Chapter 4 Test

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Name: _______________________________
Date: ________________________________
Directions: This is a test on Chapter 4 of your textbook, which we have
covered in class. The results will show your understanding of the material
and reveal any points of difficulty to be addressed.
You will have 35 minutes to complete the test.
Follow the directions given in each section of the test, and be sure to answer
every question.
Circle the best answer to the question.
1. What is an operation that will reverse (undo) a given operation?
a.
b.
e.
f.
a.
b.
e.
f.

Integral operation
Irrational operation

c. Inverse operation
d. Invariant operation

2. What is an equation with letters in it other than the variable?

Local equation
c. Limiting equation
Literal equation
d. Linear equation

3. What term describes any and all values of the variable that satisfy
an equation?
a. Solution
c. Operational value
b. Determinant
d. Solvent
e.
f. 4. The definition of what term says If A can occur a ways and B can
occur b ways, then A and B can occur in a b ways?
a. Minimum principle of
c. Minimum inverse of counting
counting
d. Multiplication principle of
b. Multiplication inverse of
counting
counting
e.
f. 5. What operation makes a negative number positive while leaving
positive numbers and zero unchanged?
a. Accurate value
c. Absolute value
b. Alternate value
d. Addition value
e.
5
3
f. 6. The equation 19 x+ 45t12 s=56 has how many variables?
a. One
b. Two
e.

c. Three
d. Four

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f. 7. The equation

5
x+ 3 45t12 s=56
19

has how many terms?

a. One
c. Three
b. Two
d. Four
e.
f. Match the operation on the left with its inverse on the right.
g. ______ 8.

+n

l. ______ 13.

h. ______ 9.

a.

( )2

i. ______ 10.

b.

+n

j. ______ 11.

c.

d.

k. ______ 12.

( )2

e.

f.

m.
n. Without solving the following problems, decide how many
solutions there should be and what the sign of the answers
should be.
o.
4.329 x
=4.86 x
p. ________________________________ 14.
5.76
q. ________________________________ 15.

3.96 ( 5.2 x3.1 ) =7.2x

r. ________________________________ 16.

|4.12 x +2.31|=1.38

s. ________________________________ 17.

2.53 ( 4.1+ x ) =3.7

t. ________________________________ 18.

|3.2 x5.1|+3.7=9.5

u. ________________________________ 19.

2x 3 x
=
5 7 10

v. Solve the following equations for

w.

x . Show all of your work.

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x. 20.

3 x +4=13

y. 21.

5 x+3 x=24

af. 23.

4 ( x 2 )3 ( x+1 )=10

z.
aa.
ab.
ac.
ad.
ae.

22.

2 x +3 ( x4 )=20

ag.
ah.
ai.
aj.
ak.
al. 24.
an.
ao.

6 +3 ( x5 )=15

26.
53 x +7=4 x +32 x

am.
ap.

25.

5 x+ 9=15+3 x

27.
3 ( 25 x )+ 4=32 ( x +1 )

aq.
ar.
as.
at.
au.
av.28.

|x +3|=8

aw.

29.

17=|3 x1x|

ax.
ay.
az.
ba.
bb.
bc.
be.
bf.
bg.
bh.
bi.
bj. 32.

30.

|2 x+ 94 x|2=1

x +5 3 x1
=
12
18

bd.

bk.

31.
4.45+2.71 x=4.28 x1.83

33.

x +2 x 5
=
42 36 252

bl.
bm.
bn.
bo.
bp.
bq.
br. Write and solve an equation for the following word problems.
Show all of your work.
bs.
bt. 34. Three consecutive odd numbers add up to 183. Find the numbers.
bu.
bv.
bw.
bx.
by.
bz.
ca.
cb.
cc. 35. Ralph is 12 years less than twice as old as Roger. In 8 years the
sum of their ages will be 109. How old are they now?