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Which statement illustrates the additive identity? |
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3 - 3 = 0 |
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3 × 1 = 3 |
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3 + 0 = 3 |
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Which statement illustrates the commutative property of addition? |
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(5 + 3) + 6 = 5 + (3 + 6) |
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(5 + 3) + 6 = (3 + 5) + 6 |
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(5 + 3) + 6 = 14 |
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(5 + 3) + 6 = 8 + 6 |
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3. |
Simplify 2a4 + 4a2 + a4. |
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A. |
7a10 |
B. |
3a8 + 4a2 |
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C. |
2a4 + 4a2 + a4 |
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3a4 + 4a2 |
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4. |
Translate 3x + 5y = 7 into a verbal sentence. |
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x to the third power plus y to the fifth power is 7. |
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3 times the sum of x and y is 7. |
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The sum of 3 and x plus the product of 5 and y is 7. |
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The sum of 3 times x and 5 times y is 7. |
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5. |
Fifteen minus a number is thirty-two. Find the number. |
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-17 |
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17 |
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47 |
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-47 |
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6. |
Solve -198 = -11x. |
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x = 187 |
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x = -18 |
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x = 18 |
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x = -187 |
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7. |
Write a verbal expression for the algebraic expression (2 - y) × 6. |
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six times y minus two |
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two minus y times six |
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the difference, y less than two, times six |
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two times six minus y |
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8. |
Write an algebraic expression for one-half of a number x subtracted from fifty. |
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50 - 2x |
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2x - 50 |
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9. |
What are the odds of not selecting a black ace from a standard deck of 52 cards? |
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1:25 |
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26:1 |
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25:1 |
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25:26 |
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Hamburger costs $1.50 per pound and soy costs $1.00 per pound. The school cafeteria uses 50 more pounds of soy than hamburger and spends $350 a week. How much soy does the school use? |
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120 pounds |
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170 pounds |
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233 pounds |
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350 pounds |
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Find the solution of 4x + 10 = 42
if the replacement set is {6, 7, 8, 9}. |
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A. |
9 |
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8 |
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C. |
7 |
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6 |
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12. |
Use the Distributive Property to simplify 11(v – 2). |
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A. |
11v – 2 |
B. |
22 – 11v |
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C. |
11v + 22 |
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11v – 22 |
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Which values of x and y are counterexamples to the given statement?
If x – y = an even number, then both x and y are even numbers. |
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x = 19, y = 13 |
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x = 15, y = 8 |
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x = 22, y = 20 |
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x = 12, y = 4 |
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14. |
Identify the coordinates of point A. |
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(2, 1) |
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(5, 2) |
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(6, 4) |
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(1, 2) |
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15. |
Simplify |
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32 |
B. |
-2 |
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2 |
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-32 |
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A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 7 white marbles, 6 red marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble? |
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Translate the sentence into an equation. Four times the number n is equal to twice the sum of q and r. |
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4n = 2(q + r) |
B. |
4n = q + r |
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4n = 2(q – r) |
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4n = 2q + r |
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18. |
Translate the sentence into a formula. The area of a trapezoid is equal to one-half times the sum of the bases times the height. |
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19. |
Find three consecutive even integers that have a sum that is zero. |
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2, 4, -6 |
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-4, 0, 4 |
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-2, 0, 2 |
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-1, 0, 1 |
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20. |
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? |
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8 feet by 12 feet |
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B. |
 feet by 10 feet |
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C. |
 feet by 4 feet |
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D. |
6 feet by 9 feet |
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