Instructions

Complete each of the following short practice quizzes to help you prepare for the W05 Exam: Math Exam 1. These quizzes are not included in your grade. You can retake each one as many times as you want, without harming your grade, until you are confident with that topic. Note the following:

Study the ResourceCenter help page(s) linked under each quiz, in order to understand that topic more—also linked in the quiz question feedback if you get a wrong answer.
You may use a calculator, or Excel as your calculator, but do not use equation solving software.
Mark this page as done only after you have completed all the quizzes and you are confident that you are ready for the exam.

Practice Quizzes

Practice 3-1: Subtracting from a negative number
- Subtracting From a Negative Number
- Negative Numbers in Excel
Practice 3-2: Subtracting a negative
- What Does it Mean to Subtract a Negative Number?
Practice 3-3: Addition and subtraction with positive and negative numbers
- Addition and Subtraction with Positive and Negative Numbers
Practice 3-4: Solving for a variable on one side using addition and subtraction
- Solving for a Variable on One Side Using Addition and Subtraction
Practice 3-5: Multiplication and Division with negative numbers
- Multiplication and Division with Negative Numbers
Practice 3-6: Order of operations
- Order of Operations
Practice 3-7: Distributive property of multiplication over addition
- The Distributive Property of Multiplication
Practice 3-8: Simplifying expressions with like terms
- Simplifying Expressions with Like Terms
Practice 3-9: Finding the percentage of an amount
- Finding the percentage of an amount
Practice 3-10: Find the prime factorization of a whole number
- Prime Factorization