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Ma t h 081 Fi n a l Ex a m Re v i e w
1. Expand and simplify:
(Section 1.6)
a.
2
5 b.
2
( 3) c.
3
( 2)
2. Simplify:
a.
3
4 100 5 7 + + d. 4 ( 2) 3
(Section 1.2, 1.6, 1.7) (Section 1.3, 1.4, 1.7)
b.

2
36 ( 3) ( 5)

e. 6 56 8 +
(Section 1.5, 1.6, 1.7) (Section 1.3, 1.5)
c.

5( 7 16 2) +
(Section 1.3, 1.5, 1.7)
3. Translate into a math expression and find
its value:
a. 9 more than the product of 6 and 2
(Section 2.1)
b. the difference of 24 and 2 cubed
(Section 2.1)
4. Determine the perimeter of a square if the
length of each side is 5 km.
(Section 2.2)
5. Determine the perimeter of the rectangle.
(Section 2.2)

6. Determine the perimeter of the triangle.
(Section 2.2)

7. Determine the circumference of the circle.
Use
22
7
t = . (Section 3.8)

8. Determine the area of a square if the
length of each side is 5 cm. (Section 2.2)
9. Determine the area of the triangle.
(Section 3.8)

10. Determine the area of the rectangle.
(Section 3.8)

11. Determine the area of the circle below.
Use 3 14 . t = .
(Section 4.6)

12. Determine the volume of the solid.
(Section 2.2)

13. Determine the volume of the cylinder.
Use
22
7
t = . (Section 3.8)

14. Determine the volume of the sphere. Use
22
7
t = . (Section 3.8)

15. Determine the volume of a cube if each
side is 5 inches long. (Section 2.2)
4 m
13 m
14 cm
15 cm

12cm

13 cm
42 m

5 in
3 in

in

4 in
cm

4.6 m

4 ft
5 ft
9 ft
7 cm
12 cm
4cm

2

16. Determine the mean of the following
values: 5, 5, 6, 12, 9, 3
(Section 2.3)
17. The ages of the company employees are
26, 45, 22, 25, 24, 30, and 34. Determine
the median.
(Section 2.3)
18. The temperatures for the past several days
were 2, 6, 1, 3, 2, and 4.
Determine the mode.
(Section 2.3)
19. Determine the mean of the values
5 1 2
6 3 6
, ,
(Section 3.4)
20. The times (in minutes) for the top six
runners were 2.38, 2.41, 2.33, 2.4, 2.45,
and 2.35. Determine the median.
(Section 4.4)
21. Emilys yearly salary is $60,840. If Emily
gets paid 36 times per year, how much
does she get per pay period?
(Section 2.4, 2.5)
22. Use the chart below to answer the
questions that follow. (Section 2.4)

a. What was the total number of
visitors in 2012?
b. How many more adults visited the
park in 2013 than in 2010?

23. Write the following as mixed numbers:
(Section 3.1)
a.

32
5
b.
71
7

24. Write the following as an improper
fraction:
(Section 3.1)
a.
1
3
8 b.
5
9
4
25. Compute the following:
(Section 3.2, 3.3)
a.

8 5
15 12
| | | |

| |
\ . \ .
d.
11 1
13 2

b.


5 45
4 28
| | | |

| |
\ . \ .
e.
7
21
3

c.

1 4
3 3
3 7
| | | |

| |
\ . \ .
f.
3 1
2 3
| |

|
\ .

26. Compute the following:
(Section 3.2)
a.
2
1
2
3
| |

|
\ .
b.
3
5
3
| |
|
\ .

27. Compute the following:
(Section 3.4, 3.5)
a.

4 5
2 1
9 12
| | | |
+
| |
\ . \ .
f.
8
5
11
+
b.


14 8
41 41
g.
4
3 1
5

c.

1 7
5 10
+ h.
4
5 1
9

d.

1 4
6 15
+ i.
1 3
4 1
5 5

e.

7 13
12 24
j.
1 2
9 7
8 11
+
28. Compute the following:
(Section 3.6)
a.

3 5 1
25 18 4
| || || |

| | |
\ .\ .\ .
b.
4 3 28
7 7 36
+

3

29. A tree is
3
5
19 feet tall. When it was first
planted it was
2
3
8 feet tall. How much
did the tree grow from when it was first
planted?
(Section 3.8)
30. If a doctor uses
1
3
of a 600 ml bottle of
medicine, how much did she use?
(Section 3.8)
31. There are 20 samples of bacteria each
weighing
7
8
grams. What is the weight of
all 20 samples? (Section 3.8)
32. Convert the following:
(Section 3.7, 4.5)
a. 60 inches to feet d. 65 mm to hm
b. 72 ounces to pounds e. 647 cm to m
c. 1 gallon to cups f. 0.89 kg to g
33. Write the following in simplest fraction
form. (Section 4.2)
a. 0.35 b. -43.52
34. Write
3
16
as a decimal and round to the
hundredths place.
(Section 4.2)
35. Compute the following:
(Section 4.3)
a.

5 3 ( 2 45) . . + c. ( 7 94) ( 3 4) . .
b.

8 453 2 34 . . d. 90 464 3 2 . .
36. Compute: 89 72 5 46 1 3 . . .
(Section 4.4)
37. Sausage costs $2.24 a pound. How much
will 3.5 pounds cost?
(Section 4.6)
38. A sweater regularly sells for $39.99. You
bought the sweater on sale for $31.65.
How much money did you save?
(Section 4.6)
39. How many 0.75 ounce bags of candy can I
fill from a 15 ounce bag of candy?
(Section 4.6)
40. Rewrite 5 x + using the Commutative
Property of Addition.
(Section 5.2)
41. Rewrite
( )
3 1 2
7 2 3
using the Associative
Property of Multiplication.
(Section 5.2)
42. What is the additive inverse of (-2)?
(Section 5.2)
43. What is the reciprocal of
3
5
?
(Section 5.2)
44. Simplify the following:
(Section 5.1)
a. 9 4 7 5 6 3 x y y x +
b. 5 6 8 9 4 7 6 3 1 2 . . . . . a a b b + + +
c.
7 2 1 1
8 3 4 4
a a +
45. Simplify:
(Section 5.3)
a. 3(8 4) x
b. (6 5) m +
c.
2
(6 5)
3
x
46. Evaluate 2 3 x y + when 9 x = and 1 y = .
(Section 5.1)
47. Is 24 x = a solution of 9 18 x = + ?
(Section 5.1)
48. Translate the following into an equation
and then solve the equation.
(Section 5.7)
a. Five less than two times a number is
19.
b. The sum of one-third of a number and 4
is 13.

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49. Solve the following equations:
a.

9 7 x + = f. 1 2 3 7 2 3 . . . y =

(Section 5.4) (Section 5.6)
b.

4 9 15 68 . . x = g. 3 5 6 2 x x = +

(Section 5.5) (Section 5.6)
c.

3
3
5
x = h. 7 3 11 x + =

(Section 5.5) (Section 5.6)
d.


13
2
z
= i. 3(5 3) 14 x =

(Section 5.5) (Section 5.6)
e.

12 a = j. 4( 3) 8 32 x x + =
(Section 5.5) (Section 5.6)
50. Write the ratio of 28 to 32 in simplest
fraction form.
(Section 6.1)
51. Write the ratio of 15:80 in simplest
fraction form.
(Section 6.1)
52. Refer to the monthly budget shown below.
In lowest terms, give the ratio of the
amount budgeted for gas and electric to
the total budget.
(Section 6.1)

Item Amount
Rent $400
Food $400
Gas and electric $100
Phone $200
Entertainment $100
53. There are 12 women and 13 men in a
room. What is the ratio of men to adults?
(Section 6.1)
54. There are 170 students and 34 computers
at the school. In simplest fractional form,
give the ratio of computers to students?
(Section 6.1)
55. Hanna hiked 40 km in 16 hours. What
was her rate in simplest fractional form?
(Section 6.2)
56. A painter earned $113.40 for 12 hours of
work. What is the painters unit rate of
pay?
(Section 6.3)
57. A 16-ounce box of cereal cost $3.49 and
an 18-ounce box cost $3.78. Which is the
better deal?
(Section 6.5)
58. Solve the following proportions:
(Section 6.4)
a.

26 4
5 n

= c.
2
1 5 4 5 . .
n
=

b.
2
5
3 1
1
5 3
n
=
59. A solution calls for 15 ml of a drug for
every 38 liters of water. How much water
is needed for 4.5 ml of the drug?
(Section 6.5)
60. If 2.5 pounds of carriage bolts costs $3.80,
how much will 21.5 pounds cost?
(Section 6.5)
61. When billing a household, a utility
company charges for the kilowatt-hours
used. A kilowatt-hour (kwh) is a standard
measure of electricity. If the cost of 1
kwh is $0.1941, what is the electricity bill
for a household using 873 kwh in a
month? Round the answer to the nearest
cent. (Section 6.5, 4.6)
62. Write
7
8
as a percent.
(Section 7.1)
63. Write the following in simplest fraction
form: (Section 7.1)
a. 84% c. 150%
b. 99%

5

64. Write 9% as a decimal.
(Section 7.1)
65. Write 0.65 as a percent.
(Section 7.1)
66. 23 is 5% of what number?
(Section 7.2)
67. What percent of 50 is 27?
(Section 7.2)
68. What is 35% of 400?
(Section 7.2)
69. A familys total monthly expenses are
$2600. The graph below shows the
breakdown of the expenses. Use the graph
to answer the questions that follow.
(Section 7.3)

a. What amount is spent on rent?
b. What amount is spent on food and
utilities combined?
c. How much more is spent on utilities
than on food?
70. What is the simple interest on a loan of
$30,000 for 5 years if the interest rate is
8.4%?
(Section 7.4)
71. An automobile company is recalling
8% of its cars sold in Baltimore. If 350
cars were sold in Baltimore, how many
cars are being recalled?
(Section 7.5)
72. Alison bought a sofa for $239 and paid
$14.34 in tax. What is the tax rate?
(Section 7.5)
73. Andre is paid 12.5% commission on his
sales. If he wants to earn $2500 in
commission, what amount of sales must
he make?
(Section 7.5)
74. What simple annual interest rate is
needed for an investment to grow from
$3000 to $7500 in 6 years?
(Section 7.4)
75. A shirt costs $45 and a pair of pants
costs $50. If sales tax is 6%, do I have
enough to buy both with $100?
Explain why or why not.
(Section 7.5)
76. How much time does it take an
investment of $2500 to double in value
if the annual simple interest rate is 5%?
(Section 7.5)

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Ma t h 081 Fi n a l Ex a m Re v i e w An s we r s
(Form A)



1. a. -25
b. 9
c. -8
2. a. -628
b. 20
c. -5
d. -5
e. 1
3. a.

9 6( 2) 3 + =
b.

3
24 2 16 =
4. 20 km
5. 34 m
6. 42 cm
7. 132 m
8. 25 cm
2

9. 6 in
2

10.
63
5
yd
2
=
3
12
5
yd
2

11. 66.4424 m
2

12. 180 ft
3

13. 1848 cm
3

14.
5632
21
cm
3
=
4
268
21
cm
3

15. 125 in
3

16. 2
17. 26
18. 2
19.
5
9

20. 2.39
21. $1,690
22. a. 450
b. 50
23. a.

2
6
5

b.
1
10
7

24. a.
25
3

b.
41
9

25. a.
2
9

b.
7
9

c.
14
15

d.
22 9
1
13 13
=
e.
1
9

f.
1 9
4
2 2
=
26. a.
49 4
5
9 9
=
b.
125 17
4
27 27
=
27. a.
139 31
3
36 36
=
b.
6
41

c.
9
10

d.
13
30

e.
9 1
1
8 8
=
f.
47 3
4
11 11
=

g.
6 1
1
5 5
=


h.
40 4
4
9 9
=
i.
13 3
2
5 5
=
j.
1435 27
16
88 88
=
28. a.
1
120

b.
5
21

29.
164 14
feet 10
15 15
= feet
30. 200 ml
31.
35 1
17
2 2
grams grams =
32. a. 5 feet
b.
9 1
4
2 2
lbs lbs =
c. 16 cups
d. 0.00065 hm
e. 6.47 m
f. 890 g
33. a.
7
20

b.
1088 13
43
25 25
=
34. 0.19

7

35. a. 2.85
b. 10.793
c. 26.996
d. 28.27
36. 85.52
37. $7.84
38. $8.34
39. 20 bags
40. 5 x +
41.
1 2 3
2 3 7
| |

|
\ .

42. 2
43.
5
3

44. a. 3 10 x y +
b. 3 3 11 1 2 . . a b + +
c.
5 5
8 12
a +
45. a. 24 12 x
b. 6 5 m
c.
10
4
3
x
46. 16
47. No
48. a. 2 5 19 x =
12 x =
b.
1
4 13
3
x + =


27 x =
49. a. 16 x =
b. 3.2 x =
c. 5 x =
d. 26 z =
e. 12 a =
f. 5 y =

g. 2 x =


h. 2 x =
i.
1
3
x =
j. 5 x =

50.
7
8

51.
3
16

52.
1
12

53.
13 men
25 adults

54.
1 computer
5 students

55.
5 km
2 hrs

56. $9.45 per hour
57. 18-ounce box
58. a. 32 5 . n =
b.
9
50
n =
c. 6 n =
59. 11.4 liters of water
60. $32.68
61. $169.45
62. 87.5%
63. a.
21
25

b.
99
100

c.
3
2

64. 0.09
65. 65%
66. 460
67. 54%
68. 140
69. a. $858
b. $1040
c. $260
70. $12,600
71. 28 cars
72. 6%
73. $20,000
74. 25%
75. No, $100.70 is needed