Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________ ID: A

Algebra EOC Practice Test #1

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. George is helping the manager of the local produce market expand her business by distributing flyers
around the neighborhood. He gets paid $20 a day as well as $0.05 for every flyer he distributes.
George would like to earn at least $65 each day. Which of the following represents this situation,
where x is the number of flyers distributed.

a. 20 + 0.05x ≤ 65 c. 20 + 0.05x ≥ 65
b. 20 + 5x ≤ 65 d. 20 + 5x ≥ 65

6 4 2 2
____ 2. Divide (16x − 12x + 4x ) by 4x .

3 2 4 2
a. 4x −3x + 1 c. 4x −3x + 1
4 2 4 2
b. 4x −3x d. 12x − 8x + 0
____ 3. Which graph represents the solutions of p + 1 < −1 OR p − 5 > 7?

a. c.

b. d.

____ 4. John is considering accepting one of two sales positions. ABC Company offers a yearly salary of
$45, 000. XYZ Company offers a yearly salary of $38, 000 plus a 2% annual commission on sales.
For what amount of sales s is the salary at XYZ Company greater than the salary at ABC
Company?
a. s > 7000 c. s > 70, 000
b. s > 35, 000 d. s > 350, 000

____ 5. Solve
4 = −2 .
s 9

a. −4.5 c. 18
b. −18 d. 4.5
____ 6. The average of Paula’s two test scores must be 80 or more for her to get at least a B in the class. She
got a 72 on her first test. What grades can she get on the second test to make at least a B in the class?
a. at least 76 c. at least 88
b. at least 84 d. at least 92

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____ 7. What is the equation of the line shown in the graph?

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a. y = 3x + c. y = 3x − 5
2
b. y = −3x − 5 d. y = 2x − 5

____ 8. Solve m − 8 ≤ 14.

a. m ≤ 6 c. m ≤ 22
b. m ≥ 6 d. m ≥ 22

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____ 9. Graph the line with the slope 2
and y-intercept 3.
a. c.

b. d.

____ 10. Which of the following relations is a function?

a. {(-2, -2),(-2, -1),(-2, 0),(-2, 1),(-2, 2)}

b. {(1, 0),(-1, 0),(2, 1),(-2, 1),(3, 2),(-3, 2)}
c. {(-2, 1),(-1, 2),(0, 0),(-1, 1),(2, -2)}
d. {(-3, 3),(1, 3),(-3, 2),(1, 2),(-3, 1),(1, 1)}
3 2
____ 11. Simplify (a b) .

3 2 6 2
a. a b c. a b
6 9 2
b. a b d. a b

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____ 12. Simplify the expression

48 .
147
a.
4 c.
16
7 49
4 48
b. 3 d.
7 147

____ 13. The formula for the resistance of a conductor with voltage V and current I is r =
V . Solve for V.
I
a. I = Vr c. V = Ir
b. V= I d. V =
r
r I

____ 14. Which system has no solution?

ÔÏÔÔ
ÏÔÔ
ÔÔÔ y = x + 4 ÔÔÔ y = 1 x + 6
a. ÌÔ c. ÔÌ 2
ÔÔÔ ÔÔÔ
Ó y − x = −4 ÔÔÔ
Ó 2x + 5 = y
ÏÔÔ ÏÔÔ
ÔÔÔ 2y = 2x + 8 ÔÔÔ y = 4x + 1
b. ÌÔ d. ÔÌÔÔ
ÔÔÔ ÔÓ y − 1 = 4x
Ó −2x = 2y − 8

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____ 15. 30 people were asked if they wore a blue shirt or a red shirt this week. The Venn diagram shows the
results of the survey.

What is the missing value in the Venn diagram?

a. 7 c. 18
b. 12 d. 19
____ 16. Look at the map below.

Which is the distance between Kensington and Greenwich?

a. 20 3 mi c. 40 3 mi
b. 20 5 mi d. 40 5 mi

____ 17. A sales clerk earns a 3% commission on each sale. What is the commission earned on a sale of $4450?

a. $133.50 c. $1335.00
b. $148.33 d. $13.35

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2 ÏÔ ¸Ô
____ 18. Given f(x) = x + 1 with domain D: ÌÔ −2, −1, 0, 1, 3 ˝Ô . What is the range, R?
Ó ˛
ÏÔ Ô¸ ÔÏ Ô¸
a. R: ÔÌ −1, −2, 0, 1, 3 Ô˝ c. R: ÔÌ 5, 2, 1, 2, 10 Ô˝
Ó ˛ Ó ˛
ÏÔ ¸Ô ÏÔ ¸Ô
b. R: ÌÔ 4, 1, 0, 1, 9 ˝Ô d. R: ÌÔ 3, 0, −1, 0, 8 ˝Ô
Ó ˛ Ó ˛

____ 19. Solve y + w −

3 z = 0 for z.
4
4 ÁÊ 4
a. z = Ë y + w ˜ˆ¯ c. z= w+y
3 3
4y
b. z = 3 ÊÁË y + w ˆ˜¯ d. z = +w
4 3
____ 20. Gloria earns 1.5 times her normal hourly pay for each hour that she works over 40 hours in a week.
Her normal pay is p dollars per hour. Last week Gloria worked 47 hours and earned $489.85. The
following equation represents this situation where p is Gloria’s normal hourly pay in dollars per
hour.

40p + 7(1.5p) = 489.85

What is Gloria’s normal hourly pay?

a. $5.90 c. $8.70
b. $6.95 d. $9.70
____ 21. Tell whether the slope of the line is positive, negative, zero, or undefined.

a. negative c. undefined
b. positive d. zero

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____ 22. Let A = {a, b, d, f, g} and B be a sets in the universe U = {letters of the alphabet}. If A ∩ B = {b, d},
which could be set B?

a. B = {b, d, g} c. B = {b, d, 5, e}
b. B = {b, d, k} d. B = {a, f, g}
____ 23. Leah scored p points in the first half of the basketball game. In the second half, she scored 3 more
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than the number of points she scored in the first half of the game. Altogether, she scored 21
2
points in the game. The following equation represents this situation where p represents the number
of points Leah scored in the first half.

ÊÁ 1 ˆ˜
p + ÁÁÁÁ p + 3 ˜˜˜˜ = 21
ÁË 2 ˜¯
How many points did Leah score in the first half?

a. 6 c. 12
b. 9 d. 18
2 2
____ 24. Subtract (6a + 3a) − (4a + 2a).

2
a. 2a + a c. 3
2 3
b. 2a + 5a d. 3a
____ 25. Which of the following is the equation of the line that has x-intercept = −2 and y-intercept = −4 ?

a. y = −2x − 4 c. y = −2x + 4
1
b. y = 2x − 4 d. y = − x−4
2

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____ 26. Janell has 5 gallons of paint. After painting 800 square feet of walls in her house, she has 3 gallons
left. The graph below show’s Janell’s situation.

What is the equation of this linear function? What is the slope and what does it represent?

1 1
a. y=− x + 5 ; slope = − ; this means that for every gallon of paint used, 400
400 400
sq. ft. of area is painted.

1 1
b. y=− x + 5 ; slope = − ; this means that for every gallon of paint used, 40 sq.
40 40
ft. of area is painted.

1 1
c. y=− x + 5 ; slope = − ; this means that for every gallon of paint used, 800
800 800
sq. ft. of area is painted.

1 1
d. y = − x + 5 ; slope = − ; this means that for every gallon of paint used, 4 sq.
4 400
ft. of area is painted.

____ 27. Which expression is NOT equivalent to the other expressions?

2 2 4 2
a. (4x y) c. 16x y
4 2 2 4 2
b. 4x y d. 4 x y

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____ 28. The height of a ball in feet is modeled by y = −16x + 72x, where x is the time in seconds after the
ball is hit. How long is the ball in the air?

a. 2.25 s c. 9s
b. 4.5 s d. 81 s
____ 29. The diagram shows a Venn diagram for sets A and B. What is the intersection?

Set A: factors of 9
Set B: factors of 12

a. {1} c. {2, 4, 6, 12}

b. {1, 3} d. {9}

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____ 30. Factor p − 40.

2 2
a. (p − 20) c. (p + 20)
b. (p − 20)(p + 20) d. cannot be factored

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____ 31. Multiply: (a + b)(a − b)

2 2 2 2
a. a + 2ab − b c. a −b
2 2 2 2
b. a +b d. a − 2ab − b

10 5
____ 32. Simplify y •y .

2 15
a. y c. y
5 50
b. y d. y

____ 33. Solve 7(x − 2) = 7x + 14.

a. no solution c. 2
b. 0 d. all real numbers

____ 34. Find the slope of the line that contains the points ÊÁË 1,− 1 ˆ˜¯ and ÊÁË −2,8 ˆ˜¯ .

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a. −5 c. −
3
b. −3 d. −
1
3
____ 35. For f(x) = 24 − 2x, find f(2) and find x such that f(x) = 10.
a. 28; 12 c. 20; 7
b. 22; 4 d. 22; 7
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____ 36. If you graph y = x − 6x + 9, the y-intercept of the graph of the equation is ___________.

a. −3 c. 2
b. 9 d. 0

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____ 37. Reserved tickets for the football game cost $20 each and general admission tickets cost $12 each.
The total ticket sales brought in $900. The equation below can be used to find out how many of each
type of ticket were sold, where x is the number of reserved tickets and y is the number of general
admission tickets.

20x + 12y = 900

Which of the following graphs shows the graph of this equation?

a. c.

b. d.

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____ 38. Give the domain and range of the relation.

a. D: −2 ≤ x ≤ 4 ; R: −3 ≤ y ≤ 2 c. D: −3 ≤ x ≤ 2 R: −3 ≤ y ≤ 6
b. D: −3 ≤ x ≤ 2 ; R: −2 ≤ y ≤ 4 d. D: −3 ≤ x ≤ 2 ; R: 0 ≤ y ≤ 4

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____ 39. Solve x − 7x − 8 = 0 by factoring.

a. x = −1 or x = 8 c. x = −3 or x = 8
b. x = 1 or x = −8 d. x = −3 or x = 8

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____ 40. Which of the following graphs shows the graph of this equation?
y+ 1= 2 (x− 1)

a. c.

b. d.

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____ 41. The scatter plot shows the relationship between the weekly total sales ($) and the number of
different rug designs a rug store has. Based on this relationship, use the line of best fit to predict
what the total sales will be when the store has 110 different rug designs.

a. $31,000 c. $38,000

b. $0 d. $35,000
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____ 42. Factor x − 16.

2 2
a. (x − 4) c. (x + 4)
b. (x + 4)(x − 4) d. cannot be factored

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____ 43. Factor x − 6x − 16.

a. (x + 2)(x − 8) c. (x − 4)(x − 2)
b. (x − 8)(x − 2) d. cannot be factored

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____ 44. Solve A = (b + c)h for c.
2
a. c= h −b c. c = 2A − b
2A h
b. c = 2Ah − b d. c = 2h(A − b)

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____ 45. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3. If there are 18 girls in the class, how many boys are there?

a. 6 c. 12
b. 10 d. 27
ÔÏÔÔ
Ô 2x + 3y = 4
____ 46. Solve ÔÌÔ .
ÔÔ
ÔÓ 3x − 3y = −9

a. (2, 0) c. (1, −2)

b. (−1, 2) d. (–5, 2)

____ 47. Use the zero product property to solve the equation (x + 3) (x − 2) = 14.

a. The solutions are 5 and –4. c. The solutions are –5 and 4.

b. The solutions are –3 and 2. d. The solutions are 3 and –2.

3 2
____ 48. Divide: (18x + 9x ) ÷ (3x)
2 2
a. 6x + 3 c. 3x + 3x
2 3
b. 6x + 3x d. 6x + 3x

____ 49. Which of the following is the solution to this inequality?

3(5 + 2n) ≥ 7 + 10n

a. n≥2 c. n≤2
b. n ≥ −2 d. n ≤ −2

____ 50. Multiply (x + 7)(x − 7).

2
a. x − 49 c. 2x − 14
2 2
b. x + 14x − 49 d. x + 49

____ 51. U is the set of natural numbers less than 8. G is the set of even integers less than 10. Which is the
complement of set G in universe U?
a. {1, 3, 5, 7} c. {2, 4, 6}
b. G d. {1, 3, 5, 7, 8}

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____ 52. Simplify the quotient .
2

15
a. c. 7.5
2
30 2
b. d.
2 30

____ 53. Graph −2x + 4y = 4 for the domain D: {–8, –4, 0, 4, 8}.
a. c.

b. d.

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____ 54. Determine whether the pairing is a function. If it is a function, describe the rule that relates the input
value to the output value.

input -3 -1 0 1 3
output 0 2 3 4 6

a. The pairing is not a function. c.The pairing is a function. The rule is

“input value multiplied by 3 then add
3.”
b. The pairing is a function. The rule is d. The pairing is a function. The rule is
“input value multiplied by 2 then add “input value plus 3.”
3.”
____ 55. The values in the table show a linear relationship. Find the slope.

x −4 2 8 14
y 10 7 4 1

1
a. 2 c.
2
1
b. −2 d. −
2

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