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2ACh01 - Enrichment Exercise - Solution

The document contains solutions to challenging mathematics questions involving rates, ratios, proportions and word problems. Some of the questions involve setting up and solving equations to calculate values like time, number of items or people. Other questions require setting up and solving proportion statements. The solutions show the step-by-step work and reasoning to arrive at the final answers.

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2ACh01 - Enrichment Exercise - Solution

The document contains solutions to challenging mathematics questions involving rates, ratios, proportions and word problems. Some of the questions involve setting up and solving equations to calculate values like time, number of items or people. Other questions require setting up and solving proportion statements. The solutions show the step-by-step work and reasoning to arrive at the final answers.

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FORM 2 MATHEMATICS

Chapter 1 Rates, Ratios and Proportions


Selected Challenging Questions for Enrichment

SOLUTION

1. (a) 2. (a)

(b)

(b) Note that 285 minutes = 4.75 hours

Let x hour the time taken for the train to travel from B to C
Then the time taken to travel from A to B is (4.75 – x) hours

Then 3. (a)
120(4.75 − 𝑥) + 150𝑥 = 645
570 − 120𝑥 + 150𝑥 = 645
30𝑥 = 75
𝑥 = 2.5

The train took 2.5 hours to travel from B to C.


3. (b) 5. (a)

(b)

4. (a)

6. Let the original number of girls be 3k and the original number of


boys be 5k, where 𝑘 ≠ 0.
(3𝑘 + 4): (5𝑘 + 4) = 2: 3
3𝑘 + 4 2
=
5𝑘 + 4 3
(b) Let x = 5k and y = k, where 𝑘 ≠ 0. 9𝑘 + 12 = 10𝑘 + 8
As given 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 8 𝑘=4
2(5𝑘) − 5𝑘 = 8
5𝑘 = 8 Originally there are 3 × 4 = 12 girls and 5 × 4 = 20 boys in the
𝑘 = 1.6 classroom.

Therefore, x = 5 × 1.6 = 8 and 𝑦 = 1.6


7. (a) 8. (b)

9. (a) $2.1 / g = $2100 / kg

(b)

(b)

8. (a)

10. (a) 2:x=6:1


2 6
=
𝑥 1
6𝑥 = 2
1
𝑥=
3
10.(b) 11. (b)

12. (a)
(c)

(b)

(c)

11.(a)
13. 14. (b)

15. (a)

14.(a)
15.(a) 16. Let the number of days needed to finish the job by A individually
be x.
Then the number of days needed to finish the job by B
individually will be 2x

1 1 1
+ =
𝑥 2𝑥 6
3 1
=
2𝑥 6
𝑥=9

If worker A finishes the job individually, 9 days are needed.

(b)

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