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Chapter 5
1. Find all the factors of 189.
Ans: 1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 189
Section: 5-1

2. Find all the factors of 45.

Ans: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45
Section: 5-1

3. Find all the factors of 37.

Ans: 1, 37
Section: 5-1

4. Find all the factors of 107.

Ans: 1, 107
Section: 5-1

5. Find the first five multiples of 6.

Ans: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30
Section: 5-1

6. Find the first five multiples of 30.

Ans: 30, 60, 90, 120, 150
Section: 5-1

7. Find the first five multiples of 22.

Ans: 22, 44, 66, 88, 110
Section: 5-1

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8. Find the prime factorization of 24.

Ans: 23  3
Section: 5-1

9. Find a prime factorization of 605.

Ans: 5  112
Section: 5-1

10. Find a prime factorization of 31.

Ans: 31 is prime
Section: 5-1

11. Find a prime factorization of 129.

Ans: 3  43
Section: 5-1

12. Find the greatest common factor of 14 and 21.

A) 1 B) 6 C) 7 D) 42
Ans: C Section: 5-1

13. Find the greatest common factor of 34 and 37.

A) 1 B) 34 C) 37 D) 1,258
Ans: A Section: 5-1

14. Find the greatest common factor of 6, 18, and 30.

Ans: 6
Section: 5-1

15. Find the greatest common factor of 51, 68, and 170.
Ans: 17
Section: 5-1

16. Find the least common multiple of 4 and 20.

A) 2 B) 4 C) 20 D) 80
Ans: C Section: 5-1

17. Find the least common multiple of 20 and 80.

A) 1 B) 20 C) 80 D) 1,600
Ans: C Section: 5-1

18. Find the least common multiple of 78 and 117.

Ans: 234
Section: 5-1

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19. Find the least common multiple of 18, 28, and 48.
A) 2 B) 1,008 C) 24,192 D) 42
Ans: B Section: 5-1

20. Find the least common multiple of 7, 23, and 59.

A) 161 B) 413 C) 1,357 D) 9,499
Ans: D Section: 5-1

21. Linda and Deepti are walking and jogging on a circular trail. Linda can complete one
circuit in 50 minutes, and Deepti can complete the circuit in 20 minutes. If they both
start at the same place at the same time, when will they be at the starting place at the
same time?
A) 10 minutes B) 100 minutes C) 50 minutes D) 1,000 minutes
Ans: B Section: 5-1

22. A bakery makes three types of muffins to be distributed to local grocery stores: chocolate
chip, blueberry, and banana nut. Each morning, the bakers produce 180 chocolate chip
muffins, 150 blueberry muffins, and 150 banana nut. They want to package the muffins
efficiently for shipping. The plan is to pack them in boxes so that every box has just one
kind of muffin, and every box has the same number of muffins. What's the smallest
number of boxes they can ship in total?
A) 30 boxes B) 480 boxes C) 5 boxes D) 16 boxes
Ans: D Section: 5-1

23. Evaluate. | +6 |
Ans: 6
Section: 5-2

24. Find the opposite of +11.

Ans: –11
Section: 5-2

25. Insert >, <, or =. 11 8

Ans: >
Section: 5-2

26. Add. (–19) + (–10)

A) –9 B) –29 C) 9 D) 29
Ans: B Section: 5-2

27. Add. –6 + (–7) + (–5)

A) 6 B) –18 C) 18 D) –6
Ans: B Section: 5-2

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28. Subtract. (–13) – (–10)

A) –3 B) –23 C) 3 D) 23
Ans: A Section: 5-2

29. Multiply. (–13)(9)

Ans: –117
Section: 5-2

30. Divide. –30 ÷ (–6)

Ans: 5
Section: 5-2

31. Divide. –87 ÷ (–87)

A) 0 B) 1 C) –1 D) –87
Ans: B Section: 5-2

32. Perform the indicated operations. 92 – 6 · 8

Ans: 33
Section: 5-2

33. Perform the indicated operations. 5[3 + (–12) – (–3)]

A) 0 B) 6 C) –30 D) –60
Ans: C Section: 5-2

34. Perform the indicated operations. 42 + 2 · 7 – (–15 + 5 · 4)

Ans: 25
Section: 5-2

35. Perform the indicated operations. (82 – 60) + [(–3  4) – 36 ÷ 4]

A) 10 B) 1 C) 19 D) 25
Ans: B Section: 5-2

36. Perform the indicated operations. –144 ÷ 6 + 2

A) –22 B) –18 C) 22 D) 18
Ans: A Section: 5-2

37. A large grocery store has 383 cases of canned vegetables in the storeroom. During the
past month the store removed 47 cases, 62 cases, 64 cases, and 56 cases to put on the
shelves. Also the store received two lots of 80 cases each. How many cases are in the
storeroom now?
A) 234 cases B) 314 cases C) 452 cases D) 532 cases
Ans: B Section: 5-2

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38. The 30-year average snowfall in Coldsville, USA is approximately 19 inches per year.
As of January 10, Coldsville received approximately 16 inches. How much more snow
will Coldsville receive if this is an average year?
A) 35 inches B) 3 inches C) 11 inches D) 14 inches
Ans: B Section: 5-2

16
39. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
20
4
Ans:
5
Section: 5-3

455
40. Reduce the fraction to the lowest terms.
4,186
455 5 35 5
A) B) C) D)
46 4,186 322 46
Ans: D Section: 5-3

5 ?
41. Change the fraction to an equivalent fraction with the given denominator. =
8 56
40 35 10 14
A) B) C) D)
56 56 56 56
Ans: B Section: 5-3

5 ?
42. Change the fraction to an equivalent fraction with the given denominator. =
8 24
15
Ans:
24
Section: 5-3

5 8
43. Add and reduce the answer to lowest terms. – +
7 9
11
Ans:
63
Section: 5-3

13 3
44. Subtract and reduce the answer to lowest terms. −
25 8
29
Ans:
200
Section: 5-3

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3 3
45. Multiply and reduce the answer to lowest terms. 
10 4
9
Ans:
40
Section: 5-3

2 3
46. Divide and reduce the answer to lowest terms. 
3 7
14
Ans:
9
Section: 5-3

47. Perform the indicated operations and reduce the answer to lowest terms.
 12 7  1
–  
 17 9  3
28 36 17 119
A) – B) – C) – D) –
153 119 28 324
Ans: B Section: 5-3

48. Perform the indicated operations and reduce the answer to lowest terms.
7 5 4
 − 
8 6 5
5 1 10 4
A) B) C) D)
24 30 3 5
Ans: B Section: 5-3

17
49. Change the fraction to a decimal.
10
Ans: 1.7
Section: 5-3

7
50. Change the fraction to a decimal.
10
Ans: 0.7
Section: 5-3

31
51. Change the fraction to a decimal.
15
A) 2.06 B) 2.6 C) 0.206 D) 0.206
Ans: A Section: 5-3

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11
52. Change the fraction to a decimal.
24
A) 0.4583 B) 0.4583 C) 0.4583 D) 0.4583
Ans: D Section: 5-3

53. Change the decimal to a reduced fraction. 0.46

23 23 23 23
A) B) C) D)
50 5 500 5000
Ans: A Section: 5-3

54. Change the decimal to a reduced fraction. 0.425

17
Ans:
40
Section: 5-3

55. Change the decimal to a reduced fraction. 0.2

11 11 2 1
A) B) C) D)
50 45 9 5
Ans: C Section: 5-3

56. Change the decimal to a reduced fraction. 0.42

21 19 14
A) B) C)
50 45 33
Ans: C Section: 5-3

2 1
57. A company uses of its budget for advertising. Of that, is spent on television
5 2
advertisement. What part of its budget is spent on television advertisement?
4 1 5 9
A) B) C) D)
5 5 4 10
Ans: B Section: 5-3

123 99
58. In a recent election of all votes cast were for Candidate A and were for
250 200
Candidate B. What fraction of ballots were cast for someone other than Candidate A or
Candidate B?
3 13 987 971
A) B) C) D)
1000 1000 1000 1000
Ans: B Section: 5-3

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59. Which number is irrational?

2
A) B) 29 C) 25 D) 0.454545...
3
Ans: B Section: 5-4

60. Simplify the radical. 28

A) 14 B) 2 14 C) 4 7 D) 2 7
Ans: D Section: 5-4

61. Simplify. 343

Ans: 7 7
Section: 5-4

62. Simplify the radical. 4 125

A) 100 B) 20 5 C) 100 5 D) 20 25
Ans: B Section: 5-4

63. Perform the operation and simplify the answer.

7  14
Ans: 7 2
Section: 5-4

64. Perform the operation and simplify the answer.

7 35  3 5
A) 735 B) 525 7 C) 105 7 D) 50 7
Ans: C Section: 5-4

65. Perform the indicated operation and simplify the answer.

14
2
Ans: 7
Section: 5-4

66. Perform the indicated operations and simplify the answer.

9 5 −3 5 −7 5
Ans: – 5
Section: 5-4

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67. Perform the indicated operation and simplify the answer.

5 24 + 3 54
A) 8 78 B) 47 6 C) 19 6 D) Cannot be simplified.
Ans: C Section: 5-4

68. Perform the indicated operations and simplify the answer.

48 + 2 75 + 3 3
A) 17 3 B) 69 3 C) 17 60 D) Cannot be simplified.
Ans: A Section: 5-4

69. Perform the indicated operations and simplify the answer.

(
2 18 + 50 )
A) 16 B) 68 C) 68 15 D) 16 15
Ans: A Section: 5-4

6
70. Rationalize the denominator and simplify.
30
30
Ans:
5
Section: 5-4

7
71. Rationalize the denominator and simplify.
48
7 7 21 21
A) B) C) D)
4 12 4 12
Ans: D Section: 5-4

72. If an object is dropped from a given height h, the time in seconds it takes to reach the
ground is given by the formula
2h
t=
32
(This formula ignores air resistance.) How long will it take an object to reach the ground
when dropped from a 784-foot building?
A) 49 seconds B) 7 seconds C) 7 2 seconds D) 49 2 seconds
Ans: B Section: 5-4

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73. List the numbers from the following set which are natural numbers.
 5
8, − 9, – 3.79, 25, 0.79, 7 , 30, 
 7
Ans: 8, 25
Section: 5-5

74. List the numbers from the following set which are whole numbers.
 4
21, − 1, – 3.69, 100, 0.97, 8 , 24, 
 16 
Ans: 21, 100
Section: 5-5

75. List the numbers from the following set which are integers.
 3
8, − 21, – 0.73, 25, 0.56, 5 , 11, 
 20 
Ans: 8, − 21, 25
Section: 5-5

76. List the numbers from the following set which are rational numbers.
 7
1, − 8, – 3.35, 9, 0.16, 8 , 15, 
 8
7
Ans: 1, − 8, – 3.35, 9, 0.16,
8
Section: 5-5

77. List the numbers from the following set which are irrational numbers.
 2
4, − 6, 0.47, 81, 0.23, 4 , 23, 
 4
Ans: 4 , 23
Section: 5-5

78. The following statement illustrates the ___________ property of addition.

2 + 19 is a real number.
Ans: closure
Section: 5-5

79. The following statement illustrates the _________ property for multiplication.
7·1=7
Ans: identity
Section: 5-5

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80. Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
6 + 20 = 20 + 6
A) Commutative property of addition C) Identity property for addition
B) Associative property of addition D) Closure property for addition
Ans: A Section: 5-5

81. Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
–15  (8 + 12) = –15(8) + (–15)(12)
A) Closure property of multiplication
B) Commutative property of multiplication
C) Associative property of addition
D) Distributive property
Ans: D Section: 5-5

82. Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
13  15 = 15  13
A) Commutative property of multiplication
B) Associative property of multiplication
C) Identity property for multiplication
D) Closure property for multiplication
Ans: A Section: 5-5

83. The following statement illustrates the ___________ property of multiplication.

10  3 is a real number.
Ans: closure
Section: 5-5

84. Which statement illustrates the inverse property for multiplication?

A) 14  1 = 14 C) 20 · (14 · 3) = (20 · 14) · 3
20 15
B) 15  3 is a real number. D)  =1
15 20
Ans: D Section: 5-5

85. Which statement illustrates the inverse property for addition?

A) 19 + 0 = 19 C) 15 + (–15) = 0
B) 17 + 13 is a real number. D) 15 + (19 + 17) = 15 + (17 + 19)
Ans: C Section: 5-5

86. Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
(10 + 7) + 5 = 10 + (7 + 5)
A) Commutative property of addition C) Identity property for addition
B) Associative property of addition D) Distributive property
Ans: B Section: 5-5

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87. Which property of the real numbers is illustrated by the following statement?
(1 · 13) · 0 = 1 · (13 · 0)
A) Commutative property of multiplication
B) Associative property of multiplication
C) Identity property for multiplication
D) Distributive property
Ans: B Section: 5-5

88. The following statement illustrates the _________ property for addition.
3+0=3
Ans: identity
Section: 5-5

89. Determine under which operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) the
system is closed.
Real numbers
Ans: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (except by 0)
Section: 5-5

90. Evaluate. (–10)0

Ans: 1
Section: 5-6

91. Evaluate. 6–4

1 1
A) –24 B) –1,296 C) D) −
1, 296 1, 296
Ans: C Section: 5-6

92. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents.
68 · 69
17
Ans: 6
Section: 5-6

93. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents. Then
evaluate.
23 · 22
5
Ans: 2 = 32
Section: 5-6

94. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents.
514
59
5
Ans: 5
Section: 5-6

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95. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents. Then
evaluate.
35
34
1
Ans: 3 = 3
Section: 5-6

24
96. Simplify.
2
1
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D)
8
Ans: C Section: 5-6

97. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents. Then
evaluate.
(32)3
Ans: 36 = 729
Section: 5-6

98. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents.
(58)9
72
Ans: 5
Section: 5-6

99. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents. Then
evaluate.
44 · 4–6
1 1
Ans: 2 =
4 16
Section: 5-6

100. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents.
67 · 6 –4
–28
A) 6 B) 63 C) 36–28 D) 363
Ans: B Section: 5-6

101. Simplify. 56 · 5–6

A) 1 B) 5 C) 0 D) Undefined
Ans: A Section: 5-6

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102. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents. Then
evaluate.
26
29
1 1
Ans: 3 =
2 8
Section: 5-6

103. Simplify and write the answer in exponential notation using positive exponents.
54
58
1
Ans: 4
5
Section: 5-6

104. Write 603,000 in scientific notation.

Ans: 6.03  105
Section: 5-6

105. Write 0.0000000041 in scientific notation.

Ans: 4.1  10–9
Section: 5-6

106. Write 4.42  104 in decimal notation.

Ans: 44,200
Section: 5-6

107. Write 5.7  10–9 in decimal notation.

Ans: 0.0000000057
Section: 5-6

108. Multiply. Write the answer in scientific notation.

(5  102)(3  106)
A) 1.5  109 B) 15  108 C) 1.5  1013 D) 15  1012
Ans: A Section: 5-6

109. Multiply. Write the answer in scientific notation.

(2.4  10-5)(3.8  10-4)
Ans: 9.12  10-9
Section: 5-6

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110. Divide. Write the answer in scientific notation.

8 1012
4 103
Ans: 2  109
Section: 5-6

111. Divide. Write the answer in scientific notation.

1.2 10 –7
2 10 –5
Ans: 6  10–3
Section: 5-6

112. Write each number in scientific notation and then multiply. Give the answer in scientific
notation.
(71,000,000)(200,000)
A) 14.2  1012 B) 1.42  1012 C) 1.42  1013 D) 142  1011
Ans: C Section: 5-6

113. Write each number in scientific notation and then divide. Give the answer in scientific
notation.
0.000000000028
0.0004
A) 7  10 –9
B) 7  10–8 C) 7  10–7 D) 7  10–6
Ans: B Section: 5-6

114. It is estimated that a certain beach has 2  1020 grains of sand. The beach has an area of
6.9 million square feet. How many grains of sand are there on average per square foot of
sand? Round to 3 significant digits.
A) 1.38  1025 grains of sands per ft2 C) 2.90  1014 grains of sands per ft2
B) 1.38  10 grains of sands per ft
26 2
D) 2.90  1013 grains of sands per ft2
Ans: D Section: 5-6

115. The number of miles that light travels in one year is called a light-year. One light-year is
equal to 5.88  1012 miles. A certain star is 33 light-years away from the earth. How far
is this in miles? Round to 5 significant digits if necessary.
A) 1.9404  1013 B) 1.9404  1014 C) 1.7818  1012 D) 1.7818  1011
Ans: B Section: 5-6

116. One grain of a certain pollen weighs about 3  10–5 grams. How many grains are there in
a pound of the pollen? (One pound is about 454 grams.) Round to 3 significant digits if
necessary.
A) 1.51  107 B) 1.51  106 C) 1.36  106 D) 1.36  105
Ans: A Section: 5-6

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117. Write out the first five terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 3 and whose
common difference is –10.
Ans: 3, –7, –17, –27, –37
Section: 5-7

1
118. Write out the first five terms of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is and whose
2
1
common difference is .
4
1 3 5 3
Ans: , , 1, ,
2 4 4 2
Section: 5-7

119. Find the common difference.

14, 24, 34, 44, 64, . . .
Ans: 10
Section: 5-7

120. Find the 11th term.

7, 12, 17, 22, 32, . . .
A) 67 B) 62 C) 57 D) 52
Ans: C Section: 5-7

121. Find the sum of the first 16 terms.

17, 19, 21, 23, 27, . . .
Ans: 512
Section: 5-7

122. Find
(a) the first term
(b) the common difference
(c) the 12th term
(d) the sum of the first 12 terms

10, 5, 0, –5, –10, . . .

Ans: (a) 10
(b) –5
(c) –45
(d) –210
Section: 5-7

123. Write out the first five terms of the geometric sequence whose first term is 3 and whose
common ratio is 3.
Ans: 3, 9, 27, 81, 243
Section: 5-7

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124. Find
(a) the first term
(b) the common ratio
(c) the 12th term
(d) the sum of the first 12 terms

7, –28, 112, –448, 1792, . . .

Ans: (a) 7
(b) –4
(c) –29,360,128
(d) –23,488,101
Section: 5-7

125. Find the common ratio.

1 1 1 1 1
, , , , ,K
6 30 150 750 3750
1
Ans:
5
Section: 5-7

126. Find the common ratio.

4, –16, 64, –256, 1024, . . .
Ans: –4
Section: 5-7

127. Find the 15th term

2, –8, 32, –128, 512, . . .
Ans: 536,870,912
Section: 5-7

128. What expression will give the sum of the first 14 terms of the following sequence?
5, 45, 405, 3645, 32805, . . .
14 ( 5 − 40 ) 9 (1 − 514 ) 5 (1 − 914 ) 9 (1 − 513 )
A) B) C) D)
2 1− 9 1− 9 1− 5
Ans: C Section: 5-7

129. Find the sum of the first 9 terms

10, –40, 160, –640, 2560, . . .
Ans: 524,290
Section: 5-7

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130. Determine whether the sequence is an arithmetic sequence, a geometric sequence, or

neither.
–9, –18, –36, –72, –144
A) arithmetic B) geometric C) neither
Ans: B Section: 5-7

131. Determine whether the sequence is an arithmetic sequence, a geometric sequence, or

neither.
1 2 1 4 1
, , , , ,L
15 15 5 15 3
A) arithmetic B) geometric C) neither
Ans: A Section: 5-7

132. A company decided to fine its workers for parking violations on its property. The first
offense carries a fine of $20, the second offense is $26, the third offense is $32, and so
on. What is the fine for the eighth offense?
A) $68 B) $48 C) $62 D) $42
Ans: C Section: 5-7

133. A student deposited $300 in a savings account that pays 6% annual interest. At the end
of 10 years, how much money will be in the savings account?
A) $837.25 B) $480.00 C) $780.00 D) $537.25
Ans: D Section: 5-7

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