MATHEMATICS

Civil Service Review

Module 03 Basic Algebra (Part 1)

A. Variable Expressions

a. Simplify the following variable expressions

1. 6(2x) = _____ 3(4y) = _____ -5(3x) = _____ -3(6z) = _____ (3t)7 = _____

2. (-2)(-6q) = _____ (-3)(-5m) = _____ (4x) = _____ 2/3(6n) = _____ -5/3(9w) = _____

3. (2x)(3x) = _____ (4k)(6k) = _____ (-3x)(9x) = _____ (4b)(-12b) = _____

4. -12h + 12h = _____ 3x + (-3x) = _____ 7xy + (-7xy) = _____ 5 + 8y + (-8y) = _____

b. Simplify by using Distributive Property

1. 2(5z+2) = _____ 3(4n+5) = _____ 6(2y + 5z) = _____ 4(7a + 2b) = _____

2. (2x-7) = _____ -(3x+4) = _____ -4(x+5) = _____ -6(2x-3) = _____

3. -4(3c-2) = _____ -5(-8c-5) = _____ 2(-x+4) = _____ -3(x-1) = _____

c. Addition of like terms

1. 7a+9a = _____ 8c+15c = _____ 12x + 15x = _____ 9b + 24b = _____

2. 9z 6z = _____ 12h 4h = _____ 9x x = _____ 12y y = _____

3. n/5 + 3n/4 = _____ 2n/9 + 5n/9 = _____ x/4 + x/4 = _____ 5x/8 + 3x/8 = _____

4. 4x-2y+2x= _____ 3m-6n+4m = _____ 4r+8p-2r+5p = _____ 9m-12+2m+12= _____

d. General variable expressions

1. 5x+2(x+1) = _____ 6y+2(2y+3) = _____ 9n-3(2n-1) = _____ 12x-2(4x-6) = _____

2. 7a-(3a-4) = _____ 9m-4(2m-3) = _____ 7+2(2a-3)= _____ 13-7(47+3) = _____

3. 4+3(7d+7) = _____ 8-4(3x-5) = _____ 13-7(4y+3) = _____ 2-9(2m+6) = _____

e. Multiplication of monomials
1. a4a5= _____ y5y8 = _____ bb2b6 = _____ (x2y3x3y) = _____
f. Power of monomials
1. (p3)5 = _____ (x3)5 = _____ (d9)2 = _____ (3x)2=_____ (2x4)3=_____

2. (-2x3)2=_____ (3xy3)2=_____ (-2a2)3=_____ (-3b3)2=_____ (xyz5)4=_____

g. Translate the following Verbal Expressions into variable expressions
1. 8 more than w __________ the sum of z and 9 __________

2. The total of r and x __________ x increased by 7 __________

3. 12 less than b __________ the difference between x and 1 __________

4. 17 decreased by a __________ 3 times c __________

5. The product of x and y __________ three-fourths of m __________

6. Twice d __________ v divided by 15 __________

7. The quotient of y and 3 __________ the square of x __________

8. The cube of r __________ the fifth power of a __________

h. Translate the following verbal expressions into variable expressions

1. The total of twice q and five __________ the difference between three times b and seven ________

2. Four times the square of t __________ six times the cube of q __________

3. Seven times the total of p and ten __________

4. Six more than the sum of a number and five __________

5. A number plus the product of the number and ten __________

6. Five increased by twice the sum of a number and fifteen __________

7. Fourteen decreased by the sum of a number and thirteen __________

8. The product of eight times a number and two __________

i. Applications

1. A wire whose length is given as x inches is bent into a square. Express the length of a side of the
square in terms of x.

2. A twelve foot board is cut into two pieces of different lengths. Express the length of the longer piece in
terms of the length of the shorter piece.