Practice Exam 1

Please work out each of the given problems.  Credit will be based on the steps that you show towards the final answer.  Show your work.

Key

Problem 1  Simplify the following expressions.

A.  |-7|2 - |33|

B. 37 - 18 - (-11)

C.  (7 + 11) ÷ 6 - 2

D.  2(2x - 3) + 3(4 - x)

 

Problem 2  Evaluate the following expression when x = 2, y = -1, and z = 3

     x3y - 4y2 +2xz -3z + 2

 

Problem 3  Give the name of the property that the following identity uses.

A.  (2x + 3) + y  =  2x + (3 + y)

B.  z + (3 - x)  =  (3 - x) + z

 

Problem 4

A.  Solve the following for x.

          3x + y  =  x - 2

B.  Einstein's famous equation relates the energy (E) produced by annihilating a mass m.  If c is the speed of light, then

          E  =  mc2 

Solve this equation for m.

 

Problem 5

One number is 8 less than twice the other number.  The sum of the two numbers is 31, find the two numbers.

 

Problem 6

The length of a rectangle is 18 inches less than three times its width.  The perimeter of the rectangle is 52 inches.  Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

 

Problem 7

To buy your $25,000 car, you had to get loans from two different sources for the $25,000.  The first source charged 6% interest and the second source charged 8% interested per year.  If the total amount of interest that you will pay for the first year is $1800, how much did you borrow from each source?

 

Problem 8  Solve the following inequalities and sketch the solution set on a number line.

A.  3x - 5 > 2

B.  5 - 2x > 1

C.  -10 < 6 - 2x < 10

Problem 9  

A.  Determine whether the ordered pairs (2,1) and (-1,4) are solutions to the equation

        y  =   3x +7

B.  State which quadrant, if any, each of the following ordered pairs are in.  If the point is not in a quadrant, write "None."

(3,-5)  Quadrant ______

(4,0)  Quadrant ______

(-2,-1)  Quadrant ______

 

Problem 10 Simplify the following expression

     -7 + 3x - (4 - 8x)

 

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