Assessment B Answers
Assessment B Answers
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1. Which of the sets shown includes 6. LaTanya buys 5 yards of blue fabric
the elements of Set Z that are both and 8 yards of green fabric. The
negative numbers and multiples blue fabric costs $2 more per yard
of 4? than the green fabric. She pays a
total of $62. What would be the
Z = {−34, −28, −16, −2, 4, 8, 12, 26}
combined cost of 1 yard of blue
𝖠 {−28, −16} fabric and 1 yard of green fabric?
𝖡 {−28, −16, 4, 8, 12} 𝖠 $6 𝖡 $10
𝖢 {−28, −16, −2, 4, 8, 12} 𝖢 $9 𝖣 $14
𝖣 {−34, −28, −16, −2, 4, 8, 12, 26}
7. How many solutions are there to
2. Order the numbers from least to this equation?
greatest. ___ 5x + 2 − 2(x − 1) = 3x + 4
___
45 , 4.5, √
___
11
___
√4
45
20 , ___ 𝖠 no solution
___
___
√4 45 , ___
45 , √20 , 4.5 𝖡 exactly one solution
11 𝖢 at least two solutions
3. Which of the following will result
𝖣 infinitely many solutions
in a rational number? Select all
that apply. 8. Corey combines x pounds of
___ ___
√ √36 herbal tea at $12 per pound with
12
𝖠 __56 + ____ 𝖡 __56 − ____
3 3 8 pounds of regular tea at $9 per
___ ___
√ √
36 pound. He makes a mixture that
𝖢 6 __ 12
5 · ____ 𝖣 5 ÷ ____
__
3 6 3 averages $10.50 per pound. Write
an equation to model the situation.
4. What is the value of x in this
12x + 72 = 10.50(x + 8)
equation?
3(2x − 5) − 4x + 8 = −1 9. Find the value of x in this equation.
𝖠 −6 3 (6x + 1) − 3x = __
__ 1 (2x − 1)
4 4
𝖡 −2 = −1
x
𝖢 3
𝖣 4 10. Solve the equation s = a + lw for
the variable w.
s
Height: 5 cm
36 ≤ 6x ≤ 72; 6 ≤ x ≤ 12
13. Solve the inequality.
−2(x − 3) − 4 ≥ 3x − 5(x − 1)
18. Solve the absolute value equation.
𝖠 x ≥ 2 3 = |6 − x|
𝖡 x ≥ 5
𝖠 x = ±3 𝖡 x = ±9
𝖢 no solution
𝖢 x = 3, 9 𝖣 x = −3, 9
𝖣 all real numbers
19. Isabel is buying 6 angelfish, and
14. Graph the solution of the she wants her total cost to be no
inequality on the number line. more than $2 above or below $36.
−2x + 5(x − 2) > 7x − 6 Which inequality models the cost x,
in dollars, of an angelfish?
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 𝖠 |36 + 6x|≤ 2 𝖡 |6x + 2| ≤ 36
𝖢 |6x − 2| ≤ 36 𝖣 |36 − 6x|≤ 2
15. Solve the compound inequality.
2(x − 2) + 7 > −1 and 5 − 4x > 9 20. Graph the solution of the absolute
value inequality on the number
𝖠 x < −2 and x < 1 line.
𝖡 x > −2 and x < 1 2|x + 3| + 1 > 3
𝖢 x < −2 and x < −1
𝖣 x > −2 and x < −1 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5