1.   Which symbol makes the following statement true?
3.25 × 103 ______ 325
    A. < B.
    C. = D. >
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  2.   Write the inequality that is graphed on the number line below.
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  3.   Which inequality is graphed below?
   
    A. y < 8 B. y > 8
    C. x < 8 D. y < 8
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  4.   Students from the local high school are selling tickets to the town's annual carnival. Adult admission is $5.00 and child admission is $2.50. Two hours after the carnival opened its first day, 440 tickets had been sold totaling $1900. How many adults and how many children entered the carnival during the first two hours it was open?
    A. 220 adults, 220 children
    B. 293 adults, 147 children
    C. 320 adults, 120 children
    D. 380 adults, 760 children
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  5.   Use elimination to solve the system of equations.
-x + 2y = 18
x + 8y = -38
    A. (-5, -1) B.
    C. (-22, -2) D.
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  6.   The table shows the possible lengths and widths of a rectangle that has an area of 72 square centimeters. Make a scatter plot of the data.
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  7.   Use the scatter plot to predict the mileage of an engine with 250 horsepower.
   
    A. 25 B. 10
    C. 12 D. 20
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  8.   Simplify (7a4b) (8a7b6).
    A. 56a28b6 B. 15a11b7
    C. 15a28b6 D. 56a11b7
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  9.   Draw the graph of y < 0.5x + 1.
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   Find a number that when squared equals 484.
    A. 22 or -22 B. 22 only
    C. -22 only D. None of these is correct
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  11.   Simplify
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  12.   What is the equation of a line that has a slope of –1 and passes through (–2, 0)?
    A. y = –x – 1 B. y = –x – 2
    C. y = –2x + 1 D. y = –x + 2
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  13.   What is the reciprocal of ?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  14.   Use an exponent to write 177,147 as a power of 3.
    A. 311 B. 317
    C. 39 D. 319
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  15.   Tell whether the statement is sometimes true, always true, or never true for positive values of n. If it is sometimes true, state for what value it is true.
4n = 6,561.
    A. never true B. sometimes true, n = 8
    C. always true D. sometimes true, n = 7
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  16.   Which number is not equal to the other three?
    A. B.
    C. 2-2 D.
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  17.   Find the table that does not represent an exponential equation.
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  18.   Find a solution to the equation using backtracking.
    A. a = 2 B. a = 3
    C. a = –2 D. a = 5
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  19.   John and Margaret have both ridden on the roller coaster called The Scream. Margaret has ridden it eight more than three times the number than John has. She also has ridden it five times the number John has. How many times has John ridden The Scream?
    A. 4 B. 3
    C. 6 D. 20
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  20.   How many solutions can a graph of y = ax2 + bx + c have?
    A. one B. two
    C. zero D. all answers are correct
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