PRACTICE

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1. (a) Calculate the EXACT value of giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. (3 marks)
1 2
3 − 3
5
4
2
5

(b) 0.67 x 8.9 ÷ 114.5

(i) Correct answer to 2 decimal places (2 marks)
(ii) Correct to 3 significant figures (1 mark)
(iii) Give answer in standard form (1 mark)
(c) The table below shows the cost price, selling price and profit or loss as a percentage of the cost price.
Copy and complete the table below, inserting the missing values at (i) and (ii).

Cost Price Selling Price Percentage Profit or loss

(i) $55.00 $44.00 _____________

(ii) __________ $100.00 25% profit

(4 marks)
(c) The table below shows some rates of exchange.
Calculate the value of: US $1.00 = EC $2.70
(i) EC $1 in TT $
(1 mark) TT $1.00 = EC $0.40
(ii) US $80 in EC $ (1
mark)
(iii) TT $648 in US $
(3 marks)

Total 12 marks
2. (a) Given that m = -2 and n = 4, calculate the value of (2m + n) (2m - n) (2 marks)
(b) If a*b = a2 – b evaluate 5* 2
(c) Simplify:
(i) m3 n x (- m2 n) x 5m2 n4 (2 marks)
3 5 4
(ii) 𝑦
- 3𝑦 + 5𝑦
(iii) (𝑎3 )5 ÷ 𝑎17 (2marks)
(iv) 4(𝑥 + 7) − 4(𝑥 − 6) (2 marks)

(d) Factorize completely:

(i) 3x- 6y + x2- 2xy (2 marks)
(ii) 2px + 3xq -2py – 3yq (2 marks)

(e) Solve the following equations

(i) x/8 = 3 (2 marks)
(ii) 4x – 3 = -2(5 – 3x) (2 marks)

3. (a) (i) Given that -5x – 3 > 12 solve to find the range of values that would represent x. (2 marks)
(ii) Show your answer on a number line. (1 mark)

(b) Sally bought five pencils and 6 exercise books at a total cost of thirteen dollars, her friend Jill went to the same
store and bought ten pencils and eight exercise books, and her total cost was twenty dollars.
(i) Using p to represent one pencil and b to represent one exercise book make two equations to show the
total cost of each girl’s purchase. (2 marks)
(ii) Solve the equations to find the cost of one pencil and one exercise book (3 marks)
4. The table below is designed to show values of x and y for the function y = 2x – 3
for the integer values of x from -2 to 4.

X -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Y -7 -3 -1 1 5

(a) Complete the table for the function y = 2x – 3. (2 marks)

(b) On your graph paper, plot the graph of y = 2x – 3
using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the y-axis. (4 marks)

Total 10 marks
5.
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7. A sequence of figures is made up of equilateral triangles, called unit triangles with unit sides.
The first three figures in the sequence are shown below.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

(a) Draw Figure 4 of the sequence. (2 marks)

(b) Study the patterns of numbers in each row of the table below.
Each row relates to one of the figures in sequence of figures. Some rows have been included in the table.
Complete the rows numbered (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).
 Figure Number of Unit Triangles Number of Unit Sides

1 1 (3 × 1)(1 + 1)
=3
2
2 4 (3 × 2)(2 + 1)
=9
2
3 9 (3 × 3)(3 + 1)
= 18
2
(i) 4 (2 marks)

(ii) 144 (2 marks)

(iii) 25 (2 marks)
n
(iv) (2 marks)

Total 10 marks