ALGEBRA EXAM – WEEK 1

1. Allison baked a cake for Guy’s birthday; 4/7 of the cake was eaten at the birthday party.
The next day, Guy ate half of what was left. How much of the cake did Guy eat the next
day?
a. 3/14
b. 1/7
c. 1/4
d. 2/7

2. Tammi babysat for 41/2 hours. She charged $7 an hour. How much should she get paid?
a. $28.50
b. $35
c. $28
d. $31.50

3. The painting crew has 5423 miles of center lines to paint on the highway. If they have
completed 23 15 miles, how many miles do they have to go?
a. 31 7/15
b. 31 13/15
c. 21 4/15
d. 31 1/2

4. Lori ran 5 1/2 miles Monday, 6 1/4 miles Tuesday, 4 1/2 miles Wednesday, and 2 3/4
miles on Thursday. What is the average number of miles Lori ran?
a. 5
b. 4 1/2
c. 4
d. 4 3/4

5. Last year Jonathan was 60 ¾ inches tall. This year he is 65 ¼ inches tall. How many
inches did he grow?
a. 5 1/2
b. 4 1/2
c. 4 1/4
d. 5 ¾

6. Lisa was assigned 64 pages to read for English class. She has finished 3/4 of the
assignment. How many more pages must she read?
a. 48

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b. 21
c. 16
d. 8

7. Mark has three 4 1/2 oz cans of tomatoes and five 8 1/4 oz cans. How many ounces of
tomatoes does Mark have?
a. 12 3/4
b. 54 3/4
c. 54
d. 62 ¼

8. Joe walked 2 1/2 miles to school, 1/3 mile to work, and 1 1/4 miles to his friend’s house.
How many miles did Joe walk altogether?
a. 3 1/9
b. 4 1/12
c. 4 1/9
d. 4

9. Justin read 1/8 of a book the first day, 1/3 the second day, and 1/4 the third day. On the
fourth day he finished the book. What part of the book did Justin read on the fourth
day?
a. 2/5
b. 3/8
c. 7/24
d. 17/24

10. Which of the fractions below is greater than 1 1/2?

a. 7/5
b. 31/20
c. 28/20
d. 14/11

11. A bag contains 36 cookies. Kyle eats 8 of the cookies. What fraction of the cookies is
left?
a. 3/4
b. 7/9
c. 4/5
d. 5/6

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12. 3/8 of the employees in the Acme Insurance Company work in the accounting
department. What fraction of the employees does NOT work in the accounting
department?
a. 10/16
b. 5/16
c. 3/4
d. ½

13. What fraction of the circle below is shaded?

a. 2/3
b. 1/2
c. 5/6
d. 1/3

14. Round 468.235 to the nearest hundredth.

a. 500
b. 568.235
c. 468.24
d. 468.2

15. Round 14.851 to the nearest tenth.

a. 14.85
b. 10
c. 14.9
d. 15

16. Write 3.5 × 104 in decimal notation.

a. 3.50000
b. 35,000
c. 350,000
d. 0.00035

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17. Which of the following decimals is the greatest number?
a. 0.064
b. 0.007
c. 0.1
d. 0.04236

18. What is the smallest possible number that can be created with four decimal places using
the numbers 3, 5, 6, and 8?
a. 0.8653
b. 0.3568
c. 0.6538
d. 0.5368

19. How will the decimal point move when 245.398 is multiplied by 100?
a. It will move three places to the right.
b. It will move three places to the left.
c. It will move two places to the right.
d. It will move two places to the left.

20. If 967.234 is divided by 10, how will the decimal point move?
a. It will move one place to the right.
b. It will move one place to the left.
c. It will move two places to the right.
d. It will move two places to the left.
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𝑥2𝑦3
21. Simplify the expression: (𝑥 3 𝑦 5 )
𝑥 5/2
a. 𝑦
𝑦5/2
b. 𝑥
𝑥 3/2
c. 𝑦
𝑥 −5/2
d. 𝑦

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22. Simplify the expression: (𝑥1/2 − 𝑦 1/2 )
a. 𝑥 + 𝑥1/2 𝑦1/2 + 𝑦
b. 𝑥 − 2𝑥1/2 𝑦1/2 − 𝑦
c. 𝑥 − 𝑥1/2 𝑦1/2 + 𝑦
d. 𝑥 − 2𝑥1/2 𝑦1/2 + 𝑦
2
(𝑥 3 𝑥 5 )
23. Simplify the expression:
𝑥9
−7
a. 𝑥
b. 𝑥7
c. 𝑥 −8
d. 𝑥8
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(𝑥 2 𝑦)
24. Simplify the expression:
(𝑥𝑦)2
a. 𝑥6𝑦2
b. 𝑥6𝑦
c. 𝑥5𝑦2
d. 𝑥 −6 𝑦 2

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25. Which is equivalent to (√𝑎2 + 5)
a. √(𝑎2 + 5)3
b. √(𝑎6 + 5)1
c. √𝑎6 + √53
d. √𝑎2 + 53

ITEM ANSWER 9 C 18 B
1 A 10 B 19 C
2 D 11 B 20 B
3 A 12 A 21 A
4 D 13 B 22 D
5 B 14 C 23 B
6 C 15 C 24 A
7 B 16 B 25 A
8 B 17 C