Review Items in College Algebra

Student No. _______________ Name ________________________________________________ Score _________

True or False:
3
_________1. √2 ∙ √2 = 2 __________2. √−27 = −3

4
________3. √16 = 2 _________4. √29 = 23

1 1 √10
_________5. √ = _________6. = √5
4 2 2

3 3
_________7. √81 = 9 _________8. √2 ∙ √2 = 2

_________9. √−25 = −5 √6
_________10. = √2
√3

1 5
3 5
________11. 93 = √9 _________12. 83 = √83

1 1 1
√6
________13. (−16)2 = −162 _________14. 6−2 =
2

1 1 1
________15. 22 ∙ 22 = 42 ________16. 32 ∙ 23 = 66

1 1 1 2
1
________17. 66 ∙ 66 = 63 ________18. 9−3 =
27

3 1
________19. (28 )4 = 26 ________20. 164 = −2

_________21. √3 + √3 = √6 ________22. 2√3 ∙ 3√2 = 6√3

_________23. 2√5 ∙ 3√2 = 6√10 ________24. √2(√3 − √2) = √6 − 2

2
_________25. (√2 + √3) = 2 + 3 ________26. √8 + √2 = 3√2

3 3 3
_________27. √2 ∙ √2 ∙ √2 = 2 ________28. 2√5 + 3√5 = 5√10

_________29. √12 = 2√6 ________30. (√3 − √2)(√3 + √2) = 1

Solve each equation.
1. 3𝑥 = 9 2. 7 − 𝑧 = −9

2 1 3
3. 𝑥= 4. − 𝑦=9
3 2 5

5. 3𝑦 + 5 = 4𝑦 − 1 6. 5𝑥 + 10(𝑥 + 2) = 110

7. 5𝑥 = 1 = 0 8. −3 − 𝑧 = 3

3 9 2
9. 𝑥=− 10. − 𝑤 = 4
2 5 7

Notes:
ar as = ar+s ar (ar )s = ars
= ar−s
as

(ab)s = as bs a r ar 1
( ) = r a−r =
b b ar
n n 1
√ab = n√a ∙ √b na n√a n
a n = √a
√ =n
b √b
m m 1 n n n
a n = √am
n
a− n = √a ∙ √b = √ab
n
√ am