Algebra Easy First 100
Algebra Easy First 100
The total cost , in dollars, to lease a car for months from a particular car dealership is given by
, where is the monthly payment, in dollars. What is the total cost to lease a car when the
monthly payment is ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Hiro and Sofia purchased shirts and pants from a store. The price of each
shirt purchased was the same and the price of each pair of pants purchased
was the same. Hiro purchased 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants for $86, and Sofia
purchased 3 shirts and 5 pairs of pants for $166. Which of the following
systems of linear equations represents the situation, if x represents the price,
in dollars, of each shirt and y represents the price, in dollars, of each pair of
pants?
A. 4 x plus 2 y, equals 86, and, 3 x plus 5 y, equals 166
B. 4 x plus 3 y, equals 86, and, 2 x plus 5 y, equals 166
C. 4 x plus 2 y, equals 166, and, 3 x plus 5 y, equals 86
D. 4 x plus 3 y, equals 166, and, 2 x plus 5 y, equals 86
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A store sells two different-sized containers of a certain Greek yogurt. The store’s sales of this Greek yogurt totaled
dollars last month. The equation represents this situation, where is the
number of smaller containers sold and is the number of larger containers sold. According to the equation, which of
the following represents the price, in dollars, of each smaller container?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Line is defined by . Line is perpendicular to line in the xy-plane. What is the slope of line ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The point in the xy-plane is a solution to which of the following systems of inequalities?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The graph of a system of linear equations is shown. What is the solution to the system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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If f is the function defined by ,
what is the value of ?
A. 4 thirds
B. 7 thirds
C. 3
D. 9
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The given equation represents the distance , in inches, where represents the number of seconds since an object
started moving. Which of the following is the best interpretation of in this context?
A. The object moved a total of inches.
B. The object moved a total of inches.
C. The object is moving at a rate of inches per second.
D. The object is moving at a rate of inches per second.
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The function is defined by . For what value of is ?
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Which table gives three values of and their corresponding values of for the given equation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The total cost, in dollars, to rent a surfboard consists of a service fee and a per hour rental fee. A person
rents a surfboard for hours and intends to spend a maximum of to rent the surfboard. Which inequality
represents this situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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3 a plus 4 b, equals 25
A shipping company charged a customer $25 to ship some small boxes and
some large boxes. The equation above represents the relationship between a,
the number of small boxes, and b, the number of large boxes, the customer
had shipped. If the customer had 3 small boxes shipped, how many large
boxes were shipped?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
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What is the equation of the line that passes through the point and is parallel to the graph of in the
xy-plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A petting zoo sells two types of tickets. The standard ticket, for admission
only, costs $5. The premium ticket, which includes admission and food to
give to the animals, costs $12. One Saturday, the petting zoo sold a total of
250 tickets and collected a total of $2,300 from ticket sales. Which of the
following systems of equations can be used to find the number of standard
tickets, s, and premium tickets, p, sold on that Saturday?
A. Equation 1: s plus p, equals 250. Equation 2: 5 s plus 12 p, equals 2,300.
B. Equation 1: s plus p, equals 250. Equation 2: 12 s plus 5 p, equals 2,300.
C. Equation 1: 5 s plus 12 p, equals 250. Equation 2: s plus p, equals 2,300.
D. Equation 1: 12 s plus 5 p, equals 250. Equation 2: s plus p, equals 2,300.
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x plus y, equals 75
The equation above relates the number of minutes, x, Maria spends running
each day and the number of minutes, y, she spends biking each day. In the
equation, what does the number 75 represent?
A. The number of minutes spent running each day
B. The number of minutes spent biking each day
C. The total number of minutes spent running and biking each day
D. The number of minutes spent biking for each minute spent running
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In the given equation, is a constant. The equation has infinitely many solutions. What is the value of ?
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The function g is defined by .
What is the value of ?
A. negative 8
B. 0
C. 4
D. 8
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If , what is the value of ?
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A machine makes large boxes or small boxes, one at a time, for a total of minutes each day. It takes the machine
minutes to make a large box or minutes to make a small box. Which equation represents the possible number
of large boxes, , and small boxes, , the machine can make each day?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is inches. Each of the two congruent sides of the triangle has a length of
inches. What is the length, in inches, of the third side?
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A total of paper straws of equal length were used to construct two types of polygons: triangles and rectangles.
The triangles and rectangles were constructed so that no two polygons had a common side. The equation
represents this situation, where is the number of triangles constructed and is the number of
rectangles constructed. What is the best interpretation of in this context?
A. If triangles were constructed, then rectangles were constructed.
B. If triangles were constructed, then paper straws were used.
C. If triangles were constructed, then rectangles were constructed.
D. If triangles were constructed, then paper straws were used.
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The function is defined by . For what value of does ?
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On a car trip, Rhett and Jessica each drove for part of the trip, and the total distance they drove was under
miles. Rhett drove at an average speed of , and Jessica drove at an average speed of
. Which of the following inequalities represents this situation, where is the number of hours Rhett drove
and is the number of hours Jessica drove?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The equation models the relationship between the number of
different pieces of music a certain pianist practices, y, during an x-minute
practice session. How many pieces did the pianist practice if the session
lasted 30 minutes?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 10
D. 30
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A bakery sells trays of cookies. Each tray contains at least 50 cookies but no
more than 60. Which of the following could be the total number of cookies on
4 trays of cookies?
A. 165
B. 205
C. 245
D. 285
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According to the graph, what is the cost for each additional mile traveled, in
dollars, of a cab ride?
A. $2.00
B. $2.60
C. $3.00
D. $5.00
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According to the graph, what is the estimated number of candy bars the machine wraps with a label per second?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The y-intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane is . What is the value of ?
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Tom scored 85, 78, and 98 on his first three exams in history class. Solving
which inequality gives the score, G, on Tom’s fourth exam that will result in a
mean score on all four exams of at least 90 ?
A. 90 minus, open parenthesis, 85 plus 78 plus 98, close parenthesis, is less than or equal to 4 G
B. 4 G, plus 85, plus 78, plus 98, is greater than or equal to 360
C. 4, the fraction with numerator, open parenthesis, G plus 85 plus 78 plus 98, close parenthesis, and denominator
end fraction, is greater than or equal to 90
the fraction with numerator, open parenthesis, 85 plus 78 plus 98, close parenthesis, and denominator 4, end
D. fraction, is greater than or equal to 90 minus 4 G
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Sean rents a tent at a cost of per day plus a onetime insurance fee of . Which equation represents the total
cost , in dollars, to rent the tent with insurance for days?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Some values of the linear function f are shown in the table above.
Which of the following defines f ?
A. f of x equals, 2 x plus 3
B. f of x equals, 3 x plus 2
C. f of x equals, 4 x plus 1
D. f of x equals, 5 x
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The graph shows the possible combinations of the number of pounds of tangerines and lemons that could be
purchased for at a certain store. If Melvin purchased lemons and pounds of tangerines for a total of , how
many pounds of lemons did he purchase?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A bus is traveling at a constant speed along a straight portion of road. The equation gives the distance , in
feet from a road marker, that the bus will be seconds after passing the marker. How many feet from the marker will
the bus be seconds after passing the marker?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The cost , in dollars, for a manufacturer to make rings is represented by the line shown.
Which table gives three values of and their corresponding values of for the given equation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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For the linear function , the table shows three values of and their corresponding values of . Which equation
defines ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Nasir bought storage bins that were each the same price. He used a coupon for off the entire purchase. The
cost for the entire purchase after using the coupon was . What was the original price, in dollars, for storage
bin?
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4 x plus 3 y, equals 24
Mario purchased 4 binders that cost x dollars each and 3 notebooks that cost
y dollars each. If the given equation represents this situation, which of the
following is the best interpretation of 24 in this context?
A. The total cost, in dollars, for all binders purchased
B. The total cost, in dollars, for all notebooks purchased
C. The total cost, in dollars, for all binders and notebooks purchased
D. The difference in the total cost, in dollars, between the number of binders and notebooks purchased
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10 equals, 2 x plus 4
How many solutions exist to the
equation shown above?
A. None
B. Exactly 1
C. Exactly 3
D. Infinitely many
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For a training program, Juan rides his bike at an average rate of minutes per mile. Which function models the
number of minutes it will take Juan to ride miles at this rate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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d equals 45 t
Which of the following does 45 represent in the equation?
A. Marisol took 45 trips from City A to City B.
B. The distance between City A and City B is 45 miles.
C. Marisol drove at an average speed of about 45 miles per hour.
D. It took Marisol 45 hours to drive from City A to City B.
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If , what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A gym charges its members a onetime enrollment fee and a membership fee of per month. If there are no
charges other than the enrollment fee and the membership fee, after how many months will a member have been
charged a total of at the gym?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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If , what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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If , what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The table shows three values of and their corresponding values of . There is a linear relationship between and
. Which of the following equations represents this relationship?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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For what value of w does
?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The shaded region shown represents solutions to an inequality. Which ordered pair is a solution to this
inequality?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Which of the following points is the solution to the given system of equations in the xy-plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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If , what is the value of ?
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The equation gives the speed , in miles per hour, of a certain car seconds after it began to accelerate. What is the
speed, in miles per hour, of the car seconds after it began to accelerate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Connor has dollars and Maria has dollars. Connor has times as many dollars as Maria, and together they have
a total of . Which system of equations represents this situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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t equals, 1000 plus 18 h
In the equation above, T represents Brittany’s total take-home pay, in dollars,
for her first week of work, where h represents the number of hours she
worked that week and 1,000 represents a sign-on bonus. If Brittany’s total
take-home pay was $1,576, for how many hours was Brittany paid for her first
week of work?
A. 16
B. 32
C. 55
D. 88
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The function is defined as , where a is a constant. If
, what is the value of a ?
A.
B.
C.
D. negative 23
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Tony spends $80 per month on public transportation. A 10-ride pass costs
$12.50, and a single-ride pass costs $1.50. If g represents the number of 10-
ride passes Tony buys in a month and t represents the number of single-ride
passes Tony buys in a month, which of the following equations best
represents the relationship between g and t ?
A. g plus t, equals 80
B. g plus t, equals, 1 point 5 0 plus 12 point 5 0
C. 1 point 5 0 g plus 12 point 5 0 t, equals 80
D. 12 point 5 0 g plus 1 point 5 0 t, equals 80
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Normal body temperature for an adult is between and ,
inclusive. If Kevin, an adult male, has a body temperature that is considered
to be normal, which of the following could be his body temperature?
A. 96 point 7 degrees Fahrenheit
B. 97 point 6 degrees Fahrenheit
C. 97 point 9 degrees Fahrenheit
D. 99 point 7 degrees Fahrenheit
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Characteristics for Rock Types
Rock type Weight(lb/ftper3volume Cost per
) pound
Basalt 180 $0.18
Granite 165 $0.09
Limestone 120 $0.03
Sandstone 135 $0.22
A city is planning to build a rock retaining wall, a monument, and a garden in
a park. The table above shows four rock types that will be considered for use
in the project. Also shown for each rock type is its weight per volume, in
pounds per cubic foot (lb/ft3), and the cost per pound, in dollars. The
equation gives the total
cost, in dollars, of the rocks used in the project in terms of the number of ft3
of limestone, w, and the number of ft3 of basalt, z. All four rock types are
used in the project. Which of the following is the best interpretation of
3,385.80 in this context?
A. The cost of the granite and sandstone needed for the project
B. The cost of the basalt and limestone needed for the project
C. The cost of the basalt needed for the project
D. The cost of the sandstone needed for the project
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Which of the following ordered pairs satisfies
the inequality ?
1. Statement 1, 1 comma 1
2. Statement 2, 2 comma 5
3. Statement 3, 3 comma 2
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
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A dance teacher ordered outfits for students for a dance recital. Outfits for
boys cost $26, and outfits for girls cost $35. The dance teacher ordered a
total of 28 outfits and spent $881. If b represents the number of outfits the
dance teacher ordered for boys and g represents the number of outfits the
dance teacher ordered for girls, which of the following systems of equations
can be solved to find b and g ?
A. Each option consists of two equations. 26 b plus 35 g, equals 28, and, b plus g, equals 881
B. 26 b plus 35 g, equals 881, and, b plus g, equals 28
C. 26 g plus 35 b, equals 28, and, b plus g, equals 881
D. 26 g plus 35 b, equals 881, and, b plus g, equals 28
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A clothing store is having a sale on shirts and pants. During the sale, the cost
of each shirt is $15 and the cost of each pair of pants is $25. Geoff can
spend at most $120 at the store. If Geoff buys s shirts and p pairs of pants,
which of the following must be true?
A. 15 s plus 25 p, is less than or equal to 120
B. 15 s plus 25 p, is greater than or equal to 120
C. 25 s plus 15 p, is less than or equal to 120
D. 25 s plus 15 p, is greater than or equal to 120
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If , what is the
value of ?
A. 24
B. 49
C. 50
D. 99
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The function is defined by the equation . What is the value of when ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A line in the xy-plane has a slope of and passes through the point . Which equation represents this line?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Vivian bought party hats and cupcakes for . Each package of party hats cost , and each cupcake cost . If
Vivian bought packages of party hats, how many cupcakes did she buy?
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The graph shows the linear relationship between and . Which table gives three values of and their
corresponding values of for this relationship?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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x y
1 5
2 7
3 9
4 11
The table above shows some pairs of x values and y values. Which of the
following equations could represent the relationship between x and y ?
A.
B.
C.
D.