Exam 1: Notation and Symbols

The sequence below is an arithmetic sequence. Find the next two numbers in the sequence. 11, 18, 25, 32, __________, __________ . . .

The temperature is at 5:00 in the afternoon. If the temperature drops every hour after that, what is the temperature at 9:00 in the evening? __________

Expand and multiply.

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

Find the perimeter of an piece of notebook paper.

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

Expand and multiply.

Simplify the expression by applying the rule for order of operations. -(3 - 7) - (7 - 5)

Multiply.

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

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

Complete the operation and simplify if necessary.

Perform the indicated operation.

Work the problem using the rule for addition of real numbers.

Use the associative property to rewrite the expression, and then simplify the result.

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

In 1993 the government standardized the way in which nutrition information was presented on the labels of most packaged food products. The figure shows a standardized food label from a package of cookies that I ate at lunch the day I was writing the problems for this problem set. Use the information in the figure to answer the following question. How many cookies are in the package? __________ cookies

Expand and multiply.

Subtract. 10 - (-34)

A man with $1,300 in a savings account makes a withdrawal of $1,140. Write an expression using subtraction that describes this situation.