[jyl]

For all you wishing you were kids again, here - just for fun - are some "practice test" problems for part 2 of my daughter's final 7th grade algebra exam this week.

1. Rectangle has area 600 and the length of two adjacent sides sum to 64. What is the length of these sides.

2. Construct a polynomial function with 5 roots. How many vertices does it have? No use of graphing calculator permitted.

3. Create a system of equations having only two distinct solutions. Neither can be a horizontal or vertical line. State the solutions as two ordered pairs.

#1 is meant to test their abiilty to solve quadratic equations. #2 tests their intuitive understanding of polynomial roots and vertices. #3 is meant to test their familiarity with the graphs produced by linear and quadratic equations. (At least, this is what I assume the teacher is getting at.)

Unfortunately, I am out of town and helping her with this over the phone is rather trying.

Part 1, which she took Monday, was more of the nuts and bolts of factoring and solving equations, etc.