1. Matrices $A$ and $B$ represent two coded messages combined by addition. What is $A+B$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 3\\ 4 & -2\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}5 & -3\\ -2 & 1\end{bmatrix}?$$
2. Which of the following matrices is equal to $3 \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 \\ 4 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$?
3. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & -2 \\ 1 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $-A$?
4. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ -2 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $-3A$?
5. Which of the following is the product $AB$ for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 2 & -1 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 2 \\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$?
6. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & -2 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $3A$?
7. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 2 & -1 \\ 3 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$?
8. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 3 & 1 \\ 2 & 2 \end{pmatrix}$?
9. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 4 & 2 \\ 1 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$?
10. What is the determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix}-3 & 2\\ 4 & 1\end{bmatrix}?$$
11. What is $A + B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$ given by $$A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 0 & 3\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 5\\ 1 & -2\end{bmatrix}?$$
12. A transformation scales every coordinate by $-3$. If $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 2\\ 0 & 4\end{bmatrix},$$ what is $-3A$?
13. A matrix $A$ is used to encode a 2-variable system. If $$A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & -3\\ 2 & 1\end{bmatrix},$$ what is $-2A$?
14. What is A - B for matrices $A = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 4 \\ -3 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} -2 & 1 \\ 3 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$?
15. If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 4 & -3 \end{bmatrix}$, what is $-1A$?
16. Two sensors produce readings stored in matrices. What is $A+B$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & 3\\ -5 & 2\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}1 & -4\\ 2 & 1\end{bmatrix}$?
17. Which of the following is the product $AB$ for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 2 \\ 1 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 2 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$?
18. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 0 \\ -1 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 2 & -2 \end{pmatrix}$?
19. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$?
20. Let $$A=\begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\\ -1 & 3\end{bmatrix}$$ and $$B=\begin{bmatrix}0 & -2\\ 4 & 1\end{bmatrix}.$$ Which of the following is the product $AB$?
21. Two matrices represent consecutive transformations on a vector. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & 2\\ -1 & 3\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}5 & -2\\ 1 & 4\end{bmatrix}?$
22. Let $$A=\begin{bmatrix}4 & -1\\ 2 & 5\end{bmatrix}$$ and $$B=\begin{bmatrix}1 & 3\\ -2 & 0\end{bmatrix}.$$ What is $A-B$?
23. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$?
24. If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & 5 \\ -2 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$, what is $-2A$?
25. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -3 \\ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$?
26. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 2 \\ 1 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$?
27. If $A = \begin{bmatrix} -1 & 2 \\ 3 & -4 \end{bmatrix}$, what is $2A$?
28. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 4 \\ 0 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$?
29. What is A - B for matrices $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 \\ 1 & 5 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$?
30. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ -2 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 0 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$?
31. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{bmatrix} -4 & 2 \\ 1 & -3 \end{bmatrix}$?
32. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $A = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 2 \\ 3 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1 \\ 4 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$?
33. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{bmatrix} -3 & 0 \\ 4 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & -1 \\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$?
34. If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -3 \\ 5 & 1 \end{bmatrix}$, what is $3A$?
35. Two teams track their weekly performance using matrices. What is $A+B$ for matrices $A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 3 & 0\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 5\\ 1 & -2\end{bmatrix}$?
36. Two 2×2 matrices summarize results from two trials. What is $A+B$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}-3 & 2\\ 5 & -1\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}4 & -2\\ -1 & 3\end{bmatrix}$?
37. A data table is doubled to reflect two weeks instead of one. If $A=\begin{bmatrix}5 & -1\\ -3 & 2\end{bmatrix}$, what is $2A$?
38. A matrix of coefficients is scaled to change units. What is $4A$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 0\\ 2 & -3\end{bmatrix}$?
39. A 2×2 matrix is used to represent a linear map. What is the determinant of $\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 1\\ 2 & 3\end{bmatrix}$?
40. A 2D transformation is represented by the matrix $\begin{bmatrix}a & b\\ c & d\end{bmatrix}$. What is the determinant of $\begin{bmatrix}3 & -2\\ 5 & 1\end{bmatrix}$?
41. A matrix is scaled to represent three identical copies of a system. If $A=\begin{bmatrix}1 & -3\\ 4 & 0\end{bmatrix}$, what is $3A$?
42. A matrix of values is scaled down by a factor of 2. What is $\left(-\tfrac{1}{2}\right)A$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}4 & -2\\ -6 & 0\end{bmatrix}$?
43. A graphics filter scales every entry of a matrix by a constant. What is $-3A$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 2\\ 0 & 4\end{bmatrix}$?
44. A system updates a state vector by multiplying matrices. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 0 & 3\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}-2 & 4\\ 1 & -1\end{bmatrix}$?
45. A class compares two 2×2 data matrices by subtracting them. What is $A-B$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}4 & -2\\ 0 & 1\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 3\\ 2 & -4\end{bmatrix}$?
46. For a 2×2 matrix $\begin{bmatrix}a & b\\ c & d\end{bmatrix}$, the determinant is $ad-bc$. What is the determinant of $\begin{bmatrix}2 & 5\\ -1 & 4\end{bmatrix}$?
47. A student records changes in two quantities using matrices. What is $A-B$ if $A=\begin{bmatrix}-2 & 4\\ 1 & -3\end{bmatrix}$ and $B=\begin{bmatrix}3 & -1\\ -2 & 5\end{bmatrix}$?
48. A student combines two data matrices by subtraction: $A=<u>[4,0</u>,<u>-2,1</u>]$ and $B=<u>[1,-3</u>,<u>5,2</u>]$. What is $A-B$?
49. A shipping clerk records two $2\times2$ matrices of daily package counts, $A=<u>[2,-1</u>,<u>3,4</u>]$ and $B=<u>[-3,5</u>,<u>1,-2</u>]$. What is $A+B$?
50. A graphics routine multiplies matrices $A=<u>[2,1</u>,<u>3,-2</u>]$ and $B=<u>[1,-3</u>,<u>4,0</u>]$. Which of the following is the product $AB$?
51. If $A=<u>[3,-2</u>,<u>0,5</u>]$ represents a simple linear transformation, what is $2A$?
52. Let $$A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 3 & 0\end{bmatrix}$$ and $$B=\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 5\\ 1 & -2\end{bmatrix}.$$ What is $A+B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$?
53. A robotics team scales a transformation matrix $A=<u>[ -2, 3 </u>,<u> 1, 0 </u>]$ by a factor of $k=-3$. What is $kA$?
54. A control system applies matrix $A=<u>[ -1, 4 </u>,<u> 2, 1 </u>]$ and then $B=<u>[ 3, 0 </u>,<u> -2, 5 </u>]$. Which of the following is the product $AB$?
55. Let $$A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 3 & 0\end{bmatrix}$$ and $$B=\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 5\\ 1 & -2\end{bmatrix}.$$ What is $A+B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$?
56. What is the determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix}2 & -5\\ 1 & 3\end{bmatrix}?$$
57. Let $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-2 & 1\\ 3 & -1\end{bmatrix}$$ and $$B=\begin{bmatrix}5 & 0\\ -4 & 2\end{bmatrix}.$$ Which of the following is the product $AB$?
58. A matrix $A$ is scaled by $-3$ to reverse direction and triple magnitude. What is $-3A$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}1 & -4\\ -2 & 3\end{bmatrix}?$$
59. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & 1\\ -3 & 4\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 0\\ 5 & 2\end{bmatrix}?$$
60. Two matrices represent changes in inventory at two warehouses. What is $A+B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -1\\ 0 & 3\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 5\\ 1 & -2\end{bmatrix}?$$
61. Matrices $A$ and $B$ track net gains and losses over two days. What is $A-B$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & 4\\ -2 & 1\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}3 & -1\\ 5 & 2\end{bmatrix}?$$
62. Two $2\times 2$ matrices model a two-step process. Which of the following is the product $AB$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}1 & -2\\ 3 & 0\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}4 & 1\\ -1 & 2\end{bmatrix}?$$
63. What is the determinant of $$\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 1 \\ 2 & -3\end{bmatrix}$$?
64. A transformation matrix $A$ is scaled to double its effect. If $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-3 & 2\\ 5 & 0\end{bmatrix},$$ what is $2A$?
65. If $A = \begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$, which of the following matrices is equal to $4A$
66. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & -2 \\ 0 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 1 \\ -1 & 2 \end{pmatrix}$?
67. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 2 \end{pmatrix}$?
68. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 4 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$?
69. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 5 & 2 \\ 1 & -3 \end{pmatrix}$?
70. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 5 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$?
71. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 5 & 0 \\ -2 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $-A$?
72. What is A + B for matrices $A = \begin{pmatrix} -3 & 2 \\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$ and $B = \begin{pmatrix} 4 & -1 \\ 2 & 3 \end{pmatrix}$?
73. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{pmatrix} 3 & 0 \\ 2 & 5 \end{pmatrix}$?
74. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 2 \\ -3 & 1 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $2A$?
75. What is $A - B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$ given by $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-3 & 1\\ 2 & -5\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}2 & -4\\ -1 & 3\end{bmatrix}?$$
76. What is the determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix}2 & 5\\ -1 & 3\end{bmatrix}?$$
77. A matrix $A$ records net changes in two accounts. If $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-2 & 1\\ 5 & -3\end{bmatrix},$$ what is $2A$?
78. What is $-3A$ if $$A=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & 2\\ 4 & 0\end{bmatrix}?$$
79. What is $A + B$ for matrices $A$ and $B$ given by $$A=\begin{bmatrix}5 & 0\\ -2 & 1\end{bmatrix},\quad B=\begin{bmatrix}-1 & -3\\ 4 & 2\end{bmatrix}?$$
80. What is the determinant of the matrix $$\begin{bmatrix}-4 & 2\\ 3 & 1\end{bmatrix}?$$
81. If $$A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & -2\\ 5 & 1\end{bmatrix},$$ what is $2A$?
82. Two $2\times2$ matrices summarize changes in inventory: $A=<u>[ -3, 2 </u>,<u> 5, -1 </u>]$ and $B=<u>[ 4, -2 </u>,<u> -1, 3 </u>]$. What is $A+B$?
83. What is kA if $k = 3$ and $A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 \\ 0 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$?
84. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 5 & 2 \\ -1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$?
85. What is the determinant of matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 3 \\ -2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$?
86. In a game engine, two $2\times2$ matrices are applied in sequence: $A=<u>[1,2</u>,<u>-1,3</u>]$ followed by $B=<u>[0,4</u>,<u>2,-1</u>]$. Which of the following is the product $AB$?
87. A $2 \times 2$ matrix represents a linear transformation. What is the determinant of $$\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -5 \\ 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$?
88. If $A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ 1 & -1 \end{pmatrix}$, what is $4A$?