ALGEBRA

Irene and Tabitha go out to lunch at a local When 3 times the number m is added to 12, the
restaurant. Irene's lunch costs $c and Tabitha's result is 33. What number results when 15 times
lunch costs $2 more than Irene's. If they split m is added to 9?
the bill evenly and both paida 20% tip, which 3m+12=33 15m+9
expression below represents the anount of
3m=33-12 15(7)+9
money that Irene spent?
m=21/3 =114
m=7
A) 1.2(c+ 1)
B) 1.2(2c)
C) 0.2(c + 1) Three cars have traveled 336 miles in total. Car
A traveled 3 times as far as Car B, and Car C
D) 1.2(2c + 2) traveled twice as far as Car B. How many miles
didCar C travel?
336 b=56
A=3b c=112
C=2b
3b+b+2b=6b
6b=336

When Jen is 15 years old, her brother's age can 6

be calculated using the expression 3x 12 where

x is Jen's age at that time. What is the difference 1
between Jen's and her brother's ages? When is divided by the reciprocal ofa
3
particular number, the result is 16 more than the
3x-12
33-15=18 number.
3(15)-12
= 33 What is that number?

1/3
3 —— = x + 16
1/x
In the xy-plane, the graph of which of the x= -24
following equations is a line with a slope of -4?

A) y=*x
4 What is the value of x in the equation below?
B) y=X-4
C) y= -4x + 7 3x + 18= 27

D) y -4+ 4x x=3
 Linear equations in one variable

Tyrone is creating a study schedule for his

midterms for the whole week including
weekends. If he wants to study for at least 50
hours per week, with 10 hours per day over the
weekend, then how many hours does he need to
study per weekday?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5

D) 6
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-2x + y=3
When x = 21, what is the value of yin the
function 2lx +21 = 2
II. 2y-x= 12
1
A) 21 III. y= --x+7
2
33
B) IV. y=-2x -7
5
132 Which one of the following statements is true
5 based on the four linear equations above?
D) 330
A) Lines I and II are perpendicular
B) Lines I and IV are parallel
C) Lines Iand III are perpendicular
10 D) Lines II and III are parallel
2
When 3
x+4=10y, and x = 3, what is the value
of y?
10
A) 12
13
3
B A farmer started with 8 rows of corn. He planned
5 to add 3 rows during the summer mnonths of
18 June, July, and August for the next 7 years. If
C) 5 an equation is written in the form y= mx +b
D) 5 to represent the number of rows of corn y the
farmer planted x years after his first summer
crop, what is the value of b?

b=8

13

b--c=0
4

Ifb= 2 in the equation above, what is the value

of c?
c=8
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14 16

Leslie is a technician for a cable company. Each Students in a geography bee score 10 points for
day, she receives multiple locations with cable
every correctly answered question and lose 5
boxes that need repair. The number of boxes left
points for every incorrectly answered question.
that she stillneeds to fix at the end of each hour
If a student answers 14 questions correctly but
can be estimated with the equation C = 12 - 8h
misses the final question,what is his final score?
where C is the number of cable boxes left and h
is the nunmber of hours worked that day. What is 10x14=140
themeaning of the value 12 in this equation? 140-5=135

A) Leslie will complete the repairs within 12

hours.
17
B) Leslie starts each day with 12 boxes to fix.
Jenna deposits an initial amount of money into
C) Leslie repairs cable boxes at a rate of 12
an account with simple interest. If the interest
boxes per hour.
rate is 3% per year and she originally deposited
D) Leslie repairs cable boxes at a rate of 12 per $1,000, which equation below represents the
hour. value ($y) of her account after t years?

A) y=30t +1,000
y
B) =30t
1,000
C) y= 1,000- 30t
15
D) y= 1,000t - 30
y= 28.2-2.5x

What are the coordinates of the y-intercept of

the above equation?
18
A) (0, 28.2)
B) (2.5, 0) What is the value of the x-intercept of a line that
is parallel to 6x - 2y = 8 and passes through the
C) (0, 2.5) point (5, 9) ?
D) (28.2, 0)
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) -6
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19
Theformula to convert degrees Celsius to
her snack bar
Sally sold ffries and b burgers at $3.50 and degrees Fahrenheit can be represented by
is
this weekend. If the price for fries 9
there is no the equation C+32 =F, where Cis the
the price for a burger is $5.00, and 5
sales tax or tip, which of the following represents temperature in degrees Celsius and F is the
made at her
the total amount of money Sally temperaturein degrees Fahrenheit
snack bar this weekend?
Which of the following equations represents Cin
A) 5fb+ 3.50 terms of F?

B) 55 + 3.50f
C) 3.50b + 5f A) C=(F-32)
D) 3.50fb + 5 B) C=(-32)
9
c) C=(F
5
+32)
D) C=(F+
9
32)
20
1
If yis 2 more than 3 times x and x = ,what is
the sum of x + y?
22
A) 2
9
The formula -C+32 = F is used to convert the
B) 2
5
7
C) temperature from degrees Celsius to degrees
2
Fahrenheit. If the temperature increases by two
D) 4 degrees Celsius, what would the equivalent
increase be in degrees Fahrenheit? Round your
answer to the nearest tenth.

A) 2
B) 1.1
C) 3.6
D) 35.6
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Aline passes through points|2, and (4, 2). If5y +7y + 15y +42y =3y + 14y +z, what is the
value of y?
What is the equation of a line perpendicular to 52
this line, which passes through (3, -2)? A) y==
4
A) y=--2
3 B) y=52
3
B) =**2 C) y= 51
3 D) y=51
C) y=x-1
4
D) y=-ax+2

26

24
If=b and b=2, what is the value of a+1?
2

Afurniture store is having a sale on lamps and A) 4

rugs. Which function below represents the total B) 5
cost of purchase (T) after the 20% discount of ()
lamps and (r) rugs if both cost $75 each? C) 6
D) 7
A) T= 0.2 (75rl)
B) T=0.8 (75r +75)
C) T=1.2 (75r +I)
D) T= 0.2 (l + 75r) 27

642m
If 6m - n= 24 what is

A) 44

B) 644
C) 264
D) The value cannot be determined from the
information given.
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y= 22 + 3.9x

One end of a spring is attached to the top of

the tent. When an object of mass x grans is
attached to the other end of the spring,the spring
stretches to a length of yinches as shown in the
equation above. What is x when y is 69?

A) 47
B) 12.05
C) 23.33

D) 17.69

29

If x = , what is the value of yin terms of

4
x?

A)

4x
B)
7

x+1
C)
7

4x+4
D)
7
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Daniel owns a website that sells tickets to live Acar maker operates production plants that saw
events. His website charges an initial, one-time an increase in production in 2018 to 5.6 million
fee for purchasing tickets through his website. units annually from 5 million units in 2013. If
The equation C= 29.99s + 14.99, where sis the the production of the cars increases at a constant
number of tickets to purchase, represents the rate, which function, f, in millions of units, best
total amount of money that first-time buyers models the production of cars x years after 2013?
must pay. What does the number 29.99 represent
in the equation? A) f(«)=--3 -x+5
20

A) The price per ticket, in dollars. 3

B) f(*)=-x+5
25
B) The initial fee that Daniel charges for first
timebuyers.
C) f)=+5
20
C) The total amount that Daniel will earn per
transaction. 3
D) f«)=*+5
25
D) The number of tickets purchased in the
transaction.

33

31 p(n) = 2n - 2
q(n) = 2 - p(n)
A manager is calculating the amount of overtime
pay she owes her employees. The equation y= The functions p and q are defined above. What is
20x + 25z represents the value of an employee's the value of q(2)?
weekly paycheck in dollars (y), where x
represents the number of regular hours worked A) -2
and z represents the number of overtime hours
worked. What is the best interpretation for the B) -4
value 25 in the equation? C) 2
D) 0
A) Total number of hours worked
B) Number of overtime hours
C) Rate of pay per normal hour of work
D) Rate of pay per overtime hour of work
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25 Ifg(n) = 2n + 4, what has the same value as g(4)

+ g(6)?
20

15 A) g(8)

10 B) g(10)
C) g(12)
D) g(28)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Weeks

Dan collects baseball cards and tracks the

number of baseball cards he has on the graph
37
above. During which interval did the number of
baseball cards increase the fastest?
6
If f(y)=yt6
4
and fly) = 10 what is the value
A) Between 1-2 Weeks
of y'?
B) Between 2-3 Weeks
C) Between 3-4 Weeks A)
3

D) Between 4-5 Weeks 3

B)
8

8
C
5

5
35 D)

An author sells the rights to her book to a

publishing house. If she sold the book for an
initial fee of $1,500 and she makes $18.50 for
every purchase of the book (x), which expression 38
represents her total profit from sales of the book?
The function fis defined by fx) = 2x - 2. Which
A) 1,500 - 18.5x
of the following is equal to f(x) +2?
B) 18.5x - 1,500
A) 2x+2
C) 18.5x + 1,500
D) 18.5 + 1,500 B) 2x -2

C) -2x
D) 2x
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39 41

is the
The cost of a bicycle rental on Beautiful Island is Line pis perpendicular to line m. What
$20,plus $7 per hour for each hour that the bike slope of line p if line mpasses through points (7,
is rented. If abike is rented forx hours, which of 3) and (2, 6)?
the following functions offrepresents the total 3
cost in dollars to rent the bike? A) 5

3
A) fx) = 20 + 7x B)
5
B) fx) =7- 20x
5
C) fx) = 7x- 20 C)
3
D) fx) = -7x+ 20 5
D)
3

40
42

If the equation of a line represented by the table

below in the form ax + by = , what is the value Iffx) =-3x + 14, what is the value of f(4)?
of b, where b > 0?
f(4)=2

3 6
11
43
16

On a Sunday morning, Courtney sent x text

A) 5 messages each hour for 4 hours, and Lauren sent
B) 3 y text messages each hour for 6 hours. Which
5 of the following represents the total number
C) of messages sent by Courtney and Lauren on
3
Sunday morning?
D) 1
A) 10xy
B) 24xy
C) 6x + 4y

D) 4x + 6y
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44
6a -4b = 24
-X + 2y =-8
-a+ 2b=-8
4x- y=25

What is the solution (x, y) to the system of If (a, b) is the solution to the system of equations
equations above? above, what is the value of a + b?

A) -1
A) (-1,6)
B) (6, -1) B) -6

C) (1, -6) C) 5

D) (6, -6) D)

45 47

Afarmer's market is selling spotsfor their next 3x + y = 9

event. They have 64 total square feet available -x+ 5y =21
for rent, with two options in size: 6 square feet
and 4 square feet. If the market rented out a total In the system of equations above, what is the
of 14 spots, which system of equations below value of x+y?
representsthe relationship between the number
of 6 square feet spots sold (s) and 4 square feet 6
spots sold ()?

A) 6s + 4f= 14,s +f= 64

48
B) 6f+ 4s = 64, s - f= 14
C) 6s + 4f= 64, s+f= 14 -X + 2y = 8.1
D) 4s + 6f= 14, sf =64 122
5x-3y = 5

The system of equations above can be solved by

solution (x, y). What is the value of 2x - y?

A) -3.5

B) 2.3

C) 7
D) -9.3
 Systems of two linear equations in two variables

49 52

A group of 100students went on a trip for achoir In the xy-plane, the lines 4x - 2y =6 and y= mx
value of m?
competition and lodged in 20 hotel suites that + b are perpendicular. What is the
either held 4 or 6 students. If all of the rooms
were filled tocapacity, what is the difference
between the number of 4 and 6 person suites?

53

In the xy-plane, the line -9x + 3y = 81 intersects

50 the y-axis at y = b. What is the value of b?

2x- 4y = -17 A) 3
27
-x+ 3y = B) 9
2
C) 27
What is the solution to the system of equations
above? D) -9

A) (-5, 1.5)
B) (15, 5)
C) (3, -3) 54
D) (1.5, 5) 2x- y=-8
-X + 4y= 25
What is the solution (x, y) to the system of
equations above?

51
A) (-1, 6)
-3x + 4y=s B) (6, -1)
rx- 8y =-28
C) (1, -6)
What values of (r, s) make the system of D) (6, -6)
equations above have infinitely many solutions?

A) (6, 14)
B) (14, 6)
C) (3,4)
D) (9, 5)
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If (x, y) are solutions to the system below, what is A test has 22 questions in which there are
thevalue of x - y? m Multiple Choice Questions and s Student
2
Produced Responses. The Multiple Choice
y=-x Questions are 3 points each and Student
Produced response questions are 2points each.
3x- 2y =-13 If the maximum score on atest is 61 points, how
many MCQs are on the test?
A) 2
B) -3 A) 5
C) -6 B) 17

D) -5 C) 51
D) 10

56
58
6x - 10y = 5
24x - 6y = 33
If the equation above is one of the equations in a 8x -sy=-12
linear system with infinite solutions, which of the
following equations is a part of that system? For what values of s does the system of equations
above have no real solutions?
A) -12x + 20y = -10
B) 12x+ 10y = 10
C) 12x- 20y = 20
D) 12x + 20y =-10
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59 61

dx = -7y +4
4x +14y=e
II
In the system of equations above, for what value
of d is the system true for all real numbers?

III IV

9x +y=-19 62

7
Jerry is buying cups and napkins for a party
which costs $3 and $2 each, respectively. Ifhe
For the system of equations above, in which buys twice as many napkins as cups, how many
quadrant does the solution lie? cups did he buy if he spent $105 in total? Note:
Disregard tax in your answer.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
63

Jennifer is putting together panels of speakers for

a conference. There are two panels, one that is
60 minutes and another one that is 120 minutes.
60 Jennifer is offering speakers on the 60-minute
panel $50 for their time, and the speakers on the
4 120-minute panel $110 for their time. If Jennifer
tby=17
budgets $900for 12 total speakers, which of
ax - 4y =c the following systems of equations represents
the number of 60-minute panelists (x) and 90
If the system of equations above has infinitely minute panelists (y)?
many solutions, what is the value of a+b+c, if
b= 2? A) x+y=12, 50:x + l10y =900
B x+y= 900, 50x + 110y = 12
A) -33.6
C) xy =12, 50y+ 110x= 900
B
D) x-y=900, 50x + 110y = 12
C) -34
16
D)
5
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64 67

Is (25, 11l) the solution to the following system of According to the preceding system of equations
equations? what is the value of y? (round the answer to two
y+x= 36
decimal places)
2y + 8x=140 y- 2x = -6
2y - x = 5
A) Yes, (25, 11)is the solution because it
satisfies both equations.
B) No (25, 11) is not the solution because it
does not satisfy the first equation.
C) No, (25, 11)is not the solution because it 68
does not satisfy the second equation.
D) More information is needed in order to If the system of equations below has no solution,
answer the question. what is the value ofp?
y=3(x-5) -2(-5 + x)
y= p(2 -x) + 6x

65

4e +f= 2
e-f= 3

If the point (e, f) satisfies the system of equations

above, what is the value of e?

66

Quentin's sales: T,= 5b+ 48

Alice's sales: T,A = 5.5b + 159

Quentin and Alice sell bagels before school. The

equations above represent the number of bagels
(b)they sell on a given day. How many bagels did
they sell on a given day if Alice made twice as
much money as Quentin?
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69

If 8y - 4x= 5. and y>800 then what is the the

Ifx > 3 which of the following statenments is least integer value of x?
NOT true?

A) 2x > 6

B) 4x +2> 14

c) x21 7
1 Jackie is scheduling her next haircut. If her hair
D) *-2 2
is already 10 inches long and she knows her hair
grows at least an inch every two months, which
statement represents the total length of her hair
(y) after (x) months?

A) y0.5x +10
70

B) y=0.5x+10
The shaded region in the graph represents which
C) y>2x +10
of the following inequalities?
4! D) y> 0.5x

1 73

2 4 Ifx > 40 and y < 30, then which of the following

-4 -3 -2 must also be true?

-2 A) xy70

-3
B) x-ys 10
C) x-y 10
D) x + ys 10
A) y>9x 4
B) y> 9x -4
C) y< 9x 4
D) ys 9x - 4
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74 77

If -40Sxs 90, and -30 <ys 20, then what is ≥

x+2<-1
the greatest possible value of x - y?
< + 2?
3

Which of the following inequalities expresses the

domain of x-coordinates that satisfy the system
of inequalities above?
75
A) xxs-1
≤ –1
If |6x + 14|
l6x + 14| ≤>4x
4x ++24
24 then which of the following
B) xx>-1
≥ –1
is true?
C) – -2
3 ≤<xs-3
x<–2
A) x> 5 x ≤ –3
D) xs-3
19
B) xs
5

19
C) -Sxs5
5

19 78
D) x5 or x<
5
Ify >4, which of the following statements is
NOT true?

A) 3y > 12
76 B) 4y
4y ++7>
7 ≥ 23
22
If V2016 <ai4,<14, and a is an 8
V14 c) y225
integer, then what is the value of a?
D) y-22
0.5 y – 2.5 ≥ – 0.5
2
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Jane is knitting scarves and hats for her family What is the value of t if t is an integer and
as presents. If each scarf takes 15 feet of yarn |2t - 2|< 1?
to make and each hat takes 12 feet of yarn to
make, and she purchases 425 feet of yarn, which A) -1
inequality represents the maximum number of B) 0
hats (h) and scarves (s)she can make for her
family? C) 1
D) 2
A) 425> 15h +12s
B) 425 > 15s +12h
C) 425 < 15h +12s

D) 425< 15s +12h 82

If pq < 100 and q is a positive multiple of 6, what

is the greatest possible integer value of p?

80 A) 6
B) 16
A hardware comnpany is selling a new kind of
picture hanging stud that can hold up to 12 C) 30
pounds. If a painting is x pounds and the frame D) 96
is y pounds, which of the following inequality
correctly expresses the amount of weight that the
stud(s) can hold?

A) s y-x 83

B) s>y+ X
Variables r and s are real numbers. If 20 <r< 30
C) ssy - x and 40 <s<60, which expression represents all
the possible values of the expression r - s?
D) ssy+ x

A) -40 <r-s<-10
B) -30 <r- s<-20

C) - 30 <r-s< 20
D) - 20 <r-s<30
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84 87

Which of the following is a solution tothe Carmen wants to spend no more than $43 on
inequality below?
books and pens for her next semester. A box of
pens costs $5 and a book costs $3. If she buys
2x + 5 < 3x + 7
only one box of pens, what is the maximum
2y > - x + 4 number of books she can buy?

A) (2, 4) A) 12
B) (-4, 3) B) 13
C) (2, 1) C) 38
D) (-3,3) D) 3

85

Abakery has a single oven for making loaves

of bread and cakes. Using the oven, the baker
can only make 27 pastries in a day. The baker
can only bake a maximum of 4 loaves of bread
in a day. If the bakery must produce at least one
for each type of pastry, what is the maximum
number of cakes the baker can make on a
particular day?

A) 23
B) 24
C) 26
D) 27

86

If 12n < 49 and 7n> 22 and n is an integer, what

is the value of n?