ALGEBRA 1 TEST 1A Name ________ Date ______

1. Which property would justify the following statement? 8x + 4 = 4 + 8x

A Associative property of addition

B Distributive property
C Addition property of zero
D Commutative property of addition

2. Which property would justify the following statement?

8 + (2 + 6) = (8 + 2) + 6

A Associative property of addition

B Distributive property
C Addition property of zero
D Commutative property of addition

3. Which statement demonstrates the distributive property incorrectly?

A 3(x + y + z) = 3x + 3y + 3z
B (a + b) c = ac + bc
C 5(2 + 3x) = 10 + 3x
D 6(3k - 4) = 18k - 24

4. What property of real numbers justifies the following statements?

4x(y + 2) 3y is equivalent to 4x(y) + 4x(2) 3y

A. The associative property of multiplication

B. The commutative property of multiplication
C. The distributive property of multiplication over addition
D. The closure property of multiplication

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5. Which expression correctly represents the perimeter of the entire figure?

a b
a 4
2x
3x
x
3x 8
A 8+x
B 8x
C 9x
D 8x 4
A 7a + 9
B 9a + 7
C 2a + 24
D 8a + 16

6. Each month Jose earns a 4% bonus on any sales he makes over $3,000. He also
receives a fixed salary of $775 per month. If Jose sold $4,600 worth of merchandise in a
month, which equation could be used to determine his total earnings, t, for the month?

A t = 775 + (0.04)(3000)
B t = 775 + (0.04)(4600-3000)
C t = (0.04)[ 775 +(4600-3000)]
D t = (0.04)(775 + 3000)

7. Which of the following expressions represents 94 increased by twice a number?

A 2x + 94
B 94 - 2x
x
94
C 2
D x 188

8. Which one of the following expressions represents 28 less than three times a number?

A 28 - 3x
B 3x - 28
C 28 + 3x
D 3x + 28

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9. Which of the following expressions represents six times Bobs age decreased by 8 ?

A 8 - 6x
B 6x + 8
C 6x - 8
D 8 + 6x

2n m
10. What is the value of t if n = -8, m = 4, and t = 2 ?
A 10
B -10
C 6
D -6

11. Which of the following expressions represents 8 more than half the cost, c?

1
c8
A 2
1
c 8
B 2
C 2c + 8
1
(c 8)
D 2

12. What is the value of 4ab 4bc if a = 5, b = 2, and c = -2 ?

A 0
B 24
C 56
D 80

13. In a basketball game, the Falcons scored half as many points as the dogs. If the Dogs
scored 31 baskets, worth 2 points each and 7 baskets worth 3 point each, which equation
could be used to determine the number of points, p, the Falcons scored?

A 2[(2)(31)+(7)(3)]
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B [(2)(31)+(7)(3)]
2
C (2+31)+((3+7)
3
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D (2)(31)+(3)(7)
2

14. What is the value of ab if a = -5, and b = 2?

A 25
B -25
C 32
D -10

15. The statement If 9 + 3d = 15, then 3(3+d) = 15 is justified by the ---

A Associative property of addition

B Distributive property
C Identity property of addition
D Commutative property of addition

16. Which statement is always true?

A 4x + 6 = 4(x-6)
B 4x + 6 = 4x (6)
C 4 x 6 = 6 4 x
D 4x+6 = 6=4x

17. Which property of real numbers is utilized by rewriting 2x + 4y + 6x = 2x + 6x + 4y?

A Associative property of addition

B Distributive property
C Identity property of addition
D Commutative property of addition

18. If x x y, which statement cannot be true?

A x=y
B x+2 y+2
C -x - y
D x-4 y-4