Semester 2 Practice Final Hour _____ Date______

Semester 2 Practice Final Hour _____ Date______

ALGEBRA 1 Name______

Semester 2 Practice Final Hour _____ Date______

______1. Rewrite the equation as many different ways as you can.

______2. Classify by degree and number of terms.

______3. What algebraic expression is represented by the following area model?

______4. Simplify

______5. Solve the inequality .

______6. The length of a rectangle is 5 feet longer than its width. Its area is 176 square feet. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

______7. Renee has planted 8 vegetable plants in her garden. If she can plant 3 plants per minute, write an equation that describes the number of plants she will have planted after more minutes.

______8. You are given the equation . Solve for .

______9. Simplify .

______10. Find the slope of the line with the equation .

______11. If Javier invests $5,000 in an account earning 5.5% interest compounded annually, how much money will he have in the account after 9 years?

______12. What is the degree of the polynomial ?

______13. A cube has a side length of 4. What is its volume?

______14. Simplify .

______15. Simplify .

______16. Graph the inequality .

______17. Simplify .

______18. Over the course of 3 hours, the temperature dropped from 80° to 55°. What is the rate of temperature change in degrees per hour?

______19. Rachel has $25 dollars to spend at the county fair. It will cost her $6 to enter the fairgrounds and $0.25 for each ride. Write an inequality that represents the number of possible rides that Rachel can ride,

______20. The following equation represents the height in feet of a projectile after seconds. What is the initial height?

______21.Graph the line .

______22. If you were to graph the following equation, at which point would the vertex be located?

______23. Mindy is painting fence posts on her farmland. She has already painted 20 posts and is able to paint 4 posts per hour. An equation representing the number of fence posts that she paints is an example of which of these?

  1. exponential decay C. constant increase
  2. constant decreaseD. exponential growth

______24. Which property is illustrated by the following example?

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  1. Product to a PowerC. Power to a Power Property
  2. Product of Like BasesD. Product of Exponents Property

______25. Determine the number of solutions to the system of equations below.

______26. A new car purchased for $25,000 loses its value at a rate of 15% per year. Write an equation that represents the value of the car after years.

______27. What is the slope of a line that passes through the points and ?

______28. Graph the system of inequalities: .

______29. Solve the equation .

______30. The sum of two numbers is 23 and their product is 120. What are the two numbers?

______31. Graph the inequality on a number line.

______32. Expand .

______33. A cube has a volume of 512. What is its side length?

______34. Use the Quadratic Formula to solve the equation

______35. Rewrite the following using exponents: .

______36. If , find .

______37. The equation describes a function that models the total amount of money y in a savings account after x years. If $2,000 is invested at an annual yield of 3.5%. What is the domain of this function?

______38. Explain what a function is.

______39. Solve for x: .

______40. Simplify .

______41. Simplify

______42. Use the Quadratic Formula to solve the equation

______43. Use the discriminant to find the number of real solutions.

______44. If you graph , the y-intercept would be ______?

______45. The parabola opens which direction?

______46. What is the greatest common factor of ?

______48. Simplify the expression .

______49. Simplify the expression.

______50. Twenty animals were introduced into a large forest. In 4 years, the population had multiplied by a factor of 18. If P is the number of animals t years after introduction, write a formula that relates P and t.

______51. Find the coordinates of the vertex of the parabola with the equation

______52. What is the slope of the line graphed at the right?

______53. Find the exact length of the missing side.

______54. What is the solution to the system

______55. What is the domain and range of the graph at the right?