Math Assessment Plan

WASC Assessment Instrument (Track A General Education Mathematics)
MA 100

1) (CLO #3) Write the number 0.00000053 in scientific notation.
a. 5.3 × 10^-7
b. 5.3 × 10⁷
c. 5.3 × 10⁸
d. none of the above

2) (CLO #1) Let U = {0,1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81}, A = {0,9,16,36,64}, B = {1,9,25,49,81},
C = {4,64}. Please use set theory. Find A U C .
a. {1,9,25,49,81}
b. {64}
c. {0,4,9,16,36,64}
d. none of the above

3) (CLO # 1,2,3) Use |X U Y| = |X| + |Y| - |X∩Y| to solve the fol lowing problem .
In a marketing survey, you found that 2501 participants con sumed diet soda and 3260 consumed regular soda.
Of these participants, 125 consumed both diet soda and regular soda. What is the total number of participants in
your survey?
a. 6011
b. 5886
c. 5636
d. none of the above

4) (CLO #1) Simplify .

d. none of the above

5) (CLO #1) Expand .

d. none of the above

6) (CLO #1) Factor the expression .
a. x(7x + 3)(x - 2)
b. x(7x - 3)(x + 2)
c. x(7x - 3)(x - 2)
d. none of the above

7) ( CLO #1,2) Sara manufactures bicycles and tricycles. She has an order to make 9 cycles using only 21 cycle
wheels. Of the 9 cycles made, how many are bicycles, how many are tricycles?
a. 5 bicycles; 4 tricycles
b. 3 bicycles; 6 tricycles
c. 6 bicycles; 3 tricycles
d. none of the above

8) (CLO #1,2) If a tree cast a shadow of 10ft at the same time a 5ft person casts a shadow of 2ft, how tall is the
tree?
a. 25ft
b. 20ft
c. 35ft
d. none of the above

9) (CLO #1,2,3) Use to find the future value if $13,000 is invested at 2.5% for 10 years,
compounded quarterly (four times a year).
a. $13,000.1
b. $16,705.35
c. $14,625.40
d. none of the above

10) (CLO #1)A regular deck of 52 playing cards has four suits (spades, hearts. clubs, and diamonds). Each suit
contains {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king, ace}. If you draw one card from a regular deck of cards,
what is the probability that the card is a two or a heart ?
a.13/4
b.52/19
c. 13 to 6
d. none of the above

11) (CLO # 1,2,3) Most colleges as sign the following points to grades; A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, F=0.0. The
grades below re present the final grades of a student for one semester. Use to calculate the
semester grade point average (GPA).

a. 3.25
b. 3.20
c. 3.14
d. none of the above

WASC Assessment Instrument (Track B General Education Mathematics)
MA 103

1) (CLO# 1) Simplify
a) a - 2b²
b) a - 4b²
c) 3a - 2b²
d) 3a - 4b²

2) (CLO# 1) Simplify

3) (CLO# 1,2) Subtract the rational expressions

4) (CLO# 2) The solution set of x² + x = 12
a){12,11}
b){3,4}
c){3,-4}
d){- 3,-4}

5) (CLO# 1,2,3) Simplify

6) (CLO# 2) The solution set of the inequality x ² - 9 > 0
a) {x : x > 3}
b){x : x > ±3}
c){x : -3 < x < 3}
d){x : x < -3 or x > 3 }

7) (CLO# 1,2) If log₃ x = - 2, then x =
a)1/9
b) 9
c) - 6
d) - 8

8) (CLO# 2) If 32^x = 8 , then x =
a) 1/4
b) 5/3
c) 3/5
d) 4

9) (CLO# 1,2,3) The given by the equation 5x - 3y -1 = 0 has
a) slope - 5 / 3 and y-intercept -1/ 3
b) slope - 5 / 3 and y- intercept 1/ 3
c ) slope 5 / 3 and y-intercept 1/ 3
d) slope 5 / 3 and y-intercept -1/ 3

10) (CLO# 3,2) A medical researcher needs 2 more volunteers to test the effectiveness of an experimental
drug. If 10 people are available to be selected, in how many ways can 2 volunteers be selected?
a) 5
b) 45
c) 90
d) 20