1.   Express 0.0000421 in scientific notation.
    A. 4.21 × 10-5 B. 4.21 × 10-6
    C. 4.21 × 10-9 D. 4.21 × 10-4
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  2.   Which inequality is graphed below?
   
    A. y < 8 B. y < 8
    C. x < 8 D. y > 8
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  3.   Use elimination to solve the system of equations.
-x + 2y = 18
x + 8y = -38
    A. (-22, -2) B.
    C. (-5, -1) D.
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  4.   The sum of two numbers is 36. Twice the first number minus the second is 6. Find the numbers.
    A. (42, 6) B. (10, 26)
    C. (30, 6) D. (14, 22)
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  5.   Use the scatter plot to predict the mileage of an engine with 250 horsepower.
   
    A. 10 B. 25
    C. 20 D. 12
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  6.   Which ordered pair is a solution of y < -4x - 5?
    A. (1, -3) B. (0, 6)
    C. (2, 3) D. (-7, 0)
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  7.   Solve the equation x2 = 0.81.
    A. x = 0.9 or x = -0.9
    B. x = -0.9 only
    C. x = 0.9 only
    D. none of these is correct
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  8.   Simplify
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Find the equation that has direct variation.
    A. y = 4x B. y = 0.8x + 9
    C. y = 5x + 1.3 D. y = –3x – 1
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  10.   What is the equation of a line that has a slope of –1 and passes through (–2, 0)?
    A. y = –2x + 1 B. y = –x – 1
    C. y = –x – 2 D. y = –x + 2
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  11.   What is the equation of a line that has a slope of 3 and passes through (–4, –3)?
    A. y = 3x + 3 B. y = 3x – 9
    C. y = 3x – 3 D. y = 3x + 9
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  12.   Which line is parallel to the line listed below?
    A.
    B. y = 2x - 5
    C.
    D.
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  13.   Write the equation in slope-intercept form.
–6x = –10 – 2y
    A. y = 3x + 8
    B. –6x + 2y + 10 = 0
    C. y + 8 = 3(x + 1)
    D. y = 3x – 5
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  14.   What is the lowest point on the graph of y = x2 + 2?
    A. (0, –2) B. (0, 2)
    C. (2, 0) D. (0, 0)
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  15.   What type of relationship does the equation have if its second differences are constant?
    A. quadratic B. linear
    C. constant D. cubic
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  16.   Which curve represents exponential decay?
   
    A. curve d B. curve c
    C. curve a D. curve b
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  17.   Find a solution to the equation by doing the same thing to both sides.
3(5f + 7) + 9(f + 4) = 9
    A. f = –12 B. f = –10
    C. f = –9 D. f = –2
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  18.   Julian said, ''I'm thinking of a number. When I add 3 to my number, multiply the sum by 12, divide the product by 8, and subtract the result by 7, I get 11. What is the number I'm thinking of?''
    A. 9 B. 7
    C. 10 D. 8
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  19.   Use you calculator's Table feature to approximate the solutions to the nearest hundredth.
x(x – 7) = 36
    A. x = 10.45, x = –3.45
    B. x = 3.26, x = 6.31
    C. x = –15.96, x = –1.15
    D. x = 11.00, x = –2.01
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  20.   How many solutions can a graph of y = ax2 + bx + c have?
    A. zero B. two
    C. one D. all answers are correct
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