Math Core

Topic 1 · Test

Unit 1 test: Algebra

14 questions. Answer them all, then submit to see your score. Solutions unlock after you submit.

This mock contest covers the whole Algebra unit: clever arithmetic, fractions, decimals and percents, ratios and rates, linear equations and word problems, distance, rate and work, sequences and patterns, and averages.

Question 1

What is 98×102−99×10198 \times 102 - 99 \times 101?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 2

What is 12⋅3+13⋅4+14⋅5+⋯+19⋅10\dfrac{1}{2 \cdot 3} + \dfrac{1}{3 \cdot 4} + \dfrac{1}{4 \cdot 5} + \dots + \dfrac{1}{9 \cdot 10}? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 3

The price of a bike is raised by 20%20\%. Later the new price is lowered by 25%25\%. Compared with the original price, the final price is

Question 4

Write 0.45‾0.\overline{45} as a common fraction in lowest terms.

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 5

The ratio of boys to girls in a grade is 5:75 : 7. There are 9696 students in the grade. How many are girls?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 6

If a:b=3:4a : b = 3 : 4 and b:c=2:5b : c = 2 : 5, what is a:ca : c?

Question 7

The sum of four consecutive odd integers is 136136. What is the smallest of them?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 8

A pet store has only birds and rabbits. Altogether there are 2525 heads and 7070 legs. How many rabbits are there?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 9

Two runners are 1010 kilometers apart on a straight road and run toward each other, one at 66 km/h and the other at 99 km/h. How many minutes pass before they meet?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 10

Alex can mow a lawn in 33 hours. Working together, Alex and Blake can mow it in 22 hours. How many hours would Blake take alone?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 11

How many multiples of 77 are between 100100 and 500500?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 12

The digits 1,2,3,3,2,11, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1 repeat forever: 123321123321…123321123321\dots What is the sum of the first 20262026 digits?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 13

The average of six numbers is 2020. The average of the first four is 1717. What is the average of the last two?

Enter a number. Fractions like 3/4 and sqrt(2) are OK.

Question 14

A team of 1010 players has an average weight of 150150 pounds. When one player leaves and a new player joins, the average weight becomes 153153 pounds. The new player weighs 175175 pounds. How much did the player who left weigh, in pounds?