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1 Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Assessment Sample Questions The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Mathematics and Mathematics Sample Questions Statistics test contains questions that measure proficiency in the following four content areas: Directions for questions 1-15. Elementary Algebra and Functions For each of the questions below, choose the best answer Linear equations, inequalities and systems from the four choices given. You may use the paper you Algebraic expressions and equations received as scratch paper. Word problems and applications Intermediate Algebra and Functions 1. If $> ( &>, then '> . Quadratic and other polynomial expressions, equations and functions A. #". Expressions, equations and functions involving powers, roots and radicals B. (. Rational and exponential expressions, C. #". equations and functions D. %#. Geometry and Measurement Plane geometry Transformations and symmetry 2.))

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4 Of the boys, %. above the ground, in feet, > seconds after the have a speaking part in the play, and of the girls, ball was kicked was 2a>b #! "'># $#>. ) do not have a speaking part in the play. If a What was the maximum height, in feet, of the child from the cast of the play is chosen at ball above the ground after it was kicked? random, what is the probability that the child has a speaking part? A. $#. #. B. $% A. &. C. $'. ". D. %! B. #. $. C. 13. The yard behind Cindy's house is rectangular in &. shape and has a perimeter of (# feet. If the length $. j of the yard of the yard is ") feet longer than the D. %. width A of the yard, what is the area of the yard, in square feet? A. $'. Answer Key B. "%%. C. #%$ 1. C. D. %)' 2. B. 3. D. 14. The table below shows the high temperatures last 4. D. Thursday for five cities, E through I . If the median of the Thursday high temperatures for 5.

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