ALGEBRA c.

4
d. 5
PRE-TEST 7. A particular car runs 100 km on x liters of
1. Which of the following is NOT a gasoline. If the car travels a fixed route of 20
characteristic of a perfect square trinomial? km per day, how many liters of gasoline will
a. The discriminant is equal to zero. the car consume in 365 days?
b. Both first and third terms are perfect a. 73 x
squares. x
b.
c. The middle term is either positive or 73
negative. c. 36 x
d. The middle term doubles the product of x
d.
the first and third terms. 36
2. Which of the following expressions is NOT 8.
a difference of two squares?
a. (−4 x 2+ 9)

b. ( 1
x
2 )
−1

c. (−1 r 2 s 6)
d. (r + s)2 n−(rs)4 n
3. The distance traveled by Bob in ( x +1 ) hours
at ( x−1 ) kilometers per hour.
a. x 2−1
b. x 2
x+ 1
c.
x−1
x−1
d.
x+ 1

( ) ( )
5 −3 −2 5 −3 2
4x y 2x y
4. The product of −7 −2 and −2 5
5x y 5x y
is
1
a. 26 2
4x y
1
b. 10 14
4x y
24
64 x
c. 14
625 y
4
d. 38 18
x y
2
x −9 x +20
5. To get the quotient 2 , which
3 x +10 x−8
2
x −8 x +16
must be the divisor of 2 ?
3 x +13 x−10
2
x −8 x +16
a. 2
x −10 x +25
2
x −10 x +25
b. 2
x −8 x +16
2
x −25
c. 2
x −16
2
x −16
d. 2
x −25
6. What is the simplest form of √3 8− √3 27+ √3 64
?
a. 2
b. 3