1.   The purpose of the Plan step is to ______.
    A. determine the solution
    B. determine if the solution is reasonable
    C. determine how to find the solution
    D. determine the facts involved
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  2.   Name the operation that should be performed first in the expression
9 + 5 × (6 - 1).
    A. subtraction B. multiplication
    C. addition D. division
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  3.   What is the value of 3s(t +11) - 6r if r = 21, s = 9, and t = 11?
    A. 480 B. 175
    C. 531 D. 468
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  4.   Translate the phrase ''three less than a number'' into an algebraic expression.
    A. x + 3 B. 3 - x
    C. 3x D. x - 3
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  5.   Write the phrase ''18 more than 4 times a number'' as an algebraic expression.
    A. 4x - 18 B. 4 + x + 18
    C. 4 + 18x D. 4x + 18
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  6.   A verbal phrase for 6n - 4 is ______.
    A. the difference of six times a number and four
    B. four more than six times a number
    C. four less than six and a number
    D. the product of six and four less than a number
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  7.   Solve 6 mentally.
    A. 24 B. 12
    C. 2 D. 3
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  8.   Name the point for the ordered pair (3, 1).
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Simplify |-13| - |5|.
    A. -8 B. 8
    C. -18 D. 18
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  10.   Evaluate the expression |a| - 7 if a = -23.
    A. 16 B. 30
    C. -30 D. -16
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  11.   Choose the graph of N(3, 0).
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  12.   Evaluate p - (-13) if p = -6.
    A. 7 B. -7
    C. -19 D. 19
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  13.   Evaluate -3xy if x = -3 and y = -7.
    A. -21 B. 9
    C. -63 D. 7
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  14.   Find the product of 2 and -5m.
    A. 10m B. -10
    C. -10m D. -3m
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  15.   Find the quotient of 144 and -8.
    A. -18 B. -36
    C. 9 D. 12
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  16.   Write a numerical expression for the verbal phrase: three more than the quotient of eight and four.
    A. (3 + 8) ÷ 4 B. (3 + 4) ÷ 8
    C. 3 + 8 ÷ 4 D. 3 + 4 ÷ 8
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  17.   Lorenzo purchased three shirts for $29.99 each, two pairs of jeans for $34.99 each and one pair of shoes for $59.99. Excluding tax, how much did Lorenzo spend on these items?
    A. $219.94 B. $184.95
    C. $189.95 D. $249.94
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  18.   Which value is the solution of
    A. 117 B. 90
    C. 99 D. 108
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  19.   Evaluate –11xy if x = -3 and y = 5.
    A. -165 B. -22
    C. 22 D. 165
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  20.   Divide
    A. -52 B. 52
    C. -5 D. 5
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