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May 2022
2 Topics
1. Arithmetic: Natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, and real num-
bers; counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponenti-
ation, and extraction of roots; equality and inequalities; and functions.
2. Algebra: Solving linear equations, function manipulation, quadratic equa-
tion, absolute value equations, systems of equations.
3 Arithmetic
3.1 Operations with integers
Instructions: Please complete the following exercises:
1. 4 + 25 + 6 =
2. −4 + 25 − 6 =
1
3. −5 · (−4) =
4. 14/(−7) =
5. 2 + 5 · 6 =
6. 44/11 + 3 =
7. 43 − 40 + 7 · 2 =
8. (15/(2 + 3))3
42 +32
9. 52 =
10. 6 + 52 − (5 − 7)3 =
3.2 Inequalities:
Instructions: Choose the larger number.
1. −2 or 0
2. |−2| or −1
3. (−2)3 or 5
4. (5 − 6)4 or 0
5. 53 or 35
3.3 Functions
Instructions: Compute the following functions for the values -2, -1, 0, 1, and
2.
1. f (x) = x + 4
2. g(x) = x2
3. h(x) = −4x + 1
60
4. k(x) = x+3
60
5. l(x) = 1+x2
5. x2 − x = 1
x2 +3x+1
6. x+2 =x−2
7. x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
8. x3 + 2x2 + x = 0
9. −x2 + 5x + 1 = 0
10. x3 = 3
2.
−2x − y = 9,
y = 2x + 5
3.
4x + 6y = 8,
2x + 3y = 5
4.
4x + 6y = 8,
2x + 3y = 4
5.
2(x + y) = 5(x − y),
y = 6x − 7