MESL - Algebra 1

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Which of the following best describe 5 + 3i?

A. irrational number
B. real number
C. imaginary number
D. surd

Evaluate: √−7 ∙ √−10


A. √ −70
B. −√ 70
C. -70i
D. 70

What is the value of (1 + i) 3 ?


A. -2 + 2i
B. -4 - 4i
C. 3 + 4i
D. 2i

The number 0.099099099099... is:


A. rational number
B. irrational number
C. imaginary
D. composite

The number 4 + √ 2 is:


A. irrational number
B. integer
C. rational number
D. complex

Which of the following number is a surd?


A. √ 3
B. √ 4 +5
C. 3 + 5i
D. 5 + √ 0
Which of the following number is a prime number?
A. 377
B. 313
C. 357
D. 333

Which of the following number is a happy number?


A. 15
B. 91
C. 50
D. 34

The number 25 is what type of special number?


A. perfect number
B. deficient number
C. abundant number
D. happy number

Which of the following statements is correct?


A. 5000 has four significant figures
B. 0.0005 has five significant figures
C. 100050 has six significant figures
D. 0.00300 has three significant figures

The red bulbs of a Christmas light flash every 10 seconds; the blue bulbs
flash every 15 seconds, and the green bulbs flash every 20 seconds. If they
all start flashing together, in every how many seconds will they flash
simultaneously again?
A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 3000
D. 4000

Solve for the value of x:


2 x=√ 2−√ 2−√ 2 .. . .
A. 0.618
B. 0.500
C. 0.554
D. 1.212
Solve the value of x from the equation:
x…
x

x
x
= 5
A. 1.745619
B. 2.128419
C. 1.258925
D. 1.379729

Expand (x − y) 3 .
A. x 3+ 2 x 2 y−3 xy 2+ y 3
3 2 2 3
B. x −3 x y +3 x y – y
C. x 3+ 3 x 2 y +3 x y 2 – y 3
3 2 2 3
D. x −3 x y +3 x y −4 y

x +2
Resolve 2 into partial fraction:
x −7 x +12
4 2
A. −
x−4 x−3
3 5
B. −
x−2 x−3
6 5
C. −
x−4 x−3
6 8
D. −
x−4 x−6

Find the value of B in the partial fraction equation:


x+10 A B
= +
x −4 x−2 x+2
2

A. -1
B. 3
C. -2
D. 5
Simplify the given expression:
5x x+3 2 x+1
2
− 2 + 2
2 x +7 x+3 2 x −3 x−2 x + x−6
4
A.
x+3
3
B.
x+6
2
C.
x+5
1
D.
x+3

Simplify the given expression:


3 √ 3 x + x √27 x−2 x √ 48 x
3

A. −5 x √ 3 x
B. −2 x √ 3 x
C. −3 x √ 6 x
D. −5 x √ 6 x

What is the characteristic and mantissa of the natural logarithm of 35?


A. 3, 0.5553
B. 3, 0.4421
C. 2, 0.4482
D. 3, 0.6643

What is the characteristic and mantissa of the common logarithm of 0.0071?


A. -2, 0.552
B. -3, 0.85126
C. -3, 0.44215
D. -2, 0.85126

What is the characteristic and mantissa of the natural logarithm of 0.00055?


A. -8, 0.12256
B. -7, 0.12256
C. -8, 0.4944
D. -7, 0.4944
If log x 10 = 1/4, what is log 1 0 x?
A. 4
B. -1
C. 3
D. 2

Solve the value of x in the equation:


3 logx
x =100 x
A. 7
B. 5
C. 10
D. 9

Find the value of x:


log(x 2 + 3x) + log5x = 1 + log2x
A. 2
B. 1
C. 4
D. 3

If log2 = x and log3 = y, what is the value of log1.2?


A. 3x – y + 2
B. x + y + 1
C. 2x + y – 1
D. x + 2y + 1

What is the remainder if 3x 4 + 2x 3 − 4x 2 + x + 4 is divided by (x - 2)?


A. 50
B. 54
C. 52
D. 56

Which of the following is a factor of 3x 5 + 6x 4 + 25x − 1290?


A. x + 3
B. x + 5
C. x – 7
D. x – 3

Find the value of k for which x + 4 is a factor of x 3 + 2x 2 − 7x + k.


A. 4
B. 1
C. 6
D. 9

Given the equation 2x 2 + x − 10 = 0. Find the sum and product of the roots.
A. -1/2, -5
B. -1/2, -6
C. -1/2, -2
D. -1/2, -1

Find the value of k so that the two roots of 2x 2 + 3kx + 9 = 0 are equal.
A. 2 √ 2
B. √ 5
C. 3 √ 2
D. √ 7

Lancelot and Danica attempted to solve a quadratic equation. Lancelot made


a mistake in writing down the constant term and ended up in roots (4, 3).
Danica made a mistake in writing down coefficient of x to get the roots (3,
2). The correct roots of equations are:
A. (4, 2)
B. (4, -3)
C. (6, 1)
D. (3, -3)

What is the depressed equation of 4x 3 − 2x 2 + x − 3 = 0?


A. 4x 3 − 2x 2 + x
B. 5x 2 + 2x + 3
C. 5x 2 + 2x + 7
D. 4x 2 + 2x + 3

A quadratic equation in x such that the arithmetic mean of its roots is 5 and
geometric mean of its roots is 4. The equation is:
A. x 2 +4x − 12 = 0
B. x 2 −8x − 10 = 0
C. x 2 −10x + 16 = 0
D. x 2 +12x − 20 = 0

What is the root mean square of 11, 23, and 35?


A. 21
B. 22
C. 24
D. 25

Factor completely the given:


x 3 − 5x 2 − 48x + 108 = 0
A. (x + 8) (x + 4) (x - 5) = 0
B. (x + 5) (x - 3) (x - 6) = 0
C. (x + 7) (x - 8) (x + 9) = 0
D. (x + 6) (x - 9) (x - 2) = 0

Solve the real roots of x 8 − 17x 4 + 16 = 0.


A. ±2, ± 1
B. ±4, ± 3
C. ±6, ± 8
D. ±5, ± 7

The equation 3x 6 + 4x 5 + 3x 3 −x − 3 = 0 has how many maximum possible


positive real roots?

 maximum possible negative real roots

 maximum possible real roots


 minimum possible real roots

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