1.   Write an equation for the following sentence. Two-thirds of a number is 24.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  2.   Write an algebraic expression for the verbal expression: three times the sum of x and y increased by five times the product of x and 3y.
    A. 3x + y + 5x(3y) B. 3(xy) + 5(x + 3y)
    C. 3(x + y) + 5(x + 3y) D. 3(x + y) + 5(3xy)
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  3.   Use the distributive property to rewrite without parentheses.
    A. 24x - 3 B. 24x - 24
    C. 24x - 4 D.
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  4.   If y varies directly as x and y = 35 when x = 5, find y when x = 11.
    A. 77 B.
    C. 41 D. 7
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  5.   If y varies inversely as x and y = 15 when x = 3, find y when x = 9.
    A. 5 B. 45
    C. 3 D. 15
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  6.   Which graph represents a function?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  7.   Use substitution to solve the system of equations given below.
y = 2x
5x - y = -24
    A. (-8, -16) B. no solution
    C. (-4, -8) D. infinitely many solutions
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  8.   Find the GCF of 54a2, 84ab, and 10c
    A. 4 B. 2
    C. 8ab D. 2abc
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  9.   Factor 2x2 + 4x – 3.
    A. (2x – 3)(x + 1) B. (2x – 1)(x + 3)
    C. prime D. (2x + 3)(x – 1)
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  10.   Find the quotient .
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   The distance between the points with coordinates (-8, 4) and (1, a) is 15 units. Find the value of a.
    A. 8 or 16 B. 8
    C. -8 D. -8 or 16
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  12.   Solve x2 - 4x + 1 = 0 by completing the square.
    A. B.
    C. 1, 3 D.
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  13.   Use the Distributive Property to simplify 11(v – 2).
    A. 11v + 22 B. 11v – 22
    C. 22 – 11v D. 11v – 2
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  14.   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 first quarter?
   
    A. 27 B. 48
    C. 60 D. 15
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  15.   Graph
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  16.   If A = , what is 5A?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  17.   Which of the following frequencies occurs most often?
   
    A. 10 B. 12
    C. 8 D. 14
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  18.   Find the lower quartile of the data.
   
    A. 19.5 B. 42.5
    C. 29.5 D. 2
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  19.   Write a polynomial to represent the area of a square with a side x minus the area of a triangle with a base 2x and a height of 5.
    A. 4x B. x2 – 2x + 5
    C. x2 – 5x D. x2 – 10x
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  20.   Vince ran a marathon in 3 hours. What was his speed in feet per second? (a marathon is 26.2 miles)
    A. 12.8 ft/sec B. 16.7 ft/sec
    C. 768.5 ft/sec D. 38.4 ft/sec
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