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Practice Problems for Placement into Math 121 Intermediate Algebra
1. Simplify: 60−23−(3∙4)
32−4∙5
2. Simplify:
2
42
)96(54
3. Simplify: −|−10|−|6 − 11|
4. Simplify: −|(−9)(−2)| − 5|−4 − 3 ∙ 2|
5. Solve: −6(𝑥 − 3)− 4(3 − 𝑥)= −2
6. Solve: −5(𝑡 − 6)+ 4(𝑡 − 3)= 7(4 − 𝑡)+ 8𝑡
7. The perimeter of a football field is 340 yards. The length of the field is 30 yards less
than three times the width. What are the dimensions of the field?
8. In the 2013 baseball season, the St. Louis Cardinals won 33 less than twice as many
games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and how
many losses did the Cardinals have?
9. Solve the inequality: −5𝑡 − 7 ≤ 13
10. Solve the inequality: −4t – 10 > 15 + t
11. Find the slope of the line passing through the points (−3,4) and (−2,−5).
12. Find the slope of the line passing through the points (−4,3) and (2,3).
