1. Take out a blank piece of paper and a pencil and a calculator (optional). 2. Label your paper 1-15 down the left-hand side. 3. You have 60s to complete each question. 4. At the end of this exercise, you will be given the answers to the questions. Give yourself a mark out of 15.

Question 1. A rectangle has lengths that are twice as long as its widths. If the width of the rectangle is (x+2), what is the perimeter of the rectangle?

Question 2. The volume of a cake is 2x 2 + 4x. If Kevin ate half of the cake, how much cake is left?

Question 3. John is 4x years old and his parents have invested $20x for each year that he has lived. Write an algebraic expression for the amount of money invested over the course of John’s life.

Question 4. What can be added to 8x 2 – 3x to generate 11x 2 – 6x + 3?

Question 5. The temperature rose 2x 0 C, dropped 4x 0 C before rising again (6x + 1) 0 C. If the original temperature was 5 0 C, what is the final temperature?

Question 7. A rectangle has a width of 5 cm and a length that is x cm longer than its width. What is the area of the rectangle?

Question 8. An isosceles triangle has sides that are (x+1)cm longer than its base. If the base is 8cm, what is the perimeter of the triangle?

Question 9. What is the fully factored form of the polynomial: 4x 2 + 2x – 6?

Question 10. A pie has an area of 3x 2 + 6x. If Jason ate 1/3 of the pie, how much is left?

Question 11. Simplify. -2[3 +2(3-4) + 1]

Question 12. Sally makes 2x dollars per hour. If she made $36 for working 3 hours, what is the value of x?

Question 13. Suppose you have 36 grade 9’s, 24 grade 8’s and 42 grade 7’s going on a field trip. Groups need to be made for each grade level with the same number of students in each group. What is the biggest group that can be formed?

Question 14. Suppose there are three identical circles, each with an area of 3x 2 - 4x + 1. What is the area of all three circles?

Question 15. If a = 3, b = -2 and c = 4, find the value of: 2a – 3b + 5c