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Algebra 1 Chapter 5 Practice Test



 1. 

Solve the system mc001-1.jpg by graphing.
a.
mc001-2.jpg
mc001-3.jpg
c.
mc001-6.jpg
mc001-7.jpg
b.
mc001-4.jpgmc001-5.jpg
d.
mc001-8.jpg
mc001-9.jpg
 

 2. 

What value of b will make the system nr002-1.jpg and nr002-2.jpg intersect at the point nr002-3.jpg?

 

 3. 

Mr. Frankel bought 5 tickets to a puppet show and spent $28. He bought a combination of child tickets for $2 each and adult tickets for $8 each. Which system of equations below will determine the number of adult tickets, a, and the number of child tickets, c, he bought?
a.
mc003-1.jpg
mc003-2.jpg
c.
mc003-5.jpg
mc003-6.jpg
b.
mc003-3.jpg
mc003-4.jpg
d.
mc003-7.jpg
mc003-8.jpg
 

 4. 

Solve mc004-1.jpg by substitution. Express your answer as an ordered pair.
a.
(mc004-2.jpg, 0)
c.
(mc004-4.jpg, mc004-5.jpg)
b.
(mc004-3.jpg, –2)
d.
( mc004-6.jpg, mc004-7.jpg)
 

 5. 

Solve mc005-1.jpg by substitution. Express your answer as an ordered pair.
a.
(mc005-2.jpg, –2)
c.
(mc005-5.jpg, mc005-6.jpg)
b.
( mc005-3.jpg, mc005-4.jpg)
d.
(mc005-7.jpg, –2)
 

 6. 

Write an equation that is the sum of the first equation and two times the second equation. Combine all like terms on both sides of the equation.

sa006-1.jpg
 

 7. 

Solve mc007-1.jpg by elimination. Express your answer as an ordered pair.
a.
(1, –12)
c.
(–5, 10)
b.
(–5, –30)
d.
(1, 18)
 

 8. 

Solve mc008-1.jpg by elimination. Express your answer as an ordered pair.
a.
(21, –17.5)
c.
(21, –35)
b.
(1, –8.5)
d.
(1, –5)
 

 9. 

Kaylee wants to find an exact solution to the system shown. Which method would be the most straightforward for her to use?

mc009-1.jpg
a.
This system has no solution so the method selected does not matter.
b.
The substitution method because you can easily solve one equation for a variable.
c.
The graphical method because it gives a visual representation of the solution.
d.
The elimination method because one variable in each equation has the same coefficient.
 

 10. 

To solve the system shown using elimination, Kyle say he uses multiplication. Bonnie says she uses division.

es010-1.jpg

Part A:
Can both approaches be successfully applied? Explain.

Part B:
Solve the system using your preferred method. Explain why you prefer the method you used.
 

 11. 

Which system has infinitely many solutions?
a.
mc011-1.jpg
c.
mc011-3.jpg
b.
mc011-2.jpg
d.
mc011-4.jpg
 

 12. 

Lila graphed two linear functions, mc012-1.jpg and mc012-2.jpg, as shown. Use the graph to find the approximate solution to the equation mc012-3.jpg.
mc012-4.jpg
a.
1.6
c.
mc012-5.jpg
b.
0.6
d.
mc012-6.jpg
 

 13. 

Tony has $16 to buy apples and bananas for a fruit salad. Apples cost $2 per pound and bananas cost $1 per pound. Write and graph an inequality to describe the situation. Then give two possible combinations of pounds of apples and bananas that Tony can buy.
a.
2a + b ³ 16; 2 pounds of apples and 17 pounds of bananas or 4 pounds of apples and 11 pounds of bananas.
mc013-1.jpg
c.
2a + b £ 16; 2 pounds of apples and 17 pounds of bananas or 4 pounds of apples and 11 pounds of bananas.
mc013-3.jpg
b.
2a + b ³ 16; 2 pounds of apples and 12 pounds of bananas or 4 pounds of apples and 3 pounds of bananas.
mc013-2.jpg
d.
2a + b £ 16; 2 pounds of apples and 12 pounds of bananas or 4 pounds of apples and 3 pounds of bananas.
mc013-4.jpg
 

 14. 

Graph the inequality mc014-1.jpg.
a.
mc014-2.jpg
c.
mc014-4.jpg
b.
mc014-3.jpg
d.
mc014-5.jpg
 

 15. 

The graph shows the relationship between x and y.

mc015-1.jpg

Write an inequality that describes the relationship between x and y.
a.
mc015-2.jpg
b.
mc015-3.jpg
c.
mc015-4.jpg
d.
mc015-5.jpg
 

 16. 

Graph the solutions of the linear inequality mc016-1.jpg.
a.
mc016-2.jpg
c.
mc016-4.jpg
b.
mc016-3.jpg
d.
mc016-5.jpg
 

 17. 

Graph the system of linear inequalities mc017-1.jpg.
a.
mc017-2.jpg
c.
mc017-4.jpg
b.
mc017-3.jpg
d.
mc017-5.jpg
 

 18. 

An electronics store makes a profit of $53 for every standard DVD player sold and $77 for every portable DVD player sold. The manager's target is to make at least $320 a day on sales from standard and portable DVD players. Write an inequality that represents the numbers of both kinds of DVD players that can be sold to reach or beat the sales target. Let s represent the number of standard DVD players sold and p represent the number of portable DVD players sold. Then graph the inequality.
a.
mc018-1.jpg

mc018-2.jpg
c.
mc018-5.jpg

mc018-6.jpg
b.
mc018-3.jpg

mc018-4.jpg
d.
mc018-7.jpg

mc018-8.jpg
 

 19. 

What value of a in the system of inequalities nr019-1.jpg will generate this graph?
nr019-2.jpg

 

 20. 

Members of a school boosters club want to sell at least 9 school jackets and at least 17 caps during a fundraiser to cover their regular club expenses. The club will make $13 for every jacket sold and $3 for every cap sold. The club also wants the total amount of money earned to be at least $310.

Part A: Write a system of inequalities that shows how many jackets and caps the club members need to sell to meet the conditions described above. Let x represent the number of school jackets sold and let y represent the number of caps sold.

Part B: Will the club meet its goal of earning $310 if it sells 14 jackets and 35 caps? Explain how you know. How much above or below its goal will the club be?
 



 
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