Lecture 1: Algebra Part 1 Sample Problems

1. Which of the following is an ordinal number?

A. 1 B. 1st C. pi D. ½

2. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number?

A. 1964 B. 1994 C. 1984 D. 1974

3. Express decimally: Fourty-Sevenmillionth.

A. 0.00000047 B. 0.0000047 C. 0.000047 D. 0.000000047

4. Which of the following is a rational number?

A. 0.123123123…. B. sqrt(2) C. pi D. 7^1/2

5. What is the absolute value of 10?

A. -10 B. 10 C. 0 D. none of the choices

6. All of the following are prime numbers except one. Which one is it?

A. 5 B. 7 C. 29 D. 51

7. Truncate 3.14159 to 4 decimal places.

A. 3.1416 B. 3.1415 C. 3.141 D. 3.0000

8. if 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1.

A. 14 B. 3 C. 12 D. 5

9. Find the value of x in (x+1)/3 + 2x/4 = 47-2x.

A. 16.47 B. 12.87 C. 18.27 D. 20.17

10. Find the values of x and y from the equations:

X – 4y + 2 = 0 2x + y – 4 = 0

A. 11/7, -5/7 B. 14/9, 8/9 C. 4/9, 8/9 D. 3/2, 5/3

11. Find the value of w in the following equations:

3x – 2y + w = 11 x + 5y - 2w = -9 2x + y – 3w = -6

A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. -2
12. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)

A. 10x^2 – 21xy + 10y^2 B. -10x^2 + 21xy + 10y^2

C. 10x^2 + 21xy – 10y^2 D. -10x^2 – 21xy – 10y^2

13. Simplify the following equation:

5x x+3 2 x+1
2
− 2 + 2
2 x +7 x+3 2 x −3 x−2 x + x−6

4 2 4 2
A. B. C. D.
x+3 x−3 x−3 x+3

14. Find the value of k so that 4x^2 + 6x + k is a perfect square.

A. 36 B. 2.5 C. 9 D. 2.25

15. If f(x) = 2x^2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?

A. 4x + 2 B. 16 C. x^2 + x + 2 D. 8

16. What is the least common multiple of 15 and 18?

A. 3 B. 5 C. 90 D. 270

17. The numbers 12 and 16 has the greatest common divisor of

A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 192

18. The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5, then the remainder is,

A. 175 B. 140 C. 218 D. 200

19. Find the remainder if we divide 4y^3 + 18y^2 + 8y – 4 by (2y + 3).

A. 10 B. 11 C. 15 D. 13

20. Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.

A. 72 B. 24 C. 12 D. 20