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Thesemesterexamwill:
Coverchapters2,3,4,12
Consistsof25multiplechoiceitems(1pointeach)
Include1shortansweritem(2points)
Include1extendedresponseitem(4points)

StudyTips:
Review/redopreviouslyassignedhomeworkproblems
Review/redooldtestsandquizzes
Doallproblemsinthestudyguide
Gotoyourtextbookforexamplesandadditionalpracticeproblems
Gobacktothesectioninthetextwhereyouarehavingdifficulty.Followtheexamplesmakingsureyouunderstandeachstep.
Thistakestime
Mostmathtextshavechaptertestsattheendofeachchapter.Tryoneproblemfromeachsection.Makeanoteoftheir
differences.
Readingamathbookisnotlikereadinganovel.Itgoesslowly.Itmaytakeyou20minutestogothroughoneexample
problem.
Knowhowtodistinguishbetweenthevarioustypesofproblems.Thisisthehardestpart.
Writedownthefirststeptoeachproblemthisisusuallythehardesttoremember.
Doasmanyproblemsasyoucanuntilyoufeelcomfortablewiththematerial.
Takeresponsibilityforstudying,recognizingwhatyoudoanddon'tknow,andknowinghowtogetyourteachertohelpyou
withwhatyoudon'tknow.Makealistofquestionstoasktheteacher
Don'tleavepreparingforatesttothelastminute.MakesureyouleavetimetoaskquestionsinclassAFTERyouhavestudied
IntheclasssessionadayorsoBEFOREthetest,asktheteachertopleasepointoutanymajorsimilaritiesordifferences
amongthevarioustypesofproblemsyouwillencounteronthetest
Mathislearnedby
doing
problems.Dothehomework.Theproblemshelpyoulearntheformulasandtechniquesyoudoneed
toknow,aswellasimproveyourproblemsolvingability.

TestTakingTips
Firstlookovertheentiretest.You'llgetasenseofitslength.Trytoidentifythoseproblemsyoudefinitelyknowhowtodoright
away,andthoseyouexpecttohavetothinkabout.
Dotheproblemsintheorderthatsuitsyou!Startwiththeproblemsthatyouknowforsureyoucando.Thisbuildsconfidence
andmeansyoudon'tmissanysurepointsjustbecauseyourunoutoftime.Thentrytheproblemsyouthinkyoucanfigure
outthenfinallytrytheonesyouareleastsureabout.
Workbytheclock.Ona50minute,25problemtest,youhaveabout2minutesforeachquestion.Startingwiththeeasy
questionswillprobablyputyouaheadoftheclock.
Inamultiplestepproblemoutlinethestepsbeforeactuallyworkingtheproblem.
Makesureyoureadthequestionscarefully,anddoallpartsofeachproblem.
Verifyyouranswersdoeseachanswermakesensegiventhecontextoftheproblem?
Ifyoufinishearly,checkeveryproblem(thatmeansreworkeverythingfromscratch).
Answereveryquestion
Onmultiplechoiceitems,eliminateanswersthatareobviouslynotcorrect
Onopenresponseitems,answerthequestioncompletelyandgiveenoughinformationinyouranswertobesurethatthe
graderunderstandsyoursolution
Worktheproblemsoutonpaperdonttrytodotheminyourhead.haveplentyofscratchpaperand
use
it.

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StudyStrategies&TipsforESLStudents

Writedown(anote)andreview(revision)importantwords(palabrasimportantes)toknowtohelpyou
understandthetestquestions.Someexamplesofimportantwordsare:

Explain
Howyoufoundyouranswer
Define
Rationalnumber
Describe
Thepropertiesofaparallelogram
Compare
Themeanandthemedian
Arrange
Inorderfromleasttogreatest

Usethewordsin
bold
and
italics
tohelpyoufindimportantideas(ideasimportantes)inthetextbook.

Writedowntheseideasinanotebookwiththepagenumberyoufoundtheinformationonsoyoucanstudy
themoverandover.

Usethepictures,chartsandgraphsinthebooktohelpyouunderstandtheimportantideas(ideas
importantes).

Picture
Chart

Grouping(agrupar)newwordsorimportantideastogetherintocategories(categories)willhelpyouremember
them.

Makeachart(grfico)tohelpyourememberinformation.

Graph

Askquestionsaboutthingsyoudontknowbeforeitistimetotakethetest.Theinformationtheteachergives
youwillhelpyoustudyforthetest.

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Vocabulary

Chapter2
Equation
Inverseoperations
Isolate
Liketerms
Solution
Term

Chapter4
RationalNumber
TerminatingDecimal
RepeatingDecimal
Irrationalnumbers
Perfectsquare
Realnumbers
Squareroot

Chapter3andChapter5
Coordinateplane
Linearequation
Orderedpair
Origin
Quadrants
Slope
Slopeinterceptform
Solution
Systemofequations
xintercept
yintercept
solution
function

Chapter12
Function
Functionrule
Linearfunction
Parabola
QuadraticFunction
ContinuousData
DiscreteData

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Chapter2
1y 5 = 1
1.Solvetheequation.
3

2.Solvetheequation.
9p+17=44

3.Simplifytheexpression.
4n+7+2n1

4.Simplifytheexpression.
3(t14)5(t+12)

5.Solve:
6m8=3m+4

6. 10 + x = 5(15x + 3)

7.2(3x+3)=3(2x+2)

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8.ThestudentsfromMr.JansensclassandMrs.Schmidtsclasswentonatriptoasciencemuseum.
Admissionwas$8perstudent.Thetotalcostforallofthestudent'sadmissionwas$320.Mr.Jansenhas16
studentsinhisclass.HowmanystudentsdoesMrs.Schmidthave?

9.Writeanequationtodescribethesituation.:

YouredrivingtoFloridaatarateof70milesperhour.Thedistance(y)dependsonhowmanyhours(x)
you'vetraveled.

10.ShortAnswer.Ononetriptothestore,Tracybuys5sheetsofposterboardand4markers.Onasecond
trip,shebuys4moresheetsofposterboardand4moremarkers.Defineandusevariablestorepresentthe
totalcost.Showyourwork.

Chapter3
1.Determinewhichorderedpairisasolutionof y = 3x + 3

(9,2)

(5,18)

(1,6)

(4,9)

2.DeterminewhichorderedpairisNOTasolutionofy=x7.
(3,9)

(4,3)

(7,0)

(4,11)

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3.SteveissellingbagsofpopcornattheRedsgame.Eachbagcostshim$0.50topop.Healsohastopay
$3foravendorslicense.Hethensellseachbagfor$2.HowmanybagsmustSteveselltobreakeven?

4.Whatistheslopeofthelinegraphedbelow?

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5.Whatistheequationofthelineshowninthegraphbelow?

6.Graphthefollowingequations:
a. y = 25x

b.y=2x+4

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7.Whatistheslopeofalinethatpassesthroughthepointswithcoordinates(2,5)and(1,4)?

8.Aplantis1in.tallandgrows2.5in.perday.Writeanequationandmakeagraphthatrepresentshow
muchtheplantgrowsovertime.

a.Whatistheplantsheightafter5days?
b.Whatistheplantsheightafter9days?

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9.Aphonecallcosts5centsamin.

a.Whatisthecostofa7min.phonecall?

b.Howmanyminutescanyouspendonthephonefor$0.45?

10.Determineifeachsystemhas
onesolution
,
nosolution,
or
infinitesolutions:

a. y=3x+4
b.y=4x+9
c.y=3(4x+3)
y=3x+8
y=4x+7
y=12x+9

Chapter4
1.Findthetwosquarerootsofthenumber:4,900

2.Whichofthesesetsofnumberscontainsnoirrationalnumbers?

[A]0.6868..., 228, 10
[B] 49, 144, 6.6

[C] 5, 196, 8.15

[D] 56, 1, 11

3.ShortAnswer:Identifythenumber 13 asrationalorirrational.Explainyouranswer.

4.Identifytheprimenumber:132,300,466,479

5.Reduce 42
49

6.Writeasadecimal 13
4 .

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7.Write0.54asafractioninsimplestform.

8.Write.18asafractioninsimplestform.

9.Compare:<.>,=

1 ______ 3

8
4

10.

Compare:<.>,=

1
6
9 _____ 2

11.

Orderthesetofnumbersfromleasttogreatest:
2/9,0.67.2/5,0.6

12.

Makeanumberlineandplacetheseinorder:
0.27,4/5,1/7,0.925

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Chapter12

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5.Ifalinehasaslopeofandayinterceptof9,writeafunctionrulefortheline.

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7)Determineifthefollowingsetsoforderedpairsarefunctions.
a. {(0,3),(1,4),(2,6),(3,8)}
b. {(1,5),(1,6),(2,9),(5,11)}
c. {(2,3),(3,3),(4,3),(5,3)}