Chapter 1 Exercise - Variables and Expressions ra Twice the product of m and m decreased by the square of the sum of m and ot Which of the following is an expression forthe statement above? A) 2mn—(m? +n?) B) 2mn—(m-+n}? ©) (msn)? —2mn D) (m* +n*)-2mn @ The product of a number x and four decreased by twelve ‘Which of the following is an expression for the statement above? A) 4x12 B) 4(x+12) ©) 4-12) D) 4x-12 B The quotient of 19 and a number d increased by seven, ‘Which of the following is an expression for the statement above? 9 ay Bar ) d a dor 9 Q D) © Mario received y text messages each minute for 10 minutes yesterday and received # text ‘messages each minute for 20 minutes today. What is the total number of text messages he received for two days in terms of y- and 1? A) 300 B) 2003" © 20y+10r D) 10y+20r & ‘Which of the following expressions represents the product of 3 and the sum of m and one third of ntn) 1 © 3m) D) 3k(m+net © ‘The difference between two numbers is eight. Ifthe smaller number is n to the third power ‘what is the greater number? A) 8 B) 48 ©) 8-n D) an"Chapter 1 Exercise - Exponents and Order of Operations &) (9) +8R= What is the value of (22)? if a=-2, b=3, and @ 19-320. ‘What isthe value of 9—2x+(z—y)! if x=4, 1.and 2 =-3? What is the value of 1 and What is the value of ©10 Chapter 1 Exercise - Simplifying Algebraie Expressions ir Which of the following expressions is equivalent 10 2(@?—. 342? 42026)? A) @ B) +a 9 D) @ Which of the following expressions is equivalent to S4(x~2y)-2.78-39)? A) 21(e4y) B) 276-9) ©) 27843.6y D) 27x-3.6y Which of the following expressions is equivalent 1» Lea+%440)-26420? A) a=3e B) a+se © ate D) anc © Which of the following expressions is equivalent to a(b-c)-bla+e)—c(a—b)? A) be B) 2a © -2he D) ~2ae & Which ofthe following expressions is NOT equivalent to 3[6a-3-a)-S(a+1)]? A) 120-24 B) 24a-D) © 12(a-2) 1 D) 24a) © Which of the following expressions is NOT 2 1 equivalent to p-2(2p~3q)-L(p+4q)? a po 52p-3a)-5(0440) 8) 20-0) By -2p+2 9 2049 ye @) 1 D) -5@p-24)2 Chapter 1 Exercise ~ Rational, Irrational, and Decimal Which of the following shows the numbers arranged in increasing order? 4, V0 Vio, 4 0-5, -W5, 2, Vid, 4 >) 2, ~¥8, 410, 4, -5 11-2(2-0.8") +24+(-4) = A) 1.68 B) 228 ©) 278 D) 318 To the nearest cents, what is the value of S500(1 +-0.045)* -$500(1 + 0.04)*? A) 825.45 B) $26.00 ©) 826.77 D) $28.25 @ Which ofthe following isan irrational number? Ay -12 4 pt 3 oe vb) io iE] Which of the following is a rational number? A) V6 fs » 2 ©) Vos D) -V250 | In three plays, a football team loses 5 yards and then gains 32 yards by completing a pass. Then penalty was called and the team lost 10 yards. How many yards did the team actually gain’? ++ 125-08 : ‘On the number line above, if BC = 2AB what is the value of x?‘The Language and Tools of Algebra 3 Chapter 1 Practice Test Two Tess than the quotient of three and a number Which of the following is an expression for the statement above? aot B) 4-2 9 D) 2-5 @ How much greater than n—11 is n +3? Avs B) 10 ow D) 14 Johnny received m text messages on Friday, three Tess than twice as many text messages on Saturday than on Friday, and five more text messages on Sunday than on Saturday. What isthe total number of text messages he received over the three days? A) 4m 2, B) Sm-1 ©) 4m-2 D) Sm+1 @ ‘What number is halfway between -> and + on coe 2 number ine? 1 a4 1 yt ot S 2 B What is 4.4985 rounded to the nearest hundredth? A) 4.49 B) 4.498, ©) 4.499 D) 4.50 ik] Which of the following expressions is equivalent 1 1 10 3a+4(b—2e)-$(20+3H)? to 3a+5(6-20)-5(2a+30) A) 3a-1b-e 2 B) arb-e 2 © 2a-b-c D) 2a+b-c4 Chapter 1 How many minutes are there in 2h hours and (6m minutes? A) 60h 412m B) 120h-+6m ©) 60h-+6m D) 1208+ 60m 1. Add $ toa number 2. Divide by 8. 3. Subtract by 1 4. Multiply by 8. When the sequence of operations above has been completed in order, which of the following is an expression for the statement above? Ayal B) n-2 ©) n-3 D) n-4 a ‘Which of the following expressions is equivalent to (2y=2)-2(~22)~ A(x +2)? A) 3x B) ° D) ~Se-82 If x=10, what is the value of 2 2” 20° 200 irra If x and y are positive integers and 2x+5y=18,, what isthe value of x? a-12+(2-8) 3 of 7-20 Chapter 2 Exercise - Writing Equations | Eighteen more than the number » is 125. What is the value of 1? 2 Twenty is 7 less than twice the number What is the value of w? ‘Nine less than twice x is three more than x What is the value of x? 4 Eight loss than four times the number ¢ is twenty What is the value of ¢?” & The sum of four consecutive odd integers is 296. ‘What isthe greatest of the four consecutive odd integers? © ‘The sum of three fourths of the number a and 24 is negative 9, What is the value of a’? A) 44 B) -20 Q 2 by 44 Annumber g is decreased by 23 and then 1 sultplied by >. The result is 8 more than twice the number g A= py 4 3 29 o ? 3 D) 8 ‘The quotient of p and q is twelve Tess than three times the sum of p and q Which of the following equations represents the statement above? A) 2=Gp+q)-12 By 2=12-Gp+4) 4 © 2=3Qp4q)-12 =12-Hp+q)22 Chapter 2 Exercise - Solving Equations ir HUtx=9 Given the above equation, what isthe value of 20-(1=x)? 2 If 33—a=a+27—Sa, what is the value of 33434? 3 i Ler3 3, what isthe value of x? 2 a 4 If x= (8-28) +(4—Sx) ==7,, what is the value of x? Ifthree quarters of a number decreased by twenty is equal to eighty two, what is that number? © ‘Two and three fifths of a number equals —26 What is the number? A) is B) -10 os Db) 10 ‘There are one hundred forty-two students in a high school band, These students represent two ninth of the total students in the high school, How many students attend the school? A) 587 B) 613 © 639 D) 665 820¢ + 380r = 4,360 TThe above equation models the amount of calories ina snack of c cups of cashews and cups of raisins. The amount of calories per cup of cashews is 820 and the amount of calories per cup of raisins is 380, According to the equation, how many cups of raisins are used, if 3 cups of cashews are used to make the snack? Ay 3 B) 4 os Dd) 624 Chapter 2 ir @ Exercise - Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides If 7-43 =2n—12,, what is the value of +3? 1 10h—5)~3h-=3 h, what isthe value ot tn? 7 39 33 Given the above equation, if s = 2, what is the value of r? he value of &? ES [A $48 shirts costs $22 more than one half the cost ofa pair of pants. How much does the pair of pants. © Twice a number m , increased by 11 is the same as six times the number decreased by 9. What is the value of n? One half of a number increased by 3 is five less than two thirds of the number. @ Four times the greatest of three consecutive odd integers exceeds three times the least by 31 What is the greatest ofthe three consecutive odd integers?26 Chapter 2 Exereise - Equation with No Solution and Identity | L962) =5—2r, what isthe val of x? Ay3 B) 4 os D) The equation has no solution, 2 If S{x-2)-3x = 28-5), which of the following, must be true? A) xis3 B) xis 4 © xiss D) The equation is true for all values of x 1 llS-60) = 5a Ifthe linear equation above is an identity, what is the value of @? a2 B)3 o4 Ds 4 4413 x 2)+be Ifthe linear equation above has no solution, Which ofthe following could be the value of b ? Ayo B) 2 o3 D) 4 ES ‘What isthe value of it Lena r4n-2i6029)? ra) ‘What isthe value of & 13-7640) 3 if 3k-27 What isthe value of x if -2[3-(x-4)]+5x=2-27 @ What is the value of m if 0.4(5m—9) =—Sm—4(0.3—m)?28 Chapter 2 Exercise - Solving for a Specific Variable ir If 2x+3y=18, which of the following gives » in terms of x? A) y=6 B) y=6 © y=6 D) y=6 If P= 21+ 2w, which of the following gives w interms of P and [? A) w=P-2t B) w=P-1 Ite Which ofthe following gives a ab interms of 6 and ¢? ©) a=e be Dy ante » bee =, which of the following gives 6 in terms of the other variables? 3c+1 A) b= If gh— f= g—h, which of the following gives in terms of the other variables? a») «Gh By gh 0 Db) gt © If n=a+(k—Nd , which of the following tzives & in terms of the other variables? neasl AE ad py pote © petraSolving Linear Equations 29 Chapter 2 Practice Test | what is the value of x? p> @ When one half of the number 1 is decreased by 4, the result is ~6. What is three times 7 added to 7? aja B) -5 o3 D) =I If 4—7x is 5 Tess than 23, what is the value of 3x? A) 12 B) -9 o -6 b) 3 4 La P=FGv +) ‘The above equation gives pressure P, which is exerted by a Muid that is forced to stop moving. The pressure depends on the initial force, F, and the speed of the Ouid, v. Which of the following expresses the square of the velocity in terms of the pressure and the force? A) =2(P-F)-1 B) v? =2(P-F-1) P. 2m One half of the number m increased by 10 is the same as four less than twice the number. Which of the following equations represents the tement above?” 1 A) Lento) =200-4 ) FH H10)= 200-4) 1 B) La v10= (8-4) Ds (n—4) 1 © Lavto=2n—4 2 D) Lent) =20-430 Chapter 2 © Ifa is b less than one-half of c, what is b interms of a and ¢? Wy deca B) ante © dae D) c-2a —5y., what is the value The quotient of a number and five equals nine less than one half of the number. What is the number? A) 20 B) -10 © 20 D) 30 ca if £=1, what is the value of a—b? b ‘When an object is thrown from the ground into the air with an initial upward speed of ¥, meters per second, the speed vin meters per second, is given by the equation v=, ~9.8¢, where f is the time in seconds. The speed of an object, becomes 0 when the object reaches its maximum height. Ian object is thrown upward with an initial speed of 14 misee,, how many seconds does it taken an to reach its maximum height? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of ‘asecond,) ror ‘When an object is dropped from a height of s feet above the ground, the height fof the object is given by the equation h=-1607 +s, ‘where ¢is the time in seconds after the object, has dropped. Ifan object is dropped from a height of 144 feet above the ground, how many seconds vill it take to hit the ground?