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    Community College of Philadelphia

    Practice for the Mathematics Placement Exam


    1. Reduce

    42
    .
    48

    7
    8
    1
    (b)
    4
    11
    (c)
    14
    8
    (d)
    7

    (a)

    2. Add

    5 1
    + .
    6 7

    6
    13
    41
    (b)
    42
    6
    (c)
    42
    6
    (d)
    35

    (a)

    3. Multiply

    7
    4
    .
    21 12

    11
    33
    1
    (b)
    9
    28
    (c)
    84
    48
    (d)
    84
    (a)

    4. Write 0.15 as a reduced fraction.


    3
    20
    1
    (b) 1
    2
    1
    (c)
    5
    15
    (d)
    1000
    (a)

    5. Add: 2 + 0.3 + 0.17.


    (a) 0.022
    (b) 2.20
    (c) 2.47
    (d) 2.37
    6. Find 7% of 40.
    (a) 2.8
    (b) 28
    (c) 0.028
    (d) 280
    7. Find x if

    3
    x
    = .
    20
    5

    (a) 55
    (b) 12
    (c) 33.3
    (d) 10
    8. Find (10) + (+12) + (18).
    (a) 16
    (b) 16
    (c) 40
    (d) 40
    9. Find (12) (5).
    (a) 7
    (b) 17
    (c) 7
    (d) 17
    10. Subtract: (2a 3b + 4c) (a + 3b + 4c).
    (a) a + 8c
    (b) 3a + 8c
    (c) 288a2b2c2
    (d) 3a 6b

    11. Solve for x: 3x 5 = 13.


    (a) x = 6
    (b) x = 2
    13
    8
    (d) x = 6
    (c) x =

    12. Multiply: (2x 3)(3x + 2).


    (a) 6x2 5x 6
    (b) x 6
    (c) 6x2 13x 6
    (d) 6x2 6
    13. Factor: 81 a2.
    (a) (a 9)(a + 9)
    (b) (9a 1)(9a + 1)
    (c) 9(9 a)
    (d) (9 a)(9 + a)
    14. Simplify:
    (a) 6

    27 35
    .
    24 33

    (b) 7776
    35
    (c)
    12
    (d) 72
    15. Use the quadratic formula
    x=

    b2 4ac
    if ax2 + bx + c = 0
    2a

    in order to solve 2x2 + 5x 12 = 0.


    (a) x = 4 or x =
    (b) x = 4 or x =

    3
    2

    3
    2

    (c) x = 4 or x =
    (d) x = 4 or x =

    3
    2

    3
    2

    16. If x2 5x 14 > 0, then x satisfies the inequality


    (a) x < 2 or x > 7
    (b) 7 < x < 2
    (c) x < 7 or x > 2
    (d) 2 < x < 7
    17. Find the distance between the points (1, 3) and (2, 4).

    (a) 58

    (b) 58

    (c) 52

    (d) 2
    18. Let f(x) = x2 x and g(x) = 2x + 1. Find g(f(2)).
    (a) 5
    (b) 6
    (c) 13
    (d) 2g
    19. Find the equation of the line passing through (0, 1) and perpendicular to the line passing
    through the points (1, 2) and (5, 4).
    (a) y = 2x 2
    x 1
    (b) y = +
    2 2
    (c) y = 2x 1
    (d) y = x 1
    20. Find the equation of the line in figure 1
    2
    (a) y = x + 2
    3
    2
    (b) y = x + 2
    3
    2
    (c) y = x + 3
    3
    2
    (d) y = x + 3
    3
    21. Find the equation of the parabola in figure 2.
    1
    (a) y = (x 2)2 3
    2
    1
    (b) y = (x 2)2 + 3
    2
    (c) y = (x 2)2 3
    1
    (d) y = (x 3)2 + 2
    2
    4

    22. Find the equation of the circle in figure 3


    (a) (x 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 9
    (b) (x + 1)2 + (y 2)2 = 9
    (c) (x + 1)2 + (y 2)2 = 3
    (d) (x 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 3

    Figure 1: Problem 20.

    
    
    
    

    Figure 2: Problem 21.

    Figure 3: Problem 22.

    23. If 3x = 2 then x =
    (a) log2 3
    (b) log3 2
    (c) ln 2
    (d) log10 6
    24. What is the smallest positive real number x such that sin(2x + 1) = 1?
    (a) x = 0

    (b) x =
    4

    (c) x =
    2
    1
    (d) x =
    4 2
    25. Find the exact value of log3 81.
    (a) 4
    (b) 2
    (c) 16
    (d) 8
    Further practice can be found under the placement link at http://faculty.ccp.edu/dept/math/.
    Prepared by G. Schulz and D. Santos, January 2003
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