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Final Exam study guide

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Simplify the product using a table.

____ 1. (5h  4)(3h  6)

3h 6
5h
4

a. 15h 2  42h  24 c. 15h 2  18h  24

b. 15h 2  42h  24 d. 15h 2  18h  24

____ 2. (2h  4)(5h  7)

5h 7
2h
4

a. 10h 2  34h  28 c. 10h 2  6h  28

b. 10h 2  6h  28 d. 10h 2  34h  28

____ 3. Suppose your business has a special checking account used just for paying the phone bill. The balance is
$740.00 this month. Next month the balance will be $707.60, after that it will be $675.20, and on the third
month the balance will be $642.80. Write a rule to represent the balance in the account as an arithmetic
sequence. How many months can you pay your phone bill without depositing any more money in the
account?
a. A(n)  740.00  32.40n ; 22 months
b. A(n)  740.00  (n  1)(32.40); 23 months
c. A(n)  740.00  32.40n ; 23 months
d. A(n)  740.00  (n  1)(32.40); 24 months

____ 4. Bamboo plants grow rapidly. A bamboo plant is 130 inches tall. Tomorrow it will be 143 inches tall, the next
day it will be 156 inches tall, and on the next day it will be 169 inches tall. Write a rule to represent the
height of the bamboo plant as an arithmetic sequence. How tall will the plant be in 13 days?
a. A(n)  130  (n  1)13; 286 inches
b. A(n)  130  (n  1)13; 299 inches
c. A(n)  130  13n ; 286 inches
d. A(n)  130  13n ; 299 inches

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The dot plot shows a random sample of number of miles completed in a session by two different running
clubs. Compare the mean values of the dot plots. Round to the nearest tenth.

____ 5. Which makes a comparative inference about the runners in both clubs?
a. There is about the same variation in the number of miles run by each member in both
clubs.
b. There is less variation in the number of miles run by the members of Club Fit than by the
members of Club Agile.
c. There is less variation in the number of miles run by the members of Club Agile than by
the members of Club Fit.

____ 6. On any given day, the cafeteria offers 3 main dishes for lunch (pizza, hamburger, or the featured item that
day) and 3 kinds of drinks (white milk, chocolate milk, or apple juice). How many possible choices are there
for lunch?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12

____ 7. A number cube is rolled 360 times and the results are recorded as follows: 60 ones, 58 twos, 70 threes, 74
fours, 38 fives, and 60 sixes. What is the experimental probability of rolling a two or a three?
a. 0.11 b. 0.36 c. 0.14 d. 0.64

You randomly select one marble from a barrel containing 9 blue, 10 yellow, 3 red, 8 green, and 2
purple marbles.

____ 8. Find the experimental probability of randomly selecting a marble that is NOT yellow.
11 5 17 16
a. b. c. d.
16 8 32 17

____ 9. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 4 white marbles, and 9 blue marbles. You pick a marble without looking. Find
the probability of drawing a white marble.
2 5 7 1
a. b. c. d.
9 18 9 2

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____ 10. A standard number cube with the numbers 1 through 6 is rolled. Find the probability of rolling a number
greater than 2.
1 1 1 2
a. b. c. d.
3 6 2 3

____ 11. What is the probability of spinning a multiple of 4 on the spinner below?

1 1 3 3
a. b. c. d.
2 4 4 8

A game involves spinning this spinner.

____ 12. What is the probability of the pointer landing on G?

3 1 1 5
a. b. c. d.
8 8 2 8

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____ 13. The probability of rolling a 6 on a regular number cube is . If Jacob tosses a number cube 24 times, how
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many times would he expect to roll a 6?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5

____ 14. Mark hits a three point shot 50% of the time he attempts it. Mark uses a coin to simulate his next three shots.
He assigns H for a basket and T for a miss. The results of 10 trials are shown below.
HTT TTH THH HTH THT HHH THT HHT HTH THT
Based on the results, what is the probability that Mark will make a basket with exactly two of his next three
attempts?
3 5
a. c.
10 10
4 6
b. d.
10 10

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Short Answer

15. You notice the sign below at a mall.

Shoe Bargain Corner

Types Colors
Walking Black
Basketball Blue
Cross-Trainer Red
Badminton White
Baseball Silver

a. How many different type/color combinations does the store offer?

b. Suppose the store has equal numbers of each shoe. You select a shoe at random. What is the probability of
selecting a baseball shoe?

16. Janelle wants to buy a shirt for a friend. Her choices of material are polyester and cotton. Shirts are available
in yellow, orange, and blue. Make an organized list showing the different choices Janelle has.

17. A coin is tossed. If heads appears, a spinner that can land on any number from 1 to 4 is spun. If tails appears,
a second coin is tossed instead of spinning the spinner. What are the possible outcomes?

18. Below are the results of tossing a number cube 7 times. Find the experimental probability of tossing
an even number.
6 4 3 2 5 3 3

19. You roll a standard number cube. Find P(number greater than 2).

20. Find the experimental probability of tossing heads.

Coin Toss Results

H = Heads T = Tails
T H T H T H T T T T
H T H T T

21. Find the sample space for tossing 2 coins. Then find P(exactly 1 head).

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22. Use the random number table to simulate flipping a coin. Suppose each even digit, including 0, represents
heads and each odd digit represents tails.

23948 71477 12573 05954

65628 22310 09311 94864
41261 09943 34078 70481
34831 94515 41490 93312

Use the table to find P(heads).

Find the constant of variation k for the direct variation.

23. 5x  3y

24. 4x  6y

What equation in slope intercept form represents the line that passes through the two points?

25. (2, 5), (9, 2)

Write an equation in point-slope form for the line through the given point with the given slope.

26. (8, 3); m = 6

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27. (–10, –6); m = 
8

What are the solutions of the inequality?

28. q + 12 – 2(q – 22) > 0

What are the solutions of the inequality?

29. 12  10w  8(w  12)

What are the solutions of the compound inequality? Graph the solutions.

30. 2  2x  4  8

What are the solutions of the equation? Graph and check the solutions.

31. 6 n   2  10

 p 
32. 1  0
5

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Describe a pattern in each sequence. What are the next two terms of each sequence?

33. 24, 22, 20, 18, . . .

34. 2, 4, 8, 16, . . .

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35. Evaluate f(x)  x for x = 4.
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36. Evaluate f x   x 2  1 for x = –3.

Graph the function.

37. y  2x  3

38. y  x 2  2

Find the slope and y-intercept of the line.

4
39. y= x–3
3

Write an equation of a line with the given slope and y-intercept.

1 3
40. m = ,b=
4 4

Find the x- and y-intercept of the line.

41. –3x + 9y = 18

What is the solution of the system? Use substitution.

42. y = x + 6
y = 2x

What is the solution of the system? Use elimination.

43. 3x – 4y = 9
–3x + 2y = 9

What is the simplified form of each expression?

0
44. 5.1

45. (2) 5

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46. What is the value of 2x 2 y 2 for x = 3 and y = –2?

What is the simplified form of each expression?

47. (2x 8 )  3y 9  2x 4

Find the simplified form of the expression. Give your answer in scientific notation.

  
48.  8  10 7   7  10 4 
  

What is the simplified form of the expression?

49. (k 2 ) 9

What is the simplified form of each expression?

c 8 d 12
50.
c 4 d 8

Simplify the sum.

51. (8u3 + 2u2 + 7) + (3u3 – 7u + 8)

Simplify the difference.

52. (2w2 – 4w – 8) – (5w2 + 3w – 2)

Simplify the product.

53. 2n(n2 + 3n + 4)

Find the GCF of the terms of the polynomial.

54. 30x3 + 16x5

Factor the polynomial.

55. 2x 3  4x 2  8x

56. 42w10 + 24w6

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Simplify the product using FOIL.

57. (3x – 7)(3x – 5)

58. (4x  4)(3x  4)

What is a simpler form of the expression?

59. (2n2 + 5n + 4)(2n – 4)

What is the factored form of the following expressions?

60. d2 + 12d + 32

61. d2 – 12d + 32

62. d2 – 18d + 80

What is the factored form of the expression?

63. 10x2 + 41x + 40

64. 6x2 + 17x + 12

What is the factored form of the expression?

65. 8g2 + 6g – 9

66. 12x2 + x – 6

Solve the equation using the Zero-Product Property.

67. (x  9)(x  7)  0

68. (2x  4)(2x  1)  0

What are the solutions of the equation?

69. z 2  6z  27  0

70. 3z 2  3z  6  0

71. c 2  4c  0

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Solve the proportion.

4 x
72. 
21 168

10 15
73. 
a 30

74. Parallelogram PARL  parallelogram WXYZ. Find the value of c.

Solve the equation.

75. 2x – 26 = 10

76. 2(x  4)  30

77. 78  2(m  3)  m

78. a + 3 = 10

79. y + (–6) = –9

80. n – 40 – 26 = –35

81. 9b = 27

Solve and graph the inequality.

82. 2x  10  14

Simplify the square root.

83. 16

84. – 25

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In the given right triangle, find the missing length.

85.

In the given right triangle, find the missing length to the nearest tenth.

86.

87.

Name the property shown.

88. 5  7 = 7  5

89. (8  5)  11 = 8  (5 11)

90. Suppose you average 52 mi/h traveling on the highway. If you drive for 5 hours, how far will you travel?

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Simplify the expression.

91. 6(6) + 6(4)

92. 3x + 3x

93. 7d + 12 – 4d – 3

94. 9 – 5(–7x + 5)

Graph the solutions of the inequality on a number line.

95. c  5

Solve the inequality. Graph the solutions.

96. a4  8

Is the number written in scientific notation? If not, explain.

97. 6.3  100 4

What compound inequality represents the phrase? Graph the solutions.

98. all real numbers at least –5 and at most 9

99. Identify the domain and range of the relation.

 
 (4, 2), (9, 5), (4, 12), (8, 8) 
 

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Final Exam study guide

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. B

SHORT ANSWER

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15. 25;
5
16. polyester, orange
polyester, blue
polyester, yellow
cotton, orange
cotton, blue
cotton, yellow
17. H1 H2 H3 H4 TH TT
3
18.
7
2
19.
3
1
20.
3
1
21.
2
37
22.
80
5
23. yes; k = 
3
2
24. k=
3

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3 41
25. y =  x 
7 7
26. y  3  6(x  8)
5
27. y + 6 =  (x + 10)
8
28. q < 56
29. w  42
30. 1  x  6

31. n = 2 or n = –2

32. no solution

33. subtract 2 from the previous term; 16, 14

34. multiply the previous term by 2; 32, 64
1
35. 1
3
36. –8
37.

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38.

4
39. ; –3
3
1 3
40. y= x–
4 4
41. x-intercept is –6; y-intercept is 2.
42. (6, 12)
43. (–9, –9)
44. 1
1
45. 
32
1
46.
18
47. 12x 12 y 9
48. 5.6  10 12
1
49.
k 18
c 12
50.
d4
51. 11u3 + 2u2 – 7u + 15
52. –3w2 – 7w – 6
53. 2n3 + 6n2 + 8n
54. 2x3
55. 2x(x2 + 2x + 4)
56. 6w6(7w4 + 4)
57. 9x2 – 36x + 35
58. 12x 2  28x  16
59. 4n3 + 2n2 – 12n – 16
60. (d + 8)(d + 4)
61. (d – 4)(d – 8)
62. (d – 8)(d – 10)

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63. (2x + 5)(5x + 8)

64. (3x + 4)(2x + 3)
65. (4g – 3)(2g + 3)
66. (3x – 2)(4x + 3)
67. 9,7
1
68. 2,
2
69. –3, 9
70. 1, –2
71. 0, 4
72. 32
73. 20
74. 21
75. 18
76. 11
77. –84
78. 7
79. –3
80. 31
81. 3
82. x > –2

83. 4
84. –5
85. 10 m
86. 20.2 ft
87. 12.1 ft
88. Commutative Property of Multiplication
89. Associative Property of Multiplication
90. 260 miles
91. 60
92. 6x
93. 3d + 9
94. 35x – 16

95.

96. a 4

97. No, 6.3  100 4 is not written in scientific notation. It is written as a product of a number between 1 and 10
and a power of 100 not a power of 10.

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98. 5  x  9

99. The domain is {–9, –4, 8}.

The range is {–8, –5, 2, 12}.