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Section 5.1: Unit 1 Practice Answers

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    Unit 1 Answers

    Section 1.1P: Language of Algebra

    1. \(16\) minus \(9\), the difference of sixteen and nine
    2. \(28\) divided by \(4\), the quotient of twenty-eight and four
    3. \(2\) times \(7\), the product of two and seven
    4. Fourteen is less than twenty-one
    5. Thirty-six is greater than or equal to nineteen
    6. \(y\) minus \(1\) is greater than \(6\), the difference of \(y\) and one is greater than six
    7. \(2\) is less than or equal to \(18\) divided by \(6\), or \(2\) is less than or equal to the quotient of eighteen and six
    8. equation
    9. expression
    10. expression
    11. He will pay $750, and the insurance company will pay $1,350.
    12. Answers will vary.

    Section 1.2P: Order of Operations

    1. \(125\)
    2. \(256\)
    3. \(43\)
    4. \(55\)
    5. \(5\)
    6. \(34\)
    7. \(58\)
    8. \(6\)
    9. \(4\)
    10. \(35\)
    11. \(58\)
    12. \(149\)
    13. \(50\)

    Section 1.3P: Exploring Expressions

    1. \(22\)
    2. \(144\)
    3. \(32\)
    4. \(21\)
    5. \72\)
    6. \(73\)
    7. \(54\)
    8. \(8\)
    9. \(5\)
    10. \(x^{3}\) and \(8x^{3}\), \(14\) and \(5\)
    11. \(16\) and \(4\), \(16b^{2}\) and \(9b^{2}\)
    12. \(15x^{2}, 6x, 2\)
    13. \(10y^{3}, y, 2\)
    14. \(13x\)
    15. \(7c\)
    16. \(10u + 3\)
    17. \(22a + 1\)
    18. \(17x^{2} + 20x + 16\)
    19. \(14-9\)
    20. \(9\cdot 7\)
    21. \(36\div 9\)
    22. \(8x+3x\)
    23. \(\frac{y}{3}\)
    24. \(8(y-9)\)
    25. \(c+3\)
    26. \(2n - 7\)
    27. Answers will vary.

    Section 1.4P: Integers

    1. \(>\)
    2. \(>\)
    3. \(>\)
    4. \(>\)
    5. \(=\)
    6. \(=\)
    7. \(=\)
    8. \(8\)
    9. \(15\)
    10. \(1\)
    11. \(32\)
    12. \(-22\)
    13. \(29\)
    14. \(6\)
    15. \(-6\)
    16. \(22\)
    17. \(45\)
    18. \(0\)
    19. \(4\)
    20. \(6\)
    21. \(-32\)
    22. \(-65\)
    23. \(-4\)
    24. \(13\)
    25. \(-4\)
    26. \(-12\)
    27. \(64\)
    28. \(-64\)
    29. \(-47\)
    30. \(90\)
    31. \(9\)
    32. \(41\)
    33. \(-9\)
    34. \(-29\)
    35. \(1\)
    36. \(-3\)
    37. \(5\)
    38. \(121\)
    39. \(-56\)
    40. \(6\)
    41. \(-5\)
    42. \(28\)
    43. \(\displaystyle -\frac{6}{a+b}\)
    44. \(96\)
    45. \(21\)
    46. Answers will vary.
    47. Answers will vary.

    Section 1.5P: Fractions

    1. \(-\dfrac{12}{7}\)
    2. \(\dfrac{2x^2}{3y}\)
    3. \(-\dfrac{21a^2}{11b^2}\)
    4. \(\dfrac{1}{3}\)
    5. \(-\dfrac{21}{50}\)
    6. \(9n\)
    7. \(\dfrac{33}{4x}\)
    8. \(\dfrac{10u}{9v}\)
    9. \(-\dfrac{1}{16}\)
    10. \(-\dfrac{10}{9}\)
    11. \(-\dfrac{2}{5}\)
    12. \(\dfrac{2m}{3n}\)
    13. \(\dfrac{1}{48}\)
    14. \(-\dfrac{53}{40}\)
    15. \(\dfrac{1}{12}\)
    16. \(\dfrac{4x+3}{12}\)
    17. \(\dfrac{-8x-15}{18}\)
    18. \(-\dfrac{10k}{27}\)
    19. \(\dfrac{-5(a+1)}{3}\)
    20. \(a\)
    21. \(\dfrac{9}{7}\)
    22. \(-8\)
    23. \(\dfrac{5}{2}\)
    24. \(54\)
    25. \(\dfrac{49}{25}\)
    26. \(\dfrac{15}{4}\)
    27. \(\dfrac{5}{21}\)
    28. \(\dfrac{5}{4}\)
    29. \(\dfrac{-28-15y}{60}\)
    30. \(\dfrac{33}{64}\)
    31. \(\dfrac{7}{9}\)
    32. \(-5\)
    33. \(\dfrac{23}{24}\)
    34. \(1\)
    35. \(\dfrac{13}{3}\)
    36. \(-\dfrac{1}{9}\)
    37. \(-\dfrac{5}{11}\)
    38. Answers will vary.
    39. Answers will vary.

    Section 1.6P: Dimensional Analysis

    1. 72 inches
    2. 53\(\frac{1}{3}\) yards
    3. 90 feet
    4. 9,200 pounds
    5. 17\(\frac{1}{2}\) tons
    6. 5,400 s
    7. 224 ounces
    8. 1\(\frac{1}{4}\) gallons
    9. 76 in.
    10. 65 days
    11. 115 ounces
    12. 8 lbs. 13 oz.
    13. 3.05 hours
    14. 10 ft. 2 in.
    15. 4 yards
    16. 5,000 meters
    17. 155 centimeters
    18. 3.072 kilometers
    19. 1.5 grams
    20. 91,600 milligrams
    21. 0.75 liters
    22. 91 centimeters
    23. 855 grams
    24. 2.1 kilograms
    25. 1.6 liters
    26. 190.5 centimeters
    27. 21.9 meters
    28. 3.1 miles
    29. 44 pounds
    30. 53.2 liters
    31. 14.6 kilograms
    32. Answers will vary.
    33. Answers will vary.

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