1.   Which figure comes next in the pattern?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  2.   What is the next term in the sequence 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …?
    A. 18 B. 14
    C. 21 D. 20
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  3.   Use the distributive property to rewrite 3(5 + y) without parentheses.
    A. 15 + y B. 8 + 3y
    C. 8 + y D. 15 + 3y
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  4.   Name the coefficient of xy2.
    A. 1 B. y
    C. 0 D. x
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  5.   Simplify 2a4 + 4a2 + a4.
    A. 3a4 + 4a2 B. 2a4 + 4a2 + a4
    C. 7a10 D. 3a8 + 4a2
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  6.   Graph {all integers less than 5, but greater than -1.}
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  7.   Name the set of numbers that is graphed below.
   
    A. {-1, 0, 1} B. {0}
    C. {-1, 0} D. {-1, 1}
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  8.   Write an algebraic expression for b to the second divided by c to the fourth.
    A. B.
    C. b2c4 D. b2 + c4
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  9.   Write an algebraic expression for one-half of a number x subtracted from fifty.
    A. B. 50 - 2x
    C. D. 2x - 50
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  10.   Simplify (4x3) (3x5).
    A. 7x8 B. 12x15
    C. 12x8 D. 7x15
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  11.   Simplify (7a4b) (8a7b6).
    A. 56a28b6 B. 15a28b6
    C. 15a11b7 D. 56a11b7
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  12.   Simplify Assume the denominator is not equal to zero.
    A. 5xy2 B. 5xy8
    C. D. 1
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  13.   Express 47.5 × 10-5 in scientific notation.
    A. 475 × 10-6 B. 0.475 × 10-3
    C. 4.75 × 10-4 D. 4.75 × 10-6
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  14.   Evaluate 4(6) + 7(5 – 3).
    A. 10 B. 80
    C. 38 D. 118
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  15.   Evaluate a2 - (b + c) if a = 8, b = 17, and c = 21.
    A. 26 B. 18
    C. 12 D. 34
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  16.   Evaluate a (4 + b), if a = 4 and b = -12.
    A. -16 B. -32
    C. 4 D. 12
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  17.   Simplify -5(6a - 9b) - 2(a - b).
    A. -32a + 47b B. -30a - 45b
    C. -32a - 47b D. 32a - 47b
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  18.   Simplify -5(2x + y) - 4(3x - y).
    A. -22x - y B. 2x - 9y
    C. -22x - 9y D. -2x - y
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