1.	Solve x + 5 = -7.
		A.	x = 2	B.	x = 35
		C.	x = -2	D.	x = -12
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	2.	Solve
		A.	a = 7	B.	a = 14
		C.	a =	D.	a =
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	3.	Solve the equation
		A.	a = 0	B.	a = 5
		C.	a =	D.	a =
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	4.	Solve the equation
		A.		B.	4
		C.		D.	-4
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	5.	Write a verbal expression for the algebraic expression (2 - y) × 6.
		A.	the difference, y less than two, times six
		B.	two minus y times six
		C.	two times six minus y
		D.	six times y minus two
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	6.	Express the relation in the table as a set of ordered pairs.
		A.	{(-1, 5), (0, 2), (1, 6), (2, 6)}
		B.	{(5, 1), (2, 0), (6, 1), (6, 2)}
		C.	{(-1, 5), (0, 2), (1, 6)}
		D.	{(-1, 5), (0, 2), (1, 2, 6)}
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	7.	Choose the inequality that corresponds with the sentence ''Twice a number increased by four is less than the difference of three times that number and five. ''
		A.	2x + 4 < 5 - 3x	B.	2x + 4 > 3x - 5
		C.	2x + 4 < 3x - 5	D.	2(x + 4) < 3(x + 5)
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	8.	Factor 3y2 + 7y + 4.
		A.	(3y + 1)(y + 4)	B.	(3y + 4)(y + 1)
		C.	(3y + 2)(y + 2)	D.	(3y + 1)(y + 7)
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	9.	The equation x2 + 1 = -3x does not have integral roots. State the consecutive integers between which the roots lie.
		A.	between -3 and -2 and between -1 and 0
		B.	between -3 and -2 and between 0 and 1
		C.	between 0 and 1 and between 2 and 3
		D.	between -1 and 0 and between 0 and 1
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	10.	Evaluate 4(6) + 7(5 – 3).
		A.	38	B.	118
		C.	80	D.	10
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	11.	The circle graph shows the percent of Ms. Jackson's students who earned an ''A'' for each of the four grading periods during a school year. If Ms. Jackson taught 150 total students, how many students earned an ''A'' during the third quarter?
		A.	27	B.	15
		C.	60	D.	48
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	12.	A blueprint of an office building has a scale of inch = 2 feet. What are the dimensions of a storage closet that measures 3 inches by inches on the blueprint?
		A.	6 feet by 9 feet
		B.	feet by 10 feet
		C.	8 feet by 12 feet
		D.	feet by 4 feet
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	13.	Graph x – y < 5.
		A.		B.
		C.		D.
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	14.	Use elimination to solve the system of equations given by 3x + 4y = 5 and 21x + 28y = 35.
		A.		B.	infinitely many solutions
		C.	no solution	D.
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	15.	Solve the following: y2 + 6y + 9 = 49.
		A.	{7, –7}	B.	{7}
		C.	{–10, 4}	D.	{10, –4}
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	16.	What is the value of x in the picture?
		A.	10.3	B.	13.5
		C.	6	D.	4
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	17.	If y varies inversely as x and y = 4 when x = , what is y when x = 3?
		A.		B.	6
		C.	24	D.
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	18.	What is the constant of variation if y varies inversely as x, and x = 4.3 when y = 2.15?
		A.	9.245	B.	2
		C.		D.	0.108
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	19.	Find .
		A.		B.
		C.		D.
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	20.	A builder wants the kitchen to have an area of x2 – 2x – 24, and a length of x + 4. What is the width?
		A.	– 6	B.	x + 6
		C.	x – 6	D.	6
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