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Polynomial operations
Factoring polynomials
Applying factoring to solve polynomial equations
Table
81F
84F
91F
96F
4 3 2 1
38 square feet
57 square feet
75 square feet
113 square feet
A
B
C
D
3. (-2 - 4) 8 =
A.
B.
C.
D.
-48
-16
16
48
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
89
91
92
94
3
4
5
6
3. 0.6 10-2 =
A. 60
B. 6
C. 0.06
D. 0.006
points
points
points
points
529 =
A.
B.
C.
D.
17
23
26
27
4. 3,590 =
A. 3.59 105
B. 3.59 10
C. 3.59 103
D. 3.59 102
75
O
5. The circle above has center O. The fraction of the area of the
circle that is shaded represents a value on the number line
between
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
3
and
A.
25
25
3
4
B.
and
25
25
C.
4
5
and
25
25
D.
5
6
and
25
25
3
4
5
6
48
36
32
24
mph
mph
mph
mph
3:8
5 : 23
5 :18
6 : 23
30%
32.5%
35%
38.5%
5. If
1 x
A. -
3
5
B. 0
C.
1. The tick marks on the number line above are equally spaced.
The expression y 2 + 2 x is equal to
A. -
x
- 2 = 5 x - 2, then x =
3
5
3
D. 15
8
3
B. 0
C.
8
3
D.
16
3
8n
20 + 8n
(20)(8n)
20 - 8n
t - 0.8t
t + 0.08
t + 0.08t
t - 0.08t
(20)(0.04n)
20.40n
20 + .4n
20 + 4n
B.
300
Number of Shirts Sold (each month)
4 5 6 7
Years After the
Company Opened
220
200
180
160
140
120
35
40
45 50
55
60 65 70
75 80 85
C.
300
Number of Shirts Sold (each month)
1
4
5
6
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
35
40
45 50
55
60 65 70
75 80 85
D.
300
300
Number of Shirts Sold (each month)
240
260
100
2,000
O
280
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
140
35
120
40
45 50
55
60 65 70
75 80 85
100
35
40
45 50
55
60 65 70
75 80 85
y
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
$220 - $140
4-2
$220 + $140
B.
4+2
A.
C.
4-2
$220 - $140
D.
4+2
$220 + $140
3
2
1
6 5 4 3 2 1 O
1
10
2
3
4
2
and y-intercept -3.
3
2
and y-intercept 2.
3
3
C. The line has slope and y-intercept -3.
2
3
D. The line has slope and y-intercept 2.
2
B. The line has slope
4. If x 2 - 3 x - 18 =
0, which if the following is a possible value
for of x ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
-6
3
6
9
x
300
250
200
150
100
yz - xt
xz + ty
xz - xt + ty
xz + xt + ty
50
O
A.
B.
C.
D.
z
x
z
B.
x
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
5. The function f ( x) =
- x 2 + 40 x - 175 is graphed in the
xy -plane above. For what value of x is the value of f ( x)
greatest?
2. ( xy 3 z 4 )( x -4 y -3 z -1 ) =
A.
5
20
30
35
z
C. y
x
z
D. y
x
a
3. - b
2
A.
a2
- ab + b 2
2
B.
a2
- 2ab + b 2
2
C.
a2
- ab + b 2
4
D.
a2
- 2ab + b 2
4
3.
A. x - 7
B. x + 7
=
x + 2 x - 63
( x + 9 )
90
s -1
4.
90
B.
s +1
C.
1
x-7
D.
1
x+7
1 1
+
=
y y2
C.
90
-1
s
A.
1
y +y
D.
90
+1
s
B.
2
y +y
C.
y +1
y2
D.
2 y +1
y2
4
3
5. If
2
1
2 1 O
1
A. -
B. y=
1
+1
x
C. y =
1
x -1
D. y =
1
x +1
1
2
B. 0
C.
1
x
1
3
8
, then x =
+
=
x + 1 x - 3 x2 - 2x - 3
A. y =
3
2
D. 2
5. If
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
38.5
42.6
45.0
48.5
( 49x )
1
2
mph
mph
mph
mph
A. -7 x
B.
C.
D.
3.
7
x
1
7 x
1
49 x
27 + 300 =
A. 3 3 + 10
B. 3 103
C. 9
3 + 10
D. 13 3
x5 y
)(
x -3 y -1 =
C. x 2 y
D.
x
y
Answer Key
Operations with Integers
Question
Number
Correct
Answer
Rationale
Choice (C) is correct. The low temperature of 75F was reached at 6 in the morning, and the high
temperature was16F higher. So the high temperature in Benton that day was 75F + 16F = 91F.
4 3 2 1
Choice (A) is correct. The value of -2 - 4 is -2 + (-4) =-6. Therefore, (-2 - 4) 8 =-6 8 =-48.
Choice (C) is correct. Cheryls average score for the five quizzes will be the sum of the scores
divided by 5, the number of quizzes. She scored a total of 364 points on the first four quizzes,
and if she scores 96 points on her next quiz, the sum of the scores will be 364 + 96 =
460 points.
Therefore, her average score for the five quizzes will be 460 5 =
92 points.
Correct
Answer
Rationale
Choice (B) is correct. Since the table is a semicircle of diameter12 feet, the radius of the semicircle
1
is 6 feet. The area of the table is 62 square feet, or approximately 18 3.14 =
56.52 square
2
feet. Therefore, of the choices given, the closest to the area of the table is choice (B), 57 square feet.
Choice (D) is correct. Since the large square has area 9, each of its sides is of length 3. Hence each
of the 9 smaller squares has sides of length 1. Since the path drawn in bold is made up of six of
the sides of smaller squares, its length is 6 1 =6.
Choice (A) is correct. The division 0.6 10-2 is equivalent to the multiplication
0.6
1
= 0.6 102 = 0.6 100 = 60.
10-2
Choice (C) is correct. The number 3,590 is equal to the product 3.59 1, 000, which can be
rewritten as 3.59 103.
Choice (D) is correct. Since a circle has 360 degrees of arc, the shaded 75 -degree sector of the
circle represents
between
75
5
of the circle, which is equal to the decimal 0.2083. This value lies
=
360 24
5
6
= 0.20 and
= 0.24 on the number line.
25
25
Correct
Answer
Rationale
40
52
10, and 52% of 25 is
13, Jeron
25 =
25 =
100
100
1
number of miles skied
, which is
of an hour. The boys average speed can be calculated as
6
time
4
6
= 4 = 24 miles per hour.
1
1
6
Choice (C) is correct. Since every 4th child in line, starting with the fourth in line, gets a toy, it
follows that the children who get a toy are in line in positions 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20. Hence, of
the 23 children in the line, 5 get a toy, and 23 - 5 =
18 do not get a toy. Therefore, the ratio of the
number of children in line who get a toy to the number of children in line who do not get a toy is
5 :18.
Choice (B) is correct. Since there are about 1.6 kilometers in 1 mile, it follows that Jennas speed
in kilometers per hour is 65 1.6 =
104 kilometers per hour.
52 13
= = 0.325, it follows that 52 is 32.5 percent of 160.
160 40
Correct
Answer
Rationale
1 x
2
1
2
Choice (C) is correct. The value of x on the number line is - , and the value of y
3
on the number line is 2. Substituting these values into the expression y 2 + 2 x gives
4 8
2
22 + 2 - = 4 - = .
3 3
3
Choice (B) is correct. The rental fee for the costume consists of the initial charge of $20 and a
daily charge of $8. Thus if the costume is rented for n days, the total cost, in dollars, is 20 + 8n.
Choice (D) is correct. If the original cost of the treadmill is t dollars, an 8% discount on that
price is 0.08t dollars. Therefore, the discounted price is the original price, in dollars, minus the
discount, which is t - 0.08t.
Choice (C) is correct. The cost, in dollars, of n minutes of use is 0.4n. Therefore, the total cost of
this service, in dollars, for a month in which n minutes were used is 20 + 0.4n.
x
x
- 2 = 5 x - 2 is equivalent to = 5 x. Multiplying both sides
3
3
Correct
Answer
Rationale
Question
Number
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
O
4 5 6 7
Years After the
Company Opened
Choice (C) is correct. The y-value represents the total amount of money that the company saved.
From the graph, after 5 years the company was opened, they saved $10,000.
300
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
35
40
45 50
55
60 65 70
75 80 85
Choice (A) is correct. The graph in (A) is a line with a slope of -10 that contains the point (50, 200).
$220 - $140
represents the difference of dollars charged for
4-2
two different help sessions divided by the difference in the number of hours of help-service used,
Choice (A) is correct. The expression
giving the amount, in dollars, the company charges for each hour of help-service a customer uses.
y
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
1
6 5 4 3 2 1 O
1
10
2
3
4
Choice (B) is correct. The y-value of the line increases 2 units for every 3 units of increase in the
2
x-value. Therefore, the slope of the line is . The line also intersects the y-axis at 2 , and therefore
3
the y-intercept is 2 .
Correct
Answer
Rationale
t
y
x
z
Choice (C) is correct. The figure can be divided into three nonoverlapping rectangles. One
has area x( z - t ), one has area t ( y - x),and one has area xt. The sum of the areas is then
( xz - xt ) + (ty - tx) + tx = xz - xt + ty.
3 4
-4 -3 -1
(1- 4) (3 - 3) (4 -1).
y
z
.
Choice (B) is correct. By the law of exponents, ( xy z )( x y z ) = x
z3 z
= .
x3 x
a
a
a
a a
a
a2
a ab ab
2
+
b
- ab + b 2 .
,
which
simplifies
to
2
2
4
2
y
300
250
200
150
100
50
O
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Choice (B) is correct. The quadratic expression - x 2 + 40 x - 175 factors as ( x - 5)(35 - x). It
- x 2 + 40 x - 175 intersects the x -axis at x = 5 and at x = 35.
follows that the graph of f ( x) =
The greatest value of f ( x) occurs at the vertex, and the x -coordinate of the vertex of the parabola
35 - 5
=
is the point halfway between 5 and 35 on the x -axis. This is 5 +
20. So the value of x for
2
which f ( x) is greatest is x = 20.
Correct
Answer
Rationale
Choice (D) is correct. Since Kaylas average speed while biking is s miles per hour, it will take her
90
hours of biking to ride the entire 90-mile bike path. In addition to this time, Kaylas break will
s
add 1 hour to the time it takes her to reach the end of the bike path. Therefore, it will take Kayla
90
+ 1 hours from the time she leaves the start of the bike path until she reaches the end of the
s
bike path.
Choice (B) is correct. The graph could be of a rational function that is not defined at x = 0 and has
1
1
and (B) y=
+ 1 are not defined
x
x
1
+ 1 has a horizontal asymptote at y = 1. Therefore, of the
x
1
+ 1 could be an equation of the graph shown.
x
1
1
1
.
and so ( x + 9 ) 2
=
can be rewritten as ( x + 9 )
x + 2 x - 63
( x + 9)( x - 7) x - 7
Choice (C) is correct. The expression
as
1
1 1
y
can be rewritten as 2 , and so + 2 can be rewritten
y
y y
y
y
1
y +1
+
=2 .
y2 y2
y
1
3
8
+
=
x + 1 x - 3 x2 - 2x - 3
x-3
3( x + 1)
8
4x
8
+
=, or 2
=
.
can be rewritten as 2
x - 2x - 3 x2 - 2x - 3
x - 2x - 3 x2 - 2x - 3 x2 - 2x - 3
It follows that 4 x = 8, or x = 2.
Correct
Answer
Rationale
Choice (A) is correct. Substituting 55 for d and 0.9 for f in the formula v
A
=
v
(30)(0.9)(55) 38.54 miles per hour, which, to the nearest tenth, rounds to 38.5 miles per
hour.
Choice (C) is correct. For any nonzero number a and rational number
integers and n > 0, the expression a
30 fd gives
27 =
m
n
is defined as
9 3 = 3 3 and
1
n
m
, where m and n are
n
1
. Therefore, ( 49=
x) 2
-
300
=
1
1
=
.
49 x 7 x
100 =
3 10 3 , it follows that
27 + 300 =
13 3 .
Choice (A) is correct. If x and y are positive numbers, then
x5 y
)(
-1
x -3 y=
( x y )( x
5
-3
-1
y=
)
=
x 2 x.
x 2 - 3 x - 10 =x - 2 gives