Unit 1: Absolute Value and Integer Operations

1. Every month, Ms. Robinson pays her car loan through automatic payments (withdrawals) from her savings
account. She pays the same amount on her car loan each month. At the end of one year, her savings account
balance changed by $2,931 from payments made on her car loan.
a. What is the change in Ms. Thomas savings account balance each month due to her car payment?

b. Describe the total change to Ms. Robinsons savings account balance after making six monthly payments
on her car loan. Model your answer using a number sentence.

2. Complete Leahs card hand to make this total score equal zero. What must be the value
the ? card? Explain how you arrived at your answer.

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3. The table below shows the temperature changes Monday morning in Bedford, New York over a 4-hour period
after a cold front came through.

The same cold front hit Hartford, Connecticut the next morning. The temperature dropped by 7F each hour from
5:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. What was the beginning temperature at 5:00 a.m. if the temperature at 9:00 a.m. was 10F?

4. Of the following expressions which are equivalent? Provide support for your selection(s).
a. -27

b.

-27

c.

-27

d. 27

e. - 27

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35

Unit 2: Operations with Rational Numbers

1. a. Given the expression below, including the final factor (A), what will the sign of the product be? Justify your
answer.

b. Give a value for that would result in a negative value for the expression.

2. The length of a rectangular park is mile. If the area of the park is

square mile, what is the width of the park?

3. Evaluate the expression below using the properties of operations.

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4. Which expression is modeled by the diagram below? Show work to support your answer.

Unit 3: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

1. The expression below was simplified using two properties of operations.
5(11z + 29 + 6z)
Step 1: 5(11z + 6z +29)
Step 2: 5(17z + 29)
Step 3: 85z + 145
Which properties were applied in Steps 1 and 3, respectively?
A. Commutative property, then distributive property
B. Commutative property, then identity property
C. Associative property, then distributive property
D. Associative property, then commutative property
2. Select all expressions that are equivalent to

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3. Ms. Cabrera drove first to school and then to her job, which is 10 miles from the school. She averaged 20 miles
per hour on the way to school. She wrote the equation, d = 20t + 10, to represent the distance she drove, where d
is the distance in miles and t is the time in hours it took for her to drive to school. Rewrite Ms. Cabreras equation
to solve for t.

4. Ms. Donaldson earns $18.80 per hour for the first 40 hours she works in a week. She earns

times that amount

per hour for each hour beyond 40 hours in a week. Last week Ms. Donaldson worked 44.5 hours. How much
money did she earn?
5. Which graph shows the solution for 3a > 27?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Unit 4: Ratios and Proportions

1.

Mr. Wong got his hair cut for $17. He left a 15% tip for his barber. What amount of money did Mr. Wong pay?

2. Eight months ago, Maria put $600 into a savings account. She cannot remember her savings accounts interest
rate, but she knows she has earned $13 interest over the past eight months. She begins the calculations below to
determine her interest rate. Check that her work below is correct so far. If it is not correct, identify and explain
what error(s) were made. If it is correct, finish her work and identify the correct solution.
Marias Work:

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3. The cost of oranges in a grocery store is directly proportional to the number of oranges purchased. Jerri paid $2.52
for 6 oranges. If p represents the cost, in dollars, and n represents the number of oranges purchased, which
equation best represents this relationship?
a.
b.
c.
d.

p = 0.42n
p = 2.52n
p = 6n
p = 15.12n

4. Jasper is planning a kayaking trip on the river. The length of the river he plans to navigate is 7.2 miles. At the end
of his trip, he checks his watch and sees that it took him 1 hour and 36 minutes. What was his rate of speed down
the river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

11.52 miles per hour

5.29 miles per hour
4.5 miles per hour
1.6 miles per hour

5. Jocelyn was shopping at a farmers market. She observed the prices of cucumbers at several stands. Which sign
shows a proportional relationship in the pricing of the cucumbers?

Semester Exam 3-2-1 Reflection

The semester exam will cover all of the standards we have learned this year, including:
Unit 1: Absolute Value and Integer Operations
Unit 2: Operations with Rational Numbers
Unit 3: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Unit 4: Ratios and Proportions

Using complete sentences, answer the following:

3. What are three things you are feeling confident about?
2. What are two things you still need to work on?
1. What is one thing you will do to help prepare yourself for the semester exam?