MATRICES

2 3 1
1. 4 5 7
6 8 4

a) In the matrix above find the number of rows in the matrix

b) Also find the number of columns in the matrix

c) Find the number of elements

2. Find the order of each matrix below

1 6
2 5 4 5 0
7 1
6 4 2 3 2
0 3

a)_____________ b) _______________ c)_____________________

3. Add the matrices below

2 1 4 2
a) −1 2 + 2 5
5 4 3 −5
 0 −3 7 6
b) 6 4 + −4 2
2 9 2 1

3 2 −6 1 2 −1
c) 3 1 + 8 2 + 1 4
4 7 4 1 3 0

4. Calculate the additions and subtractions

3 5 2 3
a) 0 6 - 3 4
1 5 3 2

3 1 5 4 −6 4
b) 0 −3 + −3 3 - −2 2
1 −7 6 −5 5 −10

3 5 2 9 1 10
c) 7 −4 1 + = 10 3 6
6 0 −5 8 9 −4

5. Work these out

3 5
a) 5 x 5 7
0 1
 2 1
b) 8 x 4 8
0 5

c) A B C
3 4 3 2 9 2
2 5 2 6 4 5
6 1 7 5 7 4

i) Calculate A + 2B – 2C

5. Multiply the following matrices

2 3 3
a) 4 1 x 4
5 5 2

4 2 −2 4
b) x
1 3 1 5

c) R S
5 2 3 4
3 4 7 2
I) Calculate R x 3S

2 −4
6. Calculate 3m2 where m =
3 1
 1. Which of the following numbers listed below is odd?
51, 62, 74, 87, 100
A. 51 and 62
B. 62 and 74
C. 51 and 87
D. 87 and 100

2. Which of the following numbers is not a prime number?

A. 13
B. 1
C. 101
D. 97

3. Which class of numbers is listed below?

1, 4, 9, 16……..
A. Rectangle numbers
B. Triangle numbers
C. Prime numbers
D. Square numbers

4. Calculate the difference between the highest and lowest temperatures in the
following readings
3ºC, -5ºC, 5ºC, -1ºC, 0ºC
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10

Use the information below to answer question 5

First sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17, 21………
Second sequence: 3, 8, 13, 18, 23…….
13 appears on both sequences
5. What is the next number that would appear in both sequences if both
sequences are continued?
A. 25
B. 28
C. 29
D. 33

6. 60 as a product of its prime factors

A. 12 x 5
B. 2x2x3x5
C. 2 x 2 x 15
D. 15 x 4

7. Calculate the value of: 17 + 2- 5 + 9 – (3 + 7)

A. 27
B. 19
C. 29
D. 13

8. Mpho’s bank balance is P300. If he withdraws P310 and is charged P20 for
overdrawing what is his balance after withdrawal?
A. -40
B. -30
C. 10
D. 30

9. What is the largest fraction in the set below?

1
A.
2
7
B.
17
4
C.
7
 2
D.
3

10.If x= 9, y=12, z=51 and (x + y) + z = x + (y + z) what law of operation is

illustrated?

A. Law of inverses
B. Distributive law
C. Commutative law
D. Associative law

SECTION B
1. The midnight temperatures in Maoka jss during one week were as follows.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

-2 -4 -1 3 5 0 -3

a) Which day has the highest midnight temperature?

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b) Which day has the coldest midnight temperature?

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2. Match the following mathematical laws with given examples by drawing a line
Commutative law a ( b + c ) = ab + ac
Associative law a + b = b +a
Distributive law a+ ( b + c)= b + ( a + c )
3. Use the following list of fractions to answer the following subsequent
questions.
1 2 3 11
, , , and
2 5 4 20

a) Arrange the fractions in ascending order

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b) Subtract the smallest fraction from the largest fraction

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c) Find the multiplicative inverse of the answer in (b) above

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d) Express the multiplicative inverse in c) as an improper fraction in its simplest
form

4. The operations * in a * b is defined as double the first number and add the first
number.
What is the value of 3 * 4?
5. Study the sequence below and answer the following subsequent questions

-1, -3, -6, -10, ___, ____, ____, _____

a) State the rule of the sequence

b) Write the next two terms

6. List all the factors of

a) 16

b) 24

c) What is the highest common factor of 16 and 24?

7. The numbers used for a raffle were given as follows 7 , -3 , 9 , -5 and 6

a) Calculate the product of the largest and the smallest numbers
b) Calculate the sum of all the numbers used

8. Work out the estimated value of 2456 - 127

9. Express 140 as a product of its prime factors

1. A boy leaves home at 11:30am and cycles to Serowe, a distance of 25km. If he
arrives in Serowe at 1.30pm calculate his average speed

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2. Draw a triangle PQR with PQ= 8cm, QR= 7.3cm and PR= 6cm. Measure the
angle formed where P meets Q and Q meets R

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i. Bisect QR
ii. Bisect the angle measure above
3. Draw a line PQ= 6cm. construct and= angle PQR= 127º

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4. Draw a line WX= 0.06m. Construct a triangle WXY such that the three angles
of the triangle are equal.
5. Construct a triangle RST such that RS= 5.4cm, TRS= 40º and RTS= 90º.
Measure the lengths TR and TS.

6. Construct a triangle PQR so that PQ= 6cm, PR= 5.2cm and QR= 4.3cm. Draw
the perpendicular bisector of PR and the bisector of PQR. Mark the point O
which is equidistant from P and R as well as equidistant from the lines PQ and
QR.

7. Find a bearing of Q from P given the bearing of P from Q as

a) 040º
b) 199º

c) 248º

8. Three farmers, Mr. Kgomo (K), Mr Nare (N) and Mr Phiri (P) built a dam (D)
to water their cattle.
Mr Phiri’s farm is 4.6km due south of the dam
Mr Nare’s farm is 4km on a bearing of 047º from the dam
Mr Kgomo’s farm is 7.7km on a bearing of 317º from the dam
Using a scale of 1cm to represent 1km, show the positions of the farms in relation
to the dam by an accurate drawing
Use your diagram to answer the following
(a) How far is Mr Kgomo’s farm from Mr Nare’s farm?

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b) what is the bearing of Mr. Kgomo’s farm from Mr. Phiri’s farm

c) What is the bearing of Mr. Phiri’s farm from Mr Kgomo’s farm?

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d) How far has Mr. Phiri to travel from his farm in order to see Mr Kgomo at his
farm?
 1. Write down the complements of the following
a) 41º________________________
b) 39º_____________________________
c) 11º________________________________
d) 89º____________________________________
e) 41.5º_________________________________________
f) 53.5º_____________________________________________________

2. Write down the supplements of the following

a) 132º____________________________________________
b) 62.5º____________________________________________
c) 141º_____________________________________________
d) 90º______________________________________________
e) 89º______________________________________________

3. Calculate size of angle marked with a letter

h

41º

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i

147º
 4. How many triangles would be there in a
a) Hexagon______________________________
b) 20 sided polygon________________________
c) n sided polygon _________________________

5. calculate the sum of the interior angles of polygons with the following
number of sides
a) 3
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b) 4
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c) 7
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d) 15
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Calculate the value of the letters in the figures below

Calculate the value of d in the figure above

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Find x

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Find the area of the shape above

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Find the area of the shape above

Find the area of the shape above

Find the area of the shape above

Find the area of the shaded parts
1. Calculate exterior angles of regular polygons of the following number of sides
a) 9 sides

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b) 20 sides
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c) 18 sides

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d) 180 sides

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2. The exterior angles of a hexagon are 83, 61, 74, 69, 55 and x. find the value of x

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3. What percentage is
a) 120 of 600

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b)75t of P3.00

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c)3.6 hours of 5 days

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4. The value of a house increased by 10% between 1980 and 1982. The value of
the house was P55 000 in 1982. Find its value in 1980

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5. The value of a car depreciates by 20% in its first year. If the value of a car after
a year is P6400 find the price when the car is new

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6. A book was sold for P4.50 at a 20% loss. Find the buying price of the book

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7. In 1981, a mine produced 50 000 tonnes of coal. This was 25% more than in
1980. Calculate the production of the mine in 1980

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8. A shopkeeper sold a cooker for P56o making a 12% profit. Find the cost price
of the cooker

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9. Use the circle below to answer questions that follow. Take π as 3.14

4cm
Calculate the circumference of the circle

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Calculate the area of the circle

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10.The area of a circle is 254.14cm2. Taking π as 3.14 calculate the following
a) Radius of the circle
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b) Diameter
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c) Circumference
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11.Express the following ratios in their simplest forms
36:21________________________________________________________
1.5: 2.7 ______________________________________________________
P1.50: P5.25___________________________________________________
12.Divide P96min the ratio 5: 7

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13.Divide 80kg in the ratio 2:3

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14.A line 4.8cm long is divided into two parts in the ratio 3:5. How long is each
part?
1. Use the exchange rate table below to answer questions that follow. The
exchange rate shows the relationship between the pula and other currencies.
Each figure shown on the rate column is equal to P1.00
Country Currency Rate
Canada Canadian dollar( C$) 0.3665
India Indian Rupee(Re) 9.7786
Japan Yen(¥) 13.2900
Kenya Kenya Shilling (KS) 16.5989
South Africa South African 1.2555
Rand(ZAR)
Swaziland Emalangeni€ 1.2555
United kingdom Pound (£) 0.1685

A. Exchange P10 for Canadian dollars

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B. Exchange ¥2000 for pula

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C. Neo and Thato go on a holiday to United Kingdom. Neo changes P800 and
Thato changes P300 into pounds (£).
a. How many pounds does each receive?

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b. How many pounds do they receive altogether?
c. how many more Pounds does Neo have more than Thato?

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2. £1= US$ 1.7135
A.How many US dollars are received for £112?

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B. How many UK pounds are received for US$793?

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3. Find the measurement of the angle marked x

145º
x.

b. x
123º

c. x 130º
4. Find the length of the arc PQ when the radius of the circle and angle POQ are as
follows
a. 8mm and 90°
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b. 4.01mm and 75°
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c. 5.12cm and 63°

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5. Find the volume of each box below

40cm
30cm
50cm

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25cm
25cm

25cm

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1. There are 720 students in a school. During assembly they stand in rows of 25.
How many students would be there in each row?

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2. 100 nails weigh 450g. find the mass of 250 nails in kilograms

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3. The cost of 6 pens is P2.10. Find the cost of
a) a pen

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b) 25 pens

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4. A rectangular lawn measures 14m long and 5m wide. Find its perimeter and
area.

5. Thabo earns P5.10 per hour. If he works from 0830 to 1700hrs how much is his
income
a) daily
b) Monthly

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c) Per annum

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6. A man lost a tenth of his mass by dieting. He now weighs 63kg. What was his
mass before he started dieting?

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7. A train travels 144km in 2h 15min. What is its average speed?

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8. A car travels 275km in 2h 45min. How far will it travel in 3h 15min?

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9. A man left money for his three sons. The eldest son received of the money,
5
1
the second received and the youngest one got one quarter of the money. The
5
rest, P150 was left for charity. Find
a) What fraction of the money was left for charity
b) How much money the man left in total

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c) Each son’s share

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10.A drum holds 34.5l of liquid. One litre of the liquid weighs 0.75kg. find the
total mass of the liquid in the drum

11.A piece of wood is 9.42m long. If 3.88m is cut off find the remaining length

12.A rectangular field is 107.8m long and 80.5m wide

a. Find its perimeter

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b. Find its area
13.A boy runs 100m on five occasions. His times in seconds are 12.3, 12.2, 11.9,
11.95, and 12.3. Calculate the mean time for his race.

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14.Find the mean, median and mode of the following distributions
a) 2,3,3,3,3,6,6,7,7,9

b) 4,11,7,5,10,5,11,20,5,7

c) 4,8,2,5,5,2,6,2

15.The mean mass of 10 watermelons is 8.5kg

a) Calculate the total mass of watermelons
b) Given the mean mass of 7 of them is 10kg, calculate the mean mass of the
remaining three watermelons

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16.A man who receives P800 per month as his salary spends it as follows:
Food P320, Clothes P160, rent P40, electricity P80, transport P120 and savings
P40. Construct a pie chart to show this information

17.The cost of building a school is made up of the following:

Professional fees: 9%, cost of plot: 4%, wages 40% and building materials 47%.
Illustrate these figures by a pie chart

18.Solve the following

𝑡+5 𝑡
=
8 8
1. What does the digit ‘3’ stand for in the number 873 462?

2. Round off 764 918 to the nearest thousand

3. What is the opposite of -7?

4. Write 35% as a fraction in its simplest form

5. Work out -25-(-6)

1 2
6. Find the product of and
4 5

2
7. Change 3 to an improper fraction
7

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8. Work out: 0.72 ÷ 0.008

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9. Work out: 0.3 x 0.04
10. The temperature of Lobatse was 18ºC. It dropped by 7ºC. What was the new
temperature of Lobatse?

11. Express 280 as a product of its prime factors

12. Write the next two numbers in the sequence below

55, 34, 21, 13, 8, ___, ____

13. There were 34 students who dropped from school from the year 2005 to the
year 2007. Round the figure of students who dropped from school to the nearest
10.

14. Find the cost of 116bags of maize at P11.65 per bag

15. How many cm are there in 3.32m?

16. Write in mathematical symbol the sum of a and b

17. Round off 1.938 to the nearest hundredths

18. Find 28% of 300km

19. Find the missing number: 2.7 x ? = 270

20. Which of the two numbers below is larger?

0.809 or 0.0809

SECTION B
1. From this set of numbers ; 7, 15, 16, 24, 50 write down
a) A square number______________________
 b) A prime number_______________________
c) A multiple of 12________________________
d) A factor of 60__________________________

2. Work out;
a) 17- (8-3)

b) 4 x ) + 2

c) 24 ÷3 + 5

d) 3 x ( 8 – 4 ) ÷ 2

3. A man wins P7500 on the pools and decides to share it with his family. He
2 1
gives his wife , his son and saves the rest for himself.
5 5
a) How much did he give to his wife

b) How much did he give to his son?

1
c) His son gave his friend some of his money which was equal to of the
8
money given to his mother. How much did he give his friend?

d) What fraction of the money did he save for himself?

4. Write in order of size starting with the biggest first
– 6, 0, -8, 8, 6

5. Find
a) 10% of P80

b) 5% of P60

6. Write any decimal between 0.41 and 0.42

7. Boipelo got 30 out of 50 in a Maths test and Thabo got 45 out of 60 in a

Science test. Express

A) Boipelo’s mark as a percentage

B) Thabo’s mark as a percentage

8. Express 72 as a product of its prime factors
9. A) How many bicycle spokes 10.5 cm long can be cut from a piece of wire
40cm long?

B) What length of wire is left over?

10. Which number when multiplied by 10 gives 1 as the answer?

11.The school organized a video show and tickets sold for P1.25 each. The
school received P53.75. How many tickets were sold?

SECTION C

1. Complete the cross number puzzle shown

A B

C D

E F

G
ACROSS DOWN
A 58 + 58 A 357 – 234
B 9x5 B 2x4x8
C 224 ÷ 7 C 7 + 90 + 500
D 1000 – 213 D 135 ÷ 5

2. The numbers in each row, column and diagonal add to the same total.
Complete the magic square

16 22 3

17 23 10

6 24

13 19 25 1 7

21 2 8 20

3. Put the numbers 3, 6, 9,12, 15, 18 in the circles so that each side of the
triangle has the same sum
Work out the following
1. 0.02 x 100
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2. 0.02 ÷ 100
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3. What percentage is 440 metres of 2km

4. In 1967 the population of a village was 2500. 1n 1983 the population of the
same village was 3220. Calculate percentage increase from 1967 to 1983

5. In making lemon drink, the ratio of lemon juice to water is 2:9. I have 120ml of
lemon juice to make the drink.
a) How much water should I add?

b) How many millilitres of the drink would this make?

6. Express 23 716 as a product of prime factors and use them to find a square root
of 23 716
7. 30 students sat for an examination. 25 of them scored an average mark of 54. If
the average marks of all students is 50 calculate the average mark of other 5
students

8. Copy and complete the tables for the equations( You will need a graph paper
for this question )
(i) y = x – 3 (ii) y = 3x + 1

x -3 -2 0 2 3 x -3 -1 0 2 3
y y

b) Use the table of values above to draw on the same axis the graphs of y = x – 3
and y = 3x + 1
c) Write down the coordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines
In the figure given AB= AC=CD A
AĤC= 62º
Calculate BÂD
62º
H C D
9. Calculate the mean of the following numbers exactly
0.2 , 2 , 0.05 , 1.3 , 0.16

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ii) Find the median of the above 5 numbers

10.The area of the square in the area in the diagram is 81cm2

A B

C D

i. Find the length of each side

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ii. The perimeter of ABCD

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11.A circle has a radius of 3cm
i. calculate the circumference
ii. Calculate the area of the circle. Take π as 3.14

12. If a= -6, b= - 2 and c= 3 find the values of the following

i. b3 ii. 2ab + c iii. bc – a

b

13.Remove the brackets and simplify

2x(x – 3) – 4x

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3a (a – b) – 2a (a + b)

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14.Solve the following equations
a) 7x – 3 = 53

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b) 5y + 3 = 2y + 18

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15.Write in figures
a) one million and ten thousand
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b) one million and four
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16.Work out
176 x 3 ÷ 4

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17.Form six different numbers from digits 2, 3 and 5

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18.At the beginning of a month the water meter read 23 471 kl. At the end of the
month it read 23 945kl. Find the quantity of the water used during the month

19.The capacity of a small drum is 20 litres. Find the total capacity of 27 such drums
 1. P10 000 is invested at 12% per annum simple interest. Calculate its value
after four years

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2. Mokganedi invested money at 10% per annum simple interest for 5 years
and at the end of 5 years the money was P13, 500 including interest.
a. Calculate the total interest

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b. Calculate the initial amount invested

3. Maipelo invested P6000 at a certain percentage per annum simple interest

for 4 years. After four years the total amount of money was P7 920 including
interest.
a. Calculate the interest

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b. Calculate the percentage of investment
 4. How much should Tirelo invest in order to have P3 400 after investing the
money at 8% per annum simple interest for 6 years?

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5. How much money must you invest to earn P440 in simple interest calculated
at 7.8% per annum for 3 years?

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6. Poloko invests P6000 at 12% per annum compound interest compounded
annually. Calculate its value after 4 years

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7. P5000 is invested at 12% compound interest, compounded monthly. What
would be its value after four years?

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 8. Thabo wants to invest money so that in three years’ time he would be having
P4 000. If the bank offers him 8.5% compound interest compounded
annually how much must he invest now?

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9. P15 000 is invested at 8% per annum. Calculate the value of thus investment
after ten years if
a) Simple interest is earned

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b) Interest is compounded annually

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c) Interest is compounded monthly
 d) Interest is compounded quarterly

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10.Morris has invested a certain amount for 5 years at 9% per annum

compounded monthly. At the end of 5 years he receives P12 500. How much
did he invest initially?

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11.Christopher invested P150 000 and received P220 400 at the end of 5 year
period. Calculate the annual interest rate if
a) He earned simple interest

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b) He earned compound interest compounded annually
 c) He earned compound interest compounded monthly

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12.Thebe purchased a bag price P550 inclusive of 12% VAT. Calculate the
price without VAT

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13.A book is marked P12.00 + VAT. Calculate what the customer must pay
after the VAT of 12% is added.

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14.A manufacturer sells his furniture for P3000 inclusive of 12% VAT. How
much money does he actually receive for himself and how much must he
actually receive for himself and how much must he pay over in VAT to the
receiver of revenue?
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15.A bucket is priced at P25.00 exclusive of VAT. When VAT is added it is
worth P30.00. Calculate the VAT as percentage

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16.A company purchases computer equipment for P200 000 and the equipment
depreciates by 25% per annum on a straight line basis. Calculate by how
much it depreciates per year and after how many years its value would be
zero?

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17.If I buy a printer for P1500 and it depreciates by 10% per annum how much
it would be worth after four years using the straight line basis?
 18.Peter buys a car for P190 000. The car depreciates at a rate of 13% per
annum. What is the car worth after 5 years if depreciation is calculated using
a) The straight line method

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b) The reducing balance method

19.Calculate the original value of a television set if its depreciated value after 5
years is P800 and the rate of depreciation was 15% per annum?

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 20.Ramasimo bought a farm for P100 000 at Dikabeya near Palapye. He
removed trees from it and was told by the bank that he could sell it for a
price 20% more than purchase price. Calculate the price he could sell the
land after removing trees

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21.Property valued at P1 100 000 was bought for P222 000 fifteen years ago.
Calculate the rate at which this property has appreciated over the period of
15 years.

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22. A house was bought for P100 000 by March 2012 and appreciated by 20%
annually. How much would it be worth by March 2017?

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 23.Jacob bought a car for P25 000 five years ago. Due to inflation the same car
now costs P35 890. What was the average inflation rate per annum over the
five years?

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24. If milk cost P8.00 now how much would it cost in 5 years if we assume
inflation rate to be constant for 5 years and is 5%.

25. Canned fish is priced P14.00 and is expected to cost P24.00 in 5 years to
come provided that the inflation rate would be constant. Calculate the
inflation rate

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1. In a right angled triangle the longest side is 17cm and the shortest side is 8cm.
calculate the length of the third side

2. In the triangle below calculate the length of BD.

B
3cm

C D
4cm

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3. A

4cm
B C
6cm

Calculate the length of the hypotenuse

4. Calculate the length of the opposite

A C

6cm
9cm

a. Label the right angle

b. Calculate the length of the adjacent

5. Using the formula c2= a2 + b2 calculate the length of the unknown side
a) if a=1cm , c=5cm find b

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b)if c= 25cm , b=23cm find a
6. The sides of a triangle are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm. Is this a right angled triangle?

7. In ABC, AB= 30, BC=40 and AC=50. Is this a right angled triangle?

8. Determine whether each given triangle below is right angled. State which
angles will be 90º?
If AB=12, BC=5, AC=12

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If MN=10, NT=6, MT=8

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9. A room is 8m long, 5m wide and 3m high. Find the length of the diagonal
across the longer wall.
10.An electrician uses a 17m ladder to climb the top of a vertical pole in an attempt
to fix electricity for a neighbourhood. If the ladder is placed 8m from the foot of
the pole, how high is the pole?

11.Calculate the height of a mast if each support rope is 6.5m and each rope is
fastened 5.2m from the foot of the mast

12.I multiply a number x by 4 and then add 3. What is the result?

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13.Solve for x below
bx = a

14.Sipho is three years older than Themba. The sum of their age is 19 years. Find
the age of each
15.When a number is divided by three the answer is the same as when 10 is
subtracted from 2 times the number. Find the number

16.A line ABC is 20cm long. BC is 6cm longer than AB. Find the length of AB.

17.Kgosi has 10 thebe more than Mpho and Thabo has 24 thebe more than Mpho.
Altogether they have 1 pula between them. Find how much each of them has.(
Let Mpho have x thebe)

18.A pencil, pen and rubber together cost 55 thebe. The pencil costs twice as much
as the rubber and the pen costs 5 thebe more than the pencil. Find the cost of
each of them. ( Let the rubber cost x thebe)
1. A farmer deposits P10 000 in the bank for 2 years at a simple interest rate of 5%
per annum. How much is the simple interest in 2 years
A. P11 025
B. P11 000
C. P1 025
D. P1 000

2. Express 2y7× 5y3 as a single fraction

A. 7y10
B. 7y21
C. 10y10
D. 10y21
3. A television set valued at P1 460 depreciated at 10% every year. Calculate its
value after one year
A. P146
B. P1314
C. P1450
D. P1606
4. One of the factors of the quadratic expression x2 –x-6 is (x+2). What is the
other factor?
A. (x-2)
B. (x-3)
C. (x+2)
D. (x+3)

5. Gaone wants to change P500 into rands. If the exchange rate is P1= R1.70 how
much rands would she get?
A. R500
B. R570
C. R670
D. R850
6. If 62 × 53 = 3286 work out the value of 0.62 × 0.53. Give your answer in
standard form
A. 3.286 102
B. 3.286 ×10
C.
3.286 × 10-1
D. 3.286 × 10-2
7. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is 40º. How many sides does this
polygon have?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
8. Round off 5.645 to the nearest tenth
A. 5.6
B. 5.64
C. 5.65
D. 5.7
9. A sales lady sold chairs for P500. She was paid commission at a rate of 5% on
total sales. How much commission did she earn?
A. P5.00
B. P25.00
C. P100.00
D. P450.00
10.What is the equation of a straight line parallel to y=2x + 3 passing through the
point (0,-1)?
A. y=2x+1
B. y=2x-1
C. y=x+3
D. y=x-1

11. Given that y=mx+c, find the value of m when y=38 , x=4 and c=2
A. -10
B. 10
C. -9
D. 9

12.Solve the equation -3(x-6)= 6

A. X= -4
B. X= -1
C. X = 1
D. X = 4
13.If 9 × 36 =324 what is the square root of 324?
A. 18
 B. 54
C. 108
D. 162
14.Which of the following is true about the number 2?
A. It is a square number
B. It is a triangle number
C. It is a prime number
D. It is a cube number
15.If the symbol @ means multiply the first number by 3 and add the second
number then 4@6=
A. 24
B. 22
C. 18
D. 10
16.What is the rule of the sequence: 128, 64, 32, 16 ……….
A. Subtract 64
B. Add -64
C. Divide by 2
D. Multiply by 2
17.Which of the following statements simplifies to the identity element for
addition
A. 3 +(+3)
B. -3 + (-3)
C. 4 + (4)
D. 4 + (-4)
18.The volume of a cube is 27cm3. The surface area of the cube is
A. 18cm2
B. 27cm2
C. 9cm2
D. 54cm2
Use the table below to answer question 19 to 20

TOWN A TO TOWN B
 Day Bus Depart Arrive

Friday 206 10:00 12:45

392 15:25 18:45
Saturday 175 08:15 12:10
328 13:15 16:45

19.Which bus arrives in town B at 12:10 on Saturday?

A. 206
B. 392
C. 175
D. 328
20.Which bus takes the longest time to travel from town A to town B?
A. 206
B. 392
C. 175
D. 328
21.Write down the next term of the sequence 4, 9, 16, 25 …………………
A. 36
B. 26
C. 50
D. 75
22.Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid below
A. 140cm2
B. 100cm2 10cm
2
C. 160cm
D. 17cm2
2cm

5cm

23.Given that 12 men are needed to build a house in 30 days. How many men are
needed to build the same kind of house in 15 days
A. 15
B. 30
C. 24
D. 37.5
24.Calculate the simple interest of P8 500 for three years at 10% per annum
A. P2 550
B. P2 050
C. P2 000
D. P500
25.How many significant figures does the number 2.0030 have?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
26.Which of the following shapes named below has two lines of symmetry?
A. Kite
B. Rhombus
C. Square
D. Trapezium
27.Factorize completely : 4x + 6xy
A. x(4 + 6y )
B. 2x(2 + 3y)
C. 2x(2 + 6y)
D. 2(2x + 3xy)
28.Solve the simultaneous equations : 2x + 3y = 10 , x- 3y = 5
A. x=5 and y=0
B. x=15 and y=20
C. x=1.5 and y=2.5
D. x=3 and y=2
29.Which of the following was a leap year?
A. 2002
B. 2003
C. 2004
D. 2009
30.What is the name of the solid that can be made from the net below
 A. Cone
B. Cube
C. Cylinder
D. Cuboid

31.The ration of men to women is 4: 11. There are 180 people in the train,
calculate the number of men in the train.
A. 48
B. 60
C. 72
D. 80
32.Kago buys a fan on hire purchase. He pays a deposit of P48 followed by 6
monthly payments of P35. Calculate the total amount of money paid for the fan
A. P228
B. P258
C. P323
D. 498
33.A bus takes 2 hours to travel from Gaborone to Mahalapye. If the distance
between the two places is 200km, calculate the average speed of the bus.
A. 120km/h
B. 100km/h
C. 80km/h
D. 60km/h
34.A girl bought a chocolate for P18.95 and sold it for P20.00. How much is her
profit?
A. P1.05
B. P1.95
C. P2.05
D. 2.95
35.Rose was born exactly 2.5 decades ago. Calculate Rose’s age in years
A. 300
B. 250
C. 30
D. 25
3 1 1
36. From the list given √8 , √ , √3 , √2
4 4
3
A. √8
 1
B. √
4
C. √3
1
D. √2
4
37.The time in Australia is 6 hours ahead of that in Botswana. A live broadcast of a
game starts at 08 15 hrs in Australia. What will the time be in Botswana?
A. 02 15
B. 03 15
C. 13 15
D. 14 15
38.Which angle is vertically opposite to t in the diagram below?

n t u
r

A. r
B. n
C. z
D. u

39. The electricity bill for the month was P4500. If VAT is charged at 10%
calculate the amount to be paid including the VAT?
A. P450
B. P4500
C. P4950
D. P4 095
40.Simplify 32 (3)
A. 36
B. 35
C. 93
D. 27
MATHEMATICS FOR JCE
Paper 2

MOGOPS TUTORS
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 1. A baby has to take medication once daily for the whole month of October.
For how many days will the baby be taking the medication
_____________________________________________________________
2. What type of angle is shown below?

__________________________________
3. Didi bought a bag of cabbages for P50.00 and later sold it at a reduced price
of P35.00. Calculate the percentage loss

________________________
4. Express 84 as a product of prime factors giving the answer in index form

__________________________
5. Express 60 as a product of prime factors and give answer in index form

_________________________
 6. 10cm

5cm

Calculate the perimeter of the shape above

_____________________________________________________
7. In the formula v=u+at, calculate the value of t when v= 10, u=4 and a=3

8. The figure below is made up of four rectangles, each of length l and breadth
b. Write down the perimeter in terms of l and b.

l
b

____________________________________________
9. Construct a perpendicular bisector for line LM given below

_______________________________
L M
 10.The selling price of an item is given by the formula S= C + MC
3

If S= 200 and C=60, calculate the value of M.

M= __________________________

11.Work out

2 1 1
-1 3 -1

_______________________________
12.The table below shows the customs duty rates for goods imported into
Botswana. Use it to answer question 13
Customs Duty Goods
Duty free Stationary
Text books
Children feeds
10% Household goods
Building material
Agricultural products
25% Whisky
Cigarettes
Gemstones and jewellery

A. Give one item from the table which is not taxed

_______________________
B. (i) Mrs Moroko bought the roofing tiles worth P15 000 from Namibia.
Calculate the customs duty she paid

___________________

(ii) Calculate the total amount of money she spent on tiles

_______________________

(iii) The same tiles can be bought for P16 480 in Botswana. State with a
reason whether it is better for Mrs. Moroko to buy the tiles from Botswana
or from Namibia. (Assume that Mrs. Moroko doesn’t pay for transport)

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

(iv) Express the difference between the two costs as the percentage of the
cost in Botswana

__________________________

C. Tebogo paid P500 customs duty for jewellery from South Africa. How much
was the jewellery worth?
The table below shows Mary’s weekly mass after starting a weight loss
program. Use it to answer question 13

Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6

Mass 72 68 66 64 66 63
(kg)

13.
a) Between which two successive weeks did Mary lose the greatest mass?

__________________
b) On the graph paper draw a line graph to represent Mary’s mass. (Use a
graph paper for this question)

c) Use the graph to estimate Mary’s mass at 3.5 weeks.

___________________
The distribution below shows the heights in centimetres of a group of 8
participants in a competition. Use it to answer question 14

160, 165, 155, 155, 165, 162, 155, 153

14.
a) Find the modal height

_____________________________
 b) Find the median height
____________________________
c) Find the mean height

__________________________
d) What is the probability that a participant chosen at random has a
height of 165cm

______________________________

SECTION C

15.Complete the pattern of numbers below

9 = 1 ×8 +1
98 = 12 ×8 + 2
987 = 123×8+3
9876 = 1234×8+4
98765 = _______________

16.A child uses half the amount of milk she used the day before several days.
1
On the first day she uses 1 cup of milk, then of a cup on the second day
2
1
and on the third day.
4
a. What fraction of the cup will the child use on the fourth day?

_________________________
b. How many cups of milk would be used from the first day up to the sixth
day?

Use the information below and the magic squares shown to answer
question 17.

17. In the magic square below, the total of the numbers along each row,
column and diagonal are equal. The magic total is three times the number
in the centre square.

47

113 59

a. Fill all the missing numbers in the magic square

b. The numbers used in the magic square belong to two classes of numbers.
Write down the names of the classes

……………………
18. The diagrams D1, D2 and D3 below show a pattern of triangles and
squares. Use the diagrams to answer question 18

D1 D2 D3
 a. Draw a pattern of triangles and squares representing D4 below

b. Complete the table below by filling in the number of triangles and the
number of squares in D1, D2, D3 and D4

Diagrams D1 D2 D3 D4 Dn
Number of 4
triangles
Number of 9
squares

c. Write down the number of squares and triangles in D5.

___________ squares
____________triangles
d. Find an expression in terms of n for the number of

I. Triangles in the nth diagram

II. Squares in the nth diagram
 ANGLE PROPERTIES
1. What is the name of the triangle that has a right angle?
__________________________________________________________________
2. Give the name of the triangle whose 2 sides are equal in length

3. Give the name of a triangle whose all sides are equal in length

4. The diagram below shows an equilateral triangle. Calculate the angle b

5. Solve for x in the diagram below

A
4x

B 3x 5x C

ii. Find the value of all angles A, B, C

6. Calculate unknown angles of triangles below
A
a) 3x

B 2x x C

Angle A = ___________________________________
Angle B = ___________________________________
Angle C = ____________________________________

b) E
x + 5º

F x x–5º G

Angle E=_____________________________
Angle F=____________________________
Angle G = ________________________________
P
x
c)
130º Q R
Angle P___________________________
Angle Q___________________________
Angle R____________________________

7. Write the name of each quadrilateral below

a)_____________________ b) ____________

c) d)

______________________

8. Solve for x in each diagram below

T U
6x 3x

W 4x
5x
V
b) A x x- 10º B

C x + 10º x – 10 º D

c) Construct a triangle with sides 9cm, 5cm and 3cm.

d) Construct a triangle with all three sides equal, side = 60mm

9. Construct a triangle which two sides 85mm each and the angle between these
sides is 60º.
10.A triangle whose 2 sides are 6cm and 4cm and the angle between these sides is
90º

11.Construct a rectangle with the sides 9cm and 5cm

12. Construct a parallelogram with the sides of 9.5cm and 7cm and an angle
between these sides is 55º
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REVISION PAPER MATHEMATICS FORM 1

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 SECTION A
1. Express 84 as a product of its prime factors

2. Write down the next two terms to complete the sequence below
-3, 0, 3, 6, 9 ___, ____

3. Express 0.15 as a fraction in its simplest form

4. Estimate first and then make accurate calculation of 1245- 394

Estimated answer_________________

Accurate answer__________________
Use the examples below to answer question 5

8x7=7x8 3 + 4= 4 + 3
5. a) What mathematical law is illustrated by the examples

_________________________
b) What does the law in a) state?
 _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
6. Calculate 10% of 425

7. Simplify the following ratios

a. 0.25 : 1.5

1 3
b. 1 :
2 4

8. Work out the following

a. (-12 + 4) ÷2 – 3

1 1 1
b. 2 + 3 +
4 5 2
9. Round off 0.2714 to the nearest hundredths

10.In a class of 40 learners 26 are girls

a. How many boys are there in class?

b. What percentage of class are girls?

Use the numbers below to answer question 11

1, 3, 6, 9, 15, 16, 17
11.From the list write

a. Triangle numbers

b. Rectangular numbers

SECTION B
12.Ms Mokwena harvested 6 750 maize cobs from her field in 2012. In 2013
she harvested 6080 maize cobs.

a. What was the decrease in the number of maize cobs harvested?

b. Calculate the percentage decrease in the number of maize cobs Ms

Mokwena harvested( give your answer correct to one decimal place)

13.In a recipe for making mixed fruit juice, the ratio of orange juice to apple
juice to mango juice to water is 3: 8: 5: 2
a. What volume of apple juice would you mix with 360ml of orange juice?

b. How much mixed fruit juice will this make?

14.Campers have enough food to last 150 of them for 16 days. How many days
would the food last if it were 120 campers?
15.A tin of fish cost P5.50 and a tin of beef costs P7.00. If John buys two tins of
fish and three tins of beef how much does he pay altogether?

16.List all the factors of 24 and 36

24: __________________________
36:___________________________

ii. Which numbers are both factors of 24 and 36?

_____________________________________

iii. What is the highest common factor of 24 and 36?

Use a list of fractions below to answer question 17

3 2 1 2
, , ,
4 5 2 3

17.Arrange the fractions in order of size starting with the smallest

ii. Subtract the smallest fraction from the largest

 1
iii. Divide the largest fraction by
3

18.Express the following as percentages

a. 0.06

28
b.
40

19.Moga and Sone share P300 in the ratio of their ages. Moga is 6 years and
Sone is 9 years old.
a. Write the ratio of Sone’s age to Moga’s age as a ratio in its simplest form

b. How much does each receive?

Moga__________________

Sone ___________________
 1 2
20.Jojo ploughs of a field on the first day and on the second day.
3 3

a. What fraction of the field would not be ploughed on the first day?

b. What fraction of the field is ploughed on the second day?

c. What fraction of the field will not be ploughed after the second day?

21.In a mathematics game of 10 questions a candidate scores 2 points for a

correct answer. For every wrong answer a candidate scores zero and then 1
point is deducted from points accumulated
a. John got all questions correct. What is his score?

b. Maduo got 6 questions correct. What is her score?

c. Neo got all questions wrong. What was his score?

d. What is the difference between John and Neo’s scores

SECTION C
22.Fill in the square below with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 such that each number
only appears only once in each row and column

1 3 4
2 4 1

2 3 5
5 1 4 2 3

1 3 2

23.Complete the table below on inverse of numbers

Multiplicative Additive
inverse inverse

5 -5

𝟏 8
𝟖
𝟐
2
𝟑
 SECTION A
1. Express 40 as a product of its prime factors

2. Complete the sequence below

110, 110, 90, 80___, ____, ___, ____, _____

3. Round off as indicated in the brackets

a) 293 ( to the nearest 10)

b) 5686 ( to the nearest thousand)

4. Work out
12 – 6 ÷ (4 x 2) + 3

5. Given that * means multiply by 2 and add the second number.

Example: 2 * 3= 4 + 3= 7, find a value of 4 * 6
6. Express 48 as a product of its prime factors

2
7. What is the multiplicative inverse and the additive inverse of ?
3

Multiplicative inverse_____________________________
Additive inverse_________________________________

8. Insert brackets where necessary to ensure answers are correct.

a) 6 + 3 x 2 +4= 16

b) 6 + 3 x 2 +4

9. Round off to the nearest hundred and find the sum of 2 446 and 926
10. Write down the highest common factors of 30 and 72

11. Write down the lowest common multiples of 16 and 24

12.Which of the following shows the commutative law?

a) 6 +5 = 5 +6
b) 8x2=2x8
c) 6-4 = 4-6
d) 12÷3= 3÷12

13. Classify the following numbers by completing the table below

(1, 2, 12)
Cube Even Odd Rectangle Prime Triangle Square

14.What is the next even number after 135?

15.List all the prime numbers between 30 and 40

16.Why is 1 not a prime number?

17.Arrange 15 in a rectangular array of rows and columns

18.Write down the next three lines in the pattern if

(9 x 1) +2 = 1
(9 x 12) +3 = 111
(9 x 123) +4 = 1111
……………………………………………….
………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………..
1. Expand and simplify the expression 7- 2 (3a +1 )

A. 5 – 6a
B. 7 – 6a
C. 8 – 6a
D. 9 – 6a

2. A girl is 9 years old and her brother is 4 years older. Their mother is four times
as old as the brother. Their father is 3 years older than the mother. How old is
the father?
A. 19
B. 48
C. 52
D. 55
3. A pair of trousers costs P100. How much would it cost in US $ if P1.00 = US $
0.2675
A. US $ 0.2675
B. US $ 26.75
C. US $ 99.73
D. US $ 100. 27
4. A rectangular room measuring 6.5m by 3.5m is to be carpeted. What is the area
of the carpet required in m2?
A.
2.275m2
B. 20.0m2
C. 22.0m2
D. 22.75m2
5. The area of trapezium is 40cm2. Find the value of x
A. 5 x
B. 7
C. 9 5cm
D. 12 9 cm

6. How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
 D. 3
7. Solve the simultaneous equations y + 2x = 9
y – 2x = 1

A. x= 1.5 and y=4

B. x=2 and y=5
C. x=3 and y= 1.5
D. x=4 and y= 2
8. Express 50 as a product of its prime factors
A. 1 x 50
B. 5 x 10
C. 2 x 5 x 5
D. 2 x 25
9. Which diagram is shown by the net below?
A. Cylinder
B. Cuboid
C. Cube
D. Triangular prism

10.What is the equation of the straight line parallel to y= 2x + 3passing through the
points ( 0, - 1 )
A. y=2x +1
B. y=2x – 1
C. y=x +3
D. y= x – 1
11.Calculate the size of the angle w in the diagram below
A. 50º
B. 60º
C. 70º 60º
D. 80º
w
50º
12.A man leaves his home at 7:30 am to drive to his cattle post. He arrives at
1:00pm. How long does he take?
A. 4 hrs 50 mins
B. 5 hrs 30 mins
C. 4 hrs 30 mins
D. 4 hrs 50 mins

13.Work out 2 + 10 x 5
A. 100
B. 70
C. 25
D. 52

14.Which of the following is a prime number?

A. 27
B. 47
C. 57
D. 77

15.1430hrs converted to 12 hour clock is

A. 2:30am
B. 2:30pm
C. 1:30am
D. 1:30pm

16.What is 6.074 rounded off to two decimal places

A. 6.00
B. 6.074
C. 6.1
D. 6.07

17.The diagram below shows part of the regular polygon with an interior angle of
144º. How many sides does the polygon have?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 15
 22
18.What is the circumference of circle with diameter 42cm? take π=
7
A. 5544cm
B. 1386cm
C. 132cm
D. 42cm

19.Factorize completely: 4x + 12xy

A. x(4 + 12y)
B. 2x(2 + 6y)
C. 4(x +3y)
D. 4x (1 + 3y)

20.Given the coordinates (-1, -1 ) and (7, 3) calculate the gradient

A. 2
B. -2
C. 4
D. -4

21.A boy was given P200. He spends 15% of his money on fruits. How much was
he left with?
A. P7.50
B. P30.00
C. P170.00
D. P185.00

22.Rebaone rides a bicycle at an average speed of 30km/h for 15 minutes.

Calculate the distance covered in kilometres
A. 450km
B. 120km
C. 7.5km
D. 2km

A timetable of a bus operating between Lobatse and Kanye is as shown. Use it

to answer questions 23 and 24
 Lobatse Departure 9:00am

Kanye Arrival 10:00am

Departure 10:20am

Jwaneng Arrival 12:40pm

Departure 12: 50pm
Kang Arrival 2:30pm

23.How long does the bus take to travel from Kanye to Jwaneng?
A. 2 hours 20 minutes
B. 2 hours 30 minutes
C. 2 hours 40 minutes
D. 2 hours 50 minutes

24.How long does the bus wait in Kanye?

A. 10 minutes
B. 50 minutes
C. 20 minutes
D. 30 minutes

25.The first four terms in the sequence are 2, 5, 8, 11… what is the next term of the
sequence?
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
26.Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid given in the diagram
A. 14
B. 54 5cm
C. 84
D. 132 2cm

8cm
 7
27.Express as a decimal
8
A. 0.875
B. 0.86
C. 1.13
D. 1.143

28.Botswana is 3 hours behind Pakistan. If the time in Botswana is 10:00pm what

will be the time in Pakistan?
A. 1:00am
B. 1:00pm
C. 7:00am
D. 7:00pm

2
29.Calculate the value of 3
1
5
A.
3

5
B.
4

6
C.
1

6
D.
3

30.In the diagram below h, i, j, k, l, m are angles between the two parallel lines and
transversal line. Which of the following pair is alternating angles
 e. f
g h

i. j
k m
A. h and i
B. i and k
C. m and j
D. k and h

18 18 12 21
31.Thuto’s marks for 4 class tests are: , , , and . Which was Thuto’s best
25 24 15 30
mark?

12
A.
15
18
B.
24
18
C.
24
21
D.
30

32.Which of the following years was a leap year?

A. 2002
B. 2003
C. 2004
D. 2009

33.Calculate the equation of the line passing through the point (0, 0) and (4, 8).
A. y=2x
B. y=2x + 4
C. y=2x + 8
 D. y= -2x

34. Approximate the value of 2.83 x 0.36 to one decimal place

A. 3.1
B. 3.3
C. 1.4
D. 1.1

35.The sum of exterior angles of a polygon with 5 sides is

A. 360º
B. 540º
C. 720º
D. 900º

36.Given that p=3 and q=4. What is the value of (pq)2

A. 144
B. 24
C. -34
D. -24

37.Given that 12 men are needed to build a house in 30 days. How many men are
needed to build the same house in 15 days?
A. 37.5
B. 30
C. 24
D. 15

38.What is the name of the polygon shown below?

 A. Hexagon
B. Heptagon
C. Nonagon
D. Quadrilateral
39. What name is given to a polygon with 10 sides
A. Decagon
B. Nonagon
C. Heptagon
D. Pentagon

40.What is 250
A. 25
B. 1
C. 5
D. 50
1. The electricity meter was read and showed digits below

5 4 2 8 9 7

Which of the digits are square numbers?

1 2 3 4
2. Write down the next two terms of the sequence 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , ___, ______
2 3 4 5

4
3. Simplify √
9

4. In a map 22cm represents 44000000cm, what is the scale of the map?

5. In a certain senior school there are 54 prefects. Express the number as a product
of its prime factors in its index form

ii. Each prefect supervises 10 students in the school. How many students are there
altogether in the school including prefects?
5. The distance from the sun to the earth is approximated as 150 000 000 km,
express the distance in standard form

6. An estate sells the house for P650 000 and gets a commission of 7% of the total.
How much commission does she get?

7. Construct an angle of 60º

The diagram below shows a petrol tank meter reading at a certain filling
station in Tlokweng. Use the information to answer question 10.
9. Calculate the value of x in the diagram below

140º 2x – 10 º

10. Mr Theo has 2y cattle and x goats. How many animals does he have altogether
in terms of x and y.

11. Express 7.5% as a fraction

12. Solve: 3y + 7=16

13. Remove brackets and simplify

2a- 5b-2(a- 3b)
1. Write the number 4.97 to two significant figures

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2. Find the value of the following
a. √121 ×2

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b. 42 + 53

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3. Write the number 0.00000507 in standard form

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4. Write 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 7 in short form using indices

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5. Express 484 as a product of its prime factors in index form

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6. Factorize the following expressions completely:
A. nm + nk + n
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B. Simplify 10a4b3 ÷ 5ab2. Write your answer in index form

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7. Given that a=7 , b=0.5 and c=4
Find the value of the expression; a + bc × 2a

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5𝑐 3
8. Simplify ; +
2𝑚 𝑚

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9. The symbol # is defined as “subtract the second number from double the first
number”. What is the value of; 7 # 4
10.Write the missing term in the following sequence -5, -3, __, 1

11.Arrange the following numbers in order f size starting with the biggest number
0.055, 0.6, 0.63, 0.009, 0.4
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12.Change 0.05 to fraction in its simplest form

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13.Approximate the answer to the following by rounding off to the nearest hundred
129 x 389

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14.Express the 12.5% as a fraction in its simplest form

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15.Simplify the ratio
12: 0.6

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 SECTION B
16.In a school, 120 girls and 90 boys sat for an examination. 70% of the boys
passed and 30% of girls failed.

a. How many boys passed

b. How many girls passed

c. What percentage of the candidates in the school passed

d. What is the ratio of boys to girls who sat for examination in its simplest form

17.Construct a line segment XY of length 10cm.Construct a perpendicular bisector

to bisect the line XY
18.Calculate the angles marked with letters in the diagram below

y 55º
x

100º 140º

19. A fridge can either be bought for P1950 cash, or for deposit of P200 and eight
monthly installments of P245.
a) How much does the fridge cost using hire purchase?

b) What is the difference in cost between the hire purchase price and cash
price
20.It is given that an apple cost 65thebe and orange cost 25thebe. Thato bought x
apples and y oranges.
a. Express how much Thato pays for apples in thebe in terms of x

b. Express how much Thato pays for oranges in thebe in terms of y

c. Express the total amount he pays for apples and oranges in terms of x and y

1
21.a) Express as a power in the form an
64

b) Work out the following, giving your answer in standard form

(7.2 x 105 ) ÷ (8 x 102 )

c) Arrange the following in ascending order

 8.9 x 10-2, 6.75 x 10-5, 3.79 x 105, 4.5 x 102

22.Estimate the answer by rounding to the nearest 100, then work out the actual
answer: 1854 – 806

Estimated answer________________________
Actual answer _____________________________

6 𝑤 𝑥 0 2 8
23.If H= ; I= and H + I=
2 −3 𝑦 7 −3 𝑧

w= ____________________
x=_____________________
y=_____________________
z=______________________
24.A)Study the sequence below and use it to answer a and b
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ____, ____, 21
i. Establish the rule: _________________________
ii. Write the missing terms: ____________________________
B) Write all the prime numbers between 30 and 40

25.At the end of February the reading of the electricity meter at Mr. Leano’s house
was 26 814. At the end of March, the electricity meter reading was 28 279. The
cost of electricity is 0.42 thebe per unit and the standing charge is P15.00.
 a. Calculate the number of units of electricity used by Mr Leano

b. Calculate the total electricity bill

c. If 10% VAT is charged on electricity bills, calculate the total amount Mr

Leano has to pay for the electricity

SECTION C

26.Complete the magic square below by using a number only once

HINT: MAGIC SUM= 15

3 5
27.Arrange the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the nine empty spaces in the
triangle to get the sum of 23 along each side.

28.The pattern below shows boxes of medical supplies being sent to different
clinics around the country according to their sizes.

Clinic A which has one nurse gets one box

Clinic B which has two nurse gets four boxes

B B

B B

Clinic C which has three nurses gets nine boxes

C C C

C C C

C C C
 a. Draw patterns for the next two clinics

b. The pattern continues like this up to Clinic H. How many boxes will Clinic
H receive?

29.A rectangle contains letters as shown. Divide the triangle into four parts by
drawing bold lines such that each part has four different letters in it.

P R R Q

Q Q S P

S P S Q

S R R P
30.s
31.s
 SECTION A
1. Work out (7 + 9 ) x 15 ÷ 3

2. A classroom has 31 chairs. If Nana took out 7 chairs and One bought 14 chairs,
how many chairs will be in the classroom?

1 5
3. Work out 3 – 1
4 6

4. Lesiba has 56.35m of cloth. He cuts 9.587m of the cloth and sold it to Dipsy.
How many metros of the cloth remain?

5. Solve the equation: 2t + 4 = 18

6. Simplify the expression : 8y + 7k + 13y – k

7. Bofelo invested P50 000 in a bank for a period of 6 years at an interest rate of
4% per annum.
a) Calculate the simple interest he earns over a period of 6 years

b) Calculate the total amount Bofelo has accumulated at the end of 6

years.

8. Draw an angle of 75º

9. Nono is paid a commission at 3.5% of the sales she made. She sold goods
amounting to P9 500. Calculate the commission she will be paid

10.Blackie bought goods amounting to P11 250 from Zambia. He is charged 5%

customs duty at the border
a) Calculate the customs duty he has to pay
 b) Calculate the total amount he will spend on the good

𝑓 3𝑓 𝑓
11.Simplify the fraction : + -
2 16 4

12.Expand and simplify: 4(a + b) – 2 (3a + 2b )

13.Express 275 as a product of its prime factors

1
14.Work out: 125 x x 2 x 127
127
 SECTION B
15.Given : e= 4 , f=5 and g= -3 , calculate the value of
i. 3e + f + g

ii. eg- 4f

16. Gao planted 20% of her field with pumpkins, 24% with beans and the rest
with maize.
i. What percentage of her field did she plant maize?

ii. Express as a ratio in simplest form, the division of her field in planting
pumpkins, beans and maize

iii. Gao’s field is 20 hectares. How many hectares of her field did she plant
each of the three crops?
17.This sign below is shown in a window shop

Massive savings
Cellphones: Was P899
Now P499
Table saw: Was P999.95
Now P769.95
Stainless steel cookware Was P189.95
Now P129.95

i. Calculate the discount offered on each item

ii. Calculate the percentage discount offered on the cellphone

18.To go from Maun to Gaborone, Mr Sentsho travelled p km then stopped for his
lunch before proceeding another q km, after which he was halfway to Maun.
i. Make an expression using p and q to represent the distance travelled
 ii. Using p and q write an expression for the distance between Gaborone and
Maun

iii. If p=200km and q=750km

a) After how many kilometers did Mr Sentsho stop for lunch

b) How far is Maun from Gaborone?

19. Complete the bank cheque below in which you are paying Kao Kenole an
amount of P3000.80

BARCLAYS 29-14-67
SEROWE BRANCH Letsatsi / date
______________
Duela
Pay _______________________________________________ P

Bokana/amount ____________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________
Signature
20. In an election there were two candidates Lemo and Tsitsi. There were 38 500
6 3
people voting. Lemo received of the votes and Tsitsi of the votes.
11 7
a) How many votes did each candidate receive?

b) The remaining ballots were spoilt. What fraction of the votes was spoilt?

c) How many ballots were spoilt?

21. A room is 4.3m long by 3.8m wide as shown.

3.8m Carpet y

4.3m
a. Calculate the area of the room in m2

b. If a carpet is put on the floor as shown so that all around the carpet there is a
strip which is uncarpeted, calculate the area of the carpet. The distance between the
carpet and the wall shown by and is ¼ m.
22. Find the sizes of the angles marked by letters in the diagram below

z
r p
143º

23. Use the income tax table to answer the questions

Band Taxable income per Rate
annum in pula
1 0- 20 000 0
2 20 001- 60 000 5%
3 60 001- 100 000 10%
4 100 001- 200 000 12%
5 200 001 and above 16%

a) Budi earns P104 400 per annum.

i. In which band is his salary?

ii. Calculate his income tax

b) Lesego earns P3500 per month.

i. How much is her annual income?
 ii. How much income tax does she pay monthly?

SECTION C
1. The pattern given below shows another way of obtaining cube numbers.
Complete it for the next three numbers.
Position Pattern Cube number
1 1 1

3+5 8
2
7 + 9 + 11 27
3
13 + 15 + 17 + 19 64
4

5
6

2. For each of the sequences given write the next two terms
i. 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2, ___, _____

1 2 3 4
ii. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , ____, _____
2 3 4 5

iii. -12.5, -8.5, -4.5, -0.5, ___, ___

2 3 4 8
3. Pona observed a pattern shown as x x x …………… x
3 4 5 9
 Copy down the pattern and continue it by writing down the missing terms
4 8
between and
5 9

2 8
ii. Find the value of the whole pattern from up to
3 9

4. Pako lost his marked mathematics paper. When asked if he remembers what
percentage he scored in the examination he responded by saying.
“My score is a two digit prime number. The sum of two digits is a two
digit prime. The tens digit is larger than the unit digit. That’s all I
remember”

What is Pako’s score?

THE END
 SECTION A
1. Write down the next two numbers in the sequence
1, 8, 27, 64, ____, _____

2. Write 1.62 x 10-2 as an ordinary number

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3. Find the sum of interior angles of a 17 sided polygon

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4. In a school with 600 pupils, there are 350 girls. What is the ratio of number
of boys to girls?

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5. Work out 4a7b3 x 8a-3b2

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6. Express 537 420 in standard form

7. Write 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 x t x t x t x t x t x t in index form

8. A company produced 12 365 cars in 2014. Round 12 365 to three significant

figures
 9. What is a supplement of angle 55º

10.How many significant figures are there in the number 30 002 000

SECTION B

1. Pep stores offers a 25% discount on all their products.

Letso buys a pair of grey trousers marked P150
a) Calculate Letso’s cash discount

b) How much does Letso pay for the pair of trousers?

2. The diagram below shows a regular polygon

i. Name the polygon
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ii. Calculate the sum of its interior angles

iii. How many lines of symmetry does it have?

3. In the diagram below calculate the value of x

2x + 50º
140º

4. Jane is in training for a sponsored walk. On Monday she walks 2.7km,

Wednesday 3.9km and Friday 5.8km.
i. How far has she walked altogether?

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ii. How far must she walk on Sunday to make a total of 20kn?
 5. The table below gives the monthly charges rates for electricity( April 2015)
used

CHARGES PAYABLE MONTHLY

Fixed charge per month P7.00
Energy charger per kilowatt P0.2403

a) John consumed 50kWh in the month of april. Calculate the bill

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b) Sister Alice’s electricity bill for April was P59.87. How many units of electricity
had she used? Give your answer correct to the nearest unit

*THE END*
 POLYGONS
1. A polygon has n sides. Determine how many angles it has.

…………………………………………………………………………

2. Construct a regular triangle of side 5cm

3. Construct a regular quadrilateral of side 4cm

4. A regular pentagon has all 5 sides equal in length which is 5cm. Calculate
the size of each interior angle.

108º
 5. Write down the formula used to calculate the size of an interior angle of a
regular polygon.

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6. Calculate the size of an interior angle of a regular octagon of side 6cm.

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7. An unknown regular polygon is said to have an interior angle of 140º.
Calculate the number of sides of this polygon and name the polygon

8. What is the size of an interior angle of a regular polygon with 10 sides?

9. Calculate the size of angle marked with letters

 138º

63º 69º

10.The sum of interior angles of a triangle is ________________________

 REVISION KIT
1. What is the name of the polygon with
a) 5 sides ___________________
b) 7 sides ____________________
c) 9 sides _____________________

2. Calculate the sum of interior angles of a polygon with 8 sides

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4
3. Calculate the value of ( ) 3
5

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4. Solve the equation 2x – 3 = 6

5. Convert 30cm2 to m2

6. A man invests P15 000 for two years at 15% interest compound interest per
annum
a) Calculate the value of the investment at the end of two years
 b) Calculate the interest received

7. Simplify the expression 5xy + 2x – 15xy – x

Use the information below to answer question 8

The mass of relief food rations given to the needy people in 2012 was 5850kg. In 2013 the mass of the relief
food rations given decreased by 10 %

8. Calculate the mass of the food rations that was given to the needy people in
2013

9. A boy and a girl share P5000 in the ratio of their ages. If the boy is 12 years and
a girl is 13 years, how much should each get?
10. Make x the subject of the formula y= mx + c

11. The cost of one goat is P700 and the cost of one cow is P3500. A farmer
bought 15 goats and 5 cows
Calculate the total cost of goats and cows that the farmer bought

2
12. Katlego travels of a 600km journey by bus and travels the rest of the journey
3
by car. How many kilometres does he travel by car?

13. The temperature in a village on Tuesday morning was -5ºC. In the afternoon of
the same day, the temperature had risen by 10ºC. What was the temperature on
Tuesday afternoon?
14. If M= √ a + b calculate the value of M when a = 12 and b=13

Use the information below to answer question 15

A woman buys 2 apples and three bananas at a total cost of P8.50 and a man buys one apple and two bananas
from the same shop at a total cost of P5.00

15. a) form an equation for the total cost of items bought by

i) The woman

…………………………………….
ii) The man

……………………………………………….
b) What is the cost of each apple and each banana?

Apple ________________
banana__________________
The following table shows the shoe sizes of 40 students in form 3B. Use it to
answer question 16
 Shoe size Number of students
(frequency)
3 2
4 8
5 10
6 9
7 6
8 5

16. (a) what is the modal shoe size of the students in form 3B?

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(b ) What is the median shoe size of the students in form 3B?

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(c ) Calculate the mean shoe size of the students in form 3B?

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17. A bag contains two red balls and two blue balls. A ball is picked at random
without looking

a) Draw a probability table to show all possible outcomes

b) What is the probability that the two balls picked would be red?

………………………………..

18. Every week a woman buys some items needed in the house. The items she
bought are shown in the table below.

Week 1 Week 2
Tomatoes 5 7
Onions 6 5
Toothpaste 1 1
Tomato sauce 1 2

a) Write the information above in a matrix form

b) What is the order of the matrix above?

19. The following is a net of a prism. Each side measures 6cm

a) What is the name of the prism that will be made by the net above?

b) Calculate the volume of the prism

c) Calculate the total surface area of the prism

20. A woman bought a car for P15 000. She was charged 25% of the cost of the car
as customs duty and 12% VAT.

a) Calculate the amount she paid for customs duty

b) Calculate the amount of VAT she paid

c) How much in total did it cost her to buy a car?

2
21. Find the square of
3

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9
22. Find the square root of
64

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23. What is the negative square root of 25?

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24. Find the square roots of the following numbers

0.09 ______________________
0.81______________________
0.0000027_________________
25. Work out the following

1
a) ( )3
2

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b) ∛
1
8
c) The figure below shows a cube with sides of 5.25cm.

5.25cm
a) Calculate the volume of the cube. Round the answer to two decimal places

b) Calculate the area of one face of the cube. Round the answer to two decimal
places

c) Find the square of the answer in b) above

26. The figure below shows a square with an area of 320cm2

320cm2

a) Calculate the length of each side of the square

b) Calculate the perimeter of the square of the square

27. Find the base of 95

28. Find the index of 89

29. Find the value of 154

30. Write 74 in expanded form

31. Express 24 as a product of its prime factors

32. Write each of the following expressions as a single power

a) 53 x 55 x 59 b) 43 x 49 x 41 c) 92 x 94 x 93
33. Write each multiplication as the product of its prime factors
a) 81 x 128, b) 48 x 576, c) 968 x 972

34. Apply the laws of indices as required

44 ÷ 4

(93)4

77 ÷ 76

35. (2)-3

36. 80
37. Write each expression with positive indices
a) 3-2 x 33

1
b) ( )-3
7

c) 34 x 3-6

38. Write 0.00184 in standard form

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39. Write each number in standard form

a) 908 000 000

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b) 3 340 000

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c) 0.000767

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d) 0.000000000000789

40. Write each expression as a whole number

1.87 x 10-5

2.24 x 10-6

7.01 x 10-3

41. Calculate the value if each expression. Write the answer in standard form

a) 8.09 x 104 + 4.99 x 103

b) 3.18 x 10 -4 + 5.46 x 106

42. one sodium atom has 11 protons, 12 neutrons and 11 electrons. The mass of 1
electron is about 0.000000000000000000000001673kg. The mass of 1 neutron is
the same as the mass of 1 proton
a) Write the total mass of the items below in one Sodium atom in standard form
i) Electrons

ii) Protons

iii) Neutrons
 WORKING WITH VARIABLES

1. Expand the following

a) (p + r) (k +m)
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b) (3a-e) (2x – j)
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c) (2m + 4n) (5 – 3i)
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d) (x – y) (p + j)
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2. Remove the brackets and simplify
a) (a + b)2
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b) (k + s ) (v – u )
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c) (j – s)2
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d) (2k – 1) (4k – 3)
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e) (4y + x) (y – 3x)
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3. Expand and simplify

a) (x + 4)2
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 b) (y –6)2
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c) (x + y) (c + d)

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d) (d + e) 3

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e) (2m + n) 2

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f) (4t – 3) (4t + 3)

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4. For each of the following, find a common factor and factorize the expression
a) 4x + 4y

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b) 4c + 16d

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c) 8ab – 4b – 2ac + 2c

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d) pq + p – 3q – 3
 5. Factorize

a) 2πr2 + πrh – 6r – 3h

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b) p2 r2 - apr + bts – ab

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c) y2 + cy + ay +ac

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d) 2uv – 4us + tv – 2rs

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e) 20ts + 7 + 10t + 14s

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6. Evaluate the following expressions
1
a) If x = - 5 and y = , evaluate 3(x2 + 4x) – 9y
3

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1
b) If x = -4 and y = , evaluate x3 – 4y
4
 c) 6x3 – x2 + y for x=-3 and y=2

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d) 4x2 – 3y5 for x = -3 and y = 2

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e) xy – (x + y) for x= -3 and y =2

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7. Simplify the following algebraic fractions

a) 4x2
2x3
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b) 18p7q5
6p3q2

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c) 6u6v3 x u2v
3u4v2 2u3v2

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 8. Simplify the following

7 5
a) 𝑝 - 𝑝

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2𝑢 𝑢
b) -3
7

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2𝑘 𝑘
c) 3p - 2𝑝

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8 2
d) 𝑚 - 𝑛

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11 3
e) + 2𝑝
𝑞

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