1.

The number that tells the number of times the base is used as a factor is called
___________________.
a. base b. exponent
c. power d. _____________

2. What is the value of -24?

a. -16 b. -8
c. 16 d. _____________

3. Which is a power of 10?

I. 210 II. 102
III. 510 IV. 105

a. I and II only b. II and III only

c. III and IV only d. _____________

4. Which is equivalent to 53?

a. 5 x 3 b. 35
c. 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 d. _____________

5. What is the value in standard form of 53 - 82?

a. 61 b. 21
c. -61 d. _____________

6. Which is the correct integer to represent the phrase “10 steps forward?”
I. +10 II. -10 III. 110

a. I only b. I and II only

c. I and III only d. _____________

7. Which is the correct symbol for -27 +3?

a. = b. ≤
c. > d. _____________

8. What is the exponential form of 100 x 100 x 100 using bases of 2 and 5?
a. 26 x 56 b. 25 x 55
4
c. 2 x 5 4 d. _____________

9. Which power of 10 is multiplied to 385 to get 358 000 000?

a. 3rd power b. 5th power
th
c. 6 power d. _____________

10. The positive and negative numbers are sometimes referred to as

_______________.
a. counting numbers b. directed numbers
c. natural numbers d. _____________
11. Which set contains whole numbers only?
I. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, …
II. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
III. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …

a. I only b. I and II only

c. III only d. _____________

12. What is the distance between points A and B having coordinates -11 and 16
respectively?
a. 5 units b. 17 units
c. 27 units d. _____________

13. The sum of -25, -10, 50 and 15 is _____________.

a. 100 b. 30
c. -30 d. _____________

14. What is ‒25 ‒ ‒10 equal to?

a. 15 b. -15
c. -35 d. _____________

15. What is the missing number k in +9 + +16 ‒ ‒12 + ‒8 ‒ ‒3 + k = 39?

a. 7 b. -7
c. -2 d. _____________

16. What is the value of the expression s + t if s = 10 and t = ‒6?

2s ‒ 18
a. 8 b. 2
c. -8 d. _____________

17. What is the value of n in the given expression ‒18 ÷ (‒3) + 12 – (‒5) = n?
a. 1 b. 5
c. 13 d. _____________

18. In the expression 27[52 – (42 + 32) + 2] = n, what is the value of n?

a. 540 b. 54
c. 41 d. _____________

19. The product of three integers is 6. Which could be the integers?

I. 1, 2, 3 II. 1, ‒2, ‒3
III. ‒1, ‒2, 3 IV. ‒1, 2, ‒3

a. I, II, III, and IV b. I, II, and III only

c. I only d. _____________
 ‒4 + 22
20. What is the value of n in the equation 15 = n?
3
a. 40 b. 18
c. 5 d. _____________

21. Which expression has the same meaning as the statement below? How many ‒3s
are there in ‒21?
a. ‒21÷ ‒3 b. (‒21)‒3
c. ‒3 x ‒21 d. _____________

22. Which is equivalent to (‒21)2?

a. ‒21 x 2 b. (‒21)( ‒21)
c. (‒21) + (‒21) d. _____________

23. What is the value of n in ‒22 = n?

a. ‒22 b. -4
c. 4 d. _____________

24. 53 – 52 equals what number?

a. 5 b. 25
c. 100 d. _____________

25. 53 x 52 equals what number?

a. 55 b. 105
c. 255 d. _____________

26. How many integers are 8 units away from zero?

a. none b. one
c. many d. _____________

27. What must be added to 8 to get a sum equal to zero?

a. none b. 0
‒
c. 8 d. _____________

28. What must be subtracted from ‒5 to an answer equal to zero?

a. ‒5 b. 0
c. 5 d. _____________