Math Guide

School year: 2022-2023

Units 1, 2 & 3 (Greatest common factor, least common factor, integers, and
Polynomial)
Grade: 9th
Teacher: Eduardo Fermín

1) Write true or false.

a) Integers are always positive______________

b) Division and multiplication are possible with integers_________

c) Real numbers are always integers __________________

d) Integers are always real numbers________________

e) π is rational ______________

2) Find the greatest common factor of the following set of numbers:

a) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 _______
b) 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 _______
c) 8, 64, 128, 256, 512 _______
d) 36, 72, 144, 288 _______
e) 16, 64, 128, 256 _______

3) Find the 5 first multiples of the following numbers:

a) 141 _________________________________________
b) 389 _________________________________________
c) 156 _________________________________________
d) 123 ________________________________________
e) 50 ________________________________________
4) Find the least common multiple of the following set of numbers:
a) 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 _______
b) 8, 64, 128, 256, 512 ______
c) 36, 72, 144, 288 _______

5) Solve the following operations, then say if the results are integers or not.
a) 156÷12= _________________________________
b) 521 x 145= _________________________________
c) 69/5 ÷ 3/5= _________________________________
d) 4(18 + 9-12) = _________________________________
e) 561-1243+ 2(5) = _________________________________

6) Solve the following operations, then say if the results are integers or not:
a) 236 + 631-198= _________________________________
b) 108/3 = _________________________________
c) 16/4 ÷ 43/2= _________________________________
d) 45 = _________________________________
e) 93 * 94 = _________________________________

7) Solve the following operations

a) 131 x 85 =_____
b) 507 x 15 =_____
c) 78 * 78=_____
d) 14+33*9=_____

8) Solve the following absolute values

a) | 175+133-42|=
b) |139-7+20|=
c) |14+66+67-100|=
d) |510-490|=
9) Solve the following absolute values:
a) | 95 x 13 x 42|=
b) |39 x (89) |=
c) |12 + 66+87*0|=
d) |12(-29) |=
e) |42 x (-23)|=

10) Write Prime or Compound for the following set of numbers:

a) 8, 16, 24, 32_____________________
b) 3, 2, 5, 7 ______________________
c) 11, 13, 17, 19_______________________
d) 111, 131, 151________________________

11) Decompound in prime factors the following numbers:

a) 151 ____________________________________________
b) 9 ____________________________________________
c) 12 ____________________________________________
d) 682 ____________________________________________
e) 142 ____________________________________________
f) 156 ____________________________________________

12) Decompound in prime factors the following numbers:

a) 640 ____________________________________________
b) 671 ____________________________________________
c) 735 ____________________________________________
d) 157 ____________________________________________
e) 540 ____________________________________________
f) 556 ____________________________________________
13) Write monomial, binomial or polynomial in the following algebra
expressions:
a) 3xy __________________________
b) 6x + 3y + 6z + 8 ________________________
c) 7wr – 5(x + y) ___________________________
d) 19ti – (8x +3x) +7 _________________________
e) x +1 ____________________________________

14) Choose the correct answer in the following definition

1) It is defined as summing up the like terms of two or more algebraic

expressions by retaining their sign to get the result. It is very
similar to a regular addition operation.
a) Adding Polynomials
b) Subtraction Polynomials
c) Adding Algebras variables
d) None of them

2) It is a method of subtracting by converting the signs to the opposite

sign. The method is similar to adding polynomials. While subtracting
we convert the sign to either positive or negative depending on the
actual equation.

a) Adding Polynomials
b) Subtraction Polynomials
c) Subtracting Algebras variables
d) None of them
 3) It is a symbol and placeholder for any mathematical object. In
particular, a variable may represent a number, a vector, a matrix,
a function, the argument of a function, a set, or an element of a set.
a) Equation
b) Constant
c) Variable

4) The term mathematical “constant” is used to describe fixed,

well-defined:
a) Numbers
b) Objects
c) Variables

14) Provide the first 5 multiples for the following numbers:

a) 15

b) 70

c) 175

d) 20

e) 90

15) Are the following numbers divisible by 2, 3 or 5? (Explain why)

a) 286

b) 207

c) 732
 d) 1345

e) 9940

f) 6532

16) Solve the following equation using the greatest common factor (GCF) or
least common multiple (LCM) depending on each case.

a) Paul´s Apparel sells undershirts in packs of 15. The store´s

competitor, Kenny´s Basics, sells undershirts in packs of 10. If
both stores sold the same number of undershirts yesterday, what
is the smallest number of undershirts each could have sold?

b) Jose notices an identical number of two types of insects in his

neighborhood: butterflies and fireflies. He always seems to
observe butterflies in groups of 6 and fireflies in groups of 8.
What is the smallest number of butterflies that he could have
seen?
 c) Shane´s Stationery sells thank-you cards in packs of 4 and
birthday cards in packages of 12. Surprisingly, the store sold the
same number of each type of cards this month. What is the
minimum number of each card type that the store must have
sold?

17) Solve the following equation using the greatest common factor (GCF) or
least common multiple (LCM) depending on each case.

a) Jasper Vitamin Shop sold equal quantities of Vitamin A and

Vitamin D supplements this morning, even though the Vitamin
A supplements come in packs of 7 and the Vitamin D
supplements in packs of 8. What is the smallest number of each
type that the store could have sold?

b) Darell is creating lollipop bouquets using 15 cherry lollipops

and 20 orange lollipops. He wants each bouquet to be identical,
with no lollipops left over. What is the greatest number of
lollipop bouquets Darell can create?

c) Two friends, Tyler and Wyatt, are working together at the

Lancaster Café today. Tyler works every 12 days, and Wyatt
works every 9 days. How many days do they have to wait until
the next get to work together?
18) Solve the following Polynomials operations:

2 2
d) (𝑥 + 3𝑦) − 𝑥 + 5( )

2 2
( ) (
e) 23𝑥 + 87𝑧 𝑥 3𝑥 + 5 )

19) Solve the following equations (Polynomial):

2
f) 𝑥 − 25 = 0

2
g) 𝑥 − 9 = 40

2
h) 𝑥 + 34 = 70

2
i) 𝑥 + 11 = 111
 2
j) 𝑥 + 3 = 52

20) State the values of a, b, and c for each quadratic equation.

2
a) 𝑥 + 7𝑥 + 6 = 0

2
b) 2𝑡 − 𝑡 = 15

2
c) 𝑦 + 8𝑦 + 15 = 0

2
d) 4𝑥 + 8𝑥 =− 3

2
e) 2𝑦 = 98

21) Solve each equation by factoring, if possible. Then, solve each equation
using the quadratic formula.

2
a) 2𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 15 = 0
 2
21) State the value of 𝑏 − 4𝑎𝑐 for each quadratic equation:
2
a) 𝑟 + 10𝑟 + 9 = 0

2
b) 𝑦 − 7𝑦 − 8 = 0

2
c) 3𝑥 + 23𝑥 + 14 = 0

22) Choose the correct answer for each word problem:

1. Invincible Cases manufactures cases that protect electronics against
accidental drops. While testing a new model, engineers place a phone
into the case and drop it onto a concrete floor from a height of
1.5 meters. Which equation can you use to find how many seconds the
phone falls before hitting the ground?
If an object falls from s meters above the ground, the object's height
in meters, h after t seconds can be modeled by the formula
2
ℎ =− 4. 9𝑡 + 𝑠

2
a) ℎ =− 4. 9𝑡 + 1. 5
2
b) ℎ =− 4. 9𝑡 − 1. 5
2. Julia is competing in a balsa-wood-bridge competition. The sides of her
bridge are shaped like isosceles right triangles. The base of the bridge, or the
hypotenuse of the right triangle, is 15 inches long.

Which equation can you use to find the length, x, of the legs of the
right triangle?
2 2
a) 15 + 15 = 𝑥
2 2
b) 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 15

3. The chef at the Crescent Café is adding a new sandwich to the menu. Sales
data from a similar menu item indicates that if the chef charges X dollars per
sandwich, she will sell –20x+ 490 of the new sandwiches in the first month of
their introduction. The cost to make each of the new sandwiches is $3. So, the
chef will earn x–3 dollars in profit per sandwich.

Which equation can the chef use to predict the price she can charge per
sandwich to earn $ 2,000 in profit that first month?

a) 2,000 = (x-3) (-20x + 490)

b) 2,000x = (x-3) (-20x + 490)