NAME: ______________________________________ DATE: _______ / _______/ __________

GRADE 8 ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS

SUMMER TEST – ORDER OF OPERATONS, EXPONENTS, & SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
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PART 1: ORDER OF OPERATIONS

USE “PEMDAS” TO HELP SIMPLIFY EACH EXPRESSION. SHOW ALL WORK AND STEPS
FOR FULL CREDIT.

1. 3 - |4 - 12| ÷ 2 · 4 – (8 – 7)3 11. 34 ÷ 27 - (42 - 45)2

2. 35 – (17 – 2) ÷ 5 12. 24 – 9 · 2 + 6 ÷ 3

3. 90 – 22 13. 45 + 3
28 – 11 9

4. 12(2 + 7) – 24 ÷ 12 14. 4(9 – 3) ÷ (8 – 2)

5. 26 – [ (25 – 11) – 23] 15. (82 – 25) ÷ (24 ÷ 6) + 32

12(30 - 12) 5(16 - 5) - 1

6. 16.
32 42 - 7
Substitute and evaluate: x = 8, y = 6, m = 3, p = ½ , n = ¾

7. 4x – 2m 17. 5y + 8p

8. nxy ÷ m 18. 2( 3x + 6) ÷ (10m)

9. 2ny + x 19. (x + y) ÷ p

10. 6p + 8n 20. my – 2x

21. [CHALLENGE 1: CONTINUE AND COME BACK TO THIS LATER]

22. [CHALLENGE 2: CONTINUE AND COME BACK TO THIS LATER]

PART 2: EXPONENTS

DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING WILL BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE:

1) - 55 = 2) (-2)11 = 3) - 63 = 4) (-9)16 =

5) - 1002 = 6) -7001642432 = 7) - 107 = 8) (-3)3 =

9) - 48 = 10) 124 = 11) (-10)13 x -514 12) 270 =

SIMPLIFY EACH PRODUCT:

13) 1012 •1035 = 14) a 7 • a12 = 15) c3 • c8 =

16) d 7 • d 9 = 17) x 2e • x8e = 18) w103 • w1030 =

19) a 6 • b5 = 20) 10a •10b = 21) g12 • g19 • g11 =

SIMPLIFY EACH PRODUCT:

22) ( 2x )( 4x y ) =
2 3 2
23) ( -3a b)(6ab c ) =
2 4
24) (7q )(12q r ) =
5 3 5

( )(
25) 11c8 -10c4d = ) 26) (9x z )( -x y ) =
10 2 5 3
27) ( -8 f g )( -7 f
6 2
g 5h ) =

( )(
28) 1.3a6b11c5 0.5a2bc3 = ) 29) ( -2x z )( -4 y z ) ( -3xyz ) =
2 2
30) ( a b c )( a b c ) =
x y z r s t
SIMPLIFY EACH EXPRESSION:

31) (x )
2 3
= 32) (a )
7 5
= 33) (y )
13 4
= 34) (w )-21 -15
=

35) (5 )
2 3
= 36) ( 23 )
7 8
= 37) (- y )5 4
= 38) (4 y ) 3 2
=

( ) ( -3h ) (y d )
2 9 3 6 8
39) 8c5 = 40) 41) 4
=

41) ( -c h )
5 6 4
= 42) ( -15h k )
9 7 3
= 43) (k ) (k )
9 5 3 2
=

( 3y ) ( x y z ) =
6 2
( 4h ) ( -2 g h )
3 2
( ) (a c )
3 2 6 3 7
44) 5 2
45) 3
= 46) 14a 4b6 =

EVALUATE EACH MONOMIAL FOR X = 5, Y = -1 , AND Z = 4

47) y 4 = 48) 3x3 = 49) 2y 2 = 50) z 2 =

( yz ) ( yx )
2 3
51) = 52) = 53) x 2 z 2 = 54) y x =

55) What is the area of a square with the length of a side equaling 3a5 ?

56) What is the area of the rectangle with the width of 6 x 2 and the length of 12 x3 ?
SIMPLIFY EACH QUOTIENT AND THEN FIND THE VALUE OF THE RESULT:

106 417 9210 2 y +1 8r + 4

57) = 58) = 59) = 60) = 61) =
102 414 9207 2y 8r +1

SIMPLIFY EACH EXPRESSION:

6 2 3 4
æxö æ 5c ö æ 4d 3 ö æ 3w ö
62) ç ÷ = 63) ç 2 ÷ = 64) ç 5 ÷ = 65) ç 6 ÷ =
è yø èd ø è c ø èg ø

3 2 3
æ -4s 6 ö æ -2d 11 f 6 ö æ 2d 4 ö
66) ç 3 5 ÷ = 67) ç 18 ÷ = 68) ç ÷ =
ètr ø è c ø è 4e ø

6r 3 -40s 6 21d 18e5

69) = 70) = 71) =
2r 20s 3 7d 11e3

-16w7 r 2 a 5b 5 c 5 4.2 x 4 y14

72) = 73) = 74) =
-4wr - a 2 b 3c 4 0.6 x9 y5

5 3 5
æ -24t 6 ö æ d 11 f 16 ö æ 7d 2 ö
75) ç 3 ÷
= 76) ç 6 6 ÷ = 77) ç 4 ÷
=
è 8t ø è d f ø è 14d ø
EVALUATE EACH QUOTIENT IF X = 2 , Y = -2 , AND Z = 10 :

x3 y4 x3 y
78) = 79) = 80) =
x y xy 3

( yz ) y 3 ( 3zx )
2 2
z 4 x2 y
81) = 82) = 83) =
zxy 2 z 9 x3

3
z x +1 z x+ x æ xz ö
84) = 85) y +3 = 86) ç ÷ =
zx z è yø
PART 3: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
CHANGE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COMMON NUMBERS INTO PROPER SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION:

1. 93,000,000 mi. = ______________________ distance to the sun

2. 130,000,000 km = ______________________ distance to the sun

3. 58,666,000,000,000 mi = _______________ distance to the nearest star

4. 300,000,000 m/sec = ___________________ speed of light

5. 600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = ______________ molecules in 2g hydrogen

6. 0.000000027 m = _______________________ diameter of an atom

7. 0.0000010 km = ________________________ length of one mm

8. 350,000,000 = _________________________ number of people in USA

9. 0.000000010001 = ______________________ a single dollars part of national debt

10. 365 = _________________________________ days in a year

CHANGE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS INTO COMMON NUMBERS

11. 3.6 X 106 = ______________________________

12. 7.7 X 1012 = _____________________________

13. 9.3 X 107 = ______________________________

14. 6.0 X 1023 = _____________________________

15. 3.2 X 10-5 = _____________________________

16. 6.8 X 10-1 = _____________________________

MULTIPLY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENTS USING PROPER SCIENTIFIC

NOTATION:

17. (1.8 x 105 g)(3.6 x 102 g) = _____________________________

18. (4.7 x 104 m)(5.5 x 105 sec) = ___________________________

19. (3.0 x 103 mm)(4.0 x 104 mm)(1.2 x 10-5mm) = ______________________

DIVIDE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS GIVING YOUR ANSWERS IN PROPER
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION:

20. 4 x 1012 =
2 x 103

21. 4 x 103 =
2 x 1012

22. 2 x 103 =
4 x 1012

23. 6 x 10-6 =
2 x 10-8

ADD OR SUBTRACT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND GIVE YOUR ANSWERS
IN PROPER SCIENTIFIC NOTATION:

24. 6.3 x 109

+ 4.2 x 108

25. 3.32 x 108

-5.00 x 106

EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS INVOLVES USING ONE OF THE 4 OPERATIONS. ( +, –, ×, ÷ )

SOLVE EACH PROBLEM AND GIVE YOUR ANSWER IN BOTH SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND STANDARD
FORM.
1. A corporation earned a profit of $2.5 × 104 for 1 × 103 days in a row. What was the corporation’s
total profit during this time period?
2. In 2013 the Los Angeles Dodgers opening day payroll was about $2.16 × 108 and the Houston Astros
opening day payroll was about $2.4 × 107. How much higher was the Dodgers’ payroll?

3. A TV show had 3.5 × 106 viewers for their first episode and 8.5 × 106 viewers for their second
episode. How many viewers did they have overall?

4. The population of Crowded Town is 4 × 106 and the population of Empty Village is 8 × 103. How
many times the population of Empty Village is Crowded Town?
 SCORING SHEET

PART 1: ORDER OF OPERATIONS

#1-20 [2 POINTS EACH]

#21 & 22 [(CHALLENGE) 4 POINTS EACH]

PART 2: EXPONENTS
#1-86 [2 POINTS EACH]

PART 3: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

#1-25 [2 POINTS EACH]

LAST 5 QUESTIONS [3 POINTS EACH]

TEST BY BENJAMIN WONG