Chapter 6 Test

Name:______________________ 72 pts

True or False. Write true or false on the line for each problem. (1 pt)

1. You could start by dividing by 4 to solve 4x + 5 = 25 but it’s

1. _______________________
easier to subtract 5 first

2. In a two-step equation you should take care of multiplication

2. _______________________
and division before addition and subtraction.

3. When solving inequalities, you should always flip the sign if you
3. ________________________
multiply or divide by a negative number

Answer the following multiple choice questions. (1 pt each)

4. Which of these is a two - step equation?

4. ________________________
A) x + 9 = 21 B) x = 11 C) 2x + 9 = 21

5. Which of these is a one-step equation?

5. _________________________
A) x + 9 = 21 B) x = 11 C) 2x + 9 = 21

6. To solve 2x + 9 = 21 what is the first step?

6. _________________________
A) Divide each side by 2
B) Subtracting 9 from each side
C) Dividing each side by x

7. What two operations are needed to solve 4 + 2x = 16?

7. _________________________
A.) Subtraction & division
B) Addition & subtraction
C.) Multiplication & subtraction

8. What two operations are needed to solve 2x – 4 = 16?

8. _________________________
A.) Addition & division
B.) Addition & subtraction
C.) Multiplication & subtraction
 9. The words “ at least” represent which inequality symbol? 9. ______________________
A.) >
B.) ≥
C.) <
D.) ≤

10. The words “no more than” represent which inequality symbol? 10. _______________________
A.) >
B.) ≥
C.) <
D.) ≤

11. The words “less than” represent which inequality symbol” 11. _______________________
A.) >
B.) ≥
C.) <
D.) ≤

Be sure to write and solve the equations for 12-13. (2 points each).
12. In a volleyball game, Alexis scored 4 points more than twice the 12. ________________________
number of points Jessica scored. Alexis scored 8 points. Write
and solve an equation to find how many points Jessica scored.

A.) 2 points B.) 8 points C.) 10 points D.) 12 points

13. _________________________
13. Rebecca has $7 less than Joe. If Rebecca has $56, then how much
does Joe have? Write and solve an equation.

What is the solution of each equation? Be sure to show work. Each

one of these is worth 3 points (2 points for work and 1 point to the
correct answer).

2 14. _________________________
14. 7 + x=1
5

A.) –15
B.) –6
C.) –3
D.) 15
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15. y= 21. (x + 5) = 12
3 6 5

11
A.) 1 15. ______________________
8

5
B.) 4
18

5
C.) 12
6

1 16. ________________________
D.) 14
2

16. –12 = 4.7k + 11.5

A.) –5
B.) –3
C.) –0.1
D.) 5 17. ________________________

17. -6 = -3m – 21

Solve the following equations. 19- 21 are worth 4 points each. (3 points
for the work and 1 point for the correct answer). 18. ______________________

18. 6x + 10 – 2x = 23 -5

19. ________________________
19. -4(x – 11) = 16

20. ________________________

20. 16 = 8x – 7x + 3x

21. ____________________
 22. What is the solution of 5 > x + 9?
h
30. >6
−2
3 22. ________________________
23. What is the solution of y ≤ 5?
2

23. ________________________

2
24. What is the solution of − a + 4 > –8?
3
24. _________________________
25. What is the graph of the solution set of a –5 ≤ –1?

F.
25. _________________________

G.

H.

I.

Solve each inequality. Graph the solution on a number line. (2 points)

26. _________________________

26. x + 5 ≤ 13

27. _______________________
27. 16 < 2( m – 1)

28. _______________________
28. -28 ≤ 4p

29. ________________________
29. –3w – 2 < –17
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30. ________________________

For each questions 31- 32, write and solve an inequality. Be sure to write 2. Solve for x: 6(p + 7) – 20 = 5p
a sentence explaining in words what your answers means/represents.
(3 points each).

31. Seth earns $7 per hour working at the library. Write and solve an
inequality that can be used to find how many hours he must work 31. _____________________
in a week to earn at least $175 _

32. It costs Felisa $0.20 to send a text message from her cell phone.
She has already spent $5 in text messages this month. If she has a
total of $12 that she can spend this month on text messages, write 32. _________________________
and solve an inequality that will give the greatest number of text
messages that she can spend.

33. Bill spent less than $33 on a magazine and seven books. The
magazine cost $4.
a) Write an inequality to represent the situation. Be
sure to define your variable (What does your
variable represent?)

b) Solve the inequality

c) What is the maximum cost of each book?

BONUS:

1. What does this say? (Write the sentence out).