MTH1W1 Exam Review

Natural Numbers and Integers

1. List the factors of 80.

2. Use a factor tree to write the prime factorization of 490.
3. Find the g.c.f. of {24, 42, 72}
4. Find the l.c.m. of {10, 12, 3}

5. List the integers that satisfy the inequality x  −2 or x  0

6. Write an inequality to describe each set of integers.

a) …, −10, −9, −8, −2, −1, 0, …
b)
-8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8

7. Evaluate
-
c) 3[7 − 2(5 − 6)] −9 d) 2[(−2 + 7) − 4(1 − 3)]

e) −[−(3 − 2) − 2(5 − 7)] f) 5[4 − 3(−6 + 1) − 5(−2)] + 3(−7)

8. Evaluate
( −3)( −2 ) c) ( −1) ( −7 ) + 4
2 3
a) b) 5 − 32
6 ( −8 ) + ( −7 ) ( 3 − 7 ) − 2 ( −4 ) f) −9 ( 2 ) − 62 + 7
2 2
d) e)
g) −2 ( 3 − 32 ) 4 − 3 ( −5 ) − ( −12 ) 
2
h)

i) 3 − 1( −2 ) − 6  + 1 j)  2 ( 3 − 22 ) − 7 
3 2

− ( −3) − 2 5 ( −1) + 7  − 1

2

k) 3 ( 2 − 5 ) − 7  4 ( −1) − 2  + 3
2 2
l)
5 +  2 − 3 ( 2 ) 

9. If x = −1, y = −2 and z = −3, evaluate the expression.

7z − 4x + 2
e) y 2 − 2 z f) ( 3 y − x + 1)
2
d)
z
x − y2
2
g) h) 2 x 3 − 3 y 2 + z
−z

10. If x = −4, y = 2 and z = 0, evaluate the expression.

( y − 2 x − 1)
2

d) − x + ( yz − 3) e) −3  4 x − ( 2 y + z − 1) 
2 2
f)
z +3

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Answers:

1. c) 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80 2. d) 2  5  7 2 3. c) 6 4. d) 60, 5. d) …, −5, −4, −3, 0, 1, 2, 3, …

6. a) 𝑥 ≤ −8 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ −2 b) −1  x  3, − 2  x  4
7. c) 18 d) 26 e) −3 f) 124 8. a) −12 b) −4 c) 11 d) 1 e) 24 f) −47 g) 12 h) −5 i) 0
j) 81 k) 86 l) −14 9. d) 5 e) 9. f) 16 g) −1 h) −17 10. d) −7 e) 57 f) 27

Fractions

1. Simplify

16
−
42  −39  7 3 9
a)   b) − c)
65  28  6 8 −28
15

−62 5 2 15
d) e) −1 − 2 f) −3 
18 6 3 36
9
11  2   7   4  4 14
g) − +−  h)  −2    −2  i)
8  3  6  5  7 5 5
−
16 4
2
3  7 42  1  3   5
j) −2−−  k) −  28 l)  3  −   −3 
12  9 25  3  5   6

9 4 3
43 5  − 
7 1 3 4  15 5 
m) −  −  n) 3 −2 +4 o)
97 4 10 4 5 3 2
−
4 5

32 22
−
 1  2  5
( −10 ) −  − 
5 3 7 15 8
p)  −3    2    −5  q) r)
 3  7   6 3 5 6  3
10

3  11 3  8  1 
 −  −  +
2  6 4  7  9 
s)

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2. Simplify.

8  −17   2  7  10  16 
a) − −  b)  −2 1  c)  
15  20   7  12  7  −3 

9  1  1  −30  8  18  −63 
d) −  3  2  e) f)  −   
10  2  3  24  21  7  26 
11
3
5  2  1 11 7  10 
g) 1 +  −1  h)  −2  i) − +− 
9  7  3 21 9  15 

2
3− 4 2
3  1   10   3 1  3
j) k)  −1   −  l)  −  −  − 
2+
1  2   51   2 5  5
2
84
 3  1 8  3   9 
m)  3  ( −5 )  −5  n) −35 o)  − 3   +  − 
 8  3 54 5  4   8 
11

15  1   1  11 4 8 6  3 7  5
  −1    −2  − 3 +1 −  − +
5  5  2 12  2 
p) q) r)
32  8   7  8 5

3 5 1
3. If x = , y = − and z = , evaluate the expression.
8 12 4
x+ z
a) 2 xz − 3 y b) z − 2 ( x + y ) (
c) 2 y x − z 2 ) d)
4y

Answers:

9 19 20 9 5 25 49 24 35 3
1a) − b) c) d) −2 e) − f) − g) − h) i) − j) − k) −
10 24 21 2 4 12 45 35 36 50

23 23 121 15 1 14 22 71
l) − m) n) o) − p) q) r) − s) −
5 63 20 7 4 9 3 42

19 76 15 109 55 216 17 343 58 14

2a) b) − c) − d) − e) − f) − g) h) − i) − j)
60 21 56 15 4 91 63 27 63 15

135 47 22 87 7 7
k) l) m) −90 n) − o) − p) q) r) −2
136 50 45 40 36 40

23 1 25 3
3a) b) c) − d) −
16 3 96 8

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Real Numbers

1. Simplify
1 − 81
( ) (− )
2
g) h) −3 64 − 16 i) 4 − 121
4

5 − 169 100 1 4 −7 16
j) k) − l) −
16 − 36 9 4 144 9

2
25 36 121  1 
m) − n) − 9 o) 
 9 − 16 
36 25 64  

2. Evaluate each expression for x = −5, y = 3 and z = −2 .

xz + 5 y x 2 + ( 2 yz ) 2xyz − y ( x + z )
2
a) b) c)

4. Express as a fraction in simplest form.

a) 0.52 b) 7.68 c) 5.025

5. For each fraction

i) write the fraction as a repeating decimal using the bar (or dot) notation;
ii) state the period;
iii) state the length of the period.

17 67 28 101
a) b) c) d) −
18 270 99 22

6. Use a calculator to classify each of the following numbers as

i) terminating;
ii) non-terminating, repeating;
iii) non-terminating, non-repeating.

8 7 3 34 − 18
a) b) c) d)
11 35 4 15

7. Determine whether each number is rational or irrational.

22 98
c)  e) −3.627
2
a) 121 b) d) 24 f)
7 2

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8. Convert to the stated form.
a) 35%, fraction in simplest form b) 2 : 3, percent

5 20
c) , percent d) , ratio in simplest form
8 18
e) 0.55, ratio in simplest form f) 237%, decimal

9. Solve for x.
a) x : 6 = 15 : 9 b) 16 : 12 = 28 : x
c) 25 : x = 15 : 8 d) 9 : 35 = x : 14

10. On a true-false test the ratio true to false questions is 6 : 5. If the test has 25 false
questions, how many total questions are on the test?

11. It takes 40 seconds to fill a 3 L bucket using a garden hose. How long will it take to fill
a 120 L pool using the same hose?

Answers:

17 7 11 13 121
1. g) −2 h) −12 i) 169 j) 4 k) l) − m) − n) − o)
6 4 30 8 9

13 192 201
2a) 5 b) 13 c) 9 4a) b) c)
25 25 40
5a) 0.94 , 4, 1 b) 0.2481 , 481, 3 c) 0.28 , 28, 2 d) −4.590 , 90, 2
6a) non-terminating, repeating b) terminating c) non-terminating, non-repeating
d) non-terminating, repeating
7a) rational b) rational c) irrational d) irrational e) rational f) rational
7
8a) b) 67% c) 62.5% d) 10 : 9 e) 11 : 20 f) 2.37
20
40 18
9a) 10 b) 21 c) d) 10) 55 11) 26 minutes, 40 seconds
3 7

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Powers

1. Simplify.
3
 3  3b  2b 
a) (8 p8 )( −7 p 2 ) b)  −  c) ( 4 x y )( 3xy )
3 2 2
d) 4b5   − 
 8  3 
 x

84 x 3 y 2
(14 p3q 2 ) (−x y) (13a b )( −6a b )
2 3 5 2 3 4 7
e) f) g) h)
35 x 2 y

 −3 x 2 
2
( −5c ) ( −3c5 )
i)
48 p 3q 5
j) ( −17t )( 3t )
4 2
k)  3 
l)
( 4q ) ( −3 p 2 q3 )  4y  20c 4

2
 − 5 a 3b 
m)  2 
n) ( 5a ) ( 2a )
3 2 3
o) ( 2m )( −3mn ) ( 3n ) ( −2n )
2 2 3

 3c 

(14 x y )( −3x y )
3 8 3 2

p) ( 3k ) ( k ) ( −4k )
2 2 2 3 2
q) ( 4m )( −3n ) (8mn )
3 2
r)
( 2 x y )( 6 x y )
2 2 2 4

2. Simplify and express the final answer using only positive exponents.

(a) 3𝑚0 𝑛−5 (b) −5𝑥 −1 𝑦 4 negative miad to makhraj va

delete mikonim signe - ro

(c) −2𝑥 2 𝑦 −3 (d) 4𝑎−2 𝑏2

3. Express in scientific notation. 4. Express in standard notation.

a) a) 13054 b) 0.00689 a) 9.63 x 10-3 b) 6.1262 x 105

Answers:

27 12 xy
1. a) −56 p10 b) − c) 36x 5 y 5 d) −b 7 e) 196 p 6 q 4 f) g) − x15 y 5 h) −78a 6 b10 i) −4 pq
x3 5

9 x4 3c 2 25a 6 b 2 7 x2 y4
j) −51t 6 k) l) m) n) 200a 9 o) 36m 3 n 6 p) 144k 12 q) −96m 4 n 3 r) −
16 y 6 4 9c 4 2

3 −5𝑦 4 −2𝑥 2 4𝑏2

2. a) 𝑛5
b) 𝑥
c) 𝑦3
d) 𝑎2
3. a) 1.3054 x 104 b)6.89 x 10-3 4. a) 0.00963 b) 612620

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Polynomials

1. State the coefficient of the quadratic term in the polynomial 3 − 2x − x .

2

2. State the degree of the polynomial 3 x 2 yz 3 − 2 xy 4 z 2 .

3. Classify each polynomial by degree and by the number of terms.

a) 3 − 5 x − 2 x c) 2 x + 3
2
b) 4a 3

4. Simplify.

a) 3 x 2 y 2 − 3 xy − 7 + 2 y 2 x 2 + xy − 2 (
b) 3 2 x − 5 x + 1
2
)
c)
3
4
1
k − 3k 2 + k 2 + k
2
2
(
d) −6a 3a − 7 + 2a
2
)
e) ( 5m n − 3mn − 4n ) − ( 5nm + 3m n ) f) 3 ( 4 y − 7 ) − 7 (1 − 3 y )
2 2

(
g) 2a ab − 3b + 1 − b 2a − a
2 2 2 2
) ( ) h) 5 − 3 ( 4k − 9 ) + 2k ( 3 − 5k ) + 7 k 2
i) ( 3x + 4 )( 2 x + 3) j) ( 3xy − 2 y )( 5 y − 3x )
k) ( 4a − 7b )( 4a + 7b ) ( x − 4y)
2
l)

( 4x y − 3x )
2 2
m)

5. Find a simplified expression for the

a) perimeter
b) area

Answers:

1) −1 2) 7 3a) quadratic trinomial b) cubic monomial c) linear binomial

7 2 5
4a) 5 x 2 y 2 − 2 xy − 9 b) 6 x 2 − 15 x + 3 c) k − k d) 42a 2 − 18a 3 − 12a 4 e) 2m 2 n − 8mn − 4n
4 2
f) 33 y − 28 g) 2a − 5ab 2 h) 32 − 6k − 3k 2 i) 6 x 2 + 17 x + 12 j) 15 xy 2 − 9 x 2 y − 10 y 2 + 6 xy
k) 16a 2 − 49b 2 l) x 2 − 8 xy + 16 y 2 m) 16 x 4 y 2 − 24 x 3 y + 9 x 2 5. a) 14 x + 18 b) 9 x 2 + 11x − 1

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Solving Equations

3. a) 2 ( 3 x − 4 ) − ( 2 x + 7 ) = −3 ( 4 x + 5 ) b) ( 3k − 2 )( 2k + 1) = k ( 6k + 5 ) − 3

2 x − 1 3x + 2 7 5x − 3 4 x + 3
c) − = d) − =3
10 5 35 2 6
4. Find x. Give an exact answer. 5. Solve a) 5 x + 2 y + 8 = 0 , for x.

a) b) 3 b) 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑏 , for 𝑚
2x
13 x
x 2
1
5

1 −7 30 −2𝑦−8 𝑦−𝑏
3. a) 0 b) 6 c) 4
d) 11
4. a) 6 b) 3.46 5. a) 𝑥 = 5
b) 𝑚 = 𝑥
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Number Problems

Value Problems

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Linear Relations

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6.

Graphing Linear Relations

7. Graph the following linear relations using the slope/y-intercept method.

8. Graph the following linear relations by finding the x and y intercepts.

Answers: Graphing # 7-8

7b) 7c)
7a)

8a) 8b) Page 11

Answers: Linear Relations # 1-6

6.

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Equation of a Line

7.

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8.

9.

10.

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11.

12.

7. a) i) 20 m ii) 30 m/s iii) d= 30t+20 b) i) $100 ii) $15/person iii) C=15n+100 c) i) 110 m ii) 4− m/min
iii) d= -4t +110 d) i) 0 lb ii) 6.2 lb/gal iii) M = 6.2V 8. a) y = 20x + 80 b) y = 30 c) y = -0.75x +4.5 d) y=-7.5 x
9. a) Container A: 50 L Container B: 120 L b) Container A: filling Container B: draining c) approximately 4
minutes 10. a) The graph for the Ottawa taxi would be steeper due to the increased rate of change but start lower due
to the decrease in initial value. b) C = 2t + 3.75 c) 3 km 11. a) 0.4 mL/lb b) d=0.4m+12 c) 80 mL d) 96
12. a) linear b) non-linear c) non-linear d) linear e) linear

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Linear Systems

Solve the following systems of linear relations by graphing on your own graph paper.

Answer (4, -1) Answer (3, 4)

Transformations

1. The line y = 3x is translated up 7 units. What is the equation of the resulting line?

2. The graph of the line y = 2x undergoes a vertical reflection (in the x-axis).
a) Sketch the graph of the transformed line. b) What is the slope of the transformed line? c) What is the
equation of the transformed line?

3. Determine the equation of the line that results from each of the following transformations.
1
a) The line 𝑦 = 3 𝑥 is rotated 90° about the origin.
b) The line y = −4x is first rotated 90° about the origin and then translated up 5 units.

Answers:
1
1. y = 3x +7 3. a) 𝑦 = −3𝑥 b) 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 5
4
2.

Inequalities

1. Use x- and y-intercepts to graph the following on your own graph paper.

Answers:

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Data

1. The data below shows the number of people living in a Canadian city and the number of movie screens in
that city. The graph is also generated.

a) Describe the relationship between the two variables in words.

b) State whether the data has a positive, negative, or no relationship.
c) Explain in words what the data point (500 000, 40) represents.
d) What is the minimum city population?
e) What is the maximum city population?
f) What is the minimum number of movie screens?
g) What is the maximum number of movie screens?

2. Students are given pipe cleaners and challenged to design and build the tallest tower. Each group of students
are given a different number of pipe cleaners. The height of each tower is measured, and the data is
presented in the table below.

a) Graph the data, (place the number of pipe

cleaners on the x-axis) and draw a line of
best fit with a ruler.
b) Determine the equation for your line of best
fit.
c) State whether the data has a positive,
negative or no relationship.
d) Describe the relationship between the two
variables in words.
e) Use your equation of your line of best fit to
calculate the height of the tower if a student
used 20 pipe cleaners.
f) Use your equation of your line of best fit to
calculate the number of pipe cleaners a
student used if the height of the tower was
27 cm.

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 3. Nine conical flasks have sodium chloride solution for different quantities. The amount of solution (mL)in each
flask is given below.
2 10 16 2 20 18 22 14 9

Calculate the mean, median and mode for the amount of solution in the flasks. Round to one decimal place.

4. Ten students from a class participated in a math quiz. The scores obtained by them were recorded as follows.

11 6 7 13 1 13 16 7 14 16

Calculate the mean, median and mode of the math quiz scores. Round to one decimal place.

5. Sara tracked the test scores of the students in her math class. The data is shown below.

23 12 3 19 18 14 13 16 21 4 2 17 15

a) Calculate the range. b) Determine the first and third quartiles and the interquartile range.
c) Draw a box plot.

6. Sally recorded how many tickets were sold over 12 days for a folk concert at school. The data is shown
below.
40 46 49 29 33 42 27 38 45 25 41 44

a) Calculate the range. b) Determine the first and third quartiles and the interquartile range.
c) Draw a box plot.

Answers:
1. a) As a city’s population increases in Canada, the number of movie screens also increases. b) positive c) For a city
that has a population of 500 000 people there are 40 movie screens. d) Approximately 120 000 f) Approximately
525 000 g) Approximately 12 h) Approximately 55
2. b) 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 3 c) positive d) As the number of pipe cleaners increases, the height of the tower increases.
e) 97 cm f) 6 pipe cleaners
3. Mean = 12.6 mL, median = 14 mL, mode = 2 mL 4. Mean = 10.4, median = 12, mode = 7, 13, 16
5.

6.

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Financial Literacy

1. Define the term Appreciation and give and example of something that appreciates in value over time.

2. Define the term Depreciation and give and example of something that appreciates in value over time.

3. Harry bought a vintage car for $2050. Its value increases by 8% per year. After 6 years, how much is it
worth?

4. Jane bought a cell phone for $1200. It depreciates in value by 10% per year. How much is the phone
worth four years later?

5. Hussain is going to purchase a new car that is priced at $45 500.

a) Determine the cost of the car after a 13% sales tax is applied to the price.
b) Hussain plans to make a down payment of 15% of the cost (after tax) and finance the remaining
balance. Determine the amount of the down payment.
c) What would be some benefits of making a larger down payment in this situation?

6. What is a budget and what does budgeting mean?

7. Explain the difference between fixed expenses and variable (flexible) expenses.

8. Identify each of the following as a fixed expense or a variable expense. a) rent b) groceries c) property
taxes d) mortgage payments e) recreation

9. Explain the difference between gross income and net income.

10. Explain the difference between discretionary expenses and non-discretionary expenses.

Answers:
3. $3253 4. $797.32 5. a) $51 415 b) $7712.25 d) larger down payment = less interest paid
6. A budget is a spending plan based on income and expenses. It’s an estimate of how much money will be earned and
spent during a set period of time. Budgeting is the act of creating and maintaining a budget.
7. Fixed expenses are costs that have a constant value and are largely predictable, whereas the values of variable
(flexible) expenses change regularly and can be affected by day-to-day events/choices.
8. a) fixed expense b) variable expense c) fixed expense d) fixed expense e) variable expense
9. Gross income is the amount earned before taxes, benefits and other payroll deductions are withheld.
Net income is the actual take-home pay.
10. Discretionary expenses are nonessential expenses. Individuals or households can survive without discretionary
expenses. Non-discretionary expenses, on the other hand, are mandatory costs and are needed for survival.

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Measurement and Geometry

1. Determine the perimeter of each shape.

2. Determine the area of each shape.

3. Determine the perimeter and area of the figure.

4. Determine the area of the shaded region.

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5. Determine the height, ℎ, of the isosceles triangle.

6. Determine the perimeter and area of each figure.

7. Determine the value of angle 𝑥 in each diagram.

8. Determine the value of 𝑥.

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9. Determine the value of 𝑥.

10. Determine the volume of each object.

11. Determine the surface area of each object in question #10.

12. Determine the volume and surface area of each object.

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 13. A cylinder has a diameter of 3.4 inches and a height of 7.2 inches.
a) Determine the volume of the cylinder.
b) A cone has the same base shape and the same height as the cylinder. How many times greater is the
volume of the cylinder than that of the cone?
c) Determine the surface area of the cylinder.

14. A backyard ice rink consists of a rectangular 15. Find the surface area of the cone.
middle section and semicircular ends, as shown
in the diagram on the right. a) Determine the
perimeter of the rink. b) Determine the area of
the rink

16. The volume of the cylinder shown is 1815 cm3 . 17. The volume of the cone shown on the right is
Use this information to find the volume of a 66 m3 . Determine the volume of the cylinder
cone with a radius of 9.5 cm and a height of 6.4 that has the same base and height as this cone.
cm.

18.

19. The length of a Canadian football field is 150 yards. Given that there are 3 feet in a yard, 12 inches in a foot,
and 2.54 cm in an inch, determine the exact length of a Canadian football field in metres.

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Answers:

3.

4.

5. 11.5 cm
6.

7. a) 54° b) 55° c) 45°

8. a) 36° b) 46.3° c) 120° d) 90° e) 120° f) 100°
9. a) 3 cm b) 40° c) 43.2° d) 53.8° e) 57° f) 62° g) 5 cm h) 90° i) 90°
10.

11.
12.

13.
14. a) 102.8 ft b) 714.2 ft2
15. 3377.4 cm2 16. 605 cm3 17. 198 m3
18. a) 60 in b) 25.5 ft c) 36 in d) 4.75 ft e) 43 yd f) 86.2 yd
19. 137.16 m

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