Algebra 1 2nd Semester Exam Review 2014

Solve. Graph your solution.

____ 1. –4 2x 10 4
a. –7 –3

b. or

c.

d. or

Solve the inequality.

2.

3.

4.

5. Graph the solution of .

Solve. Graph your solution.

6.

7. is equivalent to which of the following?

A. B. or

Graph.
____ 8.
 a. c.

b. d.

____ 9.
a. c.

b. d.

10. Sketch a graph of the inequality

11. Your goal is to make at least $500 selling jewelry at a crafts fair. You plan to sell earrings for $5 a pair and
necklaces for $10 each.
a. Let x be the number of pairs of earrings you sell and y be the number of necklaces you sell. Write and graph
an inequality to describe your goal in terms of x and y.
 b. Give two possible combinations of numbers of earrings and necklaces that you can sell in order to exceed
your goal of making $500.

12. The Stevens family is going to the county fair. They have two ticket options as shown in the chart below.

A. Write an equation that shows the cost per person for each option.
B. Use graphing to solve the system of equations.
C. Find the number of rides for which the total cost is the same with both ticket options.

13. Reggie receives three points for each correct answer on a test and loses one point for each incorrect answer.
a. Write an equation showing that Reggie received 60 points.
b. Write an equation showing that Reggie answered all 40 questions on the test.
c. Solve the system of equations you wrote for parts a and b by graphing.

____ 14. Solve by substitution:

a. no solution b. (5, 1) c. d.

15. A rental car agency charges $15 per day plus 11 cents per mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges
$18 per day plus 8 cents per mile to rent the same car. How many miles will have to be driven for the cost of a
car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency? Express the problems as a system
of linear equations and solve using the method of your choice.

____ 16. The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than four times the width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 46 cm,
what are the dimensions?
a. width = 3 cm, length = 20 cm
b. width = 3 cm, length = 40 cm
 c. width = 6 cm, length = 32 cm
d. width = 6 cm, length = 40 cm

17. The Golden Age Club is trying to book a location for their annual retirement dinner. The Blue Room
restaurant quoted a price of $380 for the room and $20 per person for the dinner while the Wagon Wheel
restaurant quoted a price of $30 per person.
a. Write an equation that models each booking.
b. How many people would have to attend so that the Blue Room is the better choice? so that the Wagon
Wheel is the better choice?

Solve by elimination:

____ 18.

a. (4, –2) b. c. (12, –2) d. no solution

19. Solve the system.

20. Solve the linear system:

21. Find two numbers whose sum is 33 and whose difference 13.

22. Solve the linear system by any method.

____ 23. Marc sold 461 tickets for the school play. Student tickets cost $3 and adult tickets cost $4. Marc's sales
totaled $1624. How many adult tickets and how many student tickets did Marc sell?
a. 220 adult, 241 student c. 236 adult, 225 student
b. 225 adult, 236 student d. 241 adult, 220 student
24. Find the solution of the system, if it exists.

25. Express each equation in slope-intercept form. Then determine, without solving the system, whether the
system of equations has exactly one solution, no solution, or an infinite number of solutions.
 26. Does the system of equations have no solution, one solution, or many solutions? Explain how you can tell
without graphing the system.

27. Graph the system of linear inequalities.

Simplify. Leave your answer in exponential form.

____ 28.

a. b. c. d.
Simplify:
29.

30.

____ 31. Simplify the product:

a. c.
b. d.

32. Simplify

____ 33. Which is equivalent to ?

a. b. c. d.

Simplify the expression.

____ 34.

a. c.
 b. d.

35. Rewrite using only positive exponents:

____ 36. Which expression is equivalent to ?

a. b. c. d.

37. Write your answer on a separate piece of paper.

Does the expression simplify to a negative number, a positive number, or 0? Explain how this

can be determined without actually calculating the value of the expression.

38. Rewrite 50,800,000 in scientific notation.

39. Rewrite 0.00000428 in scientific notation.

40. Rewrite in standard form.

41. Evaluate . Write the result in standard form.

____ 42. Write the polynomial so that the exponents decrease from left to right.

a. c.
b. d.

____ 43. Classify the expression by the number of terms and state its degree.

a. trinomial, 2 c. monomial, 7
b. binomial, 1 d. binomial, 3

____ 44. Which expression is a polynomial?

a. c.

b. d.

Find the sum.

____ 45.
 a. c.
b. d.
Simplify the expression.
____ 46.

a. c.
b. d.
Find the difference.
47.

48. Melissa found the sum of and to be .

a. Is her answer correct? If not, what is the correct answer?
b. What error does it appear that Melissa made in adding the polynomials?

Find the product.

49.

50.

51.

____ 52. Write a variable expression for the area of the rectangle.

a. c.
b. d.
____ 53. A rectangular garden, with length four times its width, is to be expanded so that both sides are increased by 3
yards.

Let x represent the original width of the garden. Which expression models the area of the expanded garden?

a. c.
b. d.

Find the product.

54.

55.

56.

57. Solve the equation

58. Solve the equation

59. The area of a rectangle is 24 square centimeters and its side lengths are x centimeters and centimeters.
a. Find the side lengths of the rectangle. Justify your answer.
b. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

60. A rectangle with an area of 24 square units has length and width . Find the value of x.

Factor the trinomial.

61.

62.

Factor the trinomial.

63.

64.

Factor the polynomial completely.

65.

Simplify:
66.
 67.

68.

69.

Simplify:
70.

____ 71.

a. b. c. d.

____ 72.

a. c.
b. d.

____ 73.

a. b. c. d.

74. Find the product .

Simplify the expression.

75.

76.

77.

Solve:
____ 78.

a. 33 c. no real number solutions

b. 33, -39 d. -39

____ 79.

a. 9 b. no solution c. 9, –8 d. –8

80.

81.

____ 82. Jill and Eileen decided to take a shortcut through the woods to go to their friend's house. When they went
home they decided to take the long way around the woods to avoid getting blackberry vine scratches. If the
length of the shortcut is equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides, what total
distance did they walk?