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Practice A
For use with pages 6370

Complete the statement using > or <.

1. 4

2

4. 2.4

2.5

7. 22 ? 0.2

2. 6 ? 5

3. 5 ? 6

5. 5.1 ? 5.01

6. 3.2 ? 3.02

8. 2.8 ? 2.79

9. 4 ? 44

10. 3, 1, 5

11. 0, 2, 4

12. 5, 3, 6

13. 2, 4, 0

14. 2.5, 1.5, 1

15. 4,  3, 5

17. 3.5, 2.4, 1.8, 0.9

18. 4,  4,  5, 1.5

16.  2,  4, 2,  4
1

19.  3, 0.5, 3,  5

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Graph the numbers on a number line. Then write the numbers

in increasing order.

20. 2,  4 ,  4,  4

21. 1.62, 1.8, 1.75, 1.7

23. 4

24. 2.8

26. 5.32

27. 14

Find the opposite of the number.

22. 13
25.

7
8

Evaluate the expression.

 
2.3

 

28. 8

29. 4



30.  2

31.

32.

3
4

33. 1.8



 

Profit

Use the following information.

During 1999 the profit earned each month by a small business was recorded in
the table below.
Month
Jan.
Feb. Mar. April May June
July
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
Dec.
Profit $1250 $500 $0 $700 $700 $1300 $4000 $3500 $1000 $500 $200 $3000
34. In which month did the business make the most profit?
35. In which month did the business make the least profit?

Miniature Golf

Use the following information.

In a miniature golf tournament the total score is given as the number of strokes
above or below par, the expected score. If you are at even par, your score is
zero. The player with the lowest score wins.
Name
Score

Maria
4

Ashley
1

Sue
1

Paul Kelly
2
2

Ashish
1

36. Who won the tournament?

37. Who finished last?

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Practice A
For use with pages 7277

Use a number line to find the sum of the numbers.

1. 3 and 5

2. 6 and 9

3. 0 and 4

4. 8 and 1

5. 7 and 3

6. 3 and 7

7. 2 and 2

8. 3 and 6

9. 4 and 1

Find the sum.

10. 4  3

11. 3  5

12. 6  2

13. 5  11

14. 8  0

15. 16  7

16. 2  4  6

17. 6  10  1

18. 7  4  2

19. 1  4  6

20. 6.8  7.6  5.6

21.  5 

4
5

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Lesson 2.2

Evaluate the expression for the given value of x.

22. 9  x, x  6

23. 5  x, x  5

24. 4  x  6, x  4

25. 4  x  8, x  2

26. x  2  7, x  8

27. 5  x  3, x  7

28. 9  x  9, x  9

29. 13  x  10, x  3

30. 11  6  x, x  1

31. Mileage

You are picking up a friend and

going to a concert. Your friend lives 3 miles
west of your house and the concert is 21
miles east of your friends house. When you
are at the concert, how far away from home
are you?
Friend's Your
house house

32. Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos

quarterback was sacked and lost 20 yards on
first down. On second down, a 25-yard pass
was completed. On third down, the Broncos
rushed for 6 yards. Did the Broncos get a first
down (a gain of ten yards)? How many net
yards did they gain?

Concert
20 yards

3 miles west

25 yards
6 yards

21 miles east

33. Three-hole Golf

You are playing 3-hole golf. On the first hole you score
1 under par, on the second hole you score 2 over par, and on the third hole
you score 1 under par. What was your score for the game?

34. Banking Accounts

The table at the right represents the

deposits and withdrawals Sarah made to her savings account
during the first half of the year. She started the year with $200.
Does she have more or less than $200 at the end of June?

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April 12
May 6

Deposit
$150

Withdrawal
$125

$25

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Practice A
For use with pages 7985

Find the difference.

1. 5  3

2. 7  6

3. 8  10

4. 3  11

5. 4  2

6. 7  8

7. 14  2

8. 9  3

9. 3  6

10. 5  2

 



11. 4  2

12. 6  5

13. 2  5  1

14. 3  5  4

15. 8  5  6

16. 4  3  6

17. 8  12  5

18. 3  4  12

19. 6  4  2

20. 4  3  2

21. 4  7  2

22. 6  2  4

23. 5  10  2

24. 8  3  4

Evaluate the expression.

Evaluate the function for these values of x: 2, 1, 0, and 1.

Organize your results in a table.
25. y  x  2

26. y  x  4

27. y  x  3

28. y  x  1

29. y  x  2.5

30. y  4  x

31. y  x  12

32. y  x  4.1

33. y  6  x

Conor is scuba diving at a

depth of 52.8 feet below sea level. Thirty
minutes later, he is at a depth of 40 feet
below sea level. What is his change in depth?
Did he go up or down?

35. Mercury

36. Temperature Change

37. Temperature High and Low

The following table

shows the daily high temperatures for a week
in May. Determine the change in temperature
each day. Find the total of these changes to
discover the net change in temperature.
Day
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.

Temperature
76
72
80
75
75
74
78

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When Mercury is at its maximum

distance from the sun, it is 43.4 million miles
from the sun. At its minimum distance,
Mercury is 28.6 million miles from the sun.
What is the difference of Mercurys maximum and minimum distances?
The table
below shows the record high and low
temperatures for several states. Find the
difference between the record high and low
temperatures for each state. Which state has
the greatest temperature difference?

State
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
New Mexico
North Dakota
Tennessee

High
Temperature F

Low
Temperature F

127
109
112
116
121
113

40
2
51
50
60
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2.5

Practice A
For use with pages 9398

Find the product.

1. 85

2. 47

3. 412

4. 610

5. 73

6. 123

7. 423

8. 5103

11. 231

10. 681

 23

9. 725

12. 437 2 
1

Simplify the variable expression.

13. 5x

14. 2y

15. 4xx

16. 6aaa

17.  y2

18. 3t2

19. y2 y2

20. 7m3

21. 3z2z

22.

12 2x

23.  7  5x

5

24.  4 k4k

Evaluate the expression.

25. 4x when x  3

26. 5tt when t  4

27. x3  2 when x  2

28. 2y3  3 when y  3

29. x3  2x when x  5

30. 3m  m2 when m  5

32. x2  5x  7 when x  2

33. 2x2  3x  1 when x  2

31. 2 y  5  when y  3

Complete the statement using  or .

34. 54

45

35. 32x

x23

 2h

37.  52

38. xxx

x3

39. aaaa

36.

 12

40.  3x 2x

2

42. Bike Tire

There is a slow leak in your

bike tire. It is losing air at a rate of 2 pounds
per square inch per day. Let x represent the
amount of air in the tire now. Write an
expression for the amount of air in the tire
after 3 days. If the amount of air in the tire
is now 75 pounds per square inch, find the
amount of air in the tire after 3 days.

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52
?

a4

35x

43. Draining Water

Water is being drained

out of a tank at a rate of 10 cubic feet per
minute. Let W represent the amount of
water in the tank now. Write an expression
for the amount of water in the tank after
7 minutes. If the amount of water in the
tank is now 1000 cubic feet, find the
amount of water in the tank after 7 minutes.

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Practice A
For use with pages 100107

Decide whether the statement is true or false. If false, rewrite the

right-hand side of the equation so the statement is true.
?
?
1. 42  7  42  7
2. 5  38  53  58
?
?
3. 129  5  129  125
4. 16  84  16  84
?
?
5. 16x  10  16x  10
6. 4t  12  4t  412
Lesson 2.6

Use the distributive property to rewrite the expression without parentheses.

7. 8x  5

9. t  42

8. 4 y  7

10. 6r  1

11. m  73

12. 123  n

13. xx  3

14. aa  3

15. 2x  15x

16. 6b  23b

17. 3xx  2

18. 2  3yy2

Circle the like terms in each list.

19. 4x, 2x, 8, x, 4x2

20. a, 6  a, 6a, 6a2, 6

21. 22b, 5b, 5, b  5, 8b

22. x, 3x, 3x2, x  3, 3x

23. 17a2, 2a2, 2  a, 3a, 6a2

24. 8, 3m, 4, 3n, 7.5

Simplify the expression by combining like terms.

25. 5x  2x

26. 16m  4m

27. 4x  8x

28. 6  x  2

29. 2  t  8

30. 4  m  m



33. 63n  87n

31. 9.2x  7.1x

32.

7
8x

 38x

Apply the distributive property. Then simplify by combining like

terms.
34. 2x  1  x

35. 23a  5  2a

36. 45m  2  3m

37. 2t  3  5t4

38. 2xx  4  5x2

39. 2tt  5  5t2

40. 5  2a  8

41. 4  3 y  8

42. 5x  2xx  3

43. Geometry

Write an expression for the

perimeter of the triangle shown below.

44. Geometry

Write an expression for the

perimeter of the trapezoid shown below.
x1

x
x5

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Practice A
For use with pages 108113

Find the quotient.

1. 8  4

2. 18  3

4. 48  4

5. 2  12

7. 18  36

8. 80 

10. 33  3

2
3

11.

3. 36  6

6. 3   4 
3

4
5

9. 13 

24
 67

12.

1
2

36
9
 10

Simplify the expression.

14. 6y  3

13. 15x  3
16.

c
4
8

17.

19. 12y  

6
11

15. 48x  6

 56

3b 3

4
4

20. 60a  

18. 20k  

12
7

21. 

x
7

4 16

22.

x2
, when x  8 and y  2
y

23.

xy
, when x  17 and y  1
4

24.

xy
, when x  1 and y  15
7

25.

1
10  x
, when x  8 and y 
y
3

26.

4x
, when x  4 and y  2
y

27.

3x  2
, when x  6 and y  8
y

28.

4x  3
, when x  3 and y  3
y

29.

5x  2
, when x  2 and y  4
y

30. Parking Meter

One quarter will give

40 minutes at a parking meter. If you will
be gone 2 hours (120 minutes), how many
quarters do you need to deposit?

31. Musical Notes

32. Cookies

33. Yearbook Ads

Your mom agreed to make

cookies for the Spanish Club bake sale.
Half of the cookies she made are for the
bake sale and half are for a care package
for your sister in college. Your sister has
two roommates. Your sister and her roommates divide the cookies evenly. If your
mom made 72 cookies, how many do they
each get?

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Lesson 2.7

Evaluate the expression for the given values of the variables.

A musical note C, one

1
octave above middle C, has a period of 550
second. What is the frequency of this
note? (Hint: The frequency of a note is the
reciprocal of the notes period.)
You are in charge of the
layout for ads in the back of the yearbook.
The area available on one page is 64
square inches. If you put four ads of the
same size on one page, how much area
does each ad receive?

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