St. Peters College Iligan City PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN MATH 3 I. Multiple Choice.

Write the letter of the correct answer. _______1. What is a/an symbol that is used to represent a number? a. variable b. expression c. constants d. equation _______2. It has an equals sign. a. variable b. expression c. exponent d. constants _______3. What is a combination of constants and variables and any expression that results when applying the 4 fundamental operations of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication? a. variable b algebraic expressions c. constant d. equation _______4. In the algebraic expression 4x 5y, what are the terms? a. 4 and 5 b. 4x and 5 c. 4x and -5 d. 4 and -5 _______5. Simplify: 3xy + y 4xy 7y. a. 7xy 8 y b. xy 8y c. 7xy 6y d. -xy 6y _______6. Terms which differ at most in their numerical factors are called ______. a. different terms b. similar terms c. unlike terms d. common terms _______7. Add the polynomials: 14x 20y and 12x + 15y a. 14x + 5y b. 2x 5y c. 28x 5y d. 28x + 5y _______8. is
a. Quotient Rule ________9. = ? a. 1 b. Product Rule c. Power of a Power Rule d. Power of a Product

b. 0 c. -1 d. 1/a _______10. When is a radical in simplest form?

a. When the radicand is a fraction b. When its radicand has square factors. c. When the radicand is not a fraction d. both b and c II. Solve the following: 1. Add the following: (2 pts) a. b.

2. Subtract the second expression from the first (2pts.) a. b. 3. Find the product. (3 pts.) a. (x + 7) (x 8) c. (-4x -5) (9x + 5) 4. Divide: (3pts.) a. 5. Simplify the following radicals. (3 pts.) a. c. 6. Simplify the following radicals (3 pts. ) a. c. 7. Simplify the following: (3 points) a. c. b. d. b. d. b. d. b. (4x 6) (12x 7)

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