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College Algebra Test

Subjects : math, algebra
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What equation does every line have? Discuss the variables.






2. What is slope?






3. {(1 -4)(2 -6)(3 -9)} what numbers are the range?






4. What are the steps for solving a word problem?






5. What does linear equation mean?






6. How many ranges can you have for each domain?






7. x=all real numbers is what type of an equation?






8. What is the formula for to calculate the difference of a quotient function?






9. Is a constant function even - odd or neither?






10. What are the calculator instructions for a square root function?






11. What direction does f(x)-c move in standard absolute value formula?






12. What is another way of writing the absolute value function?






13. What is a domain?






14. standard absolute value - vertical shift formulas for positve and negative






15. Repair bill for a boat is $1 -603. $532 is for parts and it's $63 per hour for labor. How many hours does it take to fix the boat and What is x?






16. How many domains can you have pointing to one range?






17. What are the calculator instructions for absolute value?






18. How do you calculate a constant function in your calculator?






19. What is the range of an identity function?






20. What can never equal zero in the slope formula and why?






21. What type of slope do you have when a line falls left to right and m<0?






22. What is a constant function?






23. Is the square root function odd - even or neither?






24. What is the range of the cube root function?






25. What type of function would you use to calculate the most advantageous cell phone plan?






26. What is the vertex?






27. Is an identity function even - odd or neither?






28. What is the domain of an identity function?






29. What is the range of an identity function?






30. What does the standard cubic function look like on a graph?






31. What is the point slope formula and when do you use it?






32. What is the horizontal line formula?






33. What type of slope do you have when the line is horizontal and m=0?






34. Draw or discuss a constant function






35. What is the range of a square root function?






36. Which direction does f(x)=+c move in standard absolute value formula?






37. {(1 -4)(2 -6)(3 -9)} what numbers are the domain?






38. y^2+x=4 is this a function? Why?


39. f(x) = x^2+3x+5 - what type of formula is this?






40. 4x+5x=8x is what type of an equation?






41. What is the slope of a perpendicular line?






42. 4x+5x=8x is what type of an equation?






43. y=f(cx) What does this formula represent?






44. Draw or discuss an increasing function






45. y^2+x=4 is this a function? Why?


46. What is the formula for slope?






47. What is the line called that illustrates the straight line between the two points when showing average rate of change?






48. What is the formula for the cube root function?






49. What is the domain for a standard quadratic function?






50. What are the four steps for finding the inverse of a function?