Exam 1: Notation and Symbols

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.

Five added to the product of 7 and -9 is what number?

What number do you subtract from 8 to get -9?

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

Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.

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

Perform the indicated operation and reduce the answer to lowest terms.

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

The following is a geometric sequence. Find the next number in the sequence.

Perform the indicated operations. Simplify as much as possible. If the expression is undefined, answer undefined .

Identify the following statements as either true or false. All integers are also rational numbers.

Use the associative property to rewrite the expression. Simplify the result.

If 8 people invest $500 each in a stamp collection and after a year the collection is worth $3,800, how much did each person lose? $ __________

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

Factor the following number into the product of primes. Write the prime factors from smallest to largest. If the number is not factorable, indicate this by writing prime . 3,485

The sequence below is an arithmetic sequence. Find the next two numbers in the sequence. 2, 0, -2, __________, __________ . . .

The sum of what number and -4 is -8?

Find the next number in the sequence. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, . . . (The sequence of squares.)

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

Reduce the fraction to lowest terms by first factoring the numerator and denominator into the product of prime factors and then dividing out any factors they have in common.