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1. If 6x = 42, then x is 22. Simplify : (2 – 4i)(4 – i27)

A. 7 B. 8 C. 48 D. 36 A. 14i B. 12i C. 12 – 14i D. 14 – 12i
𝑥 23. Perform:
2. If 72 = 2 , then x is
8 − 4𝑖
A. 9 B. 36 C. 144 D. 72 𝑖3
3. Add 7x + 3y3 - 4xy, 3x - 2y3 + 7xy, and 2xy - 5x - 6y3. A. 4 + 8i C. 4 – 8i
A. B. C. D. 5x-5y3+5xy B. 8 + 4i D. 8 – 4i
24. Perform:
4. Subtract 2x2 - 3xy + 5y2 from 10x2 - 2xy - 3y2.
A. B. C. D. 8x2 + xy - 8y2 4 + 3𝑖
5 + 4𝑖
5. Multiply -3x2y3z, 2x4y, and -4xy4z2. A.
32 𝑖
− 41
32 𝑖
C. 41 + 41
A. B. C. D. 24x7y8z3 41
41 𝑖 41 𝑖
6. Divide 24x4y2z3 by -3x3y4z B. − 41 D. + 41
32 32
4𝑥𝑦 2 4𝑥𝑦 2 8𝑧𝑥 2 8𝑥𝑧 2
A. 𝑧 2 B. − 𝑧 2 C. D. −
𝑦2 𝑦2
25. Convert the equation below to polar form.
7. Divide x2 + 2x4 – 3x3 + x – 2 by x2 – 3x + 2. 7.25 + 3.38𝑖
13𝑥
A. 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 6 + 𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2 A. 8∠25° B. 9∠25° C. 10∠25° D. 11∠25°

13𝑥−14
B. 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 6 + 𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2 26. Convert the equation below to rectangular form.
13𝑥+14 2√2∠45°
C. 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 6 + 𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2
A. 2 – 2i B. 1 – 2i C. 2 + 2i D. 1 + 2i
13𝑥−14
D. 2𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 6 + 𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2
2
27. What is the equivalent of: (1 + i)6
A. 6i B. -6i C. 8i D. -8i
8. What is the value of expression xy – 6z, when x = -3, y = 6, z = -5?
A. -48 B. 48 C. 12 D. -12

9. Evaluate p in the equation 4p – 10 – 2p = 16. 28. Simplify: √𝑎√𝑎√𝑎.

A. 2 B. 6 C. 13 D. 26 A. a7/8 B. a1/8 C. a2/3 D. a5/6

10. Solve for x: 3x 5x+1 = 6x+2 29. Simplify: 3n – 3n-1 – 3n-2.

A. 2.1455 B. 2.1445 C. 2.4154 D. 2.1544 A. 5(3n-2) B. 3(3n-2) C. 33n-3 D. 33-n

11. Evaluate the value of x: √𝑥 − 2 = −√𝑥 + 2 𝑎−1 +𝑏 −1

30. Simplify:
A. 3/2 B. 18/6 C. 9/4 D. 6/5 (𝑎𝑏)−1
A. ab B. b + a C. 1/ab D. a/b
12. Solve for x: 37x+1 = 6561 𝑥 2 +2𝑥−15
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 31. Simplify the expression: 𝑥+5
A. x + 5 B. x + 3 C. x - 5 D. x - 3
13. What is the value of x when y = 8 and x = 4 + 6y?
A. 48 B. 52 C. 24 D. 36 32. Given that 32𝑎 × 11𝑏 = 274𝑥 × 332𝑥 , express a in terms of x.
𝑥𝑦+𝑦𝑧
A. 2x B. 5x C. 7x D. 3x
14. What is the value of the expression 𝑥𝑦 when x = 1, y = 3, and z = 6?
𝑥 2 +9𝑥+14 3𝑥+6
A. 3 B. 7 C. 12 D. 21 33. If is divided by 𝑥 2 +𝑥−56, the quotient is:
𝑥 2 −49

15. What is the greatest common factor of the following monomials: 3x2,
12x, 6x3 A. x + 8 B. x + 3 C. (x + 8)/3 D. (x + 3)/8
A. 12 B. 3x C. 6x D. 3x2
34. Which of the following represents the factors of the trinomial x2 + 6x
16. Which value of x will make this number sentence true: x + 25 ≤13 + 9?
A. -13 B. -11 C. 12 D. 38 A. x(x + 9) C. (x + 3)(x + 6)
B. (x + 6)(x + 9) D. (x + 3)2
17. Which of the following terms has a degree of 4?
A. x4y B. xy4 C. 4xy D. xy3 35. Which of the following is a simplification of (x2 + 4x + 4) divided by
(x + 2)?
A. x −2 B. x + 4 C. x2 + 3x + 2 D. x + 2
18. Which of the following is true?
A. √𝑎2 + 𝑏2 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 C. √𝑎4 − 2𝑎3 + 𝑎2 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎 36. Which of the following is equivalent to 4n2 (5np+ p2)?
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
B. 𝑏−𝑐 = 𝑏 − 𝑐 D.(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 A. 20n2p + p2 C. 20n3p + 4p2
B. 20n3p + p2 D. 20n3p + 4n2p2
19. Simplify: 3i1888
A. 3 B. -3 C. 3i D. -3i 37. What will be the remainder if f(x) = x3 -4x2 -7x +10 is divided by g(x)
=x–2
A. zero B. -12 C. 12 D. none
20. Simplify: 2 + 4i397
A. 4 + 2i B. 4 – 2i C. 2 + 4i D. 2 – 4i 38. The expression 2𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 − 6 when divided by x-2 and 2x + 3
leaves remainders of 28 and 0 respectively. Find the values of a and
b.
21. Simplify: (z – 3i) + (4 + 4i5) A. 1, 5 B. 1, -5 C. 5, 1 D. 5, -1
A. 6 B. i C. 6 – i D. 6 + i

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39. When the expression 𝑥 3 + 𝑘𝑥 2 + 4 is divided by (x - 1) the remainder 11 − 3𝑥 𝐴 𝐵

is 12 greater than when it is divided by (x + 3). Find the value of k. = +
𝑥2 + 2𝑥 − 3 𝑥 − 1 𝑥 + 3
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

40. When f(x) = (x + 3)(x – 4) + 4 is divided by x – k, the remainder is k. A. A = 3, B = 2 C. A = 2, B =-5

the values of k are B. A = 2, B = 3 D. A = -2, B =5
A. 2, -4 B. -2, 4 C. 3, 4 D. -3, 4
58. Decompose the equation:
41. If (x – 2) is a factor of x3 + cx – 4, find the value of c. 2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 − 35
A. -1 B. 1 C. -2 D. 2 (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 3)
42. Which of the following is a factor of f(x) = x-3 + 3x2 – x – 3? A.
2 3
+ (𝑥−2) + (𝑥+3)
−1
A. x - 2 B. x + 2 C. x - 4 D. x - 3 (𝑥+1)
4 3 1
B. − (𝑥−2) + (𝑥+3)
43. Which of the following is a factor of x4 + 5x²-36? (𝑥+1)
A. x + 3 B. x - 3 C. x2 + 9 D. x2 + 4 C.
−2 3
+ (𝑥−2) + (𝑥+3)
−1
(𝑥+1)
2 3 1
44. Which of the following is not a factor of x4 + 10x3 + 15x2 – 50x – 56? D. + (𝑥−2) + (𝑥+3)
(𝑥+1)
A. x - 2 B. x + 4 C. x + 7 D. x - 1

45. Which of the following is a factor of the expression x4 + 9x3 – 60x + 59. Solve for B:
32? 2𝑥 + 3 𝐴 𝐵
= +
A. x2 – 3x + 2 B. x2 + 3x – 2 C. x2 - 6x - 16 D. x2 + 6x + 16 (𝑥 − 2)2 𝑥 − 2 (𝑥 − 2)2

46. Solve for x: 3+𝑥 >7 A. 2 B. 7 C. -2 D. -7

A. x > 2 B. x < 2 C. x < 4 D. x > 4
60. Solve for C:
47. Solve for the inequality: 𝑧−2≥5 5𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 19 𝐴 𝐵 𝐶
A. 𝑧 > 6 C. 𝑧 ≥ 6 = + +
(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 1)2 𝑥 + 3 𝑥 − 1 (𝑥 − 1)2
B. 𝑧 > 7 D. 𝑧 ≥ 7
A. -1 B. -2 C. -3 D. -4
48. Solve for the inequality: 4𝑥 + 1 > 𝑥 + 5
A. 𝑥 > 3
4
C. 𝑥 < 4
3 61. Solve for A and B:
7𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 13 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵 𝐶
4 3 = +
B. 𝑥 > − 3 D. 𝑥 < − 4 (𝑥 2 + 2)(𝑥 + 1) 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑥 + 1

49. Solve for the value of x: A. 1 and 3 B. 3 and 1 C. 3 and 2 D. 2 and 3

|3𝑥 + 1| < 4 62. Solve for B:

5 3 + 6𝑥 + 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 3 𝐴 𝐵 𝐶𝑥 + 𝐷
A. 𝑥 = 1 C. > 𝑥 > −1 = + 2+ 2
3 𝑥 2 (𝑥 2 + 3) 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 +3
B. 𝑥 = −1
5
D. − 3 < 𝑥 < 1 A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

63. Solve for D:

50. Solve for C: 2𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 9 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵 𝐶𝑥 + 𝐷 𝐸
= + +
𝐶+1 (𝑥 2 + 9)(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 + 3) 𝑥 2 + 9 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5 𝑥 + 3
>0
3𝐶 − 6
A. 𝐶 > 2 𝑜𝑟 𝐶 < −1 C. 𝐶 > 2 𝑜𝑟 𝐶 > −1 A. 199/104 B. 104/199 C. 393/104 D. 104/393
B. 𝐶 > 2 𝑜𝑟 𝐶 < 1 D. 𝐶 < 2 𝑜𝑟 𝐶 < −1 64. Solve for C:
3𝑥 4 − 19𝑥 3 + 60𝑥 2 − 91𝑥 + 64 𝐴 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶 𝐷𝑥 + 𝐸
2𝑥+3 = + 2 +
51. Solve: ≤1 𝑥(𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 4)2 𝑥 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 4 (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 4)2
𝑥+2
A. 2 < x < 1 B. 2 > x > 1 C. -2 < x < -1 D. -2 > x > -1 A. 4 B. 2 C. -3 D. 7/8
52. Solve for the inequality: t2 > 9 𝑥 5 2
A. t = 3 C. t < 3 65. Which of the following gives the expansion of (5 − 2) ?
B. t > 3 D. 3 < t < -3
𝑥2 25 𝑥2 25
A. +𝑥− C. 25 + 𝑥 +
25 4 4
53. Solve for the inequality: (2𝑧 + 1) > 9 2
A. 1 < z < -2 C. 1 < z < 2 B.
𝑥2
+ 2𝑥 −
25 𝑥2
D. 25 − 𝑥 −
25
B. z > 2 D. z > 1 25 4 4

54.Solve for the inequality: (𝑦 − 3)2 ≤ 16 66. Determine the 5th term of the expansion of (x + 7)7.
A. -1 < y < 7 C. y > -1 A. 945x4 B. 945x5 C. 945x6 D. 945x7
B. y < 7 D. y > 7
1 10
55.Solve for the inequality: x² + 2x – 3 > 0 67. Determine the middle term of the expansion of (2𝑝 − 2𝑞) .
A. -3 < x < 1 C. x > 1
B. 1 < x < -3 D. x > -3 𝑝5 𝑝5 𝑝5 𝑝5
A. 102 B. −102 𝑞5 C. 252 D. −252
𝑞5 𝑞5 𝑞5
56.Solve for the inequality: t2 - 2t – 8 < 0
A. 2 < t < 4 C. -2 < t > 4 1 10
B. 2 < t > 4 D. -2 < t < 4 68. Find the coefficient of x5 in the expansion of (3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 3 )
A. -32805 B. 32805 C. 23805 D. -23805
57. Solve for A and B for the given decomposition:

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69. Which of the terms in the expansion of (𝑦 3 + 𝑦 −1 )10 will involve y²? 85. If the roots of (2𝑘 + 2)2 + (4 − 4𝑘)𝑥 + 𝑘 − 2 = 0 are reciprocals to
A. 6th B. 7th C. 8th D. 9th each other, find the value of k.
A. -2 B. -3 C. -4 D. -5
2 12
70. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of (𝑥 2 − 𝑥) . 86. If 6𝑥 2 + 36𝑥 + 𝑘 = 6(𝑥 + 𝑎)2 , what is the value of k?
A. 4th B. 6th C. 8th D. 10th A. 12 B. 18 C. 54 D. 36

87. The equation x2 – 4kx + 10 – 6k = 0 will have two equal roots if the
71. What is the sum of coefficients of the expansion of (𝑥 + 2𝑥 −2 )14 . value of k is?
A. 4766585 B. -4766585 C. -4782969 D. 4782969 A. 5/3 B. -5/2 C. -5/3 D. 5/2

72. What is the sum of exponents of the expansion of (𝑥 + 2𝑥 −2 )14 . 88. Alain throws a stone off a bridge into a river below. The stone’s height
above the water in meters ℎ(𝑡) depends on time in seconds after
A. 105 B. -105 C. 109 D. -109 throwing, 𝑡, and can be modeled with the function ℎ(𝑡) = −5𝑡 2 +
10𝑡 + 15. What is the height of the stone in meters at the time it is
73. Find the product of 3x(2x + 3y) thrown?
A. 6x2 + 9xy B. 9x2 - 6xy C. 6x2 - 9xy D. 9x2+ 6xy A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
74. Find the product of x2y(3x3 – 2y + 4) 89. What are the roots of the equation 5𝑥 2 + 1 = 4𝑥?
A. 3x5y + 2x2y2 + 4x2y A. 2 ± 𝑖 B. 0.4 ± 0.6𝑖 C. 0.4 ± 0.2𝑖 D. 2 ± 3𝑖
B. 3x5y - 2x2y2 - 4x2y
C. 3x5y + 2x2y2 - 4x2y 90. Describe the roots of the equation 7x2 -6x + 12 = 0.
D. 3x5y - 2x2y2 + 4x2y A. real and equal C. imaginary
B. real and unequal D. none of these
75. Simplify (x + 2)²
A. x2 + 4x + 4 B. x2 + 2x + 4 C. x2 - 4x + 4 D. x2 - 2x + 4

76. Simplify (x + 2y)3

A. x3 + 6x2y + 12xy2 + 8y3 C. 12x3 - 6x2y - xy2 + 8y3
B. x3 - 6x2y + 8xy2 - 12y3 D. x3 + 6x2y - 12xy2 + 8y3

77. Solve for x:

(𝑥 + 5) 1 𝑥−3
+ = 2𝑥 −
2 2 8
A. 12/11 B. 11/12 C. 21/11 D. 11/21

78. Solve for x and y:

4𝑥 − 7𝑦 = 29
2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = −11
A. (-3, 2) B. (2, -3) C. (3, -2) D. (-2, 3)

79. Solve for the system shown and determine the value of x – y.
𝑥 + 5 6 − 4𝑦
=
2 3
3𝑥 21 − 7𝑦
=
5 10
A. 4 B. -4 C. 10 D. -10

80. Solve for the system,

3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 = −15
𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 1
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 0
A. (-1, 4, 3) B. (4, -2, 1) C. (1, -4. -3) D. (-4, -2, -1)

81. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 3𝑥 2 −
7𝑥 − 20 = 0 is?
A. 20𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 3 = 0 C. 20𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 3 = 0
2
B. 20𝑥 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0 D. 20𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 3 = 0

82. If ¼ and -7/2 are the roots of the quadratic equation Ax² + Bx + C = 0,
what is the value of B?
A. -28 B. 4 C. -7 D. 26

83. In the equation 3x² + 4x + (2h – 5) = 0, find h if the product of the

roots is 4.
A. -7/2 B. -10/2 C. 17/2 D. 7/2

84. If the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are 3 and 2 and
a, b and c are all numbers, find a + b + c.
A. 12 B. -2 C. 2 D. 6

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