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Contents

1 Basic Computation 2

2 Directed Numbers 4

3 Introduction to Algebra 6

4 Linear Equations in One Unknown 9

5 Approximation and Numerical Estimation 11

6 Manipulations of Polynomials 13

7 Percentages (I) 15

8 Angles Related to Straight Lines and Triangles 18

9 Areas and Volumes (I) 21

10 Introduction to Coordinates 24

11 Congruent Triangles 28

12 Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Charts 32

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1 Basic Computation Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

1. Which of the following integers are divisible by 6? Circle the answers.

106 248 684 840 1344 1688

2. Which of the following integers are divisible by both 8 and 9? Circle the answers.

16 200 48 732 52 376 76 480 126 216 146 808

Determine whether each of the following integers is divisible by which of the integers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
and 10. Write down the answers on the underline provided. (3 – 4)

3. 580 ________________ 4. 498 ________________

5. What is the least number which must be added to 4203 such that the sum is divisible by 6?

________________________________________________________

6. Use the digits 2, 3, 6 and 7 to form two possible 4-dgit numbers that are divisible by both 4 and 9.

________________________________________________________

7. Consider the 5-digit number P = 52 A44, where A is an integer from 0 to 9 inclusive. If P is

divisible by 8, find all the possible values of A.

________________________________________________________

Use powers to express each of the following. (8 – 9)

8. 2223333 9. 5  5  5  7  7  11  11  11

_____________________________ _____________________________

Find the prime factorization of each of the following integers. (10 – 13)

10. 30 __________________ 11. 539 __________________

12. 1260 __________________ 13. 2079 __________________

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In each of the following, find the H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of the given integers. (14 – 17)

14. 12, 28 H.C.F. = ______________ 15. 36, 90 H.C.F. = ______________

L.C.M. = ______________ L.C.M. = ______________

16. 16, 70, 84 H.C.F. = ______________ 17. 24, 60, 108 H.C.F. = ______________

L.C.M. = ______________ L.C.M. = ______________

Evaluate each of the following. (18 – 23)

18. [48 – (25 – 7)]  3 = __________ 19. 2  [30  (2  3) + 5  4] = __________

1 1 1  4 2 9  2 5   1  
20.         = __________ 21.    1   1   = __________
 6 4 3  5 3 20  5 8   4  

 14 
22. (2.25 + 1.03)  (1.25  3.2) = __________ 23. (4.2  3.78)   2.4   = __________
 15 

Answer the following questions with steps. (24 – 25)

24. There are some sweets on a table. If we pack them into a bag of 3, a bag of 4 or a bag of 7, the
sweets are packed completely and no sweets are left. Find the least number of sweets on the table.

25. A designer plans to use identical square cards to design a poster in the shape of rectangle. The
length and the width of the poster are 120 cm and 180 cm respectively. If no cutting of the square
cards is allowed, find the least number of square cards needed to use for the poster.

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2 Directed Numbers Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

Write down the opposite number of each of the following numbers. (1 – 2)

2
1. +9 __________ 2.  __________
7

3. Find the numbers represented by the letters on the following number line.
A B C D
0 +2

A = __________ B = __________ C = __________ D = __________

3 1
4. Mark and write down the numbers + , +3, 1 and –2.5 on the given number line below.
2 4

0 +1

In each of the following, arrange the numbers in ascending order using the symbol ‘<’. (5 – 6)
1 1 3
5. +5.4, –2, 0, +1, +5.6 6. 2 , +1.4, 2 , 1
6 2 8

_____________________________ _____________________________

In each of the following, arrange the numbers in descending order using the symbol ‘>’. (7 – 8)
2 1 2
7. –3.5, 0, +2, 3 , –1 8.  1 , –1.5, 1 , –2
7 4 5

_____________________________ _____________________________

Evaluate each of the following. (9 – 13)

 3  5
9. (+11) + (–8) = __________ 10.  +       (2) = __________
 4  8

288  4
11. = __________ 12. (+9)(–15)  2  = __________
24  9

13. –100 + 99 – 98 + 97 – … – 52 + 51 = __________

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Evaluate each of the following. (14 – 21)

14. (–6 – 5)  9 = __________ 15. (+11)(–7) + (–6) = __________

16. (–2)  [(–18) – (+3)] = __________ 17. (+8)  [(–112) + (–16)] = __________

( 16)( 14)
18. [(+6) + (–22)]  (5 – 13) = __________ 19. = __________
( 2)  ( 9)

12  28 8  14
20. = __________ 21.  2 = __________
8( 2  4) 6  10

Answer the following questions with steps. (22 – 24)

22. Assume that the temperature drops 6C for every 1000 m increase in height above the sea level. If
the temperature at the sea level is 28C, and the height of a mountain is 5000 m, what will be the
temperature at the top of the mountain?

23. A company made a profit of $210 000 in the first year. The company made a loss of $450 000 in
the second year and made a profit of $300 000 in the third year. Find the profit or loss of the
company in the fourth year such that the company had no gain or loss over these four years.

24. In a drawing card game, Peter gets three cards of +2 points, four cards of +3 points and three cards
of –4 points. Find the average points per card he got.

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3 Introduction to Algebra Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

Represent each of the following by an algebraic expression. (1 – 4)

1. Subtract 5 from the product of 4 and the cube of x. __________

2. Divide the square of y by 3 and subtract the result from x. __________

3. Multiply 7 to the sum of 6 and x. __________

4. Subtract 8 from x and divide the result by y. __________

Represent each of the following by a word phrase. (5 – 8)

5. y–x ____________________________________________________________

5y
6. ____________________________________________________________
x

7. 6(x + y) ____________________________________________________________

8. 4x + 2y ____________________________________________________________

Simplify each of the following algebraic expressions. (9 – 12)

9. 3n – 2 + 5n ____________ 10. 5x + 3y – 2x – 7y ____________

11. –2x  5 + 3x ____________ 12. 4m2 + m + 9 – 2m ____________

13. Jenny is x years old now. Fanny is y years older than Jenny. Fanny is __________ years old now.

14. Daisy has x $2 coins and 2x $5 coins. She has a total amount of $ __________.

15. Ivan has n sweets. After eating 4 of them, he divides the remaining sweets
into 3 equal parts. Each part has __________ sweets.

16. Consider the formula A = 3x + 7. In each of the following, find the value of A.

(a) x = 3, A = _______ (b) x = –1, A = _______

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m  2n
17. Consider the formula D = . In each of the following, find the value of D.
5
1
(a) m = 4, n = 2, D = _______ (b) m = –4, n = , D = _______
2

18. Consider the formula F = a2b. If a = 6 and b = 2, then F = _______.

1  xy
19. Consider the formula H = . If x = –1 and y = 3, then H = _______.
x
20. It is given that the general term of a sequence is 3 – 2n.

Then the 1st term = _______, the 6th term = _______.

21. It is given that the general term of a sequence is (–1)n(n + 1).

Then the 2nd term = _______, the 9th term = _______.

Write down the next two terms of each of the following sequences. (22 – 23)

22. 7, 15, 23, 31, _______, _______ 23. 81, –27, 9, –3, _______, _______

24. Let an be the nth term of a sequence. If a2 = 4, a4 = 18 and an + 2 = an + 1 + 2an for any positive
integer n, a5 = _______.

25. It is given that y is a function of x, and y = 2x2 – x + 5. If x = –1, y = _______.

n
26. It is given that S is a function of n, and S = (11 – 5n). If n = 7, S = _______.
2
Answer the following questions with steps. (27 – 30)

27. The figure shows a trapezium. x cm

(a) Write down a formula for the area A cm2 of the trapezium.
x cm
(b) If x = 5, find the area of the trapezium.
(x + 2) cm

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28. There are 30 multiple choice questions in a test. Two marks will be awarded for a correct answer
and 1 mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer. Jason answers all the questions and gets x
correct answers.
(a) Write down a formula for the marks (M) Jason got.
(b) If Jason gets 15 correct answers, find the marks Jason got.

29. In the following diagram, the first figure consists of 5 dots. For any positive integer n,
the (n + 1)th figure is formed by adding 3 dots to the nth figure.

…
Find the number of dots in the 8th figure.

30. The nth term of the sequence 3, 10, 17, 24, … is an + b, where a and b are constants.
(a) Write down the values of a and b.
(b) Is 102 a term of the sequence? Explain your answer.

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Linear Equations in
4 One Unknown
Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

Solve each of the following equations. (1 – 12)

1. c – 4 = 3c + 8 c = _______ 2. 3d + 3 = –9 – 3d d = _______

3. 3(7e + 5) = 36 e = _______ 4. –7g = –5(2g – 3) g = _______

3k k m3 2m
5.   14 k = _______ 6. 1  m = _______
4 6 7 7

7. –(4n + 3) + 5(n – 1) = 9 n = _______ 8. 3[(2p + 1) – 3(p + 1)] = –24 p = _______

4s  s 1 
9. –2[q + 3(5 – 2q)] = 10 q = _______ 10.  2   s = _______
2  3 

4r  1 2  r 6t  5 1  4t t
11.  4 r = _______ 12.   t = _______
3 4 8 5 2

x x x x
13. (a) Solve     0.65 . ________________
3 4 5 6
1  y 1  y y 1 y 1
(b) Using the result in (a), solve     0.65 . ________________
12 10 8 6

Answer the following questions with steps. (14 – 18)

14. A piece of wire of length 26 cm is bent to form a rectangle such that its length is 1 cm longer than
its width. Find the area of the rectangle.

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15. Rosa pays $100 to buy 5 bottles of milk in a supermarket. If the price of each bottle is decreased
by $2, the change will be $20. Find the original price of each bottle of milk.

16. Mr Chan wants to cut a string evenly into portions. It is given that 2 cuts (with 3 portions):
the difference in length of each portion between 2 cuts and 3 cuts is
7 cm. Find the original length of the string.
3 cuts (with 4 portions):

17. In a mini concert, there are n children in the audience. The number of adults is 3 less than 2 times
the number of children. The prices of an adult ticket and a children ticket are $300 and $200
respectively. If the total income from selling the tickets is $19 900, find the total number of
audiences.

18. Mavis makes some paper cranes. The number of cranes she makes on the second day
is 6 more than that on the first day, while the number she makes on the third day is
twice that on the second day. She then puts the cranes into three boxes with 18 cranes
each. How many paper cranes does Mavis make on the first day?

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Approximation and
5
Date: _______________
Numerical Estimation Marks: _______________

1. Write down the first significant figure of each of the following numbers.

(a) 325 ________ (b) 0.0158 ________

2. Write down the number of significant figures for each of the following numbers.

(a) 67 128 ________ (b) 85.30 ________

3. Round off the following numbers to 2 significant figures.

(a) 28 941 = ________ (cor. to 2 sig. fig.) (b) 0.054 73 = ________ (cor. to 2 sig. fig.)

4. Round off the following numbers to 3 significant figures.

(a) 162 308 = ________ (cor. to 3 sig. fig.) (b) 0.3265 = ________ (cor. to 3 sig. fig.)

Find the value of each of the following expressions. (Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures.)
(5 – 6)
5. 25  6 6. (6.4 + 3.8)  (18.5 – 7.5)

= ________ (cor. to 3 sig. fig.) = ________ (cor. to 3 sig. fig.)

7. (a) Round down 0.859 47 to 1 decimal place. ____________

(b) Round off 0.859 47 to 4 significant figures. ____________

(c) Round up 0.859 47 to 3 significant figures. ____________

In each of the following, estimate the value of the expression using the method stated in the square
brackets. (8 – 10)

8. 552 – 326 + 275 – 144  ____________ [rounding off each number to the nearest ten]

9. 108.2  9.9  3.3  ____________ [rounding down each number to the nearest integer]

10. 9.61 – 8.37  1.18  ____________ [rounding up each number to 1 decimal place]

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Answer the following questions with steps. (11 – 14)

11. Nick orders a set of diving kit for 256.4 US dollars from an online shop with a shipping fee of
14.2 US dollars. If 1 US dollar is exchanged for 7.8 HK dollars, estimate the amount of money
that Nick has to pay in HK dollars by rounding off each number to the nearest integer.

12. There are 6 songs in a playlist. The durations of the songs are 3.31 minutes, 2.83 minutes,
4.36 minutes, 3.02 minutes, 3.57 minutes and 4.19 minutes. Estimate the total duration of the
playlist by rounding down the duration of each song to 2 significant figures.

13. The table on the right shows the summary of calories intake by
Food Calories
Becky today. If Becky is on a 1250-calorie diet, give an
Breakfast 148
appropriate approximation for the calories of each item to
Lunch 402
determine whether her calories intake today exceeds the limit.
Afternoon tea 94
Dinner 539

14. Johnny wants to buy the items shown in the table Item Quantity Unit price
on the right in a supermarket. Beer 5 $15.9

(a) Johnny has $180 cash. Estimate whether he Potato chips 3 $12.1

has enough money to buy the items. Cheese balls 2 $24.2

(b) A stamp can be earned for every purchase of $150 in the supermarket. Will Johnny get
1 stamp for this purchase? Explain your answer.

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Manipulations of
6
Date: _______________
Polynomials Marks: _______________

Simplify each of the following expressions and use index notation to represent the answer. (1 – 4)

1. p6  p3 = ________________ 2. (–3q2)3 = ________________

6 x 2 y  xy 4(a 2 ) 4
3. = ________________ 4. = ________________
3xy 3 a 4  2a 3

5. Complete the following table.

Degree of the Number of Coefficient of

Polynomial Constant term
polynomial terms x3 x2 x
(a) x3 + x2 – 2x + 9
(b) –4x2 + x3 – 1 0
(c) 5 – 6x2 + 8x 0
(d) x – 7x3

Arrange each of the following polynomials in descending powers of x. (6 – 7)

6. 3x3 + 5 – 6x – x2 = _______________ 7. –7x2y + 8 – 9xy4 – 5x3 = _______________

Arrange each of the following polynomials in ascending powers of y. (8 – 9)

8. –y2 + 7y – 6y3 – 2y4 = _______________ 9. 9y3 – 12 – 4xy + x3y2 = _______________

In each of the following, find the value of the polynomial for the given value(s) of the variable(s).
(10 – 11)

10. 6x2 + 4x – 3
When x = 2, the value of the polynomial = ___________.

11. 2xy2 – x + 1
When x = 5 and y = 0, the value of the polynomial = ___________.

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Simplify each of the following expressions and arrange the result in descending powers of x. (12 – 14)

12. (2x2 – x + 3) + (5x – x2 + 1) = _________________________

13. (3x2 – 5x3 + 2x) – (–7x + 5x2 – 3) = __________________________

14. (4x2 – 3xy + 5y2) – (–xy – 6x2 – 7y2) = __________________________

Simplify each of the following expressions and arrange the result in descending powers of x. (15 – 19)

15. –4(x3 – 2x) = ________________________________

16. (2x + 1)(x – 3) = ________________________________

17. (3x2 – 2x + 1)(x2 + 4x – 5) = ________________________________

18. (x + 2y)(2x – y) = ________________________________

19. 5xy + (3x – y)(x + 7y) = ________________________________

Answer the following questions with steps. (20 – 21)

20. In the figure, a rectangular photo is surrounded by a frame of uniform

width x cm. Express the area of the photo in terms of x. 8 cm

15 cm

21. The figure shows two squares A and B. The area of square B is 32 cm2 8 cm

smaller than the area of square A. Find the value of x.

B
A
x cm

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7 Percentages (I) Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

1. A hawker bought 200 apples. The hawker sold 130 of them in the morning.

Percentage of the apples that were sold in the morning = __________

2. The volume of a bottle of distilled water is 750 mL. Ronald drinks 450 mL of them.

Percentage of the distilled water left = __________

3. In a company, 45% of the staff are females. Among them, 80% have a tablet computer.

(a) The percentage of female staff who have a tablet computer is __________.

(b) If there are 200 staff members in the company, the number of female staff
members who have a tablet computer is __________.

4. Complete the following table.

Original value New value Change in value Percentage change

(a) 30 +6
(b) 98 +55%
(c) 25 17
(d) 161 –23

5. The weight of a pregnant woman is changed from 50 kg to 64 kg.

(a) The percentage increase in her weight is ______________.

(b) After giving birth to a baby, her weight is decreased by 15%, the weight of the woman is
______________.

6. The amount of rainfall was 225 mm yesterday. It is changed by –14% today.

(a) The change in the amount of rainfall today is ______________.

(b) The amount of rainfall today is ______________.

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7. In a shop, a jacket is sold at a discount of 40%.

If the marked price of the jacket is $2160,

(a) the discount is ______________,

40% off
(b) the selling price of the jacket is ______________.
$2160

8. Fill in the missing information for the four models of television in a shop.

Cost Selling price Profit / loss Profit % / loss %

Model 1 $8000 profit: $1620

Model 2 $11 500 $9660

Model 3 $14 400 loss %: 18.75%

Model 4 $23 943 profit: $6593

9. In a new-year fair, a stall owner makes a profit of 65% by selling a new-year windmill at $66.

(a) The cost of a windmill is ______________.

(b) On the last day of the fair, the owner sells each windmill at $35 for clearance, the loss per cent
is ______________.

Answer the following questions with steps. (10 – 14)

10. There were 68 400 visitors to a website last month. This month, 18% more visitors visit the
website. Find the number of visitors this month.

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11. The daily wage of Alan is 25% lower than that of Benny while the daily wage of Benny is 25%
higher than that of Charles. Who has the lowest daily wage? Explain your answer.

12. Miss Lam bought a painting for $1640. She then sold it at a discount of
25% and made a profit of $400.
(a) Find the selling price of the painting.
(b) Find the marked price of the painting.

13. Ronald sells two computers for $6000 each. He gains 20% on one and loses 20% on the other.
Find the overall profit or loss.

14. Kenny bought 300 oranges for $1000. It is known that 5% of the oranges were rotten and
discarded. He sold all the remaining oranges for $5 each. Find the profit per cent or loss per cent.

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Angles Related to Straight

8 Lines and Triangles Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

In each of the following figures, find x. (1 – 6)

C
1. 2. 3.
x x
70
42 108
50 x 44 x A D
B
ABD is a straight line.

x = __________ x = __________ x = __________

4. A E 5. A 6. A
54 E
57 30
x
43 C
120 x 40 40
x B D
B B E C
C D
D
ACD and BCE are straight lines. BCDE is a straight line. BCD and AEC are straight lines.

x = __________ x = __________ x = __________

In each of the following figures, find x. (7 – 12)

D C D C
7. 8. 9. B
C 50
x
x 2x 84 88 D
24 95 O
A O B A O B
x
AOB is a straight line. AOB is a straight line. A

x = __________ x = __________ x = __________

10. B 11. 12. D

C 276
53
40 D E 60
x 40 D
x
A O x – 10 37 35 x
A C A C
106 B B
E ABC is a straight line. ABC is a straight line.

x = __________ x = __________ x = __________

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In each of the following figures, AB // CD. Find x. (13 – 17)

A
13. 14. B D 15.
112 x
A B x 80
54 C
D E F B
C A C
x
EACF is a straight line.
D

x = __________ x = __________ x = __________

16. A F 17. F
B
45 x 62
E G x
A B
E
77
C D
100
AFB and AEC are straight lines. C D
H

AGEB, CHD and FGH are straight lines.

x = __________ x = __________

Answer the following questions with steps. (18 – 22)

18. In the figure, AB // CD // EF. Find x. D

C 132 F

B 57
x E

19. In the figure, AB // ED. Find x. A B

60

x C
42
E D

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20. In the figure, AEF, BCF and CED are straight lines. A D
AB // DC and AD // BF. If DAE = 40 and DEF = 122,
find ABC.
E

B F
C

21. In the figure, AB, CD, EF and GH are straight lines. G

E
(a) Prove that AB // CD. 105
A B
(b) Find x. 55
125 x
C D

F
H

22. In the figure, ABCD and AFE are straight lines.

E
Prove that BF // CE.
F
62
50 112
A D
B C

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9 Areas and Volumes (I) Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

In each of the following, find the area of the shaded region. (1 – 4)

1. E 2.
F
5 cm
A
D 10 m
A 9m 12 m D
3 cm 5 cm E 3m
B 20 m C
B 4 cm C

Area = ____________ Area = ____________

3. 7 cm 4. A
11 cm 2 cm 3 cm
A D B C
2 cm
E 2 cm D E
16 cm
H F G
B C
5 cm 5 cm

Area = ____________ Area = ____________

In each of the following, find the volume and the total surface area of the right prism. (5 – 6)

5. 13 m 6. 20 cm
15 cm

5m 13 cm
20 cm
5m
11 cm
5m 24 cm
12 m

Volume = ____________ Volume = ____________

Total surface area = ______________ Total surface area = ______________

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Answer the following questions with steps. (7 – 12)

7. In the figure, the shaded region is formed by cutting four identical

trapeziums from a rectangle. If the height of each trapezium is 3 cm,
4 cm
find the area of the shaded region. 7 cm

8 cm 16 cm

8. In the figure, ABCD and EFGC are two squares. Find the area of the A D
shaded region. 2m
E C
B

5m

F G

9. Find the volume of the prism shown in the figure.

2 cm 2 cm

3 cm

4 cm

3 cm 5 cm

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10. The figure shows a tank in the shape of a cuboid. The tank is fully
filled with water. If the thickness of the tank is 2 cm, find
(a) the volume of water in the tank, 40 cm
(b) the wetted surface area of the tank.

18 cm
38 cm

11. The figure shows a solid in the shape of a right-angled triangular 4 cm

12 cm
prism with a notch. Bill wants to use a block to fill the notch. If the
volume of the solid is 204 cm3 and the notch is in the shape of a 3 cm
5 cm 5 cm
cuboid, which of the blocks, A or B, can be used to fill the notch?

4 cm
3 cm 3 cm
4 cm 4 cm
3 cm
Block A
Block B

12. The figure shows the uniform cross section of an ornament made by a 6 cm
designer. It is given that the area of the cross section is 225 cm2. 7 cm
(a) Find the value of x. 2x cm
15 cm
x cm
2
(b) Suppose that the designer wants to paint the ornament at $0.5/cm and
25 cm
the budget for the painting is $425. Someone claims that the thickness
of the ornament can be greater than 5 cm. Do you agree? Explain your answer.

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Introduction to
10 Coordinates
Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

1. Complete the following table according to the figure.

Quadrant in which y
Point Coordinates
the point lies 3
A D 2 A
1
B x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
–1
C B –2 C
–3
D –4

2. (a) Plot the points P(–3, 2), Q(–3, –2) and R(1, –2) on the rectangular y

coordinate plane shown. 3

2
(b) S is a point on the rectangular coordinate plane such that PQRS is 1
x
a square. The coordinates of S are ____________. –4 –3 –2 –1 0
–1 1 2 3 4
–2
(c) Join PR and QS. The coordinates of the point of intersection of –3
the line segments PQ and RS are ____________. –4

Find the distance between each of the following pairs of points. (3 – 4)

3. A(1 , 2), B(1, 5) Distance = __________________

4. C(6, –3), D(–2, –3) Distance = __________________

5. Area of triangle ABC 6. Area of quadrilateral ABCD

= __________________ = __________________
y y
A B A
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 B 1 D
x x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1 –1
–2 –2
–3 C –3
C
–4 –4

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7. E(–1, m) and F(–1, 1) are two points on a rectangular coordinate plane. If the distance between E
and F is 9 units, the possible values of m are __________________.

Find the coordinates of the image in each of the following. (8 – 13)

Point Transformation Coordinates of the image

8. (0, 3) Translate 7 units downwards
9. (–4, 2) Translate 2 units to the right
10. (5, –4) Reflect about the x-axis
11. (1, 6) Reflect about the y-axis
12. (–8, 1) Rotate clockwise about the origin through 90
13. (7, –9) Rotate anticlockwise about the origin through 180

14. The figure shows a vertical line L. It is given that the y

coordinates of A and B are (–6, –4) and (–2, –2) 3

2
respectively. 1
x
(a) A and B are translated 4 units upwards to A and B –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1
–1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
respectively. –2
–3
–4
Coordinates of A = ______________, –5 L

coordinates of B = ______________

(b) A and B are reflected about L to A and B respectively.

Coordinates of A = ______________,

coordinates of B = ______________

15. The figure shows a triangle PQR. P, Q and R are y

rotated clockwise about the origin through 270, and 5
4
then translated 2 units to the right to P, Q and R 3
2
respectively. P
1
x
(a) Coordinates of P = ______________, –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0
–1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
–2
coordinates of Q = ______________, Q
–3 R
–4
coordinates of R = ______________ –5

(b) Draw △PQR in the figure.

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Answer the following questions with steps. (16 – 19)

16. Refer to the figure. y
A F4
(a) Find the perimeter of the shaded region. 3
(b) Find the area of the shaded region. 2
1
x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1
E–2
D
–3
B –4 C
–5

17. In the figure, find the area of the shaded region. y

A
4
3
2
B 1
x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0
–1 1 2 3 4 5
–2
–3
–4
–5 C

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18. A(–3, 8), B(–3, –2) and C(4, 2) are the vertices of a triangle on a rectangular coordinate plane.
Find the area of △ABC.

19. The coordinates of the points A and B are (p, –9) and (–3, –9) respectively. The points C and D lie
on the negative x-axis such that ABCD is a rectangle with perimeter 38 units.
(a) Find the coordinates of C and D.
(b) Suppose that P is a point lying on CD. Is it possible to find the area of △ABP? Explain your
answer.

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11 Congruent Triangles Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

Find the unknowns in each of the following pairs of congruent triangles. (1 – 2)

1. △ABC  △FDE 2. △PQR  △PSR

P
A D
7 2 x
S
x y
C y F 45 75
B 6 E Q R

x = ________, y = ________ x = ________, y = ________

Determine whether each of the following pairs of triangles are congruent. If they are, give reasons.
(3 – 6)
X D 3
3. A
4. F M
8
4 8 5 6
6 3
B C
N 5 L
Y Z E
4
___________________________ ___________________________

5. P 9 Z 6. A P
X 5
9 30
R
68 12 68 5 30 C 80
Q R 70
12 Y Q
B
___________________________ ___________________________

Determine whether each of the following pairs of figures are congruent. (7 – 8)

7. 8. 8 cm 8 cm

11 cm 9 cm 11 cm 9 cm

10 cm 10 cm
___________________________ ___________________________

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Answer the following questions with steps. (9 – 14)

9. In the figure, AB = AC. M is a point on BC such that AM  BC. A

Write down a pair of congruent triangles and give the proof.

B C
M

10. In the figure, ABD is a straight line. A

(a) Write down a pair of congruent triangles and give the proof. 19
(b) If CD = 9 cm and DE = 3 cm, find the length of AB. 8 cm
100
B E
8 cm 100
19 122
C
D

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11. In the figure, PURS is a straight line and QP // ST. It is P

given that QP = ST and PU = UR = RS.
U T
(a) Name a pair of congruent triangles and give the proof.
Q
(b) If PQR = 65 and TSU = 80, find TUS. R

12. In the figure, AC and BD intersect at E. It is given that

A D
ABD = DCA and BE = CE.
(a) Prove that △ABE  △DCE. E
(b) Prove that △ABC  △DCB.
B C

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13. In the figure, F is a point on AE such that AB = EF. BE and A F E

DF intersect at C. It is given that EAB = ECF = 90 and
ABE = CED. Prove that △ABE  △EFD. C

14. In the figure, AFB, BHD, AGHC and DGFE are straight E

lines. It is given that △ABC  △DBE, ABD = CBD and A

BCA = BDE. F
G
(a) Is AB perpendicular to DE? Explain your answer.
D
(b) Consider the triangles in the figure. How many H
triangles are congruent to △BEF ?
B
C

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Introduction to Statistics
12 and Statistical Charts
Date: _______________

Marks: _______________

1. Determine whether each of the following are discrete data or continuous data. Put a tick ‘’ in the
appropriate box.

Discrete data Continuous data

(a) Weights of students in a class

(b) Number of cars in a car park

(c) Area of the basketball court in a school

(d) Times spent on revision by a group of students

2. The numbers of different colours of chocolate beans in a bag are as follows:

Red Green Purple Blue Purple Purple Red
Blue Purple Red Blue Purple Green Green
Red Green Red Purple Blue Purple Blue

(a) Complete the following frequency distribution table.

Colour Tally Frequency

Red
Green
Purple
Blue

(b) Which two colours have the same number of chocolate beans?

____________ and ____________

(c) Find the total number of purple and red chocolate beans. ____________

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3. The numbers of push-ups done by a group of adults in a minute are shown as follows:
21 27 26 32 45 46 37 22 34 41
28 35 48 28 30 38 35 37 22 44

(a) Complete the following frequency distribution table.

Number of push-ups Tally Frequency

21 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 35
36 – 40
41 – 45
46 – 50

(b) Find the percentage of adults who can do at least 36 push-ups in a minute. ____________

4. The bar chart on the right shows the numbers of hours Numbers of hours spent on exercise
last week by 4 students
spent on exercise last week by 4 students.
7
(a) Who spent the most hours on exercise last week?
6
Number of hours

____________________________________ 5

(b) How many students spent at least 5 hours on 4

3
exercise last week?
2
____________________________________ 1
0
Alfred Bruce Candy Daniel
Student

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Average temperatures
5. The broken-line graph on the right shows the average over 5 weekdays

temperatures over 5 weekdays.

26

Average temperature (C)

(a) In which day was the average temperature equal to 25
22C? 24
23
____________________________________
22
(b) According to the graph, describe the trend of the 21
average temperatures over these 5 weekdays. 0
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
____________________________________ Day

____________________________________

Distribution of the numbers of votes

6. The pie chart on the right shows the distribution of the for 4 candidates in an election
numbers of votes for 4 candidates in an election.
Boris
(a) Find the value of x. x = __________ Dorothy 25%
x%
(b) It is known that the difference between the numbers of
votes for Boris and for Carrie is 25. Carrie Adam
30% 28%
(i) Find the total number of votes in the election.

__________

(ii) Complete the following table for the angle of

each sector in the pie chart and the number of
votes for each candidate.

Candidate Angle of sector Number of votes

Adam
Boris
Carrie
Dorothy

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7. The following diagram shows the numbers and the average prices of dehumidifiers sold in a shop
from March to June last year.

Numbers and average prices of dehumidifiers sold

in a shop from March to June last year
40 4000
Number of
dehumidifiers sold
Number of dehumidifiers sold

30 3000 Average price of

Average price ($)

dehumidifiers sold

20 2000

10 1000

0 0
March April May June
Month

(a) Which month had the least number of dehumidifiers sold? ____________

(b) Find the total income from selling dehumidifiers in May last year. ____________

8. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the times taken (in minutes) by a group of students to go
to school from their home in a certain morning.
Times taken (in minutes) by a group of students to go
to school from their home in a certain morning

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

1 0 1 1 2 4 5 7 8
2 2 2 3 3 a 6
3 2 4 4 8
4 4 6 7

(a) How many students are there in the group? ____________

(b) Find the shortest time for the group of students to go to school
in this certain morning. ____________

(c) If 8 students take more than 25 minutes to go to school in this certain morning, the possible
values of a are ____________.

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9. The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the expenses (in $) in a certain day by two
groups of students.
Expenses (in $) in a certain day
by two groups of students
Group A Group B
Leaf (units) Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
a 7 4 4 5 3 4
9 7 6 6 4 2 6 b 2 4 8
5 4 1 7 2 5 6 8 9
0 8 0 c 3

(a) Do both groups have the same number of students? ____________

(b) Write down all possible values of a, b and c.

a: ____________ b: ____________ c: ____________

(c) How many students in each group spent less than $70 on that day?

Group A: ____________ Group B: ____________

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