Name: Class: Date: Pre-Algebra Blizzard Bag Number 1 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. A cargo truck traveled 261 miles in 4 hours. About what speed was the truck averaging on this trip? a. 65 mph c. 55 mph b. 1044 mph d. 257 mph 2. A factory can produce 50,000 boxes of cereal a day. Each box contains 15 bowls of cereal, and each bowl contains 180 calories. How many bowls of cereal can the factory produce in a day? a. 2700 bowls c. 9,000,000 bowls b. 750,000 bowls d. 3333 bowls 3. The following table shows the seven flowers a flower shop sells and the number of each it sold last year. How many flowers did the shop sell last year? Flower Number Sold Roses 2326 Daisies 1895 Orchids 469 Lilies 972 Daffodils 444 Carnations 812 Irises 95 a. 7868 flowers c. 3213 flowers b. 4687 flowers d. 7013 flowers 4. Sweetwater Middle School teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes. The sixth grade has 318 students, the 7th has 286 students, and the 8th has 306 students. If the sixth grade takes a field trip and each student needs $3.50, how much total money is needed by the students? a. $910 c. $1113 b. $3185 d. $1071 Every Friday Nikki records the number of sit-ups she could do that day. The table below shows the number she did the first five Fridays. Friday Number of Sit-Ups 1 23 2 32 3 41 4 50 5 59 5. If she continues with this pattern, how many sit-ups will she do on the 6th Friday? a. 59 c. 68 b. 65 d. 70 1
Name: 6. The Montoyas need to travel 395 miles to get to their cousin s house. If they average 65 mph, about how many hours will it take them to reach their destination? a. about 25,675 hours c. about 360 hours b. about 6 hours d. about 0.16 hour 7. A sports store sells seven different categories of ball caps. The following table show the number of hats sold in each category last year. How many ball caps did the store sell last year? Category Number Sold NBA 1873 WNBA 1598 MLB 3408 College Sports 2337 NFL 692 Tennis 204 Soccer 371 a. 10,483 ball caps c. 8610 ball caps b. 21,886 ball caps d. 7949 ball caps Find the value of each expression. 8. 6( 6) ( 12 3) a. 54 c. 3 b. 18 d. 27 È 9. 5ÎÍ ( 46 14) 4 a. 227 c. 13 b. 40 d. 213 Write a numerical expression for each verbal phrase. 10. the difference of twenty-one and seven a. 7 21 c. 21 7 b. 7 21 d. 21 7 11. the quotient of eight and two a. 8 2 c. 2 8 b. 8 2 d. 2 8 12. fifty-six minus eight a. 56 8 c. 56 + 8 b. 56 8 d. 56 8 13. thirty-three increased by eleven a. 33 11 c. 33 + 11 b. 33 11 d. 33 11 2
Name: 14. fourteen multiplied by seven a. 14 7 c. 14 + 7 b. 14 7 d. 14 7 15. sixteen less than eight a. 8 + 16 c. 16 8 b. 8 16 d. 16 8 Evaluate each expression if x = 14, y = 5, and z = 6. 16. x + (3y + 3z) a. 47 c. 462 b. 19 d. 31 17. ( 25 x) + 4yz 2 a. 49 c. 18.5 b. 71 d. 251 Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression. 18. four inches less than Kimi a. x 4 c. x + 4 b. x 4 d. 4 x 19. Laura s allowance plus a $5 bonus a. a $5 c. $5 a b. a $5 d. a + $5 20. the quotient of thirty and three times a number a. 30 3 + x c. 30 3x b. 30 3x d. 30 3 + x 21. five times the product of a number and thirteen a. 5(x 13) c. 5(x 13) b. 5(x + 13) d. 5 + (x 13) Name the property shown by each statement. 22. 11 15 = 15 11 a. Commutative Property of Multiplication b. Associative Property of Multiplication c. Multiplicative Property of Zero d. Multiplicative Identity 3
Name: 23. 30 0 17 = 0 a. Commutative Property of Multiplication b. Associative Property of Multiplication c. Multiplicative Property of Zero d. Multiplicative Identity 24. 45 1 = 45 a. Commutative Property of Multiplication b. Associative Property of Multiplication c. Multiplicative Property of Zero d. Multiplicative Identity 25. Replace each with <, >, or = to make a true sentence. 8 15 a. < b. > c. = 26. Order the integers {0, 20, 3, 19, 13} from least to greatest. a. {0, 13, 20, 3, 19} c. {19, 3, 0, 13, 20} b. { 20, 13, 0, 3, 19} d. { 13, 20, 0, 3, 19} 27. Evaluate the expression below. 4 14 11 a. 1 c. 29 b. 7 d. 21 28. Evaluate the expression if x = 1 and y = 19. x y a. 18 c. 20 b. 18 d. 20 Find each sum. 29. 5 + ( 25) a. 20 c. 20 b. 30 d. 30 30. 34 + ( 9) a. 43 c. 43 b. 25 d. 25 31. 8 + ( 20) + ( 9) a. 12 c. 3 b. 19 d. 21 4
Name: 32. 43 + ( 18) + 50 a. 75 c. 25 b. 11 d. 111 Find each difference. 33. 37 17 a. 20 c. 54 b. 54 d. 20 34. 50 11 a. 39 c. 61 b. 39 d. 61 Evaluate each expression if x = 19, y = 15, and z = 16. 35. y ( 21) a. 36 c. 6 b. 6 d. 36 36. z x y a. 18 c. 12 b. 50 d. 20 Find each product. 37. 6 ( 21) a. 15 c. 126 b. 27 d. 126 38. 6( 7) ( 11) a. 42 c. 42 b. 462 d. 462 Simplify each expression. 39. 10xÊ Ë Á4yˆ a. 40 c. 40x b. 40xy d. 40xy 40. 6a( 5) ( 2b) a. 60ab c. 60ab b. 60a d. 60 41. 3 9a 4 5a a. 14a 7 c. 4a + 1 b. 14a + 1 d. 4a 7 5
Name: Find each quotient. 42. 56 ( 14) a. 42 c. 4 b. 784 d. 4 43. 110 5 a. 115 c. 22 b. 550 d. 22 44. During this past winter, Tatsu measured how many inches of snow came down after each snowfall. Her results were 8, 3, 2, 5, 10, and 2. Find the average for the 6 snowfalls. a. 2 inches c. 30 inches b. 5 inches d. 24 inches 45. During the week, Candace studied 35, 60, 40, 25, and 35 minutes for her quiz on Friday. Find the average time she studied each of the 5 days. a. 39 minutes c. 190 minutes b. 195 minutes d. 35 minutes 46. A news station in Oregon recorded that the low temperatures for 5 days were 3, 2, 2, 2, and 6. What was the average temperature for those days? a. 0 c. 5 b. 1 d. 2 Use the Distributive Property to write each expression as an equivalent expression. Then evaluate it. 47. 10(6 2) a. 10(4); 6 c. 60 2; 62 b. 60 + 20; 40 d. 4 + 12; 8 48. ( 2 4)( 10) a. 20 + 40; 60 c. ( 6)( 10); 16 b. 2 + 40; 38 d. 12 + 14; 2 Use the Distributive Property to write each expression as an equivalent algebraic expression. 49. 2( 4 + c) a. 8 2c c. 8 + c b. 6 2c d. 2( 4c) 50. ( z + 6)( 9) a. 9( 6z) c. 9z 3 b. 9z 54 d. z 54 6