Solve for X:
X + 8 = 25
x=17
When you see the following expression, what is the big number called and what is the little number on top of it called?
24
Big number - base number
little number - exponent or power
Simplify the following expression:
Nicole is trying to think of a new password for her email account. She is going to use her middle name, an animal and a colour in a random order. Which of the following passwords must be hers?
(A) Sarah SharkStick
(B) Olivia OrangeOlga
(C) Purple ParrotPaula
MPurple ParrotPaula. A doesn’t have a colour and B has no animal.
8(4+2) = ?
48
Simplify:
2x + 8x=
10x
Solve for X:
X-3=10
X=13
How can you rewrite 92 in expanded form?
9 x 9
Simplify the following expression:
Adding what single letter to CONTACT makes it smaller?
R. Adding an R makes it CONTRACT.
5(x - 3)
5x - 15
Simplify:
4x + 2x -8x
-2x
Solve for X:
4x=28
X=7
How can you rewrite the following in exponential form?
7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7
75
3 + 42 x (3 + 2)
83
Which of the following words is still a recognised word if you substitute the first letter for the next letter in the alphabet and the last letter for the previous letter in the alphabet?
(A) BRINK
(B) CROWN
(C) CREST
(C) CREST. [The instructions would turn this word into DRESS.]
7 + 9(2x - 3)
18x - 20
Simplify:
-3x + 2x +5 -2
-x + 3
Solve for X:
X=40
What is the value of:
x0 +2x0
3
45
What number replaces the question mark in the sequence below?
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 ? 9 7 8 8
The sequence is the number of letters in the names of the months in a calendar year. The question mark represents August and there are six letters in August.
-3(-x - 10)
3x + 30
Simplify:
-4x +2x -6 +3
-2x-3
Solve for X:
2x + 5 = 17
X=6
What is the value of:
(b5 x b7 )3
b36
12
Maddie’s step counter watch starts at zero at the bottom of a staircase. She climbs 35 stairs but drops her watch to the very bottom and runs down to pick it up. When she gets to the top of the stairs, her watch says she has climbed 100 steps. How many steps long is the staircase?
65 steps. 100 steps minus the 35 she originally climbed means the staircase is 65 steps high. The steps on the way back down weren’t counted because she has dropped the watch.
x + 10 - 6(x - 3x) + 4
13x + 14
Simplify:
-2(x + 4) + 5x
-8 + 3x