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Week 1 Solving Equations
4k + 7 = –9 –7c + 9 = c + 1
–7 –7 +7c +7c
4k = –16 9 = 8c + 1
4k = –16 –1 –1
4 4 8 = 8c
k = –4 8 = 8c
8 8
1=c

Solve the equations. Show every step.

1. 6x − 5 = −41 2. −3 + 2n = −15 ( )
3. 5e + −9 = 26

m
4. − 7 = −10 5. 6x − 2 = 34 6. −8 ( r − 2 ) = 40
3

1 1
7. 5n − 8 = −23 8. 2+ x = −7 9. 5 − g = 12
5 2

3u
10. 3x − 4 = 14 11. −6 = + 12 12. 2 ( f + 7 ) − 8 = 22
4
13. 12m − 9 = 4m + 15 14. 2( x − 4) + 8 = 3x − 8

15. −6 − ( −2n) = 3n − 6 + 5 16. 4( 2 y − 4) + 8 = 5y + 2

17. 2( r − 4) = 5 ⎡⎣r + ( −7 )⎤⎦ 18. 6( x − 9) = 4( x − 5)

19. 4(t + 5) − 3 = 6t − 13 20. 4e − 19 = −3( e + 4)

Week 2 Finding Slope

rise change in y y − y1
m= = = 2
run change in x x2 − x1

Find the slope of each line.

State the slope of the line containing the given points.

9. (3, 4) and (−2, 3) 10. (−2, 5) and (−3, 6)

11. (1, 6) and (2, 3) 12. ( 4, −1 ) and (5, 3)

13. (−1, 4) and (3, 5) 14. ( 3, −3 ) and ( 3, −2 )

15. ( 7, −2 ) and ( 8, −1 ) 16. ( −6, 2 ) and ( −4, −3 )

17. ( −4, −8 ) and ( −4, 2 ) 18. ( 2, −5 ) and ( 7, 2 )

Week 3 Slope-Intercept Form

Write the following equations in slope-intercept form. Show every step.

1. 2x + 3y = 9 2. x − 3y + 9 = 0 3. 6x + 2 y = 12

4. 2x − y = 4 5. 5x − y = 7 6. x − 3y + 6 = 0

Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line with the given slope passing
through the indicated point (P ).

m = 2, P ( −1, 3) Substitute the values ( m = 2, x = −1, y = 3) into y = mx + b and solve to find b.

Then, write the equation in slope intercept form.
y = mx + b
3 = ( 2 ) ( −1) + b
3 = −2 + b
+2 +2
5=b
y = 2x + 5

(
7. m = 3, P −2,−6 ) (
8. m = 1, P −4, 3 ) ( )
9. m = 0, P 3, 5
 (
10. m = 3, P 5, 7 ) (
11. m = −7, P −7,−7 ) (
12. m = 4, P 2,−6 )

(
13. m = 4, P 2, 4 ) (
14. m = −5, P 6,−1 ) (
15. m = 2, P −1, 1 )

(
16. m = 2, P −1,−6 ) ( )
17. m = −2, P 4, 5 (
18. m = −6, P 2, 6 )
Week 4 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing
Solve by graphing.

3x − 4 y = 12 4x − 2 y = 8
1. 2.
2x + 4 y = −12 y=3

x− y=1 x=5
3. 4.
x + 2 y = 10 y = −1
 y = 2x + 4 x− y=4
5. 6.
y = x+6 3x − y = −12

x+ y=3 x=4
7. 8.
x− y=5 6x − 2 y = 4
Week 5 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution

4x + 4y = 12 4x + 4y = 12 4x + 4(9 – 3x) = 12 3x + y = 9
3x + y = 9 à y = 9 – 3x 4x + 36 – 12x = 12 3(3) + y = 9 (3, 0)
–8x + 36 = 12 9+y=9
– 36 – 36 –9 –9
–8x = –24 y=0
–8x = –24
–8 –8
x=3

y = 3 − 2x x+ y=5
1. 2.
y = 2 − 3x x = y+7

x− y=1 3x − y = 9
3. 4.
2x + y = 8 y = x+5
 3x + 4 y = 26 y = 2x + 3
5. 6.
−2x + y = 1 y = 4x + 4

2x + 7 y = 8 y = 4x + 4
7. 8.
x + 5y = 7 y = 2x + 8

x + 3y = 17 4x − 7 y = 9
9. 10.
2x + 3y = 22 y = x−3
Week 6 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination

6x + 5y = 6 6x + 5y = 6 6x + 5y = 6 2x – y = 2
–
2x – y = 2 à 6x – 3y = 6 6x – 3y = 6 2x – 0 = 2 (1, 0)
8y = 0 2x = 2
8y = 0 2x = 2
8 8 2 2
y=0 x=1

3x + 8y = 8 3x − 4 y = 4
1. 2.
2x + y = 1 x− y=1

4x − 4 y = 16 2x − 5y = 21
3. 4.
2x + 2 y = 4 x+ y=7
 4x + 8y = 20 6x + 4 y = −22
5. 6.
x− y=2 3x + 6 y = −7

2x + y = 3 3x + 3y = −3
7. 8.
x + 3y = 4 x − y = −5

4x + 2 y = 10 3x + 5y = −8
9. 10.
x + 2y = 1 x + 7 y = −8
Week 7 Zero and Negative Exponents

Simplify each expression.

1. 160 2. 4−2 3. 3−3 4. 8−4

1 4 3 2−1
5. 6. 7. 8.
2−5 4−3 6−1 2−5

9. 3 ⋅ 80 10. 16 ⋅ 2−2 11. 12−1 12. −7 −2

32−1 9
13. 16 ⋅ 40 14. 90 15. 16.
8−1 2−1

8−2 9−1
19. 5(−6) 20. (3.7)
0 0
17. 18.
0 −2
4 3

7 −2
21. (−9) −2
22. (−4.9)0
23. −6 ⋅ 3−4 24.
4−1
Evaluate each expression for a = –2 and b = 6.

25. b−2 26. a −3 27. (−a)−4 28. −b−3

29. 4a −3 30. 2b−2 31. (3a)−2 32. (−b)−2

33. 2a −1b−2 34. −4a −2b−3 35. 3−2 a −2b−1 36. (3ab)−2
Week 8 Multiplication Properties of Exponents

Simplify each expression.

1. (3d )(5d )
−4 8
2. (−8m )(4m )
4 8
3. n−6 ⋅ n−9

4. a 3 ⋅ a 5. 38 ⋅ 35 6. (3p )(6 p )
−15 11

7. p 7 ⋅ q5 ⋅ p 6 8. (−1.5a b )(6a)
5 2
9. (−2d e )(6d e )
3 3 4 6

1 1
10. 11. p5 ⋅ q 2 ⋅ p 4 12.
b ⋅ b5
−7
n ⋅ n−5
7

13. (8d )(4d )

4 7
14. x −9 ⋅ x 3 ⋅ x 2 15. 23 ⋅ 22

16. r 7 ⋅ s 4 ⋅ s ⋅ r 3 17. b7 ⋅ b13 18. (7 p )(5p )

4 9
19. 28 ⋅ 2−9 ⋅ 23 20. (6r s )(9rs )
4 3 2
21. 43 ⋅ 42

22. m12 ⋅ m−14 23. s7 ⋅ t 4 ⋅ t 8 24. (−3xy )(3.2x y)

6 5

1 1
25. 5−7 ⋅ 59 26. 27.
h ⋅ h3
7
t ⋅ t −3
−5

28. f 5 ⋅ f 2 ⋅ f 0 29. r 6 ⋅ r −13 30. 5−6 ⋅ 54

Week 9 Adding and Subtracting Like Terms

−3xy − 2xy = −5xy

5a + a = 6a
6.5s + 3.5s = 10s
−7mn + 14mn = 7mn

Add or subtract.

−13k − (−4k) 10 y − 8y 0.7c − 0.3c 15pq − 25pq

h − 3h 10ab − 9ab −9v − ( −8v ) 15ab + ab + 6ab

3 2
2.8n − 3.5n b+ b 18 pr − 4 pr −9wx − 9wx
5 5

25z − 8z + ( −3z ) −51m − ( −91m) 10u + ( −15u ) 7s + ( 2s ) − (19s )

7z + ( −2z ) −5u − 1.9u −6 pr + ( −3pr ) −7b − ( −29b)

−26ty − 4ty −21c + 6c 2.9c − 3c −5 fg − 17 fg

9r − ( −3r ) + 12r −79h − 9h −16ds + ( −9ds ) −5 j + j − 14 j

4 3 3.01i − 1.52i −8w − 6w + 3w −20x − 9x

− en − en
7 7

7kl − ( −8kl ) + kl −13dh − 10dh −1.3s + 3s − 4s −3q + 7q − 4q

Week 10 Simplifying Expressions

The simplest form of an expression has no like terms and no parentheses. Also, the terms are arranged in
alphabetical order, with the constants last.
To simplify an expression means to write it in its simplest form. Combine the constants and the like terms
until the expression is in simplest form.

Simplify.

5a − 4a − 2a 8g + 3g − 7g 4x − 12x + 7x

6y − 4y + y 3m − 5m + 4m 12b − 8b − 4b

9a − 6a − 3b 7t + 4s + 5t 6ab − 3ac − 8ac

5r − 7r + 8m 11 − 4k − 9k 5x − 7 + 9

16xy − 18 + 7xy 4 f − 9 f − 3 f + 10 −8rs + 9rs + st

−4g − 5 − 3g + 8 e + ef + 5ef 3x − 7x − 9x
19 + 15bc − 3bc + 2 31p − 54 p − 82 p −36 + 74r − 53 + r