SAT II Math II : SAT Subject Test in Math II

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Types Of Numbers

Express \(\displaystyle 1011101_{\textrm{two}}\) as a base ten number.

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 93\)

\(\displaystyle 91\)

\(\displaystyle 95\)

\(\displaystyle 97\)

\(\displaystyle 89\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 93\)

Explanation:

Place values in the base two system are powers of two rather than powers of ten.

\(\displaystyle 1011101_{\textrm{two}}\) is equal to:

\(\displaystyle 1\times 2^{6}+0\times 2^{5}+ 1\times 2^{4}+1 \times 2^{3}+ 1 \times 2^{2}+ 0 \times 2^{1} +1\)

\(\displaystyle = 1\times 64+0\times32+ 1\times 16+1 \times 8+ 1 \times 4+ 0 \times2+1\)

\(\displaystyle = 64+0+ 16+ 8+ 4+ 0 +1 = 93\)

Example Question #1 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Express 68 as a base two (binary) number.

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 110 000_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 1000100_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 100010_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 100 1000_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 100 100_{\textrm{two}}\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 1000100_{\textrm{two}}\)

Explanation:

68 can be expressed as the sum of distinct powers of two as follows:

\(\displaystyle 68 = 64 + 4 = 2^{6}+ 2^{2}\)

Therefore, there are 1's in the seventh and third place from the right, and 0's everywhere else, so

\(\displaystyle 68 = 1000100_{\textrm{two}}\)

Example Question #1 : Number Theory

Express 73 as a binary (base two) number.

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 1010111_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 1000111_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 1010001_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 1000101_{\textrm{two}}\)

\(\displaystyle 1001001_{\textrm{two}}\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 1001001_{\textrm{two}}\)

Explanation:

73 can be uniquely expressed as the sum of distinct powers of two as follows:

\(\displaystyle 73 = 64 + 8 + 1 = 2^{6} + 2^{3}+ 2^{0}\)

Therefore, there is a "1" in the seventh, fourth, and first positions from the right, and a "0" everywhere else. So,

\(\displaystyle 73 = 1001001_{\textrm{two}}\)

Example Question #1 : Number Theory

Which of the following numbers is an imaginary number?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle \sqrt{7}\)

\(\displaystyle 7i\)

\(\displaystyle \frac{9}{8}\)

\(\displaystyle 0.53\)

\(\displaystyle 27\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 7i\)

Explanation:

By definition, an imaginary number is a number with the term "i" in it. For this problem 7i is the only answer with the imaginary part.

Example Question #1 : Number Theory

Define an operation \(\displaystyle \vee\) on the set of real numbers as follows:

For any two real numbers \(\displaystyle a, b\),

\(\displaystyle a \vee b =\left | \left | a - 2b \right | + \left | 2a - b\right | \right |\).

Evaluate \(\displaystyle 100 \vee\left ( -50 \right )\).

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 150\)

\(\displaystyle 200\)

\(\displaystyle 450\)

\(\displaystyle 350\)

\(\displaystyle 250\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 450\)

Explanation:

Substitute \(\displaystyle a= 100, b = -50\) in the expression:

\(\displaystyle a \vee b =\left | \left | a - 2b \right | + \left | 2a - b\right | \right |\)

\(\displaystyle 100 \vee (-50) =\left | \left | 100 - 2(-50)\right | + \left | 2 (100 ) - (-50)\right | \right |\)

\(\displaystyle =\left | \left | 100 - (-100)\right | + \left | 200 +50\right | \right |\)

\(\displaystyle =\left | \left | 200\right | + \left | 2 50\right | \right |\)

\(\displaystyle =\left | 200 + 2 50 \right |\)

\(\displaystyle =\left | 4 50 \right |\)

\(\displaystyle = 4 50\)

Example Question #1 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Sets

The above represents a Venn diagram. The universal set \(\displaystyle U\) is the set of all positive integers.

Let \(\displaystyle A\) be the set of all multiples of 2; let \(\displaystyle B\) be the set of all multiples of 3; let \(\displaystyle C\) be the set of all multiples of 5.

As you can see, the three sets divide the universal set into eight regions. Suppose each positive integer was placed in the correct region. Which of the following numbers would be in the same region as 873?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle 368\)

\(\displaystyle 365\)

\(\displaystyle 367\)

\(\displaystyle 366\)

\(\displaystyle 369\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle 369\)

Explanation:

From the last digit, it can be immediately determined that 873 is not a multple of 2 or 5; since \(\displaystyle 873 \div 3 = 291\), 873 is a multiple of 3. Therefore, 

\(\displaystyle 873 \in A' \cap B \cap C'\)

We are looking for an integer that is also in this set - that is, one that is also a multiple of 3 but not 2 or 5. From the last digits, we can immediately eliminate 366 and 368 as multiples of 2 and 365 as a multiple of 5. We test 367 and 369 to see which one is a multiple of 3:

\(\displaystyle 367 \div 3 = 122 \textrm{ R }1\)

\(\displaystyle 369 \div 3 = 123\)

369 is the correct choice.

Example Question #2 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Which of the following sets is closed under multiplication?

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 2, 12, 22, 32, 42...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 4, 14, 24, 34, 44...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 1, 11, 21, 31, 41,...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 3, 13, 23, 33, 43...\right \}\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 1, 11, 21, 31, 41,...\right \}\)

Explanation:

A set is closed under multiplication if and only if the product of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of that set is itself an element of that set. 

This can easily be disproved in the case of three of these sets:

 

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 2, 12, 22, 32, 42...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle 2 \times 12 = 24 \notin \left \{ 2, 12, 22, 32, 42...\right \}\)

 

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 3, 13, 23, 33, 43...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle 3 \times 13 = 39 \notin \left \{ 3, 13, 23, 33, 43...\right \}\)

 

\(\displaystyle \left \{ 4, 14, 24, 34, 44...\right \}\)

\(\displaystyle 4 \times 14 = 96 \notin \left \{ 4, 14, 24, 34, 44...\right \}\)

 

But closure can be proved to hold in the case of \(\displaystyle \left \{ 1, 11, 21, 31, 41,...\right \}\). Each number takes the form of \(\displaystyle 10N+1\) for some nonnegative integer \(\displaystyle N\). If we multiply two numbers in this form, we get

\(\displaystyle \left (10N+1 \right )\left (10M+1 \right )\)

\(\displaystyle = 100MN + 10N + 10M + 1\)

\(\displaystyle = 10 (10MN+M+N)+1\)

which is an element of \(\displaystyle \left \{ 1, 11, 21, 31, 41,...\right \}\), being of this form.

Example Question #2 : Number Sets

What is the power set for the data set?

\(\displaystyle X=\left \{a,b,c}{ \right \}\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \} \right \}\)

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ a,b,c\right \}\left \{ \varnothing \right \} \right \}\)

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ a,b,c\right \} \right \}\)

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \} \right \}\)

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ \varnothing \right \} \right \}\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ a,b,c\right \}\left \{ \varnothing \right \} \right \}\)

Explanation:

The power set is the set of all subsets that can be created from the original set.

For the set  \(\displaystyle X=\left \{a,b,c}{ \right \}\), you can create the subsets:

\(\displaystyle \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ a,b,c\right \}\left \{ \varnothing \right \}\)

This means that the power set is the set of all sets, so the power set is:

\(\displaystyle P=\left \{ \left \{ a\right \}\left \{ b\right \}\left \{ c\right \}\left \{a,b \right \}\left \{ a,c\right \}\left \{b,c \right \}\left \{ a,b,c\right \}\left \{ \varnothing \right \} \right \}\)

Example Question #2 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Multiply: \(\displaystyle \left ( 4+ 7i\right )(4 - 7i)\)

Possible Answers:

None of the other responses is correct.

\(\displaystyle 16 - 49i\)

\(\displaystyle 16 + 49i\)

\(\displaystyle -33\)

\(\displaystyle 33\)

Correct answer:

None of the other responses is correct.

Explanation:

This is the product of a complex number and its complex conjugate. They can be multiplied using the pattern

\(\displaystyle \left (A + Bi \right )\left (A - Bi \right ) = A^{2} + B^{2}\)

with \(\displaystyle A = 4, B = 7\)

\(\displaystyle \left (4 + 7i \right )\left (4 - 7i \right ) = 4^{2} + 7^{2} = 16 + 49 = 65\)

This is not among the given responses.

Example Question #3 : Sat Subject Test In Math Ii

Multiply: 

\(\displaystyle -3 i \cdot 8i \cdot 5i \cdot 6i\)

Possible Answers:

\(\displaystyle -720i\)

\(\displaystyle 720\)

\(\displaystyle -720\)

None of the other responses is correct.

\(\displaystyle 720 i\)

Correct answer:

\(\displaystyle -720\)

Explanation:

\(\displaystyle -3 i \cdot 8i \cdot 5i \cdot 6i\)

\(\displaystyle = \left (-3 \cdot 8 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \right ) \cdot\left ( i \cdot i \cdot i \cdot i \right )\)

\(\displaystyle = \left (-720 \right ) \cdot\left ( i ^{4}\right )\)

\(\displaystyle -720 \cdot 1 = -720\)

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