Addition or
Subtraction
Multiplication
or Division
Story
Problems
Synthetic or
Long Division
Simplify
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Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely
2t  1
5t

2t  4
t2
L C D : 5 t ( t  2)
t  2 2 t  1 2 t  4 5t



t2
5t
t  2 5t
(2 t  1)( t  2)
5 t ( t  2)
2t  t  4t  2

2
5 t ( t  2)
5 t (2 t  4)
5 t ( t  2)
10 t  20 t
2

5 t ( t  2)
 8 t  17 t  2
2
5 t ( t  2)
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely.
3x
x 1
2

5
x  2x 1
2
3x
( x  1)( x  1)
x 1

3x
x  1 ( x  1)( x  1)


5
( x  1)( x  1)
5

x 1
( x  1)( x  1) x  1
3 x ( x  1)  5( x  1)
( x  1)( x  1)( x  1)
3x  3x  5x  5
2
( x  1)( x  1)( x  1)
3x  2x  5
2
( x  1)( x  1)( x  1)
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely.
3
x2

4x  7
x  2
4 x  7 1


x  2  x  2 1
3
3
x2

 (4 x  7 )
x2
3  4x  7
x2
4 x  10
x2
2(2 x  5)
x2
Solve the following equation. Do not
forget to check for extraneous solutions.
1
x6

4
x 1

3x  2
x  7x  6
2
1
x6
1
x6

( x  6)( x  1)
1


4
x 1
4
x 1


3x  2
( x  6)( x  1)
( x  6)( x  1)

1
3x  2
( x  6)( x  1)
1( x  1)  4( x  6)  3 x  2
x  1  4 x  24  3 x  2
5 x  25  3 x  2
2 x  23
x
23
2

( x  6)( x  1)
1
Solve the following equation. Do not
forget to check for extraneous solutions.
5
x5

x
x5
1
5
x5

x5
1

x
x5

x5
 1
1
5  x  ( x  5)
5 xx5
55
All real numbers except x  5
x5
1
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answers completely.
x  6x  8 x  3

2
x  4x  3 x  2
2
( x  2)( x  4) x  3

( x  1)( x  3) x  2
( x  4)
( x  1)
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answers completely.
x9
2x  4
x  81
2

x2
x9
2( x  2)

( x  9)( x  9)
x2
Keep it…Switch it…flip it.
x9

x2
2( x  2) ( x  9)( x  9)
1
2( x  9)
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely.
a b
2
ab
2
a  2 ab  b
2

2
2a b
2
2
( a  b )( a  b )

( a  b )( a  b )
2
2
ab
2a b
( a  b )( a  b )
2 a a b b
ab

( a  b )( a  b )
2 ab ( a  b )
(a  b)
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely.
4x  9 y
2
2
8 x  27 y
3
3
4 x  6 xy  9 y
2

2
4 x  12 xy  9 y
2
2
(2 x  3 y )(2 x  3 y )
4 x  6 xy  9 y
2

2
(2 x  3 y )(4 x  6 xy  9 y ) (2 x  3 y )(2 x  3 y )
2
2
1
2x  3y
Perform the indicated operation and
simplify your answer completely.
8 y  27
3
64 y  1
3
4y 9
2

16 y  4 y  1
2
(2 y  3)(4 y  6 y  9)
2
(4 y  1)(16 y  4 y  1)
2

(2 y  3)(4 y  6 y  9)
2
(2 y  3)(2 y  3)
16 y  4 y  1
2
16 y  4 y  1
2

(4 y  1)(16 y  4 y  1) (2 y  3)(2 y  3)
2
(4 y  6 y  9 )
2
(4 y  1)(2 y  3)
The weight (M) of an object on the
moon varies directly as its weight (E)
on Earth. A person who weighs 95 kg
on Earth weighs 15.2 kg on the moon.
How much would a 105 kg person
weigh on the moon?
Moon weight = k • Earth weight
1 5 .2  k  9 5
.1 6  k
Moon weight = 0.16 • Earth weight
y  0.16  105
y  16.8 kg
The time (t) required to drive a fixed
distance varies inversely as the speed
(r). It takes 5 hours at 80km/h to
drive a fixed distance. How long
would it take to drive the fixed
distance at 60 km/h?
time =
5
k
speed
k
80
4 0 0 km / h  k
time =
t
400
speed
400
60
t6
2
3
hours
A panda can eat leaves from a
certain bamboo stem in 14 minutes.
Together, two pandas could eat the
leaves from the same stem in 9
minutes. How long would it have
taken the second
panda to eat the
leaves from the
stem by itself?
1
14
9

1
t

1
9
L C D : 126t
14
1 126 t 1 126 t 1 12 6 t

 
 
14
1
t
1
9
1
9t  126  14t
1 2 6  5t
2 5 .2 m in .  t
A car travels 300 km in the same
time that a freight train travels
200 km. The speed of the car is
20 km/hr more than the speed of
the train. Find the speed of the
car and the speed of the train.
car
train
d
300 km
200 km
r
r + 20
r
t
t
t
Car time = train time
300
Train speed 
4 0 km / h
Car speed  6 0 km / h
r  20

200
r
300 r  200( r  20)
300r  200 r  4000
100r  4000
r  40
t
d
r
A paddleboat can move at a speed of 2
km/hr in still water. The boat is paddled
4km downstream in a river in the same
time it takes to go 1 km upstream. What
is the speed of the river?
c = speed of the current
upstream
downstream
d
1 km
4 km
r
2-c
2+c
t
t
t
t
upstream time = downstream time
1
2c

4
2c
1(2  c )  4(2  c )
2  c  8  4c
5c  6
6
c  km / h
5
d
r
Divide using long division.
(2 x  3 x  5)  ( x  1)
2
2x 1
x  1 2 x  3x  5
2
2x  2x
2
x5
x 1
4
2x 1

4
x 1
Divide using synthetic division.
( x  4 x  6 x  4 x  1)  ( x  1)
4
3
2
1 1
6
4
4
1
1 3 3 1
1 3
3
x  3x  3x  1
3
2
1 0
Divide using synthetic division.
(4 x  x  7)  ( x  2)
3
2
4 0
1
7
8 16 34
4 8 17 41
4 x  8 x  17 
2
41
x2
Divide using long division.
( y  11 y  6)  ( y  3)
3
2
y  8 y  24
2
y  3 y  11 y  0 y  6
3
2
y  3y
3
2
8 y  0 y
2
 8 y  24 y
2
 24 y  6
 24 y  72
y  8 y  24
2

66
y3
66
Divide using long division.
( y  y  54)  ( y  3)
4
2
2
 2
2
y
y  3 y  0 y  y  0 y  54
4
2
y
3 y
2
4
3
2
2 y  0 y  54
2
6
2y
2
y
2
 2

48
y 3
2
48
Simplify.
4x  9
2
4 x  12 x  9
2
(2 x  3)(2 x  3)
(2 x  3)(2 x  3)
(2 x  3)
(2 x  3)
1
The complex fractional expression

x
1
y
x  y
2
xy
can be simplified by multiplying the
numerator and denominator by:
A. ( x  y )( x  y )
C. x  y
B . xy
D. x  y
2
B
Simplify completely.
3
x
1
2x
5
1
3
3 2x
5

 52x
6  10 x
2x
x
x
1



1
1 2x
2x
1

2
x
1

 1 2x
2x
2x 1
2(3  5 x )
1 2x
Simplify.
5

4
x2 x
3
3
x
2
5

4
x ( x  2)
2
x2 x 
2
3
x ( x  2)
3
x
2
x ( x  2)
2
5


4
x ( x  2)
2

1
x
1
 x2
2
3 x  x ( x  2)
x ( x  2)

 3
x
1
1
2
5 x  4( x  2)
2

3 x ( x  2)  3 x ( x  2)
2
5x  4x  8
2

3x  6 x  3x  6 x
2
3
5x  4x  8
2

3x  3x  6 x
3
2
5x  4x  8
2

3 x ( x  2)( x  1)
2
Simplify.
5x
1
5y
6y
1
1
1
 10 x y
1
 12 x y
1
1
5
5
10
5 xy 5 x y 1 0 xy
 

 


x y xy
x 1
y 1
xy 1

6 12
6 xy 12 xy




y 1
xy 1
y xy


5 y  5 x  10
6 x  12
5( y  x  2)
6( x  2)