Worksheet 1: Reviewing Number Concepts: Extended Revision Exercises: Number
Worksheet 1: Reviewing Number Concepts: Extended Revision Exercises: Number
Worksheet 1: Reviewing Number Concepts: Extended Revision Exercises: Number
Core questions: 1 – 15
Extended questions: 16 – 18
6 Without doing any calculation, state whether the following are true or false.
(a) 4.87 × 6 = 292.2 (b) 40.76 ÷ 1 = 40.76
7 Calculate, giving your answers correct to two decimal places where necessary.
(a) 9 + 7.047 (b) 12.88 + 5.37
202.25
(c) 12.72 – 9.004 (d)
35.6
12.17 3.142 14.27 19.29
(e) (f)
2.155 12.6 4.03
(a) Express the depth of the seabed as a directed number. CLUE: sea level is taken to be 0.
(b) Calculate the difference in height between the top of Table Mountain and the seabed.
(c) If sea levels rose 1.85 m due to global warming, how would it affect the altitude of Lion’s Head?
(a) 5 13 (b) 3
8 1 (c) 2 62 3 81
149 15
(d) (e) (f) 3
1728 16129
11 2 48 2 7
8 2.127
2
5
0.467
2 3
900 (f)
2 3
(d) (e) 144
6
14 At a school swimming gala, a student stands on a 9 m high diving board and dives 15 m to touch the
bottom of the pool.
How deep is the pool?
15 A married couple have four children. Each of their children marries and has three children.
Assuming no one dies or gets divorced, how many people are now in the extended family?
(a) Follow this set of instructions for any three whole numbers between 2 and 10 inclusive.
What type of number is the result each time?
(b) Try this for some more starting numbers less than 35. What do you notice?
Is there a positive integer less than 50 for which this is no longer true?
18 The number p can be written as a product of the three prime numbers x, y, and z, where x, y and z are all
different.