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ALGEBRA 1

REVIEW PROBLEMS
REAL NUMBER SYSTEM
1. Which of the following is not an irrational number?
a. e b.

2.
a. 4 b .-4 c. imaginary d. no solution

3. If x is odd and y is even and x is a factor of y, which of the following is false?

a. y/x is even b. xy is even c. 2x + y is even d. x + 2y is even

4. The number 0.38444… equals

a. 317/450 b. 371/450 c. 173/450 d. 137/450

5. Find the 4, 388th digit to the right of the decimal when 218, 107 is divided by 333,
333.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

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 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
6. The number 3,032 has
a. 1 SF b. 2 SF c. 3 SF d. 4 SF
7. The number 55, 100 has
a. 3 SF b. 4 SF c. 5 SF d. 6 SF

8. The number 0.000028040 has

a. 4 SF b. 5 SF c. 9 SF d. 10 SF

9. The number 403,520.000 has

a. 6 SF b. 4 SF c. 5 SF d. 9 SF
10. Round off 3,429 to two significant figures.
a. 3,600 b. 3,400 c. 3,420 d. 3,500

MULITPLE AND DIVISOR

11. Which of the following is a prime number?
a. 51 b. 81 c. 71 d. 91

12. Which of the following is a composite number?

a. 947 b. 1,039 c. 1, 007 d. 1, 151

13. Which of the following is the largest prime factor of 759?

a. 3 b. 29 c. 23 d. 11

14. Find the greatest common factor of 36 and 64.

a. 4 b. 2 c. 8 d. 9

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15. Find the least common multiple of 32 and 68.
a. 1, 088 b. 2, 176 c. 272 d. 544

16. Find the product of the GCF and LCM of 162 and 252.
a. 20,412 b. 81,648 c. 40,824 d. 13,608

17. What is the sum of the prime factors of 15, 351?

a. 69 b. 67 c. 70 d. 71

18. What is the sum of all factors of 192?

a. 507 b. 508 c. 316 d. 315

FUNCTIONS
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 FUNCTIONS

19. If f(x) = 3x – 2 and g(x) = x+ 1, find

(f + g)(2) + (f – g)(1) - (fxg)(1).

20. If f(x) = x3– 8 and g(x) = x - 2, find (f/g)(2)

21. If f(x) = 3x-2 and g(x) = x2 + 1, find (f o g)(3).

22. If f(5) = 15 in the function f(n) = n + f(n – 1), find f(12).

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23. Which of the following functions is even?
a. f(x) = x3 c. f(x)=3x7 f(x)= 3x2 + 4x d. f(x)=3x6 + 4

24. Which of the following functions is odd?

a. f(x) = x3 c. f(x)=3x4
2
b. f(x)= 3x + 4x d. f(x)=3x6 + 4
25. Find the inverse of f(x) = 3x-7.

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 EXPONENTS

26. If 3x=6, what is the value of 34x-1?

a. 72 b. 432 c. 216 d. 108

27. Which of the following is equivalent to 128 x32y?

a. 25x+7y b. 26x+7y c. 27x+5y d. 27x+6y

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28. Which of the following is equivalent to 5 x+2 + 3(5x+1) – 40(5x)?
a. 3(5x) b. -2(5x) c. 0 d. 5x

29. If 5x = 7y, what is the value of 5x 2/7y2?

a. 25/49 b. 7/5 c. 5/7 d. 49/25

30. Find the last digit of 31289 + 7535 + 14860.

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 RADICALS
31. Find the principal root of

a. 3xy2 b. 3x3y2 c. 3xy d. 3x2y

32. Solve for x in the given equation

a. 32 b. 16 c. 64 d. 8

LOGARITHMS

33. The base of a common or Briggsian logarithm is

a. 2 b. 1 c. 10 d. e

34. The base of a natural, hyperbolic, or Napierian logarithm is

a. 2 b. 1 c. 10 d. e

35. The whole number part of the logarithm is called

a. mantissa b. antilogarithm c. cologarithm d. characteristics
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35. The whole number part of the logarithm is called
a. mantissa b. antilogarithm c. cologarithm d. characteristics

36. The decimal part of the logarithm is called

a. mantissa
b. antilogarithm

c. cologarithm d. characteristics
37. The characteristics of the logarithm of 3209.65 to the base 10 is
a. 2 b. -3 c. 3 d. -2

38. The characteristics of the logarithm of 0.0078807 to the base 10 is

a. 3 b. -3 c. 4 d. -4

39. The mantissa of the logarithm of 329.65 to the base 10 is

a. -0.5181 b. -0.4819 c. -0.4819 d. 0.5181

40. The mantissa of the logarithm of 0.00078807 to the base 10 is

a. -0.8966b. -0.1034 c. 0.1034 d. 0.8966

41. The mantissa of the logarithm of 5.0932 to the base 10 is

a. 0.2930 b. 0.7070 c.-0.2930 d. -0.7070

42. The equation ax = y in logarithmic form is

a. logx a = y b. logx y = a
c. loga y = x d. loga x = y

43. Find the antilogarithm of 8.20189 – 10

a. 0.913 b. -0.9139 c.0.0159 d. -0.0159

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44. Which of the following is the cologarithm of 132 to the base 10?
a. 7.8794b. 2.1206 c. -7.7794d. -2.1206

45. If logab = 0.25, what is the value of log b a?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 5

46. Solve for x in the equation x

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47. If log 2 = p and log 3 = q, find the log 1.20.
a. 2p + q b. 2p c. 2p + q– 1 d. pq – 1

POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS

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48. Find a quadratic equation whose roots are 3 and -9.
a. x2 – 6x – 27 = 0 b. x2 + 6x – 27 = 0
c. x + 12x – 27 = 0 d. x2 – 12x – 27 = 0
2

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49. If ¼ and -7/2 are the roots of the quadratic equation Ax 2 + Bx + C = 0, what is the
value of B?
a. -28 b. 4 c. -7 d. 26

50. Find the sum and product of the roots of the equation 12x 2 + 2x – 3 = 0

51. Find the value of k in the quadratic equation 7x 2 + (2k + 5)x – 5k + 1 = 0 so that
the(a)roots are equal & (b) sum and the product of the roots are equal.

52. In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a mistake in copying the
coefficient of x and got the roots 5 and -3/2. Another student also made a mistake
in copying the constant term and got the roots 2/3 and ¼. Find the correct quadratic
equation.

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53. Find the sum and product of the roots of the equation
4x5-12x4+5x3+6x2-7X+20=0.

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 INEQUALITIES

Find the solution set of

54.

55.

56.

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57.

58.

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60.

61.

62.

63.

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63.

Determine the Domain and range of

64. f(x) =

THEORY OF EQUATIONS

65. If 4x4 – 120x2 + 18 x – 720 is divided by x – 6, compute the remainder.

a. 252 b. 225 c. 525 d. 522

66. Given f(x) = (x – 3)(x + 5) + 3. When f(x) is divided by (x – k), the remainder is k. Find
k.
a. 5 b. 2 c. -3 d. -4

67. When you divide 2x4 + ax3 – x2 + bx + 1 by x – 2, the remainder is 13. When you
divide it by x + 3, the remainder is 223. Find the value of a.
a. 2 b. -1 c. -3 d. 4

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67. When you divide 2x4 + ax3 – x2 + bx + 1 by x – 2, the remainder is 13. When you
divide it by x + 3, the remainder is 223. Find the value of a.
a. 2 b. -1 c. -3 d. 4

68. Determine the value of k so that (3x + 2) is a factor of (6x 3 – 5x2 – 12x + k).
a. 4 b. 2 c. -2 d. -4

BINOMIAL THEOREM

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69. Find the 6th term & middle term in the expansion of (2x – 3y)12

70. Find the constant term and term involving x 9 in

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71. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x – 3y)35.
a. -1 b. 1 c. -2 d. 2

72. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (3x +1) 4.
a. 256 b. 254 c. 255 d. 257

73. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x + y – z)8.

a. 3 b. 2 c. 0 d. 1

74. Find the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (2x 3 – y5) 7.
a. 210 b. 224 c. 56

RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

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75. Find the mean proportional between 8 and 392.
a. 80 b. 72 c. 60 d. 56

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76. Find the third proportional to 16 and 12.
a. 9 b. 10 c. 12 d. 15

77. Find the fourth proportional to 33, 22 and 27.

a. 21 b. 18 c. 15 d. 20

78. If x : y : z = 4 : -3 : 2 and 2x + 4y – 3z = 20, find x,y,z

a. -8, 6, -4 b.-5, 4, -6 c.7, -5, 6 d. 9, -4, 5

79. If y varies directly as x and is equal to 36 when x is equal to 10, find the value of y
when x is equal to 25.
a. 80 b. 75 c. 60 d.90

80. z varies directly as x and inversely as the square root of y. It is equal to 3 when x is
13 and y is 16. Find the value of z when x is 52 and y is 9.
a. 24 b. 20 c. 25 d. 16

81. Coulomb’s Law states that the electrical force between two point charges varies
directly as the product of the charges and inversely as the square of the distance
between them. If the electrical force between two point charges 25 x 10 -9 coulombs
and 75 x 10-9 coulombs and 0.03 meters apart is 0.019 N, find the electrical force
between two point charges 30 x 10 -9 coulombs and 120 x 10-9 coulombs and 0.10
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between two point charges 30 x 10 -9 coulombs and 120 x 10-9 coulombs and 0.10
meters apart.
a. 0.0033 N b. 0.0044 N c. 0.0055 N d. 0.0066 N

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