Final Performance Task (Written Part 2) Practice

Topics
- Number Sets , Polynomials and Exponent Laws, Equations, Measurement, Financial Math

NUMBER SETS
1. For the following list of numbers, sort them into the following categories. You can use a number more than

3
8, − 10, 4
, 0, − 5, 81, 1. 4, 5, π

Natural Numbers Whole Numbers Integers Rational Numbers Irrational Numbers

2. Evaluate: − 9 + 25 ÷ 5 − (3 + 1)

3. The regular price of a jacket is $79.99. It is on sale for 20%.

a) What is the discount?

b) What is the price after the discount?

c) If the tax is 13%, what is the final price you need to pay?
RATIOS POLYNOMIALS AND EXPONENT LAWS
4. A party mix consists of pretzels and cashews in a ratio of 2:3. If the total amount of party mix you need is
250g, how many grams of each ingredient do you need to buy?

5. Collect like terms

2 2 2 2 2 2
a) 4𝑥 − 7𝑥 − 10 − 8𝑥 + 11𝑥 + 20 b) 5𝑎 𝑏 − 9𝑎𝑏 + 2𝑏 𝑎 + 𝑎𝑏

6. Expand and simplify, if needed

2
a) 4(𝑥 − 6) b) 3(𝑥 + 3) − 8(𝑥 − 4) c) 𝑥 (𝑥 − 9𝑥 − 5)

7. Simplify using exponent rules

5
3 4 12𝑥
a) 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒 (𝑥 )(𝑥 ) b) 𝑄𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒 2
6𝑥

3 5
c) 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒: (𝑥 )

8. Create an expression that has 3 terms 2 variables and has a degree of 4

EQUATIONS.
9. Solve
𝑥
a) 𝑥 − 9 = 17 b) 3𝑥 + 2 = 14 c) 4𝑥 + 9 − 𝑥 = 2𝑥 − 1 d) 4
=− 2

10. Sonia is a plumber. She charges $100 to come and evaluate the problem and then $40 per hour for her
plumbing services.
a) Write an equation (with variables) that represents her business

b) Calculate the cost of a service call if she completes a job in 4 hours.

MEASUREMENT
10. Calculate the perimeter and the area of the shape.

11. Calculate the volume and the surface area of the object below. Consider the bottom prism to be a cube.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Rudra is a first year university student and he wants to create a budget for himself. He makes $300 a week
working part-time. He spends $100 a month on public transit, $30 a week on take-out, $45 a month on clothes,
$80 a month on movies and entertainment, and $75 a month on a phone plan. He wants to go on a trip in a
year and needs $2000.
a) Make a budget for Rudra

Income per month

Expenses

Total Expenses per

month

b) Is his budget realistic?

c) What could he do to improve his budget?

d) He has a choice between 2 investment plans. He can invest $1000 for three years at a simple interest
rate of 6%, or he can invest $1000 for 4 years in an account compounded annually at a rate of 4%.
Which one should he choose?s