Algebra and Geometry

Excercises 1 – Numbers, expressions and equations

Calculate without a calculator:

1. 5 · 7 + 6 =

2. 5 · (7 + 6) =
24 − 8
3. =
2
4. 1, 5 · 62 =
2
5. · 12 =
3
3 · (15 − 7) − 4 · (1 + 2)
6. =
3
15 + 3
7. =
6−2
8. 11 · 2 + 4 − 12 : 4 =

9. 120 − 60 : 3 + 50 · 4 =

10. −4 · (−8) · (−1) =

11. −15 − 2 · (−3) =

12. 23 + 42 =

13. 3.75 · 103 =

14. 3.75 · 10−3 =

√
15. 100 · 2 + 9 =
√ √
16. 16 · 25 =
√ 1
17. 4 − 36 2 =

18. −(−3)2 =

19. 8 · (2 · (7 + 5))−1 =

20. −(6 − 22 )−3 =

1
 21. −4 · (2 − (7 + 5))−2 =
1 1
22. + =
2 3
7 1
23. − =
8 4
1 7
24. + =
2 10
2 3
25. + =
3 4
1 1
26. 3 · − =
2 3
1 1
27. · =
3 4
1 1
28. : =
3 4
2 3
29. · =
5 7
200 km
30. =
80 km/h

Open paranthesis and simplify:

31. (x + 2) · (x + 1) =

32. z · (z 2 + 2z) =

33. b2 − (3b2 − 5b) =

34. −(x + 2)2 =

5(z 2 + 2z)
35. =
z
36. (x2 )3 =
√
37. ( a)2 (assume that a > 0) =
√
38. ( a2 )3 (assume that a > 0) =

2
Solve equations:

39. 3x + 8 = x − 4
40. 5x − 10 = 8 + 2x
41. 0.2m − 0.5 = 0.1m + 0.7
1 2
42. −2y − = + 4y
3 3
30
43. =6
x
5x − 2
44. =7
x+2
s
45. Solve equation v = for t.
t
1
46. Solve equation s = at2 for t.
2
47. Solve equation s = v0 t + 12 at2 for a.
1 1 1
48. Solve equation = + for R.
R R1 R2
49. If you are driving at a constant speed of 80 km/h, how long does
it take to drive 200 km?
50. Bob sells half of his apples, after which he eats 2 more. At the
end he has 11 apples left. How many apples did Bob have in the
first place?
51. There were juice boxes in a cooler. Jared took 1/6 of them. Sara
took 1/4 of what was left. Now there are 15 boxes. How many
boxes were there to start with?
52. A car rental service offers two choices for the customer:
1) The rent is 40 d a day plus 0.30 d/km.
2) The rent is 140 d a day regardless of the driving distance.
How far must one drive in one day so that the choice #2 is more
beneficial for the customer?
53. How much time must one reserve for 240 km car trip, when half
of the distance has speed limit of 80 km/h and the rest has speed
limit of 100 km/h?

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54. Let us consider two cars A and B. The car A has a gasoline engine
and the car B has a diesel engine. Suppose that the average fuel
consumption of both cars is 7, 2 liters/100 km. The prices of
gasoline and diesel are 1, 36 d/liter and 1, 18 d/liter respectively.
Additionally, the owner of the car B has to pay a diesel tax of 500
d each year. How many kilometers should one drive each year so
that the total costs for the car B become cheaper than for the
car A?

55. The monthly cost C of using a mobile phone is

C(t) = 3.33 + 0.17t

euros where t denotes the total time of calls in minutes. You can
afford 20 euros monthly to spend on phone calls. How many calls
of average length 2 minutes can you make in a month?

56. Nancy ran a distance of 8.8 km in 55 min. Calculate her average

speed in kilometers per hour and metres per second.