Chapter 4 Practice Test

22 marks from 22 questions

Question 1

The perimeter of the rectangle is 7 cm.

Find the length of the shorter sides.
Length of a shorter side = cm

Question 2
The first line in the solution of 2(4v + 9) = 5v is:
v+ = 5v

Question 3
To solve 3(h + 1) = 18, you can first divide both sides of the equation.
The number you should divide by is .

Question 4
Each term in a series is half the previous term. If the first term is (3 p – 4) and the sum of the first
three terms is 98, what is the value of p?
p=

Question 5

To solve = 2, your first step is to:

a. calculate a common denominator

b. add 3 to both sides

c. multiply both sides by 3

Question 6
A tin contains 204 sweets.
It is shared equally between a group of x friends.
Each person gets 12 sweets.

How many people shared the sweets?

people

Question 7

a− =2
1

Which of these is not the same equation?

Select all correct answers.

a. 2a − 2 = 6

b. 2(a − 1) = 6

c. a−1=3

6
d. =3
a

a−
e. 1
=
6

a−
f. 1 =2
6

Question 8
384 is divided by 5 less than x to get the number 24.

What is the value of x?

x=
Question 9
What is the solution to y = x and x + 2y = 18 ?

Solution is x y
,
= =

Question 10
y = 2x – 1 (i)
y + 3x = 5 (ii)
Substituting 2x – 1 from equation (i) for y in equation (ii), you will get:

y + 3(2x
a.
– 1) = 5

2x – 1 = 2 x
b.
–1

2x – 1 + 3 x
c.
=5

Question 11
To solve the simultaneous equations y = x + 3 and y = 2x + 5, a substitution is:

x = 2x
a.
+5

x + 3 = 2x
b.
–5

x + 3 = 2x
c.
+5

Question 12
Use the elimination method to solve the simultaneous equations.
5a + 2 b = 2 (i)
3a – 2b = –18 (ii)
The solution is:

a and b
= =
Question 13
What is the solution to y = 5 and 2x + 2y = 16 ?

The solution is x y
,
= =

Question 14

20 > y is the same expression

as:

y>
a.
20

y<
b.
20

Question 15

Select the true statement.

a. 6>9

b. 6<9

Question 16

The mathematical statement that double y is greater than 8 is written algebraically

as:

2y ≥
a.
8

2y ≤
b.
8

2y >
c.
8

2y <
d.
8
Question 17

The solution to an inequality is graphed as:

This tells you that the inequality is solved by any number greater than:

Question 18

−4 < h < 14

Select all the numbers that could be possible values of h.

a. 14

b. 7

c. −3

d. −20

e. 1000

Question 19

Which inequality does this number line show?

a. −1 ≤ x ≤ 3
b. −1 < x ≤ 3
c. −1 ≤ x < 3
d. −1 < x < 3
Question 20
Monsur thinks of a number and Rekha is trying to guess it.
Monsur tells Rekha that ten less than twice his number is greater than or equal to fourteen.
Which inequality represents this?
a. 2x − 10 ≤ 14
b. 2x − 10 > 14
c. 10 − 2x < 14
d. 2x − 10 ≥ 14

Question 21

Which of these inequalities is this number line the solution to?

Select all correct answers.
a. −12 < 4x ≤ 12
b. −3 < 2x + 3 ≤ 5
c. −9 < 2x + 3 ≤ −1
d. 4 < 5 − x ≤ 8

Question 22

What is the solution for 31 ≤ 3z + 4 ≤ 70?

≤z≤