Algebra 1 Multiple Choice REVIEW Name

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On your answer key, choose the letter that best answers the question asked (work for E.C.)

1. Five less than the product of three 2. It is $50 to join a club and then $15
and a number. per month. Which expression
below represents the monthly fee?
a) 3x – 5 b) 5 – 3x
a) 15m + 50 b) 65m
3
c) (3 + x) – 5 d) 5 –
x c) 15 + 50m d) 3.3m

3. Simplify the expression: –4(5a + 7) + 7 4. Simplify the expression: –2x + 4(x + 1) – 10

a) 27a + 30 b) -18a – 11 a) 6x – 9 b) –2x – 6

c) 2x – 6 d) 2x – 9
c) –20a – 21 d) –20a + 14

5. If f(x) = x2 + 6, find f(–2) 6. Let x = –2, y = 4, and z = –5. Evaluate:

x2  z
y
a) 4 b) 2
a) 5 b) 2.25

c) –2 d) 10 c) 0.25 d) –0.25

7. Which of the following shows the mapping 8. Which relation is a function?

of {(11, 2) ; (11, 8) ; (3, 4) ; (3, 7)}
9. Find three consecutive integers whose sum 10. 3(x + 5) = 30
is 198.

25
a) 5 b)
3

c) 85 d) 75

a) 198,199,200 b) 65 , 66 , 67

c) 64 , 66 , 68 d) Cannot be determined –
11. 2x + 12 > 20

a) x > –16 b) x < –16

c) x > 4 d) x < –4

12. 3(4x – 2) = 6(2x – 1) x

13.  6  10
2

a) x < 8 b) x < 32
a) –6 b) 6
c) x < 2 d) x < –8
c) all reals d) no solution
14. 3 + 5n = 4(n + 2) + 6n. Solve for n. 15. 3 2n  14  18 . Solve for n.

a) n = 10 and –4 b) n = 4 and 10
–
a) n = 1 b) n = 1
c) n = 11 and 17 d) n = 12 and –14
1 5
c) n  d) n 
5 3
16. –4x + y = 5. Solve for y. 17. Find the sales tax of an item that costs $42
and has a 8.25% sales tax. Round
appropriately.
a) y = –4x + 5 b) y = 4x + 5

c) y = 4x – 5 d) y = –4x – 5 a) $45.47 b) $33.75

c) $3.46 d) $3.47

18. Pam has 36 tapes in her collection. This 19. Find the value of x in the given figure:
2
is as many as Bill has. Write an
3
algebraic equation for this situation.

2 3
a) = 36x b) = 36x
3 2

3 2
c) 36 = x d) 36 = x a) x = 32.3 b) x = 29
2 3

c) x = 27.7 d) x = 31

20. 26 is what % of 104? 21. Solve the inequality and graph its solution
–
4x + 7 > 15

a) 78% b) 25%
a)
c) 400% d) 35%

b)

c)
22. The highest score that is a record for a
particular video game is 19,749 points. The 5 4
23. Solve for a: 
lowest score on record for that same video a3 a6
game is 176 points. Which of the following
inequalities best shows the range of scores
recorded on the game?

a) x < 19,749
b) x > 176
c) 176 < x < 19,749
d) 176 < x < 19,749
a) a = 28 b) a = –9

c) a = 3 d) a = –42

24. Kane is saving money. He starts with $14.

The next day he has $21 and the third day he
has $28. Assuming this pattern continues,
what is the equation for the nth term of the
arithmetic sequence? An = A1 + d(n – 1)

a) an = 7n – 7 b) an = 7n + 7

c) an = 14n – 7 d) an = 14n + 7

26. Write the equation to find x. 27. Which of the following is the graph of the
solution set of the compound inequality

3x  6   3 and 7  2x  15 ?

a)

b)

a) 11x + 2 = 180
c)
b) 11x – 22 = 180

c) 11x + 2 = 360 d)

d) 6x – 10 = 5x + 12
28. Which graph below represents this 29. Choose the correct graph:
inequality? x < –1 or x > 2
x > –3 and x < 1
a)
a)

b)
b)

c)
c)

d)
d)

30. The ages of three brothers are consecutive

integers with the sum of 84. How old are the
brothers?

a) 84, 85, 86 b) 27, 28, 29

c) 28, 29, 30 d) 27, 29, 31

31. Find the slope of the hypotenuse, AB : 32. Find the slope of the line passing thru:
(8 , 4) and (9 , -2)

a. -6 b. 6
c. 1/6 d. 2

33. A balloon is released into the air. For the first 3

feet, it goes straight up in a vertical line. What
3 1 is the slope of this vertical line?
a) b)
1 3
a) 0 b) 1

1 3
c)  d) 
3 1 c) 3 d) undefined
34. What is the y-intercept of the line 35. If a DVD is discounted from $20 down to $15,
3x – 2y = –18 what is the percent of discount?

a) –2 b) –9 a) 5% b) 33%
c) 25% d) 15%
c) 9 d) –6

36. Find the slope of the line through 37. What is the slope of the line perpendicular
(6, –2) and (6, –4) to: y = 2x – 1?

1 1
– a)  b)
a) 2 b) 6 2 2

c) 0 d) undefined c) 2 d) –
1

38. Parallelogram ABCD is shown below. What

is the equation of the line that goes through
points A and B (hint: point A is at (-3,-1)) ?
Find the slope between A and B)

1
a) y = –3x – 2 b) y   x2
3

1
c) y = –3x – 2 d) y  x 2
3

39. Write the equation of the line with slope 5 40. If Mr. Harty pays 6% sales tax on a $20 shirt,
and y-intercept 9 what is the final price?

a) $1.20 b) $18.80
a. y = 9x + 5 b. y = 5x + 9 c) $21.20 d) $20.06
c. y = 5/9x d. y = 5x - 9

41. Solve 42. Choose the equation of the line that

passes through (2, 4) and has a slope
( x  3) x of –2.

5 4

a. x = -12 b. x = 12 a) y = –2x + 10 b) y = –2x + 8

c. x = 3 d. x = -3

c) y = –2x d) y = –2x – 8
 43. Which of the following lines would be parallel 44. Write the equation of the line in slope-int
to form if it has a slope of –3 and it passes
y = –4x + 5. through the point (–1, 2). Y = mx+b

a) y – 2 = 3(x + 1)

a) y = 1/4x + 2 b) y = –4x – 2 b) y – 2 = –3(x + 1)

1 c) y + 1 = –3(x – 2)
c) y   x  5.5 d)
4
y  4 x  6.5 d) y + 3 = –1(x – 1)

45. Choose the graph that shows x + 5y = –20 46.

a) b)

c) d)
 
47 Which graph below represents y  2x  1 ?

a) b)

d)
c)

48. Describe the correlation.

a) positive

b) negative

c) none