Exam 1: The Basics

Find the quotient (divide). Simplify the answer. Do not convert to decimal form.

Perform the indicated operation and reduce to lowest terms. Assume the variable represents a nonzero number.

Use the rule for order of operations to simplify the expression as much as possible.

Use the rule for order of operations to simplify the expression as much as possible.

Find the following product.

Simplify the expression by applying the rule for order of operations. -2 - 3 - 12

Simplify.

What number results if 2 is subtracted from the product of -4 and 10?

Complete the operation and simplify if necessary.

Use the associative property to rewrite the expression, and then simplify the result. Do not convert fractions to decimal form. Do not convert fractions to decimal form.

Factor the following number into the product of primes. List the prime factors from smallest to largest. If the number is not factorable, indicate so.

Find the next number in the sequence. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, . . . (The sequence of squares.)

Simplify the expression 13 - (6 - 2)and the expression (13 - 6)- 2 to show that subtraction is not an associative operation.

Factor the following number into the product of primes. List the prime factors from smallest to largest. If the number is not factorable, indicate this by writing prime . 34

Simplify the expression.

Find the LCD for each of the following; then perform the indicated operation.

Perform the indicated operations. Simplify as much as possible.

Find the LCD for each of the following; then perform the indicated operation.

Use the rule for order of operations to simplify the expression as much as possible.

Given the numbers in the set list all the whole numbers.