Honors Precalculus Summer Packet
Fractions Review:
Perform the indicated operation and simplifying completely as needed:
2 4 6 2
1. 2.
3 5 7 3
7 6 2 3
3. 4.
8 5 15 4
2 4 5 7
5. 1 2 6.
3 5 24 x 12 x 2
7. Turn into a percentage: 0.0054 8. Turn into a decimal: 0.0054%
Exponents Review:
am
Product Rule: a m a n __________ Quotient Rule: __________
an
Zero Exponent: a0 __________ Negative Exponent: a n __________
m
a
am __________, ab __________,
n
__________
m
Power Rules:
b
1
7
9. a) Rewrite in Exponential form: x4 b) Rewrite in Radical form: 6 5
Simplify each expression completely as needed:
2
2 2
10. 24 2
4 5
11. 12. 32 = 13. =
3b
2/3
27 s 2t 3 6sr 3
14.
64
15.
2r 2 t
16. 2x y z
3 3 2
(3x 2 yz 0 )3
32 c 8 x3 y 5/3 z 4
17. 3 = 18.
2 x 2 y 2/3 z
19. 3x y
3 2/3 4
z 5x y z
2 3/2
c
Radicals Review:
Simplify completely as needed. No decimal answers – exact answers only!
20. 108 21. 52 32 22. 3
108
Perform the indicated operation and simplifying completely as needed:
23. 2 3 4 3 24. 2 5 2 6 25. 2 8 3 18
2 3 = 2 3
2 2
26. 2 6 3 7 27. 28.
29. 2 3 2 3 30. Rationalize the denominator:
2
2
Polynomials Review:
Perform the indicated operation:
31. x3 3x 2 x 2 x 2 3x 5 32. 5x x 2 7 xy 3 y 2 x 2 y 19 xy 2 x 2
33. 2 x y 3x 4 y 7 x 6 2 x 3 x 2 4 x 5
2
34. 35.
Factoring Review:
Factor, if factorable, the following polynomials completely:
36. x2 5x 6 37. 10r 4 s3t 16r 2 s 2t 3 38. 2 x2 5x 12
39. 4 x 2 25 40. 6 x2 17 x 12 41. x3 y 9 xy
42. 4 p 2 3 pq 1q 2 43. x 2 64 44. x3 6 x 2 9 x
Rational Expressions:
Simplify each expression completely as needed:
2 y 2 5 y 12 x2 1 2 x
45. 46.
3 y 2 14 y 8 x2 4 x 4
2r 3 8r 3 2 x 2 x 6 x3 3x 2 2 x
47. 48.
9r 3 6r x2 4 x 5 4 x2 6 x
3 x 5 1
49. 2 50.
x 1 x 1 2
9x 6x
1 2 1 1
51. 2 3 52. x x 1
4 2 1
5 7 x 1
Linear Functions:
Fill in the following formulas: Slope: _________________________
Slope-intercept form: _______________________
Point-slope form: _________________________
What is the relationship of the slope of 2 parallel lines? __________________________________
What is the relationship of the slope of 2 perpendicular lines? _______________________________
53. Write the equation of the graph given to the right: ________________________
54. Find the equation of the line containing the points (–4, 3) and (2, –5).
55. Write an equation that is perpendicular to 3x + 2y = 12 and goes through the point (2, 3).
56. Write an equation that is parallel to 3x + 2y = 12 and goes through the point (2, 3).
57. Find the equation of the line containing the points (7, 4) and (7, –9).
58. Identify the slope, intercepts, and sketch the graph: 2x + 3y = –18
slope: ______________
x-intercept: ______________
y-intercept: ______________
Additional Algebra Review:
x 2 y 1
59. Solve the system:
2x y 4
60. Given the functions, f x 2 x 2 x 7 and g x 4 x 5 , evaluate the following:
a) f 3 b) f 2 g 4
c) f x g x d) f 2 g 2
e) f g 1 f) g f 1
1 x 13 , x 3
61. Given the function f ( x) find : a) f 3 b) f 11
x 2, x 3
62. What’s the quadratic formula? ____________________________________________
63. What is the vertex formula? ______________________________
64. Find the vertex of f x 2 x 2 6 x 1
Solving Equations:
65. Solve for h: V r 2 h 66. Solve for u: u 2 d 0
1 2
67. Solve for g: h gt v0t h0 68. 0.275x 0.725 500 x 300
2
3 1 100 4 x 5 x 6
69. r 5 r 24 0 70. 6
2 4 3 4
71. x 2 x 2 4 x 1 72. 2 x2 32 0
2
73. x2 x 12 74. x2 4 x 2 0
75. 3x2 7 20 x 76. 6 x2 3x 0
77. 3 5x 2 x2 0 x 13 21
2
78.
79. x2 2ax a 2 0
80. Suppose you invest $12000 in two funds paying 10.5% and 13% simple interest. Where the
formula for simple interest is equal to I = Prt (P = Principle amount, r = rate, and t = time in
years). The total annual interest is $1447.50. How much was invested in each fund?
