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1.1 Solving real-life problems d 188.25 e 867.

2
8 a £22.08 b £5.76 c £31.50
HOMEWORK 1A 9 20
1 25 × 12 = 300. 300 + 60 (20%) = 360. He buys 10 a 16
384 tiles, so he has enough. b i 160 ii 0.16 iii 0.16
2 No. £30 ÷ 85p = 35.29, so she can buy 35 packets 11 19.74 ÷ 2.1 (Answer 9.4. This is approximately 20
of balloons, which is only 875. ÷ 2 = 10)
3 Yes, the shop covers its costs, as 10% is £11, so
£110 + £11 = £121 per TV. Rental is £3.50 × 40 1.3 Approximation of calculations
weeks = £140 (£140 − £110 = £30 profit per TV).
4 27 HOMEWORK 1C
5 £728 1 a 50 000 b 60 000 c 30 000
6 No. 860 ÷ 15 = 57.333... weeks, which is more d 90 000 e 90 000 f 50
than one year. Or: £860 ÷ 52 = £16.54 per week g 90 h 30 i 100
to save enough for one year. Or: £15 × 52 weeks j 200 k 0.5 l 0.3
= £780 saved in a year; £860 − £780 = £80 short. m 0.006 n 0.05 o 0.0009
80 ÷ £15 = 5.333 ... more weeks to save. p 10 q 90 r 90
s 200 t 1000
7 £2664
2 Hellaby: 850 to 949; Hook: 645 to 654; Hundleton:
8 Mutya earns £84 each week. Neil earns £280 1045 to 1054
each week. Mutya will need to work for four
weeks to earn over £280. 3 a 6700 b 36 000 c 69 000
d 42 000 e 27 000 f 7000
9 No, Mary is €30 short. She has enough money for g 2200 h 960 i 440
only three presents. j 330
£504 ÷ 36 = £14 per person per ticket. Mary has
£150 − £14 = £136. 4 a 50 000 b 6200 c 89.7
£136 × €1.25 = €170 d 220 e 8 f 1.1
g 730 h 6000 i 67
10 1536 j 6 k 8 l 9.75
m 26 n 30 o 870
11 23
p 40 q 0.085 r 0.009 9
12 a £1000 b £912 s 0.08 t 0.0620
13 a 24 m² b £12.50 5 95 or 96
14 28 6 650 − 549 = 101
15 Comparing over one year, 52 × 38 = 1976; 12 × 7 63
150 =1800 So stock is decreasing.
HOMEWORK 1D
1.2 Multiplication and division with 1 a 30 000 b 24 c 8
decimals d 900 e 125 f 0.42
g 60 000 h 5600
2 a 200 b 40 c 800
HOMEWORK 1B d 40 000 e 15 000 f 2000
1 a 3.3 b 0.09 c 64.816 g 150 h 52 500
d 81.95 e 512.1 f 954.67 3 a 37 800 b 180
g 9.4 h 7.914
4 20 × 80 000 = 1 600 000; 6000 × 300 = 1 800
2 a 0.25 b 7.56 c 5.04 000; 500 × 7000 = 3 500 000; 10 000 × 900 = 9
d 1.68 e 3.9 000 000
3 a i 8 ii 8.88 iii 0.88 400000
b i 15 ii 14.88 iii 0.12 5 100 000 km ( × 2; i.e. to and from Earth)
8
c i 20 ii 21.42 iii 1.42
d i 21 ii 16.25 iii 4.75
4 a 240
HOMEWORK 1E
b i 2.4 ii 2.4 iii 7.2 1 a 28 000 b 42 000 c 210
d 20 000 e 2000 f 2100
5 a 24.48 b Subtract 3.4 (answer 21.08)
g 5 h 9 i 700
6 a 17.25 b 48 j 75 k 50 l 8
7 a 43.68 b 78.6 c 29.92 2 a 600 b 10 c 1 d 40 e 30

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3 a £4000 b £2000 c £1500 1.5 Prime factors, LCM and HCF
4 a £30 000 b £36 000
5 £1400 HOMEWORK 1G
6 a 72 000 b 2000 c 1000 1
d 24 000 e 9900
7 Yes. £50 ÷ 250 = 20p per apple; he pays only £47
÷ 250 = 18.8p per apple.
8 a 105 km b 450 km c 5000 km
9 6 litres
10 £10 (£20 ÷ 2)
11 a 1.6 m b 20 min c 3 kg
d 1.2 ˚C e 24 000
12 25 jars
13 65 minutes
14 £140 a day (45 weeks × 5 days a week = 225
days; £31 500 ÷ 225 = £140)
2 a 24 × 3 b 2 × 33 c 23 × 33
15 £217 d 23 × 53 e 33 × 52
16 I left home at 10 minutes past 2, and walked for 3 a 2×2×3×3 b 2² × 3²
50 minutes. c 18 = 2 × 32 and 72 = 23 × 32
The temperature was 13 °C. I could see an
aeroplane overhead at 3000 feet. Altogether I 4 a 72 × 172 b 73 × 173 c 710 × 1710
walked three miles. 5 £3, £6, £9 or £6, £6, £6
17 70 mph 6 Because 7 is the third odd prime number and is
therefore a factor of 105.
1.4 Multiples, factors, prime
numbers, powers and roots HOMEWORK 1H
1 a 35 b 24 c 18
d 60 e 30 f 48
HOMEWORK 1F g 48 h 105
1 a 28, 36, 64, 56, 60 b 60, 15, 45 2 a 7 b 9 c 5
c 19, 43, 53, 29, 61 d 36, 60, 15, 45 d 5 e 12 f 36
2 3 g 18 h 33

3 a −6 b −9 c −10 3 a x5 b x9 c x7
d −30 e −19 f −13 d x10 e x9
g −15 h −1000 i −21 4 1355
j −35
5 1296
4 a 2 b 4 c 5
d 10 e 30 f −3 6 Three packs of nuts and two packs of bolts
g −1 h −6 i −20
j −7 7 15 and 150

5
Square Factor of 40
1.6 Negative numbers
number
Cube number 64 8 HOMEWORK 1I
Multiple of 5 25 20 1 a −68 b 68° c 6×4
6 2197 (13³) 2 a −8 b −18 c −35
7 18 d 12 e 16 f 7
g 4 h −5 i 2
8 a ±0.6 b ±0.9 c ±1.3 j 2 k −21 l −18
d ±0.3 e ±0.1 f ±1.2 m −28 n 27 o 14
g ±1.5 h ±1.4 i ±2.1 p −7 q −4 r −5
j ±3.5 s 5 t −25 u 24
v −7 w −63 x 6
y −56

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3 a 2 b 3 c 2 2.2 Adding, subtracting and
d −7 e −10 f −12
g −12 h 30 I −8 calculating fractions
j −4 k −4 l 3
m 3 n −12 o −9
p 32 q 15 r −48 HOMEWORK 2B
s −12 t 52 u −11
7 5 13 17
v 48 w −1 x −20 1 a b c d
10 6 30 24
y 1
19 11 39 9
e f g h
4 a −5 b 6 c −10 d 20 e −15 20 15 40 10
5 −18 ÷ 12; 0.3 × (−2); −21 ÷ (−14); −0.5 × (−4) 3 1 7 7
2 a b c d
4 2 10 8
HOMEWORK 1J
1 3 7 7
3 a b c d
1 a −12 b −8 c 6 d 36 8 10 15 20
e 15 f 6 g 12 h −9
3 1 1
2 a 23 b −4 c −1 d −4 4 a 1 b 1 c 1
8 10 12
e −17 f 36 g −25 h −7
1
3 a 4 × (−3 + 2) = −4 b (−6 ÷ (−3)) + 2 = 4 5 a b 36
12
c −6 ÷ (−3 + 2) = 6
1
4 a 4 b −49 c −8 d 50 6
10
5 a 159 b 2 c − 39 d 9
7 13 125
6 For example: −4 × 6 ÷ 8 = −3
8 97
7 For example: (1 + 2) × (3 − 6) = −9
5 1 1 5 3 4 12
8 (1 + 2) × (3 ÷ 4) − 5 = −2.75 9       1
12 4 3 12 12 12 12

3
2.1 One quantity as a fraction of 10 To make a 2-m pipe, use two -m pipes and
4
another one
1
-m pipe.
2

HOMEWORK 2A
1 1 1 2.3 Multiplying and dividing fractions
1 a b c
4 3 2
7 3 1 HOMEWORK 2C
d e f
15 7 6
1 3 3 2
3 1 a b c d
2 3 10 10 7
8

8 5 1 7 3
3 e f g h
13 9 5 15 20
40 1 1 7
4 Mark saves  i j
120 3 6 20

2 a 3 b 13 c 11 d 9
60 2 1 5 5 5 14
Bev saves  which is greater than , so
150 5 3
Bev saves the greater proportion of her earnings. e 22 f 14 g 44 h 44
3 11 7 5
i 41 j 2 13 k 1 1 l 64
8 16 4 75
7 14
5  , so Sally’s mark is better.
10 20 1
3 2 km
4
1
6
5 2
4
5
7 34 to 37
1
5 metre
20

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1 31 74
6 d 2 e 2
16 145 305
1 7 31 9 m2
7 3 20

1 1 8 36
8 a 3 b 2 c 2 d 2
3 6
1 2 1
e 5 f 4 g 4 h 12 2.5 Increasing and decreasing
5 3 12
quantities by a percentage
1 5 5
9 a b 7 c d
5 2 9
HOMEWORK 2E
1 11 5
10 a  b 4 c  d 1 a 1.07 b 1.02 c 1.3 d 1.06 e 1.15
3 7 4
2 2 14 2 a 0.91 b 0.86 c 0.65 d 0.88 e 0.78
11 of 4  2
3 5 15 3 a £84 b 14.84 kg c £43.26
12 Yes: 66 litres 4 a 374 g b 67.2 m c £49.20
1 5 £35 568
13
24
6 15 336
14 The first statement is inaccurate as two-thirds is
7 907
not an exact number (of people).
8 £15
15 400
16 48 6
9 × 100 = 15
40
17 15
10 Items that costs £20 or less
18 80
11 a £18 b £120 c 440 m d £247
2 e 232 g f £327.25 g £39.69
19
15
12 £6384
20 4
13 2112
21 23
14 £459
3 7 1 15 No, he is £1.60 short. (£24 + £104 + £33.60 =
22 a b c
20 16 2 £161.60)
125
d 1 e f 1 16 Seven absentees
176
17 680 units
2.4 Fractions on a calculator 18 Goods are cheaper, for example, £100 + 10% =
£100 + £10 = £110
HOMEWORK 2D £110 − 10% = £110 − £11.00 = £99.00
19 Students should show all workings for proof. See
17 3 41 29 25
1 a b c d e the answer to question 18.
12 2 40 60 24

7 29 47 11 289
2 a 7 b 7 c 7 d 2 e 2
20 30 48 24 560 2.6 Expressing one quantity as a
percentage of another
3 2628
5375
HOMEWORK 2F
4 1 , 2
3 3 1 a 20% b 25% c 10% d 75%
e 80% f 46% g 33.3% h 30%
9 5 3 i 67.5% j 23.8%
5 a b c
28 33 2
2 a 75% b 37.5%
18 75 22
d e f
5 11 65 3 a 60% b 40%

5 4 29.3%
6 a 8 b 110 46 c 96 1
8 55 4 5 a Micro hi-fi system: 66.7%

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b Mp3 player : 50.0% HOMEWORK 3B
c CD player : 50.0%
d Cordless headphones: 66.6% 1 a

10 11
6 Paul 33.3% ( × 100), Val 39.2% ( × 100)
30 28
Val has the greater percentage increase.
7 60
8 1000
9 Maths 84%, English 70%, Science 62.5%, French
45%
10 22%

3.1 Statistical representation

HOMEWORK 3A
b 700 000 c 1990−1995
1
d Reduction from 1975 to 1980, advent of video.
Time in 10 or less Between 30 or more Increase from 1980 to 2005, due to many
minutes 10 and 30 multi-screen cinemas being developed.
Angle on pie 48° 114° 198° 2 a
chart
2
GCSE 9 or 7 or 8 5 or 6 4 or less
passes more
Angle on pie 40° 200° 100° 20°
chart

3 a 25% b Rarely
c No, it only shows proportions.
d What is your age? How often do you
exercise? How often do you see a doctor?
4 a
Main use E-mail Internet Word Games
processing

Angle on pie 50° 130° 30° 150°


chart
b Most used the computer for playing games
and only a few used it for word processing.
c Not enough in sample, only a small age range b 128
of people, probably only boys, and so on. c The same people keep coming back and tell
others, but new customers each week
5 a becomes more difficult to find.
Type of Comedy Drama Films Soaps Sport
3 a Students should use a graph to estimate 600 g.
programme b It is outside the range of the data so we
Angle on pie 54° 33° 63° 78° 132° cannot be sure how the kitten will continue to
chart grow.
b No; only asked people who are likely to have
4 All the temperatures were presumably higher than
similar interests, such as sport.
10 degrees.

3.2 Statistical measures

HOMEWORK 3C
1 a i Mode 6, median 4, mean 4
ii Mode 15, median 15, mean 15.1
iii Mode 32, median 32, mean 33

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b i Mean, balanced data 2 a−b See the following graph.
ii Mode, appears six times
iii Median, 46 is an extreme value
2 a Mode 135 g, median 141 g, mean 143 g
b Mean, takes all masses into account
3 a 71 kg b 70 kg
c Median, 53 kg is an extreme weight
4 a 59 b 54
c Median, the higher average
5 Kathy − mean, Connie − median, Evie − mode
6 a For example: 1, 4, 4
b For example: 1.5, 3, 4.5
7 The teacher might be quoting the mean, while the c Isabel d 42 e 95
student might be quoting the mode.
3 a−b
HOMEWORK 3D
1 a Mode 16, median 15, mean 15.3
b Mode 5, median 5, mean 4.67
2 a 289 b 2 c 142 d 1.7
3 Find where the middle number of the data is
located by dividing the total frequency (52) by two
(26). The 26th value is three days a week and is
the median.
4 a 256 b 3.53 c 72 d 28%
5 Eggs: 3 and 4; Frequency: 6 and 4

HOMEWORK 3E
c 12 km d 86 min
1 a i 61−80 ii 57.87
4 133 miles
b i 20.01−30.00 ii £27.39
5 Points showing a line of best fit sloping up from
2 a 79 b 34 minutes
bottom left to top right.
c Mode d 94%
3 a 114 b 9.4 c Mode d 5.3%
4.1 Patterns in number
4 The 15 and the 10 are the wrong way around.
5 Find the midpoint of each group, multiply that by
the frequency and add those products. Divide that
HOMEWORK 4A
total by the total frequency. 1 2 x 11 = 22
22 x 11 = 242
222 x 11 = 2442
3.3 Scatter diagrams 2222 x 11 = 24 442
22 222 x 11 = 244 442
222 222 x 11 = 2 444 442
HOMEWORK 3F Pattern 2s on each end one less 4 than 2

1 a−b 2 99 x 11 =1089
999 x 11 =10 989
9999 x 11 = 109 989
99 999 x 11 = 1 099 989
999 999 x 11 = 10 999 989
9 999 999 x 11 = 109 999 989
10 … 89 plus 2 fewer 9s than in the question
3 7 x 9 = 63
7 x 99 = 693
7 x 999 = 699
7 x 9999 = 69 993
7 x 99 999 = 699 993
7 x 999 999 = 6 999 993
6 … 3 one less 9 than in the question
c 54.5 kg d 143 cm

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4 11 =11 terminating decimals are powers of 5, i.e. 5, 25,
11 x 11 = 121 125, 625, and so on.
11 x 11 x 11 = 1331
5 a £290 b £490 c 6
11 x 11 x 11 x 11 = 14 641
d Four sessions plus 3 sessions cost 160 + 125
11 x 11 x 11 x 11 x11 = 161 051
11 x 11 x 11 x 11 x 11 x 11 = 1 771 561 = 285 Seven sessions cost 255, so he would
Number formed by adding adjacent digits (watch have saved £30
out for carry when 10 or more)
5 9 x 2 = 18 4.3 Finding the nth term of a linear
9 x 3 = 27 sequence
9 x 4 = 36
9 x 5 = 45
9 x 6 = 54 HOMEWORK 4C
9 x 7 = 63
9 x 8 = 72 1 a 2n + 3 b 8n − 5 c 5n + 1
Digits always add to 9 d 6n − 3 e 3n +1 f 7n − 4
6 a 2 a 101 b 201 c 253
1 d 296 e 152 f 345
1 2 1 3 a i 3n + 1 ii 301 iii 103
b i 2n + 5 ii 205 iii 99
1 3 3 1
c i 5n − 2 ii 498 iii 98
1 4 6 4 1 d i 4n − 3 ii 397 iii 101
1 5 10 10 5 1 e i 8n − 6 ii 794 iii 98
f i n+4 ii 104 iii 100
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1 2n  1
4 a
3n  2
1 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1
b 0.6, 0.625, 0.636, 0.643
b Add adjacent digits in the line above
c i 0.6656 ii 0.667
c Many patterns eg 1 s, counting numbers,
d 0.667
triangular numbers
5 a i 13
ii By adding the 8th and 9th terms
4.2 Number sequences b 4n − 3
6 a 2k + 2.5 b 2k + 3 c 2k + 4
d 2k + 5 e £2
HOMEWORK 4B
7 a 2n + 1 b 3n + 4
1 a 12, 14, 16: + 2 b 15, 18, 21: + 3 2001
c 32, 64, 128: × 2 d 33, 40, 47: + 7 c i ii 0.666112
3004
e 30 000, 300 000, 3 000 000: × 10
d No, as the bottom has a +4 and the top is only
f 25, 36, 49: square numbers
+1 so it will always be less than 2
2 a 34, 55: add previous two terms
b 23, 30: add one more each time
4.4 Special sequences
3 a 112, 224, 448: × 2
b 38, 45, 52: + 7
c 63, 127, 255: add twice the difference each HOMEWORK 4D
time or × 2 + 1
d 30, 25, 19: subtract one more each time 1 a Odd b Either c Even
e 38, 51, 66: add two more each time d Odd e Even f Odd
f 25, 32, 40: add one more each time g Even h Either
g 13, 15, 16: + 2, + 1 2 a 243, 729, 2187
h 20, 23, 26: + 3 b i 3n − 1 ii 2 × 3n
i 32, 40, 49: add one more each time
j 0, −5, −11: subtract one more each time 3 a The numerical value of the power is one more
k 0.32, 0.064, 0.012 8: ÷ 5 than the number of zeros after the decimal
l 0.1875, 0.093 75, 0.046 875: ÷ 2 point.
b 7
4 The fractions are 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 4 a
3 5 7 9 11 13 15
9 which as decimals are 0.6666…, 0.6, + Prime Odd Even
17 Prime Either Either Either
0.571..., 0.5555…, 0.54545..., 0.5384...,
Odd Either Even Odd
0.53333…, 0.529..., so only 3 gives a
5 Even Either Odd Even
terminating decimal. The denominators that give

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b 5.1 Ratio
× Prime Odd Even
Prime Either Either Even
HOMEWORK 5A
Odd Either Odd Even
Even Even Even Even 1 a 1:3 b 1:5 c 1:6
d 1:3 e 2:3 f 3:5
5 a 27 cm g 5:8 h 15 : 2 i 2:5
b Perimeter is 36 cm j 5:2
c Perimeter is 48 cm
d 64 2 a 1:4 b 3:4 c 1:8
e When n = 100, P = 6.31 × 1013 = 63 139 143 d 2:5 e 2:5 f 8 : 15
790 000 cm or 631 million km g 10 : 3 h 1:3 i 3:8
1 3
4.5 General rules from given patterns 3 a b
4 4
2 3
4 a b
HOMEWORK 4E 5 5
1 a 1 9
5 a b
10 10
6 2 :1

b 5n + 1 c 126 d Diagram 39 1
7
16
2 a
8 3:7

HOMEWORK 5B
b 9n + 1 c 541 d 11
1 a £2 : £8 b £4 : £8 c £10 : £30
3 a 12 b 3n c 17 d 10 g : 50 g e 1 h : 9 h
4 a 14 2 a 300 b 100
b i 57 ii Add 3 more each time
3 2 m and 18 m
5 a 11, 23, 35 b 12n − 1
4 400
5 45
4.6 and 4.7 (Finding) The nth term of
6 £6
a quadratic sequence
7 £36 for gas and £30 for electricity
8 a 1 : 1.5 b 1 : 2.5 c 1 : 1.25
HOMEWORK 4F d 1 : 1.6 e 1 : 2.1
1 a 10, 13, 18, 25, 34, 45, 58
1
b 5, 8, 13, 20, 29, 40, 53 9
30
c −5, −2, 3, 10, 19, 30 43
d 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38 ,51 10 £8
e −2, 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, 46
All sequences progress by adding 3 then 5 then 7 11 £324
… as the term to term rules
2 a 1,4,9,16,25 b 0,3,8,15,24 HOMEWORK 5C
c 4, 10,20, 34,52 d 0, 9, 24, 45, 72 1 20 years
e 0, 5, 14, 27, 44
2 80
3 a 0, 8, 22, 42, 68
b 1st differences 8, 14, 20, 26 up in 6 s 3 a 15 litres b 25 litres
2nd differences 6, 6, 6 same difference
4 a 80 kg b 5 kg
c 1st differences make a linear sequence term
to term rule +6 5 90
2nd differences constant 6.
6 a 200 g b 320 g
4 a 2n2 − 1 b n2 + 4 c 3n2 + 1
d 2n2 + 5 e 4n2 − 3 7 Fred’s, at 4 : 1; Jodie’s is only 3.5 : 1

5 a White 100 black 8 8 2


b White 256 black 8 9 17
c White = n2 black = 8
Total tiles = n2 + 8

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5.2 Direct proportion problems 2 180 miles
3 46 mph
HOMEWORK 5D 4 2 pm
1 £8 5 a 30 mph b 50 km/h c 20 miles
1
2 £2.16 d 50 km e 3 hours
4
3 £49.60 f 3 hours 36 minutes
4 a €2.25 b 20 6 a 130 km b 52 km/h
5 a £27.20 7 a 30 minutes b 12 mph
b No, she will need £20.40 to buy 12 tickets.
8 a 1.25 hour b 45 miles
6 a 6 litres b 405 miles
9 24 mph
7 48 seconds
10 40 mph
8 a i 50 g, 2, 40 g, 100 g
11 30 minutes
ii 200 g, 8, 160 g, 400 g
iii 250 g, 10, 200 g, 500 g
b 60 HOMEWORK 5H
9 6 1 0.9 g/cm3
10 6 2 62.5 g/cm3
11 3 3 4 Pa
4 2N
5.3 Best buys 5 30 g
6 500 cm3
HOMEWORK 5E
7 1350 g
1 a Both work out at same price: £1.99 for two (to
8 909 cm3
nearest penny)
b £1.20 for 20 is better value 9 5.25 g/cm3
2 a Large size, 4.0 g/p 10 996 tonnes
b 200 g bar, 2.2 g/p
c 500 g tin, 0.64 g/p 11 1.11 g/cm3
d Large jar, 3.8 g/p 12 a 13.04 m3 b 5.2 tonnes
3 Large size 13 275 grams
4 a 72p, 66p, 70p, 65p 14 Different metals vary in density, resulting in more
b The 3-litre bottle is best value for money or less mass, even though the volume may be the
5 The larger pack is better value at 3.77 g/p same.

6 Hannah got the better mark, since it is equivalent 1 2


15 m
to 85 out of 100. John’s mark is equivalent to 80 20
out of 100.

5.5 Compound interest and repeated


5.4 Compound measures
percentage change
HOMEWORK 5F
HOMEWORK 5I
1 a £300 b £170.10 c £237.50 d £10 260
1 a 5.5 cm b 6.05 cm c 7.32 cm d 9.74 cm
2 a £9 b £8 c £17.25 d £15.86
2 a £32 413.50 b 7 years
3 a 40 b 60 c 45 d 32
3 a £291.60 b £314.93 c £367.33
4 a £717.50 b £963.50
4 a 1725 b 1984 c 2624
5 £8.50
5 After 11 years, the sycamore is 93.26 cm tall and
6 40 hours, £6/h the conifer is 93.05 cm tall. After 12 years, the
sycamore is 100.73 cm tall and the conifer is 107
HOMEWORK 5G cm tall.

1 15 mph 6 Two years

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7 Four weeks 9 Check students’ sketches for A, B and D.
A true, B true, C false (more than 180° in the
triangle), D true, E false (more than 180° in the
5.6 Reverse percentage (working out triangle)
the original quantity) 10 ABC = 140° (angles on a line), a + 15° + 140° =
180° (angles in a triangle),
so a = 25° (or use the fact that 40° is the exterior
HOMEWORK 5J angle, so is equal to the sum of the two interior
1 a 800 g b 96 m c 840 cm angles)

2 a 70 kg b £180 c 40 hours 11 65°

3 Jumper £12, Socks £1.60, Trousers £20


4 £15
6.3 Angles in a polygon
5 £180
HOMEWORK 6C
6 a £22 454 b 6.8%
1 a pentagon divided into 3 triangles, 3 × 180° =
7 100% (still twice as many) 540°
8 £1800 b 80°
2 a 112° b 130°
6.1 Angle facts 3 135°
4 x = 20°
HOMEWORK 6A 5 Paul thinks that there are 365° in a quadrilateral
(or he thinks the top and bottom are parallel), x =
1 a 60° b 45° c 300°
d 120° e 27° f 101° 57°
g 100° h 60° i 59°
j 50° k 100° l 138° HOMEWORK 6D
m 63° n 132°
1 a 70° b 120° c 65°
2 Yes, they add up to 180°. d 70° e 70° f 126°
3 a 120° b 45° c 50° 2 a no, total is 350° b yes, total is 360°
c yes, total is 360° d no, total is 370°
4 a 60° b 75° c 40°
e no, total is 350° f yes, total is 360°
5 a x = 60°, y = 120° b x = 30°, y = 140°
3 a 90° b 80° c 80°
c x = 44°, y = 58°
d 46° e 30° f 137°
6 3 × 120° = 360°
4 a 290° b reflex c kite or arrowhead
7 40°, 120° and 200°

6.4 Regular polygons


6.2 Triangles
HOMEWORK 6E
HOMEWORK 6B
1 a x = 60°, y = 120° b x = 90°, y = 90°
1 a 70° b 60° c 10° c x = 108°, y = 72° d x = 120°, y = 60°
d 43° e 5° f 41° e x = 135°, y = 45°
2 a Yes, total is 180° b No, total is 190° 2 a 18 b 12 c 20 d 90
c No, total is 160° d Yes, total is 180°
3 a 8 b 24 c 36 d 15
e Yes, total is 180° f No, total is 190°
4 Octagon
3 a 70° b 40° c 88°
d 12° e 42° f 118° 5 A square
4 a 60° b Equilateral triangle 6 Angle AED = 108° (interior angle of a regular
c All sides equal in length pentagon),
5 a 55° b Isosceles triangle angle ADE = 36° (angles in an isosceles triangle)
c Equal in length 7 B and C
6 x = 30°, y = 60°
7 22°
8 a 119° b 70°

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6.5 Parallel lines 2 a Check student’s scale drawing. b 4.12 m
3 a 10.5 km b 12.5 km c 20 km
d 13 km e 4 km
HOMEWORK 6F
4 a Check student’s scale drawing.
1 a a = 60° b b = 50° c c = 152° b about 134 m, 8040 bricks
d d = e = 62° e f = g = 115° f h = i = 72°
5 a 4.5 km b 10 km c 7.5 km
2 a a = b = c = 55° vertically opposite, d 16 km e 9.5 km
corresponding, alternate
b d = 132° corresponding , e = 48° vertically 6 a ii, 1 : 10 000 b 550 m
opposite
7 a 062° b 130° c 220° d 285°
c f = 78°, g = 102° complementary/allied
8 a 160° b 095° c 005° d 275°
3 a 70° b 68°
9 a 160° b 250 km c 340°
4 a x = 30°, y = 110° b x = 20°, y = 120°
10 a 180° + x° b y° − 180°
5 76°
11 a
6 360° − p − q
7 a = 47° (alternate angles)
b = 180° − 64° = 116° (allied or interior angles)
a + b = 47° + 116° = 163°

6.6 Special quadrilaterals


b 093°
HOMEWORK 6G
12 126° clockwise
1 a a = 110°, b = 100° b c = 68°, d = 108°
c e = 90°, f = 105° 13 120°

2 a a = c = 130°, b = 50°
b d = f = 45°, e = 135°
c g = i = 139°, h = 41° 7.1 Congruent triangles
3 a a = 120°, b = 50° b c = d = 90°
c e = 96°, f = 56° HOMEWORK 7A
4 a a = c = 125°, b = 55° 1 a Yes − SAS b Yes − SSS c Yes − ASA
b d = f = 70°, e = 110°
2 Student’s diagrams; triangles that are congruent
c g = i = 117°, h = 63°
to each other: ABC, CDA, DAB and DCB (Note: if
5 The angles add up to 180° (angles in a the point of intersection of AC and DB is T, then
quadrilateral, or interior angles between parallel ATB, BTC, CTD and DTA are also congruent)
lines). The acute angle between AD and the
3 Student’s diagrams; depending on how the kite
perpendicular from D to AB must be no less that
figure is oriented and labelled, EFG and GHE or
20°, so the obtuse angle at D must be at least
HFE and HFG are congruent
110°; the angle at A can be no greater than 70°.
4 Student’s diagrams: triangles that are congruent
6 a Angle B = 75° and angle ACD = 15° (opposite
to each other: ABC and ACD; ABD and BCD
angles in a parallelogram are equal), so x =
90° (angles in a triangle = 180°) 5 Student’s diagrams: Triangles that are congruent
b 90 + 15 = 105° to each other: ATC, CTB and ATB (and if the mid-
points of AB, BC and CA are P, Q and R
7 e.g. only one pair of parallel sides, opposite
respectively, also ATP, PTB, BTQ, CTQ, CTR and
angles are not the same, no rotational symmetry,
RTA)
diagonals do not bisect each other.
6 For example: AB = CD (given), ∠ABD = ∠CDB
(alternate angles), ∠BAC = ∠DCA (alternate
6.7 Scale drawings and bearings angles), so ΔABX ≡ ΔCDX (ASA)
7 AB and PQ are the corresponding sides to the 50°
HOMEWORK 6H angle, but they are not equal in length.
1 a i 90 cm by 60 cm
ii 90 cm by 60 cm
iii 60 cm by 60 cm
iv 90 cm by 45 cm
b 10 800 cm2

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7.2 Rotational symmetry 2 a-e

HOMEWORK 7B
1 a 2 b 2 c 2 d 3 e 2
2 a 5 b 6 c 2 d 2 e 8
3 a 2 b 2 c 4 d 4 e 5
4 a 1 b 2 c 2 d 1 e 2
f 1 g 2 h 2
5 a b For example:

1   8  1 
3 a   b   c  
5 6   5 
6 7  7 
d   e   f  
 4  1  1
8   6 
6 a 6 b 2 c 8 d 4 g   h  
 6   4 
7
6
4  
2

33
5   
33

3 
6 No, it is  
 2 

HOMEWORK 7D
8 For example: 1 a−e

7.3 Transformations

HOMEWORK 7C f Reflection in y-axis

1   10  3 
1 i   ii   iii  
7  2   2 
 7  3   4 
iv   v   vi  
 1   3   3 

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2 a−b 3

4 a−d

5 a Rotation 90° anticlockwise about (0, 0)


4 (6 − a, b) b Rotation 180° (anti-)clockwise about (0, 0)
c Rotation 90° clockwise about (2.5, 0.5)
5 a−e Student’s diagrams d Rotation 180° (anti-)clockwise about (2, −1)
f Reflection in y = −x
6 a (b, −a) b (−a, −b) c (−b, a)

HOMEWORK 7E 7 A rotation 90° anticlockwise about (2, 2)

1 a−c
HOMEWORK 7F
1 Student’s diagrams; check centre of enlargement
and scale factor.
2

Rotation 180° about (0, 0)


2 a (1, 1), (3, 1), (3, 3), (1, 3)
b (1, −1), (3, −1), (3, −3), (1, −3)
c (−1, −1), (−3, −1), (−3, −3), (−1, −3)
d (−1, 1), (−3, 1), (−3, 3), (−1, 3)
e Same numbers, different signs

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3 4 a−c Student’s own drawings
5

4 (1, 1), (3, 1) and (3, 2)


5 c an enlargement of scale factor −3 about (1, 2) 6 a Bisect 60, then bisect the 30 to get 15.
7 b Create a 60° angle, then on top of that, create
the 15° to make 75°.
7.4 Combinations of transformations Each angle bisector is the locus of points
equidistant from the two sides bisected −
hence, where they all meet will be the only
HOMEWORK 7G point that is equidistant from each of the three
sides.
1 a Reflection in x-axis b Reflection in y-axis
6 
c Translation of  
 1 7.6 Defining a locus
d Rotation of 180° (anti-)clockwise about (0, 0)
e Rotation of 90° clockwise about (0, 0)
HOMEWORK 7I
f Reflection in y = −x
g Reflection in y = x 1
2 a−d Student’s diagrams
e 90° clockwise about (0, 0)
3 a (−5, −2) b (−b, −a)
4 a (−3, 4) b (−b, a)
5 a

2 a b

3 Sphere radius 1 metre

4
1
b Enlargement of scale factor  about (−6, 2)
2

7.5 Bisectors
5

HOMEWORK 7H
1 Student’s own drawings
2 a−c Student’s own drawings
3 a−c Student’s own drawings

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6 7.8 Plans and elevations

HOMEWORK 7K
1 a i

7 a−b Student’s own drawings


8 Student’s own drawings − starting point may be
any point along the locus

ii
7.7 Loci problems

HOMEWORK 7J
1

iii

2 b i

ii
3

4 iii

2 a F b D c E

5 b could be true − the locus is just two points 3

6 a Student’s diagram b No c No
7 No
8 a Student’s diagram b No
9 Between 180 and 280 km

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4 18 a 4a + 6b − 5c and 4a − 4b + c b 48
9
19 a 20 °C b F= C + 32
5
20 a £155.25 b £20.25 in debit
21 a 64.4 b 76 c 57.2
22 a 3p
b Basic charge of £4.50 plus 2p profit (5 − 3) per
page
5 c £44.50
23 a Expression b Formula
c Identity d Equation

HOMEWORK 8B
1 a 12 + 3m b 18 + 6p
c 16 − 4y d 18 + 21k
e 12 − 20f f 8 − 46w
6 a
g 7g + 7h h 8k + 16m
i 12d − 6n j t2 + 5t
k m2 + 4m l k2 − 2k
m 4g2 + g n 3y2 − 21y
o 7p − 8p2 p 2m2 + 10m
q 3t2 − 6t r 15k − 3k2
s 8g2 + 6g t 8h2 − 12h
u 12t − 10t2 v 12d2 + 20de
b w 12y2 + 15ky x 18m3 − 6m2p
y y3 + 7y z h4 + 9h
aa k3 − 4k bb 3t3 + 9t
cc 5h4 − 10h dd 4g4 − 12g
ee 10m3 + 5m2 ff 8d3 − 2d4
gg 12w3 + 4wt hh 15a3 − 3ab
ii 14p4 − 16mp jj 3m2 + 5m3
kk t4 + 3t4 ll 4g2t − 3g4
mm 14t3 + 2mt2 nn 12h3 + 15gh2
8.1 Basic algebra 2 a −4 °C b F = 2(C + 15)
3 y + y = 2y, 3y + 6 = 3(y + 2), 5y − 10 = 5(y − 2)
HOMEWORK 8A
4 Correct answers such as: 2(6x + 12y), 12(x + 2y),
1 a 15 b 27 c 47 6(2x + 4y)
2 a 5 b 14 c 29 5 a 9t b 7m c 7y
d 10d e 2e f 3g
3 a 9 b 12 c 19 g 2p h 4t i 5t2
4 a 2 b −4 c −16 j 3y2 k 7ab l a 2d
5 a 0.5 b 6.5 c 26.5 6 a 18 + 7t b 22 + 24k
c 13 + 32m d 17 + 13y
6 a −8 b −3 c 109.5 e 28 + 12f f 20 + 33g
7 a −11 b −15 c 7 g 2 + 2h h 9g + 5
i 6y + 11 j 7t − 4
8 a 13 b 16 c 5.4 k 17k + 16 l 6e + 20
m 5m + 2p + 2mp n 4k + 5h + 3hk
9 a 11 b −14 c −0.75
o t + 3n + 7nt p p + 5q + 8pq
10 a 3.5 b 19.4 c 8.03 q 6h + 12j + 11hj r 15y + 2t +20ty
s 4t2 + 13t t 15y2 + 7y
11 a 25 b 169 u 11w + 22w
2 v 17p2 + 6p
12 a 16 b 21 w m2 + 8m x 14d − 3d2
y 2a3 + 10a2 + 15ab + 3ac
13 a 51 b 36 c 19 z 4y3 + 3y2 + 12yw − 4ty
14 a 17 b 28 7 a 100x + 300y b £1700
15 a 624 b 217 8 He has worked out 2 × 3 as 5 instead of 6. And he
16 a 102 b 791 has worked out −2 + 15 as −13, not +13. Answer
should be 16x + 13
17 162 m by 27 m by 16.2 m

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9 a ii 5(x + 0.75) + 3(x + 0.25) HOMEWORK 8F
b £44.50
1 a x2 − 1 b t2 − 4 c y2 − 9
d k2 − 9 e h2 − 1 f 9 − x2
8.2 Factorisation g 49 − t2 h 16 − y2 i a2 − b2
j 36 − x2
2 (x + 4) and (x + 5)
HOMEWORK 8C
3 a B: 2 × (x − 3); C: 2 × 3; D: 3 × (x − 2)
1 a 3(3m + 4t) b 3(3t + 2p)
b 2x − 6 + 6 + 3x − 6 = 5x − 6
c 4(m + 3k) d 2(2r + 3t)
c Area A = (x − 2)(x − 3) = area of square minus
e m(2n + 3) f g(4g + 3)
areas (B + C + D) = x2 − (5x − 6) = x2 − 5x + 6
g 4(w − 2t) h 2(5p − 3k)
i 2(6h − 5k) j 2m(2p + k) 4 a x2 − 4
k 2b(2c + 3k) l 4a(2b + c) b i 9996 ii 39 996
m y(3y + 4) n t(5t − 3)
o d(3d − 2) p 3m(2m − p)
q 3p(p + 3t) r 4p(2t + 3m) HOMEWORK 8G
s 2b(4a − 3c) t 4a(a − 2b) 1 a 12x2 + 22x + 8 b 6y2 + 7y + 2
u 2t(4m − 3p) v 4at(5t + 3) c 12t2 + 30t + 12 d 6t2 + t − 2
w 2bc(2b − 5) x 2b(2ac + 3ed) e 18m2 − 9m − 2 f 20k2 − 3k − 9
y 2(3a2 + 2a + 5) z 3b(4a + 2c + 3d) g 12p2 + p − 20 h 18w2 + 27w + 4
aa t(6t + 3 + a) bb 3mt(32t − 1 + 23m) i 15a2 − 17a − 4 j 15r2 − 11r + 2
cc 2ab(3b + 1 − 2a) dd 5pt(t + 3 + p) k 12g2 − 11g + 2 l 12d2 − 5d − 2
2 a Does not factorise b m(3 + 2p) m 15 + 32p + 16p2 n 15 + 19t + 6t2
c t(t − 5) d Does not factorise o 2 + 11p + 15p2 p 21 − 2t − 8t2
e 2m(4m − 3p) f Does not factorise q 20 + 3n − 2n2 r 20f 2 + 11f − 3
g a(3a − 7b) h Does not factorise s 10 − 7q − 12q2 t 6 + 7p − 3p2
i b(7a − 4bc) j Does not factorise u 5 + 17t − 12t2 v 15 − 32r + 16r2
k 3mt(2m + 3t) l Does not factorise w 4 − 21x + 5x2 x 25m − 6 − 14m2
y 3x2 + 8xy + 5y2 z 12y2 − 13yt − 4t
3 a Tess, as 9.99 − 1.99 = 8, so she will just have aa 25x2 − 10xy − 3y2 bb x2 − 5xy + 6y2
to work out 8 × 8 cc 4m2 + 17mp − 15p2 dd 3t2 − 13kt + 4k2
b Tom £48, Tess £64
2 a x2 + 2x + 1 b x2 − 2x + 1
4 a i x−4 ii 3(x − 4) iii x(x − 4) c x2 − 1
b They all have (x − 4) as a factor d p − q = (x + 1 − (x − 1)) = 2, (p − q)2 = 22 = 4,
p2 − 2pq + q2 = x2 + 2x + 1 − 2(x2 − 1) + x2 − 2x
5 a Pairing 1 with 100, then 2 with 99, 3 with 98,
+ 1 = 2x2 + 2x + 1 − 2x2 + 2 + x2 −2x + 1 = 4
and so on will account for all the numbers.
Each pair has a sum of 101 and there are fifty 4 a (4x − 3)(3x + 2) = 12x2 − x − 6, (2x − 1)(6x − 1)
such pairs, giving a total of 50 × 101. = 12x2 − 8x + 1, (4x + 1)(3x − 1) = 12x2 − x − 1,
b 5050 (x + 3)(12x + 1) = 12x2 + 37x + 3
b All the x2 terms are 12x2, so just look at the
constant term.
8.3 Quadratic expansion 3 a 4a2 − x2
b 2a + x by 2a − x
c Areas are the same, so 4a2 − x2 = (2a + x) ×
HOMEWORK 8D (2a − x)
1 a x2 + 7x + 10 b t2 + 5t + 6
c w2 + 5w + 4 d m2 + 8m + 12
e k2 + 6k + 8 f a2 + 4a + 3 8.4 Expanding squares
g x2 + 2x − 3 h t2 + 2t − 24
i w2 − w − 6 j f 2 − 3f − 4
k g2 − 3g −10 l y2 + 3y − 10 HOMEWORK 8H
m x2 − x − 12 n p2 − p − 6 1 a x2 + 8x + 16 b m2 + 6m + 9
o k2 − 4k − 5 c 25 + 10t + t2 d 4 + 4p + p2
e m2 − 4m + 4 f t2 − 8t + 16
HOMEWORK 8E g 9 − 6m + m2 h 36 − 12k + k2
i 4x2 + 4x + 1 j 9t2 + 12t + 4
1 a y2 + 3y − 18 b a2 + 2a − 8 k 1 + 8y + 16y2 l 4 + 4m + m2
c t2 + t − 20 d x2 − 5x + 6 m 9t2 − 12t + 4 n 4x2 − 4x + 1
e r2 − 5r + 4 f m2 − 8m + 7 o 1 − 8t + 16t2 p 25 − 40r + 16r2
g g2 − 8g + 15 h h2 − 8h + 12 q a2 + 2ab + b2 r x2 − 2xy + y2
i n2 − 10n + 16 j x2 + 7x + 12 s 9t2 + 6ty + y2 t m2 − 4mn + 4n2
k 20 − t − t2 l 12 − 4b − b2 u x2 + 6x + 5 v x2 −8x − 9
m 35 − 12y + y2 n p2 + p − 6 w x2 + 10x − 11 x x2 − 2x
o 8k − 15 − k2

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2 a Bernice has just squared the first term and the HOMEWORK 8K
second term. She hasn’t written down the
brackets twice. 1 a (x + 9)(x − 9) b (t − 6)(t + 6)
b Piotr has written down the brackets twice but c (2 − x)(2 + x) d (9 − t)(9 + t)
has worked out −4x + −4x as +8x instead of e (k − 20)(k + 20) f (8 − y)(8 + y)
−8x and −1 × −1 as −1 instead of +1. 2 a (x − y)(x + y) b (a − 3b)(a + 3b)
2
c 16x − 8x + 1 c (3x − 5y)(3x + 5y) d (3x − 4)(3x + 4)
e (10t − 2w)(10t + 2w) f (6a − 7b)(6a + 7b)
1
g g 
8.5 More than two binomials 2a  3
3 a 4x2
HOMEWORK 8I b i (2x − 3) ii (2x + 3)
iii 4x2 iv 9
1 a x3 + 9x2 +26x +24 b x3 − 7x − 6 c A + B − C = 4x2 − 9, which is the area of D,
c x3 − 5x2 − 9x + 45 d x3 − 5x2 − 8x + 48 which is (2x + 3)(2x − 3)
e x3 − x2 − 5x − 3
4 a 9x2 + 12x + 4 − (9x2 + 6x + 1) = 6x + 3
2 a x3 + 3x2+ 3x + 1 b x3 − 6x2 + 12x − 8
c x3 + 12x2 + 48x + 64 b (a + b)(a − b)

3 a x3 + ax2 + bx2 + cx2 + abx + acx + bcx + abc = x3 c (3x + 2 + 3x + 1)(3x + 2 − 3x − 1)


+ x2(a + b + c) + x(ab + ac + bc) + abc = (6x + 3)(1)
b p = 0, q = −13, r = −12 = 6x + 3

4 a Volume x3 − 6x2 − 31x + 36 d Answers are the same.


b Surface area 6x2 − 24x − 62 e (2x + 1 + 2x − 1)(2x + 1 − 2x + 1) = (4x)(2) = 8x
5 a x3 + 6x2 + 12x +8 b 8.120 601
6 a 2x3 + 3x2 − 17x + 12 8.7 Factorising ax2 + bx + c
b 3x3 + 11x2 + 8x −4
7 a 24x3 − 52x2 + 4x + 8 HOMEWORK 8L
b 8x3 − 64x2 + 160x − 128
1 a (3x + 1)(x + 1) b (3x + 1)(x − 1)
c (2x + 1)(2x + 3) d (2x + 1)(x + 3)
8.6 Quadratic factorisation e (5x + 1)(3x + 2) f (2x − 1)(2x + 3)
g (3x − 2)(2x − 1) h (4x + 2)(2x − 3)
i (8x + 3)(x − 2) j (6x − 1)(x − 2)
HOMEWORK 8J k 2x(3x − 1) l (6x − 1)(x + 2)
1 a (x + 1)(x + 6) b (t + 2)(t + 2) 2 2x + 1 and 3x + 4
c (m + 1)(m + 10) d (k + 3)(k + 8)
e (p + 6)(p + 4) f (r + 2)(r + 9) 3 a All the terms in the quadratic have a common
g (w + 3)(w + 6) h (x + 2)(x + 6) factor of 4.
i (a + 12)(a + 1) j (k − 3)(k − 7) b 4(x + 2)(x − 1) This has the highest common
k (f − 1)(f − 21) l (b + 32)(b + 3) factor taken out.
m (t + 3)(t + 2) n (m − 4)(m − 1)
o (p − 2)(p − 5) p (x − 4)(x − 9) HOMEWORK 8M
q (c − 4)(c − 8) r (t − 3)(t − 12)
s (y − 6)(y − 8) t (j − 3)(j − 16) T  55
1 a 4.30 pm b n
u (p + 3)(p + 5) v (y + 3)(y − 2) 10
w (t + 8)(t − 1) x (x + 10)(x − 1) c 6
y (m − 4)(m + 3) z (r + 7)(r − 1)
aa (n − 9)(n + 2) bb (m − 22)(m + 2) 6 x  90
2 a 6x = 9y − 90, y 
cc (w − 8)(w + 3) dd (t + 10)(t − 9) 9
ee (x − 9)(x + 8) ff (t − 21)(t + 3) b 90p
gg (d − 1)(d − 1) hh (y + 4)(y + 25) 3 First journey time = 1h 30 min; return takes 2
ii (t − 2)(t − 8) jj (m − 3)(m − 27) hours, so average speed = 45 mph
kk (x − 6)(x − 24) ll (d − 6)(d + 2)
mm (t + 5)(t − 4) nn (q + 8)(q − 7) yc
4 a c = y − mx b x 
oo (p − 2)(p + 1) pp (v − 7)(v + 5) m
qq (t − 3)(t − 1) rr (m + 4)(m − 1)
uv
2 (x + 1)(x + 9), giving areas of x and 9x 5 a u = v + 10t b t 
10
or (x + 3)(x + 3), giving areas of 3x and 3x
T  3y T  2x
3 a x2 − (a + b)x + ab 6 a x  b y 
2 3
b i p + q = −9 ii pq = 18
c 9 can be −1 × −9 or −3 × −3, and neither −1 +
7 q  p
−9 or −3 + −3 = −18

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8 q  p3 6 5 cm
7 a 45 cm2 b 24 cm2
9 b ac
8 64.7%
vu
10 a 61.2 m/s b t  c 8.4 seconds
g

9.4 Sectors
9.1 Circumference and area of a
circle HOMEWORK 9D
1 a 8.7 cm, 43.6 cm2 b 11 cm, 38.5 cm2
HOMEWORK 9A
2 2.5π cm 6.25π cm2
1 a 9.4 cm b 31.4 cm c 50.3 m
3 a 51.4 cm b 80.5 cm
d 44.0 cm e 20.1 cm f 22.0 cm
4 a 134 cm2 b 222.7 cm2
2 200π m
5 268 m2
3 a 15.7 cm b 1
6 26.1 cm
4 1705 complete revolutions
7 707 cm2
5 a 153.9 cm2 b 254.5 cm2 c 1385.4 cm2
d 0.6 cm2 e 16π cm2 f π m2 8 Unshaded part is 96.6 cm2
6 18.0 cm
7 6π + 12 cm 9.5 Volume of a prism
8 3.82 cm
9 66 m2
HOMEWORK 9E
1 a 10.5 m2, 42 m3 b 25 m2, 250 m3
10 88.4 cm2
2 21.5 cm2
11 3.99 m
3 a 90 cm3 b 45 cm3
12 49.7 cm2
4 a i is the heaviest (190 g)
13 814 cm2
b ii is the lightest (187.8 g) (iii weighs 189 g)
14 329 m2
15 110 metres 9.6 Cylinders

9.2 Area of a parallelogram HOMEWORK 9F


1 a 100π cm3 b 40π cm2
HOMEWORK 9B
2 a 3400 cm3 b 850 cm2
2
1 a 15 cm2 b 40 cm 3 a i 785 cm3 ii 471 cm2
c 16 m2 d 240 cm2 b i 393 cm3 ii 314 cm2
2 256 cm2 4 2 cm
3 The triangle and the parallelogram have the 5 18 cm
same area (36 cm2)
6 3 cm
4 24 cm
7 159 cm3
8 297 cm2
9.3 Area of a trapezium
9 125π cm3

HOMEWORK 9C 10 79.6 cm3

1 a 23.1 cm, 28 cm2 b 36 cm, 66.5 cm2 11 10.4 cm

2 a 89 m2 b 35.5 cm2 12 208 cylinders

3 a = 10 cm2 ; b = 9.6 cm2 so a has the largest area


4 57 cm2
5 About 3 kg (3060 g)

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9.7 Volume of a pyramid 3 Check student’s straight-line graph with end points
at: (0, −2) and (12, 4)
4 Check student’s straight-line graph with end points
HOMEWORK 9G at: (−2, −3) and (2, 5)
1 a 70 cm3 b 2080 cm3 5 Check student’s straight-line graph with end points
2 600 cm3 at: (−6, 2) and (6, 8)

3 294 cm3 6 a Check student’s straight-line graphs with end


points at: (0, −1) and (5, 14), and (0, 3) and
4 6.95 million tonnes (5, 13)
5 120 m3 b (4, 11)

6 3 cm 7 a Check student’s straight-line graphs with end


points at: (0, −3) and (6, 21), and (0, 2) and
7 171.5 cm3 (6, 20)
b (5, 17)

9.8 Cones 8 a Check student’s straight-line graphs with end


points at: (0, 1) and (12, 7), and (0, 2) and
(12, 6)
HOMEWORK 9H b (6, 4)

1 a i 8042 cm3 ii 2513 cm2 9 a Check student’s straight-line graphs with end
b i 302 cm3 ii 302 cm2 points at: (0, 3) and (4, 11), and (0, −1) and
(4, 7)
2 40π cm2 b No, the lines have the same gradient and so
3 96π cm3 are parallel.

4 a 62.8 cm b 10 cm c 12 cm 10 a
d 120π cm2 e 6.63 cm f 695 cm3 x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
5 6.8 cm
b Check student’s graph of x + y = 3, through (0,
6 900 cm2 3) and (3, 0).
7 2.8 cm 11 a
8 216

9.9 Spheres

HOMEWORK 9I
1 a 36π cm3 b 4500π cm3
2 a 64π cm2 b 100π cm2
3 Volume = 14 000 cm3, surface area = 2800 cm2
4 a 4.0 cm b 3.6 cm
b 2 kilometres
5 4.6 cm
12 Two lines with a sum or difference (a ± b) of 2,
6 752 cm3 e.g. y = 1, x = 1, or x = 3, y = 5.
7 108 cm2
8 About 30 million 10.2 Gradient of a line
9 a 240π cm3 b 132π cm2
HOMEWORK 10B
10.1 Drawing linear graphs from 1 a−f Check student’s diagrams.

points 2 a i−viii Check student’s diagrams.


b i−viii Check student’s diagrams.
c Check student’s descriptions.
HOMEWORK 10A
2 1
3 a 2 b −3 c d 
1 Check student’s straight-line graph with end points 3 3
at: (0, 3) and (5, 13) 4
e 4 f 
2 Check student’s straight-line graph with end points 5
at: (0, −1) and (5, 14)

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1 1
g  h i 7 j −4 3 a i−ii
4 6
4 a Approximately 225 feet in 0.6 of a mile (3168
feet), so gradient is about 0.07
b Approximately 500 feet in 0.4 miles (2112 ft),
so gradient is about 0.24
c Category AS; approximately 1000 feet of
climbing in 3.1 miles ≈ 322 feet of ascent on
average
5 First line has a gradient of 1.2 and second has a
gradient of 4.8, so ratio is 1 : 4
6 4 : 5, 5 : 7, 6 : 13, 3 : 7, 1 : 3, 2 : 9

10.3 Drawing Graphs by Gradient-


b x = 2, y = 2
Intercept and Cover-Up Methods
4 a They both have a y-intercept of 3, so they
intersect at: (0, 3)
HOMEWORK 10C b They both cross the x-axis (so they intersect)
at: (3, 0)
1 a−h Check student’s diagram(s). c a = 3, b = 8, so 3x − 8y = 12
2 a i−ii Check student’s diagram 5 a i y = −3 ii x−y=4 iii y = x + 5
b  3, 7  iv x + y = −5
b −2
3 a They have the same gradient: (4)
b They intercept the y-axis at the same point:
(0, −3) 10.4 Finding the equation of a line
c (0, −3)
from its graph
1
4 a −3 b c 90°
3
d Negative reciprocal e 2 HOMEWORK 10E
1 a i y = x, y = −x
HOMEWORK 10D ii Reflection in x- and y-axes
1 1
1 a−l Check student’s diagrams. b i y = x + 2, y = − x + 2
2 2
2 a i−ii ii Reflection in y-axis and y = 2
c i 2y = 5x + 3, 2y = −5x + 13
ii Reflection in x = 1 and y = 4
1 1 3
2 y = 2x + 4, y = 2x − 6, y = − x + 4, y = − x +
2 2 2
3 a The x-coordinates go −2 → −1 → 0 and y-
coordinates go 5 → 3 → 1
b The x-step between the points is 1 and the y-
step is −2
c y = −3x + 2
4 3x + y = 12
5 (3, 5)
6 Richard is correct. The equation of the line is y =
2x − 3, so when x = 4, y = 5

10.5 Real-life uses of Graphs


b x = 1.6, y = 1.2
HOMEWORK 10F
1 a £4 b 0.06
c C = 4 + (0.06 × number of units) or C = 4 +
0.06x
2 a £10 b 0.02

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c C = 10 + (0.02 × number of units) e 8.1 cm f 760 m g 0.87 cm h 12 m
3 a £25 b 0.05 2 a 10 m b 27.2 cm c 29.4 m d 12.4 cm
c C = 25 + (0.05 × number of units)
3 6.7 m
4 a i y = −2x + 20 ii y = −x + 15
4 a 8.2 cm b 8.0 cm
1
iii y = − x + 10
2 5 9 cm and 12 cm
b 62.5 square units

11.3 Applying Pythagoras’ theorem


10.6 Solving simultaneous equations in real-life situations
using graphs
HOMEWORK 11C
HOMEWORK 10G
1 Yes, because the ladder reaches 3.6 m so she can
1 a (5, −1) b (3, 7) c (−1, 3) reach 4.6 metres
d Parallel e (4, −2) f (1.5, 6.5)
g (−3, 8) h (−1, 5) i (−3, 3) 2 9m
j (−2, 4) k (2.5, 3.5) l (3.5, −1.5) 3 3.23 m
2 2x + 3y = 7, 2x + y = 4 4 14.14 m
Graphs intersect at (1.25, 1.5), so cake costs
£1.50 and coffee costs £1.25 5 10 km

3 a i R and S ii Q and S 6 3.22 km


iii P and R iv Q and P 7 a 7.9 m b 3.9 m
b (6, −6)
8 2
10.7 Parallel and perpendicular lines 9 12 cm2
10 Yes, 612 = 602 + 112
HOMEWORK 10H 11 76 units
1 a The line is parallel to the original line, 12 a 1 cm represents 2.5 km or 1:250 000
intersecting the ‘charge’ axis at a point b 40.4 km
halfway to the origin.
b The line passes through the origin with the 13 7 metres
gradient double that of the original line.
14 The diagonal of the drawer is 402  332 = 51.8
2 a y = 2x + 1 b y = −4x + 1 cm, so it will fit in the drawer if it is put in at an
1 1 angle.
c y= x+1 d y=− x+1
2 4
1 11.4 Pythagoras’ theorem and
3 a y = 3x + 4 b y= x−1 c y = −x + 2
4
isosceles triangles
1
4 y=− x+9
2
HOMEWORK 11D
11.1 Pythagoras’ theorem 1 32.8 cm2, 9.17 cm2
2 36.7 cm2
HOMEWORK 11A
3 43.3 cm2
1 a 5 cm b 4.41 cm c 10.6 cm
d 35.4 cm e 20 cm f 19.2 cm 4 a 173.2 cm2
b Only the lengths have doubled; the area has
2 a 40.15 m b 2100 m3 quadrupled.
3 15 cm, because 7.52 + 102 = 12.52 5 a Student’s sketches
b 8, 8, 6 has area 22.25 cm2 and 6, 6, 8 has
4 3.81 metres, so the beam is long enough
17.9 cm2
6 54.5 mm2
11.2 Finding a shorter side
7 56.7%
8 The string stretches to 49.2 cm; it stretches by 4.2
HOMEWORK 11B cm.
1 a 23.7 cm b 22.3 cm c 6.9 cm d 32.6 cm

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11.5 Pythagoras’ theorem in three 11.8 Using the sine and cosine
dimensions functions

HOMEWORK 11E HOMEWORK 11H


1 Yes 1 a 15.7 b 21.3 c 80.9°
d 18.6 e 30° f 97.1
2 Yes
2 a 3.5 b 14.95 c 17.5
3 a 21 cm and 18.4 cm b 13.4 cm
3 a 11.5 km b 230°
4 14.1 m and 14.5 m
5 a DG = 11.2 cm b HA = 7.1 cm HOMEWORK 11I
c DB = 11.2 cm d AG = 12.2 cm
1 a 67.4° b 11.3 c 42.8°
6 26 cm d 20.5 e 72.1 f 54.1°
7 14.1 cm 2 a 14 b 45 c 3.5
8 42 cm 3 a 6.71 km b 48.2°
9 a AC = 9.9 cm b EX = 10.9 cm
c EM = 11.5 cm
11.9 Using the tangent function
11.6 Trigonometric ratios
HOMEWORK 11J
1 a 15.3 b 4.61 c 53.4°
HOMEWORK 11F d 7.64 e 29.1° f 29.9
1 a 0.788 b 0.719 c 0.972 d 1
10
2 a 6 b 30 c
2 a 0.616 b 0.695 c 0.237 d 0 3
3 a 1 b 1 c 1 d 1 e All 1 3 81.5°
4 a 1.280 b 1.036 c 4.102 d 0
5 a 1.280 b 1.036 c 4.102 11.10 Which ratio to use
d 0 e same
6 a 4.915 b 4.950 c 11.967 d 15.626 HOMEWORK 11K
7 a 7.325 b 9.899 c 14.123 d 25.599 1 a 65.0° b 14.9 c 153.3
d 26.7° e 327 f 49.3°
g 48.2° h 230 i 45.8
5 12 5
8 Sin x = , cos x = , tan x =
13 13 12 2 6 cm
9 Draw a right-angled triangle and label angle x, the 3 a 9.4 m b 65.9°
opposite side 5, and the hypotenuse 34 . Use 4 12.6 cm
pythagoras to find the other side = 3. Then tan x
5
=
3 11.11 Solving problems using
trigonometry
11.7 Calculating angles
HOMEWORK 11L
HOMEWORK 11G 1 70.3°
1 a 23.6° b 45.0° c 61.5° d 41.8° 2 2.74 m to 1.39 m; 7.52 m to 7.88 m
2 a 66.4° b 45.0° c 28.5° d 70.5° 3 Use tan 42˚ to get a height of 54 m
3 a 21.8° b 51.1° c 41.2° d 69.1° 4 5.04 m
4 a 22.0° b 19.5° c 17.5° d 38.7° 5 29°
5 a 68.0° b 70.5° c 72.5° d 51.3 6 3.88 m
6 a 20.6° b 56.3° c 35.5° d 75.3° 7 31 metres
7 36.0° 8 The swing will rise to a maximum height of 86 cm,
or 36 cm above its initial height.

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HOMEWORK 11M 12.1 Similar triangles
1 13.5 km
2 115 m HOMEWORK 12A
3 8.5 m 1 a 3.5 b 2.5
4 29.5° (30° to the nearest degree) 2 a Two sides in same ratio, included angle same
b 2:3 c Q d CA
5 31°
3 a 4.8 cm b 4.88 cm
6 0.4° (0° to the nearest degree)
4 120 cm
7 a 64 m b 9.1° (9° to the nearest degree)
5 BC is 10 cm; CD is 15 cm
8 63 metres
6 AC = 12 cm
9 It is probably between 23 and 28 metres high.
7 a One corresponding angle equal. Two
corresponding sides are in the same ratio.
b 1 : 3 or scale factor 3
11.12 Trigonometry and bearings c 5 cm d 15 cm

HOMEWORK 11N HOMEWORK 12B


1 a 78.2 km b 33.2 km 1 a ACD and ABE; 9.6 cm
8
2 a 010.3° b 190.3° b ABD and EDC; 1 cm
9
80 
3 90 + tan-1   =129
2 a x = 6.875 cm, y = 3.375 cm
 100  b x = 12 cm, y = 12.5 cm

4 3.94 km 3 3.69 m

5 a 67.8 km b 15.9 km c 17.0 km 4 2m


d 168.6° 5 13.3 cm
6 a i
Example of proof: Remaining angle at L 6 No: corresponding sides are not in the same
between LA and the vertical is 180 − 136 = ratio; CD should be 12.5 cm
44° (angles on a straight line). Therefore
the angle at A between LA and the vertical
(North) is 44° because LA is transversal HOMEWORK 12C
between the two North parallel lines.
Therefore x = 180 − 90 − 44 = 46° (angles 4 5
1 a cm b cm c 6 cm
on a straight line). 3 3
ii 226° 2 a 20 cm b x = 5 cm, y = 7 cm
b 170 km c x = 11.25 cm, y = 6 cm
c i 28.1° ii 344.1° d x = 20 cm, y = 20.4 cm
7 286 kilometres e x = 5 cm, y = 7 cm

8 Yes; it is only 275 metres from the shore.


12.2 Areas and volumes of similar
11.13 Trigonometry and isosceles shapes
triangles
HOMEWORK 12D
HOMEWORK 11O 1 a 9 : 49 b 27 : 343

1 a 9.59 cm b 20.4°
2 17.4 m
3 a 30.1 cm2 b 137.2 cm2
4 63.6 cm2, 59.7 cm2
5 224 cm2
6 34°

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2 b The last line of the relative frequency table is
likely to be the closest to the truth because it
Linear Linear Linear Area Volume results from the highest sample frequency (500).
scale ratio fraction scale scale The likely ratio of balls in the bag is therefore R :
factor factor factor W : B :: 127 : 252 : 121. We know there are 50
4 balls, so this likely ratio gives R : W : B :: 13 : 25 :
4 1:4 16 64 12. For example, (127/500) × 50 = 13 red balls
1
1 1 1 1 (to the nearest whole number).
2:1
2 2 4 8 4 a C b A c C d A
1 1 1 1 e B f A g B
10 : 1
10 10 100 1000
5 a i 0.2 ii 0.7 iii 0.6
6 b 10
6 1:6 36 216
1
5 6 Monday 0.145; Tuesday 0.166; Wednesday
5 1:5 25 125 0.134; Thursday 0.141; Friday 0.146
1
3 320 cm2 7 The spinner could be considered unfair since the 3
only landed 32 times and the majority of the other
4 a 10 800 cm3 b 50 000 cm3 numbers landed over the anticipated 40 times.
3 8 Although you would expect the probability to be
5  36  x 4  108 litres
 12  1
  close to hence 25 tails, we know that there is
2
6 12.15 m3 more chance of the number of tails being close to
25 rather than actually 25.
7 The large tin holds 2700 ml. He can fill 3 small
tins.
8 a 21% b 33.1%
13.2 Mutually exclusive and
9 d, 810 cm3
exhaustive events
HOMEWORK 12E
HOMEWORK 13B
1 a 13.8 cm, 25.2 cm b 63 cm2, 30.1 cm2
1 a Yes b Yes c Yes d No e No
2 0.25 kg
2 Also exhaustive: b − Throwing an even number
3 a 6 m2 b 20 000 cm3 with a dice/throwing an odd number with a dice.
4 76.8 cm3 4 2 4
3 a i ii ii
5 16.2 cm 11 11 11
b i Yes ii Yes iii Yes
6 17.3 cm and 23.1 cm c iii − Picking an I / picking a consonant
7 c 27 : 125 4 a Ann, Joan; Ann, Jack; Ann, John; Ann, Arthur;
Ann, Ethel; Joan, Jack; Joan, John; Joan,
Arthur; Joan, Ethel; Jack, John; Jack, Arthur;
13.1 Experimental probability Jack, Ethel; John, Arthur; John, Ethel; Arthur,
Ethel
1 1 4 11
b i ii iii iv
HOMEWORK 13A 5 5 15 15
c i, ii, iv
1 a 0.2 0.3 0.36 0.42 0.384 b 0.4 c 2000
d ii
2 a 0.16 0.253 0.142 0.17 0.103 0.168
b 100 c No, 2 occurs too often 1
5
6
3 a
6 a i, iv, v
Red White Blue b i: answers will vary regarding explanation
about why they are not mutually exclusive.
0.31 0.52 0.17 7 May be windy and rainy. Windy and rainy are not
0.272 0.48 0.248 mutually exclusive events.
8 0.05
0.255 0.508 0.238
9 These are not mutually exclusive events
0.254 0.504 0.242

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13.3 Expectation 3 a

HOMEWORK 13C
1 100
2 250
3 a 52 b 8 c 4 d 2
4 18
4 6 3
5 a 100 b 100 c 130 d 0 b i ii iii
10 10 10
6 120 7 7 2
iv v vi
10 10 10
7 1667
8 a One cannot add probabilities for events like 32 68 67
4 a i ii iii
this. 100 100 100
b Increase, as he is more experienced 33 87 12
iv v vi
100 100 100
9 a 33 b 83
55
10 a 28 000 b
100
b 90% of 112 is 100.8 out of 200, so they should
win. 5 a
11 Three times
12 Multiply the number of students by 0.14

13.4 Probability and two-way tables

HOMEWORK 13D
1 a 9 b 16 c 40% d 71.4%
2 a 18% b 13% c £170 b i 0.6 ii 0.9 iii 0.2
d Female; there are about twice as many male 6 a 130
students as female students, but two of the 15
three highest categories have a much greater b i
130
proportion of female earners.
ii students who catch the bus to school and
3 a walk home
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5
c
13
5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
7 0.5
6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 0.67

8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 a P(AB’) b P(AB)
9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1 37 14.1 Powers (indices)
b 7 or 18 c d e 0.5
10 40

20 HOMEWORK 14A
4 36
1 a 54 b 75 c 193 d 45
5 Either Harold, as he had bigger tomatoes, or e 17 f 85 g 61 h 116
Connie, as she had more tomatoes. i 0.94 j 9993
2 a 4×4×4×4×4 b 8×8×8×8
13.5 Probability and Venn diagrams c 5×5×5
d 9×9×9×9×9×9
e 1×1×1×1×1×1×1×1×1×1×1
HOMEWORK 13E f 7×7×7
g 5.2 × 5.2 × 5.2
1 a 0.8 b 0.4 h 7.5 × 7.5 × 7.5
i 7.7 × 7.7 × 7.7 × 7.7
2 a 0.65 b 0.55
j 10 000 × 10 000 × 10 000

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3 a 625 b 16 807 c 6859 j 15 k 4 l 200
d 1024 e 1 f 32 768
g 6 h 1 771 561 i 0.6561 3 a 23 b 230 c 2300 d 23 000
j 997 002 999 4 a 54 b 540 c 5400 d 54 000
4 a 1024 b 4096 c 125 5 a 0.23 b 0.023 c 0.0023 d 0.000 23
d 531 441 e 1 f 343
g 140.608 h 421.875 i 3515.3041 6 a 0.54 b 0.054 c 0.0054 d 0.000 54
j 1 000 000 000 000 7 a 350 b 21.5 c 6740
5 a 1 m3 b 0.28 m³ d 46.3 e 301.45 f 78 560
g 642 h 0.67 i 85
6 b 4² or 24 c 5³ d 8² or 4³ or 26 j 79 800 k 658 l 21 530
7 a 1 b 9 c 1 m 889 000 n 35 214.7 o 37 284.1
d 1 e 100 000 p 34 280 000

8 a −8 b −1 c 81 8 a 45.38 b 43.5 c 76.459


d −125 e 1 000 000 d 64.37 e 42.287 f 0.2784
g 2.465 h 7.63 i 0.076
9 a 125 b 625 j 0.008 97 k 0.0865 l 0.015
m 0.000 000 879 9 n 0.234
o 7.654 p 0.000 073 2
14.2 Rules for multiplying and
9 a 730 b 329 000 c 7940
dividing powers d 68 000 000 e 0.034 6 f 0.000 507
g 0.000 23 h 0.00089

HOMEWORK 14B 10 Power 4 means more digits in the answer, so


Saturn is the biggest.
1 a 75 b 79 c 77
d 76 e 714 f 78 11 n = 4

2 a 54 b 56 c 51
d 50 e 52 HOMEWORK 14D
3 a a3 b a5 c a7 1 a 0.23 b 0.023 c 0.0023 d 0.000 23
d a4 e a2 f a1 2 a 0.54 b 0.054 c 0.0054 d 0.000 54
4 a Any two values such that: x + y = 6 3 a 23 b 230 c 2300 d 23 000
b Any two values such that: x − y = 6
4 a 54 b 540 c 5400 d 54 000
5 a 15a6 b 21a5 c 30a6
d 12a9 e −125a8 5 a 350 b 41.5 c 0.005 7 d 0.038 9
e 4600 f 86 g 397 000 h 0.003 65
6 a 4a3 b 3a5 c 5a5
d 8a9 e 3a8 f 6a−4
6 a 7.8 × 102 b 4.35 × 10−1
7 a 12a6b3 b 14a4b8 c 20a7b4 c 6.78 × 104 d 7.4 × 109
d 3a2b4 e 4ab8 e 3.078 × 1010 f 4.278 × 10−4
8 a 2a3b b 2ab-1c2 c 9a4b5c4 g 6.45 × 103 h 4.7 × 10−2
i 1.2 × 10−4 j 9.643 × 101
9 a For example: 6x3 × 3y4 and 9xy × 2x 2y3 k 7.478 × 101 l 4.1578 × 10−3
b For example: 36x3y6 ÷ 2y2 and 18x6y8 ÷ x3y4
7 a 2.4673 × 107 b 1.5282 × 104
10 36 c 6.13 × 1011 d 9.3 × 107, 2.4 × 1013
11 Let x = 0 and y = 1, so e 6.5 × 10−13
a0 1 8 1000
a0  a1  1  a0 1  a 1  1
a a 9 20 000
10 40
14.3 Standard form 11 390 000 km

HOMEWORK 14C HOMEWORK 14E


1 a 120 000 b 200 000 c 14 000 1 a 3.68 × 104 b 9 × 10 c 4.17 × 10-1
d 21 000 e 900 f 125 000 d 8 × 10-5 e 2.4 × 102 f 1.2 × 105
g 40 000 h 6000 i 300 000 g 7.5 × 104 h 1.7 × 10-1 I 4.8 × 107
j 7500 k 140 000
2 a 1.581 × 106 b 7.68 × 10 c 7.296 x109
2 a 5 b 300 c 35 d 2.142 x10−1 e 4.41 x1010 f 6.084 x10-5
d 40 e 3 f 150 g 1.512 x103 h 6.24 x103 I 1.971 x102
g 14 h 50 i 6
3 a 3 × 104 b 3 × 103

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c 5 × 106 d 1.4 × 10−1 15.2 Elimination method for
4 a 2 × 102 b 4 × 102 c 4 × 1010 simultaneous equations
5 800 million
6 Any value between 1.000 000 01 × 106 to 5 × 106, HOMEWORK 15D
i.e. any value of the form a ◊ 106 where 1 < a < 5
1 a x = 5, y = 2 b x = 3, y = 4 c x = 4, y = 2
7 a 1.68 × 1010 b 1.93 ◊ 103
2 a a = 4, b = 3 b c = 6, d = 4 c e = 7, f = 3
8 5.3 x 109 miles3
3 x = 10, y = 6

15.1 Linear equations


15.3 Substitution method for
simultaneous equations
HOMEWORK 15A
1 a 18 b 28 c 64 d 6 e 12
f 12 g 1 h −2 i 18 j 15
HOMEWORK 15E

2 Any valid equations 1 a x = 2, y = 5 b x = 6, y = 4 c x = 4, y = 2

3 a 8 b 2 c 6 d 2 e 3 2 a x = 1, y = 4 b x = 5, y = 3 c x = 6, y = 2
f −4 g 2.5 h −1.5 3 a x = 7, y = 3 b x = 2, y = 4
x  16
4 a = 11.25 or x = 8(11.25 + 2)
8
b £106 15.4 Balancing coefficients to solve
5 Beth is correct. Arabella subtracted 3 before simultaneous equations
multiplying through by 6.
HOMEWORK 15F
HOMEWORK 15B
1 a x = 2, y = 3 b x = 7, y = 3
1 a −1 b 10 c 1.5 d 3 e 1 c x = 2, y = 5 d x = 4, y = 3
f −0.5 g 2 h −1 i 7 j 7
k 4.5 l 2 m −5 n −3 o 0 2 a x = 3, y = 1 b x = 7, y = 2
p 5 q 0.25 r −1 s 1 t −2 c x = 2.5, y = 3 d x = 7, y = −1

2 Length is 9 m; width is 5 m; area is 45 m2. Carpet


costs £13.50 per square metre. 15.5 Using simultaneous equations
3 a = 5, b = 2, c = 4 to solve problems
4 Zak is wrong, as he has not multiplied the bracket
correctly to get 10x + 3 = 13 in both cases. First HOMEWORK 15G
equation x = −0.2, second equation x = 0.7
1 CD £10.50, book £3.50
HOMEWORK 15C 2 a 2x + 3y = 2850, 3x + 2y = 3150
b x = £7.50, y = £4.50
1 a x=1 b y=1 c a=2
d t=5 e p=3 f k=3 3 12 g in cakes and 13 g in peanuts
g d=7 h x = 21 i y=6
4 £2.28
2 5x + 120 = 3x + 908, 2x = 788, x = 394. The mass
5 £1.21
of a can of rice pudding is 394 g.
6 11.5 kg
3 x = 4, perimeter = 27 cm
7 a My age minus 5 equals 2 times (my son’s age
4 5x + 2 = 3x − 6, x = −4
minus 5)
5 a b=3 b c=2 b x = 61 and y = 33
6 x=9 8 4a + 2n = 204, 5a + n = 171 gives a = 23,
n = 56. Total cost for Marcus is £5.40, so he will
7 a Both sides contain 12x which if you solved get £4.60 change.
leaves 20 = 6 which is clearly not possible.
b Both sides of the equation are the same so x 9 5c + 4p = 340, 3c + 5p = 321,
could be any number. c = 32 kg, p = 45 kg.
The bags weigh 552 kg, so Carol cannot carry
the bags safely on her trailer.
10 (5.4, 2.8) is the solution to equations A and B.
(4, 0) is the solution to equations A and C.

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(−3, 28) is the solution to B and C.
(5, −4) is the solution to C and D.

d £6
15.6 Solving inequalities
5 Any two inequalities that overlap only on the
integers 5, 6, 7 and 8; for example, x ≥ 5 and x < 9
HOMEWORK 15H
6 x=3
1 a x<5 b t>8 c p>8 d x<3
e y<6 f x < 13 g t > 37 h x < 10 4 19
7 a x> b x≤3 c x≥ d x < 6.5
7 5 4
i x<2 j t> l t<4 m y<6 1 2
4 e x≤ f x > −2 g x ≥ −7 h x≤−
1 5 2 5
n x> k x > −6 o w < 3.5 p x <
2 8
2 a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 b No answer
c 25, 16, 9, 4, 1 d 5, 3, 1
e 7, 5, 3, 2
3 3x + 3.50 < 6, 3x < 2.50; so the most a can could
have cost was 83p 15.6 Graphical inequalities
4 a 2<x<3 b 1<x<4
19
c −2 < x < 4 d 2≤x< HOMEWORK 15J
3
1 1 a−b
e 3.5 ≤ x < 7.5 f ≤ x < 3.75
2
5
g 2≤x≤4 h ≤x<8
2
4
i ≤ x < 4.2
5
5 6x − 2 > 10, so x > 2 or 6x − 2 < 16, so x < 3;
hence the sides are 2 by 3 or 3 by 5, so the area
is between 6 cm2 and 15 cm2 2 a−b
6 a i x > 0, x = 2, x < 9
ii x = 3, x ≥ 3, x < 2
b Any value between 4 (inclusive) and 9 (not
included)

HOMEWORK 15I
1 Top row from left to right: x ≥ 1; x < 2; x > −2
3 a−c
2 a-h

3 a x≥4 b x < −2 c x≤5 d x>3


e x ≤ 1.5 f x≥4 g x>7 h x < −1
i x<2 j x≤3 k x > 24 l x≥0
4 a

4 a Because 2 CDs plus the DVD cost more than


£20; x > 5.25
b Because 2 CDs plus the lipstick cost less than
£20; x ≤ 6.5
c b i Yes ii Yes iii No iv Yes

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b (1, 2) (2, 2) (2, 3)
5 a−b
11 For example, y ≥ 1, x ≤ 2 and y ≤ x. There are
many other valid answers.

15.7 Trial and Improvement

HOMEWORK 15K
1 a 1 and 2 b 3 and 4 c 4 and 5 d 4 and 5
6 a−b 2 a 3.2 b 4.6 c 5.4 d 7.0
3 3.7
4 4.7
5 3.3
6 10.7 and 18.7 cm
7 21.8 and 36.8 m
8 5.4 and 7.4 cm
7 a−c
9 12.6 and 9.6 cm
10 a x3 + 3x2 = 1000 b 9.1 cm
11 7.6 and 2.6

16.1 Rational numbers, reciprocals,


terminating and recurring decimals

8 a−b HOMEWORK 16A


1 a 0.75 b 0.06 c 0.04 d 0.09 e 0.05
4 5
2 a  0.307692 ;  0.0384615 ;
13 13
6 7
 0.461538 ;  0.538461 ;
13 13
8 9
 0.615384 ;  0.692307 ;
13 13
10 11
 0.769230 ;  0.846153 ;
9 a The white below satisfies all three inequalities 13 13
12
 0.923076
13
b Repeating numbers are cyclic and belong to
one of two sets of numbers
1 2 23 3 2
3 ; ; ; ;
5 9 100 11 7

57 11 17 3 13
4 a b c d e 3
b i No ii No iii Yes iv No 100 40 20 50 20

10 a The white area satisfies all three inequalities 5 Reciprocal of 1 = 1 ÷ 1 = 1


6 a 4 b 5
c The reciprocal of a reciprocal is always the
original number
1
7 a For example, the reciprocal of 2 is
2
1
b For example, the reciprocal of  is −2
2
8 a 2.424 242 b 2.4 c 24

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24 4 9 a x −1; x 0; x 1 b x1; x0; x−1
d e
990 165 c x −1; x 1; x 0

7 19 6
9 a b c HOMEWORK 16D
9 33 11
275 5 4 1 a 6 b 12 c 5 d 14 e 2
d e 2 f 2
999 9 11 f 5 g 2 h 12 i 3
7 5
g h 2 5 3 1
110 66 2 a b 1.5 or or 1
9 2 2
17 3 2
10 a c 0.75 or d
10 4 3
16 2 3 1
b i 17.7777… ii 16 iii e 0.4 or f 1.5 or
or 1
9 5 2 2
5 1 3 1
g 1.25 or or 1 h 1.5 or or 1
4 4 2 2
16.2 Estimating powers and roots
1
 1 1
3 25 2  , others are both
5 3
HOMEWORK 16B
4 For example, the negative power gives the
1 a 16 b 10 c 17 d 3 1
 1
reciprocal, so 16 4  . The power one-
2 22 + 53 + 33 = 156 1
16 4
3 12 and 13 quarter means ‘fourth root’, so we need the fourth
1
4 7 and 8 root of 16, which is 2 …, so 16 4  2 and
5 None are true 1 1
 .
1
2
6 a Students generate a triple b Student’s proof 16 4

7 Estimates: 5 Any values where x = y2. For example x = 16, y =


a i 83 ii 7.5 iii 4 iv 60 4.
b i 83.06 ii 7.42 iii 3.91 v 61.47
HOMEWORK 16E
16.3 Negative and fractional powers 1 a 8 b 625 c 27
3 2

HOMEWORK 16C 2 a t 4 b m 5

1 3 a 9 b 16 c 216 d 243
1 1296 4 a 2.285 b 0.301
1 1 1 1
2 a b c 5 a 2 b 2-5 c
25 4 1000 5
1 1 5
d e f 2
1 1
27 x2 t 6 8

3  ; the others are both
4 8
3 a 2 b 7-1 c x-2
7 For example, the negative power gives the
4 a i 25 ii 2-2 2
 1
b i 104 ii 10-2 reciprocal, so 27 3  2
.
c i 54 ii 5-3 27 3
The power one-third means ‘cube root’ so we
4
5 a i 9 ii need the cube root of 27, which is 3; and the
3
power 2 means square, so 32 = 9, so
1 1
b i ii 
2
1 1
25 125 27 3  9 and 
2
9
1 27 3
c i ii 1
8

1 17
6 a 1 b
2 72
7 a = 5 and b = 2
8 It could be either, since if d is even, d³ is even,
and if d is odd, d³ is odd. c² is even, so even +
even = even and even + odd = odd.

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16.4 Surds 16.5 Limits of accuracy

HOMEWORK 16F HOMEWORK 16H


1 a 2 3 b 35 c 5 d 8 1 a 4.5 cm to 5.5 cm
b 45 mph to 55 mph
3 c 15.15 kg to 15.25 kg
2 a 3 b 3 c 4 d d 72.5 km to 77.5 km
2
2 a 45.7 b 20 c 0.32
3 a 3 2 b 5 15 c 8 2 d 4 5
3 a 6.5−7.5 b 17.5−18.5
4 a 2 3 b 3 c 4 2 d 3 3 c 29.5−30.5 d 746.5−747.5
e 9.75−9.85 f 32.05−32.15
5 a 3 10 b 4 2 c 3 7 d 10 3 g 2.95−3.05 h 89.5−90.5
e 5 6 f 3 30 g 4 6 h 5 5 i 4.195−4.205 j 1.995−2.005
k 34.565−34.575 l 99.5−105
6 a 80 b 32 c 120 d 36
4 a 5.5−6.5 b 33.5−34.5
e 10 15 f 18 g 24 h 36 c 55.5−56.5 d 79.5−80.5
i 8 2 j 9 k 15 l 1 e 3.695−3.705 f 0.85−0.95
m 5 2 n 9 o 15 g 0.075−0.085 h 895−905
i 0.695−0.705 j 359.5−360.5
7 a 80 b 48 c 5 k 16.5−17.5 l 195−205

2 16 5 If the estimate of how many will fail to turn up is


8 a b correct, 266 seats will be taken with advanced
9 3
sales. This leaves 99 seats free. If 95 to 99 extra
9 a 6 2 b 16 c 9 2 people turn up, they all get seats. If 100 to 104
turn up, some will not get a seat.
10 Statement is false: a = 3, b = 4, ( a 2  b2 )  5 , 6 A: The parking space is between 4.75 and 4.85
a+b=7 metres long and the car is between 4.25 and 4.75
metres long, so the space is big enough.
11 For example: 2 3  3 (= 2)
7 95 cl

HOMEWORK 16G 8 a 15.5 cm b 14.5 cm c 310 cm d 290 cm


9 445−449
7 2 2 5
1 a b c
7 4 5

d
2 5 2 6 16.7 Problems involving limits of
e f
4 3 3 accuracy
3 3 3 22
g h
3 4
HOMEWORK 16I
2 Student’s proofs
1 Minimum: 2450 grams or 2 kg 450 g; Maximum:
3 a 3 5  10 b 6 2  16 2550 grams or 2 kg 550 g
c 24  24 2 d 1  3 2 58
e 1 5 f 82 2 3 94, 95, 96 or 97
4 a 15 cm b 2 cm 4 a 18.75−29.75 cm2

5 a 2 cm2 b 2 3  21 cm2 b 20.002 5−20.962 5 cm2

6 a 22 b 34 c 147.477 625−147.744 025 cm2


5 a 7.5−8.5, 4.5−5.5 b 46.75 m2
7 a For example 3  2 and 3  2 c 24 m
b For examples 2 and 3 6 1401.75−1478.75 m2

8 3 is more than 1 and less than 2, since 1 =1 7 388.125−584.375 cm3

and 4 = 2. So 1 + 3 is more than 2 and less 8 10.5 − (1.75 + 2.75 + 3.75) = 2.25 metres
than 3 9 4 pm
10 16.12−17.23 m
11 13.67−18.66 cm2

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12 a 12.25 seconds, 12.35 seconds 2 a (x + 5)(x + 1) = 0, x = −1, −5
b 99.995 m, 100.005 m b (x + 3)(x + 6)=0, x = −3, −6
c 8.164 m/s c (x − 8)(x + 1) = 0, x = 8, −1
d (x − 7)(x + 3)= 0, x = 7, −3
13 2.98 cm, 3.02 cm
e (x + 5)(x − 2) = 0, x = −5, 2
14 24.93 cm, 25.07 cm f (x + 5)(x − 3) = 0, x = −5, 3
g (t − 6)(t + 2) = 0, t = 6, −2
15 48.7° h (t − 6)(t + 3) = 0, t = 6, −3
i (x + 2)(x − 1) = 0, x = −2, 1
j (x − 2)(x − 2) = 0, x = 2
16.8 Choices and outcomes k (m − 5)(m − 5) = 0, m = 5
l (t − 8)(t − 2) = 0, t = 8, 2
m (t + 3)(t + 4) = 0, t = −3, −4
HOMEWORK 16J n (k − 6)(k + 3) = 0, k = 6, −3
1 38 o (a − 4)(a − 16) = 0, a = 4, 16

2 a 40 320 b 2.65 x1032 3 a x(x + 4) = 1020; x2 + 4x − 1020 = 0


b (x − 30)(x + 34) = 0, x = 30. Ella is 30 years
3 10 000 old.
4 a 120 b 70 4 4 × 60 × 200 = 48 000, x(x + 140) = 48 000, x2 +
5 a 60 b 35 140x − 48 000 = 0. (x − 160)(x + 300) = 0. The
field is 160 m by 300 m.
6 a 10000 b 24
7 3360 HOMEWORK 17C
1 4 1 a Both are the same equation
8 a b
169 663
b They all have the same solution: x = 2
9 12 2 a (2x + 1)2 = (2x)2 + (x + 1)2 , when expanded
10 5 and like terms collected gives the required
equation.
b Area = 0.5(x+1)(2x) = x2 + x
17.1 Plotting quadratic graphs
1
3 a i (2x + 1)(x + 2) = 0, x = x  , 2
2
HOMEWORK 17A 1
ii (7x + 1)(x + 1) = 0, x  1, 
7
1 a 1
iii (4x + 7)(x − 1) = 0, x = x  7,
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
5 1
y= 2x2 18 8 2 0 2 8 18 iv (3x + 5)(2x + 1) = 0, x =  , 
3 2
b y=4 c ±2.2
2 1
v (3x + 2)(2x + 1) = 0, x   , 
2 a 3 2
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 3
x b i 3, −2 ii  ,  iii 6, −5
4 2
y = + 3 28 19 12 7 4 3 4
x2 7 12 19 28
3 3
b y = 9.2 or 9.3 c ±2.6 iv , 7 v  ,3
2 4
3 a x3 3 4
c i ii ,
3 4 3
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
y = x2 − 3x + 2 20 12 6 2 0 0 2 6
b 8.75 c −0.15, 3.15 17.3 Solving a quadratic equation by
4 B and C using the quadratic formula

17.2 Solving quadratic equations by HOMEWORK 17D


factorisation 1 a 1.14, −1.47 b −0.29, −1.71
c 3.19, −2.19 d 0.43, −0.77
e −0.57, −1.77 f −0.09, −5.41
HOMEWORK 17 B g −0.22, −2.28 h 2.16, −4.16
i 1.65, −3.65
1 a x = −3, −2 b t = −4, −1 c a = −5, −3
d x = −4, 1 e x = −2, 5 f t = −3, 4 2 x2 + 5x − 60 = 0, x = 5.64 and −10.64, so lawn is
g x = 2, −1 h x = 1, −4 i a = 6, −5 5.64 + 5 = 10 m 64 cm long
j x = 2, 5 k x = 2, 1 l a = 2, 6
3 3x2 − 4x − 8 = 0

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12  0 3
4 Eric gets x  and June gets (3x − 2)2 =
18 x −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2
2 y = x + 4x − 6 −1 −6 −9 −10 −9 −6 −1
2
6
0. Both find that there is only one solution: x  .
3 b 1.15, −5.15
The x-axis is a tangent to the curve.
4 a (0, 4) b (2.5, −2.25)
5 6.14, −1.14
5 a (0, 2) b (1.5, −0.25)
HOMEWORK 17E 6 a (−2, −10)
b (x + 2)2 − 10 = 0
1 a −11, none b −8. none c 84, two c The minimum point is (−a, b)
d 0, one e 81, two f 144, two d (−3, −14)
2 1008
HOMEWORK17H
4 3  6
1 a correct graph will have part b correct
3 x2 + x − 4, x2 + 3x − 2 [Please note there are two
possible solutions as stated. This will be
corrected at reprints]

17.4 Solving quadratic equations by


completing the square

HOMEWORK 17F
1 a (x + 5)2 − 25 b (x + 9)2 − 81
c (x − 4)2 − 16 d (x + 10)2 − 100
e (x + 3.5)2 − 12.25
2 a (x + 5)2 − 26 b (x + 9)2 − 86
c (x − 4)2 − 13 d (x − 2.5)2 − 7.25

3 a 5  26 b 9  86
c 4± 13 d −10 ± 93 b i (0, −21) ii −3, 0), (7, 0) iii (2, −25)
5 29  2 a roots −4,4 y intercept −16
e   
2  4  b roots 0, 8 y intercept 0
c roots 6, −1, y intercept −6
4 0.36, −8.36
3 (4, −14)
5 a (x + 2)2 − 10 b x = −2 ± 10 4 minimum: −4
6 p = 6, q = −8 5 a turning point at (−1,0)
7 C, B, D, E, A b single root at x = −1
6

17.5 The significant points of a


quadratic curve

HOMEWORK 17G
1 a
x −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y = x2 − 5x + 4 10 4 0 −2 −2 0 4 10
b 1, 4
2 a
x −1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y = x2 − 3x + 2 6 2 0 0 2 6 12
b 1, 2

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Roots 0.5,8; y intercept 8; minimum (4.25, −28.1) 2 a (2, 3)
b Sketch iii, with the straight line tangent to the
7 p =-10, q = 15
curve
8 p = −4, q = −2 3 a = 2 and b = 3

17.6 Solving one linear and one non- 17.9 Quadratic inequalities
linear equation using graphs
HOMEWORK 17L
HOMEWORK 17I
1 a x > 5 or x < −5 b 9  x  −9
1 a (0.65, 0.65), (−4.65, −4.65) c 0<x<1 d x < 0 or x > 4
b (4.4, −2.4), (−2.4, 4.4)
2 a -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5 b 3,4,5
c (4, 6), (0, 2)
d (3.4, 6.4), (−2.4, 0.6) 3 a x > 6 or x < −2 b −9 < x < −5
2 a (1, 2) c x  3 or x  −0.4 d −1.33  x  3
b Only one intersection point 4 a −7 < x < 2
c x2 + x(2 − 4) + (−1 + 2) = 0
d (x − 1)2 = 0 ⇒ x = 1
e Only one solution as line is a tangent to the
curve. b x < −5 or x > −4
3 a No solution
b Do not intersect
c x2 + x + 6 = 0
5 − 3 < x < −2
d b2 − 4ac = −23
e There is no solution, as the discriminant is 6
negative; we cannot find the square root of a
negative number.

17.7 Solving quadratic equations by


18.1 Sampling
the method of intersection
HOMEWORK 18A
HOMEWORK 17J
1 a Secondary data
1 a −1.25, 3.25 b 4, −2 c 3, −1 b Primary data
2 a 2.6, 0.38 b 1.5 c 3.3, −0.3 c Primary or secondary data
d 3.4, 0.6 e 2.4, −0.4 d Primary data
e Primary data
3 a i −1.9 ii 1.4, −1.4, 0
b y = x + 1; −2, 1 2 You will need to pick a sample from all ages.
You will need to ask a proportionate numbers of
4 a i −1.9, −0.3, 2.1 ii 1.7, 0.5, −2.2 boys and girls.
b y = x, −2.1, −0.2, 2.3 Ask people with different interests, as sporty
people may want to finish earlier.
5 a 1.7, 0.5 b 1.5, 0.3, −1.9
3 a Likely to have an interest in religion, so
6 a C and E b A and D
opinions may be biased
c x2 + 4x − 6 = 0 d (−2.5, −14.25)
b This would be quite reliable as the sample is
likely to be representative.
17.8 Solving linear and non-linear c Younger children will not like the same sorts of
games as older students, so the sample is
simultaneous equations likely to give a biased result.
algebraically 4 a This is quite a good method. The sample is not
random but should give reliable results.
b Not very reliable as people at a shopping
HOMEWORK 17K centre are not likely to be sporty.
1 a x = 3, y = 1; x = −1, y = −3 Better to ask a random sample at different
1 venues and different times.
b x = 1, y = 2; x = −4, y =  c Not everyone has a phone; people don’t like
2
being asked in the evening.
c x = 2, y = −5; x = 5, y = −2
Need to do other samples such as asking
d x = −1, y = 2; x = −3, y = 4
people in the street.
e x = 2, y = 3; x = 3, y = 5
f x = 1, y = 7; x = −1, y = 3

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5 Not everyone has a phone. People may not travel 2 a
by train every week. 200 may not be a big enough
sample.
6 a About 10% of the population
b
Year Boys Girls Total
7 16 14 30
8 16 16 32
9 14 16 30
10 15 16 31
11 13 14 27
Total 74 76 150
7 Find the approximate proportion of men and
women, girls and boys, then decide on a sample
size and base your work on the proportion of each
group multiplied by the sample size.
8 a Good questions might include: How many
times in a week, on average, do you have b 37 seconds
your lunch out of school? (Responses: ‘Never’,
‘1 or 2 times’, ‘3 or 4 times’ or ‘every day’) 3 a
b
Boys Girls
Y12 13 14
Y13 12 11

9 315

18.2 Frequency polygons


b 5.3 minutes
c The majority of customers (over 70%) wait
HOMEWORK 18B longer than 5 minutes,
1 a open more checkouts.
4 2.39 hours
5 30 seconds is exactly in the middle of the zero to
one minute group. These people are in that band,
but it could be that no one actually waited for
exactly 30 seconds.
6 a

b 1.4 goals

b Boys 12.6, girls 12.8


c The girls had a higher mean score.

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18.3 Cumulative frequency graphs b

HOMEWORK 18C
1 a

Cumulative
Time (seconds) Frequency frequency

200 < t ≤ 240 3 3


240 < t ≤ 260 7 10
260 < t ≤ 280 12 22
280 < t ≤ 300 23 45
300 < t ≤ 320 7 52
320 < t ≤ 340 5 57
340 < t ≤ 360 5 62 c Median = 250; IQR = 135 d Seven pages
b
3 a Paper 1 – 70; Paper 2 – 53
b Paper 1 – 24; Paper 2 – 36
c Paper 2 is the harder paper because it has a
lower median and lower quartiles.
d i Paper 1 – 35; Paper 2 – 25
ii Paper 1 – 84; Paper 2 – 86
4 Find the top 15% on the cumulative frequency
scale, read along to the graph and read down to
the marks.
The mark seen will be the minimum mark needed
for this top grade.

18.4 Box plots

c Median = 283, IQR = 30 HOMEWORK 18D


2 a 1 a

Cumulative
Number of visits Frequency frequency

0 < v ≤ 50 6 6
50 < v ≤ 100 9 15
100 < v ≤ 150 15 30
150 < v ≤ 200 25 55 b Distributions similar in shape, but the older
200 < v ≤ 250 31 86 gardener has about 2.2 peas more per pod

250 < v ≤ 300 37 123 2 a

300 < v ≤ 350 32 155


350 < v ≤ 400 17 172
400 < v ≤ 450 5 177

b Men’s distribution is very compact; women’s


is more spread out and women generally get
paid less than men.

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3 a The Flying Bug batteries have a slightly 18.5 Histograms
higher median but are very inconsistent. The
Ever Steady batteries are very consistent.
b Ever Steady, because they are very reliable HOMEWORK 18E
4 a 1 a

b Justin has lower median and a more


consistent distribution.
c Julia, because she takes too long on the
phone
5 a 57
b 2 a
0 < x ≤ 20 < x 40 < x 60 < x 80 < x ≤
Mark, x 20 ≤ 40 ≤ 60 ≤ 80 100
Number of
2 14 28 26 10
students
Cumulative
2 16 44 70 80
frequency

c i 58 ii 78
d Students’ box plots.
The second school has about the same
median but a much more compact and
symmetrical distribution.
6 Gabriel could see either doctor, but students
should provide a plausible reason,
e.g. Dr Ball because patients never have to wait
longer than 10 minutes, whereas they may have
to wait up to 14 minutes for Dr Charlton; or Dr
Charlton because the mean waiting time is less
than for Dr Ball.
7 There will be many different possibilities, but each c The first film was seen by mainly 10–30 year-
should contain no specific data – only general olds, whereas the second film was seen by
data such as: ‘Scarborough generally had more mainly 30–50 year-olds.
sunshine than Blackpool’, ‘Blackpool tended to b 5.1 minutes
have more settled weather than Scarborough’ or
3 a
‘Scarborough had a higher amount of sunshine
on any one day’. Age 0–20 20–30 30–50

8 62.5 – 53.75 = 8.75. Frequency 110 115 75


(area)
Frequency 5.5 11.5 3.75
density

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19.1 Addition rules for outcomes of
events

HOMEWORK 19A
1 1 2
1 a b c
2 6 3

1 1
2 a b c 1
2 2
1 1 2
3 a b c
13 13 13

3 3 3
b The data is the same 4 a b c
10 10 5
4 a
1 2 11
0<t≤5 25 5 a b c
3 5 15
5 < t ≤ 10 37.5 11 1
d e
15 3
10 < t ≤ 20 100 6 a i 0.75 ii 0.6 iii 0.25 iv 0.6
20 < t ≤ 30 50 b i Because 3 only occurs on pink ii 0.5

30 < t ≤ 35 37.5 3 4 3
7 a b c
5 5 5
35 < t ≤ 40 12.5 8 a 3
b 18 minutes b Not certain he has three double yolks to start
5 a with
11 2 2
9 a b c 0 d
15 3 3
10 a i 0.1 ii 0.75 iii 0.85
b 0.5
c 2 hours 6 minutes
11 8
12 ‘Not blue’ and ‘not yellow’ are not mutually
exclusive events.

19.2 Combined events

HOMEWORK 19B
1 a

9
b 3+( × 1) = 3.75 minutes
12
6 Divide the frequency of the class interval by the
width of the class interval.
7 a 61.8 b 21 c 62 d 85.7
8 0.3

1 1 1
b i ii iii
6 4 6
5 1 29
iv v vi
18 2 36

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2 5
9
16
10 It’s not possible to draw a diagram as there are
too many different events to list.

19.3 Tree diagrams

HOMEWORK 19C
1 11 1 3 1 a
a b c d
6 36 9 4
1 11 5
e f g
36 36 18
3 a

1 5 25
b i ii iii
36 18 36

1 3
2 a b
4 4
c
1 1 1
b i ii iii
12 6 2
1 13
iv v
6 36

1 1 3
4 a b c
2 2 4
3 3 7
5 a b c
4 8 8
1
d
1 1 16
6 a b
12 4
3
3 a
7 a DD, TD, HD, TT, HH, TH 5
b b
Hyacinth DH DH TH HH
Tulip DT DT TT HT
Daffodil DD DD TD HD
Daffodil DD DD TD HD
Daffodil Daffodil Tulip Hyacinth
1
c
4
d More daffodils
9 12 21
c i ii iii
8 a 25 25 25
1 2 3 4 5 6
5 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 a i ii
9 9
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 b i 8 ii 4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 c i 8 ii 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1
b
36
c 36
d Three times

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d 19.4 Independent events

HOMEWORK 19D
243 781
1 a b
1024 1024

1 7
2 a b
8 8

4 5 1 39
e i ii 3 a b
9 6 40 40

5 a 49 9 91
4 a b c
100 100 100

1 1 7
5 a i ii iii
8 8 8
1 1 15
b i ii iii
16 16 16
1 1 31
c i ii iii
32 32 32
1 1 2n  1
b 0.2 d i ii iii
2n 2n 2n
1 8 60 150 125
6 a 6 a b c d
3 343 343 343 343
b
1 4 2
7 a 0 b c d
7 7 7
125 75
8 a 0 b c
216 216
9 a 0.358 b 0.432
10 a 0.555 75 b 0.390 25 c 0.946
11 a 0.6 b 0.288 c Large population

8 7 12 The 20 possible combinations are shown in the


c i ii following table.
15 15
1 B R B B R R
6 a 2 B B R B R R
3 B B B R R R
4 B B R R B R
5 B B R R R B
6 B R B R R B
7 B R R B R B
8 B R R R B B
9 B R B R B R
10 B R R B B R
11 R R R B B B
12 R R B B R B
13 R R B B B R
14 R B R B B R
15 R B B R B R
4 16 R B B B R R
b 0.16 ( ) c 0.54 17 R B R R B B
25
18 R R B R B B
8 0.050 19 R B R B R B
9 It will help to show all nine possible events and 20 R B B R R B
which ones give the two socks the same colour, a p(3 red, i.e. light grey, shirts next to each
then the branches will help you to work out the 4 1
other) = 
chance of each. 20 5

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b p(3 blue, i.e. dark grey, shirts next to each 20.1 Circle theorems
4 1
other) = 
20 5
HOMEWORK 20A
7 7
13 a ii ii
145 15 1 a 23° b 84° c 200°
27 d 54° e 62° f 60°
b
58 2 a 19° b 27° c 49°
14 a 0.0086 b 0.44 c 0.13 3 a 78° b 29° c 78°
15 He has three cards already, so there are at most 4 a x = 20°, y = 105° b x = 10°, y = 36°
only 49 cards left. Therefore the denominator
cannot be 52. 5 a 89° b 46°
6 Size of angle is b, 57°
19.5 Conditional probability 7 Reflex angle BOC = 2x (angle at centre = twice
angle at circumference) Obtuse angle BOC =
360° − 2x (angles at a point)
HOMEWORK 19E 180  (360  2 x)
Angle CBO = y  (angles in
2 2
1 a b 3 an isosceles triangle)  x  90
16

8 4 26
2 a b c
27 9 27 20.2 Cyclic quadrilaterals
3 a 0.856 52 b 0.99356
HOMEWORK 20B
2
4 a
5 1 a a = 68°; b = 100° b d = 98°; e = 98°; f = 82°
b i 0.010 24 ii 0.2592 c d = 95°; e = 111° d m = 118°; n = 142°
iii 0.077 76 iv 0.922 24
2 a x = 89° b x = 98°
5 0.3 or 0.7 c x = 82°; y = 33°

125 485 3 a x = 52°; y = 104° b x = 120°; y = 120°


6 a i ii c x = 95°; y = 75°
512 512
5 55 4 x = 40° and y = 25°
b i ii
28 56
5 Angle DAB = 64° (opposite angles in a cyclic
7 quadrilateral)
7
16 Angle BOD = 128° (angle at centre = twice angle
at circumference)
15
8 6 Students should show all workings for proof
34
question.
57 923
9 a b
980 980
10 0.2
20.3 Tangents and chords
2 1 7 14
11 a b c d HOMEWORK 20C
5 15 15 15

1 32768 26281 1 a r = 48° b x = 30°


12 a b c
59049 59049 59049 2 a 4 cm b 9.2 cm
13 0.0067 3 a x = 16°, y = 74° b x = 80°, y = 50°
14 Find P(Y), P(G) and P(O). 4 a 18° b 16°
Then P(Y) × P(Yellow second), remembering the
numerator will be down by 1. 5 8.49 cm
Then P(G) × P(Green second), remembering the 6 Angle AXC = 90° (angle in a semicircle) and XC is
numerator will be down by 1. Then P(O) × the radius of the small circle, so the radius XC
P(Orange second), remembering the numerator meets the line AE at X at 90°, so AE is a tangent.
will be down by 1.
Then add together these three probabilities.

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20.4 Alternate segment theorem 2 a 30 b 9
3 a 2.5 b 0.5
HOMEWORK 20D 4 a 7.2 b 0.5
1 a a = 68°, b = 62°, c = 50° 5 a 9.6 b 4096
b d = 83°, e = 55°, f = 42°
6 a 71.6 b 4
2 a 50° b 63°
1
7 a 1.25 b
3 a x = 36°, y = 36° b x = 70°, y = 70° 3
4 a 18° b x = 48°, y = 70°, z = 62° 8 20 candle power
5 x = 68°, y = 22°, z = 31° 9
6 Size of angle OBA is: b 30° x 2 4 16
y 8 4 1
7 Let BXY = x, angle YXA = 180° − x (angles on a
line), angle YZX = 180° − x (alternate segment), 10 a 1.25 g/cm3 b 2.5 cm
angle XYC = 180° − (180° − x) = x (angles on a
line), so angle BXY = angle XZC 192
11 a y 
x2
b i 5.33 ii 2.31
21.1 Direct variation
2
12 a Yes, as they will complete it in 4
days
3
HOMEWORK 21A b They would probably get in each other’s way
and would not be able to complete the job in
1 a 24 b 12.5
a very short time.
2 a 72 b 5
1 3
13 a B: y  b y 
3 a 125 b 6 x x
4 a 72 b 2
5 a 120 b 7.5 22.1 Further 2D problems
6 a 180 miles b 7 hours
7 a £24 b 48 litres c 28.75 litres HOMEWORK 22 A
8 a 38 b 96 m2 c £12 800 1 a 8.7 cm b 9.21 cm c 5.67 cm

9 a 3 hours 45 minutes 2 a 19.4 m b 33°


b No; at this rate they would lay 308 stones in 2 3 a 49.3 km b 74.6 km c 146.5°
days. 3 hours 45 minutes d 89.4 km
10 a x = 12 b y = 105 4 a 17° b 63.44 m c 29.6 m
d 27.5 m
HOMEWORK 21B
5 a 3 cm
1 a 250 b 6.32 1 3
b i ii iii 3
2 a 6.4 b 12.6 2 2

3 a 150 b 1.414 6 5.88 cm

4 a 70 b 256
5 a 200 b 5.76
22.2 Further 3D problems
6 a 2 b 1253
HOMEWORK 22B
7 Yes with 4.5 hours to spare
1 Use Pythagoras to find the distance to the mast,
8 a graph B b graph A c graph C 3.61 km. Use tan 6˚ to find the height of the mast,
9 a graph C b graph A 379 m
2 a 63.1° b 22.3 cm c 1902.4 cm3
d 70.3°
21.2 Inverse variation 3 a 25.1° b 53.1°
4 a 6.7 cm b 33.9° c 14.4°
HOMEWORK 21C d 10.55 cm
1 a 5.6 b 0.5 5 a i 6.93 cm ii 9.17 cm

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b 23.9 cm HOMEWORK 22F
6 Student’s own solution 1 a 4.42 m b 9.96 cm c 29.7˚ d 37.2˚
7 He needs to find half of AC to make a right- 2 66.7°, 113.3°
7.21
angled triangle, i.e. x  cos1  43.9 3 16.63 cm, 4.56 cm
10
4 a 47° b 88 m c 131.9 m
HOMEWORK 22C 5 64.95 m
1 a 23.6°, 156.4° b 26.7°, 153.3° 6 54.2 m
c 40.5°, 139.5° d 15.7°, 164.3°
e 26.9°, 153.1° f 203.6°, 336.4° 7 20.2 km
g 188.6°, 351.4° h 211.3°, 328.7° 8 127°
2 30°, 150°
3 a 0.643 b −0.643 c 0.643 HOMEWORK 22G
d −0.643 1 a 9.54 m b 53.94 cm
4 221.8°, 318.2° 2 a 102.6° b 114.6°
5 Sin 320°, as the others are all positive 3 a 11.86 cm b 37.7° c 27.3°
6 a 45.6°, 314.4° b 67.7°, 292.3° d 5.63 cm e 54.4 cm2
c 51.9°, 308.1° d 67.9°, 292.1° 4 1.65 km
e 85.1°, 274.9° f 126.9°, 233.1°
g 116.7°, 243.3° h 102.9°, 257.1° 5 66.2°

7 109.5°, 250.5° 6 29.9°

8 a −0.643 b 0.643 c 0.643 d −0.643 7 a 16.16 km b 035°

9 99.6°, 260.4° 8 29.7°

10 Cos 338°, as the others have the same numerical 9 22.9 cm


value
HOMEWORK 22H
HOMEWORK 22D 1 a 9.2 m b 125° c 23.4°
1 a 0.454 b 0.454 c −0.454 d −0.454 d 8.2 m e 76.8° f 63.4 cm

2 a 0.358 b −0.358 c −0.358 d 0.358 2 16.9 cm

3 Same values, different signs 3 a 66.8° b 9.4 cm

4 a 23.6°, 156.4°, 203.6°, 336.4° 4 7 cm


b 60°, 120°, 240°, 300°
5 ∠ABC = 87.3° and is the largest angle
5 a 1.14 b −1.41 c −0.121
d 0.564 e 1.54 f −0.556
22.5 Using sine to calculate the area
6 a Sin(90 +25) = 0.906
b Sin(90 +130) = −0.642 of a triangle
7 a 90° b 109.5°, 250.5°
8 50°, 130°
HOMEWORK 22I
1 a 37.34 cm2 b 9.74 cm2
9 a 6.87° b 50°
2 4.54 cm
HOMEWORK 22E 3 a 42.8° b 21°
1 a 27.8°, 207.8° b 38.7°, 218.7° 4 48.25 cm2
c 53.5°, 233.5° d 72.8°, 252.8°
e 111.4°, 291.4° f 171°, 351° 5 533.3 cm2
g 141.8°, 321.8° h 296.6°, 116.6° 6 15 cm2
2 a −2.05 b −2.05 c 2.05 d 2.05 7 a 341 m2 b 68
3 tan(585) = 1 others = −1 8 Student’s own proof
4 −50 ,130 9 69 cm2

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23.1 Distance−time graphs 3 Students sketch and graph

HOMEWORK 23A 23.2 Velocity−time graphs


1 a i 10.30 pm ii 11.10 pm iii 12.00 noon
b i 50 km/h ii 75 km/h iii 50 km/h HOMEWORK 23C
2 a 20 km b 40 km c 60 km/h 1 a 10 km/h
d 100 km/h b Slower. The second part has a line that is less
steep.
3 c 5 km/h
2 a

4 11 am

b 1250
3 a 50 km/h
b 30 minutes
c

5 a 17.5 km/h b 30 mph


6 a 3 hours
b On the return journey as the line is steeper

HOMEWORK 23B
1 a−g

d 53 km

HOMEWORK 23D
1 a 20 m/s2 b 0 m/s2
2 a 3 ms-2 b 4 ms-2 c 10 s
d 300 m e 1000 m
3 a 1st section a = 45 kmh-2
2 a A − B bath is filled 2nd section a = 0
B − C Melvin gets into the bath 3rd section a = −30kmh-2
C − D Melvin relaxes in the bath 4th section a = −20kmh-2
D − E water is added b 108.75 km
E − F Melvin gets out of the bath
F − G Water is let out of the bath 4 a 3 m/s2 b 2 m/s2 c 2300 m

b 1
5 a v b 825 m
5

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HOMEWORK 23E 2 a
x −2 −1 0 1 2 3
1 a 625 m overestimate y = x3 + 2x −12 −3 0 3 12 33
b 740 m underestimate
c 180 miles overestimate 3 a
d 105 km overestimate x −12 −6 −4 −2 −1 −0.5
e 945 m underestimate 12
y  −1 −2 −3 −4 −6 −24
2 a i 10 m/s x
ii 30 m/s x 0.5 1 2 3 4 6 12
b 650 m underestimate 12
y  24 −12 −6 4 3 2 1
c smaller intervals on the time axis i.e. more x
trapeziums b i 8 ii 2.2
3 Both cars travel approximately the same distance 4 a−b
1075 m x 0.5 1 2 5 10 25 50
50
y  100 50 25 10 5 2 1
23.4 Rates of change x

HOMEWORK 23F
1 a Tangent drawn b 8.5 m/s
2 a i 32 km/h ii 36 km/h
b 1 hour and 3.5 hours
c 40 km/h
3 a 1 m/s2 b 1.6 m/s2
c 20 seconds. The gradient is 0 at this point.
d Students’ horizontal line across graph such as
5 s and 32 s speed is 40 m/s

23.5 Equation of a circle

HOMEWORK 23G
1 a 5 b 2 2 c 17 d 23

2 a 10 5 b 112 c 60 d 4 c 1.6
5
5 a−b
3 a inside b inside c outside d on
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
4 a Any 3 of the points given in answer b
b (5,12), (-5,-12), (5,-12), (-5,12) y = 2x 0.1 0.3 0.5 1 2 4 8 16
(12,5),(-12, −5),(12,-5), (-12,5)
(13,0), (0,13), (0,-13)(-13,0)
5 3 3 4
5 a b  c y  x6
3 5 5 5

5
6 a y  x  10
2
7 a y = 3x + 12 b y = 3x − 12
8 a y = x + 12 b y = x − 12
4
9 a 9 b x2  y2  85
9

23.6 Other graphs

HOMEWORK 23H
1 a
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 c 5.7 d −0.4
y = x3 + 1 -26 -7 0 1 2 9 28
6 a = 3, b = 4

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23.7 Transformations of the graph b i and ii are equivalent to y = −sin x

y = f(x) 8

HOMEWORK 23I
1 a Correct graphs plotted
0
b ii Translation  
2
 2 
iii Translation  
0
2 a Correct graphs plotted

0 HOMEWORK 23K


b ii Translation  
 3  1 a−b Correct graphs plotted
0  2
iii Translation   c Translation  
 1  4

3 a Correct graphs plotted 2


2 a y  ( x  2)2  2 ; translation  
 4  2
b ii Translation  
0  5 
iii Reflection in the x-axis b y  ( x  5)2  10 ; translation  
 10 
0
iv Reflection in the x-axis and translation    10 
2 c y  ( x  10)2  10 ; translation  
 10 

HOMEWORK 23J 3 a y  ( x  2)2  2 ; sketch showing y-intercept


= 2, minimum point (−2, −2)
1 a Correct graphs plotted
b y  ( x  4)2  2 ; sketch showing y-intercept
0
b ii Translation   = 14, minimum point (4, −2)
3
c y  ( x  4)2 ; sketch showing y-intercept =
 30  16, minimum point (4, 0)
iii Translation  
 0 
2 a Correct graphs plotted
24.1 Algebraic fractions
0
b ii Translation  
2
HOMEWORK 24A
 45 
iii Translation  
 0  22 x 5 x  11 16 x  11
1 a b c
15 6 6
3 a Correct graphs plotted
b ii Reflection in the x-axis 7x 3x  8 8x  5
2 a b c
0 20 10 6
iii Translation  
 4 3 a x = 7.5 b x = 9.8 c x = 4.75

4 a Correct graphs plotted 6 x2 3 4x  2


4 a b c
5 8 3 x 1
 60 
b ii Translation   5 5 8
 0  5 a b c
8 4 3
0
iii Translation   6 6x − 3 + 5x + 10 = 2(x + 2)(2x − 1), 11x + 7 = 4x2
3
+ 6x − 4, 4x2 − 5x − 11 = 0
5 cos x = sin(x + 90); therefore the graphs are the 7 a x = 1.64, x = −1.34
same. b x = 1, x = −0.125
6 a y = x2 + 3 b y = (x − 3)2 c x = −1.5, x = −3

7 a For example: reflection in x-axis and x 1


8
 90  2  x  2
translation by  
 0 

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24.2 Changing the subject of a 3 f(x)−1 =
3x  5
2x  3
formula
4x  3
4 f(x)−1 =
x 4
HOMEWORK 24B
5 Produces an identical function
5 y b  p  q
1 a x  b a 
2 pq
24.4 Composite functions
A s  t  1  3
c a  d r 
2b2  c 2
3r HOMEWORK 24E
e t 
s3 1 a 22 b −18 c −6 d 100 e 2

2 a x 
b
b x 
b 2 a fg(x) = −9x4 + 3 b fg(x) = 2x − 1
ac a b 1 c fg(x) = x2 − 6x + 16 d gf(x) = 16x2 + 24x + 9
2a cd e gf(x) = x2 − 9
c x  d x 
bd 2c  d
3 Wayne should have substituted −3 into g(x) and
then substituted the answer into f(x). to give fg(x)
p A
3 a r  b r  = 222
2  4  4
2  3y 2 y
4 a x 
y 1
b x 
y3
24.5 Iteration

2
5 b  5 HOMEWORK 24F
a
1 a 0.83, 0.47, 0.41, 0.40, 0.40
Ra Rb b 4.60, 4.92, 4.984, 4.997, 4.999
6 a b  b a 
aR Rb c −1, −0.333 ,−0.375, −0.372 ,−0.372
1  2y 2 0.85
7 x 
y 1
3 0.62
y z 1 z 1 4 8.77
8 a x  b x  c y 
y 1 z 1 2z
5 a (x − 3)(x + 4) = 26 Multiplying out the brackets
and rearranging gives the required equation.
24.3 Functions b 2.68 cm, 9.68 cm
6 1.19 or −4.19 depending on the initial value
chosen
HOMEWORK 24C
7 1.77
1 a 25 b 62 c 6
2 a −2.5 b 2
25.1 Properties of vectors
3 a i 10 ii 73 iii
iv 46 v 7
b k = 3, −3 HOMEWORK 25A
4 a i 4 ii −1 iii −28 1 a + 2b b 3a + b c 4a d 3b
iv −8 v 1 vi 7.75 e 2a f − 2a g 2a + b h 2b − a
b x = 3, −3 i 2b − 4a j b−a k a+b l 2a
m a+b n 4a + 3b o 2a + 2b p 3a + 2b
5 a i 12 ii 24 iii 24
b x = 1, 2 2

HOMEWORK 24D
x 1
1 a f(x)−1 = b f(x)−1 = 3( x  4)
10
x  10
c f(x)−1 = d f(x)−1 = x  3
5
e f(x)−1 = x2  4
x3
2 f(x)−1 =
2x  1
1 1
3 a i b−a ii (b − a) iii (a + b)
2 2

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b i Student’s diagram ii XY = b − a
c AB
1 1 1 3
4 a i b ii a+ b iii a
2 2 2 2
d Both are multiples of a
3 1 5 3
5 a b+ a b a b
4 4 8 8
6 a 5p − 10q b 4p − 8q c 2q + 4p
7 a i b − a ii −2a iii 2b − a iv 2b − a
b Parallel and equal in length
3
8 a They lie in a straight line, AC  AB
2
b 2:1

25.2 Vectors in geometry

HOMEWORK 25B
1
1 a i
3
 a  b  ii 31 a  32 b iii b 
1
2
a
b They lie on a straight line
1 2
2 a i a  b ii b  a
3 3
b OA + n(AP) c OB + m(BQ)
3 3 1
d When n  , a  nAP  a  (a  b) ,
7 7 3
which simplifies to (4a + b) ÷ 7. When
6 6 2
m  , ba  mBQ  b  ( b  a ) ,
7 7 3
which also simplifies to (4a + b) ÷ 7

4 1
e a b
7 7
1 1
3 a ab b b a
2 2
c Along OR and OG = OQ + QG
2 1
d n  and m 
3 3
1 1
e a b
3 3
4 a i b−a ii 2b − 2a
b Parallel
5 a ii −3p + 3q ii −3p + 12q
b 2p − 4q
c Straight line
1 1
6 a i c−b ii c iii c
2 2
1
7 a b+r b b−r c (−a + b + r)
2

8 a AB = b − a, AC = 3b − 3a, so AC = 3 AB ,
and hence ABC is a straight line.
9 a i6a + 4b ii 4b − 3a
4
b 2a + b c OC = 3 OM
3

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