1.   The cost of admission to a science museum is 12a + 5c, where a represents the number of adults and c represents the number of children. How much would it cost for 2 adults and 3 children to go to the museum?
    A. $27 B. $39
    C. $22 D. $46
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  2.   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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  3.   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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  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. 4 + x
    C. x - 4 D. 4 - x
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  5.   Evaluate b3 + 6 if b = 2.
    A. 12 B. 14
    C. 15 D. 512
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  6.   Solve the formula I = prt, if p = 525, r = 0.04, and t = 2.
    A. 21 B. 420
    C. 210 D. 42
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  7.   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. 13.6° F B. 64.4° F
    C. 38.8° F D. 42.0° F
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  8.   Use the distributive property to rewrite 3(5 + y) without parentheses.
    A. 8 + y B. 8 + 3y
    C. 15 + y D. 15 + 3y
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  9.   Factor the polynomial 3x + 3.
    A. 3(x + 3) B. 3(x + 1)
    C. 3(x - 3) D. 3(x - 1)
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  10.   Using n to represent the number of blocks in each bag, write an algebraic expression for the total number of blocks.
   
    A. 3n + 3 B. 4n + 3
    C. 4n + 4 D. 3n + 4
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  11.   Complete the flowchart by filling in the ovals.
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  12.   Find the equation for the flowchart.
   
    A. - 9 = 1
    B. - 9 = 1
    C. = 1
    D. - 1 = 9
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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 goes with 5 friends, write an expression for the total amount that George and his friends spent at the game. Use p for the number of programs bought.
    A. 5p + 12 B. 12p+ 5
    C. 12p + 72 D. 5p + 72
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  14.   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 new students join the class.
    C. If s is the number of students in the classroom, s + 3 is the number of students after 3 students leave the class.
    D. If s is the number of sunny days, s + 3 is the number of sunny days 3 years ago.
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  15.   Find an explanation for the expression 5a + 3.
    A. 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.
    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 price of 8 anchovy pizzas.
    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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  16.   Using the formula for the area of a trapezoid , find A
if h = 7 cm, b1 = 3 cm, and b2 = 5 cm.
    A. 18 cm2 B. 7.5 cm2
    C. 28 cm2 D. 25 cm2
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  17.   Write two expressions for the total number of blocks.
   
    A. 5(n – 1), 5n – 5
    B. 5(n + 5), 5n + 25
    C. 5(n – 5), 5n – 25
    D. 5(n + 1), 5n + 5
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  18.   Find two ways to write the rule for the table.
   
    A. 3(x + 4), 3x + 12
    B. 3(x + 4), 3x + 15
    C. 15x
    D. 3(x + 12), 3x + 36
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  19.   Rewrite 4x + 48 by inserting parentheses.
    A. (4x + 12)
    B. x(4 + 12)
    C. 4(x + 12)
    D. 12(4x + 4)
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  20.   Factor the expression.24x2 – 54x
    A. 6x2 (4x – 9)
    B. 6(4x2 – 9x)
    C. 6x(4x – 9x)
    D. 6x(4x – 9)
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