. at the bottom of the canyon, they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
c. at the bottom of the canyon they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
d. at the bottom of the canyon when they discovered an abandoned mineshaft. - ✔✔-at the bottom of
the canyon, they discovered an abandoned mineshaft.
Good money managers control their present expenses, and they invest surplus dollars to
meet their future needs.
Rewrite the sentence using
-------BECAUSE
The best choice will be
a. Good money managers, because they control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs.
b. Because good money managers control their present expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
c. Because good money managers control their present expenses they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
d. Good money managers control their present expenses, because they invest
surplus dollars to meet their future needs. - ✔✔-b. Because good money managers control their present
expenses, they invest
surplus dollars to meet their needs.
In a large city, you may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to work.
Rewrite this sentence omitting YOU.
a. In a large city, a person may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to
work.
b. In a large city, a resident may have massive traffic jams on his daily commute to
work.
c. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the daily commute to work.
d. In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the everyday commute on the
way to work. - ✔✔-In a large city, massive traffic jams may be part of the daily commute to work.
PANTING, THE CAB PULLED AWAY just as Judy arrived.
a. Panting, the cab pulled away
b. The cab pulled away panting
c. Panting, Judy arrived
d. Just as Judy was panting - ✔✔-Panting, Judy arrived
We could watch THE STARS SITTING ON THE BALCONY.
a. the stars sitting on the balcony
b. sitting on the balcony, the stars
c. on the balcony, the stars sitting
d. Sitting on the balcony, - ✔✔-Sitting on the balcony,
If a person wants to succeed in school, they have to study.
a. they have to study.
b. he or she has to study.
c. they has to study.
d. he or she have to study. - ✔✔-he or she has to study.
10. We ordered lobster since it was our anniversary.
Rewrite, beginning with
Since it was our anniversary...
The new sentence should read
a. Since it was our anniversary; we ordered lobster.
b. Since it was our anniversary, we ordered lobster.
c. Since it was our anniversary we ordered lobster.
d. Since it was our anniversary, and we ordered lobster. - ✔✔-b
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