ASSIGNMENT 1

ALGEBRA 1 DUE: 01 DEC 16 11. The length of a rectangle with an area of (x2 + 10x)
18. 18. In the example
3
64 , 64 is the
square units if the width is x units is
a. x2 b. x2 + 10 a. index b. exponent
NAME: __________________________________________________ c. radicand d. coefficient
c. x + 10 d. (x + 10)2
2
COURSE: ____________ SCORE: ___________ 3x 2x4
DIRECTION: Select the correct answer for each of the 2
following questions. Mark ONE ONE ANSWER for each item
12. 2y 3y 19. Of the following numbers, which is irrational?
by shading the box correspinding to the letter of your
choice on the answer sheet provided. 3x 6 3x 6
a. 25 b. 2,500
a. b.
2y4 2y4 c. 250 d. 0.0025
1. The product of (xy 1) and (xy + 8) is 8 8
a. x2y2 8 b. x2y2 9xy 8
c.
x
d.
x 20. Solve the equation x 6 5.
c. x2y2 + 7xy 8 d. x2y2 7xy 8 a. 1 b. 11
y3 y3
2. The expression (x 3) is identical to
3
c. 19 d. 25
3
a. x3 27 b. (x 3)(x2 3x + 9) 4 21. The square root of the sum of a number and 10 is 7. The
c. (x + 3)(x2 6x + 9) d. x3 9x2 + 27x 27 13. The reduced form of is number is
3. The product of (5x + 7y) and (5x 7y) is 5 a. 39 b. 49
a. 25x2 70xy 49y2 b. 25x2 + 49y2 64 125
c. 25x2 + 70xy 49y2 d. 25x2 49y2 a. b. c. 59 d. 17

4. ( 5) =
2 125 64 22. What is the solution set of the equation
2
64 125 2 x 5 5x
.
2

252 5
+ 25 b.
2 5
+ 25 c. d. x?
4
2
4
2
2 4
2
2
125 64 2 x 1
c. + 25 5 + 25 d. 5 + 25 a. x = 1 b. x = 5/11
36x
4 4 4 1
8
5. The greatest common monomial factor in 3x2 6x is 14. y2 2 is identical to c. x = 1 d. x = 5/11
a. 3 b. 3x
c. 6x2 d. x 2
36 y y 23. If 2.5 kg of dressed chicken cost Php 105.00, what will be
a. b.
6. The factored form of y2(2x 3) 4(2x 3) is x4 36x 4 the cost of 3.75 kg?
a. y2 4(2x 3)2 b. (2x 3)(y2 4) a. Php 393.75 b. Php 262.50
c. (y + 2)(y 2)(2x 3) d. (y2 4) (2x 3)2 6x 4 6y c. Php 157.50 d. Php 147.00
c. d.
7. The factored form of 1 0.49x2 is y x4 24. The quadratic equation whose roots are 2 and 3 is
a. (1 + 0.7x)(1 0.7x) b. (1 + 0.07x)(1 0.07x) a. x2 x 6 = 0 b. x2 x + 6 = 0
c. (1 + 0.49x)(1 x) d. (1 + 0.49x)(1 + x) 4y c. x + x 6 = 0
2 d. x2 + x + 6 = 0
8. The factored form of 4a2 20ab + 9b2 is 15. If 2
43 , then y = 25. In the equation kx 6x + 3 = 0, determine the value of
2

a. (2a b)(2a 9b) b. (2a b)(2a + 9b) 4 k so that the roots are equal.
c. (2a + b)(2a 9b) d. (2a + b)(2a + 9b) a. 1/5 b. 1/5 a. 4 b. 1
9. The expression 81x2 90xy + 25y2 is an example of a c. 5 d. 5 c. 2 d. 3
a. sum of 2 squares 16. If 23y + 1 = 64, then y = 26. In the equation x2 + 9x + k = 0, find the value of k so
b. difference between 2 perfect squares a. 7/3 b. 3/7 that one root of the equation is twice the other root.
c. sum of 2 cubes c. 5/3 d. 3/5 a. 18 b. 16
d. perfect square trinomial 17. (3 3 2 12 75) expressed in simplest form is c. 12 d. 24
10. All numbers below are composite except 27. The solution set of the equation (x 3)2 49 = 0 is
a. 42 b. 53 a. 7 3 75 b. 12 3 a. 10, 4 b. 10, 4
c. 105 d. 154 c. 10, 4 d. 10, 4
c. 8 3 2 12 d. 36 3

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28. What value of k yields a perfect square trinomial for x2 39. The first three terms of a harmonic sequence is 2, 49. When the imaginary number is raised to an even
2kx + 49? 6 6 exponent, it becomes
a. 7 b. 7 , . The fifth term is a. a negative imaginary number
c. 1/7 d. 1/7 7 11 b. a real number
29. The discriminant of x2 + 6x + 9 = 0 is a. 5/2 b. 3 c. infinite
a. 0 b. 1 c. 6/19 d. 2/5 d. a relatively small number
c. 6 d. 9 40. The arithmetic mean is 50. The prefix nano- is equivalent to
30. To complete the square in x2 5x + k, you would a. the sum of the progression
replace k with b. a term between the extremes a. 103 b. 106
a. 5/2 b. 5/2 c. the last term of the sequence c. 109 d. 10
12

c. 25/4 d. 25/4 d. the first term of the progression

51. 51. log x log x
n 1/ n
41. The absolute value of a nonzero number is is also equal to
31. If x is directly proportional to y, and k is the constant of
proportionality, the relationship may be expressed as a. always negative a. log nx b. log xn
a. xy = k b. x = k/y b. always positive log x
c. x = ky d. y = k/x c. sometimes zero and sometimes negative c. d. n log x
32. When x = 5, y = 10 and when x = 2, y = 4. This is an d. always zero n
example of 42. Any combination of symbols and numbers related by the 52. The prefix tera- is opposite to the prefix
a. direct variation b. inverse variation fundamental operations of algebra is called a/an a. giga- b. pico-
c. joint variation d. combined variation a. term b. algebraic expression c. nano- d. deka-
c. equation d. algebraic sum 53. Find the term involving x8 in the expansion of
2 1 1 1 43. A number written with the decimal point placed just after
, , ,
16
33. The set is 2 1
3 3 6 12 the leading digit multiplied by a power of 10 is said to be x .
a. an arithmetic sequence a. exponential form b. radical form x
b. a geometric sequence c. scientific notation d. logarithmic form a. 12,870x8 b. 10,680x8
c. a harmonic sequence 44. What do you call the first and fourth terms in the c. 11,480x8 d. 14,620x8
d. not a sequence proportion of four quantities? 54. b to the (m/n)th power =
34. The geometric sequence has a common a. numerators b. extremes a. nth root of b to the mth power
a. difference b. product c. means d. denominators b. b to the power (m + n)
c. sum d. ratio 45. An equation, which by some mathematical process, c. 1/n times the square root of b to the mth power
35. The third term of the binomial expansion of (5p q)2 is acquires an extra root is called a d. b to the mth power over n
a. 5pq2 b. 5pq a. linear equation b. defective equation 55. The logarithm of a negative number is
c. q2 d. q2 c. literal equation d. redundant equation a. a rational number b. imaginary
36. The sum of the first eleven terms of the arithmetic 46. A mathematical expression consisting of two terms is c. a real number d. nonexistent
sequence beginning with 50, 40, is called a 56. Find x if x + 2, 3x 4 and 2x + 7 are in arithmetic
a. 0 b. 5 a. binomial b. monomial progression.
c. 25 d. 50 c. duomial d. polynomial a. 17/3 b. 5
37. In an arithmetic sequence, the second term is 2 and the 47. Which of the following can not be a base for a logarithm? c. 3/17 d. 17
fourth term is -6. The common difference is a. b. 10 57. The sum of the terms in a geometric progression is 1820.
a. 4 b. 8 c. e d. 1 How many terms are there if the first term is 5, the
c. -4 d. -6 48. For a quadratic equation, two distinct roots are produced second term is 15 and the third term is 45?
38. The fourth term of the binomial expansion of (3s + 2t)5 is only if the discriminant is a. 7 b. 8
a. 24st4 b. 720s2t3 a. equal to zero c. 5 d. 6
c. 648s4t d. 24s4t b. either less than or greater than zero
c. less than zero
d. greater than zero

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58. The sum of the 4th and the 8th terms of an arithmetic 69. Given log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find the value of log 78. Carry out the following multiplication and express your
progression is 32. The sum of the 10th and the 14th 4 answer in cubic meters: 8 cm x 5 mm x 2 m.
terms is 68. Find the sum of the first 15 terms.
48 . a. 8 x 10-2 b. 8 x 102
a. 315
c. 345
b. 300
d. 330
a.
1
x 4 y b.
1
4 x y c. 8 x 10-3 d. 8 x 10-4
79. If n is any positive integer, then (n 1)(n 2)(n 3). . .
4 4
59. The arithmetic mean of 2a and 3b is . . .(3)(2)(1) is equal to
c. 4(x + 4y) d. 4(4x + y)
a. en-1 b. (n 1)!
a. 6ab b. (2a 3b)/2 70. Solve for x: log x2 log 5x = log 20
c. n! d. (n 1)en
c. 6ab/2 d. (2a + 3b)/2 a. 0 b. 50
80. If a two-digit number has x for its units digit and y for its
60. What expression is equivalent to log x log (y + z)? c. 100 d. 150
tens digit, what represents the number?
a. log x + log y + log z b. log x log y log z 71. Find the third proportional to 8 and 14.
a. x + y b. x y
c. log [x/(y + z)] d. log y + log (x + z) a. 4.57 b. 10.58
c. 10y + x d. 10x + y
61. How many significant digits do 10.097 have? c. 24.5 d. 42.5
81. Terms that differ only in numeric coefficients are known
a. 2 b. 3 72. A triangle has sides of lengths 12, 17, and 22 inches. If
as
c. 4 d. 5 the length of the shortest side of a similar triangle is 8
a. unequal terms b. unlike terms
62. The other form of log a N = b is inches, find the length of the longest side in inches.
c. like terms d. equal terms
a. N = ba b. N = a b 2 1 82. The sum of three numbers is 138. The second is 5 more
a. 14 b. 11
c. N = ab d. N = b/a 3 3 than the smallest and the third is 10 more than the
n smallest. Find the smallest number.
1 c. 18 d. 19
63. From y , if x is a positive integer and n is large 73. Find the remainder if 2x4 + 5x3 8x2 7x 9 is divided a. 51 b. 46
x by x + 2. c. 41 d. 36
and positive, then the value of y is a. 35 b. 35 83. Three numbers are so related that the second number is
a. large b. negative c. 18 d. 18 2 more than the first number and the third is 4 more
c. irrational d. small 74. The length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 2 feet. If than the first. Find the smallest of the numbers if the
64. A bed sheet mm thick is to be folded over itself 10 each dimension were increased by 3 feet, the area would sum of their squares is 56 more than three times the
times. Find the height of the folded sheet in mm. be increased by 51 square feet. Find the original square of the smallest number.
a. 256 b. 512 dimensions. a. 3 b. 5
c. 1024 d. 128 a. 9 by 11 ft b. 8 by 10 ft c. 9 d. 15
65. If log5.2 1000 = x, what is the value of x? c. 7 by 9 ft d. 6 by 8 ft 84. The difference of two numbers is 14 and twice the
a. 4.19 b. 5.23 75. The altitude of a triangle is the length of its base. If smaller number is 5 less than the larger number. Find
c. 3.12 d. 4.69 the altitude were increased by 3 feet and the base the larger number.
a. 21 b. 23
66. Find the value of a in the equation loga 2187 = 7/2. decreased by 3 feet, the area would be unchanged. Find
the length of the altitude. c. 25 d. 27
a. 3 b. 6
a. 12 ft b. 9 ft 85. If the numerator and denominator of a certain fraction
c. 9 d. 12
c. 6 ft d. 15 ft are each decreased by 2, the value of the new fraction
67. The expression log xy/ log yx is equal to is . But if the numerator of the original fraction is
76. The sum of the three angles of a triangle is 180o. The
a. xy/yx b. y log x x log y increased by 2 and the denominator decreased by 2, the
sum of two of the angles is equal to the third angle and
c. (y log x) / (x log y) d. 1 the difference of the two angles is equal to 2/3 the third resulting fraction is equal to . Find the original
68. Solve for x: x = (log b a)(log c d)(log d c) angle. Find the smallest angle. fraction.
a. log b a b. log a c a. 15o b. 20o a. 5/9 b. 3/7
c. log b c d. log d a c. 25 o d. 30o c. 10/18 d. 12/16
77. The logarithm of 1 to any base is
a. indeterminate b. one
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86. The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. Three 95. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 9 hours and by 103. Town A is 11 miles west of town B. A man walks from A
times the reciprocal of one of the numbers is 3 more another pipe in 12 hours. Starting empty, how long will it to B at the rate of 3 miles per hour, and another man,
than twice the reciprocal of the other no. Find one of take to fill the tank if water is being taken out by a third starting at the same time, walks from B to A at the rate
the numbers. pipe at a rate per hour equal to one-sixth the capacity of of 4 miles per hour. Find the time after starting that the
a. 1/6 b. 5 the tank? men are 2 miles apart.
c. 6 d. 1/3 a. 20 hr b. 28 hr 2 3
87. Find the second of three numbers such that the sum of c. 36 hr d. 32 hr a. 1 hr b. 1 hr
the first and second is 67, the sum of the first and third 96. The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or 7 7
is 80, and the sum of the second and third is 91. inverse relation with each other is called 4 5
a. 17 b. 28 a. ratio and proportion c. 1 hr d. 1 hr
c. 39 d. 52 b. constant of proportionality 7 7
88. The number 0.123123123123.. is c. means 104. A motorboat goes 3 miles upstream in the same time
a. irrational b. surd d. extremes required to go 5 miles downstream. If the rate of flow of
c. rational d. transcendental 97. The logarithm of a number to the base e is called the river is 3 miles per hour, find the speed of the
89. Henrys father is now twice as old as he is. Sixteen years a. Naperian logarithm b. characteristic motorboat in still water.
ago, he was four times as old. How old is the father c. mantissa d. Briggsian proportion a. 10 mph b. 11 mph
now? 98. _____________ progression is a sequence of terms the c. 12 mph d. 14 mph
a. 24 b. 48 reciprocals of which form an arithmetic progression. 105. An airplane travels 360 miles in two hours with the wind
c. 18 d. 36 a. Geometric b. Harmonic 3
and flying back the same route, it took 3 hours
90. In 11 years, Jonathan will be 5 times as old as he was 9 c. Algebraic d. Binomial
5
years ago. How old is he now? 99. Naperian logarithms have a base closest to which
against the wind. Find the velocity of the wind.
a. 10 b. 12 number?
a. 30 mph b. 40 mph
c. 14 d. 16 a. 1.53 b. 1.62
c. 100 mph d. 160 mph
91. A girl is half as old as her brother and two years younger c. 2.72 d. 10
106. A statement of equality between two ratios.
than her sister. The sum of the ages of the three 100. An equation in which a variable appears under a radical
a. valuation b. theorem
children is 34 years. How old is the girl? sign is called
c. identity d. proportion
a. 8 b. 7 a. literal equation
107. A certain two-digit number is equal to 9 times the sum
c. 9 d. 10 b. radical equation
of its digits. If 63 were subtracted from the number the
92. Two or more equations are equivalent if and only if they c. irradical equation
digits would be reversed. Find the number.
have the same d. irrational equation
a. 81 b. 94
a. solution set b. degree 101. Which of the following has three significant digits?
c. 74 d. 69
c. order d. variable set a. 0.372 b. 0.00372
108. The sum of the second and third digits of a three-digit
93. A can paint a certain house in 10 days and B can paint c. 0.0372 d. all of these
number is equal to the first digit. The sum of the first
the house in 12 days. How long will it take to paint the 1
102. . A man drove 220 miles in 3 hours. Part of the trip digit and the second digit is 2 more than the third digit.
house if both men work?
2 If the second and third digits were interchanged, the
7 5 new number would be 54 more than the original
a. 6 days b. 5 days was at 60 miles per hour and the rest at 65 miles per
11 11 hour. Find the time spent at the lower speed. number. Find the number.
c. 5 days d. 6 days a. 844 b. 835
1 c. 826 d. 817
94. A can do a certain job in 4 hours, B can do the job in 6 a. 1 hr b. 1 hr
hours, and C can do the job in 8 hours. How long will it 2 109. If a = b and b = c, then a = c. This is the
take to do the job if A and B work 1 hour and B and C 1 _______property of real numbers.
finish the job? c. 2 hr d. 2 hr a. reflexive b. symmetric
a. 2 hr b. 4 hr 2 c. transitive d. addition
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110. What time after 4 oclock will the hands of a clock be

together for the first time? 118. Any number multiplied by _________________ equals
a. 4:21:49.09 b. 4:21:49.16 unity.
c. 4:21:49.02 d. 4:21:49.23 a. infinity b. itself
111. How many minutes after 7 oclock will the hands of a c. its reciprocal d. zero
clock be directly opposite each other for the first time? 119. 27, 9, 3, 1, 1/3, . . . is what type of progression?
a. 7:05:07.58 b. 7:05:07.46 a. arithmetic b. geometric
5 7 c. harmonic d. power series
c. 5 min. d. 5 min. x 4x 8
11 11 120. Solve the inequality: 2
112. If a = b, then b = a. This property of real numbers is 2 3
known as 28 28
a. reflexive property b. symmetric property a. {x | x < } b. {x | x > }
c. transitive property d. substitution property 5 5
113. How many ounces of pure silver must be added to 100 c. {x | 5 < x < 28) d. {x | 5 < x < 28}
ounces, 40% pure, to make an alloy which is 65% pure
silver?
3 3 There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
a. 67 oz. b. 73 oz. preparation, hard work learning from failure.
7 7
~ General Colin Powell
3 3
c. 69 oz. d. 71 oz.
7 7
114. A perfumer wishes to blend perfume valued at $4.10 an
ounce with perfume worth $2.50 an ounce to obtain a
mixture of 40 ounces worth $3.00 an ounce. How much
of the $4.10 perfume should he use?
a. 7.5 oz. b. 15 oz.
c. 12.5 oz. d. 10 0z.

115. A gourmet chef blends a salad dressing by mixing 20

ounces of a solution containing 85% olive oil with pure
corn oil, in order that the dressing be 50% olive oil.
How much corn oil should be used?
a. 13 oz. b. 14 oz.
c. 15 oz. d. 16 oz.
116. What percentage of a mixture of sand, gravel and
cement containing 30% cement should be replaced by
pure cement in order to produce a mixture that is 40%
cement?
a. 14.28% b. 15.39%
c. 13.72% d. 12.65%
117. Which of the following non-terminating decimals is
rational?
a. 3.14149265 b. 1.141421356
c. 2.470470 d. 2.71828182
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