Summer 2017 Review

For

Students Entering

ALGEBRA 1

Holy Name High School

Complete the following problems using the calculator only to

check your manual answers. Due Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

(NOTE: Use www.khanacademy.org www.mathisfun.com or www.purplemath.com to find specific

math related topics with accompanying videos and demonstrations)

NAME: __________________

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Name_________________________________________________________________________

8th Grade School________________________________________________________________

ALGEBRA 1 SUMMER WORK PACKET

Algebra 1 teaches a student to think, reason, and communicate

mathematically. Students use variables to determine solutions to real

world problems. Skills gained in Algebra 1 provide students with a

foundation for subsequent math courses. Students use a graphing

calculator as an integral tool in analyzing data and modeling functions to

represent real world applications. Each student is expected to have a

graphing calculator in class every day. Holy Name High School requires a

TI-84.

The problems in this packet are designed to help you review topics that are

important to your success in Algebra 1. All work must be shown for

each problem. The problems should be done correctly, not just

attempted.

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ORDER OF OPERATIONS

To avoid having different results for the same problem, mathematicians have agreed on an order of operations

when simplifying expressions that contain multiple operations.

1. Perform any operation(s) inside grouping symbols. (Parentheses, brackets, above or below a

fraction bar)

2. Simplify any term with exponents.

3. Multiply and divide in order from left to right.

4. Add and subtract in order from left to right.

One easy way to remember the order of operations is to remember the acronym PEMDAS or the saying

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

Example 1 Example 2

2 – 32 + (6 + 3 ∙ 2) = -7 + 4 + (23 – 8 ÷ -4) =

2 – 32 + (6 + 6) = -7 + 4 + (8 – 8 ÷ -4) =

2 – 32 + 12 = -7 + 4 + (8 – -2) =

2 – 9 + 12 = -7 + 4 + 10 =

-7 + 12 = -3 + 10 =

5 7

EVALUATE EACH EXPRESSION. SHOW ALL WORK, THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWER WITH A

CALCULATOR.

1) 6 + 4 – 2 ∙ 3 = 6) 32 ÷ [16 ÷ (8 ÷ 2)] =

2) 50 – (17 + 8) = 7) 1

4 (3 ∙ 8) + 2(-12) =

3) 3(2 + 7) – 9 ∙ 7 = 8) 5+[30−(8 − 1)2]

11− 22 =

4) 3 + 8 ∙ 22 – 4 = 9) 3[10−(27 ÷ 9)]

4−7 =

5) 10 ∙ (3 – 62) + 8 ÷ 2 = 10) [8 ∙ 2 – (3 + 9)] + [8 – 2 ∙ 3] =

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OPERATIONS WITH SIGNED NUMBERS

ADDING SIGNED NUMBERS SUBTRACTING SIGNED NUMBERS

Like Signs Different Signs

Change the problem to addition and change the sign

of the second number and then use addition rules Add the numbers and

carry the sign

Subtract the absolute value

of the numbers and carry

the sign of the number with

the larger absolute value

(+3) + (+4) = +7 (+3) + (-2) = +1 (+9) – (+12) =

(+9) + (-12) = -3

(+4) – (-3) =

(+4) + (+3) = +7

(-2) + (-3) = -5 (-5) + (+3) = -2 (-5) – (+3) =

(-5) + (-3) = -8

(-1) – (-5) =

(-1) + (+5) = + 4

SIMPLIFY. DO THE PROBLEM FIRST; THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWER WITH A CALCULATOR.

1) 9 + -4 = 7) 20 – (-6) =

2) -8 + 7 = 8) 7 – 10 =

3) -14 – 6 = 9) -6 – (-7) =

4) -30 + (-9) = 10) 5 – 9 =

5) 14 – 20 = 11) -8 – 7 =

6) -2 + 11 = 12) 1 – (-12) =

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OPERATIONS WITH SIGNED NUMBERS

MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING SIGNED NUMBERS

If the signs are the same, the answer is positive.

If the signs are different, the answer is negative.

Like Signs Different Signs

(+3)(+4) = +12 (+2)(-4) = -8

(-5)(-3) = -15 (-7)(+2) = -14 +18

+3 = +6

−15

+3 = -5

−24

−8 = +3

+16

−2 = -8

SIMPLIFY. DO THE PROBLEM FIRST; THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWER WITH A CALCULATOR.

1) (-5)(-4) = 7) −7

−1 =

2) −56

7 = 8) (3)(-7) =

3) (12)(4) = 9) 32

−4 =

4) −48

−6 = 10) (-6)(7) =

5) (-7)(-9) = 11) −45

−5 =

6) −36

4 = 12) (11)(-10) =

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OPERATIONS WITH RATIONAL NUMBERS

Examples

3

5 +

1

5 =

4

5 -13.12 + (-8.6) = -21.72

7

16 -

1

16 =

6

16 =

3

8 72.5 – 43.89 = 28.61

1

2 +

2

3 =

3

6 +

4

6 =

7

6 or 1

1

6 -9.16 – 10.17 = -19.33

2

5 -

3

4 =

8

20 -

15

20 = -

7

20 15.87 + 100.2015 = 116.0715

2

5 ∙

1

3 =

2

15 (6.5)(0.13) = .845

3

5 ∙ 1

1

2 =

3

5 ∙

3

2 =

9

10 108 ÷ (-0.9) = -120

3

5 ÷

9

10 =

3

5 ∙

10

9 =

30

45 or

2

3 18.19(24.56) = 446.7464

−1

5 ÷

−7

20 =

−1

5 ∙

20

−7 =

4

7 21.0769 ÷ 4.03 = 5.23

SIMPLIFY. DO THE PROBLEM FIRST; THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWER WITH A CALCULATOR.

1) 4

9 +

2

9 = 5) −

4

5 –

1

3 =

2) 6

7 –

3

7 = 6)

11

3 ∙

9

44 =

3) 3

8 +

1

6 = 7) (

−1

3 )(-7

1

2 ) =

4) 1

2 –

1

3 = 8)

11

12 ÷ 1

2

3 =

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9) 3

25 ÷

2

15 = 15) 36.331 – 14.8974 =

10) −9

10 ÷ 3 = 16) (15.9)(11.1) =

11) -15.687 + 25.3 = 17) 3716.59 ÷ 63.1 =

12) 23.66 – 2.1 = 18) 343 ÷ 14 =

13) 54.8 – (-21.3) = 19) -92 ÷ 12.5 =

14) -23.5 + 15.8 – 12.77 = 20) 100 ÷ -6 =

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ROUNDING NUMBERS

1. Underline the place value in which you want to round.

2. Look at the number to the right of that place value you want to round.

o If the number to the right of the place value you want to round is less than 5, keep the number the

same and drop all other numbers.

o If the number to the right of the place value you want to round is 5 or more, round up and drop the

rest of the numbers.

Examples

Round to the nearest tenth.

Original Number Process Answer

23.1246 2 is less than 5 so keep the 1 and

drop the remaining numbers

23.1

64.2685 6 is greater than 5 so add one to

the 2

64.3

83.9721 7 is greater than 5 so add one to

the 9

84.0

ROUND THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS TO THE TENTHS PLACE.

1) 18.6231 6) 0.2658

2) 25.0543 7) 100.9158

3) 3.9215 8) 19.9816

4) 36.9913 9) 17.1083

5) 15.9199 10) .06701

ROUND THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS TO THE HUNDREDTHS PLACE.

1) 18.6231 6) 0.2658

2) 25.0543 7) 100.9158

3) 3.9215 8) 19.9816

4) 36.9913 9) 17.1083

5) 15.9199 10) .06701

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EVALUATING EXPRESSIONS

Example

Evaluate the following expressions when x = 5.

Rewrite the expression substituting 5 for the x and simplify:

5x 5(5) = 25

-2x -2(5) = -10

x + 25 5 + 25 = 30

5x – 15 5(5) – 15 = 10

3x + 4 3(5) + 4 = 19

EVALUATE EACH EXPRESSION GIVEN x = 5 y = -4 z = 6

1) 3x 7) y + 4

2) 2x2 8) 5z – 6

3) 3x2 + y 9) xy + z

4) 2(x + z) – y 10) 2x + 3y – z

5) x(3 + y) 11) -2y + 8 + z

6) 𝑦𝑧

2 12) x2 + y2 + z2

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COMBINING LIKE TERMS

What is a term? The parts of an algebraic expression that are separated by an addition or subtraction sign

are called terms. The expression 4x + 2y – 5 has 3 terms.

What are like terms? Terms with the same variable factor are called like terms. 2n and 3n are like terms, but

4x and 3y are not like terms because their variable factors x and y are different.

To simplify an expression, you must combine like terms.

Examples

i) 5x + 8x = 13x iii) 3x + 4 – 2x + 3 = x + 7

ii) 3y – 6y = -3y iv) 2b + 3b + 5c – 6c = 5b – c

SIMPLIFY EACH EXPRESSION.

1) 6n + 5n = 8) 25b + 15b =

2) 37z + 4z = 9) x – 5x =

3) 3n + 1 – 2n + 8 = 10) 4f + 5f – 6 + 8 =

4) 7t + 9 – 4t + 3 = 11) 2k + 4 – 8k – 1 =

5) 4r + 3r + 6y + 3 = 12) 8g + 9h – 4g – 5h =

6) 2m + 3n – 4m + 5n = 13) a + 5b – 2a + 9b =

7) 1 – 3m + 5m = 14) 2x2 + 3x =

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GRAPHING

Points in a plane are named using 2 numbers, called a coordinate pair. The first number is called the x-

coordinate. The x-coordinate is positive if the point is to the right of the origin and negative if the point is to the

left of the origin. The second number is called the y-coordinate. The y-coordinate is positive if the point is

above the origin and negative if the point is below the origin.

All points in Quadrant 1 have a positive x-coordinate and a positive y-coordinate.

All points in Quadrant 2 have a negative x-coordinate and a positive y-coordinate.

All points in Quadrant 3 have a negative x-coordinate and a negative y-coordinate.

All points in Quadrant 4 have a positive x-coordinate and a negative y-coordinate.

DETERMINE THE COORDINATES FOR EACH POINT. SEE #1 AS AN EXAMPLE.

1) (2, 3)

2) ( , )

3) ( , )

4) ( , )

5) ( , )

6) ( , )

7) ( , )

8) ( , )

9) ( , )

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INEQUALITIES

An inequality is a statement containing one of the following symbols:

< is less than > is greater than < is less than or equal to > is greater than or equal to

An inequality has many solutions, and we can represent the solutions of an inequality by a set of numbers on a

number line.

When graphing and inequality, < and > use an open circle < and > use a closed circle

Examples

x > 0

x < 0

x > -4

x < -4

GRAPH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING INEQUALITIES ON THE NUMBER LINE.

1) x > 5

2) k < -6

3) 5 > y

4) x > -3

5) -2 < t

6) w < 5

7) v < 1

2

8) a > 3.5

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ALGEBRAIC TRANSLATIONS

Examples

Translate into a mathematical expression

3 less than 5 times some number 5n – 3

3 less than 5 times some number is 22 5n – 3 = 22

the quotient of a number and -4, less 8, is -42 𝑛

−4 – 8 = -42

four plus three times a number is less than or equal to 18 4 + 3n < 18

TRANSLATE EACH PHRASE INTO A MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT.

1) Seven plus five time a number is greater than or equal to -9

2) Eight times a number is equal to 14

3) One half of a number is equal to 14

4) 6 less than 8 times some number

5) A number divided by 9

6) p decreased by 5

7) twice a number decreased by 15 is equal to -27

8) the sum of a number and eight is less than 2

MATCHING – PUT THE LETTER OF THE ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION THAT BEST MATCHES THE

PHRASE.

_____ 9) two more than a number A. 2x

_____ 10) two less than a number B. x + 2

_____ 11) half of a number C. 2 – x

_____ 12) twice a number D. x – 2

_____ 13) two decreased by a number E. 𝑥

2

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WORD PROBLEMS

SOLVE. SHOW ALL YOUR WORK.

1) A video stores charges a one-time membership fee of $12.00 plus $1.50 per video rental. How many videos

can Johnny rent if he spends $21?

2) Eddie went to the mall and spent $41. He bought several t-shirts that each cost $12 and he bought one pair

of socks for $5. How many t-shirts did Eddie buy?

3) Joe weighs 20 pounds more than Dan. If the sum of their weights is 250 pounds, how much does each

weigh?

4) Three-fourths of the student body attended the pep rally. If there were 1230 students at the pep rally, how

many students are there in the school?

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5) Two-thirds of the Algebra students took the common core test in 8th grade. If 120 students took the common

core test in 8th grade, how many Algebra students are there in all?

6) The current price of a school t-shirt is $10.58. Next year, the cost of a t-shirt will be $15.35. How much

will the t-shirt increase next year? Give your answer as a dollar amount and as a percent of increase.

7) The school lunch prices are changing next year. The cost of a hot lunch will increase $0.45 from the current

price. If next year’s price is $3.60, what did a hot lunch cost this year?

8) Sarah drove 3 hours more than Michael on their trip to Texas. If the trip took 37 hours, how long did Sarah

and Michael each drive?