Test your knowledge of Unit 1
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1. Divide and write in scientific notation: 

  3.9 x 10-11

  0.39 x 10-10

  3.9 x 10-3

  none of these





2.  Divide and simplify: 

  5x9 + 2x10

  7x11

  5x5 + 2x6

  none of these





3.  Solve:  - 3x - 5 < - 21

  x > -16/3

  x > 16/3

  x < 16/3

  none of these





4.  Evaluate:  470

  47

  0

  1

  none of these





5.  Identify which of the following is a linear equation.

  3 - 8x = x + 7





  none of these





6.  Solve:  4y - 5(y - 7) = 28 + y

  y=   7/2

  y=   - 36/2

  y=   - 35/2

  none of these





7.  Evaluate; do not write the answer as a decimal: 

  81

  -81

  1/81

  none of these





8.  Divide and simplify; express the answer using positive exponents only:                                                              

 

  21x8y2

 

  none of these





9. Simplify: -7x2yz - 8xy2z + 6x2yz

  -x2yz - 8xy2z

  -9x3y3z2

  8x3y3z2

  none of these





10.  Solve the equation: 

  x = 4

  x = 24/7

  x = -15/7

  none of these





11.  If y varies directly as x and y  =   44 when x  =   11, write the variation equation.

  y = (1/4) x

  y = 4x

  y = 484/x

  none of these





12.  Solve the inequality  (1/2)(x+18) > (1/9)(x+15)

  x > -3/7

  x <  -132/7

  x > -132/7

  none of these





13.  Translate into an equation:  the quotient of a number and 5 is 15 less than the number

  x/5 = 15 -x

  5x = x - 15

  x/5 = x - 15

  none of these





14.  Rewrite and simplify:  23 weeks to 49 days

  23/49

  23/343

  23/7

  none of these





15. Two trains leave New York going opposite directions.  If one train is going 50 mph and the other is going 62 mph, how long will it take before they are 280 miles apart?

  23.33 hours

  2.5 hours

  0.4 hours

  none of these





16. An odd integer increased by four times the next consecutive odd integer totals - 47.  What are the integers?

  -11 and -13

  11 and  13

  -11 and -9

  none of these