Technology Math Skills Assessment

Practice Test 3
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1. Evaluate: ÷
6 3
1 –1 3
2. Simplify and choose the most correct answer: (8x3 y2)e x yo
2
a. 4x–3 y6
b. 4x4 y5
c. 8x–3 y6
d. 4x2 y5
3. Evaluate: (r + 1)2 – (2r + 1), if r = –2

4. 1
Create a table of values for the equation y = – x+1
2
x y
0
1
2
3
4
5. What is the length of each side of a square with an area of 144 cm2?
6. True or False: If a line has no x-intercept, it must be parallel to the y-axis.
7. Curtis and his cycling team biked 160 km this weekend. If they finished the tour in 8 hours, what is the unit speed
per hour?
8. Anna and Jessica try to rewrite the expression 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 8 in the exponetial form. Anna says it
should be 24 × 52 × 81 while Jessica insists that it should be 24 × 52 × 80. Who do you think is correct?
9. Determine the y-value that corresponds to x = 7, using the following graph.
Y

80

60

40

20

X
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
–20

–40

10. Identify whether the following situation can be modelled by a linear relationship.
x y 1
+ =
3 2 6

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11. Which of the following represents the surface area of an open cylinder?
a. SA = 4πrh
b. SA = 2πrh
c. SA = 2πr
d. SA = 2πr2
12. Simplify and choose the most correct answer: (3p2 + 5pq – 2q2) – (7p2 – pq)
a. 4p2 + 6pq – 2q2
b. –4p2 + 4pq – 2q2
c. 4p2 + 4pq – 2q2
d. –4p2 + 6pq – 2q2
13. Solve: 5x – 3(x + 2) – (x + 1) = 0

14. Phillipia and Sophia each have a lemonade stand. Phillipia’s profits are modelled by the equation y = x – 4, while
Sophia’s profits are modelled by y = 2x – 12, where x represents the number of glasses of lemonade sold. How
many glasses would they each have to sell to earn the same profit?
15. Use the following table to create a linear equation in the form of y = mx + b.
x –3 –2 –1 0 1
y –2 0 2 4 6
16. Which of the following equations represents the graph below?
Y

X
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
–1

–2

a. y = 2x – 1

b. 2x – y + 1 = 0
1
c. y = x+1
2
d. None of the above

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17. Multiply, simplify, and choose the most correct polynomial solution: –2x(–3x2 + x + 2)
a. –6x2 – 2x – 4
b. –6x3 – 2x2 – 4x
c. 6x2 – 2x2 – 4x
d. 6x3 – 2x2 – 4
18. What is the measure of an interior angle of a nonagon (9 sides).

19. Given y = –x + 2 as the line of best fit, estimate the missing values in the following table.
x y
–1
2
1
2
20. Which of the following represents the equations of the lines displayed in the graph below?
Y

X
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
–1

–2

1
a. y = 2x + 1 and y = – x+2
2
b. y = x + 1 and y = –x + 2

c. y = –x + 1 and y = –x + 2

d. y = –2x + 1 and y = –2x + 2

21. An educational agent is recruiting a typist to create manuals for an online course. They consider the typing speeds
of two candidates, Mark and Sean. Mark can type 62 words in 2 minutes, while Sean can type 126 words in 3
minutes. Who should they hire?

22. True or False: Polynomials always have more variables than monomials.

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23. Which statement is true about the following table of values?
x y
–2 12
–1 10
0 6
1 2
2 0
a. When x increases, y decreases
b. When x ≤ 0, y > 10
c. When x ≥ 0, y < 6
d. All of the above

24. Annie received a grade of 90% on her history midterm exam. If there were 40 questions and each question was
worth two marks, what was the total number of marks that she received?
–1
42 × 35 × 50
25. Evaluate: e o
43 × 33 × 52

26. Which statement is true based on the graph of bacterial population growth?
Population Growth
Y

160

140

120
Number of bacteria

100

80

60

40

20

X
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of hours

a. The population starts to increase rapidly after 4 hours.

b. The population in the first 3 hours is less than 40.
c. The population at 6 hours is six times that of the population at 2 hours.
d. All of the above.

27. Laura wants to repaint the walls of her bed room. She creates a mixture of paint such that the ratio of blue to green
is 2 : 3. If a total volume of 40 liters of paint is to be used, how many liters of blue paint must be used?

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28. 1 1
Which of the following represents a whole number ratio equivalent to ÷ ?
6 8
a. 2 : 1
b. 6 : 8
c. 3 : 4
d. 4 : 3
29. In the following situation, identify the independent and dependent variables.
A company published the record of the number of cars produced each year.
Number of cars =
Years =
30. The diagram below shows the intersection of two lines off of a regular pentagon. Find x, the angle measure of
their intersection.

31. A Boeing-787 measures approximately 56 metres in length and 60 metres in width. The length of an Airbus A380
is approximately 72 metres and its width is 80 metres. These two aircrafts have equivalent length to width ratios.
True or False?
32. To pay off a loan, Samantha is given two options, as shown in the graph below. Both options start with a lump
sum payment, followed by a set of yearly payments for ten years.
Loan Payment Plan
Y

16000

14000

12000
Option 1
Dollars paid

10000 Option 2

8000

6000

4000

2000

X
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Years

True or False: The point of intersection on this graph represents the point in time that Samantha has repaid the
same amount of money for both payment options.

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33. If a sum of two consecutive, even numbers is 38, what will the smaller, even number be?

34. Changing the initial value of a linear function will affect which of the following values in the equation?
a. The domain
b. The slope
c. The y-intercept
d. Both a and c
35. Which of the following is the scatter plot for the following table of values?
Years Married Number of Children
20 3
2.5 1
5 2
30 1
10 2
7.5 3

a. Y

4
3.5
Number of children

3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
X
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Years married

b. Y

12
Number of children

10
8
6
4
2
X
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Years married

c.
Y
3.5
3
Number of children

2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
X
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Years married

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 d. Y
3.5
3
Number of children 2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
X
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Years married

36. A store has a television for sale with a perimeter of 48 in. What is the maximum area of the screen of this television?

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Answer Key
1
1. 19. x y
4
–1 3
2. d
3. 4 0 2
1 1
4. x y
2 0
0 1
1 20. c
1 21. Sean
2
2 0 22. False
1 23. a
3 –
24. 72
2
4 –1 100
25.
9
5. 12 cm 26. d
6. False 27. 16 liters
7. 20 km per hour 28. d
8. Anna 29. Number of cars = Dependent variable
9. 40 Years = Independent variable
10. Yes 30. 36˚
11. b 31. False
12. d 32. True
13. x = 7 33. 18
14. 8 glasses 34. c
15. y = 2x + 4 35. a
16. b 36. 144 square inches
17. c
18. 140˚