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MA THEMATICS LEARNING
Students will find instructors and qualified tutors
available for assistance in solving mathematical
problems or in understanding mathematical concepts
in the Mathematics Learning Center, located in Room
127 of the Library/Learning Resource Center.
A scientific or graphing calculator is
required for all math courses. Please
see instructor.
CENTER (714) 484-7151
MONDAY 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
TUESDAY 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
WEDNESDAY... 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
THURSDAY .... 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
FRIDAY 8:00 AM 8:00 PM
SATURDAY 9:00AM 1:00 PM
If you have not taken a Math course within the last two
years, you are strongly advised to begin at a level that you
have already completed with a C or better.
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Matriculation Test Level 4
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TEST #1: ALGEBRA READINESS TEST - SAMPLE QUESTIONS
To assess skills in: ARITI-IMETIC and PRE-ALGEBRA
For placement in the following math classes: ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA (Math 20)
1. .29 can be written as:
9
79 79
9
(A) 2 (B)
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(C) (D) 2
100 100 10 10
2. 4+2(6)=
(A) 36 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 48
3. .111+12.2+3.12=
(A) 15.431 (B) 16.43 (C) 435.2 (D)43.511
4.
(A) - (B) (C) (I))
5. (3){3(4)+7]=
(A)22 (B)16 (C)2 (D)8
6. 16 is 8% of what number?
(A)168 (B)20 (C)4.8 (D)200
2+5x
7. 1fX=2 then =
2+x
(A) 3 (B) (C) 5 (D)
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5
37.33=
(A)
310
(B)
321
(C) 9 (D)
921
3 4
9. 4 + 1=
5 15
(A)
5i
(B) (C) 5 (D) 5
15 20 15 25
10. Bob is making a scale drawing of his garage which is 10 yards long. If V2 inch
represents lyard, how many inches long should the drawing be?
(A) 20 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15
TEST #2: ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA TEST - SAMPLE QUESTIONS
To assess skills in: ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA
For placement in the following math classes: PLANE GEOMETRY (MATH 30) and
INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA (MATH 40)
Elementary numerical operations
C
1. +2=
D
C+2D C+2 C+2
(A) (B) (C) - (D) C+2D
D D+2 D
Polynomials
2. (x3 +3y)(2x3 +3y)=
(A) 2x + 9y 2 (B) 2x 9+ 9x 3y
+ 9j;
(C) 20x 9j 2(D) 2x 6+ 9x 3v+ 9y 2
Linear equations and equalities
3. If3x+2y=8andy=x-l,thenx=
(A) -6 (B) - (C) - (D) 2
4. The inequality 7-2x <1 is equivalent to
(A) x<3 (B) x<-4 (C) x>3 (D) x>-4
Quadratic Equations
5 OnesoIutionof 24.=l2is
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 16
6. What are the possible values of x such that 3x 2 2x = 0
(A)--only (B)Oonly (C).onIy (D)Oand .-
x x+l
(A) (B)
+
(C) (D)
2x+l x(x+1) x(x+l) x+l
Exponents and roots
8.
(A) 6 (B) 3J (C) 4q (D)
Word problems
9. A student who correctly answered 72 questions on a test received a score of 75%.
How many questions were on the test?
(A) 54 (B) 75 (C) 96 (D) 104
10. Ifx is to 5 as y is to 8, what is the value of x when y=2?
(A) -- (B) (C) (D)
16 4 5
TEST #3: PRE-CALCULUS READINESS TEST- SAMPLE QUESTIONS
To assess skills in INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
For placement in the following math classes: MATH FOR LIBERAL ARTS (MATH
100), FiNiTE MATH (MATH 115), PROBABILITY and STATiSTICS (MATH 120),
SURVEY OF CALCULUS (30, and COLLEGE ALGEBRA (MATH 141).
Elementary operations
1. 2x_3[2x_(3_4x)]=
(x+2) 2
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(x+4)(x+2) 2
(A) (B) (C) 4x (D)
x x +4x
Exponents and radicals
6a 2
-, xx
6. The solutions to y2

2y + 3 = 0 are:
(A) iJI (B) 3and l (C) 2.J (D) l2J
Coordinate plane and grapijg
7. Which of the following is an equation of a line with slope 3 and y intercept -4?
(A)y=4x3 (B) v=3x4 (C) y=3x+4 (D) y=4x3
Logarithms and functions
8. If 1(x) = then f(-3) =
(A)- (B)l (C)-7 (D)
9. If log 2(x) = 3, then x
(A) (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9
10. If log 10 x+log 10 v=3,then y=
(A) 8x9 (B) 8x3 (C) 916x (D) 12x 224x+9
Rational operations
x2+4x
(x+2) 2
7 0 =
-. x2 +4
4.
(A) x5 (B)
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(C) x6 (D)
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(A) 4J (B) 2/ (C) /i (D) 2/
Linear equations and equalities
5. If 2x + v = 8 and x
I, then y
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) There are no solutions for y
Quadratic polynomials, equations, and inequalities
(A)l00 (B)0.OOl (C)l000 (D)1.0
TEST #4: PRE-CALCULUS TEST SAMPLE QUESTIONS
For placement in the following math class: CALCULUS and ANALYTICAL
GEOMETRY (MATIT 150A)
Elementary operations with numerical and algebraic fractions
3x2 2 =
x+2 x2
3 3r 4 3
x(3xlO) 3x(x4)
(A)--- (B)---- (C)_iz_ (D)----- (E)
2
x+2 x4 x 4 x 4 x 4x+4
Operations with exponents and radicals
a +2
2.
(A)
a4 3
(B) x3 (C)
X5
(D) x (E)
Linear equations and equalities
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3. For what value of t does = 2 ?
3t +4
(A) -6 (B) (C) (D) (F) No value of tsatisfies this equation.
Polynomials and polynomial equations
4. If (x
_1)(x2
4) + 2(x 1) (x + 2) = (x I) p, then p
(A) x2 2 (B) x2 (C) x(x+2) (D) x2 +2 (F) (x+2) 2
Functions
5. If f(x)=2x+5 and g(x)=lx 2,then
(A) -3 (13) -1 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 9
Trigonometry
6. If sin 0= and 0 0 then tan 0=
(A) (B) - (C) - (D) (E)
Logarithmic and exponential functions
7. log 327 =
(A) 81(B) 9 (C) 3 (D) (E)
Mathematical modeling- -word problems
8. If is ---- of - of a certain number, then that number is
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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(F)