Multiple Choice Practice - Operations
 Integrated Algebra Level
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Directions:  Choose the best answer.  Answer ALL questions (or only a few at a time), then use the BUTTON at the BOTTOM of the page to check your answers.  If you are told that an answer is incorrect, go back and redo that question and CHECK ANSWERS again.   You may CHECK ANSWERS at any time.
You may use your graphing calculator when working on these problems.
1.   When 20 is subtracted from -4, the result is
       [1]  24                     [2]  16                   [3]  -16                 [4]  -24

 

 

2.  (x + y) + z = x + ( y + z) is an example of the _____ property of addition.

     [1]  commutative       [2]  associative       [3]  distributive       [4]  identity
 

 

3.  The value of   -32   is

     [1]  9                        [2]  3                     [3]   -9                   [4]  -3
 

 

4.  Given:  a $ b =  | a - b |           What is the value of  6 $ 8

     [1]  14                       [2]  - 2                   [3]  2                     [4] no answer
 

 

5.  Linda paid $38 for a jacket that was on sale for 25% of the original price.  What was the original price of the jacket?

     [1]  $60                      [2]   $72               [3]  $96                 [4]  $152
 

 

6.  The expression is equivalent to

     [1]                      [2]                [3]                 [4] 
 

 

7.  In a hockey league, 87 players play on seven different teams. Each team has at least 12 players. What is the largest possible number of players on any one team?

    [1]  13                          [2]  14                   [3]  15                   [4]  21
 

 

8.  is equivalent to

     [1]                      [2]                [3]                [4] 
 

 

9.  The number 0.06022 expressed in scientific notation is

     [1]  6.022 x 10-2         [2]  0.6022 x 10-1    [3] 60.22 x 10-3      [4]  6022 x 10-5
 

 

10.  Solve for x: 

     [1]  3                          [2]  4                      [3]  5                    [4] 7
 

 

11.  The resistance (R) of a copper wire, varies directly as its length (L).  Write this relation as a formula using k as the constant of variation.

     [1]                   [2]               [3]             [4] 
 

 

12.  is equivalent to

     [1]                     [2]                  [3]                 [4] 
 

 

13. 

     [1]  -3087                    [2]  343                   [3]  3087             [4]  -343 
 

 

14.  Daniel's Print Shop purchased a new printer for $35,000.  Each year it depreciates (loses value) at a rate of 5%.  What will its approximate value be at the end of the fourth year?

     [1]  $33,250.00         [2]  $30,008.13        [3]  $28,507.72     [4]  $27,082.33
 

 

15.  What is the quotient of   ?

     [1]             [2]         [3]       [4] 
 

 

16.  The value of (9 - 4)! is
     [1]  5                          [2]  20                     [3]  60                [4]  120
 

 

17.  Simplify:  |(8 - 4)| + |-3|
     [1]  1                          [2]  7                       [3]  9                  [4]  15
 

 

18.  The expression   is equivalent to
     [1]                       [2]                    [3]                [4] 
 

 

19.  There are about 200 calories in 50 grams of Swiss cheese.  Willie ate 70 grams of this cheese.  About how many calories were in the cheese that he ate if the number of calories varies directly as the weight of the cheese.

     [1]  210                      [2]  240                   [3]  280                [4]  290
 

 

20.  is equivalent to

     [1]              [2]            [3]           [4]  
 

 

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