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Pre-
Course Pre-Course Test
Tell whether the two fractions form a proportion. Answers
3 16 5 30 4 6 1.
1. , 2. , 3. ,
4 20 7 42 18 27
2.
4. You buy a sweater that is discounted 25%. The original price of the
sweater is $40. What is the price of the sweater after the discount? 3.

4.
5. Find the actual distance between
Lisbon and Barcelona. 5.

6.
PORTUGAL Madrid Barcelona
Lisbon 7.

8. See left.
SPAIN
9. See left.
1 cm : 200 km
10.

Find the coordinates of the point. y 11.

4
6. A 7. B A
3
12.
2
Plot the ordered pair. 1 13.

8. (1, 4) 9. (3, 2) 4 3 2 1
1
1 2 3 4 x
14.
2
3 15.
B
16.

Simplify the expression. 17.

10. 4 + 11 11. 7( 8) 18.

12. 60 ( 4) 13. 34 19.

20.
14. ( 41) 15. 12 ( 19)
21.

4 5 7 3
16. + 17.
15 9 8 4

13 9 7 1
18. 19.
18 25 12 8

20. 8.37( 5.3) 21. 0.95 3.49

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CourseX Pre-Course Test (continued)
Solve the equation, if possible. Answers
22. x 9 = 2 23. 4 x = 32 22.

24. 9 2 x = 23 25. x 7 = x + 6 23.

26. 4 x 2 = x 5 27. 4 x + 12 = 4(3 + x ) 24.

25.
28. Use the properties of equality to show that the equation 6 x + 3 = 27
is equivalent to the equation 2 x = 8. 26.

Find the side length of the square. 27.

29. s 30. s 28.

s Area = 121 m2 s Area = 48 in.2

29.

30.

31.
Write the fraction as a decimal.
3 5 21 32.
31. 32. 33.
4 16 4 33.

34. In a class, the teacher asks each person wearing red to name his or her 34.
favorite color. Is this sample representative of the entire class? Explain.
35. The data below are the test scores of the students in a math class.
97, 76, 84, 82, 90, 95, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 77, 100, 78, 87
35. See left.
Create a stem-and-leaf plot to represent the data.
36.

37.
36. Find the slope and y-intercept of the graph of y = 3 x 8. 38.
Simplify the expression.
39.
37. 25 38. 3 8 39. 54
40.

23 41.
40. ( 6) 2 41. (3d )4 42.
25
42.

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Pre-Course Test Item Analysis

Item Item
Skills Skills
Number Number
simplifying fractions, solving one-step
1 22
understanding proportion equations
simplifying fractions, solving one-step
2 23
understanding proportion equations
simplifying fractions, solving two-step
3 24
understanding proportion equations
solving a problem recognizing equations with
4 25
involving a discount no solution
understanding solving equations with
5 26
scale variables on both sides
identifying the solving equations with
6 27
coordinates of a point infinitely many solutions
identifying the
7 28 using properties of equality
coordinates of a point
plotting a point in a
8 29 finding a square root
coordinate plane
plotting a point in a
9 30 simplifying a square root
coordinate plane
writing a fraction as
10 adding integers 31
a decimal
writing a fraction as
11 multiplying integers 32
a decimal
writing a fraction as
12 dividing integers 33
a decimal
finding absolute value of
13 34 evaluating a sample
integers
finding absolute value of
14 35 making a stem-and-leaf plot
integers
finding the slope and
15 subtracting integers 36 y-intercept of a linear
function
16 adding fractions 37 finding a square root

17 dividing fractions 38 finding a cube root

18 multiplying fractions 39 simplifying a square root

raising a number to an
19 subtracting fractions 40
exponent
using properties of
20 multiplying decimals 41
exponents
using properties of
21 subtracting decimals 42
exponents

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