Pre-requisite math skills needed for MAT 1033
1. Simplify:
11  3  5  (2) 2
4  (2)
2. Simplify:
 22  3  4 1
 1  3(2)
3. Solve:
2
1
1
x  x
3
7
4
4. Solve for y:
 6x  2 y  5
5. Solve the inequality:
2  3( x  2)  4( x  1)
6. Simplify:
 48ab 3
6a 4 b 7
7. Simplify:
 (2 x 2 ) 0 m 8 n 6
4m  2 n  3
8. Multiply:
(5x  2) 2
9. Divide:
21x 5  9 x 2  3x
3x
10. Factor:
5a 3  21a 8
11. Factor:
4 y 2  9z 2
12. Factor:
7 x 2  4 x  11
13. Solve:
6 x 2  19 x  10
14. Simplify:
5x  7 2 x  5

3x
3x
15. Simplify. Assume all variables represent positive real numbers.
121y 2
49
16. Simplify:
50  8
17. Identify the x-intercept and y-intercept of the graph of  x  2 y  8 .
Write your answer as an ordered pair.
18. Find the slope of the line through (-1, 3) and (2, -3).
19. Find the original price of a shirt if the sale price is $36 after a 30%
discount.
20. A wire is used to anchor an 18-foot tall poll. One end of the wire is
attached to the top of the pole. The other end is fastened to a stake 6
feet away from the bottom of the pole. Find the length of the wire
rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot.