1.   Rewrite 16 × 0.4 + 16 × 10 using the distributive property.
    A. 16 + (0.4 + 10) B. 16(0.4 × 10)
    C. 16(0.4 + 10) D. 16 + (0.4 × 10)
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  2.   How could you find 5 × 17 mentally using the distributive property?
    A. 5 × 10 - 5 × 7 B. 5 × 10 + 5 × 7
    C. 5 × 10 × 5 × 7 D. 5 + 10 × 5 + 7
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  3.   Write an expression to represent ''five times as much as I paid yesterday.''
    A. 5c B. 5 - c
    C. 5 + c D.
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  4.   If Julie has x strawberries in one sack and four fewer strawberries in another sack, write an expression for how many strawberries are in the second sack.
    A. x - 4 B. x + 4
    C. 4 + x D. 4 - x
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  5.   Evaluate b3 + 6 if b = 2.
    A. 12 B. 512
    C. 14 D. 15
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  6.   What is another way to write (6 + 7)x?
    A. 6(x) + 7(x) B. 6(x) + 7
    C. 6 + 7(x) D. 6(x) × 7(x)
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  7.   Use the formula d = rt to find the rate r of travel if t = 3.5 hours
and d = 203 miles.
    A. 58 miles per hour B. 53 miles per hour
    C. 63 miles per hour D. 68 miles per hour
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  8.   The formula F = C + 32 is used to convert the temperature in degrees
Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperature outside is 18° Celsius,
what is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?
    A. 64.4° F B. 38.8° F
    C. 13.6° F D. 42.0° F
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  9.   Factor the polynomial 3x + 3.
    A. 3(x - 1) B. 3(x + 3)
    C. 3(x - 3) D. 3(x + 1)
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  10.   Complete the flowchart by filling in the ovals.
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  11.   Find the equation for the flowchart.
   
    A. - 9 = 1
    B. - 9 = 1
    C. = 1
    D. - 1 = 9
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  12.   Use the flowchart to backtrack and find the solution.
   
    A. 8 B. 18
    C. 9 D. 7
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  13.   George and a group of his friends are going to a baseball game. Tickets cost $12 apiece and a program costs $5. If George and his friends go to the game and only George buys a program, write an expression for the total amount that George and his friends spent at the game. Use t for the number of tickets bought.
    A. 12(t + 5) B. 5t + 12
    C. 5(t + 12) D. 12t + 5
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  14.   Janet was filling up a water balloon that had a tiny hole in it. The balloon can hold 12 ounces of water, but the hole leaks water out at 0.5 ounces per minute. How many ounces of water will be in the balloon m minutes after it is filled?
    A. 12m + 0.5m B. 12 – 0.5m
    C. 12m – 0.5m D. 12 + 0.5m
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  15.   A CD rotates in a CD player at about 350 revolutions per minute. How many revolutions would the CD have made after h hours?
    A. B. 21,000h
    C. 350h D.
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  16.   Find an explanation for the expression s + 3.
    A. If s is the number of sunny days, s + 3 is the number of sunny days in March, the third month of the year.
    B. If s is the number of students in the classroom, s + 3 is the number of students after 3 students leave the class.
    C. If s is the number of sunny days, s + 3 is the number of sunny days 3 years ago.
    D. If s is the number of students in the classroom, s + 3 is the number of students after 3 new students join the class.
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  17.   Find an explanation for the expression 5a + 3.
    A. If a is the price of an anchovy pizza in dollars, 5a + 3 is the price of 8 anchovy pizzas.
    B. If a is the price of an anchovy pizza in dollars, 5a + 3 is the total cost of 5 anchovy pizzas with a delivery fee of $3.
    C. If a is the price of an anchovy pizza in dollars, 5a + 3 is the total cost of 3 anchovy pizzas with a delivery fee of $5.
    D. If a is the price of an anchovy pizza in dollars, 5a + 3 is the total cost of 5 anchovy pizzas with a delivery fee of $8.
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  18.   Write two expressions for the total number of blocks.
   
    A. 5(n + 5), 5n + 25
    B. 5(n – 1), 5n – 5
    C. 5(n + 1), 5n + 5
    D. 5(n – 5), 5n – 25
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  19.   Find two ways to write the rule for the table.
   
    A. 15x
    B. 3(x + 4), 3x + 15
    C. 3(x + 4), 3x + 12
    D. 3(x + 12), 3x + 36
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  20.   Rewrite 4x + 48 by inserting parentheses.
    A. (4x + 12)
    B. 4(x + 12)
    C. 12(4x + 4)
    D. x(4 + 12)
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