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1. Solve −5 x−3 x−1=−17 . 2. Solve −4 ( 7.5 x −8 )=−5 ( 6.3 x +8 ) .

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3. How many solutions does the equation ( 9 x−12 )=4−3 x have?
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4. The vertices of a triangle are A (−2 , 0 ), B (1 , 2 ), and C (−1 ,−1). Translate the
triangle 1 unit left and 2 units up. What are the coordinates of the image?

5. The vertices of a triangle are A(−2, 1), B(2 , 4), and C (2 ,2). Reflect the
triangle in the x-axis. What are the coordinates of the image?

6. The vertices of a triangle are A(−4 ,−1) , B(3 ,−2), and C (−2 ,−4). Rotate the
triangle 180 ° about the origin. What are the coordinates of the image?
7. MNP is the image of JKL after a translation 5 units up. JKL is scalene.
(a) Is the measure of ∠K equal to the measure of ∠P?
(b) Is the length of side LJ equal to the length of side PM?

8. Line g and line m are parallel. Both lines are translated 2 units left. Are the
images of the lines parallel?

9. You translate a line 3 units right. Is the image of the line still a line?

10. The vertices of a triangle are A ( 0 , 1 ), B(0 ,−1), and C (1 ,2). Dilate the
triangle using a scale factor of 3. What are the coordinates of the image?

11. Describe a sequence of rigid motions 12. Describe a similarity transformation

between the triangles. between the triangles.

13. Find the measures 14. Find the values of x. 15. Find the values of x.
of the numbered angles.

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16. Triangle A has interior angle measures of 84 ° , x ° , and 43 ° . Triangle B has
interior angle measures of 84 ° , 50 °, and y °. Are the triangles similar?

17. The profit y (in dollars) for a business from selling x coats is represented by
y=41 x . Graph the equation.

18. The distance y (in miles) that Train A travels in x hours is represented by the equation
y=62 x . The distance that Train B travels is represented by a graph of a line through the
points (0, 0) and (1, 64). Which train is faster?

19. Solve the system by graphing. 20. Solve the system algebraically.

5 x+ y=5 9 x−2 y=10

x− y =1 3 x− y=2

21. You buy 5 small candles and 3 large candles for $23. Your friend buys
4 small candles and 1 large candle for $10. How much does each item cost?

22. Determine the number of solutions of the system.

y=−2 x +5
6 x +3 y=15

23. Identify any outliers, gaps, or clusters. 24. Describe the relationship between the data
in the scatter plot.

25. Make a scatter plot of the data and draw a line of fit. Write an equation of
the line of fit.

1 10 30 20 15 25 30 15
x 5 30
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1 25 5 10 20 5 10 25
y 25 0

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26. You collect data about the number of absences in a school year x and the
final exam scores y for several students. An equation of a line of fit for the
data is y=−4 x +95 . Interpret the slope and y-intercept.

27. You randomly survey middle school students and high school students
about whether they prefer juice or milk. The results are shown in the tables.
Create a two-way table that includes the marginal frequencies.

Middle High
School School
Juice Milk Juice Milk
61 74 45 58
28. Do the ordered pairs ( 5 , 20 ),( 5 , 16 ),( 8 , 20 ) , (8 , 14), ( 10 , 16 ),
(11 ,14 ), and ( 11 ,2 ) represent the graph of a function?
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29. Graph the function y= x −2.
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30. Two arcades charge an entrance fee and a fee per game. At Arcade A, the
total cost y (in dollars) of playing x games is represented by the linear
function y=0.75 x +6 . The table shows the total cost for playing x games at
Arcade B. Which arcade has a higher fee per game? a higher entrance fee?

Number of Games,
0 4 8 12
x
Total Cost, y 7 8 9 10
31. Determine whether each equation represents a linear function.
−1 −5 −3
a. y=5 x−7 b. y= c. y= 2 d. y=
x x x

32. Create a graph for each situation. (a) The temperature increases slowly at
first and then more quickly. (b) The temperature stays constant.
Simplify the expression. Write your answer as a power.

3 5 7 (−2 )8
33. x 3 ∙ x 8 34. (x ) 35. ( xy ) 36. 5
(−2 )

37. Evaluate the expression 5−2 .

38. The population of Country A is about 10,573,000 and the population of

Country B is about 1,020,000,000. Approximately how many times greater
is the population of Country B than the population of Country A?

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39. Write the number 0.0000000834 in scientific notation.

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40. A calculator display shows 9.2E11. Write the number in standard form.

Evaluate the expression. Write your answer in scientific notation.

41. ( 8.4 × 105 ) +( 1.5× 105) 42. (9 ×10−2) ×(9 ×10−3)

43. Evaluate
√ 16
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. 44. Solve 6 x 2−96=54 .

45. Find b. 46. Find the slant height.

47. Your friend’s house is 4.8 miles south and 9 miles east of your school.
How far is your friend’s house from your school?

48. Evaluate
√
3 343
729
. 49. Solve
1 3
9
x =24 .

50. Write each number as a mixed number.

a. 1.5 b. 1.63 c. 1. 5

51. Write 0. 9 4 as a fraction in simplest form.

52. Approximate √ 2 to the nearest tenth. Plot the number on a number line.

53. Which number is greater, √ 15 or √

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66?

54. Approximate the distance between (0 ,−6) and (6 ,−2) to the nearest tenth.

55. Tell whether a triangle with the side lengths 45 centimeters, 58 centimeters,
and 66 centimeters is a right triangle.

56. The volume of a cylindrical container is 113 cubic inches, and the height is
9 inches. Approximate the radius of the container to the nearest whole number.

57. A cone has a diameter of 10 meters and a height of 15 meters. Approximate

the volume of the cone to the nearest tenth.

58. The volume of a spherical ball is 7776 π cubic centimeters. Find the radius
of the ball.

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