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The document discusses teacher's notes and answers for a mathematics textbook. It provides explanations and solutions to various exercises covering topics like fractions, decimals, percentages, indices, and statistics.

The document provides explanations and solutions to exercises from a mathematics textbook. The exercises cover topics like basic arithmetic with fractions and decimals, positive and negative indices, and statistics.

The exercises included in the document cover topics like fractions, decimals, percentages, indices, and statistics. There are multiple exercises for each topic to provide practice and consolidation of skills.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

ST(P) MATHEMATICS 3A
NOTES AND ANSWERS
CHAPTER 1

Making Sure of Arithmetic

This chapter is mainly revision, but the last section is new work. It can be worked through as
consolidation of earlier work or parts of it can be used as and when necessary to act as
reminders.
EXERCISE 1a (p. 2)
This exercise, together with Exercises 1b, and 1c, can be used for discussion and provides a
useful reminder of basic operations with fractions, before algebraic fractionsChapter 23.
1. 21

14.

27.

7
30

2. 18

15. 1 29
40

28.

1
20

3. 40

16. 1

29.

1
40

4. 12

17. 1 17
48

30.

5
18

5. 6

18.

11
12

31. 3 29
40

6. 20

19.

8
9

32.

7. 12

20. 1 34

33. 409

8. 60

21. 2 15

11
34. 3 12

9. 42

22.

35. 4 78

9
10

71
126

7
18

10. 18

23. 1 13
24

36.

11. 24

23
24. 1 42

37. 4 152

12. 72

25.

13
36

38.

13. 1 13
24

26.

1
36

39. 1 121

6.

3
10

11. 3

2. 1 13

7.

4
7

12. 3

3. 1 12

8. 6

13.

3
2

4.

1
10

9.

14.

4
3

5.

10
21

10. 2

15.

8
7

4.

7.

1
100

17
20

1
8

EXERCISE 1b (p. 4)
1.

5
9

7
22

EXERCISE 1c (p. 5)
1.

1
4

1
10

2. 2

5. 8

8.

9
2

3.

6.

9.

4
15

5
2

11
3

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

10. 1 13

20.

69
112

30.

2
5

11. 2

21.

8
25

31.

22
63

12.

22. 2 181

32. 14

23. 5

33. 7

5
8

13. 6

1
4

3
10

14.

14
81

24.

15.

2
3

23
25. 4 42

35. 1 252

16.

12
49

26.

36.

1
14

17.

1
18

27. 12

37.

21
68

18. 4 12

28. 3 127

38. 1 14

19.

3
29. 3 140

39. 2

13
30

34.

57
110

7
20

9
50

EXERCISE 1d (p. 7)
This exercise, together with Exercises 1e, 1f and 1g, revises basic operations with decimals.
If recurring decimals were not covered in Book 1A, they can be discussed now.
1.

7
20

9.

2.

27
125

10. 2 201

18. 0.54

3.

51
250

13
11. 1 125

19. 1.75

4. 1 259

12.

20. 0.15625

5.

3
100

13. 0.15

21. 0.16

6.

3
250

14. 0.125

22. 0.3125

7.

1
200

15. 0.6

23. 2.375

16. 0.24

24. 0.002

1
8. 1 100

17. 0.0625

11
100

1
10000

EXERCISE 1e (p. 9)

1. 0. 3

5. 0. 14285 7

2. 0. 2

6. 0.08 3

10. 0.0 7 1428 5

3. 0.8 3

7. 0. 0 9

11. 0.2 3

4. 0.0 6

8. 0.0 5

12. 0.07692 3

1. 5.01

6. 26.36

11. 3.3

2. 19.1

7. 4.832

12. 0.08

3. 6.17

8. 1.106

13. 1.21

4. 8.8

9. 0.00202

14. 0.49

9. 0.41 6

EXERCISE 1f (p. 10)

5. 1.82

10. 3.2

15. 23.02

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


16. 0.361

27. 0.000384

38. 7.8

17. 1.83

28. 7

39. 0.5

18. 0.0068

29. 0.3

40. 129

19. 0.96

30. 2.7

41. 11.882

20. 0.042

31. 0.008

42. 3.094

21. 0.008

32. 0.015

43. 1

22. 0.01

33. 5.9

44. 2

23. 0.25

34. 1

45. 1.69

24. 0.36072

35. 0.02

46. 0.2

25. 3.36

36. 0.001

47. 0.4

26. 3.35511

37. 0.6

48. 8.95

1. <

6. >

11. 0.79,

2. >

7. >

12.

1
5

3. <

8. >

13.

5
7

, 0.75,

4. <

9. >

14.

3
20

5. >

10. 0.6,

EXERCISE 1g (p. 11)

2
3

2
7

4
5

, 0.85

, 0.3
7
9

, 0.875

, 0.16, 0.2,

6
25

15. 1 18 , 1 15 , 1.24, 1.3

4
5

EXERCISE 1h (p. 12)


This exercise, together with Exercises 1i and 1j, revises the work on positive and negative
indices from Book 2A but with harder examples. Fractional indices are covered in Book 4A.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

25
81
32
125
64
144
1600
864
2048

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

27 783
325
8010
720
1102
1 100 000
27
37
Not possible

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

54
25
77
49
a5
Not possible
22
7
Not possible

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

43
Not possible
34
33
a4
Not possible
64
81
15 625

EXERCISE 1i (p. 14)


1.

1
2

6.

1
4

11. 4

16.

y
x

2.

1
10

7.

1
a

12. 1 13

17.

1
8

3.

1
5

8.

1
x

13. 5

18.

1
25

4.

1
7

9. 3

14. 1 14

19.

1
1000

5.

1
8

10. 1 12

15. a

20.

1
36

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


21.

1
32

26. 16

31. 8

36. 12 14

22.

1
10000

27. 32

32. 36

37. 5 161

23.

1
100

28. 81

33. 1 79

38. 2 79

24.

1
64

29. 512

34. 3 83

39. 123

30. 10 000

35. 5 161

40. 2 14
25

25. 125

37
81

EXERCISE 1j (p. 16)


1. 8

5. 1

2. 6 14

6. 1

3.

1
16

4. 64

13. 1

17.

10. 1

14. 2 314
343

18. 729

7. 125

11. 2 10
27

15.

1
4

19. 64

8.

12. 3 12

16.

64
125

20. 1

1
9

9. 16

1
12

EXERCISE 1k (p. 16)


This revises standard form. For those with scientific calculators, Number 28 explains the
notation used, but there is some variety in the display of scientific notation on different
calculators.
1. 345

10. 2.65 x 102

19. 5.87 x 104

2. 1200

11. 1.8 x 101

20. 2.6 x 103

3. 0.0501

12. 3.02 x 103

21. 4.5 x 105

4. 0.0047

13. 1.9 x 102

22. 7 x 106

5. 280

14. 7.67 x 104

23. 8 x 101

6. 0.73

15. 3.9 x 105

24. 5.6 x 104

7. 902 000

16. 8.5 x 104

25. 2.4 x 104

8. 0.000637

17. 7 x 103

26. 3.9 x 107

9. 8 720 000

18. 4 x 103

27. 8 x 101

28. a) 6.25 x 1010

b) 6.6049 x 1012

c) 6.4 x 109

d) 4.9 x 1011

EXERCISE 1l (p. 18)


Deals with decimal places and significant figures and should be revised before later work
involving use of calculators, in Chapters 18, 19 and 20.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

a) 2.785
a) 0.157
a) 3.209
a) 0.073
a) 0.151
a) 0.020
a) 0.780
a) 3.299

b) 2.78
b) 0.157
b) 3.21
b) 0.0733
b) 0.151
b) 0.0204
b) 0.780
b) 3.30

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

a) 254.163
a) 0.001
a) 7.820
a) 0.010
0.04; 0.0384
60 000; 47 500
0.05; 0.0447
80; 69.8

b) 254
b) 0.000926
b) 7.82
b) 0.00964

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

0.2; 0.216
500 000; 665 000
2; 2.17
0.2; 0.217
9; 8.89
0.0; 0.0688
5; 4.58
6; 5.38

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.

60; 56.0
0.04; 0.0390
80; 69.3
0.03; 0.0328
2; 1.74
0.06; 0.0403
0.1; 0.105

EXERCISE 1m (p. 20)


This section introduces the number line and the open and closed circle notation. For
Numbers 120 we suggest that the number line is drawn once and the ranges placed below
the line. In Numbers 2140 the pupils are asked to draw a number line for each question
this takes a considerable time if they are drawn accurately and scaled. It is sensible to
encourage rough sketches here.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

EXERCISE 1n (p. 22)


1. 5.55 w < 5.65
2. 2450 x < 2550
3. 2.75 x < 2.85

4. 12.45 x < 12.55


5. 74 500 x 75 499 (whole numbers only)
6. 1.245 d < 1.255

7. a) 1.55m width < 1.65m


b) It may be too big
c) Not accurate enough for measuring the space for a new cupboard
8. 65 people
9. 54.99
10. 252.2 length < 257.5

11. 97.5m
12. 395g weight of pack < 405g
13. 2985cm length < 2995cm; 10cm

EXERCISE 1p (p. 24)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

a) 30
b) 42
4
a) 3
b) xy
a) 32
b) 94
2 103
a) 3.36
b) 0.2943
c) 109
a) 16
b) 1
c) 161
a) 52
b) 512
3
a) 2.56 x 10
b) 2.56 x 104
1.45mm diameter < 1.55mm
65 number of children 74 (whole numbers)

EXERCISE 1q (p. 24)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

a) 24
a) 5
a) 34
a) 3 121
a) 1.45
a) 14

b) 30
b) 23
b) 1 17
20
b) 2.625
b) 1

c) 0.42
c) 4

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


7.
8.
9.
10.

a) 5.7 x 105
b) 5.7 x 102
445 number of tacks 454 (whole numbers)
0.745m diameter < 0.755m
495g weight < 505g

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 2

Equations, Inequalities and Formulae

The first part of this chapter revises directed numbers, collection of like terms, and solution
of linear equations.
EXERCISE 2a (p. 27)
Can be used as a quick reminder of directed numbers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

>
<
<
>
<
<
2

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

11
3
1
4
0
8
2

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

4
12
8
2
2
48
35

EXERCISE 2b (p. 28)


Simplification of algebraic expressions, including practice in the use of directed numbers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Not possible
2a
Not possible
7v
2x

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

p+q
4x 2y
5u
3b a
4c + 2d

EXERCISE 2c (p. 29)


1. xy
2

2. a

3. 6s

4. 12x

21.

12. Not possible

22. 6st

31. p + 3q 2r
32. x y
2

13. 2a
2

4p
q

11. mn

23. 2b

33. 5q p

14. 4p

24.

34. a2 + ab 2a + 2b

25. 3b 2a

35. x2 + y2 2xy

x
y

5.

u
v

15.

6.

a
b

16. Not possible

26. a2 a

36. 2b 6c

17. 6st

27. 3a 3b

37. 2p 2q

18. 2p

28. 6a 4c 2b

38. w2 + x2

19. 4q

29. 2z y

39. 8n 2m

20. r + 4s

30. 6x + 4y + 2z

40. 2b 8c

7. 1
8.

2u
w

3b
c

9. Not possible
10. Not possible

EXERCISE 2d (p. 31)


Can be used for discussion and as a reminder about the meaning of equation before
beginning the work on inequalities.
1. p = 23

3. x = 3 12

5. x = 1

2. s =

4. a =

6. y = 1

1
2

1
5

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

7. x = 2

15. x = 2 74

23. x = 2 12

8. a = 4

16. x = 3 23

24. x = 1 34

9. x =

17. a = 11

25. x =

10. x = 2

18. p = 0

26. b = 19

11. x = 12

19. w = 2

27. x =

12. x = 5

20. x = 5

28. x = 1

13. x = 17

21. x = 6 12

29. x = 2

14. y = 3 13

22. x =

30. x =

1
2

1
6

3
14

5
6

1
2

EXERCISE 2e (p. 32)


Work in Exercise 1m should be discussed before this section. Numbers 1015 can be used
for discussion.

10.
12.
13.
14.

a)
a)
a)
a)

2,3,4,6,7
5 > 3; Yes
0 > 1; Yes
1 < 6; Yes

b)
b)
b)
b)

2,5,7,8,9
1 > 1; Yes
4 > 5; Yes
3 < 2; Yes

EXERCISE 2f (p. 33)


Numbers 2832 can be used for discussion.

c)
c)
c)
c)

2,3,7,9
d) 2,3,4,6,7
e) 2,3,4,7,9
2 > 4; Yes
d) 7 > 5; Yes
7 > 8; Yes
d) 2 > 1; Yes
6 less than 1; Yes d) 3 < 8; Yes

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

28. a) 24 < 72
a) Yes

b) 3 < 9 c) 6 < 18
b)Yes
c) Yes

d) 2 < 6
d) Yes

e) 24 < 72
e) No

f) 4 < 12
f) No

29. a) 72 > 24 b) 9 > 3 c) 18 > 6


a) Yes
b)Yes
c) Yes

d) 6 > 2
d) Yes

e) 72 > 24
e) No

f) 12 > 4
f) No

30. a) 36 < 12
b) 4 12 < 1 12
e) 36 < 12
f) 6 < 2
a) Yes
b)Yes
c) Yes

c) 9 < 3
d) Yes

32. Only when you are multiplying by a positive number.


EXERCISE 2g (p. 35)

d) 3 < 1
e) No

f) No

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


21.
22.
23.
24.

a)
a)
a)
a)

x>3
0x1
2 < x 4
3 < x < 1

b)
b)
b)
b)

2x3
x0
No values of x
x < 3

c)
c)
c)
c)

No values of x
No values of x
x < 2
No values of x

25. x < 12 ; x > 1 ; 1 < x < 12

34. 3 x 2

26. x 1 ; x 3 ; No values of x

35. x < 2

27. x 7 ; x 2 ; 2 x 7

36. 0 < x < 2

28. x > 1 ; x < 2 ; 1 < x < 2

37. x 1

29. x > 2 ; x < 3 ; 2 < x < 3

38. 4 < x < 2

30. x < 2 ; x > 1; 1 < x < 2

39. x < 3

31. x 1; x < 2 ; 1 x < 2

40. x < 1

32. x >

41. 1 54 < x < 3

1
2

; x3;

1
2

<x3

33. 2 < x < 5

42.

1
2

<x<1

EXERCISE 2h (p. 38)


These problems are slightly harder than those in Book 2A. A general discussion on units is
advisable and Numbers 1120 can be used for this purpose, although the most able pupils can
work through these on their own.
11. n = p + p2

16. N = y + z

y
2

12. v = u + at

17. P =

x+ y
50

b
2c

13. R = Np

18. b =

ac
1000

14. y = nx

19. n = 1 + 2m

15. X = xy

20. R =

1. a = b + c

6. d = e f

2. m = 2(n + p)

7. x =

3. z = xy

8. a =

4. a = 2bc

9. k = 2u + 3v

5. v = n2

10. x = 2y z

x
10

y
5

EXERCISE 2i (p. 40)


Gives more practice in the use of directed numbers
1. p = 8

7. x = 24

13. r = 2 23

2. v = 2

8. p = 6

14. n =

3. z =

3
4

9. S = 10

15. a = 2

4. a = 2

10. v = 5

16. V = 32

5. x = 25

11. p = 4

17. p = 21

6. C = 30

12. a = 9

18. a = 6

1
2

EXERCISE 2j (p. 41)


Numbers 120 require one operation. Numbers 2136 require two operations. Some of these
involve division of, say, x + y by another letter or number. It is a good idea to encourage the
use of brackets in this situation, e.g. 2a = x + y, 2a = (x + y), a = ( x+2 y ) .

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1. s = p r

15. m = kl

29. y =

4x
3

2. y = x 3

16. b =

30. t =

uv
5

3. b = a + c

17. n = 10X

31. I = 10(A P)

4. Y = X + Z

18. u =

32. y = 3(x z)

5. s = r 2t

19. w = 100z

33. R =

IV
2

6. m = k l

20. p = qn

34. r =

p+ w
2

7. v = u + 5

21. s =

Pr
2

35. c = 2(a b)

8. y = z x

22. t =

uv
3

36. r = 5(q p)

9. P = N + Q

23. c =

b a
4

37. u = v at; u = 140

10. u = v 10t

24. v =

V 3u
2

38. B = A

25. w =

x+ y
2

11. y =

x
2

a
3

v
t

12. t = 2v

26. t =

13. b =

27. y =

x w
6

28. s =

It N
2

a
c

14. u = 3t
41. a) a = b + 2c
42. a) x = 2yz

b) a = 4
b) x = 12

43. a) d = e2 + 2f
44. a) R = 3xn
25

b) f = d 2e
b) R = 4.8

C
100

; B= 17.5

39. C = NP; C = 40
40. x = 2(z + 3t); x = 10

l k
4

c) b = a 2c
c) y = 2xz
2

c) f =

1
2

EXERCISE 2k (p. 44)


1. a) Length
c) Area
e) Length
b) Volume
d) Volume
f) Area
2. a) Length
c) Volume
e) Area
b) Volume
d) Length
f) Area
2
3. a) cm
c) cm
e) cm
b) cm2
d) cm3
f) cm3
4. a) Area
d) Volume
g) Length
b) Area
e) Volume
h) Area
c) Length
f) Length
i) Area
5. (c) and (e) are wrong
6. 2r represents a length because it contains only one letter representing a length unit.
7. 2
EXERCISE 2l (p. 45)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

4
4x
a+b
x = 1 14
x>2

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

1
6b
a + 5b
x = 4 23
x6

c) 2
c) 3x3

c) 2 < x < 1 12

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


6. a) r = v4u
7. a) P = 37 12

b) r =
b) 40

ps
5

EXERCISE 2m (p. 46)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

13
10a 3b
3y 2x
a=1
x>1
d = C
u = 56

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

2
4x + x2
2y 6x
x = 78
x>1
d = a 7+ s
u = 86

c) 4
c) 2ab

c) 1 < x < 1

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 3

Sequences

EXERCISE 3a (p. 47)


There are other possible ways of describing how to continue a sequence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

25, 36, . Square the next natural number


15, 18, . Add 3 to the previous term, or multiply the next natural number by 3
35, 42, . Add 7 to the previous term, or multiply the next natural number by 7
10, 14, . Add 4 to the previous term
1, 5, . Take 4 from previous term
1
1
8 , 16 , . Divide previous term by 2
30, 42, . Add to the previous term a number that increases by 2 each time
720, 5040, . Multiply the previous term by a number that increases by 1 each time
15, . 33, .
12, .
10, 12, 14, .
1, 12 , 14 , .
8, 14, 22, .
18, 54, 162, .
6, 10, 16, .
0.01, 0.001, 0.0001, .
1, 3, 5, .
8, 16, 32, .

There are other possible answers to Numbers 1922.


19. Multiply previous term by 3; add a number 4 greater than was added to previous term.
20. Add a number 2 greater than was added to previous term; double previous term and add
1.
21. Square the next natural number; add a number 2 greater than was added to previous term.
22. Multiply previous term by 2; add a number 3 greater than was added to previous term.
23. 15 , 16 , .
24. 13, 17, .
25. 54, 6, .
26. 45, 9, .
27. 81, 5,
28. 16, 5, .
29. a) (5,26), .
b) (10,101), .
30. 15, 21, 28, 36, .
31. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, .
32. 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, .
33. a) 13, 21, 34, .
b) 2, 5, 7, 12, 19, 31, .
34. 3, 12, 48, 192, 768, 3072, .
EXERCISE 3b (p. 50)
1. 3, 5, 7, 9, . 15

2. 1, 3, 5, 7, . 13

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

3. 2, 4, 8, 16, . 128

6. 5, 6, 7, 8, . 11

4. 1, 4, 9, 16, . 49

7. 5, 7, 9, 11, . 17

5. 0, 3, 8, 15, . 48

8. 1,

1
2

1
3

1
4

, .

1
7

EXERCISE 3c (p. 51)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

3n
n
n+1
n1
4n

6. 2n
7. 2n + 5
8. 3n 3 or 3(n 1)
1
9.
(n + 2)

13. 2n + 4, 8/2n, n2 n + 2, 2 x 3n1


14. a) 2m
b) 20m
c) n(n+1) metres

10. n(n+2)
11. n3
12. 4 n

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 4

Matrices

EXERCISE 4a (p. 54)


1. 2 x 2
2. 2 x 3

3. 2 x 1
4. 1 x 1

5. 1 x 3
6. 3 x 2

7. a) 6

b) 8

c) 2

d) 7

4
8. 3 1 7 ; 7
2

a) 7

b) 6

c) 4

0 0 0

9. 1 1 1
2 2 2

3 1

10. 3 1
3 1

EXERCISE 4b (p. 56)

12
1.
15

15 4

2.
7 1

6 8

9. 7 7
7 7

10. (10 8)

4. (9, 5)

1 8

11.
4 7

11 2 2

5.
6 7 7

12.
2

11 11

6.
11 5

2 7

13.
5 3

7. (5 3 5)

14. (4 6)

3. Not possible

8. Not possible

15. 3
6

16. Not possible

2 10

17.
5 3
5 5

18.
3 0
0 8

19.
8 2
20. Not possible
21. Not possible
22. (1 6 3)

2 3 4
23. 5 0 12

EXERCISE 4c (p. 58)

3

1. 6
12

1 2

3. 12 3
1

12 4

2 8 0

2.
4 2 6

6 24

4.
18 12

6 30

5.
6 12
4 0

6. 23 1 13
2 31
3

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2 2

7.
1 3

2 4 2

10.
3 3 1

8. Not possible

11. Not possible

3

9. 3
0

3 1 2

9
5
4

12.
1 11 5

EXERCISE 4d (p. 59)

1 8
1. 6 1

3 0
2. 0 3

3. Not possible

3

6. 3
3

24 8 4

10.
16 12 16

2 8

7.
6 4

8 2 2

12.
1 4 4

7 1

4. 5 1

1 2

8. 1
1
12 2

11
3
5. 1 23
1
3

8

9. 9
3

11. Not possible

EXERCISE 4e (p. 61)


A vector can be represented by a column matrix. Capital letters are used to denote matrices,
1
5 2
, but a lower case letter is used
including 2 x 1 column matrices, e.g. A = , B =
4
4 3

3
when a column matrix represents a vector, e.g. a = .
2
1.

B 2 x 1, C 2 x 2, D 2 x 2, E 1 x 3, F 1 x 2, G 2 x 3

2.

9 4 4

7 1 7

6.

Not possible

7.

(1 12 1)

4 1 11
11. 32 2
4 3

3.

Not possible

8.

Not possible

12. Not possible

4.

4 1

0 6

9.

1 2 2

5 3 1

13. Not possible

5.

12 9 3

3 6 9

24
10.
6

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

EXERCISE 4f (p. 62)


Here are two methods for remembering the order of matrix multiplication: (1) Calling the
process row-column multiplication helps emphasize that rows are taken from the first
matrix and columns from the second. (2) The picture of a person running along a diving
board and then diving downwards gives the idea of row first and then column.

29
1.
27

5
3.
7

9
5.
5

26
7.
10

56
9.
49

14
2.
11

9
4.
2

18
6.
14

58
8.
19

26
10.
10

EXERCISE 4g (p. 64)

7
1.
10
14
2.

3.

23
4.

19
5.
22

6.
12

7.

22
37

2
16

16

12

17
8.
5
22
9.
10
44
10.
8
16
11.
11
8
12.
18
44
13.
18
21
14.
17

19

52

22
32

7
14

14
18

36
40

31
7

0 14

15.
10 8
15 20

16.
5 0
3 4

17.
13 6
24 17

18.
10 9
21 11

19.
9 2
16 1

20.

EXERCISE 4h (p. 66)

20
1.
8
10
2.
22
31
3.
15

13

5
7

15
35

17

44
4.
6
8
5.
4
8
6.
4

29

4
6

2
6

13. One of the two matrices was D

15 17

7.
31 35
46 31

8.
6 4
4 2

9.
8 6

4
10.
8
14
11.
2
14
12. 2

6
16

2
16

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


EXERCISE 4i (p.68)
7
1.
10

32 26 16

5.
20 19 11

13
2.
32
3. (10 )

24

6. 33
42

20 10

4.
70 23

21 39 8

7.
17 26 7

10 11

8. 36 30
31 28

9. (13 31 27 )
10. (15)

EXERCISE 4j (p.70)
1. 2 x

2 2

7
x 1 = 2 x 1; 6

2. 2 x

3 3

22
x 1 = 2 x 1; 12

3. 1 x

2 2

x 1 = 1 x 1; (10)

4. 2 x

3 3

20 10
x 2 = 2 x 2; 70 23

5. 2 x

2 2

11 20
x 2 = 2 x 2; 24 43

6. 2 x

1 1

3 4
x 2 = 2 x 2; 6 8

7. 1 x

2 2

x 2 = 1 x 2; (21 36)

1 1

4 5 6

8
10
12

x 3 = 3 x 3;
12 15 18

8. 3 x
16
9.
6

12. Not possible

16. Not possible

10. Not possible

15 4 3
13. 48 13 12

17. (3 24)

11 20
11. 24 43

14. Not possible

EXERCISE 4k (p. 71)

15. (30)

6 12 15

18. 8 16 20
2 4 5

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1. 5

4.
22

8 26

5. 16 17

10
2. 19

6. (38 12)

3. (2 6)

7. (26)

24 4 12

6
1

8.
6 1 3

7 18 1
9. 7 18 1

12 18

10. 8 12
6 9

EXERCISE 4l (p. 72)

13 8
1. 7 2

2 1

2. 12 9

3 4
5. 6 8

11. (14

6. Not possible

13. Not possible

7. Not possible

10
3. 5

14. (9 12)

8. Not possible

15. Not possible

12. Not possible

9. Not possible

4. Not possible

19
16. AA = 6

8
BC = 18

12
CB = 1

3
DH = 6

6)

18

6
12

24
18

3
4

FE =
12 16

18 2 17

GG= 13 35 11
23 4 27

EXERCISE 4m (p. 73)

10. (11)

21

AC = 4

3
BD = 3

34
CC = 6

12

5 2
BB = 3 6

26 22
CA = 4 3

10
CD = 1

EA = (16 17)

EB = (15 6)

18

FH =
12

4

GF = 15
5

HH = (9)

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8 2
1. 21 8

7 4
2. 3 3

3. 5

0
5

4. 5 3

5. Not possible
6. Not possible
7. (2 3)

10. Not possible


11. Not possible
12. (4 2)

2 1

8.
8 12
5 3 3

9. 11 5 9
2 2 0

EXERCISE 4n (p. 74)

55 11
9. 66 22

12 10
1. 2 13

48 40
5. 38 17

78 10
2. 31 13

34 25
6. 75 16

16 56
10. 56 20

13 6
3. 18 1

78 8
7. 31 28

0
64
11. 0 64

68 16
4. 61 4

50 27
8. 32 56

68 12
12. 61 7

EXERCISE 4p (p.74)
1. 2 x 2 and 2 x 1
2. Yes
3. A, C are compatible but not C, A
23 11
4. 19 13

27 18
5. A2 = 9 18 . It is not possible to find C2

6. Not possible

9 3

7.
12 9
EXERCISE 4q (p. 75)

13 3

8.
6 5

9. 4

10. BC

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

4 2 2
1. 8 6 2

2.
3.
4.
5.

Not possible
Not possible
2 x 3 and 2 x 2
No

7 14
10. It is not possible to find P2. Q2 = 7 14

6. 3
7. 1
8. QP
17
9.
13

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CHAPTER 5

Percentages

For all but the best pupils, the early work in this chapter requires constant revision. The rest
of this chapter concentrates on percentage increase and decrease in a variety of situations. It
is the vocabulary and not the mathematics that often leads to difficulty here, so make sure
that the pupils understand terms such as VAT, depreciation, percentage profit, etc.
EXERCISE 5a (p. 76)
Fraction
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

Percentage

Decimal

3
5
2
5
11
20
17
20
27
50
6
25
23
25
21
25
37
40

60%
40%
55%
85%
54%
24%

0.6
0.4
0.55
0.85
0.54
0.24

92%
84%
92 12 %

2
3

66 23 %

0.92
0.84
0.925
0. 6&

24%
64%
20%
40%
25%
34%
5%
2.5%

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

2%
27%
40%
225%
75
92p
0.61cm
0.54km

27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.

189g
42m2
2.5%
2%
1.5%
2.5%
2.4%
60%

35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.

30%
89.6%
949
1007
627
381
49.28
348

43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

31.59
172
64.68
294
5.74
59.4kg
9675
102

EXERCISE 5b (p. 81)


Numbers 2330: Many teachers may prefer to use the idea of a multiplying factor as a slight
variation of Method 2 in the worked example.
i.e if the rate of VAT is 15%
115
Purchase price = marked price x 1.15 or
100
The idea may be used in many problems on percentages.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

25%
30%
25%
10%
20%
20%
15%

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

24%
56
72
60.90
18
27
80

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

12
21.60
18
24.30
21
(b) by 8
(b) by 70p

22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

the same
34.50
75.52
9.87
43.70
690
9.20

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


EXERCISE 5c (p. 83)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

1500
2400
1950
3750
1935
2478

25. a) 12.20

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

3300
2240
4000
7680
1800
2100

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

2950
2112
4270
28
92
25.60

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

58
33.60
38.25
16.15
14.30
32.25

b) 14.80

EXERCISE 5d (p. 86)


More teaching effort is usually required with this topic than for most other percentage
questions. Multiplying factors can be used here.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

70
40
16
6
2.70
32

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

800
900
800
20
40
80

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

200
18
13.60
50
160
17

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

160
2000
120
125
260
184

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

92
12
650
160
850cm3
25cm

EXERCISE 5e (p. 88)


1.
2.
3.
4.

77.520
13.69
33 13
40%

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

1200
37.50
212.5cm3
172
15 km/l

10. 44 275
11. a) 7.20 b) 6.60
12. 280

EXERCISE 5f (p. 90)


1. 60
2. 731.35
3. 26.40

4. 925
5. 215.80
6. 373.76

7. 8.5%
8. 500
9. 250

EXERCISE 5g (p. 91)


1. 42
2. 76.32
3. 103.88

4. 191.77
5. 143.99
6. 206.72

7. 252.68
8. 48 400
9. 76

10. 1093.50
11. 12 800

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 6

Straight Line Graphs

This chapter revises and slightly extends the work in Book 2A. The diagrams for Exercise 6a
can be done on squared paper as can some of the graphs in Exercise 6b, but graph paper
should be used fairly soon so that values can be read more accurately.
EXERCISE 6a (p. 94)
1. x = 4

2. y = 5

3. y = 3

4. x = 2

EXERCISE 6b (p. 96)


The graphs drawn for Numbers 58 are used for Numbers 1720 so Numbers 1720 can be
done at the same time as Numbers 58.

13. a) 1 12

b) 0.4

c) 1.6

17. a) 2 12

b) 4.4

c) 2.4

14. a) 0

b) 0.8

c) 3.4

18. a) 4.8

b) 1.2

c) 11.2

15. a) 2.6

b) 1.8

c) 1.2

19. a) 1.4

b) 1.4

c) 3.5

16. a) 3.6

b) 0.6

c) 1.2

20. a) 8.6

b) 2.8

c) 3

EXERCISE 6c (p. 99)


1. Yes, No
2. Yes, Yes

3. No, No
4. No, Yes

EXERCISE 6d (p. 100)


Squared paper can be used for this exercise.
1. Lines are parallel; coefficient of x is 2 in each equation
2. Lines are parallel; coefficient of x is 3 in each equation
3. Lines are parallel; coefficient of x is 12 in each equation

5. Yes, Yes
6. No, Yes

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4. Lines are parallel; coefficient of x is 1 in each equation


5. Lines (a) and (c) are parallel
6. Lines are parallel; coefficient of x is 1 in each equation
EXERCISE 6e (p. 103)
Squared paper can be used for this exercise. Number 8 provides another opportunity to
emphasise that division by zero is not possible. In general, if a line is parallel to the y-axis
avoid talking about the value of its gradient.
1. 4

3. 1

5. 95

2. 2

4. 34

6.

7. 0

2
3

8. y- axis. You find yourself dividing by zero


9. a) Parallel to the y-axis b) Zero gradient c) Zero gradient d) Parallel to the y-axis
EXERCISE 6f (p. 104)
1. 2
6. a) 4

2. 1
b) 3

EXERCISE 6g (p. 106)

3. 2
c) 1

d)

4. 2
1
2

5. 4

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1. 2, 4

10. 3, 7

19. y = 2x + 7

2. 5, 3

11. 3, 7

20. y = 3x + 1

3. 3, 4

12.

21. y = x + 3

4. 1, 6

13. 0.4, 9

22. y = 2x 5

5. 2, 3

14. 5, 4

23. y =

6. 4, 2

15. 2, 2 12

24. y = 2x + 1

7. 5, 2

16.

1
3

, 2

25. y = x 2

8.

17.

2
5

,1

26. y =

1
2

, 1

9. 13 , 4

1
3

,7

1
2

1
2

x+6

x+4

18. 34 , 2

EXERCISE 6h (p. 108)


1. y = 3x + 1, y = 5 + 3x, y = 3x 4
2. y = 2 x, y = 4 x, 2y = 3 2x, y = x + 1, y = x
3. 3y = x, y = 13 x + 2, y = 13 +
4. y =

1
2

x + 2 and y =

1
2

1
3

x, y = 13 x 4

x 1; y = 2

1
2

x and 2y = 3 x

5. 2; y = 2x + 3
6. 3; y = 3x + 1
7. y = 4x
8. e.g. y = 6 x, y = x, y = 2 x
9. a) y = 4x + 4
10. a) y =

1
3

x+6

11. a) y = 2x + 2

b) y = 3x + 4

c) y =

1
2

x+ 4

b) y =

c) y =

1
3

x3

1
3

b) y = 2x + 10

c) y = 2x 4

12. y = 3 + 2x and y = 2x 3
13. 3, 4 ; 4, 3 ; y = 3x 3
14. a) y = 4x

b) y = 4x 7

EXERCISE 6i (p. 110)


1. 53

4. 1

7. 13

2. 13

5. 2

8. 2

3.

6. 13

9. 1 in each case

1
4

EXERCISE 6j (p. 111)


1. 34

2. 53

3.

1
2

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4. 2

5. 2

7. a) (2, 0), (0, 4)


8. a)

x
6

y
5

=1

6.

3
4

b) (12, 0), (0, 9)


b)

x
4

y
3

=1

9. 13
EXERCISE 6k (p. 112)
1. 53 , 3

8. 53 , 3

15. 2, 4

2. 13 , 2

9.

16. 52 , 3

1
2

, 2

3.

1
4

, 2

10. 3, 6

17. 12 , 5

4.

1
3

, 2

11. 43 , 4

18. 2,

5. 3, 6

12.

19. 2, 4

6. 13 , 2

13. 4, 2

20. 1, 3

7. 34 , 3

14. 1, 4

21. 34 , 3

4
3

, 4

5
2

EXERCISE 6l (p. 114)


7
2

1. 43 , 4; y = 43 x + 4

5.

7
2

, 4; y =

2. 2, 7; y = 2x + 7

6.

1
3

, 1; y = 13 x 1

10. 1, 5; y = x 5

3.

7.

1
6

, 1; y = 16 x + 1

11. 2, 12; y = 2x + 12

8.

4
5

, 3; y =

12.

5
6

, 6; y = 56 x + 6

1
5

, y = 15 x

3
5

, 1; y = 53 x + 1

4. 43 , 2; y =

4
3

x+2

4
5

x4

9.

x3

5
3

, 4; y = 53 x 4

13. AB, 5y = 2x + 20; AC, 5 x + 3 y = 12


14. 3, y = 3x 11

18. 5, y = 5x 21

22.

15. 3, y = 3x + 7

19. 1, y = x + 3

23. 52 , y = 52 x +

16.

20. 1, y = x + 1

5
2

,y=

5
2

1
2

17. 2, y = 2x + 7

21. 2, y = 2x 11

y
24. 54 , x +
= 1 or y = 54 x + 5
4
5
y
25. 23 , x +
= 1 or y = 23 x + 2
2
3
y
26. 23 , x
= 1 or y =
3
2

6
5

2
3

x2

y
27. 3, x +
= 1 or y = 3x + 6
2
6

28. 3, y = 3x 10
29. 1, y = x + 4
30. 72 , y = 72 x 6
31. 1, y = x + 3
32.

5
2

y
, x +
= 1 or y =
2 5

33.

2
11

,y=

2
11

x+

34. 1, y = x 1

21
11

5
2

x+5

19
2

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35.

1
4

,y=

1
4

x+

11
4

EXERCISE 6m (p. 116)


1.
2.
3.
4.

y = 3x 16
Square
Rhombus
( 12 , 3)

5. Midpoint is (5, 3); y = 2x + 13


6. 2y = x + 4
7. Square

EXERCISE 6n (p. 117)


1. 2
2. (0.4)
3. (4.0)

4. 12
5. y = 5x
6. (12,0)

7. Yes
8. 53

4. (0, 4)
5. (0, 6), (6, 0)
6. 32

7. y = 12 x
8. (2, 0), (0, 3)

EXERCISE 6p (p. 117)


1. 3
2. No
3. y = 4x

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 7

Simultaneous Equations

This chapter concentrates on solution by elimination. Matrix solution of simultaneous


equations is in Chapter 8.
EXERCISE 7a (p. 119)
1. 3, 2

4. 1, 7

7. 2, 1

10. 6, 0

2. 2, 4

5. 4, 3

8. 5, 1

11. 1, 2

3. 3, 5

6. 2, 5

9. 3, 1 12

12. 0, 9

EXERCISE 7b (p. 120)


When using addition to eliminate it is usually easier to eliminate the second letter, but
common-sense is needed!
1. 3, 1

9. 0, 6

17. 4, 2

25. 3, 2

2. 4, 2

10. 2, 3

18. 3, 1

26. 4, 2

3. 3, 4

11. 2, 3

19. 2,

27. 6, 2

4. 3, 1

12. 4, 1

20. 3, 2

28. 4, 3

5. 3,

13. 6, 2

21. 3, 2

29. 1, 4

6. 9, 1

14. 5, 1 12

22. 4, 5

30. 1, 2

7. 4, 2

15. 4, 3

23. 3, 0

31. 5, 4

8. 1, 0

16.

24. 1 12 , 2

32. 2, 4

1
2

1
2

,4

1
3

EXERCISE 7c (p. 123)


1. 3, 1

4. 12, 27

7. 1, 2

10. 0, 3

2. 1, 2
3. 13 , 1

5. 0, 1

8. 2, 1

6. 4, 3

9. 3, 1

11. 1, 1
12. 3, 12

1. 3, 2

8. 1, 1

15. 3, 2

22. 8, 4

2. 1, 5

9. 2, 2

16. 2, 2

23. 3, 4

3. 3, 1

10. 3, 1

17. 0, 4

24. 3, 3 12

4. 1 12 , 0

11. 4, 2

18. 1, 2

25. 3, 4

5. 0, 6

12. 3, 0

19. 1, 1

26. 2, 5

6. 3, 1

13. 2,

20. 3, 1

27. 3, 2

7. 1, 4

14. 1, 2

21. 2, 1

28. 1, 3

EXERCISE 7d (p. 124)

EXERCISE 7e (p. 125)

2
3

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1. 1, 4

4. 6, 28

7. 3 12 , 2 12

10. 0, 4

2. 1, 5

5. 2, 3

8. 1, 2

11. 3, 1

3. 3, 2

6. 1, 1

9. 5, 0

12. 4, 5

1. 2, 4

4. 2, 7

7. 1, 10

10. 12, -4

2. 5, 3

5. 4, 6

8. 2 13 , 23

11. 2, 6

3. 1, 1

6. 1, 1

9. 1, 5

12. 4 12 , 7 12

EXERCISE 7f (p. 126)


Can be omitted.

EXERCISE 7h (p. 128)


Most children find these difficult. Only the most able should work from Number 7 onwards
on their own.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

12, 8
11, 5
8, 2
10, 3
10, 6

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

11, 5
3, 7
54, 36
60p, 45p
25p, 10p

11.
12.
13.
14.

Harry 32, Adam 10, Sam 20


3, 5
AB = 9 12 cm, BC = 6cm
m = 2, c = 4, y = 2x + 4

EXERCISE 7i (p. 131)


The graphical solution of linear simultaneous equations is not a satisfactory method (it takes
too long) but the idea is needed later for solving non-linear equations. The use of graph paper
is essential for this exercise as most of the solutions are fractional (integer solutions can often
be spotted when the tables are being made). A graphics calculator or a computer with graphdrawing software (with zoom facility) can be used to show how accurate and quick this
method can be with appropriate tools.
1
2

,1 12

1. 1 12 , 4 12

4.

2. 1 13 , 3 23

5.

3. 1 12 , 5 12

6. 1 12 , 3 12

1
2

,2

7. 2 52 , 1 54
8. 52 , 1 53
9. 2 52 , 1 15

10.

1
3

, 1 23

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CHAPTER 8

Inverse and Square Matrices

Several topics in this chapter are not essential so selection may be necessary. However
inverse matrices are needed for later work on transformations.
EXERCISE 8a (p. 132)
1. Yes, 3 x 3
2. No

3. Yes, 2 x 2
4. No

5. Yes, 2 x 2
6. Yes, 3 x 3

EXERCISE 8b (p. 133)


4
1.
7

11

26
6.
4

13

2. (7

6)

7
3.
15

10
26

11
7.
7

4. Not possible
5. Not possible

10. (24)
1
11.
1
12. (34

6)

2)

8. Not possible
4

9. 3
2

24

3
2

18
12

3. (0

0)

5. (3

0
4.
0

3
6.
4

3
5.
0
3
6.
0
1
7.
0
1
8.
0

3
0

3
0

1
0

6
10.
8
3
11.
2
3
12.
20
5
13.
1

EXERCISE 8c (p. 134)


4
1.
3

4
2.
5

2
3

EXERCISE 8d (p. 135)


1
1.
0
5
2.
0
5
3.
0
2
4.
0

1
0

5
0

5
0

2
3
1

2
1

6
3

1
1

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4
14.
3
6
15.
9

5
3

8 4

16.
5
9
4 2

17.
14 6

1
18.
2
2
19.
3

1
3

EXERCISE 8e (p. 137)


2
1.
7
2
2.
7

4
3

11

2
3.
7
7
4.
4

7 4

5.
12 7
2 1

6.
1
1

10
5

EXERCISE 8f (p. 138)


2
Before Number 16, ask the pupils to try to find the inverse of, say,
4
the fact that division by zero is impossiblehence no inverse.
1.
2.
3.
4.

112

4
13

3
23

1
12. 15
5
1
13.
2

112
1
2 2
13

1
3

12

1
2
3

1
3
0

1
3
1

112

1
14.
1

1
2
0

4
6. 1
52
4 3
7.
5 4
4 3

8.
4
5
1
1

9. 1
3
4
2
1
1

10. 1
32 3
5.

2
1

11. 1
1
2
4

2
2

3
15.
4

1
and discuss again
2

112
113

1
2

212
1
5

4
5

16. a) Yes

b) No

c) Yes

17. a) Yes

b) Yes

c) Yes

1 1

18.
1

1
1
5

19. No inverse
15
20.
0
4
21.
3
2
22.
3

1
5
7

123

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

23. No inverse
EXERCISE 8g (p. 140)
1.
2.

2 3

1,
3 5
11 1

2, 2
1
1

3.

4.

16

10

5.
6.

6 912

5 8
21
34

8.
13
21
13 21

9.
21 34
13 21

10.
21 34
7.

19

12

1
2

11. 1
1
32 12
2 1 4

12. 2

2
3

6 912

5 8
5
6
1

9 2 8

EXERCISE 8h (p. 142)


The formula for finding the value of |A| is not essential and none of the questions in the rest
of this chapter depends upon it.
1.
2.

9
17

3.
4.

0
19

5.
6.

14
10

7.
8.

1
8

9. 9
10. 5

11. 5
12. 9

EXERCISE 8i (p. 143)


Solution of simultaneous equations by elimination demands that decisions are made at several
stages. Pupils may notice that using matrices to solve simultaneous equations is not as neat
as the elimination method and generally takes longer. This is a good time to explain that,
because no decisions have to be made when using matrices, it is an ideal method for
computer programming.
1.

x + 2y = 3
3x + 2y = 5
2. 4x + 2y = 12
5x + 3y = 15
3
5.
1
4
6.
2
4
7.
5

2 x 8
=
1 y 3
3 x 1
=
1 y 3
3 x 5
=
4 y 6

3. 9x + 2y = 24
4x + y = 11
4. 6p q = 8
2p + q = 0
3
8.
1
7
9.
3
5
10.
4

2

1
2 x

4 y
1 x

3 y

x
1
=
y
0
3
=
11

=
14

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

EXERCISE 8j (p.145)
1.
2.
3.
4.

x = 1,
x = 2,
x = 1,
x = 2,

1
12.
1
4
13.
1
5
14.
1
2
15.
3

y=2
y=3
y = 1
y = 1

5.
6.
7.
8.

x = 3,
x = 1,
x = 4,
x = 1,

y=0
y=2
y=2
y = 2

1 x 2
= ; x = 1, y = 1
2 y 3
1 x 5
= ; x = 2, y = 3
1 y 5
4 x 1
= ; x = 1, y = 1
1 y 0
3 x 15
= ; x = 6, y = 1
5 y 23

9. x = 4, y = 2
10. p = 1, q = 1
11. s = 2, t = 3

9
16.
3
2
17.
3
5
18.
3
1
19.
2

2 x

1 y
3 x

2 y
2 x

1 y
4 x

3 y

20. Determinant is zero so there is no inverse.


21. Determinant is zero so there is no inverse.
EXERCISE 8k (p. 147)
5 6

1.
3 0
7 2

2.
3 2
15 19

3.
9
9
5 6

4.
0
3
112
2

5.
1
2
1

3
6.
0
3
7.
5

3
1

1
8. 2
1

112

74
4. 3
7

73

4
7

EXERCISE 8l (p. 147)


4
5
1.
10 8

1
2. 1
12

3 12

12

3. 24
EXERCISE 8m (p. 148)

5.

( 9)

13
6.
6

33

22

11
= ; x = 13 , y = 4
5
7
= ; x = 2, y = 1
8
16
= ; x = 2, y = 3
3
11
= ; x = 1, y = 3
7

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

6.

3

1

(6
(3

10)
112)

Codes: The following is a fun way of using matrices and gives extra practice in the use of
inverses. It does take a long time though, especially with those pupils who are careless!
We can use a 2 x 2 matrix to code a message and we can use its inverse for decoding.
Choose a matrix with a determinant of 1 so that the entries in the inverse are whole numbers:
1
2
1 1
.
has as its inverse
for example
1
1

1
2

Give to each letter of the message a number according to its position in the alphabet.
G O
A W A Y
7 15
1 23 1 25
Make the number of letters up to a multiple of 4 by adding As.
G O
7 15

A W A Y A A
1 23 1 25 1 1

7
Now we can form two 2 x 2 matrices from these numbers, i.e.
1
Premultiply each by the coding matrix.
2

1
2

1 7

1 1
1 1

1 1

15
=
23
25
=
1

15

8
3

15
1
and
23
1

25
.
1

53

38
51

26

The coded message is 15, 53, 8, 38, 3, 51, 2, 26.


To decode the message we form matrices again from the coded message and use the decoder,
that is, the inverse matrix. This gives the original numbers.
1 1 15


1 2 8

53
=
38

15

23

and

1 1 3 51 1 25

1 1 2 26 1 1

The following messages have been coded using the given matrices.
1
2

1. GOODBYE
1, 26, 6, 41, 1, 49, 1, 74
1
3

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2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY

3. JACK AND JILL


4. GEOMETRY
5. HULLO

1
4

1
2

2
7

2
1

88, 67, 64, 50, 111, 78, 77, 58, 76, 28, 52, 19,
79, 7, 53, 5
45, 58, 16, 23, 23, 92, 9, 34, 87, 41, 33, 14
133, 111, 37, 31, 146, 255, 41, 70
28, 54, 20, 33, 31, 3, 16, 2

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 9

Areas

EXERCISE 9a (p. 149)


Revises areas of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

20cm2
10cm2
17cm2
19.35cm2
12 sq. units
30 sq. units
12 sq. units
16 sq. units
24 12 sq. units

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

4cm
450mm2
5cm
5m, 25m2
4cm
a) 17.5cm2
a) 12cm2
a) 40cm2
a) 7cm2

b)
b)
b)
b)

5.83cm
3.43cm
6.67cm
2cm

EXERCISE 9b (p. 151)


Revises areas of compound shapes.
1. 60cm2
2. 40cm 2

3. 30cm2
4. 45cm2

5. 135cm2
6. 27.75cm2

EXERCISE 9c (p. 153)


It is worth showing, by expanding 12 (p + q) x h, that this is an alternative way of writing
1
1
2 ph + 2 qh , because common factors have not been covered at this stage.
1.
2.
3.
4.

42cm2
94.5cm2
21cm2
8.75cm2

5.
6.
7.
8.

30 sq. units
33 sq. units
56 sq. units
16 sq. units

9. 84 sq. units
10. 47 sq. units

EXERCISE 9d (p. 155)


This and the next exercise can be omitted, or used for discussion only.
1. Area of each parallelogram is 35cm2
2. Area of each triangle is 28cm2
3. Each parallelogram has a base of length 4 units and height of 3 units. The areas are each
equal to 12 sq. units.
4. Each base is 6 units long. Each height is 3 units. The areas are equal to 9 sq. units.
8. Ratio of heights is 4 : 5 : 7 : 9. Ratio of areas is 4 : 5 : 7 : 9.
The ratio of areas is equal to the ratio of heights.
9. The y coordinate of D is 9 (or 7 if drawn below the x-axis)
10. The y coordinate of E is 3 (or 1 if drawn below the x-axis)
EXERCISE 9e (p. 157)
Use for discussion for everyone. Only the most able should attempt these on their own. It is
particularly difficult to produce a reasoned answer for Number 11. For Numbers 12 and 13
pupils need to be reminded how to construct parallel lines.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

7.
8.
9.
10.

12cm
2:1
14cm
8cm

11.
12.
13.
14.

30
BEC = 27cm2, DEC = 12cm2
132
6cm

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 10

Angles in Circles

In Exercise 10a a movement starts towards a more formal and non-numerical treatment of
geometry. The first section revises the basic facts and begins the progression towards a
reasoned answer. The proof that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 can be
used to demonstrate what can be reasoned from a few known facts. It can also be used to
demonstrate what is acceptable as a reason. However the emphasis throughout this book is
still on the intuitive recognition of facts.
Geometry is put on a more formal and non-numerical basis in Book 4A with an introduction
to the deductive nature of Euclidian Geometry.
EXERCISE 10a (p. 163)
Numbers 1520 are non-numerical and several examples should be used for discussion before
pupils attempt them on their own. It is sensible to accept, as reason, any facts that they know,
e.g. in Number 4 they may use the fact that opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.
Some discussion is also necessary on naming angles when there is more than one angle at a
vertex. Either the angle must be clearly marked on the diagram with a small letter or three
letters have to be used.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

70
110
60
70
45
55
125

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

66
d = 75, e = 65, f = 140
p = 60, q = 60, r = 120, s = 60
k = 30, l = 30, m = 30, n = 60
g = 24, h = 156, i = 74
w = 73, x = 34, y = 34, z = 73
d = 64, e = 64, f = 116, g = 116, h = 64

EXERCISE 10b (p. 168)


1. Yes
2. No

3. Yes
4. No

5. Yes
6. No

EXERCISE 10c (p. 170)


1. Reflection in x- axis; Yes
2. Rotation of 90 anticlockwise about 0; Yes
3. Enlargement, scale factor 2, centre ( 4,0 ) ; No
3
4. Translation ; Yes
2
5. Reflection in y-axis; Yes
6. Enlargement, scale factor 12 , centre (0,0 ); No
7. Rotation of 90 clockwise about (5,2 ) ; Yes
3
8. Translation ; Yes
2

7. Yes
8. No

9. Yes
10. Yes

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

Many pupils have problems with circle questions because they do not have a clear
understanding of a) the meaning of subtends, b) what a segment of a circle is. The next
two exercises attempt to remedy this.
EXERCISE 10d (p. 174)
1. AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD, Yes, AC.

EXERCISE 10e (p. 176)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Minor arc DC
Minor arc BC
ACB, ADB
BAC, BDC
DA
AB

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Minor arc BE
Minor arc CD
CE
DB
a) ACB, AEB
b) BAC, BEC
a) ABE, ACE, ADE
b) CDE, CAE, CBE

Experimental Work Some teachers (and pupils!) may find the experimental work detailed
below quite useful. The work may be illustrated by the teacher or, better still, pupils should
be encouraged to make their own models using, for example, covers from old exercise books.
As an introduction you may choose to go through all the experiments (results) at one sitting,
but to repeat them as each new fact is taught. Four experiments are listed, three of them
yielding the five facts used in this chapter. The alternate segment result will not be used until
Book 4A, but it is certainly worth a mention here since the model illustrates it so nicely.
All the results can be confirmed by diagrams and measurements.
Preparing the Model You require two pieces of cardboard or stiff paper, preferably of
different colours. The first should be a square of side approximately 18 cm and the other a
rectangle measuring 20 cm by 12 cm.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

In the square piece cut a slot AB, 11 cm, long, near the middle of the card. Cut the second
piece along the line shown in the diagram to give two identical trapeziums Y and Z.
Experiment 1: (illustrating angles in the same segment and opposite angles of a cyclic
quadrilateral result).

Take the trapezium Y and mark the acute angle P. Push P through the slot AB from behind,
until the trapezium will not go any further. Mark with a dot the position of P on the square X.
Rotate the card Y into another position (again making sure that Y fills the slot) and mark the
new position of P. Do this several times marking each position of P as shown below.

Now mark the obtuse angle of Y with the letter Q.


Push Y through the slot from behind as shown in the diagram and mark the position of Q.
Rotate Y to give several positions of Q.

Take Y out and note that all the marked points look as though they lie on a circle. The
different positions of P seem to lie on a major arc and the different positions of Q on a minor
arc.
Card X should now look like this:

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

Experiment 2:

(illustrating angle at centre result).

Take Y and Z and place them together as shown below (you might find it useful to sellotape
them together).

Now push them together through the slot AB from behind, keeping the edges of Y and Z
parallel to the edges of the rectangle as indicated. Mark O as shown.

Take Y and Z out of the slot. With centre O and radius OA draw the major arc AB which
will be seen to pass through P1, P2, .
Experiment 3:

(illustrating angle in a semicircle result).

Turn the square card over to use the opposite side. Use one of the right angles from Y or Z
and place it upwards through the slot AB from behind. Mark the position of the right angle
R. Repeat this with R in several different positions.
Now place the right angle downwards through AB from behind and mark several additional
positions of R.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

Remove the trapezium and find the midpoint O of AB. Centre O, radius OA, draw a circle.
Experiment 4:

(alternate segment result).

Place one trapezium on the circle obtained in the first experiment such that it gives one
position for P. This is shown in Figure 1. Now rotate the trapezium downwards about A so
that P moves along the circle towards B. Figure 2 shows the position when AP coincides
with AB. OB is a radius and you can see that the side CB on the trapezium has only one point
of contact with the circle, that is at B.
CB is a tangent to the circle at B.
Since APB = ABC this experiment shows that:
the angle between a tangent and a chord drawn at the point of contact, is equal to the
angle in the alternate segment.

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

Exercise 10f (p. 176)


Answers depend on pupils drawings but in each question the angles should be equal.
Exercise 10g (p. 177)
1. h = 38
2. i = 39, j = 46
3. x = 33 = y

4. p = 72, q = 57
5. l = 100
6. x = 108, y = 26

7. w = 57, x = 123
8. c = 114

Exercise 10h (p. 179)


Answers depend on pupils drawings but in each question y = 2x.
Exercise 10i (p. 180)
1. d = 80
2. e = 64

3. f = 114
4. i = 38

5. g = 98
6. h = 32

7. l = 132
8. m = 102

Exercise 10j (p. 182)


Answers depend on pupils drawings but in each question p + q = 180.
Exercise 10k (p. 183)
1. d = 108
2. e = 84
3. f = 103

4. k = 115
5. l = 131
6. m = 87, n = 112

7. g = 121, h = 68
8. i = 110, j = 50

Exercise 10l (p. 185)


Answers depend on pupils drawings but the conclusions should be:
1. p = q
2. v = u
3. s = r

4. x = w
5. y = 100
6. z = 109

7. p = 54, q = 76
8. r = 126, s = 83

Exercise 10m (p. 186)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a = 44
c = 60, d = 46
g = 116
b = 78
e = 34, f = 52
h = 72
l = 154, m = 40, n = 37

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

r = 110, s = 122
x = 30, y = 58, z = 88
c = 25, d = 25, e = 50
h = 116, i = 32
l = 126, m = 63, n = 117
u = 34, v = 68, w = 56, x = 56
k = 62, l = 56, m = 124, n = 16

Exercise 10n (p. 187)


1. d = 90 = e
Exercise 10p (p. 188)

2. f = 90 = g

3. h = 90 = i

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

d = 90, e = 52
f = 90, g = 45
h = 90, i = 26
l = 90, m = 61
j = 90, k = 55
p = 90, q = 38

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

7
r = 90, s = 52, t = 90, u = 43
d = 90, e = 45, f = 90, g = 18
c = 90, d = 58, e = 32
v = 90, w = 47, x = 90, y = 51
j = 90, k = 33, l = 33, m = 57
f = 45, g = 58, h = 45, i = 32

Exercise 10q (p. 190)


1.
2.
3.
4.

d = 106
e = f = 38
d = 34, e = 68
x = 75, y = 15, z = 132

5.
6.
7.
8.

p = 36 = q, r = 39
x = 112, y = 68, z = 112
g = 54, h = 120
d = 37, e = 53, f = 57, g = 33

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CHAPTER 11

Algebraic Products

Much of the work in this chapter can be done as oral classwork.


Exercise 11a (p. 192)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

2x + 2
3x 3
4x + 12
5a + 20
3b + 21
3 3a

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

5 5b
6a 2
8 +12b
5ab 5ac
4ab 8ac
6a2 + 3ab

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

15xy + 5xz
16xy + 12yz
6np 10nq
16rt 8rs
3ab 15ac
12xy + 8xz

Exercise 11b (p. 193)


The suggested order for multiplying the terms in the two brackets gives lines which some
pupils see as forming a face. Two lines give the eyebrows, while the other two form the nose
and chin.
Some teachers may prefer a different order, e.g.

(a + b)(c + d ) = ac + ad + bc + bd
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

ac + ad + bc + bd
ps + pt + qs + qt
2ac + 4ad + bc + 2bd
5xz + 15x + 2yz + 6y
xz 4x + yz 4y
ac + ad bc bd
xy + xz + y2 + yz
6ac + 2ad + 3bc + bd
5xz + 10x + 4yz + 8y
15x 3xz 10y + 2yz

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

2ps 3pt + 2qs 3qt


ac ad 2bc + 2bd
6uw 30ur 5vw + 25vr
6ac 9ad + 8bc 12bd
9xz + 6x + 6yz + 4y
12pr 9ps 4qr + 3qs
9ac + 12ad 12bc 16bd
21x 14xz 6y + 4yz
10ac 4a + 5bc 2b
15a 10ad 12b + 8bd

Exercise 11c (p. 193)


With other than average pupils it is probably wise to write down the four terms obtained by
multiplying the brackets, and then to collect like terms as a separate step.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

x2 + 7x + 12
x2 + 6x + 8
x2 + 7x + 6
x2 + 7x + 10
x2 + 11x + 24
a2 +9a + 20
b2 + 9b + 14
c2 + 10c + 24
p2 + 15p + 36
q2 + 17q + 70
x2 5x + 6
x2 12x + 35
a2 10a + 16

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

x2 13x + 30
b2 10b + 25
x2 7x + 12
x2 12x + 32
b2 6b + 8
a2 8a + 16
p2 15p + 56
x2 + x 6
x2 + x 20
x2 3x 28
a2 7a 30
p2 25
x2 + 5x 14

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


27. x2 + x 30
28. x2 + 9x 10

29. b2 15b + 56
30. z2 13z + 12

EXERCISE 11d (p. 195)


The value of setting out as given in the text will become apparent when factorising is
considered in the next chapter.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

x2 + 9x + 20
a2 + 7a + 10
x2 9x + 20
a2 7a + 10
x2 + 14x + 48
a2 + 17a + 70
x2 14x + 48
a2 17a + 70

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

a2 3a 10
y2 3y 18
z2 6z 40
p2 3p 40
a2 3a 70
y2 + 8y 20
z2 11z 12
p2 11p 26

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

x2 6x + 5
b2 + 16b + 63
a2 16
r2 12r 28
p2 + 14p + 24
t2 7t 60
c2 + 3c 40
x2 25

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

10x2 + 31x + 15
21x2 20x + 4
12x2 5x 2
6b2 5b 25
4a2 9
9b2 49
49y2 25
20a2+ a 12
16x2 9
25y2 4
9x2 1
16x2 8x 35

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

6x2+ 5x +1
5x2+ 8x + 4
6x2+ 19x 3
35a2+ 29a 6
8 + 10x 3x2
4x2+ 7x 15
15x2+ 26x + 8
14x2+ 13x + 12
20x2+ 27x 9
12 p p2
x2 3x 10
4x2+ 9x 9

Exercise 11e (p. 196)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

2x2 + 3x + 1
5x2 + 12x + 4
5x2 + 17x + 6
3x2 + 19x + 20
3x2 + 5x + 2
3x2 + 11x + 6
4x2 + 7x + 3
7x2 + 23x + 6
6x2 + 13x + 6
12x2 25x + 12
10x2 3x 18
21a2 58a + 21

Better pupils would be expected to remember and use the screened results. Some teachers
may like to illustrate these results geometrically, for example:

Area of whole = (x + a) 2
Total area of separate parts
Therefore

= x2 + ax + ax + a2
= x2 + 2ax + a2
(x + a) 2 = x2 + 2ax + a2

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

Area of whole

= area of large square + area of small square


= x2 + a2
Area of whole also = (x a) 2 + ax + ax
Therefore
(x a) 2 + 2ax = x2 + a2
i.e.
(x a) 2 = x2 2ax + a2

Area shaded is x2 a2
The rectangle measuring (x + a) by (x a) has an equal area which is (x + a)(x a)
Therefore
x2 a2 by (x + a)(x a)
Exercise 11f (p. 198)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

x2 + 2x + 1
x2 + 4x + 4
a2 + 6a + 9
b2 + 8b + 16
t2 + 20t + 100
x2 + 24x + 144
x2 + 16x + 64
p2 + 14p + 49
x2 + 2xy + y2
y2 + 2yz + z2
c2 + 2cd + d2
m2 + 2mn + n2
p2 + 2pq + q2
a2 + 2ab + b2
e2 + 2ef + f2
u2 + 2uv + v2
4x2 + 4x + 1
16b2 + 8b + 1
25x2 + 20x + 4

20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.

36c2 + 12c + 1
9a2 + 6a + 1
4x2 + 20x + 25
9a2 + 24a + 16
16y2 + 24y + 9
x2 + 4xy + 4y2
9x2 + 6xy + y2
4x2 + 20xy + 25y2
9a2 + 12ab + 4b2
9a2 + 6ab + b2
p2 + 8pq + 16q2
49x2 + 28xy + 4y2
9s2 + 24st + 16t2
x2 4x + 4
x2 12x + 36
a2 20a + 100
x2 2xy +y2
x2 6x + 9
x2 14x + 49

39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.

a2 2ab + b2
u2 2uv + v2
9x2 6x + 1
25z2 10z + 1
100a2 180a + 81
16x2 24x + 9
4a2 4a + 1
16y2 8y + 1
49b2 28b + 4
25x2 30x + 9
4y2 4yx + x2
25x2 10xy + y2
9m2 12mn + 4n2
49x2 42xy + 9y2
a2 6ab + 9b2
m2 16mn + 64n2
25a2 20ab + 4b2
9p2 30pq + 25q2

Exercise 11g (p. 200)


1. x2 16
2. b2 36

3. c2 9
4. x2 144

5. x2 25
6. a2 49

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

q2 100
x2 64
4x2 1
9x2 1
49a2 4
25a2 16
25x2 1

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

4a2 9
100m2 1
36a2 25
9x2 16y2
4a2 25b2
1 4a2
49y2 9z2

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

100a2 81b2
25a2 16b2
1 9x2
9 25x2
25m2 64n2
36p2 49q2

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

x2 2x 23
16x2 + 6x 10
12x2 + 8x 20
x2y2 6xy + 9
25 10yz + y2z2
x2y2 + 8xy + 16
9p2q2 + 48pq + 64

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

a2 2abc + b2c2
a2b2 4ab + 4
36 12pq + p2q2
m2n2 + 6mn + 9
u2v2 4uvw + 4w2

Exercise 11h (p. 201)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

2x2 + 9x + 12
2x2 + 9x + 2
x2 + 15x + 32
a2 9a + 36
2a2 10a 3
x2 + 13x + 25
x2 2x 21

Summary: This could prove very useful for periodic revision using home grown
examples or the mixed exercises that follow.
Exercise 11i (p. 203)
1.
2.
3.
4.

5x + 10
24pq 16pr
6a2 13ab 5b2
12x2 17x 5

5.
6.
7.
8.

x2 + 16x + 60
x2 20x + 96
16y2 16y 21
16y2 81

9. 25x2 + 20x + 4
10. 4a2 28ab + 49b2

5.
6.
7.
8.

20x2 48x + 5
y2 + 4yz + 4z2
36y2 + 24yz 5z2
16a2 + 8a + 1

9. 25a2 70a + 49
10. 36z2 156zy + 169y2

Exercise 11j (p. 204)


1.
2.
3.
4.

8 20x
16a 24a2
12a2 35a 33
x2 + 2x 99

Exercise 11k (p.204)


1.
2.
3.
4.

6 3a
8ab + 4ac
10ac + 25ad + 4bc + 10bd
x2 19x + 84

5.
6.
7.
8.

a2 + 16a + 63
a2 a 20
6x2 + 11x + 3
25x2 4

Exercise 11l (p. 204)


1. 15 5x
2. 36x2 24x
3. 6xy 24xz

4.
5.
6.
7.

ac + ad bc bd
x2 + 3x 28
x2 11x + 18
12x2 + 11x + 2

9. 9x2 42x + 49
10. 25x2 4y2

8. x2 8xy + 16y2
9. 4x2 + 28xz + 49z2
10. 1 25a2

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 12

Algebraic Factors

Each type of factor could be introduced as the converse of an expansion from the previous
chapter.
EXERCISE 12a (p.205)
We start with common factors which are often forgotten when factorising at a later date.
Encourage multiplying out to check the results.
1. 4(x + 1)

21. 5a(5a 1)

41. 4x2(3x 4)

2. 3(4x 1)

22. 4x(3x + 4)

42. 4x2(x2 + 3)

3. 2(3a +1)

23. 5b(a 2c)

43. a2(1 + a)

4. 5(a 2b)

24. 3y(y + 9)

44. b2(b 1)

5. 3(t 3)

25. 2a(a 6)

45. 2x2(2x 1)

6. 5(2a 1)

26. 2p(3p + 1)

46. 9a2(3 2a)

7. 4(3a +1)

27. 3y(3y 2)

47. 5x2(2 3x2)

8. 2(a +2b)

28. 2(x2 + 2x + 3)

48. 4(3x + 2)

9. 7(2x 1)

29. 5(2a2 a + 4)

49. 4x(2x + 3)

10. x(x + 2)

30. b(a + 4c 3d)

50. 3(3x2 2x + 4)

11. x(x 7)

31. 4(2x y + 3z)

51. 5x(x2 2)

12. a(a + 6)

32. 3a(3b 2c d)

52. 4q(2p + r)

13. x(2x +1)

33. 3(x2 2x + 3)

53. x(x 8)

14. 2t(2 t)

34. 4(a2 + 2a 1)

54. 3(4 + 3y2)

15. x(x + 5)

35. x(5y + 4z + 3)

55. 4x(3y + 4z + 2)

16. x(x 4)

36. 5b(a + 2c+ d)

56. 2x(2x2 + 3)

17. b(b + 4)

37. 2y(x 2z+ 4w)

57. 4bc(3a 2d)

18. a(4a 1)

38. x2(x + 1)

58.

19. 2x(x 3)

39. x2(1 x)

59. m(g a)

20. 2z(z2 + 2)

40. 5a2(4 a)

60.

RT

61. P 1 +

100

63. (R2 + r2)

65. m( 12 v2 gh)

62. r(2r + h)

64. 2g(h1 h2)

66.

1
2

1
2

h(a + b)
m(v2 + u2)

r 2
3

(4r h)

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

67. r(3r + 2h)

68.

1
2

mu(u + 1)

69.

1
4

c(2b a)

EXERCISE 12b (p. 208)


It is important to point out that it does not matter which bracket is written first,
i.e. (x + 2) (x + 3) is identical to (x + 3) (x + 2).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

(x + 1) (x + 2)
(x + 1) (x + 5)
(x + 3) (x + 4)
(x + 3) (x + 5)
(x + 1) (x + 20)
(x + 1) (x + 7)
(x + 6) (x + 2)

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

(x + 1) (x + 12)
(x + 1) (x + 15)
(x + 2) (x + 10)
(x + 4) (x + 4)
(x + 3) (x + 12)
(x + 1) (x + 18)
(x + 2) (x + 20)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

(x + 1) (x + 8)
(x + 3) (x + 3)
(x + 2) (x + 18)
(x + 3) (x + 6)
(x + 5) (x + 6)
(x + 4) (x + 10)

5.
6.
7.
8.

(x 6) (x 7)
(x 2) (x 3)
(x 1) (x 15)
(x 3) (x 3)

9. (x 2) (x 16)
10. (x 7) (x 9)

5.
6.
7.
8.

(x + 5) (x 3)
(x 6) (x + 4)
(x 3) (x + 9)
(x 11) (x + 2)

9. (x 7) (x + 5)
10. (x 10) (x + 2)

EXERCISE 12c (p. 208)


1.
2.
3.
4.

(x 1) (x 8)
(x 3) (x 4)
(x 2) (x 15)
(x 4) (x 7)

EXERCISE 12d (p. 210)


1.
2.
3.
4.

(x + 2) (x 3)
(x + 5) (x 4)
(x 4) (x + 3)
(x 4) (x + 7)

EXERCISE 12e (p. 211)


To some, the worked example may appear to be too detailed. Most pupils require a definite
plan of attack and will find the given method very helpful until they feel confident enough to
go straight to the answer.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

(x + 2) (x + 7)
(x 3) (x 7)
(x + 7) (x 2)
(x + 6) (x 5)
(x + 1) (x + 8)
(x 5) (x 5)
(x + 9) (x 1)
(x 13) (x 2)

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

(x + 8) (x 7)
(x + 2) (x + 30)
(x + 3) (x 9)
(x + 20) (x 4)
(x + 1) (x + 13)
(x 2) (x + 14)
(x + 10) (x 8)
(x 5) (x 6)

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

(x 4) (x + 12)
(x + 6) (x + 12)
(x + 4) (x + 13)
(x + 2) (x 14)
(x + 3) (x + 8)
(x + 3) (x 14)
(x 2) (x 16)
(x + 12) (x 5)

EXERCISE 12f (p. 211)


1. (x + 1) (x + 8)
2. (x 3) (x 3)
3. (x + 4) (x + 7)

4. (4 x) (5 + x)
5. (x + 3) (x + 3)
6. (x 1) (x 8)

7. (x + 2) (x + 15)
8. (9 + x) (3 x)
9. (x + 2) (x + 11)

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

(x 13) (x + 2)
(x 1) (x 7)
(x 6) (x + 7)
(x 8) (x + 3)
(x 2) (x 7)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

(x + 1) (x + 27)
(x 7) (x + 9)
(x + 5)2
(x 5)2
(x + 2)2

3
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

(x 7)2
(x + 6)2
(x 6)2
(x 2)2
(x + 8)2

EXERCISE 12g (p. 212)


Many pupils need much convincing that 6 5x x2 and x2 + 5x 6 do not factorise to give
the same answers. The problem is not helped later when 6 5x x2 = 0 becomes x2 + 5x 6
= 0. Time spent on distinguishing between an expression and an equation, i.e. on the
difference between factorising an expression and using factors to solve an equation, will be
time well spent.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

(2 + x) (1 x)
(3 x) (2 + x)
(1 x) (4 + x)
(4 x) (2 + x)
(3 + x) (2 x)
(2 x) (1 + x)

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

(4 + x) (2 x)
(5 + x) (1 x)
(5 + x) (2 x)
(6 x) (2 + x)
(5 x) (1 + x)
(7 + x) (2 x)

13.
14.
15.
16.

(6 x) (1 + x)
(5 + x) (4 x)
(5 + x) (3 x)
(4 x) (3 + x)

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

(x + 6) (x 6)
(x + 9) (x 9)
(x + 7) (x 7)
(3 + x) (3 x)
(6 + x) (6 x)
(10 + x) (10 x)

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

(a + b) (a b)
(3y + z) (3y z)
(4 + x) (4 x)
(5 + x) (5 x)
(9 + x) (9 x)
(x y) (x y)

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

4(5x + 3)
2(2x 7)
4x(2x 1)
2(x + 3) (x + 4)
3(x 1) (x 8)
7(x + 1)2
4(x + 3) (x 4)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

5(x + 1) (x + 7)
3(x + 2) (x + 6)
4(x 3)2
5(x + 2) (x 3)
2(x + 2) (x 11)
3(x 5) (x + 8)

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

(5x 2) (x 3)
(2x + 3) (x + 4)
(7x 1) (x 4)
(2x + 1) (x 2)
(3x + 4) (x 1)
(5x + 2) (x 3)
(x + 2) (4x 3)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

(3x 2) (x + 4)
(7x + 2) (x 3)
(6x + 5) (x 2)
(5x 4) (x 3)
(3x + 4) (x 5)
(4x 3) (x + 5)

EXERCISE 12h (p. 213)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

(x + 5) (x 5)
(x + 2) (x 2)
(x + 10) (x 10)
(x + 1) (x 1)
(x + 8) (x 8)
(x + 4) (x 4)

EXERCISE 12i (p.214)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

3(x + 4)
5x(5x + 2)
4(3x2 2)
7(2x + 3)
2(2x2 + 1)
7(3x 1)
9x(x 2)

EXERCISE 12j (p. 215)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

(2x + 1) (x + 1)
(3x 2) (x 1)
(4x + 3) (x + 1)
(2x 1) (x 3)
(3x + 1) (x + 4)
(3x 2) (x 2)
(2x + 1) (x + 4)

EXERCISE 12k (p. 216)

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

(3x + 2) (2x + 1)
(2x + 3) (3x + 5)
(3x + 1) (5x + 2)
(2x + 3) (6x + 5)
(7x + 2) (5x + 2)
(3x 1) (2x 3)
(3x 2) (3x 4)

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

(2x 1) (8x 1)
(5x 3) (3x 7)
(5x 2) (4x 3)
(4x + 1) (2x 3)
(5x 2) (3x + 1)
(3x + 2) (7x 4)
(10x + 3) (8x 3)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

(3x + 4) (8x 5)
(3a 5) (2a + 3)
(3t 2) (2t + 1)
(3b 2)2
(x 2y) (5x + 3y)
(x 2) (4x 3)

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

(5s + 3t) (5s 3t)


(10x + 7y) (10x 7y)
(3y + 4z) (3y 4z)
(2x + 7y) (2x 7y)
(9x + 10y) (9x 10y)
(3a + 2b) (3a 2b)
(8p + 9q) (8p 9q)

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

3(a + 3b) (a 3b)


2(3t + 5s) (3t 5s)
3(3x + y) (3x y)
5(3x + 2) (3x 2)
5(a + 2) (a 2)
5(3 + b) (3 b)

EXERCISE 12l (p. 217)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
21.

(2x + 5) (2x 5)
(3x + 2) (3x 2)
(6a + 1) (6a 1)
(4a + b) (4a b)
(3x + 5) (3x 5)
(2a + 1) (2a 1)
(4a + 3b) (4a 3b)
1
2

(a + 2b)(a 2b)

a b a b
22. + or
2 3 2 3
23. 13 (9x + y) (9x y)

1
36

x
y x
y
24. + or
5 4
5
4

(3a + 2b) (3a 2b)

1
400

(5x + 4y) (5x 4y)

EXERCISE 12m (p. 218)


1.
2.
3.
4.

7.5
18.5
17.7
35.04

5.
6.
7.
8.

31.2
20.4
12.9
178.97

9.
10.
11.
12.

1000
336
53.2
5.336

13.
14.
15.
16.

8
140
75.8
0.526

EXERCISE 12n (p. 218)


This is an important exercise. Forgetting to extract a common factor results in many
expressions being more difficult to factorise than they need be.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

5(x + 1) (3x + 2)
2(x 2) (2x + 1)
3(x + 1) (2x + 1)
3(x 2) (6x + 5)
2(x + 5) (4x 3)
2(x + 1) (4x + 3)
5(x 3) (5x + 2)
3(x 1) (3x + 4)
2(x + 4) (3x + 1)

EXERCISE 12p (p. 219)

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

5(x + 4) (3x 2)
2(3x 2) (3x 4)
3(2x 1) (8x 1)
2(2x + 1) (3x + 2)
5(4x 3) (5x 2)
4(2x + 1) (3x 2)
7(x + 4) (3x 2)
(4 + 3x) (1 2x)
(4 3x) (3 + 4x)

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

(7 x) (3 + 4x)
2(2 x) (6 x)
2(4 + x) (2 3x)
(9 x) (1 + x)
(12 + x) (1 x)
2(2 + 3x)2
5(3 x)2
5(2 + x) (2 + 3x)

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

(x + 5) (x +8)
(3x + 1) (2x + 1)
(x + 6) (x 6)
Does not factorise
(x 2) (x 6)
(2x 3) (x + 5)
(x + 7) (x 1)
(5x 2) (x + 1)
(x 3) (x 8)
(3x + 2) (x + 3)
(x + 15) (x 1)
(4x 1) (3x 1)
(x + 2) (x + 6)
(4x + 1) (2x 1)
(x + 7) (x 7)
Does not factorise
(3x + 2) (2x 5)
(x + 6) (x + 7)
(2x + 3y) (2x 3y)
(5x 4) (3x 2)
(2x 3) (3x + 2)
(x + 13) (x 2)
2(3x + 1) (5x 2)
(4 + x) (7 x)

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.

(2x 1) (3x + 4)
5(2x + 1) (3x + 2)
(x + 2) (x + 9)
(x 4) (x 6)
4(x + 2y) (x 2y)
Does not factorise
2(3x + 2) (2x 5)
(x 2) (x + 15)
(2 x) (14 + x)
(a 7) (a 9)
2(3 2x) (1 2x)
(1 + 2x) (1 + 4x2)
(x + 17) (x 4)
(2x 1) (x3 + 2)
3(2x + 1) (x 2)
(p + 1) (p2 + 1)
(a + b + c) (a + b c)
(29x + 1) (4x 1)
(a + 16) (a + 7)
(x2 + y + 1) (x2 y 1)
(a 8) (3a 7)
2(x + 7) (x 11)
(2x + y z) (2x y + z)
(ab + 18) (ab 19)

EXERCISE 12q (p. 220)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

7a + 21
x2 + 14x + 40
25 + 10x + x2
10(a + 2)
(a + 1) (a2 + 1)

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

3x 6y
6x2 19x + 15
25 10x + x2
5p(3p 2)
(k + l) (2m n)

6. a) (x 3) (x + 9)

b) (x 7) (5x 7)

7. a) (5x + 2) (2x 3)

b) (10a + 9b) (10a 9b)

c) 25 x2
b
b

c) a + a
2
2

EXERCISE 12r (p. 221)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

5a2 + 15a
y2 9y + 20
4p2 + 12pq + 9q2
4z2(2z 1)
(m + 1) (2 + 3n)
(x + 3) (x 9)
3(x 3) (5x 3)

EXERCISE 12s (p.221)

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

12x2 8xy
15x2 14xy 8y2
4p2 12pq + 9q2
c) 4p2 9q2
5y(x 4z)
(a + 2b) (c 2d)
(4x 1) (x + 7)
c) (2m + 9n) (2m 9n)
Does not factorise or 5(3 + 5x 4x2)

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

4a + 28
x2 + 12x + 27
25x2 + 20x + 4
6z(2z 1)
(z + 2) (z2 + 1)

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

6x2 9xy
15x2 x 2
25x2 20x + 4
4y(2x 3z)
(3a + b) (c + 2)

6. a) (x 6) (x + 4)

b) (2a + 5) (2a 3)

7. a) (5x 3) (3x + 2)

b) (3 + 5x) (2 3x)

c) 25x2 4
n
n

c) 3m + 3m
3
3

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CHAPTER 13

Quadratic Equations

This chapter introduces quadratic equations and covers solution by factorisation. Graphical
solution, completing the square and using the formula are in Book 4A.
Many of the questions in the first two exercises can be considered orally. They form a useful
introduction. It is also worth pointing out that if A x B = 0 then stating that either A = 0 or B
= 0 does not rule out the possibility that both A and B are zero.
Exercise 13a (p. 222)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

8
0
0
0
20

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

0
5
7
0
0

c)
c)
c)
c)
c)

0
0
0
3
6

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

33
24
70
0
9

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

0
0
0
0
0

c)
c)
c)
c)
c)

0
0
0
20
0

Exercise 13b (p. 223)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

0
0
0
any value
4
1
0
2
0

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

7
any value
0
a) 0 b) 0
a) 0 b) 0
a) 0 b) 0
a) 0 b) any value
a = 0 or b = 1
a = 0 or b = 5

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

a = 0 or b = 2
a = 3 or b = 0
a = 9 or b = 0
a = 0 or b = 4
a = 0 or b = 10
a = 1 or b = 0
a = 7 or b = 0
a = 12 or b = 0

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

1, 2
5 or 9
7 or 10
4 or 7
1 or 6
8 or 11
3 or 5
7 or 2
2 or 3
4 or 9

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

1 or 8
p or q
a or b
4 or 1
9 or 8
6 or 7
10 or 11
a or b
a or b
c or d

Exercise 13c (p. 225)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

0 or 3
0 or 5
0 or 3
0 or 4
0 or 5
0 or 6
0 or 10
0 or 7
0 or 7
0 or 9

Exercise 13d (p. 226)


1. 1 or 2 12
2. 4 or 23
3. 54 or 34

6. 52 or 7
7. 56 or 23
8. 83 or 2 12

11. 2 13 or 2
12. 1 23 or 12
13. 0 or 13

16. 34 or 2 12
17. 109 or 54
18. 23 or 2 14

4. 0 or 1 14
5. 0 or 103

9. 1 17 or 3 34
10. 34 or 1 12

14. 0 or 73
15. 1 12 or 3

19. 2 52 or 3 12
20. 1 53 or 34

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Exercise 13e (p. 226)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1 or 2
1 or 7
2 or 3
2 or 5
3 or 4
1 or 5
1 or 11
2 or 4
2 or 6
1 or 12

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

1 or 7
4 or 2
3 or 4
5 or 3
2 or 9
1 or 13
2 or 3
2 or 6
4 or 5
3 or 8

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

1 or 2
1 or 7
3 or 5
2 or 6
2 or 9
1 or 6
2 or 5
1 or 13
1 or 15
3 or 6

31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.

1
3
4
9
13
2
5
10
12
6

Exercise 13f (p. 228)


1. 0 or 2

6. 0 or 5

11. 0 or 32

16. 0 or 76

2. 0 or 10

7. 0 or 3

12. 0 or 85

17. 0 or 127

3. 0 or 8

8. 0 or 1

13. 0 or 7

18. 0 or 4

4. 0 or

1
2

9. 0 or

5
3

14. 0 or 53

19. 0 or

5. 0 or

5
4

10. 0 or

7
5

15. 0 or

20. 0 or 143

12
7

2
7

Exercise 13g (p. 229)


1. 1 (twice)

6. 3 (twice)

11. 9 (twice)

16. 5 (twice)

2. 5 (twice)

7. 4 (twice)

12. 7 (twice)

17. 6 (twice)

3. 10 (twice)

8. 9 (twice)

13. 11 (twice)

18. 20 (twice)

4. 4 (twice)

9. 1 (twice)

14. 6 (twice)

19. 8 (twice)

5. 3 (twice)

10. 10 (twice)

15.

20. 23 (twice)

1
2

(twice)

Exercise 13h (p. 230)


1. 12 and 2
2. 1 12 and 4

9. 23 and 3
10. 52 and 5

17. 56 and 2 12
18. 12 and 1 12

25. 125
26. 23

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

11. 12 and 23
12. 52 and 1 13
13. 13 and 14
14. 13 and 2 12
15. 15 and 34
16. 34 and 1 12

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

27.
28.
29.
30.

2 12 and 4
1 and 23
7 and 2 12
2
3 and 3
1
3 and 2
1 12 and 4

23 and 34
3 12 and 53
54
109
52
43

59
52
56
92

Exercise 13i (p. 231)


1. 5 and 6

2. 2 and 8

3. 3 and 12

4.

2
3

and 2

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5. 3 and 2

13. 2 and 5

6. 1 and 7

14. 2 and 4

7.

and 3

1
2

8. 3 and

3
5

15.

1
2

and

16.

1
3

and 4

1
3

21. 2 and 6

29.

22. 4 and 5

30. 0 and 3

23. 5 and 7

31. 1 and 2

24. 3 and 5

32. 1 and 2
33.

9. 2 and 4

17. 2 and 5

25. 0 and

10. 4 and 6

18. 1 and 7

26. 2 and 3

11. 5 and 7

19. 2 and 4

27. 2 and 6

20. 3 and 7

28. 1 and 23

12.

or 1

1
5

1
2

1
2

and 3

1
2

1
3

34.

and 2
1
5

and 1 12

Exercise 13j (p. 233)


1. 4 and 5

18. 12 and 1 13

35. 5 and 9

2. 2 (twice)

19. 0 and 1 34

36. 2 and 7

3. 13

20.

1
3

and

37. 7 and 4

4. 0 and 3 12

21.

1
3

and 2 12

5. 1 and 12

22. 13 and 2

39. 4 and 5

6. 14

23. 12 and 1 12

40. 4 and 5

7. 0 and 6

24. 12

41. 0, 1 and 2

8. 5 and 7

25. 3 and 4

42. 0, 3 and 4

9. 2 and 3 13

26. 3 and 1

43. 0, 2 and 2 12

10. 3 (twice)

27.

44. 0, 1 and 1

11. 1 and 7

28. 1 and 4

45. 0, 12 and 4

12. 52

29. 3 and 8

46. 0, 6 and 7

13. 2 12

30. 5 and 7

47. 0, 2 and 5

14. 2 and 9

31. 2 and

15.

32. 13 and 2

49. 0,

16. 0 and 2 12

33. 5 and 10

50. 0, 2 and 4

17. 2 and 13

34. 11 and 8

1
2

and 23

1
2

1
4

and 13

2
3

38. 5 and 11

48. 0, 5 and 2 13
3
2

and 32

Exercise 13k (p. 235)


Above average candidates should find a great deal of satisfaction from this exercise.
1. 2 or 8
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

2. 2 or 7

3. 7 or 6

x + (x2 6)=66; x = 9 or 8; 58 marbles


x + x2 = 56; x = 8 or 7; Ahmed is 7 and his father is 49
x + (x2 + 2) = 44; x = 7 or 6; Kathryn is 6 and her mother is 38
x(x + 5) = 84; x = 7 or 12; Peter is 7
x(x 4) = 140; x = 14 or 10; Ann is 10

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

x(x + 3) = 28; x = 4 or 7; 4 cm by 7 cm
x(x + 5) = 66; x = 11 or 6; 6 cm by 11 cm
1
1
2 x x 2 x = 25; x = 10; 5 cm
a) A = 20x m2, B = x2 m2, C = 30x m2
b) x2 + 50x = 104; x = 2 or 52; path is 2 m wide

Exercise 13l (p. 238)


There are other possible solutions to some of these equations. The given solutions are
positive numbers but there may be negative ones as well.
Notice that, in some cases, as the value tested goes up the number obtained goes down and
more testing may be needed.
These questions give useful practice in the use of the memory functions in calculators, but
note that some working needs to be written down.
Some pupils may find it easier to cope with a more systematic method for finding the
numbers to try; in this case, the interval bisection method (i.e. using the value halfway
between the two previous values) can be used. This has the advantage that it can be
programmed into a computer.
132 Short Programs for the Mathematics Classroom (published by Stanley Thornes
(Publishers) Ltd) gives examples of programs for finding roots of equations.
1.
2.
3.
4.

1.3 and 1.4


1.3 and 1.4
2.0 and 2.1
2.8 and 2.9

5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

a) 3.16 and 3.17


a) 1.62 and 1.63 or 7.37 and 7.38
a) 1.21 and 1.22 or 7.83 and 7.84
a) 4.17 and 4.18

1.4 and 1.5


11.2 and 11.3 or 0.7 and 0.8
3.1 and 3.2
2.6 and 2.7

b) 3.2
b) 1.6 or 7.4
b) 1.2 or 7.8
b) 4.2

Exercise 13m (p. 240)


1.
2.
3.
4.

a)
a)
a)
a)

10
0 or 7
3 and 8
7 and 5

b)
b)
b)
b)

0
c) 8
1
0 or 2
2 and 53
5 and 8

5. a)

1
2

and

4
5

6. a) 0 and 2
7. a) 5 and 9
8. 2.5, 2.6

b)

2
5

and 13 c)

b) 0 and 34
b) 5 and 6

Exercise 13n (p. 240)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

a) 2
a) 0 and 2
a) 2 and 5
a) 3 and 2
a) 15 and 34
a) 0 and 23
a) 4 and 8
19.6, 19.7 or 0.3, 0.4

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

0
0 and 73
2 and 1 13
5 and 6
52 and 2 13
0 and 73
2 and 4

c) 12
c) 1 12 and 1 12

d) 0

2
3

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Exercise 13p (p.240)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

a) 11
a) 0, 7
a) 4, 5
a) 5, 3
a) 15 , 34
a) 0, 1 13
a) 5, 2
1.3, 1.4

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b

0
0, 34
1 34 , 3
4, 8
72 , 14
0, 1 23
10, 3

c) 0
c)

3
5

, 53

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CHAPTER 14

Graphs

This chapter concentrates on the practical aspect of graphsdrawing acceptable curves,


making up tables from formulae and reading values from the graph.
It is worth starting by showing some examples of graphs which give a misleading impression.
For example, ask pupils what these graphs show:

Ask the pupils to bring in some examples of graphs from magazines etc, for discussion.
We have used a dot within a circle  to mark points on a graph. Some may prefer to use a
cross, i.e. x or + .
In early graphical work some pupils may fail to draw a satisfactory curve first time. It would
be wiser to get them to re-draw it on a fresh sheet, using the benefit of the first unsatisfactory
attempt, than to rush on to a new question. While a few pupils will be most unlikely to draw
an acceptable curve, most pupils graphical work can be improved significantly by careful
attention to the section headed Points to remember when drawing graphs of curves.
EXERCISE 14a (p. 243)
1. a) 200t
2. a) 168.9
3. a) 3.6

b) 3.16 cm
b) 7.27 years
b) 2.3

4. a) 3 cm
5. a) 16.5 cm

b) 67 cm
b) 2.21

4. a) 2.65, 5.29
5. a) 3.33

b) 1.43

EXERCISE 14b (p. 247)


1. a) 59.5 m
2. a) 4.8
3. a) 1.67

b) 4.47 s
b) 7.5
b) 1.09

EXERCISE 14c (p. 249)


For the most able it is worth pointing out that they are using their graphs to solve
quadratic equations. A computer can be used to solve some of these equations more
accurately; it may also be used to investigate quadratic graphs generally.
1.
2.
3.
4.

The graph passes through the origin 0, which also gives the lowest value for y.
a) 1.73 or 1.73
b) No
a) 2 and 2
b) 1 and 1, Yes
They all have the same shape.
They all have the same shape but cross the y-axis at different points.
5. a) When x = 0 and x = 3
b) 79 and 3.79
6. a) When x = 0 and 1.5
b) 1 18 when x = 34
7. a) 2 when x = 1
b) 10.5
c) 0 and 2

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8. a) 4 when x = 1
9. a) 6.25 when x = 0.5

b) (i) 1.24 and 3.24


b) (i) 2.37 and 3.37

2
(ii) 2.46 and 4.46
(ii) 1 and 2

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CHAPTER 15

Polygons

This chapter starts with the sum of the exterior angles and then deduces the sum of the
interior angles. Some teachers may prefer to do this the other way round and here are two
methods:
1.

Building polygons up from triangles:

Number of triangles = number of sides 2


So the sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon
= the sum of the interior angles of (n 2) triangles
= (n 2) 180
2.

Taking a point inside a polygon:

An n-sided polygon gives n triangles


So the sum of the interior angles of the polygon
= the sum of the interior angles of n triangles triangles angle sum at P
= (180n 360)
EXERCISE 15a (p. 254)
1. No, angles not equal

5. No,

sides not equal


angles not equal

2. Yes

6. No,

sides not equal


angles not equal

3. No, sides not equal

7. Yes

4. No,

sides not equal


angles not equal

EXERCISE 15b (p. 256)


1. 180
2. 360

8. No, not bounded by straight lines

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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a) p = 100, r = 135, x = 55, q = 125


a) w = 120, x = 60, y = 120, z = 60
a) 180
b) 540
c) 180
360
a) equilateral
b) 60
c) 120

b) 360
b) 360
d) 360
d) 60

e) 360

EXERCISE 15c (p. 258)


To demonstrate the sum of the exterior angles, a ruler can be placed along one side and the
slid and turned until it is back to its original position.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

60
90
50
50
60

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

90
95
55
30
125

11.
12.
13.
14.

x = 50
x = 30
x = 24
a) 5

b) 8

EXERCISE 15d (p. 261)


1. 36
2. 45
3. 30

4. 60
5. 24
6. 20

7. 40
8. 22.5
9. 18

4. 360
5. 900
6. 1800

7. 2880
8. 1260
9. 2340

EXERCISE 15e (p. 262)


1. 720
2. 540
3. 1440
EXERCISE 15f (p. 263)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

a) 2440 b) 2520 c) 1620


80
120
110
105
85
110
108

16. a) yes, 12
17. a) yes, 4

b) yes, 9
b) yes, 6

c) no
c) no

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

120
135
144
150
162
a) 18
a) 12

d) yes, 6
d) yes, 72

b) 24
b) 20

e) no
e) yes, 36

f) yes, 4
f) yes, 8

EXERCISE 15g (p. 265)


In Numbers 1520 the most able should give reasoned answers. In many cases the teacher
may decide that appeal to symmetry is acceptable.
1.
2.
3.
4.

54
45
150
72

5.
6.
7.
8.

60
50
80
135

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9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

100
60
72
45
60
36

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

3
a) 36
a) 128.6
77.1
a) 22.5
22.5
45

b) 36
b) 25.7
b) 22.5

EXERCISE 15h (p. 271)


Number 6 can be used to take the idea of tessellations further, i.e. some shapes built up from
squares and equilateral triangles will tessellate. For example:

After tessellations with shapes that do work, pupils can try these two shapes (which do not
tessellate)

and then investigate some shapes of their own.


1. a) The interior angles (135) do not divide exactly into 360
2. a) No
b) A regular ten-sided polygon
4. Square, equilateral triangle

b) A square

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CHAPTER 16

Probability

The use of dice as the singular is controversial. We have kept to dice rather than die
because it is common usage.
EXERCISE 16a (p. 273)
The work in this exercise revises the work in Book 2A on the probability of a single event.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

a) 94
a) 131
31
a) 90
21
a) 26
a) 1
a) 94
a) 0.53
a) 94
a) 13
151
a) 153
a) 74

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

c) 1
c) 139

7
9
1
4

d) 0

1
10

c)

4
13

7
26

1
5
5
9
5
9

EXERCISE 16b (p. 277)


This section introduces the idea of addition of probabilities for mutually exclusive events, but
the words mutually exclusive are not used. Plenty of discussion is needed, with other
examples, to illustrate the idea of separate events, i.e. situations when either A or B can
occur, but not both. The scores on a dice give a simple illustration, e.g. P(either a 2 or a 3) is
P(2) + P(3), but P(a 2 or a prime) is not P(2) + P(prime).
1. a)
2. a)
3. a)

7. 2

1
6
5
9
3
10

b)
b)
b)

c)

1
6
4
9
7
10

8. 80

1
3

9. 3

10. 50

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EXERCISE 16c (p. 281)


Revises the work in Book 2A on possibility spaces.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

a)
a)
a)
a)
a)
a)

5
36
1
4
7
12
1
4
1
2
1
4

b)
b)
b)
b)
b)
b)

1
6
3
4
2
3
1
4
1
4

c) 0
c) 12
c) 13
36
c) 19
c) 14

3
4

7
12

EXERCISE 16d (p. 283)


All questions on probability trees use independent events. Dependent events are introduced
in Book 4A.
1. a)
b)

c)
2. a)

b)
3.

2
5

7
20

d)

3
40

c)

9
16

3
4

1
16

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a)

2
5

4. (i) a)

(ii) a)

1
6

1
36

b)

2
15

b)

5
6

b)

EXERCISE 16e (p. 285)


1.

8
15

2.

5
36

c)

5
36

d)

5
18

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7
20

3.

a)

5
8

b)

1
3

c)

1
24

b)

1
8

c)

3
8

d) 1

4.

a)

1
8

EXERCISE 16f (p. 286)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a) 114
a) 0
a) 14
a) 323
b) and d)
a)
W
1st W
bag B
B
B

b) 114
b) 1
b) 18
b) 167
4
15

2nd bag
R B B
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x

c)

1
8

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c)

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CHAPTER 17

Ratio and Proportion

The first part of this chapter is revision of the work in Book 2A, although problems with
mixed units are dealt with more thoroughly here.
EXERCISE 17a (p. 288)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

2:3
1:2:3
7:5
2:3
18 : 8 : 9
2:3:1

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

4:9
3:5:4
2:3:1
6 : 11
15 : 4
31 : 4

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

5 : 16
1.5 : 1
2.4 : 1
0.857 : 1
2.73 : 1
0.6 : 1

19.
20.
21.
22.

2.63 : 1
1.33 : 1
0.75 : 1
1.43 : 1

EXERCISE 17b (p. 289)


1. 9 : 2
2. 2 : 5
3. 17 : 60
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

a) 3 : 2
a) 2 : 3
18 : 25
a) 1 : 1
a) 1 : 9

4. 2 : 125
5. 9 : 20
6. 50 : 3

7. 20 : 19
8. 36 : 35
9. 27 : 25

b) 2 : 3
b) 9 : 5

c) 3 : 5
c) 21 : 23

b) 1 : 2
b) 1 : 4

c) 1 : 8
c) 4 : 9

10. 9 : 10
11. 25 : 24

d) 6 : 5
d) 1 : 1

e) 1 : 3

f) 1 : 8

EXERCISE 17c (p. 291)


1. 1 19 or 1.11

7. 9 13 or 9.33

13. 12 grandsons; 3 : 7

2.

8. 2 118 or 2.73

14. 152

3. 7 12 or 7.5

9. 1 15 or 1.2

15. 10.1cm

4. 1 73 or 1.43

10. 7 15 or 7.2

5. 24

11. 3 13 or 3.33

6. 22 12

12. 8 74 or 8.57

3
7

or 0.429

16. 264

EXERCISE 17d (p. 293)


1. 20, 25
2. 54m, 42m
3. 0.625 kg, 1.25 kg, 3.125 kg
4. 12 hr, 2 12 hrs, 4 hrs

5.
6.
7.
8.

18 boys, 14 girls
60, 50, 70
9, 12, 9
66 hits, 24 misses

EXERCISE 17e (p. 294)


1. 9 : 7

3. 5 14

5. 27.5cm

7. 500 : 53

2. 30m, 42m

4. 2 92 or 2.22

6. 5 : 3

8. 4 : 3

9. 3 : 4
10.

2
3

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Proportion: There are many different methods for dealing with problems on proportion but
some of them are seen as black magic by the children.
Whichever method is used it should be used exclusively to avoid confusion.
Science and other subjects make great demands on the childrens mathematical ability and
particularly so in proportion to problems, so it is as well for them to be familiar with the type
of problem liable to crop up. They should also be prepared to use decimals as well as whole
numbers.
The unitary method is based on the simplest idea but is not always the easiest to carry out and
some people find the ratio method requires less work.
The third method is what some people call the common sense method, that is, to use a
multiplying factor as in the following example:
At a steady speed a car uses 4 litres of petrol to travel 75 km. How much is needed for
60 km?
Amount needed = 4 x

60
75

( we multiply by

60
because less petrol is required to travel
75

60 km than 75 km) .
However, deciding on the multiplying factor can cause worry, as common sense does not
always come into play. (This method used to be called the rule of three.)
EXERCISE 17f (p. 295)
1. a) 2.70
2. a) 6 units
3. a) 72km

b) 10.80
b) 34 unit
b) 118.8km

4. a) 35 rows
5. a) 1.65

b) 42 rows
b) 7.92

EXERCISE 17g (p. 295)


1. 1.20

5. 9.80

9. 1.5m

2. 15.5km

6. 4.20

10. 5.5m

3. 4 13 or 4.33km

7. 8.30

4. 3.65

8. 1.5p

EXERCISE 17h (p. 297)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

3.2 litres
3 hours
12 12 units
3.6 hours
a) 45 b) 350 miles
144

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

700
3.96
66 rows
20.25cm
336
480

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13. 65.6km
14. a) 2.25 x 107

b) 8.1 x 106 c) 1.35 x 105

15. 15 V
16. 24.7 joules

17. 82.6 p, 83 p
18. 14.05

Inverse proportion: If a multiplying factor is used for direct proportion then it can also be
used for inverse proportion, using common sense to decide which way up the factor should
be. This method can only be used for numerical problems.

The unitary method is simpler than the ratio method for inverse proportion.
EXERCISE 17i (p. 300)
1. 5 12 hours

4. 8 days

7. 16cm

2. 12

5. 25cm

8. 44

3. 203

6. 20

9. 48

1. a) 10 350 b) 5.22

5. 4.46cm

9. 1.44m

2. 145.35

6. 49

10. 6 weeks

3. 3 12 hours

7. 24

11. No answer

4. No answer

8. 34

12. 1.5 amps

EXERCISE 17j (p. 302)

EXERCISE 17k (p. 303)


1. 3 : 1

4. 114km (3 s.f.)

7. 9

2. 3 53 or 3.6

5. 6 hours 40 mins

8.

3. 8m, 16m, 32m

6. 6 : 2 : 1

6
5

: 1 or 1.2 : 1

EXERCISE 17l (p. 303)


1. 4 : 3

3. 6 53 or 6.6

5. 0.6 : 1

2. 12, 8, 20

4. 8 : 7

6. 7.50

7. 1 : 3
8. 37.50

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CHAPTER 18

Trigonometry

Exercises 18a to 18i repeat the work in Book 2A although there is a fuller introduction in
Book 2A with work on drawing and measuring and on similar triangles.
Use of calculator: When two sides of a right-angled triangle are given, pupils can find an
angle without a break to write down the value of the trig ratio. There are two reasons for
discouraging this; firstly, many children cannot see their way through the complete
calculation without the break; secondly, even if the calculation is done in one, the
intermediate steps should be written down in case a mistake is made at the next stage. Some
children make the jump from, for example, 2x = tan 20 to the value of x. This should be
strictly discouraged as examining boards expect an explicit expression for x before the
calculation, i.e. x = 2 tan 20. When the intermediate step is written down, it is not sensible to
write down all the figures from the display; the first four significant figures will give answers
correct to three significant figures.
Exercise 18a (p. 305)
7.
8.

5
12
8
15

, 0.4167
, 0.5333

9.
10.

3
4
3
4

, 0.75
, 0.75

11.
12.

12
5
35
12

, 2.4
, 2.917

Exercise 18b (p. 307)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

1.8807
0.2493
0.5890
0.3019
0.0805
3.0777

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

4.8716
1
0.5774
1.1184
0.0524
0.5635

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

10.1
19.6
55.0
23.4
53.7
32.3

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

42.7
38.7
17.8
69.6
42.7
0.1

Exercise 18c (p. 308)


1. 32.0
2. 63.4
3. 23.2

4. 35.8
5. 51.3
6. 60.9

7. 31.0
8. 51.3
9. 48.4

Exercise 18d (p. 309)


Some teachers may prefer to write tan 32 =
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2.44cm
5.40cm
2.56cm
6.72cm
17.0cm

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

81.8cm
5.62cm
22.2cm
2.82cm
7.54cm

10. 47.7
11. 34.2

x
4

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

3.60cm
11.4cm
2.42cm
1.76cm
46.6cm

16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

10.4cm
4.69cm
366cm
0.976cm
69.5cm

Exercise 18e (p. 312)


1. 0.8862
2. 0.9397

3. 0.2470
4. 0.1564

5. 0.2622
6. 0.6088

7. 0.8625
8. 0.5

9. 0.9903
10. 0.4664

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11. 0.2723
12. 0.9988
13. 15.7

14. 26.2
15. 31.6
16. 65.4

17. 41.8
18. 21.8
19. 37.9

20. 46.7
21. 7.1

14.5
62.7
44.4
41.8

9.
10.
11.
12.

23.6
19.5
4.38cm
10.6cm

13.
14.
15.
16.

1.46cm
4.57cm
11.7cm
23.2cm

17.
18.
19.
20.

0.5
0.9632
0.6143
0.6561

9.
10.
11.
12.

0.3040
69.7
20.6
44.0

13.
14.
15.
16.

69.6
51.1
71.6
30.1

17. 89.2
18. 85.8

Exercise 18f (p. 313)


1.
2.
3.
4.

30
17.5
48.6
44.4

5.
6.
7.
8.

6.31cm
21.9m
3.34cm
45.7cm

Exercise 18g (p. 315)


1.
2.
3.
4.

0.8480
0.7455
0.1392
0.6717

5.
6.
7.
8.

Exercise 18h (p. 316)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

34.9
36.9
45.6
48.2
48.2
53.1
50.2

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

66.4
81.4
25.8
34.0
3.50cm
26.9m
1.96cm

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

11.6cm
38.2cm
2.90cm
17.1cm
2.23cm
4.12cm
13.5cm

Exercise 18i (p. 319)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

40.0
33.6
51.3
42.8
35.5
33.7
39.8
33.7
37.7

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

53.1
68.5
14.5
56.9
37.8
39.3
55.6
42.1
66.2

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

6.69cm
19.3cm
8.03cm
4.86cm
4.48cm
80.5cm
6.04cm
3.50cm
13.7cm

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

3.08cm
113cm
2.59cm
9.99m
7.45cm
14.5cm
21.4cm
74.5cm
60.6cm

Exercise 18j (p. 322)


1. 4.13cm
2. 8.72cm

3. 23.3cm
4. 4.67cm

5. 14.9cm
6. 17.0cm

7. 4.40cm
8. 14.9cm

9. 33.1cm
10. 42.6cm

Exercise 18k (p. 324)


Angles of elevation and depression will need revision. There are more problems using
trigonometry in Chapters 19 and 20.
1. 8.99m

2. 47.7m

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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

143m
39.8
61.6
56.3
48.2

12. a) AOB = 72, OAB = 54

8.
9.
10.
11.

3
11.3
a) 5.30cm
a) 5.20cm
4.66m

b) 6.88cm

b) 6.25cm
b) 15.6cm2

c) 34.4cm2, 172cm2

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CHAPTER 19

Pythagoras Theorem

Exercise 19a (p. 326)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

38.44
187.7
58 560
7 728 000
0.5041
0.003481
0.00000289
97 340

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

9.734
0.0009734
84.64
8464
27 140 000
2714
0.2714
0.002714

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

3.142
4.461
11.14
311.1
0.2195
0.06943
9.798
17.92

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.

1.619
0.2490
0.02793
0.7071
0.6790
2.147
21.47
0.02147

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

102cm
12.6cm
7.97cm
2.31cm
5.31cm

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

0.8cm
73.3cm
50cm
26cm
4.4cm

16. 100cm
17. 2.4cm
18. 20cm

Exercise 19b (p. 328)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

10.3m
15.3m
3.22m
136cm
23.0cm

Exercise 19c (p. 331)


This revises work done in Book 2A. Remind pupils again to use at least four siginificant
figures if possible, when writing down the intermediate steps.
1. Yes
2. Yes

3. No
4. No

5. Yes
6. No

Some pupils may be interested in the following variation of Pythagoras Theorem.


If any mathematically similar figures are drawn on the three sides of a right-angled triangle, a
result similar to Pythagoras Theorem applies, e.g.
a)

if three equilateral triangles are drawn on the sides as shown

then area A = area B + area C


b) if three semicircles are drawn on the sides

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then area 1 = area 2 + area 3


Exercise 19d (p. 332)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

18.9cm
6.52cm
2.02cm
0.0265cm
20.5cm

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

4.16cm
0.05cm
13.0cm
3.58cm
64.5cm

11.
12.
13.
14.

Yes
3.13cm
26.2cm
Yes, M = 90

Exercise 19e (p. 333)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

8.94 units
38.8n.m.
5.52m, 35.4
0.589m
21.2cm

6.
7.
8.
9.

a) 39.4cm
b) 47.9
a) 2.4cm
b) 4.64cm No. AC2 AB2 + BC2
c) AC = 7.07cm, AD = 8.66cm, AE = 10cm
Use 7cm and 4cm or 8cm and 1cm. 65 = 8.06

Exercise 19f (p. 335)


Many pupils do not find it easy to draw three dimensional figures on paper or to extract other
figures from them. A lot of practice in drawing cuboids and then triangles from the cuboid is
recommended. The use of squared paper is a help and so are wire models.
1.
2.
3.

a)
b)
a)
a)

EA = FB = GC = HD; AB = EF = HG = DC; BC = FG = EH = AD; 24 right angles


EB = 5cm, EBA = 36.9
c) FC = 12.4cm, FCB = 14.0
AC = 12.6cm
b) EAC = 90, EC = 13cm, ECA = 13.3
FC = 8.25cm
b) AF = 5.39cm, FAB = 21.8
c) EG = 9.43cm, 32.0

Exercise 19g (p. 336)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

a) 14.4cm
a) 3.61cm
a) 10cm
a) 14.9cm
24.7cm
a) 15cm
a) 7.07cm
a) 33.7
a) 7.07cm

b)
b)
b)
b)

15.3cm
33.7
15.6cm
19.1cm

c)
c)
c)
c)

19.1
6.71cm
39.8
19.1cm

b)
b)
b)
b)

16.6cm
7.07cm
56.3
336cm

c) 25.0
c) 600cm
c) 31.4

Exercise 19h (p. 338)


1.

a) AB = DC = FE, BC = AD, EC = FD, 14 right angles

d) 47.5

e) 47.7

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2.
3.
4.
5.

b)
c)
a)
a)
a)
a)

EBC = 33.7, BE = 7.21cm


AC = 11.7cm, CAB = 31.0, Yes
3.00cm
b) 7.42cm
c) 10.9cm
27.5m
b) 48.5m
c) 29.2m
24.4
b) 13.9
2.62cm
b) 3.98cm
c) 5.76cm

d) AE = 12.3cm, AE = FB
d) 15.4
d) 49.5m
e) 11.6m
f) 53.8

Exercise 19i (p. 339)


1.
2.
3.
4.

a) ABC, BCD, CDA, DAB, AFB, BFC, CFD, DFA, BFE, CFE,
DFE, AFE. (12). AE = BE = CE = DE
b) AC = 2.83cm, AF = 1.41cm
c) EF = 5.83cm, ECF = 76.4
a) AC = 5.66cm, AF = 2.83cm
b) AE = 5.74cm, EAF = 60.5
c) EG = 5.39cm, EGF = 68.2
a) EBA = 36.9, EDA = 45
b) 5cm
c) 5.83cm
a) PR = 8.54cm
b) PY = 4.27cm
c) 54.5
d) 7.37cm

Exercise 19j (p. 340)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

a)
a)
b)
a)
a)
a)
d)

7.28m
b) 31.2
c) 23.3m, 17.3
AC = CD = AD = 5.66cm. Equilateral triangle
Rectangle; AC = AC = BD = DB = 6.93cm
BD = 8.49m, BE = 4.24m
b) EF = 4.24m. Height = 8.49m
7.07cm
c) 4.85cm
BD = 8.94cm
b) DBA = 26.6
c) 11.3cm
DC = BD = 8.94cm
e) DCA = DBA = 26.6

c) 45

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CHAPTER 20

Three Figure Bearings

This chapter gives an opportunity to practise angle calculations and the use of Pythagoras
Theorem and Trigonometry.
Exercise 20a (p. 342)
Revises three figure bearings.

10. 062
11. 098

12. 328
13. 262

14. 249
15. 254

16. 154
17. 050

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Exercise 20b (p. 346)


1. 240
2. 112

3. 342
4. 032

5. 172
6. 305

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Exercise 20c (p. 347)

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Exercise 20d (p. 348)

4. a) 5.81km

8.

a) 54.5

b) 144

b) 186.5

c) 007

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CHAPTER 21

Inequalities and Regions

This chapter can be used in conjunction with the chapter on straight lines because boundary
lines have to be drawn or equations of lines have to be found. Squared paper is satisfactory
for the graphical work and a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit is recommended. We have concentrated
on shading the regions not required, i.e. the required region is unshaded, because this gives a
neater solution which can be done on one diagram. However, because examination questions
on this topic vary and sometimes they ask for the required region to be shaded, we have given
some examples of this type. Exercise 21f shows how to deal with the more complicated
cases when the required region has to be shaded. This is a good opportunity to emphasise the
importance of reading questions carefully and giving the answer that is asked for. The last
section (Exercises 21h to 21j) is a preparation for linear programming. We give an example
of a linear programming problem here, which can be used with the pupils to show them the
practical applications of the work in this chapter; the topic will be developed more fully in
Book 5A.
Linear programming problem
I need to buy at least 6 cakes and I must not spend more than 90p. Cherry slices cost 10p
each and cup cakes cost 12p each. Cherry slices are more popular than cup cakes so I must
buy at least twice as many cherry slices as cup cakes.
I buy x cherry slices and y cup cakes. I cannot buy a negative number of cakes so x 0 and y
0.
I buy at least 6 cakes so x + y 6:
x cherry slices cost 10 p each so their total cost is 10x p.
y cup cakes cost 12 p each so their total cost is 12y p.
I must not spend more than 90p so 10x + 12y 90.
I buy at least twice as many cherry slices as cup cakes so x 2y.
Draw the diagram in the usual way.
If I mark the points with integer co-ordinates we can see what choice I have about how many
cakes to buy.

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EXERCISE 21a (p. 352)


Numbers 27 to 30 give the required region shaded.

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19. 10: No

11: No

12: No

23. 2 y 2

20. x 2

24. 1 x < 2

21. y < 3

25. 12 < y < 2 12

22. x < 1
26. 20: Yes

21: Yes

27. 3 x 1
31. 27: Yes 28: No

22: No

23: Yes

28. 4 < y < 1


29: Yes 32: No

EXERCISE 21b (p. 356)

24: No

25: No

29. 2 y < 3

30. 3 x 6

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9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

2 x 3, 1 y 2
2 < x 2, 2 y 1
9: Yes
10: Yes
2 x 1, y 1
x < 0, y > 0

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

2 < x < 2, 2 < y < 2


1 < x < 3, 1 < y < 3
x 2, y 1
x < 1, 2 < y < 2
16: Yes 17: No

EXERCISE 21c (p. 359)


Some children find it easier to decide if a point is in the required region when the equation of
the boundary line is in the form ax + by = c so these come first in the exercise. The second
section deals with boundary lines whose equations are of the form y = ax + b.

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EXERCISE 21d (p. 361)


1. x + y 3

8. y + > 2x 4

2. 2x + y 2

9. y

1
2

x+2

3. x + 2y < 2

10. y > x + 2 or x + y > 2

4. x + y < 2

11. y 2x 2

5. 3x y 3

12. y < 12 x +2 or x + 2y < 4

6. 2y 3x 6

13. y 2x + 2

7. y x + 1
EXERCISE 21e (p. 364)
Suitable ranges are 6 x 6 and 6 y 6.

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10

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12. It does not exist


13. a) Region consists of 1 point (1, 2)
b) Region does not exist
EXERCISE 21f (p. 366)

11

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12

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13

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14

EXERCISE 21g (p. 368)


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

x 1, y 2, x + y 3
y 0, 2y x +2, x + y 4
y x 3, 2y x 6
x 1, y x + 1, 3x + y > 3
y > 1, x + y < 3, y 2 x 2

9. a) x + y 3, 4y x, y x + 3
c) y x + 3, x + y 3, 4y x
e) y x + 3, x + y 3
10. a) x + y 1, y 2x + 4
c) y 2, y 2x + 4
e) x + y 1, y 2x + 4
11. a) C

b) A

6. y 0, x 1, y + 2
7. y < 3x + 3, y > 3x 3
8. y 13 x + 1, y 13 x 1, y 53 x 7

b) 4y x, x + y 3
d) 4y x, x + y 3, y x + 3
f) x +y 3, 4y x, y x + 3
b) y 2, x + y 1
d) y 2 x + 4, x + y 1
f) y 2, y 2x + 4

c) B

EXERCISE 21h (p. 371)


1. (2, 2), (2, 4), (2, 2)
2. (2, 3), (1, 0), (0, 2)

3. (1, 2), (1, 1.5), (6, 2)


4. (1, 1), (7, 3), (4, 6), (4, 6)

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15

7. 1. 19 points (2, 2), (2, 1), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3),
(2, 4), (1, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (0, 0),
(0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2)
2. 4 points (0, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1), (0, 2)
3. 20 points (6, 2), (5, 2), (4, 2), (4, 1), (3, 2), (3, 1)
(2, 2), (2, 1), ( 2, 0), (1, 2), (1, 1), (1, 0),
(0, 2), (0, 1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 2), (1, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)
8. 13 points (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (0, 1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2),
(0, 3), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1)
9. 3 points (1, 1), (2, 1), )1, 2)
10. 10 points (2, 1), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 1), (3, 0), (3, 1), (4, 1), (4, 0), (5, 1)
EXERCISE 21i (p. 374)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

5, 2, 4
4, 3, 7
11, 14, 0
5, 22; At (2, 8)
10, 1; At (3, 8)
a) (2, 1), (3, 1), (3, 3), (0, 3)
b) (3, 3)
c) (2, 1)
d) 20
e) No
a) (6, 0), (0, 3), (2, 3)
b) (6, 0)
a) (4, 1), (2, 2), (2, 5)
b) (i) (4, 1), (ii) (2, 5)
c) (2, 3), (2, 4), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (0, 2), (0, 3), (1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 2); 10 points
d) No
9. b) (5, 3), (2, 4), (2, 3)
c) 33 points
d) greatest at (5, 3), least at (2, 4)
EXERCISE 21j (p. 377)
1. (1, 2)
2. (2, 2)
3. (2, 1)

4. (0, 4), (1, 2), (2, 0), (3, 2)


5. (0, 3)
6. (0, 3); No

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CHAPTER 22

Coordinates in Three Dimensions

We strongly recommend that in this exercise liberal use is made of squared paper, models and
a set of identical cubes.
EXERCISE 22a (p. 381)
1. a) (3, 2, 1)

b) (3, 3, 3)

c) (5, 2, 1)

d) (2, 4, 2)

e) (2, 1, 2) f) (3, 2, 3)

3. P(0, 2, 2), Q(1, 2, 2), R(1, 3, 1), S(2, 2, 1), T(3, 1, 2), U(3, 1, 0),
V(0, 0, 2), W(1, 3, 0)
4. A(3,3,2), B(2,3,1), C(1, 3, 3), D(1, 3, 0), E(3, 2, 3), F(3, 0, 1)
5. a) O(0, 0, 0), A(0, 3, 3), B(3, 3, 3), C(3, 3, 0), D(0, 3, 0), E(0, 0, 3)
F(3, 0, 3), G(3, 0, 0)
b) (i) (3, 3, 1 12 )
(ii) (3, 1 12 , 3)
(iii) (1 12 , 3, 0)
(iv) (0, 3, 1 12 )
c) (i) (1 12 , 1 12 , 3) (ii) 3, 1 12 , 1 12 )
(iii) (1 12 , 3, 1 12 )
6. a) (2, 0, 3)
b) (2, 6, 3)
c) (2, 0, 0)
7. O(0, 0, 0), A(4, 0, 0), D(4, 0, 4), C(0, 0, 4) G(0, 4, 4), E(4, 4, 4) B(0, 4, 0), F(4, 4, 0)
8. O(0, 0, 0), A(4, 0, 0), B(0, 6, 0), C(0, 0, 2), G(0, 6, 2), F(4, 6, 0), D(4, 0, 2)
9. a) A(5, 4, 0), C(3, 4, 2) D(5, 4, 2), E(5, 0, 0), F(3, 0, 0),
G(3, 0, 2), H(5, 0, 2)
b) (i) (1, 4, 0)
(ii) (1, 4, 2)

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13.

b) 10
c) (i) 6.325 units (210)
(ii) 6.633 units (211)
14. a) (0, 3, 3)
b) (3, 3, 3)

c) (3, 0, 3)

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CHAPTER 23
The work in this chapter provides a lot of extra practice in factorising quadratic expressions.
It does not include those fractions which, after addition, can be further simplified by
factorising the numerator and cancelling common factors. These will be covered in Book 4A.
Exercise 23a (p. 386)
1.

x
4

4.

a
b

7.

a
2c

10.

a
c

13.

b
d

16.

2
3y

2.

a
2

5.

x
y

8.

2
q

11.

a
2

14.

1
3x

17.

m
k

3.

p
q

6.

1
2a

9.

pq
2

12.

z
2

15.

q
2

18.

s
4t

Exercise 23b (p. 388)


1.

1
x

7. p q

13.

2a
3( a b )

2.

t
s t

8.

14.

2( x y )
3 xy

3. Not possible

1
( 4 a )

9. Not possible

15. Not possible

4. Not possible

10.

1
v

16. u v

5.

x
2( x y )

11.

y
x+ y

17. Not possible

6.

( a + b)
2 ab

12.

1
2

18.

1
( s 6)

Exercise 23c (p. 389)


1.

2a
4 a b

12.

p+q
5

23.

3
x+3

2.

2q
pq

13.

1
3

24.

9
y+2

3.

1
a

14.

3+ a
4b

25.

y
x 2

4.

3
5

15.

2 y
x

26.

q
p+2

5.

2 x
3y

16.

1
3y

27.

t
s 7

6.

a
3 b

17. a

28.

1
p +3

7.

1
3a

18.

p
2

29.

1
x +6

8. s

19.

1
a 2

30.

2
x 4

9.

3
a

20.

1
x 4

31.

3
x 4

10.

2x
3x y

21.

1
y+2

32.

v
u +6

11.

3a
a +b

22.

2
a +3

33.

y
x 2

Exercise 23d (p. 391)


1.
2.
3.

x+3
2 x 1
4
x+2
2 x 1
x2

4.
5.
6.

1
2 x
a +b
a b
a +b
2a +b

7.

x y
3 x2 y

10.

y +3
2 y +1

8.

2 x
y

11.
12.

x 3 y
x
4 x +1
4x

9. a

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13. 2xx53
14. 1+1a
15. a+b

16.

( x +5)
( x +1)

18.

x2 y
y

17.

2 ( 2 x 1)
x 3

19.

1 x
3( x + 2 )

20.

1+ y
x+ y

Exercise 23e (p. 392)


1.

ac
bd

10.

pr
q

19.

a
4b

28.

2
x+4

2.

ad
bc

11.

6b
a

20.

a3
b3

29.

3( x 2 )
5( x + 6 )

3.

5( x y )
2x

12.

q
2p

21.

1
4(b2)

30.

2 ( 2 x 3)
9

4.

x( x y )
10

13.

12 y
x

22. 2(x - 2)

31.

3
3x+2

5.

a
bc

14.

2b 2
5

23. 2(a + 3)

32.

2 x 3
2

6.

ac
b

15.

pq
6

24. 6

33.

2 x 1
6 x +1

7.

3( a b )
4 ( a +b )

16.

x
2y

25. x 3

34. a

8.

( x 2 )( x + 3)
3

17.

1
2b

26. x 3

35.

9.

x2
3( x + 3)

18.

2
3p

27.

36. (x 4)(x 2)

1
x 2

c ( a +b )
b

Exercise 23f (p. 395)


A reminder, with explanation, is needed yet again that, for example, a cannot be cancelled in
3
a
ab + 2 . Numerical examples show this clearly,
e.g 12 + 54 is not 1 52 . (12 + 54 1 52 !).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

pq
rst
30
abc
wxyz
ad

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

uvw
168
pqr
xy
2x2
3pq

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

2x2y
abc
st
3p2
5ab
3pq2

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

6x
8x
18a
60
a2b
30x

25. 12x
26. 15y
27. 12x

Exercise 23g (p. 396)


3 y 2 x
xy

17.

6
35 x

25.

2 s+ ts 2
2t 2

33.

3 x 2 3 y 2
2 xy

10.

20 b + 21a
28 ab

18.

1
3y

26.

15 b + 4
6 ab

34.

14 q 15 p
18 pq

2t s
st

11.

5
6x

19.

3a + 2b
4 ab

27.

35.

4.

6b+ a
2 ab

12. 351 x

20.

28.

5 a 2 4 ab
5b 2
21+8 p
15 pq

5.

5 y 6 x
15 xy

13.

5
4y

21.

ab 2 a 2
2b 2
3 y 4
xy

3+ 2 x
3 x2
4 y 2 9 x 2
6 xy

29.

5 y 4 x
8 xy

6.

2b +5 a
2 ab

14.

1
8p

22.

4 3 p

30.

pq 2 + 3 p 2

7.

2 y 3 x
xy

15.

13
8a

23.

9 a 2 + 2b 2
12 ab

31.

8.

4q+6 p
3 pq

16.

4
21 x

24.

10 q 3 p
4 pq

32.

1.

x+ y
xy

2.

3q 2 p
pq

3.

9.

Exercise 23h (p. 398)

2 p2

3q 2
10 y 3
14 xy

18b 3 a
2a2 b

36.

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1.

9 x +3
20

8.

5 x 3
42

15.

10 5 x
6

22.

42 x 49
10

29.

7 x4
2 x ( x4)

2.

5 x
12

9.

5 22 x
21

16.

31 x 6
24

23.

27 x + 3
14

30.

2 x 3
4 x ( 2 x +1)

3.

13 x +1
15

10.

7 x +9
12

17.

11 7 x
10

24.

19 x 73
9

31.

5 a +12
a ( a + 4)

4.

4 x +13
12

11.

22 13 x
6

18.

2 11 x
18

25.

26 x 18
15

32.

7 x 4
x ( x 1)

5.

1 2 x
35

12.

11 7 x
12

19.

26 x + 34
15

26.

17 x +104
30

33.

11 x +1
3 x ( 2 x +1)

6.

7 x 3
10

13.

20 17 x
24

20.

17 x 1
12

27.

3a +6
a ( a + 3)

34.

21 x 6
5 x ( 2 x + 3)

7.

3 x +9
35

14.

22 7 x
20

21.

5 x 19
21

28.

6 x+4
x ( x+ 2)

Exercise 23i (p. 401)


1.

2 c ab
ac

7.

p
p+q

13.

3
10 x 2

19.

19 x 1
3 x ( x 1)

2.

qr 2
p

8.

12 2 x
3x2

14.

20.

2
x ( x 1)

3.
4.

7 x 14
12
a
a b
1
12 x
1
x+2

9.

1 2 x
x ( x +1)

15.
16.

4 x+7
10
( x + 4 )( 2 x 1)
50
25
12 x
25
24 x 2

21.

a 3
2 a ( a 1)

22.

3
a ( a 1)

23.

3
y

3
2

24. 1

5.
6.

10.
11.
12.

ab
c
8
15
23
20 x

17.
18.

Exercise 23j (p. 402)


Remind pupils of the difference between an equation and an expression.
1. 8

10. 8 34

19. 2

28. 3, 3

37. 40

2. 5

11. 2

20. 4

29. 1, 1

38.

3. 6

12. 18

21. 1

30.

39. 0, 4

4. 1 13

13. 3

22. 2 191

31. 2, 23

40. 3

5. 10

14. 1

23. 2, 1

32. 2, 1

41.

6. 5

15. 21

24. 3, 2

33. 4 12

42. 3

7. 9 53

16.

25. 2, 2

34.

8. 5 14

17. 2 12

26. 3, 3

35. 2, 1

9. 1

18. 17

27. 1, 4

36. 2 54

4
9

2
3

,1

2
5

1
2

2
5

Exercise 23k (p. 405)


1. a)
2. a)

b
2
4
3x

3. a) 13

b) a
b)

c) a b
1
3x2

4. a)

5 x 7
6

2. a)

1
6p

b) 1 107

c) 3

b) 3, 1

Exercise 23l (p. 406)


1. a)

2x
y

b)

x y
2x

c) x+3

b) x 2

c)

3y
2x

, 12

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3. a)

b) 7, 2

8
9

4. a)

4
x 2 2 x +12
4x

b) 6 12

Exercise 23m (p. 406)


1. a)

v
uw

2. a) 18s

b)

1
2 a b

b) 2(x 2)

c)

x
3 x

c)

25 x
x ( 4 x 1)

3. a) 4
4. a) 6x

b) 1, 2
b) 30

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CHAPTER 24

Loci and Constructions

Exercise 24a (p. 407)


Some questions in this exercise have more than one correct solution. Any reasonable locus
should be accepted. Unless stated otherwise, it will always be assumed that a straight line
extends to infinity in both directions.
1. A complete circle

2. One twelfth of a circle

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11. a) A circle of radius 80cm


b) A semicircle of radius 80cm
12. A straight line parallel to the top edge and 3cm from it.
13. Two straight lines parallel to AB and distant 3cm from it.
14. a) A circle, centre C, radius 4cm
b) A circle, centre C, radius 8cm
15. The line joining the midpoints of AD and BC
16. The perpendicular bisector of AB
17. The bisector of ABC
18. a) The diagonal, BD, of the square
b) The diagonal, AC, of the square
Yes. The centre of the square
19. A straight line parallel to AB and CD which is twice as far from AB as it is from CD.
20. a) A circle perpendicular to the plane of the paper with AB as diameter
b) A circle perpendicular to the plane of the paper with AD as diameter
c) A circle perpendicular to the plane of the paper with AC as diameter
d) A circle within the plane of the paper with OA as radius
Exercise 24b (p. 412)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

A circle, centre O, radius OM


The diameter of the circle which is perpendicular to AB
A straight line parallel to AB distant 4cm from it
A circle on AB as diameter (This assumes that C can be on either side of AB)
A circle, centre A, radius 5cm
The arc of the unique circle that passes through A, B and any position of C
A straight line parallel to OX, distant 2cm from it on the same side as A
A circle, centre O, radius OT
a) A quadrant of a circle, centre A, radius AD

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13. a) A circle of radius 4cm, concentric with the circle of radius 5cm
b) A circle of radius 6cm, concentric with the circle of radius 5cm
14. The perpendicular bisector of AB
15. It is the midpoint of AC

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Exercise 24c (p. 416)


Pupils should be reminded of the importance of neat and accurate constructions. In an ideal
diagram the figure asked for, e.g. a quadrilateral, should stand out more strongly than any
construction lines that have been used. Sketches should be encouraged for they enable the
accurate construction to be well placed on the page and the correct method of construction
chosen.
Note that suitable instruments can also include a computer with appropriate CAD software.

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6. The point is equidistant from A, B and C.

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Exercise 24e (p. 421)


An exercise worth tackling whether it is in your examination syllabus or not.
1. A sphere, centre A, of radius 6cm
2. The plane that bisects AB at right angles
3. a) A sphere, centre A, of radius 5cm
b) The plane that bisects AB at right angles
c) A circle of radius 3cm which lies in the plane that bisects AB at right angles
4. A sphere of radius 15cm
5. Two circles, one of radius 5cm and one of radius 15cm. There are two possible circles in
this case but only one in question 4.
6. a) A circle, centre D, radius DA
b) A circle, centre B, radius BA
c) A circle, centre at N, the foot of the perpendicular from A to DB, radius AN
7. a) Two planes, one on each side of ABCD, each 8cm from it
b) The plane that bisects AD at right angles
c) Two lines, on opposite sides of ABCD, parallel to AB and 8.9cm
80cm from both AB and DC
8. The circle of intersection of the plane which bisects AB at right angles and the sphere,
centre C, radius 10cm (this assumes that the loci intersect)
9. The line, perpendicular to ABC, that passes through the circumcentre of ABC

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CHAPTER 25

Plans and Elevations

This work is useful in making the pupils think about the shape of an object, how it is
constructed and how it looks when viewed from different directions. Three dimensional
models are needed. Some may be going on to further study of Design and Technology but
even those who are not will benefit.
You may decide that sketching and drawing on squared paper is all that is required and leave
the accurate drawing with instruments to the graphics classes.
Exercise 25a (p. 424)
1. a) None

b) West elevation

Exercise 25b (p. 428)


1. a) C

b) E

c) G

5. It would be a good idea to have a large scale model of this solid.

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a) B

b) E

Exercise 25c (p. 431)


The diagrams in this exercise and the next are drawn half-size.

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ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers


CHAPTER 26

Statistics

Many of the examples and questions given in this chapter involve continuous distributions.
The difficulty of dealing rigorously with class boundaries at this early stage is very real. We
have followed the principle of using the lowest given value as the starting point for the first
group rather than going half a unit below (and above at the top limit). So an age group in
which ages from 5 to 9 were given would be 5 n < 10. This presupposes that all the data
given (or collected) is rounded down to the nearest whole unit below the measured value. We
have avoided using 4.5 n < 9.5 on the grounds that it is difficult for 3rd year pupils to
understand.
This has a knock-on effect when making calculations from the table. In particular the
maximum range is affected, but as this can only be an estimate in any case, we regard the
method given here to be satisfactory at this stage.
In the answers where bar charts are given, the scales that we have used are roughly half those
that the children should use.
Exercise 26a (p. 438)
Revises the work on bar charts and frequency tables in Books 1A and 2A.

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ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

ST(P) Mathematics 3A Teachers Notes and Answers

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Exercise 26e (p. 451)


Revises work on mean, median and mode in Book 2A. Some problems ask for reasons for
choosing one or other of these measures and pupils find this surprisingly difficult. As part of
their general education, it is worth spending a lot of time discussing the interpretation of
statistical measures.
The formula for the median, i.e the n2+1 th value, can be deduced from a few examples.
Range is introduced but need not be overemphasised as it is not of any great use in practice.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

Mean
Mode
Median
Range
4.43
2
4
7
9.67
10
9
9
14.1 12, 13, 14
13.5
7
1.84
1.6
1.65
3.7
3.75
4
4
3
8.42
7
8
7
0.725
0.8
0.75
0.4
1.54 1.3, 1.8
1.5
0.7
Mean 119.2, median 124
Mean 7150, mode 5000, median 5000
Mean 180p, mode 200p, median 175p
Mean 21.23, median 18.10
17y, 5 m; 43y, 9 m
2

Exercise 26f (p. 453)

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1.
2.
3.

Mode
7
1
5

Range
13
6
5

Exercise 26g (p. 455)


1. 4.28

2. 3.64

3. 1.57

4. 120, 2.14

Exercise 26h (p. 456)


1. 5

2. (a) 5

(b) 3 12

Exercise 26i (p. 457)


1.
2.
3.

Modal group
5 t <10
28 n <38
36 40

Range
20
50
24

Exercise 26j (p. 458)


1. 4.2
2. 7.6cm
3. 50 12 p
4.
Number of defective
screws per box

02

35

68

911
3.1

Frequency

10

5. 160.4cm
Exercise 6k (p.460)
1. 2

2. 8 12

3. 62

(c) 1 12

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b) 4059
5. 4559;
6. (a) 75p;
7. 21.5

c) 139
100; 52
75p
(b) 90.2p

d) 4059
8. 53.5
9. 106.7, 107cm
10.

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