Name ______________________

1st Semester Review 2E

1. Identify whether the following sequence is arithmetic, geometric or neither. If possible, find the common
difference, d , or the common ratio, r .

a. 8, 16, 24, 32, ... 

b. 1000, 700, 490, 343, ... 

2. A portion of a sequence is shown in the table. The terms continue to grow at the same rate according to the
pattern shown.

Term Number, n 3 4 5
 
Term, an 40 47 54
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

a. Find the value of a1 . ​

b. Write an explicit formula for the sequence.

3. Josie’s new job has a yearly salary of $42, 000 . Her salary will increase by $4000 each year thereafter. If Josie works at this
job for 30 years, how much will she have been paid total over the 30 -year period?

10
4. Calculate the sum: ∑ 3i − 4  ​

i=1

a. Write the expression as a sum of terms.

b. Calculate the sum.

5. A clothing store is having a sale on T-shirts. The first T-shirt you buy costs $7 and every additional shirt costs only
$5 .

Number of shirts purchased 1 2 3 4
 
Cost, ($)
​ ​

a. Complete the table.

b. Write an explicit formula for the cost of n shirts.

c. Emily spent $42 on t-shirts, how many t-shirts did she purchase?

6. Determine whether each sequence described is a geometric sequence. Justify your answer.

a. The number of cells in a petri dish doubles every hour. The number of cells in the dish after h hours is shown in the
table.
Hours 1 2 3 4
 
# of cells 35 70 140 280
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

b.
20
Term

15

10

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Term number

c. Johanna is a physical therapist who is helping one of her patients increase the number of steps they take. At their first
appointment, the patient was able to take 8 steps without assistance. At the next appointment, they are able to take
14 steps, and they take 20 steps at the appointment after that.
7. Determine whether each sequence described is a geometric sequence. Justify your answer.

a. Caelyn has a part-time job delivering pizza. The amount she makes depends on the number of deliveries she
completes.

b.
10
Term

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 Term number
-2

c. When an item does not sell for the full asking price on eBay after one month, the seller may continue to choose to
discount the item by 20% . If the item still does not sell after the next month, the seller can choose to discount the item
by 20% again. A seller can continue to discount the item by 20% each month until it sells.

8. The first 4 terms of a geometric sequence are shown on the graph.

a. Write a recursive formula for the sequence.
140
Term

120
1, 100
100
b. Find the fifth term. Round your answer to 4 decimal places.
2, 75
80

3, 56.25
60
4, 42.188
40

20

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-20 Term number

9. Write an equation of the line that passes through (0, 7) and (1, −3) .
10. Write an equation of the line that passes through (4, 2) and (5, 1) .

11. Write an equation of the line shown on the graph. 6

y 5

2
− 1, 2
1

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1 x
-2

-3
2, − 4
-4

-5
-6

12. The table shows the linear relationship between x and y . Write an equation for the relationship.

x −5 −2 0
 
y 19 10 4
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

13. Write an equation for the line shown on the graph. 10

y
9
3, 8
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-1 x

14. A line passes through the point (−1, −4) and has a slope of 2 . Write the equation of this line.

15. Which of the following is an equation of the line shown on the graph?

A) 3x + 5y = −30  y

B) 3x + 5y = 30 
5
C) 3x − 5y = −30 

D) 3x − 5y = 30 

-10 -5 0
x

16. Thomas is working a 12 -hour shift at the bakery. It takes him 3 hours to make a cake and 2 hours to make a batch
of cupcakes.

a. Write an equation in standard form for the line that gives all the possible number of cakes he can make, x , and
batches of cupcakes he can make, y , in a 12 -hour time span.

b. Find the y -intercept of this line and interpret the value in the context of this problem.

c. Interpret the slope of your equation in the context of this problem.

17. A linear relationship exists between x and y that can be written as 4x + 15y = C , where C is a constant. The table gives
some values of x and their corresponding values of y . Find the value of C .

x −12 0 15 52.5
 
y 17.2 14 10 0
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
18. A linear relationship exists between x and y that can be written as 2x + By = 115 , where B is a constant. The table gives
some values of x and their corresponding values of y . Find the value of B .

x −4 −1 5 11
 y 8.2 7.8 7 6.2 
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

19. Abi is planting a garden and wants to fill it with flowers and shrubs. His budget for the garden is $250 . Flowers cost $5
each and shrubs cost $25 each. Write an equation in standard form showing the relationship between the number of
flowers, x , and the number of shrubs, y , that Abi can purchase for his garden.

20. A linear relationship exists between x and y that can be written as 5x + By = 40 , where B is a constant. The table gives
some values of x and their corresponding values of y . Find the value of B .
x −4 −2 10 14
 y −30 −25
​ ​ ​

5
​

15
​ ​

21. A linear relationship is shown on the graph. An equation for 2

y 1
the relationship can be written in the form of
Ax + By = −24 . Find the values of A and B . -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-1 x
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9
-10

22. Find values of A and B so that the line given by Ax + By = 135 has an x -intercept of 12 , and a y -intercept of 5.4 .
23. A system consisting of two linear equations is graphed.
Identify a point that satisfies both linear equations. 3

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

24. The system of equations shown has a solution, (x, y) . What is the value of x ?
1
 y = 10 
4
​

1
2x + y = 20 
4
​

25. Solve the system for (x, y) .

−7x − y = 12 
y = 4x − 1 

26. For what value of A will the system shown have infinite solutions?
2x − 4y = 5 
4x − 8y = A 

A) 20 

B) 10 

C) 5 

D) 2.5 
27. Solve the system.
3
y = x + 1 
2
​

5x − 10y = 20 

28. Solve the system.

3x + 6y = 12 
−x + 2y = 0 

29. Solve the system.

x = −5 
x + 3y = 13 

30. Based on the system, what is the value of 2x + 6y ?

6x + 5y = 42 
−4x + y = 10 

31. Based on the given system of equations, what is the value of 6x + 4y ?

4x + 3y = −5 
−2x − y = 4

32. Solve the linear system for (x, y) .

3x + 2y = 10 
−3x + 2y = −2
33. Consider the system of equations.
−4x + 6y + 8z = −62 
4x − 6y − z = 48 
−10y − 10z = 110 

a. Using the first and second equations in the system, find the value of 7z .

b. Find the values of x , y , and z .

34. The graph displays a system of inequalities. Which of the ordered pairs satisfies the system?
10
A) (−4, 0) 

B) (0, −4)  5

C) (0, 4) 

D) (4, 0)  -10 -5 0 5 10

-5

-10

35. Graph the system of inequalities. 5

y
y < 3x − 5  4
1
y ≤ x + 1  3
3
​

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5


36. Consider the system of inequalities shown.
3x + 4y ≤ 18 
x + 3y > 6 
x > 0 

a. Graph the system.

10

-10 -5 0 5 10

-5

-10

b. Identify the vertices of the shaded region.

37. Dan’s family just adopted a puppy. He is concerned about the puppy’s weight so he weighs it once a month,
starting on the day it was born. The graph shows the puppy’s weight for each of the first 6 months.
a. Identify the independent and dependent variables. 50
Weight (lbs.)

45

40

35
b. Between which two consecutive months did the dog gain the most
30
weight?
25

20

15

c. Does the graph represent a function? Explain. 10

5
Months
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
38. The graph shows the fuel economy in miles per gallon of fuel (mpg), of a certain vehicle, as a function of the
speed that the vehicle is traveling, in miles per hour (mph). Based on the graph, answer the following questions.
a. What is the lowest fuel economy the vehicle operates at? 40

Fuel Economy (mpg)

35

30

b. What is the highest fuel economy the vehicle operates at? 25

20

15

c. If the driver of the vehicle wants to have the best (highest) fuel 10
economy possible, between what speeds should they try to maintain?
5

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Speed (mph)

39. Does the graph shown represent a function for 0 ≤ x ≤ 6 ?

y7
Explain.
6

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
x

40. Which graph is not a function?

A)  y B)  y
4

-10 0 10
x

-2 0 2
x
-1

C)  y D)  y
4

2
2

0 2 4 -4 -2 0 2 4
x x

-2
-2

-4

41. The complete graph of the function f where y = f (x) is shown in the coordinate plane.
a. Evaluate f (4) . 8
y
7

5
b. Find all solutions to f (x) = 3 .
4

-7-6
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1 x
-2
42. The complete graph of the function f where y = f (x) is shown in the coordinate plane.
a. Evaluate f (1) .
y
6

b. Find all solutions to f (x) = 5 .

4

x
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

43. Jackie works as a server at a local diner. She earns tips from her customers throughout her shift. The total dollar
value of tips earned m minutes after 3:00 pm is given by the function T , where T (m) is in dollars. A table of
values is given for T .
m(minutes) 0 45 90 150 180 240
 T (m)(dollars) 0 ​ ​

7
​

16
​

23
​

32
​

37
 ​ ​

a. Find T (45) and interpret this value in the context of this problem.

b. For what value of m is T (m) = 23 ? Interpret this value in the context of this problem.

44. Grant has been trying to increase the value of his savings account at the bank. He deposits money earned from
delivering pizzas each month. The total value of his savings account m months after starting to save is given by
the function T , where T (m) is in dollars. A table of values is given for T .
m(months) 0 6 12 18 24 30
 
T (m)(dollars) 0 350 900 1525 1870 2120
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

a. Find T (24) and interpret this value in the context of this problem.

b. For what value of m is T (m) = 900 ? Interpret this value in the context of this problem.
45. Given h(x) = −5x − 3, 

a. Find h(3) .

b. Find x when h(x) = −8 .

46. Describe the translations of the graph of y = f (x) for each of the following.

a. y = f (x + 3) 

b. y = f (x) + 5 

c. y = 2 + f (x − 1) 

47. The graph of y = h(x) is translated up 1 unit and right 4 units. Write an equation for the translated graph.

48. Consider the quadratic y = (x + 1)2 − 2 .

a. Graph the equation. 5
y
4
b. Identify the vertex.
3

1
c. Identify the axis of symmetry.
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5
49. Let f (x) = −x + 2 
​

a. Describe the transformations of the parent function, y = x , that poduce the graph of f .
​

b. Graph the function.

5
y
4

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5

c. Determine the domain and range of f .

50. Let f (x) = x + 3 − 2  ​

a. Describe the transformations of the parent function, y = x , that produce the graph of f .
​

b. Graph the function.

5
y
4

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5

c. Determine the domain and range of f .

51. Transformations of the parent square root function resulted in a function with a domain of x ≤ 0 and a range of y ≥ 3 .
Write a possible equation for the transformed function.

52. The function g is obtained from the parent function y = ∣x∣ by applying a horizontal shrink by a factor of 2 and
translating down 5 units. Write an equation for the function g .

53. The equation for the parabola shown can be written in the form y = a(x − h)2 + k . Find a, h, and k .

y 4

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1 x
-2

-3

-4

-5

54. The equation for the parabola shown can be written in the form y = a(x − h)2 + k . Find a, h, and k .

y
5

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
x
-1

-2

-3

-4


55. The equation for the absolute value graph shown can be written in the form y = a∣x − h∣ + k . Find a, h, and k .
4
y
3

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

56. The equation for the square root graph shown can be written in the form y = a x − h + k . Find a, h, and k .
​

y 5

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
x
-1

-2

-3

-4


57. An absolute value function, f , is graphed such that y = f (x) .
a. Write an equation for the function.
y

− 1, 5
b. Find all values of x that make f (x) = 5 true.

− 3, 1

58. Write an equation for a circle that has a center at (3, −1) and a radius of 4 .

59. The equation of a circle is (x + 5)2 + (y + 1)2 = 30 . Identify the center and radius of the circle.

60. The equation of a circle is (x + 2)2 + (y − 3)2 = 20 . Identify the center and radius of the circle.
61. Caleb and Colin each attempt to write an equation for the
y 5
circle graphed. Each of their equations is given.
4
Caleb: (x − 1)2 + (x − 3)2 = 9
3
Colin: (x − 3)2 + (y − 1)2 = 9 
2
Who is correct? Explain.
1

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1 x
-2

-3

-4

62. Write an equation for the circle shown. The center of the circle and a point on the circle are shown.

y
− 1, 1

-5 0 5
x

− 1, − 3

-5

63. Write an equation for the circle shown. The center of the circle and a point on the circle are shown.

y
5
3, 3

-5 0 5 10
x
3, − 2

-5

-10


64. Write an equation for the circle shown. The center of the circle and a point on the circle are shown.
12
y

3, 1
9, 1
-6 0 6 12
x

-6

65. A population of 225 turtles in a northwestern town grows by 3% each year. Approximately how many years will it take for
the population of turtles to grow to 400 turtles?

66. Tomas earns $11 an hour at his job for the first 40 hours a week that he works. If he works overtime (more than 40 hours
a week), he earns $16.50 an hour for the additional hours after the first 40 hours. If Tomas earned $522.50 in one week,
how many hours did he work? Clearly show your strategy for solving.
67. A racquetball is bounced off the floor. The height of the racquetball, h , in feet, t seconds after it is bounced is
shown on the graph.
a. How many seconds after it was bounced does it take for the
h 1.5, 36
racquetball to reach its maximum height?

b. How many seconds after it was bounced does it take for the
racquetball to hit the ground again?

0, 0
t

68. The temperature of a town in Michigan on a spring day is shown in the graph. Time is measured in hours after
midnight and the temperature is measured in degrees Fahrenheit.
a. Approximate the lowest temperature of the day. At which time does 80

Temperature (˚F)
this occur?
70

60

50
b. Approximate the hours of the day at which the temperature is above
40
70° .
30

20

10
Time
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24
69. The marketing team at Crunchy Cookie Incorporated is studying how the money spent on advertising affects the
profit of the company. The given graph shows this relationship, where y represents the company’s profit (in
thousands) and x represents amount of money spent on advertising, also measured in thousands of dollars.
a. How much should the company spend on advertising to earn its 60000
y
maximum profit?

40000

b. When will the company make no profit?

20000

0 80 160
x

70. A kickball with a radius of 5 inches has a small hole that is allowing the air to leak out at a constant rate of 10 in3
4
per hour. (Volume = πr3 ) Answer the following to the nearest tenth and include units in your answers.
3
​

a. What is the volume of air in the kickball when it is completely full?

b. How much air is left in the kickball after it has been leaking for 48 hours?

c. How long will it take for the kickball to become completely empty?

71. Two rubber balls are dropped from the same height and their heights are recorded after each bounce. The height of
each ball after b bounces is given by these equations.
Ball 1 : Height = 70(0.9)b
Ball 2 : Height = 70 − 4b 
After how many bounces will the height of Ball 2 be less than Ball 1 ? Clearly show your strategy for solving.
72. Two functions are shown on the coordinate plane,
y
f (x) = 4x and g(x) = 2(x + 2) + 2 . Solve the equation 12

4x = 2(x + 2) + 2 . Explain your process. 10

x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

73. Solve the equation for z. 3(z − 1)2 + 8 = 116 

74. Solve the equation for p. 4(p + 3)2 − 2 = 14 

75. Consider the equation y = ∣x + 1∣ − 3 .

a. Graph the equation.

5
y
4

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5

b. Give a value of k for which k = ∣x + 1∣ − 3 has no solution.

c. Give a value of k for which k = ∣x + 1∣ − 3 has exactly one solution.

76. Consider the equation y = −∣x + 1∣ + 2 .

a. Graph the equation.

5
y
4

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
-5

b. Give a value of k for which k = −∣x + 1∣ + 2 has no solution.

c. Give a value of k for which k = −∣x + 1∣ + 2 has exactly one solution.

77. Solve the equation for x .
5x 2(x + 6)
 = 
11 11
​ ​

78. Solve the equation for q .

(q + 6)2 = 121 


79. Solve the equation for x .

2 x − 1 + 3 = 5 
​

80. Solve the equation for x .

0 = x + 5 − 9 
​

81. A system of equations consisting of one absolute value 1

y
equation and one quadratic equation is graphed. Is (3, −8) -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a solution to the system? Give a reason for your answer. -1 x
-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

-8


82. A system of equations consisting of one linear equation and 4
y
one quadratic equation is graphed. Is (−5, 0) a solution to 2

the system? Give a reason for your answer. -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1

-2
x

-4

-6

-8

-10

-12

-14

-16

83. A system of equations is given below.

y = x − 1 + 3 
y = 4x − 6 
Is (2, 2) a solution to the system? Give a reason for your answer.

84. If f (x) = 5x and g(x) = x − 3 , what is the value of f (3) − g(4) ?

85. Given the functions f (x) = 7 − 5x and g(x) = x + 2 , find each of the following and simplify.

a. Find f (x) − g(x) 

b. Find f (x) × g(x) 

86. A table of selected values is given for functions m and n .
x m(x) n(x)
−2 −4 3
0 0 −1
 
1 2 −3
​ ​ ​ ​

3 6 −7
6 12 −13

a. Find m(1) ∗ n(1) .

b. Find n(m(3)) .

c. Let p(x) = m(x) + n(x) . Find p(6) .

87. A table of selected values is given for functions m and n . Let p(x) = n(x) .​

m(x)
x −3 0 1 2 4
 m(x) −5 1 4 7
​ ​ ​ ​ ​
10 
​ ​

n(x) 15 9 8 7 −2

a. Find p(−3) .

b. Find x if p(x) = 2 .

88. Use c(x) = 5x + 8 and d(x) = x2 − 3 , find each of the following.

a. c(d(5)) 

b. d(c(5)) 
89. Given the functions f (x) = x2 + 3x and g(x) = 2x , find f (g(x)) and g(f (x)) . What does this tell you about the functions
f and g ?

90. Consider the function p = f (r) = r4 .

a. What is the independent variable of f −1 ?

b. What is the dependent variable of f −1 ?

c. Find f −1 .

d. Find f (f −1 (81)) .

1
91. Let f (x) = x + 3 . If g is the inverse of f , write an equation for g(x) .
5
​

92. Write an equation for the exponential function modeled in the table below.
x 3 5 7
 y 1 0.01 0.0001 
​ ​ ​ ​ ​
93. Write an equation for the exponential function shown.

(-1,6)

(0,3)

(2,0.75)

94. The table represents an exponential function, y = f (x) , that can be written in the form f (x) = abx .
x 0 1 2 3
 
y j 7 4.9 k
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

a. Find the values for j and k .

b. Write an equation for f (x) .

95. For each of the following, classify the relationship as linear, exponential, or neither.

a.  x 0 1 2 3 4 5

y 2 6 18 54 162 486
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

b. Henry got a 20% tip from a customer at a restaurant where he works.

c. Snow fell at the ski resort at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour.

d.
y 6

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1 x
-2

-3

96. The function y = 3x is shifted 4 units up.

a. Write an equation for the transformed function.

b. Identify the domain and range of the transformed function.

97. Write the equation of an exponential function that passes through (0, 5) and (1, 26) and has a horizontal asymptote at
y = −2 .
98. Write the equation of an exponential function that passes through (0, 2) and (1, 34) and has a horizontal asymptote at
y = −6. 

99. The function P (t) = 2500(1.035)t can be used to represent the amount in a bank account, in dollars, after t years.

a. How much money was deposited into the account initially? How do you know?

b. What is the annual interest rate on the account?

100. Kelly wants to invest $8500 into a savings account. One bank offers 4.1% compounded weekly and another bank
offers 3.8% compounded daily.

a. Which should she choose if she wants to maximize her money? Explain.

b. Does the answer to part a depend on how much she invests? Does the answer to part a depend on how many
years the money is in the account?