DRILL 1

Question 1

4c + 6 = 26. What is the value of 3c − 2 ?

    

       4

       5

     13

     22

Question 2

Quantity A Quantity B

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 3

What is the value of (n − 5)(m + 5) when n = −5 and m = 5 ?

    –100

      –10

         0

       10

      100

Question 4

Quantity A Quantity B
y

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 5

7a + 8 = 8a − 24

Quantity A Quantity B
a 24

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 6

If x does not equal 0 or 1, the expression is equivalent to which of the following?

    

    x − 1

    −1

    1 − x

    1

Question 7

0 < a < b < 1

Quantity A Quantity B
0 2(ab)

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 8

If a ≥ 30 and b ≤ 15, then which of the following must also be true?

    ab ≤ 45

    ab ≤ 15

    ab ≥ 15

    a + b ≤ 45

    a + b ≥ 45

Question 9

Lyle bought used CDs at a store where all the CDs cost either $8 or $12. If Lyle bought an equal number of CDs at each price, and he spent a total of $200, what was the total number of CDs that Lyle bought?

Question 10

What is the greatest integer that does NOT satisfy 3(x – 9) < 5x – 2(1 – 3x) ?

    –4

    –3

      0

      3

      4

Question 11

If y = 4 is a solution of the equation y2 + ay + 8 = 36, then what is the value of a ?

    –7

    –4

    –3

     3

     7

Question 12

a = 4

6 < b < 8

Quantity A Quantity B
0.6

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 13

If a = 3b + 2, then, in terms of a, what is the value of b ?

    b =

    b =

    b =− 2

    b = a −

    b = a +

Question 14

If b=, a is halved, and c is doubled, by what percentage will b decrease?

        4%

      25%

      50%

      75%

    100%

Question 15

If , what is the value of x ?

    2

    3

    4

    7

    8

Question 16

Every box of cookies contains exactly 6 ­cookies.

Quantity A Quantity B

The total number of cookies purchased if Sally purchased 3 more than twice as many boxes of oatmeal cookies as boxes of chocolate chip cookies

The total number of cookies purchased if Sally purchased 2 fewer than 3 times as many boxes of oatmeal cookies as boxes of chocolate chip cookies

    Quantity A is greater.

    Quantity B is greater.

    The two quantities are equal.

    The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.