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Pre-test for Calculus

School Year 2019-2020

Direction: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. You may use
scratch paper to solve problems.

_____1. Find the solution of the equation: 2(1 − 𝑥) = 𝑥 + 8

A. -3
B. 6
C. -2
D. 4

_____2. Find all real solutions of the equation: 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 10 = 0

A. 2
B. -5,2
C. 5, -2
D. 5

_____3. Simplify the expression: (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 3)

A. −2𝑥 + 3
B. 𝑥2 − 9
C. 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 9
D. 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 9

____4. Find all complex solutions of the equation: 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 5 = 0

A. 2 ± 2i
B. 0,2
𝑥 2 +5
C. 2
D. 1 ± 2i
3
(𝑥 2 )
____5. Simplify the expression: (𝑥2 )(𝑥3 )
A. 1
B. X
C. 𝑥2
D. 𝑥3
𝐴+𝑃
_____6. Solve the literal equation for P: A-P= 𝐵

𝐴(𝐵−1)
A. 𝑃 = 𝐵+1
B. 𝑃 = −𝐴
C. 𝑃 =1
𝑃
D. 𝑃 = −𝐵
_____7. Solve the inequality: 2 − 𝑥 > 10

A. 𝑥 < −8
B. 𝑥 < −12
C. 𝑥 > −5
D. 𝑥 > −8
1
_____8. Perform the operations and simplify: 1+ 1 =0
𝑥 𝑦

A. 𝑥 + 𝑦
𝑥+𝑦
B. 𝑥𝑦
𝑥𝑦
C. 𝑥+𝑦
1 1
D. +
𝑥 𝑦

12𝑚4 𝑛
_____9. Simplify the expression: 15𝑚𝑛2

12𝑚3
A. 15𝑛
4𝑚3 𝑛
B. 15𝑛2
4𝑚3
C. 5
4𝑚3
D. 5𝑛

1+√15
_____10. Simplify the expression by rationalizing the denominator: 4−√15

A. 1 + √15
B. 19 + 5√15
2
C. 3
1
D. 4

_____11. What is the slope of the line through the points (3, -1) and (5,7)?

A. 3
1
B. 4
C. 4
D. 1

_____12. How would the following set be written in interval notation?{𝑥|−2 < 𝑥 ≤ 1}

A. (-2,1)
B. (-2,1]
C. (-∞, -2) ᴜ [1, ∞)
D. [-2,1)

_____13. Find the product of the complex numbers: (2-3i) (1+2i)

A. 8+i
B. 2-6i
C. -4+i
D. 8
_____14. Find a value c so that the quadratic expression will be a perfect square:
𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 𝑐
A. 36
B. -9
C. 9
D. -36
2 𝑥−1
_____15. Add the following fractions: 𝑥 + 𝑥+1

𝑥 2 +𝑥+2
A. 𝑥 2 +𝑥
𝑥+1
B. 2𝑥+1
C. 2
2−𝑥
D. 𝑥

𝑥 3 −𝑥 2 −2𝑥
_____16. Simplify the following expression: 𝑥 3 +4𝑥 2 +3𝑥

1
A. − 4
𝑥−2
B. 𝑥+3
2
C. − 3
3
D. −
7
𝑥−3
_____17. For what value of x is the following expression undefined? 2−𝑥

A. 3
B. 3 and 2
C. 2
D. Its defined for all values of x

_____18. Find the solution of the equation: |1 − 𝑥| = 5

A. 6
B. 4
C. -4
D. 6 and -4

_____19. √(−4)2

A. -4
B. -2
C. 2
D. 4
2𝑎2 𝑏 6𝑎3
_____20. Perform the indicated operations and simplify the result: ÷
𝑏2 𝑏

12𝑎2
A. 𝑏2
1
B. 3𝑎
1
C. 3𝑎2
1
D. 3𝑎𝑏