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Unit 5 Post Assessment Study Guide

1) Consider the system of equations. 2) An electronic store prints brochures for $0.75 and flies for $0.50
to advertise their special discounts. They spend $ 290 to print a
y=−3 x−6
total of 470 brochures (x) and fliers (y). Which system of equations
x=−4 represents this situation?

What is the solution to the system of equations? A. 7.5 x+ 5 y=470 C. 7.5 x+ 5 y=290
x + y=290 x + y=470
A. (−6 , 4)
B. 0.75 x +0.50 y=470 D. 0.75 x +0.50 y=290
B. (−4 , 8)
x + y=290 x + y=470
C. (−4 , 6)

D. (−4 ,−6)

3) Which operation describes a correct way to begin solving the 4) Two moving companies display the cost in the table. Let y
system of equations? represent the total cost after traveling x miles.

3 x−4 y=12 company A: y=480+2.25 x

4 x−2 y=24

company A: y=640+1.75 x

A. multiply the second equation by -2 so the coefficient on the y

values can cancel out.
The two moving companies cost the same amount for a customer
B. multiply the second equation by 3 so the coefficient on the x- traveling ___________________ miles.
values are the same.

C. multiply the first equation by 2 so the coefficient on the x-

values can cancel out.
 D. multiply the first equation by -4 so the coefficients in the y-
values are the same.

5) A phone company charges a monthly fee of $15 plus 15 cents per 6) Gary is a counselor at a summer camp and needs to buy prizes
text message. Another company charges $24 each month plus 10 for the competitions at the end of the week.
cents per text message for the same plan.
There are two groups, middle school and high school for which he
needs prizes.

How many text messages will have to be sent for the cost of a He wants to buy at least 16 prizes but to spend no more than $74.
phone plan from the first company to equal the cost of a phone plan
from the 2nd company? Gary finds middle school prizes for $ 3 each and high school
prizes for $5 each.

Which system of equations describes the number of middle school

A. 801 text messages prizes (x) and the number of high school prizes (y) that Gary can
purchase?
B. 180 text messages
A. x + y ≤ 74 C. x + y ≥ 16
C. 360 text messages
3 x+ 5 y ≥ 16 3 x+ 5 y ≤ 74
D. 108 text messages

B. x + y ≥ 16 D. x + y ≤ 74

5 x+ 3 y ≤ 74 5 x+ 3 y ≥ 16
7) 8) Adrian works part time at a car wash and earns $12 an hour. He
also babysits and earns $15 an hour. Adrian plans to save more
The softball team at West River Middle School needs new jerseys than $600 and to work for at most 45 hours in a month. Write the
and new hats. A jersey costs $45 and a hat costs $18. THe softball system of inequalities and graph the solution.
team has a total of $1350 to spend. Let x equal the number of
jerseys the team orders and y equal the number of hats the team
orders.

Which inequality models this situation?

A. 45 x +18 y ≥1350

B. 18 x+ 45 y ≥1350

C. 18 x+ 45 y ≤1350

D. 45 x +18 y ≤1350

9) The Roe family had its first baby a few months ago and is 10) An electronic store pays out $480 in commission to its sales
ordering photos to give extended family members standard sizes of staff members, Jack and Jill. Jill works more than Jack and makes
photos are 5 in by 7 in which cost $0.80, and 8 in by 10 in, which more than Jack does.
cost $1.80 each. The family wants to spend less $25 on pictures
and needs to order at least 15 prints.
Jack gets one-third the money that Jill does. If x represents the
amount paid to Jack, and y represents the amount paid to Jill, which
If x represents the number of 5 in by 7 in photos and y represents system of equations represents the situation?
the number of 8 in by 10 in photos, which inequalities give possible
numbers of each size the Roe family can order and stay within the
budget?

A. x +3 y=480 C. x + y=480
A. 0.8 x +1.8 y ≤ 15(25) 1
x=3 y x= y
3
B. 0.8 x +1.8 y ≥ 15(25)

C. 0.8 x +1.8 y< 25

B. x +3 y=480 D. x + y=480
D. 0.8 x +1.8 y> 25
1
E. x + y ≤ 15 x= y x=3 y
3
F. x + y ≥ 15

11) 12) Study the system of inequalities.

Which system is represented by the Which ordered pair is a solution of the system?
graph below?

A. y ≤3 x +2
y <2 x +3 y ≤ 6

B. y <3 x +2 x−2 y > 4

 y ≤2

A. (-4, -1)

C. y >3 x +2 B. (1, 4)

y ≥2 C. (4, -1)

D. (2, 4)

D. y ≥3 x +2

y >2

13) An ice cream shop sells ice cream by cups and pints. 14) Which is/are among the solution/s for the system of
- Each cup of ice cream costs $ 3.00 inequalities below
- Each pint of ice cream costs $4.50
- Over the course of one hour, 40 customers each buy one y > 3x + 6
item, a cup or a pint of ice cream. y ≤−2 x+ 3
- The total sales for the hour is $ 147.00
I. (-2, 5)
How many cups and pints of ice cream are sold during the one- II. (0, 0)
hour period? III. (-4, 0)

A. I
B. III
C. I and III
D. II and III

15) To solve the equation 2 x+3=−4 x+ 9 , Mario graphs the lines 16)
 y=2 x +3 Study the systems of equations
y=−4 x +9
x + y=6
What value of x represents the solution to Mario’s equation? 2 x− y=3

A. 1 What is the y value for the point of intersection in this system of

B. 5 equations?
C. -1
D. -5

17) 18) In a football game, Samuel scored points by kicking the

Consider the lines for the football through the goal posts successfully 11 times. Each of the
inequalities 4 x− y ≥3 and 9 x +4 y ≥ 2 successful kicks was worth either 1 point (an extra point after a
graphed. touchdown) or 3 points ( a field goal). Samuel scored a total of 23
points as the kicker.
Which region of the graph should be
shaded to represent the solution set If x represents the number of 1 -point extra points, and y
of the inequalities? represents the number of 3-point field goals. Write the systems of
equations.

A. region 1
B. region 2
C. region 3
D. region 4