Practice problems in Mathematics 1
1. Algebra.
3x2 y −4 z 5 17y 3 z −2
(a) Simplify: ·
57xz 2 12x5 y 5 z −5
√ √
3
n3 m4 n2
(b) Simplify: ·
m2 n3
h i2
2
(c) Expand: (x + 6) + 9
(d) Factor completely: 6x2 − 486
3
(e) What is the third term in the binomial expansion (x + 3) ?
x2
4x 2x
(f) Simplify: + 2
2 x x+2
(g) Solve for x: |2x − 5| = 3
(h) Solve for x: |2x − 5| < 3
(i) Solve for x: 6x2 − 9x + 11 = 0
log x2 + log y 3 − 2 log z
(j) Simplify as one logaritm:
log 5 − log 8 + 3 log 2
(k) Evaluate: 1 + 2 + 3 + · · · + 689
2. Geometry
(a) What is the sum of the interior angles of an icosagon? How about its number of diagonals?
(b) The area of a square is 64 m2 . What is its perimeter?
(c) What is the height of an equilateral triangle if the side measures 18 cm?
(d) Which has the greater amount of pizza: a two-piece 12-inch or a one-piece 17-inch? Show proof to your
answer.
(e) Solve for the surface area of a rectangular prism with length 15 cm, width 10 cm, and height 12 cm.
(f) Solve for the height of a cone with volume 12π mm and radius 2 mm.
(g) Solve for the standard equation of the line passing through the point (3, 1) and perpendicular to y = 2x+1.
(h) Find the distance between the point (6, 9) and the line 3x − 4y = 2.
(i) What is the center and radius of the circle with equation x2 + y 2 − 4x − 2y + 1 = 0?
(j) Find the vertex and focus of te parabola with equation x2 + 8x − 8y + 24 = 0.
(k) Find the foci of the ellipse with equation 4x2 + 3y 2 − 8x − 18y − 17 = 0.
(l) Find the center of the hyperbola with equation 3x2 − y 2 − 12x + 8y − 16 = 0.