This document contains announcements and information for a college preparation program. It includes details about upcoming events like community service hours being due, an ACT training day requiring early arrival, and a junior vs senior kickball game. It also shares inspirational videos and a motivational comic. The second half involves dividing into teams to solve sample math problems within time limits to practice for standardized tests.

1. 4/11/13

2.  Announcements
 Inspirational Videos of
the Day
 ACT Team Activity
 End of Year Survey
 Game (or matrix time)

3.  Saturday, April 20th
 Come an hour early to
be trained for your
specific position
 Remember:
community service logs
are due at the end of
this month

4.  When: Thursday, May 9th
 Who: College Forward juniors (all 3 classes)
vs. College Forward seniors
 Be sure to wear clothes you can play
kickball in!

5.  8 am @ Pflugerville HS
 Get there early! (Aim
to get there by at least
7:45.)
 Don’t forget:
 ID
 Admission ticket
 Calculator

6.  This is how you guys might feel before the
ACT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJ_4A03Xq
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 This is how you guys should be during the ACT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba7rRfKIHxU
 This is how you guys should feel after the
ACT:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_w4oS
CJIQk

7.  http://zenpencils.com/comic/106-chris-
hadfield-an-astronauts-advice/

8.  I’m going to assign you to teams
 Work with your team to solve each problem
as quickly (but accurately) as possible
 Write your answer on a scrap of paper, and
send a runner up to me with your answer
 Whichever team gets the right answer first
gets a point

9.  A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs
$4.04 per gallon, which of the following is
closest to how much the gas would cost for this
car to travel 2,727 typical miles?
 A. $ 44.44
 B. $109.08
 C. $118.80
 D. $408.04
 E. $444.40
 Answer: D

10.  When x = 3 and y = 5, by how much does the
value of 3x2 – 2yexceed the value of 2x2 – 3y ?
 F. 4
 G. 14
 H. 16
 J. 20
 K. 50
 Answer: G

11.  What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x – 4
?A. –7
 B. -1/5
 C. 1
 D. 1/5
 E. 7
 Answer: E

12.  What is the greatest common factor of 42,
126, and 210 ?
 F. 2
 G. 6
 H. 14
 J. 21
 K. 42
 Answer: K

13.  Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more
the second year than the first, and sales for the
third year were double the sales for the second
year. If sales for the third year were 38 million
dollars, what were sales, in millions of dollars,
for the first year?
 A. 16
 B. 17.5
 C. 20.5
 D. 22
 E. 35
 Answer: A

14.  The length, in inches, of a box is 3 inches less
than twice its width, in inches. Which of the
following gives the length, l inches, in terms
of the width, w inches, of the box?
 F. l = w + 3
 G. l = w + 3
 H. l = w – 3
 J. l = 2w + 3
 K. l = 2w – 3
 Answer: K

15.  If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10
inches long and one of its legs is 5 inches
long, how long is the other leg?
A) 5
B) 5√3
C) 5√5
D) 75
E) 10 - √5
 Answer: B

16.  In a shipment of televisions, 1/50 of the
televisions are defective. What is the ratio of
defective to nondefective televisions?
A) 1/200
B) 1/50
C) 1/49
D) 49/1
E) 50/1
 Answer: C

17.  If 8y = 3x - 11, then x =
A) (88/3) y
B) (8/3) y + 11
C) (8/3) y - 11
D) (8y - 11)/3
E) (8y + 11)/3
 Answer: E

18.  In the right triangle ABC below, what is the
cosine of angle A?
 A) 3/4
B) 4/3
C) 5/4
D) 3/5
E) 4/5
 Answer: D

19.  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9XLCV27