Equivalent expressions-medium-30questions

Question ID dd4ab4c4
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent
expressions
ID: dd4ab4c4
Which of the following is a factor of

the polynomial above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: dd4ab4c4 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The first and last terms of the polynomial are both squares such that and .
The second term is twice the product of the square root of the first and last terms: . Therefore, the
polynomial is the square of a binomial such that , and is a factor.
Choice A is incorrect and may be the result of incorrectly factoring the polynomial. Choice C is incorrect and may be the
result of dividing the second and third terms of the polynomial by their greatest common factor. Choice D is incorrect and
may be the result of not factoring the coefficients.
Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID b8caaf84
expressions
ID: b8caaf84
If and , which of the following is
equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: b8caaf84 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. It’s given that and . Substituting the values for p and v into the expression
yields . Multiplying the terms yields .

Using the distributive property to rewrite yields . Therefore, the entire expression can be represented
as . Combining like terms yields .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from subtracting, instead of adding, the term . Choice C is incorrect. This is the
result of multiplying the terms . Choice D is incorrect and may result from distributing 2, instead of , to
the term .

Question ID 52931bfa
expressions
ID: 52931bfa
Which expression is equivalent to , where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 52931bfa Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The given expression has a common factor of in the denominator, so the expression can be
rewritten as . The three terms in this expression have a common factor of . Since it's given that
, can't be equal to , which means can't be equal to . Therefore, each term in the expression,
, can be divided by , which gives .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question ID ad2ec615
expressions
ID: ad2ec615
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: ad2ec615 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The term x4 can be factored as . Factoring –6 as yields values that add to –1, the
coefficient of x2 in the expression.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from finding factors of –6 that don’t add to the coefficient of x2 in the
original expression.

Question ID 42c71eb5
expressions
ID: 42c71eb5
Which of the following is equivalent to

the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 42c71eb5 Answer

Correct Answer: A
Rationale
Choice A is correct. The given expression can be rewritten as . Applying the distributive
property, the expression can be rewritten as , or
. Adding like terms yields . Substituting for in the given expression
yields . By the rules of exponents, the expression is equivalent to . Applying
the distributive property, this expression can be rewritten as , or .
Adding like terms gives . Substituting for in the rewritten expression yields
, and adding like terms yields .
Choices B, C, and D are incorrect. Choices C and D may result from rewriting the expression as ,
instead of as . Choices B and C may result from rewriting the expression as , instead of
.

Question ID a05bd3a4
expressions
ID: a05bd3a4
Which of the following expressions is
equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: a05bd3a4 Answer

Correct Answer: C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The expression can be written as a difference of squares x2 – y2, which can be factored as (x + y)(x –
y). Here, y2 = 5, so , and the expression therefore factors as .
Choices A and B are incorrect and may result from misunderstanding how to factor a difference of squares. Choice D is
incorrect; (x + 5)(x – 1) can be rewritten as x2 + 4x – 5, which is not equivalent to the original expression.

Question ID b4a6ed81
expressions
ID: b4a6ed81
The expression is equivalent to , where is a constant. What is the value of ?
ID: b4a6ed81 Answer

Correct Answer: 6
Rationale
The correct answer is . Applying the distributive property to the expression yields . Since
is equivalent to , it follows that is also equivalent to . Since
these expressions are equivalent, it follows that corresponding coefficients are equivalent. Therefore, and
. Solving either of these equations for will yield the value of . Dividing both sides of by yields
. Therefore, the value of is .

Question ID cc776a04
expressions
ID: cc776a04
Which of the following is an equivalent form of
?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: cc776a04 Answer

Correct Answer: C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The first expression can be rewritten as . Applying the
distributive property to this product yields . This difference can be
rewritten as . Distributing the factor of through the second
expression yields . Regrouping like terms, the expression becomes
. Combining like terms yields .
Choices A, B, and D are incorrect and likely result from errors made when applying the distributive property or combining
the resulting like terms.

Question ID a520ba07
expressions
ID: a520ba07
Which of the following expressions is equivalent

to the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: a520ba07 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. One of the properties of radicals is . Thus, the given expression can be rewritten
as ⋅
. Simplifying by taking the cube root of each part gives x1 y2, or xy2.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may be the result of incorrect application of the properties of exponents and
radicals.

Question ID 5b6af6b1
expressions
ID: 5b6af6b1
Which expression is equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 5b6af6b1 Answer

Correct Answer: C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. Applying the distributive property to the given expression yields . Applying
the distributive property once again to this expression yields , or
. This expression can be rewritten as . Thus,
is equivalent to .
Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question ID a255ae72
expressions
ID: a255ae72
If and , which of the
following is equal to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: a255ae72 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. It’s given that and . Using the distributive property, the expression
can be rewritten as . Substituting and for and , respectively, in this expression
yields . Expanding this expression yields
. Combining like terms, this expression can be rewritten
as .
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from an error in using the distributive property, substituting, or combining
like terms.

Question ID 463eec13
expressions
ID: 463eec13
If , which of the following expressions is
equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 463eec13 Answer

Correct Answer: D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. Taking the square root of an exponential expression halves the exponent, so ,
which further reduces to . This can be rewritten as .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from neglecting the denominator of the given expression and from incorrectly
calculating the square root of 16. Choice B is incorrect and may result from rewriting as rather than . Choice C
is incorrect and may result from taking the square root of the variables in the numerator twice instead of once.

Question ID a1bf1c4e
expressions
ID: a1bf1c4e

x
A. ( + 3)2 + 5
B. (x + 3)2 – 5
C. (x – 3)2 + 5
D. (x – 3)2 – 5
ID: a1bf1c4e Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The given quadratic expression is in standard form, and each answer choice is in vertex form.
Completing the square converts the expression from standard form to vertex form. The first step is to rewrite the
expression as follows: . The first three terms of the revised expression can be rewritten
as a perfect square as follows: . Combining the constant terms gives .
Choice A is incorrect. Squaring the binomial and simplifying the expression in choice A gives . Combining
like terms gives , not . Choice C is incorrect. Squaring the binomial and simplifying the
expression in choice C gives . Combining like terms gives , not . Choice D is
incorrect. Squaring the binomial and simplifying the expression in choice D gives . Combining like terms
gives , not .

Question ID 6d04c89d
expressions
ID: 6d04c89d
The expression is equivalent to , where b is a constant and b
. What is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 6d04c89d Answer

Correct Answer: A
Rationale
Choice A is correct. Since the given expressions are equivalent and the numerator of the second expression is of the
numerator of the first expression, the denominator of the second expression must also be of the denominator of the
first expression. By the distributive property, is equivalent to , or . Therefore, the
value of is .

Question ID 5805e747
expressions
ID: 5805e747
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 5805e747 Answer

Correct Answer: A
Rationale
Choice A is correct. Applying the distributive property, the given expression can be written as .
Grouping like terms in this expression yields . Combining like terms in this expression yields
.

Question ID 26eb61c1
expressions
ID: 26eb61c1
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 26eb61c1 Answer

Correct Answer: C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. Since each term of the given expression has a common factor of , it may be rewritten as
, or .
Choice A is incorrect. This expression is equivalent to , not .
Choice B is incorrect. This expression is equivalent to , not .
Choice D is incorrect. This expression is equivalent to , not .

Question ID 42f19012
expressions
ID: 42f19012
Which expression is equivalent to , where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 42f19012 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Since , multiplying the exponent of the given expression by yields an equivalent
expression: . Since , the expression can be rewritten as . Applying
properties of exponents, this expression can be rewritten as . An expression of the form , where
and , is equivalent to . Therefore, is equivalent to .

Question ID f237ccfc
expressions
ID: f237ccfc
The sum of and can be written in the form
ab
, where , , and c are constants. What is the value of ?
ID: f237ccfc Answer

Rationale
The correct answer is 32. The sum of the given expressions is . Combining like terms
yields . Based on the form of the given equation, , , and . Therefore, .
Alternate approach: Because is the value of when , it is possible to first make that
substitution into each polynomial before adding them. When , the first polynomial is equal to and
the second polynomial is equal to . The sum of 30 and 2 is 32.

Question ID a391ed22
expressions
ID: a391ed22
The expression above is equivalent to ab

, where , , and c
are constants. What is the value of ?b
ID: a391ed22 Answer
Rationale
The correct answer is . The expression can be written in the form , where a, b,
and c are constants, by multiplying out the expression using the distributive property of multiplication over addition. The
result is . This expression can be rewritten by multiplying as
indicated to give , which can be simplified to , or . This is in
the form , where the value of b is . Note that 5/2 and 2.5 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question ID c3a72da5
expressions
ID: c3a72da5
Which of the following is equivalent to the sum of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: c3a72da5 Answer

Correct Answer: D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. Adding the two expressions yields . Because the pair of terms and
and the pair of terms and each contain the same variable raised to the same power, they are like terms and can
be combined as and , respectively. The sum of the given expressions therefore simplifies to .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from adding the coefficients and the exponents in the given expressions. Choice B is
incorrect and may result from adding the exponents as well as the coefficients of the like terms in the given expressions.
Choice C is incorrect and may result from multiplying, rather than adding, the coefficients of the like terms in the given
expressions.

Question ID 16de54c7
expressions
ID: 16de54c7
If the given expression is rewritten in the form , where k

is a constant, what is the value of k?
ID: 16de54c7 Answer
Rationale
The correct answer is 4. It’s given that can be rewritten as ; it follows that
. Expanding the left-hand side of this equation yields
. Subtracting from both sides of this equation yields .

Using properties of equality, and . Either equation can be solved for k. Dividing both sides of
by yields . The equation can be rewritten as . It follows that
. Solving this equation for k also yields . Therefore, the value of k is 4.

Question ID d9137a84
expressions
ID: d9137a84
Which expression represents the product of and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: d9137a84 Answer

Correct Answer: D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. The product of and can be represented by the expression

. Applying the distributive property to this expression yields
, or . This expression is equivalent to
, or .

Question ID 3e9cc0c2
expressions
ID: 3e9cc0c2
?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 3e9cc0c2 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Multiplying (1 – p) by each term of the polynomial within the second pair of parentheses gives (1 –
p)1 = 1 – p; (1 – p)p = p – p2; (1 – p)p2 = p2 – p3; (1 – p)p3 = p3 – p4; (1 – p)p4 = p4 – p5; (1 – p)p5 = p5 – p6; and (1 – p)p6
= p6 – p7. Adding these seven expressions together and combining like terms gives 1 + (p – p) + (p2 – p2) + (p3 – p3) +
(p4 – p4) + (p5 – p5) + (p6 – p6) – p7, which can be simplified to 1 – p7.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from incorrectly identifying the highest power of p in the expressions or
incorrectly combining like terms.

Question ID 7348f046
expressions
ID: 7348f046

the given expression?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 7348f046 Answer

Correct Answer: C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. Distributing the negative sign to the terms in the second parentheses yields . This
expression can be rewritten as . Combining like terms results in .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from not distributing the negative sign to the 7. Choice B is incorrect and may result
from adding to instead of subtracting . Choice D is incorrect and may result from adding the product
of and x to the product of 3 and 7.

Question ID b47419f4
expressions
ID: b47419f4

A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: b47419f4 Answer

Correct Answer: A
Rationale
Choice A is correct. By distributing the minus sign through the expression , the given expression can be
rewritten as , which is equivalent to . Combining like terms gives
, or .
Choice B is incorrect and may be the result of failing to distribute the minus sign appropriately through the second term
and simplifying the expression . Choice C is incorrect and may be the result of multiplying the
expressions and . Choice D is incorrect and may be the result of multiplying the expressions
and .

Question ID 8838a672
expressions
ID: 8838a672
Which of the following expressions is equivalent

to the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 8838a672 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Using the distributive property, the given expression can be rewritten as
. Combining like terms, this expression can be rewritten as ,
which is equivalent to .
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from an error when applying the distributive property or an error when
combining like terms.

Question ID 0b3d25c5
expressions
ID: 0b3d25c5
, where ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 0b3d25c5 Answer

Correct Answer: D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. The given expression can also be written as . The trinomial can be
rewritten in factored form as . Thus, the entire expression can be rewritten as . Simplifying the
exponents yields .
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect and may result from errors made when simplifying the exponents in the expression

Question ID 1dd13816
expressions
ID: 1dd13816
The given expression is equivalent to , where is a constant. What is the value of ?
ID: 1dd13816 Answer

Correct Answer: 9
Rationale
The correct answer is . The given expression can be rewritten as . By applying the
distributive property, this expression can be rewritten as , which is equivalent to
. Adding like terms in this expression yields . Since it's given that
is equivalent to , it follows that is equivalent to . Therefore, the
coefficients of in these two expressions must be equivalent, and the value of must be .

Question ID 4eaf0a3a
expressions
ID: 4eaf0a3a
Which expression is equivalent to , where and are positive?
A. msup
B. msup
C. msup
D. msup
ID: 4eaf0a3a Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. For positive values of and , , , and . Therefore, the given
expression, , can be rewritten as . This expression is equivalent to , which can be rewritten as
, or .

Question ID c602140f
expressions
ID: c602140f

A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: c602140f Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Expanding all terms yields (x – 11y)(2x – 3y) – 12y(–2x + 3y), which is equivalent to 2x2 – 22xy – 3xy
+ 33y2 + 24xy – 36y2. Combining like terms gives 2x2 – xy – 3y2.
Choice A is incorrect and may be the result of using the sums of the coefficients of the existing x and y terms as the
coefficients of the x and y terms in the new expressions. Choice C is incorrect and may be the result of incorrectly
combining like terms. Choice D is incorrect and may be the result of using the incorrect sign in front of the 12y term.

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Question ID dd4ab4c4

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

Which of the following is a factor of

ID: dd4ab4c4 Answer

polynomial is the square of a binomial such that , and is a factor.

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: b8caaf84 Answer

yields . Multiplying the terms yields .

as . Combining like terms yields .

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: 52931bfa Answer

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: ad2ec615 Answer

Question Difficulty: Medium

Which of the following is equivalent to

ID: 42c71eb5 Answer

yields . By the rules of exponents, the expression is equivalent to . Applying

the distributive property, this expression can be rewritten as , or .

, and adding like terms yields .

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: a05bd3a4 Answer

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: b4a6ed81 Answer

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: cc776a04 Answer

Choice C is correct. The first expression can be rewritten as . Applying the

distributive property to this product yields . This difference can be

rewritten as . Distributing the factor of through the second

expression yields . Regrouping like terms, the expression becomes

. Combining like terms yields .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Which of the following expressions is equivalent

ID: a520ba07 Answer

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: 5b6af6b1 Answer

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: a255ae72 Answer

can be rewritten as . Substituting and for and , respectively, in this expression

yields . Expanding this expression yields

. Combining like terms, this expression can be rewritten

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: 463eec13 Answer

which further reduces to . This can be rewritten as .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Which of the following is equivalent to

ID: a1bf1c4e Answer

as a perfect square as follows: . Combining the constant terms gives .

expression in choice C gives . Combining like terms gives , not . Choice D is

Question Difficulty: Medium

ID: 6d04c89d Answer

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.