Name Date

CHAPTER
Chapter Test A
3 For use after Chapter 3

Solve the equation. Answers

y 1.
1. a 1 8 5 212 2. 6q 5 48 3. } 5 9
3
2.
4. The rectangle has an area of 60 square feet. Write and solve an
equation to find the value of x.
3.

4.
x
5.

12 in. 6.

Solve the equation. 7.

b
5. 3t 2 5 5 16 6. } 11 5 3 7. 2m 1 7m 5 45 8.
4

8. The output of a function is 6 more than 2 times the input. Write and 9.
solve an equation to find the input when the output is 210.
9. You have $25 to buy a gallon of milk for $3.75 and as many boxes
of cereal as you can for $2.80 each. Write and solve an equation that
represents this situation. Show that your answer is reasonable.
10.
Solve the equation.
11.
10. 3p 2 7p 1 22 5 2

11. z 1 3(z 2 7) 5 19 12.

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3 13.
12. }w 5 12
4
14.
In Exercises 13 and 14, use the following information.
A young person should sleep 8 hours each night plus
1
} hour for every year the person is under 18 years old.
4
Suppose a young person sleeps 9.5 hours.
13. Which equation could be used to find a, the age of the young person?
1
a. } a 5 9.5
4
1
b. } a 1 8 5 9.5
4
1
c. } (18 2 a) 1 8 5 9.5
4

14. Solve the equation to find the age of the young person.

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CHAPTER
3
Chapter Test A continued
For use after Chapter 3

Solve the equation, if possible. Answers

15. 4y 1 16 5 2y 2 14 15.

16. 8x 1 4 5 2(4x 2 3) 16.

17. 6(3b 1 5) 5 2(6b 2 21) 17.

Solve the proportion. 18.

c 3 5 d
18. } 5 } 19. } 5 } 19.
4 2 8 24
15 3 17v 34 20.
20. } 5 } 21. } 5 }
n 5 2 3
2x 2 3 x22 5 22 21.
22. } 5 } 23. } 5 }
3 2 3a 1 8 a21
22.
24. A caterer knows that 18 heads of lettuce are needed to make dinner
salads for 70 people. How many heads of lettuce are needed for a 23.
party of 175 people?
24.
Solve the percent problem.
25.
25. What percent of 80 is 36?

26. What number is 15% of 40? 26.

27. In a recent county election, 16,400 registered voters voted, which 27.
was a 32% voter turnout. How many registered voters are there in
the county? 28.
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In Exercises 28 and 29, identify the percent of change as an

increase or decrease. Then find the percent of change.
29.
28. Original: 65 29. Original: 46
New: 78 New: 39.1

30.
Write the equation so that y is a function of x.
30. 5x 1 y 5 12 31. 8x 1 4y 5 220 32. 9x 2 3y 5 12 31.

1 32.
33. The formula for the area of a triangle is given by A 5 } bh.
2
Solve for h.
33.

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 Name Date

CHAPTER
Chapter Test B
3 For use after Chapter 3

Solve the equation, if posssible. Answers

2 3 1.
1. 27 5 22 1 x 2. b 2 } 5 }
5 5
2 2.
3. 2} d 5 8 4. 17 5 14 1 6y
3
3.
5. 2t 2 5t 5 9 6. 13 2 9w 5 214
4.
3
7. 7m 2 4 2 2m 5 6 8. } (c 1 4) 5 3
4
5.
9. 5(3 2 2y) 1 4y 5 3 10. 4x 2 1 5 2(2x 1 3)
6.
11. 7a 2 3.9a 5 6.2 12. 9 2 5z 5 12 2 (6z 1 7)
7.
13. A radio station has 722 different promotional CDs to possibly give
away. Only 295 of the CDs are designed for individual distribution. 8.
The rest must be given away in sets of 3. How many complete sets
can be given away? Write and solve an equation that represents this 9.
situation. Show that your answer is reasonable.
10.
14. A new plasma-screen television costs $5250. A family makes a
down payment of $552 and pays off the balance in 24 equal monthly 11.
payments. Write and solve an equation to find the monthly payment.
12.
15. On a class trip, there were 45 more girls than boys. The total number
of students on the trip was 211. Write and solve an equation to find 13.
the number of girls and the number of boys on the class trip.

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Solve the proportion.
4 12 1.1 w
16. } 5 } 17. } 5 }
5 y 1.2 3.6
16 24t 8 4
18. } 5 } 19. } 5 }
9 27 m13 m 14.

6 12 5 23
20. } 5 } 21. } 5 }
x14 5x 2 13 3z 2 4 1 2 2z
15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.
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Chapter Test B continued
3 For use after Chapter 3

22. On Monday, biologists tagged 150 sunfish from a lake. On Friday, Answers
the biologists counted 12 tagged fish out of a sample of 400 sunfish
22.
from the same lake. Estimate the total number of sunfish in the lake.
2 23.
23. A recipe for oatmeal raisin cookies calls for 1} cups of flour to
3
make 4 dozen cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to
24.
make 6 dozen cookies?
25.
Solve the percent problem.
24. 3 is 1.5% of what number? 25. 9 is what percent of 6? 26.

26. What is 26.5% of 46? 27. 70 is 200% of what number? 27.

28. In a renovation project, a football stadium increased its 60,000-seat
28.
capacity by 15%. How many seats will be available when the project
is completed? 29.

In Exercises 29 and 30, identify the percent of change as an

increase or decrease. Then find the percent of change.
30.
29. Original: 82.6 30. Original: 45
New: 70 New: 72

Write the equation in function form. 31.

31. 5x 2 y 5 7 32. 10x 1 3y 1 2 5 9x 1 8 32.

In Exercises 3335, use the following information. 33.

Anthropologists can estimate the height of a woman by
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measuring the length (in centimeters) of her radius bone 34.

(from the wrist to the elbow). The length (in centimeters) of
the radius bone b is given by b 5 0.26h 2 18.85 where h is the 35.
height (in centimeters) of the woman.
33. Solve the equation for h.

34. If the length of a womans radius bone is 25 centimeters, estimate the

height of the woman. Round your answer to the nearest centimeter.
35. If 1 in. 5 2.54 cm, convert the womans height to inches. Round your
answer to the nearest inch.

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 Name Date

CHAPTER
Chapter Test C
3 For use after Chapter 3

Solve the equation. Answers

3 1.
1. 2} n 5 12 2. 218.4 5 b 2 14.7
4
5 3 7 2.
3. } 2 y 5} 4. } x 2 3 5 4
8 4 12
3.
1 2 2
5. 3 5 } 2 2b 6. } z 1 z 5 }
3 3 3 4.

7. A music venue has 410 possible tickets to give away in envelopes. 5.

36 envelopes will contain 2 tickets each. The rest of the envelopes
must contain 3 tickets each. How many envelopes will contain 6.
3 tickets? Write and solve an equation that represents this situation.
Show that your answer is reasonable. 7.

8. A contractor wants to use 34 feet of molding, cut into three pieces,

to trim the sides and top of a garage door. The long piece is 1.5 feet
longer than three times the length of each shorter piece. Find the 8.
length of each piece.
9.
Solve the equation, if possible.
10.
9. 3[2 2 3(m 2 2)] 5 12 10. 21.6(b 2 2.35) 5 211.28
11.
11. 2x 1 3(x 2 5) 5 15 12. 4 5 9 2 3(2w 1 1) 2 5w

1 12.
13. 2(c 2 4) 1 8 5 } (6c 1 20) 14. 2q 2 4 1 8q 5 7q 2 8 1 3q
2
13.
15. 27(t 2 3) 1 4t 5 3(7 1 t) 16. 2.1d 1 18 5 2.16(d 1 8)

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14.
17. A jewelry maker produces necklaces that sell for $85 each. The
jewelry makers costs include $35 in materials for each necklace 15.
plus fixed costs of $1650. How many necklaces must the jeweler
sell to break even? 16.

Solve the proportion. 17.

15 72 b 9 18.
18. } 5 } 19. } 5 }
45 a 12.8 3.2
0.5 c 5 10 19.
20. } 5 } 21. } 5 }
2.4 15 2d 2 3 d13
20.
2f f22 4.5 3
22. } 5 } 23. }5}
7 14 g12 0.5g 2 1
21.

22.

23.

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CHAPTER
Chapter Test C continued
3 For use after Chapter 3

24. The ratio of weight on the moon to weight on Earth is 1 : 6. How Answers
many pounds would a 144-pound person weigh on the moon?
24.
25. A simple syrup used for ice cream toppings requires 2 cups of sugar
2 25.
and }3 cup of boiling water. How many cups of sugar are required for
2 cups of boiling water? 26.

Solve the percent problem. 27.

26. 48 is 12% of what number? 27. What percent of 16 is 20? 28.

28. What number is 175% of 76? 29. What percent of 200 is 96?
29.
30. The cost of dinner for a party of eight people is $139.50. For large
groups of people an 18% gratuity is added to the cost of the dinner, 30.
after a 6% sales tax. Find the total bill for the dinner.
31.
31. The average lecture class size last year at a community college was
120 students. This year, the average lecture class at the same college
has 216 students. Find the percent of change and tell whether it is an
increase or a decrease. 32.

Write the equation in function form. 33.

1
32. y 2 7 5 } (x 2 9) 33. 4x 2 6y 2 8 5 0 34.
3
35.
In Exercises 34 and 35, use the following information. The
surface area of a cylinder is given by S 5 2rh 1 2r 2 where
r is the radius of the base and h is the height of the cylinder.
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34. Solve the formula for h.

35. What is the height of a cylinder when the surface area is

75.36 square inches and the radius is 2 inches? Use 3.14
for .

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 Chapter 2, continued

23. a. 210e + (23)r, or 210e 2 3r 9. A 10. E 11. E 12. C 13. D 14. B

b. descended 174 feet; 15. C 16. A 17. $331 18. 8.5 19. 0.2 ft
210e 2 3r 5 210(15) 2 3(8) 5 2150 2 24 5 2174
Performance Assessment
24. a. 240 feet b. 10 rolls; 240 4 25 5 9.6;
1. Complete answers should include: an

ANSWERS
Because 9 rolls would not be enough, the
gardener must purchase 10 rolls. c. 10 feet; explanation that a rational number is a ratio of two
10 rolls 5 250 feet and 250 2 240 5 10 integers; an explanation that irrational numbers
d. $169.50 cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers,
or a discussion of the differences between the
Standardized Test B decimal representations of rational numbers and
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. D 8. C irrational numbers; an example of a rational
9. D 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. D 14. A number and an example of an irrational number.
15. D 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. D 2. a. 119 points b. 175 points c. 99 points; 17
correct answers, 6 incorrect answers, 2 left blank
21. C 22. 25 23. a. C 5 0.15t 1 0.10m
5
b. $3.70; The total cost for 104 minutes and 7 text d. 121 points; distributive property e. }
7
messages is $16.30 and you have pre-paid $20, so f. Neither; both scored 117 points.
the remaining balance is $3.70. 24. a. 296 ft
g. Explanations may vary; 10x 2 75 h. 85 points
b. 6 rolls; Five rolls would only be 250 feet of
fencing which is not enough. Six rolls would be Chapter 3
300 feet which is a little more than what is needed.
c. 4 ft; 296 feet of fencing is needed and 300 feet Quiz 1
is purchased, so 4 feet of fence is leftover. 1. n 5 216 2. t 5 27 3. f 5 90 4. w 5 24
d. $290.33; Six rolls of fencing costs $273.90.
5. d 5 30 6. y 5 12 7. z 5 2 8. h 5 24
6% tax is $16.43 rounded to the nearest cent.
9. x 5 1 10. 132 tiles
The total cost including tax is $290.33.
11. 80.75 5 32.50 1 8.25x; x 5.8; You can buy
Standardized Test C
5 t-shirts. The number of t-shirts must be a whole
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. B number. The total cost with 6 t-shirts would be
9. A 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. B $82.
15. C 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A Quiz 2
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21. 3 22. a. Sample answer: 1. x 5 1 2. y 5 2 3. no solution 4. t 5 25

C 5 2.49p 1 3.29w where C represents total cost, 5. b 5 7.6 6. j 5 5 7. m 5 12 8. d 5 5
p represents pounds of peanuts purchased and w
9. f 5 6 10. 60 dogs
represents pounds of walnuts purchased b. 5 packs;
The cost of the nuts is 6(2.49) 1 3(3.29) 5 24.81, Quiz 3
leaving $5.19 for gum. When $5.19 is divided by 1. 25 2. 52% 3. 18 4. 8% 5. 130 6. 94.4
$0.95, the quotient is about 5.5, so 5 packs of gum
7. 22 8. 27.2 9. 77.625 10. 25.092
can be purchased.
8 4
23. a. 18 feet b. 121 ft; The landscaper needs 11. y 5 2} x 1 } 12. y 5 5x 1 8
5 5
12(18), or 216, feet of fencing, so 216 2 95, or 7 I
121, feet of fencing is still needed. c. $257.10; 13. y 5 2} x 1 3 14. r 5 }
3 Pt
Because 121 4 15 8.07, 9 rolls are needed. The
Chapter Test A
rolls, with tax, cost 9($26.95)(1.06) 5 $257.10.
d. 4 ft; The landscaper will have 9(15) 2 121, or 1. a 5 220 2. q 5 8 3. y 5 27 4. 12x 5 60;
} }
14, feet leftover. Because 14 is between 9 and x 5 5 in. 5. t 5 7 6. b 5 8 7. m 5 5
}
16 , the side length will be between 3 and 4 feet, 8. y 5 2x 1 6; x 5 28
but closer to 4 feet because 14 is closer to 16. 9. 25 5 3.75 1 2.80x; x 7.6; 7 boxes. The
SAT/ACT Chapter Test number of cereal boxes must be a whole number.
1. C 2. E 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D
The total cost with 8 boxes would be $26.15.

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 Chapter 3, continued

10. p 5 5 11. z 5 10 12. w 5 16 13. c 16. d 5 12 17. 33 necklaces 18. a 5 216

14. 12 years old 15. y 5 215 16. no solution 19. b 5 36 20. c 5 3.125 21. d 5 3
17. b 5 212 18. c 5 6 19. d 5 15 2
22. f 5 2} 23. g 5 214 24. 24 pounds
1 3
20. n 5 25 21. v 5 1 } 22. x 5 0
ANSWERS

3 25. 6 cups 26. 400 27. 125% 28. 133

23. a 5 21 24. 45 heads 25. 45% 26. 6
27. 51,250 voters 28. increase; 20% 29. 48% 30. $174.49 31. 80% increase
29. decrease; 15% 30. y 5 25x 1 12 1 2 4
32. y 5 } x 1 4 33. y 5 } x 2 }
2A 3 3 3
31. y 5 22x 2 5 32. y 5 3x 2 4 33. h 5 } S 2 2 r 2
b 34. h 5 } 35. 4 in.
2 r
Chapter Test B
Standardized Test A
1
1. x 5 25 2. b 5 1 3. d 5 212 4. y 5 } 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A
2
5. t 5 23 6. w 5 3 7. m 5 2 8. c 5 0 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. B
7
9. y 5 2 10. no solution 11. a 5 2 15. C 16. C 17. D 18. D 19. 23.5 or 2}
2
12. z 5 24 20. a. S 5 0.85p b. $15.30
13. 722 5 295 1 3x; x 142.3; 142 sets. The 21. a. $120 b. $702; Add the amount of interest
I
number of sets must be a whole number. The radio earned, $52, to the principal, $650. c. P 5 }
rt
station needs 2 more CDs to make 143 complete d. $1500
sets.
Standardized Test B
14. 24x 1 552 5 5250; $195.75
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. B
15. x 1 x 1 45 5 211; 128 girls; 83 boys
9. D 10. D 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C
16. y 5 15 17. w 5 3.3 18. t 5 212
15. B 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. 21
19. m 5 3 20. x 5 7 21. z 5 27
20. a. C 5 0.65P or C 5 P 2 0.35P b. $85;
1
22. 5000 sunfish 23. 2 } cups of flour 24. 200 solve the equation 55.25 5 0.65P
2
25. 150% 26. 12.19 27. 35 28. 69,000 seats 21. a. $5437.50 b. $31,562.50; The simple
interest calculates to be $6562.50. This amount
29. decrease; about 15.3% 30. increase; 60%
must be added to the original $25,000 borrowed

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1
31. y 5 5x 2 7 32. y 5 2}x 1 2 I
3 for a total of $31,562.50. c. P 5 }
rt d. $12,500
b 1 18.85
33. h 5 } 34. about 169 cm Standardized Test C
0.26
35. about 67 in. 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. B
9. C 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. B
Chapter Test C
1 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. D 19. 4.25
1. n 5 216 2. b 5 23.7 3. y 5 2}
8 20. a. v 5 0.88p b. 500 volunteers; Solve the
4 2 equation 440 5 0.88p.
4. x 5 12 5. b 5 2} 6. z 5 }
3 5 21. a. $319.31 b. $15,493.75; Add the amount of
7. 410 5 36(2) 1 3x; x 112.7; 112 envelopes. interest, $14,800(0.0625)(0.75), or $693.75, to the
The number of envelopes must be a whole I
principal. c. r 5 }
Pt
d. 2.5%
number. The venue needs 2 more free tickets to
make 113 envelopes. SAT/ACT Chapter Test
4 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. D
8. 6.5 ft, 6.5 ft, and 21 ft 9. m 5 }
3
9. C 10. B 11. A 12. E 13. C 14. D
2
10. b 5 9.4 11. x 5 6 12. w 5 } 15. A 16. 5 ft 17. 210 18. 89.1 19. $143
11
13. c 5 210 14. no solution 15. t 5 0

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