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Algebra 1

1. Which expression is equivalent to 33•34? 5. What is the y–intercept of the line whose equation
is 3y = 6x + 12?
A) 9 12 B) 9 7 C) 3 12 D) 3 7
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

2. If x is a member of the set of integers, the solution

set of 4 < x 1 is 6. What is the first step in simplifying the expression
(2 – 3 × 4 + 5)2?
A) {–4,–3,–2,0} B) {–4,–3,–2,0,1}
C) {–3,–2,–1,0,1} D) {–3,–2,0} A) square 5 B) add 4 and 5
C) subtract 3 from 2 D) multiply 3 by 4

3. What is the value of 5-2?

7. What is the slope of the line that passes through the
A) B) C) -10 D) -25
points (3,5) and ( -2,2)?
A) 1
5
B) 3
5
4. What is the slope of line in the accompanying C) 5
diagram? 3
D) 5

8. Which point on the accompanying number line best

represents the position of ?

A) – B) – C) D)
A) A B) B C) C D) D

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9. Students in a ninth grade class measured their 13. Which graph represents the inequality –3 < x
heights, h, in centimeters. The height of the 2?
shortest student was 155 cm, and the height of the
A)
tallest student was 190 cm. Which inequality
represents the range of heights? B)
C)
A) 155 < h < 190 D)
B) 155 h 190
C) h l55or h 190
D) h > 155 or h < 190

14. What is the value of the expression |-5x + 12|

when x=5?
A) -37 B) -13 C) 13 D) 37
10. Which inequality is the solution of x + 78 ³ 14?
A) x ³ 92 B) x ³ 64
C) x ³ –64 D) x £ –92

15. What is the value of x in the equation

2(x – 3) + 1 = 19?
A) 6 B) 9 C) 10.5 D) 12
11. The graph of which equation has a negative
slope?
A) y = 5x – 3 B) x + y = 5
C) y – 2 = 4x D) y = 0
16. In simplifying 5 + 6 2 2, which of the following
correctly explains how to follow the order of
operations?
A) After evaluating 6 2, divide by 2 and then add
12. Which equation represents the line that passes 5 because division is evaluated before
through the points (–3,7) and (3,3)? addition.
A) y = x + 1 B) y = x + 9 B) After evaluating 6 2, add 5 and then divide by
2 because addition is evaluated before
C) y = x + 5 D) y = x + 9
division.
C) After evaluating 5 + 6, square it and then
divide by 2 because addition is evaluated
before both exponents and division.
D) The process of simplifying the expression
cannot be determined without parentheses.

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17. Which number is in the solution set of the 23. Which relation represents a function?
inequality 5x + 3 > 38?
A) {(0,3), (2,4), (0,6)}
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 B) {(–7,5), (–7,1), (–10,3), (–4,3)}
C) {(2,0), (6,2), (6,–2)}
D) {(–6,5), (–3,2), (1,2), (6,5)}

18. What is the equivalent to the expression 8–4 • 86 ?

A) 8 –24 B) 8 –2 C) 8 2 D) 8 10
24. The temperature inside an freezer is controlled
using the expression x 2y. What is the value of
when x = 2 and y = 3?
A) –6 B) 6 C) –12 D) 12
19. Which expression is equivalent to (3x 2) 3?
A) 9x 5 B) 9x 6 C) 27x 5 D) 27x 6

25. Which equation represents line , shown in the

accompanying diagram?

20. What is the value of p in the equation 8p + 2 = 4p

– 10?
A) 1 B) –1 C) 3 D) –3

21. What property is represented by the statement

(6a + 4b) = 3a + 2b?
A) commutative B) distributive
C) associative D) identity
A) y = 2x + 3 B) y = x + 3
C) y = 3x + D) y = 3x + 2

22. What is the slope of the line 2y– 3x = 4?

A) – B) – C) D)

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26. In a recent town election, 1,860 people voted for

either candidate A or candidate B for the position
of supervisor. If candidate A received 55% of the
votes, how many votes did candidate B receive?
A) 186 B) 837
C) 1,023 D) 1,805

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