Algebra 1 Advanced – Quiz Like Questions from Units 6-10

1. Given f ( x ) = 2 x 2 + x − 15

a) Find f − 1( 2 )
b) Find the x-intercept(s) and the y-intercept of f ( x )

c) Find where f ( x ) = 21

2. g ( x ) and h ( x ) are linear functions and they are perpendicular to each other. g ( 2 ) = 5 , g ( −1) = −3 and
h ( 0 ) = 3 . Find
a) The function rule for g ( x ) and h ( x )

b) Where g ( x ) and h ( x ) intersect. **The numbers might be ugly and that’s ok 😊**

3. With each pair of relations below, state whether A, B, both or neither are functions.

• A. 3x − y = 10 B. y=7

• A. (1, 2) (1,3) (1, 4 ) (1,5) B. ( 2,1) (3,1) ( 4,1) (5,1)

• A. x= y B. y= x

4. Using f ( x ) = −2 x − 3 and g ( x ) = x 2 − 1 , find:

a) f ( 3) b) g ( −3)

−2  f ( − 3 )
c) f ( −3) + g ( 3) d)
5 g ( −3 )

5. Write the function rule for the following scenarios:

a) b) The score you get on a test if you lose 7 points for every wrong
answer.

Factor completely ( x + 2 ) − 9 ( x + 2)
11 7 −3 7
6.
7. The function g ( x ) is created by a set of transformations of a function f ( x ) . If g ( x ) = 3 f ( − x − 2 ) + 1 write out
the set of directions you would give someone if they were to trying to take the graph of f ( x ) and create the graph of g ( x )
in the order they should do them in.

8. Given the graph of y = f ( x ) , on the same pair of axes graph

a. y1 = − f ( x − 3) + 1

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b. y2 = f (−x) + 3
2

9. Below there are the graphs of f ( x ) and g ( x ) . If the graph of g ( x ) is just a transformation of the graph
f ( x ) = x . Find an equation for g ( x ) .
The graph of f ( x ) = x The graph of g ( x ) Equation for g ( x ) :

10. Given the domain of f ( x ) is −3  x  11 and the range is −2  y  19 , what would the domain and range of
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g ( x ) be if g ( x ) = − f ( x + 3) +
2 2

11. Given the following functions, find their domains and x- and y- intercepts.

x −1
f ( x) =
2 x − x − 10
2

Domain: x-intercept(s): y-intercept:

2
 2 −2 3 2  3
12. Simplify  4 x y 
 4 12 x 2 z − 4 5 
 
13. Given the following graph of f ( x ) , identify all of the following information. If the value isn’t exact, give your best
approximation for the value.

Local Max(es): Global Max: Zero(s):

Local Min(s): Global Min: y-intercept:

Interval(s) where f ( x ) is:

increasing decreasing

14. Graph g ( x) = −3 x 5 + 5 x 3 on your calculator and answer the following questions.

a. Find the y-intercept. Draw a sketch of what you see on

b. Find the zeros. your calculator

c. Find the solution(s) to g ( x ) = −1 .

d. Find all local maximums.

e. Find all local minimums.
f. State the interval(s) for which the function is decreasing.

g. Fill in the blank: As x → −, g ( x ) → ______ .

h. State the interval(s) for which g ( x )  0 .

i. State the interval(s) for which g ( x )  −1

15. Given the type of function listed below, state what its parent function would be and sketch a graph of what it would
look like with all important features labeled. Then state the domain and range.
Exponential Function: Absolute Value Function:

Domain: Domain:
Range: Range:
16. Sketch a graph of the following functions below and label what we feel is important in these graphs.

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a) f ( x) = +3 b) g ( x) = − x +1 + 5
x+2

17. Given the graph, write what the function would be.
**Hint there is no type of vertical stretch happening here**

 2x − 3 y = 5
18. Solve 
5 x + 2 y = −1

19. ( ) (
Classify f ( x ) = 3x 2 − 5 x ( 4 − x ) + 5 x − x 3 ) ( x + 2 ) by its degree and number of terms.

20. ( )
Given that g is a polynomial such that x 2 − 3  g ( x ) = 2 x 4 − 2 x 3 − x 2 + 6 x − 15 What is the leading term of

g ( x ) ? And how do you know?

21. If f ( x ) = 2 x3 − x 2 and g ( x ) = 1 − 2 x , find the coordinates of where f ( x ) and g ( x ) intersect, without a

calculator.

22. Given
j ( x ) = 3x 3 − 4 x 2 k ( x ) = x −1 l ( x ) = 36 x 2 − 225
m ( x) = k ( x)  l ( x) n ( x) = j ( x) + 9  k ( x) p ( x) = j ( x) + k ( x) − l ( x)

a) Find the y-intercept of p ( x ) b) Find the zeros of m ( x ) c) Find where n ( x ) = 3

23. ( 2x 3
− a  x 2 − 3x + 4 )( 2 x 2 − 2b  x + 3) = 4 x5 − 4 x 4 − 24 x3 + 38 x 2 − 33x + 12 find a and b.

24. Expand x ( 1
2
)( 2
− 9 x 5 +1 )
Sketch the graph of f ( x ) = −3 ( x − 2 ) + 1 and label three points that you used to graph.
2
25.

a) What is the domain and range of f ( x ) ?

Write h ( x ) = 2 x − 2 x + 3
2
26. in vertex form.
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27. The quadratic function g ( x ) passes through the points ( −2, −2 ) & ( 4, −2 ) and has a minimum value at -7. Write
the equation of g ( x ) .

28. Find the x-intercepts of the following quadratic functions:

f ( x ) = 16 x 2 − 40 x − 24 g ( x ) = −3 ( x − 5 ) + 36
2
a. b.

29. Find the x-intercepts of f ( x ) = 2 x 2 + 4 x − 5

30. Write the equation of a line perpendicular to 4 x − 5 y = 9 that has the same y-intercept as f ( x ) from question 29.

31. What would a possible value of c in g ( x ) = −2 x 2 − 12 x + c if there were no x-intercepts?

32. For this problem you may use a calculator to help you do arithmetic or to check your work, but DO NOT just use the
solve feature. A quadratic function has zeros at -3 and 7 and passes through the point (10,153)

a) Find the equation of the quadratic function in any form (work smart not hard)

b) When will f ( x ) = 1 ?
33. Use the discriminate to determine the number of solutions to the equation 5 x 2 − 2 x + 6 = 0

( x − 3) 2 + y = 41
34. Solve the system of equations 
−2 x + y = 0

35. What would the value of c have to be such that there are 0 solutions to the system of equations?

 y = − ( x − 3)2 + 1

 y = 2 x − 5 x + c
2

36. Given that the triangle pictured below is a right triangle (which means there’s a really famous
theorem you know to be true relating all of the sides of this particular triangle). Find the perimeter of the
triangle.

37. An object is launched directly upward at 64 feet per second (ft/s) from a platform 30 feet high.
(Remember h ( t ) = −16t 2 + v0t + s0 )
a) What will be the objects maximum height?

b) When will the object hit the ground?

38. Austin decides has $1,250 that he wants to invest. His plan is to leave that money in an account for 15 years. He has
found a few options for his investment. Figure out which option would give him the most amount of money after 15 years.
a. 3.25% annual interest rate compounded monthly

b. 2.5% annual interest rate compounded daily

c. 4% annual interest rate compounded annually

d. 1.75% annual interest rate compounded continuously.

39. List the transformations and then graph the indicated functions including all important information.

a. f ( x ) = −3x −1 + 2 b. g ( x ) = e x +1 − 4

40. I have $10,000 to invest in a retirement account. If I need to work another 29 years before I retire, and I want that
$10,000 to grow to about $40,000, give me a possible set of requirements (interest rate & number of times it would have to be
compounded) I would need to look for when deciding where to invest my money. **Remember, in general the higher the
interest rate is, the riskier of an investment it is. I’m a pretty conservative investor, I don’t want to lose this money, so the
interest rate can’t be more than 6%**
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Given the function f ( x ) =  (125 ) , write f ( x ) as one term with a base of 25.
x
41.
25

42. ( ) ( )
Solve 3  32 x +1 − 82  3x + 32 = 0 without a calculator.

43. You buy a house for $525,000 and it appreciates in value 4.25% each year.
a) How much is it worth in 15 years?

b) How long will you have to stay in this house to gain $50,000 when you sell it?

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44. Given a geometric sequence where a12 =   and a21 =   , find
3 3

a) An explicit formula for the an term.

b) A recursive formula for the an term.

c) What is the value of a152 ?

45. Connor’s little league baseball games are quite boring (he’s 6 so it takes a while), so at the last game while I was sitting
at the field I decided to calculate the average runs scored over the whole season of 11 games to be 6 runs. The coach then
came over and told us all we were going to make up the one game that got rained out on Friday. How many runs will they
have to score in order to raise the mean to 7 runs for the season?

46. A teacher records the following scores for a 100-point exam.

99, 64, 80, 77, 59, 72, 87, 79, 92, 88, 90, 42, 20, 89, 42, 100, 98, 84, 78, 91
Find the mean, median and standard deviation of the test scores. Which measure of central tendency best describes these test
scores? Explain why.

47. Given the bar graph, match the letters A, B and C with the mean, median and mode
of the data set. Explain your reasoning.

48. Given the following data: 19, 12, 14, 9, 14, 15, 17, 13, 19, 11, 10, 9, 2
a) Find the 5-number summary
b) Find the IQR
c) Are there any outliers? If so, what?
d) Create a box plot
49. Jane works in the administration department of “Summer Academy”. She records the number of children who
attended the academy over the last 8 years and represents the data in a box-and-whisker plot. Read the plot and answer the
questions.

a) 75% of the time there are or less students enrolled in the Summer Academy.

b) What is the interquartile range?

50. Using the given double box-and-whisker plot, compare the heights of boys and girls

51. The box plots below represent data collected

on the length of recorded tracks from the top 100 rap
and the top 100 heavy metal music charts.
Compare the significance of the track length 4.40
minutes for the two music genres.

52. The table below gives the amount of time students in a class studied for a test and their test scores.

Plot the data points on the graph below

a) Describe the direction, shape, strength and outliers of the test scores.

b) What is the equation for the line of best fit?

c) Use the linear regression equation to predict a student’s test score if they study for 4
hours.

53. You roll a single die numbered from 1 to 6. What is the probability of rolling an odd number, expressed as a fraction?