Chapter 1 PracticeTest Fall - 2015

AFM095
Name________________________________ Date_____________

1. Evaluate: (2 points each)

-52 = ________ 1450 = ________

(-7)3 = ________ (-4)2 = ________

2. Write 7.31 x 109 in standard form: (2 points)

_______________________

3. Evaluate each expression. (2 points each) How many

terms are there? (1 point each)

24 3 + 6 - 1 + 63 2 Number of terms
______________

92 3 6 + 9 Number of terms
_______________

4. Evaluate using the order of operations: (2 points each)

45 5(3)

-3(-6 - 9)

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 24 2+6
3
9(6 2)

5. Two walls of a room need to be painted. To estimate the

paint required, the number of square feet of wall space
needs to be calculated. One wall is 14 feet long and the
other is 20 feet long. Both walls are 9 feet tall. Find the
total area that needs to be painted. (3 points)

6. Evaluate each of the following expressions for the given

value of the variable:
(3 points each)

a. 6n + 8 for n = 3

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b. 3y2 y + 3 for y = 4

c. 2(t 4) + (7 3)2 for t = 16

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7. Convert 42oz(ounces) to grams(g). Note: There are
approximately 28.35 g in 1 oz.
(2 points)

8. Bill wants to estimate the cost of installing laminate flooring

in his living room. His living room is 15 foot by 22 foot.
(2 points each)

a. Find the area of Bills living room.

b. What are the units on your answer in part a?

c. The laminate flooring that he decides on costs $2.45 per

square foot. What is the total cost of the flooring for his
living room?

9. Translate the sentence into an expression: (2 points each)

The sum of 5 times a number and 2.

18 subtracted from twice a number.

10. Simplify. (3 points each)

7 - 5(4x - 2)

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 7x - 2 - 3x + 6

11. Graph the ordered pairs: (1 point each)

(-2, 7) (3, -4) (0, -5) (9, 1)

(- 3, - 2) ( 8, 0)

12. Use the given figure to find an expression for the

perimeter. Simplify if possible. (4 points)

4x + 7

2y - 2

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13. State the scales on both the x and y axes: (2 points
each)

x-axis _________________ y-axis ___________________

14. Ms. Binkinz is buying her first kindergarten class gifts

for the end of the school year. She wants to order a book for
each student that costs $1.50. She also wants to buy each
student an educational toy that costs $2.45.
(3 points each)

a. If she has s students in her kindergarten class, write an

expression for the cost to buy each student a book.

b. Write an expression for the cost in dollars to buy each

student an educational toy.

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 c. Use the expressions you wrote in parts a and b to write
an expression for the total cost in dollars to buy each
student a book and educational toy.

d. Simplify the expression from part c.

15. Write in expanded form: (2 points)

43 ________________________________
16. Simplify: (2 points)
- 0.4(10x - 5) + 6x - 7

17. Write the ordered pairs that give the coordinates of

the following points:
(2 points each)

A ____________
B ____________
C ____________
D ____________

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18. Tom has 40 feet of lumber that he needs to cut into two pieces. If Tom
cuts f feet of lumber for the first piece, find an expression for the remaining
amount of lumber in the second piece. (1 point each)

First Piece of Lumber Second Piece of Lumber

5 ____________
10 ____________
20 ____________
35 ____________
f ____________

19. Evaluate: (3 points)

4 16c + 3t for c = -3, and t = -9

20. Convert 156 pounds to kilograms. There are

approximately 2.2 pounds in 1 kilogram. (2 points)