Summer Vacation Homework – Grade 7

Grade 7

SUMMER HOMEWORK
2024

NAME: _______________________________________

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Dear Student,

Well, summer is here and time is on our hands to recoup and revise the
year’s work.

In the pages ahead you will find English, Mathematics, Urdu and General Knowledge
work.

You may print out the page or simply write the answers on a separate page.

You may also type up the answers in a word document and email us on the
addresses given below.

We look forward to seeing you back in school very soon!

Have a safe and healthy summer break!

Email Address:

Mrs. Saadia Anwar: [email protected]

Mrs. Tayaba Masood: [email protected]

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ENGLISH
HOLIDAYS
HOMEWORK

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COMPREHENSION
CURE
By Amber Kennedy
The canvas hangs on her bedroom wall. She reaches out and touches.
It seems warm at her caress, as though it remembers and is grateful
for her return. She strokes each blade of grass, fingers hovering
over the diamond drops of dew, and closes her eyes. She lets her
hand drop away, and sits on her bed. When she opens her eyes she
forces herself to look at the ceiling’s comforting white nothing.
“Dru,” her sister Alice whispers, and grabs her hand. “It’s
Wonderland.” Her eyes are so fixed on it she doesn’t notice when
Drury nods.
A month later she gets it back from her teacher with a big red D
because it’s pretty and means nothing. D for nothing. D for Dru. She
concentrates on painting her nails with permanent marker for the
rest of the class.
“Eight pounds twenty. Would you like a bag?” Dru winces at the
sound of her own voice. “Yes, please.”
She was meant for more than this. Her eyelids are burning.
4.06pm.
One day Drury was twelve years old and everyone at school hated
her. They crowded in with wolf eyes and glinting teeth. She
quivered and wept at four feet, seven inches tall. “When you grow
up, they’ll wish they were you,” said her mother as Dru cried into
her neck. “How do you know?” A brush of lips. “Have faith.”
Alice is white and unmoving on the sofa when Dru returns. Leukemia.
L-e-u-k-e-m-i-a. The word tastes like disinfectant. “I know,” her
mum sighs. “She’s got the chemo again tomorrow.”
Dru knows what chemotherapy is. She’s seen it in soap operas and
last time Alice threw up four times on an empty stomach. She sits
by Alice and strokes her hair, but garners no response.

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“It looks sort of cool,” Dru observes. Alice’s hand flies to her
exposed scalp. “You think so?”

“Yeah. And it’ll grow and you’ll have a cute bob and look just
like Audrey Tautou.” Alice gives a wild laugh that racks her
frame with shakes. It’s barely twenty minutes before Dru
hears choked sobs from behind a locked door.

Dru turns in a drawing of bald, hollow Alice peeking from

between the roses in Wonderland. The teacher calls her
back after class and uses words like expressionistic and
vulnerable and existential. She gets an A.

“This.” Dru jabs her finger at the sketch of the White Rabbit
and the pocket watch. The tattooist nods, and twiddles the
piercing in her lip. “Sure.”

Dru doesn’t watch as the sketch is inked into her wrist with a
needle. Instead, she trades a small smile for the warm grasp
of Alice’s hand.

It’s three months later and the waiting room is quite and full
of people deliberately avoiding each other’s eyes. Dru shifts
on her chair. She crosses her legs and uncrosses them. She
stares at a speck on the floor. Her mother returns. She is
moving shakily. Her voice quavers when she says, “Come on.
Let’s go.” And Dru knows.

It’s white noise in the dark. It sets Dru’s mother’s face aglow.
Her tears are little stars. Dru can recall Alice’s face- the same
way she could if Alice had left on a school trip. Surely that
makes it less real?
Of course it does. Of course it does.

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She looks at her face in the mirror and fills the blanks with a
glittery red. She pouts and laughs when the gloss smears.
She laughs only harder when she sees her teeth marred by
stains. “Dru? You alright?” Her mum’s wide-eyed and wan.
“Fine! Fine!” Her giggle is climbing the octaves. The gloss
falls from between her fingers.

The tattoo smiles up at her, the rabbit and his tiny, tiny
watch. “Alice,” Dru says into silence. “You’re late. So very
late. When are you coming home?”

“Are you OK?” There are edges and shadows in her mother’s
face. “Sure. Why wouldn’t I be?” Her mum rests a hand
gently on her hip. “She’s gone, you know
Dru looks across, through the window, at the dark horizon
and streaks of crimson in the sky. She smiles. “Of course she
isn’t. Why would the world do a thing like that?”

Sixteen-year-old Amber won a Scottish Book Trust young

writers’ award with this heart-wrenching story of a teenage
girl coming to terms with her sister’s illness. Some stories
seem to get better each time you read them. This story
deserves to be read several times.
Questions
1. Name the characters in this story.
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2. What is Dru doing at the beginning of the story? What

is the painting of?
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3. Why did her teacher give her a ‘D’ for her painting?
Would you agree with the teacher who said that the
painting ‘means nothing’?
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4. How does Dru feel when she gets her painting back?
Support your point with evidence from the story.
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5. Describe Dru’s relationship with her sister Alice.
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6. Which character do you find most interesting? Why?

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__________________________________________________
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7. ‘The writer suggests Dru’s hurt and pain by describing

her behavior.’ Would you agree with this statement?
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8. Which character in the story do you feel most

sympathy for? Explain why.
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9. Do you think the writer, Amber Kennedy, uses

dialogue effectively in the story? Quote a few examples and
say what they tell you about the characters and their
relationships.
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10. What do you think of the last line of the story? Is it an

effective closing?
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Grammar

Prefix – A Prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the

beginning of a word to form a new word. There are many
forms of prefix. They are generally used to form antonyms.
Examples are given in the following section:

Word Antonym Word Antonym

un- (not) in- (not)
able unable action inaction
do undo equality inequality
im (without) ill- (not)
balance imbalance legal illegal
polite impolite literate illiterate
dis- (not) ir- (not)
like dislike regular irregular
appear disappear relevant irrelevant
non- (not) mis- (wrongly)
violent non-violent guide misguide
sense nonsense behave misbehave

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Add suitable prefixes to the words in the brackets to form their

opposites, and then use the new words to fill in the blanks.

1. Iqbal, though extremely good at chess, was __________

of the new rules and lost the match. (aware)
2. The condition in the prison camps in World War ll were
so ____________ that many people died. (human)
3. It is _____________ to bring gold into the country without
paying duty on it. (legal)

4. His ______________ attendance in school may prevent

him from taking the exams. (regular)
5. If Fatima had not _________ in class, the teacher might
have taken a lenient view of the whole episode. (behave)
6. I am totally ____________ with the service your
company had rendered in the last year. (satisfied)
7. Take care! This horse is __________ and may throw
you off. (tamed)
8. The water in our locality is hard and so full of
___________ that we have to buy bottled water. (purities)
9. Sometimes, the ______________ in the newspapers
make hilarious reading. (prints)
10. I am afraid I _______________ with your solution to
the problem.
11. Don’t you think it is ______________ to go out so late at
night, in this lonely area? (wise)

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12. The ___________ servant stole money from his master’s

house and
____________. (honest, appeared)
13. A blue rose sounds ___________ but scientists claim it is
no longer
____________. (natural, possible)
14. As Shirley had ____________ the question, her answer
was wrong. (read)
15. His ______________ is the last thing that worries him.
(ability)

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Language Development
The English language has never stayed the same and never
will. Hundreds of years ago people spoke very differently,
which is why reading Shakespeare seems like reading a
foreign language sometimes.
English splits into three major sections:
 Old English
 Middle English
 Modern English

Old English – This comes from over 1,000 years ago,

between 450 and 1066AD. Think of King Arthur- this was his
language (if he existed of course). You have to learn it like a
new language if you want to understand it.
Beowolf is perhaps the most famous Old English work of
literature.

Middle English – Middle English is from the medieval era and

is slightly more understandable than Old English. It covers
English used from 1066 – 1450.

Probably the most famous writing from this time is The

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, a tale of people
going on pilgrimage and telling each other stories.

Modern English – Modern English is English used from

about 1450. It has two halves, Early Modern English and
Late Modern English. Shakespeare fits into early modern
English and is comparatively easy to understand. I promise

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Beowolf 700-1000 Oliver Twist 1846

Harry Potter and the Romeo and Juliet

Philosopher’s Stone 1597-1599
1997
The Canterbury Tales Sense and Sensibility
1400 1811

The Hunger Games Frankenstein 1818

2008
Of Mice and Men 1937 We Were Liars 2014
The Anglo Saxon Sir Gawain and the
Chronicle 850-900 Green
Knight 1301-1400

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Sort out the titles (books) from this list into the table below.
Hint: Look at the dates.

Old English Middle English Modern English

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Composition

Ideas for writing compositions. Write on these ideas for a

composition and make up your own title.
Story 1: A family move into a new house which they soon
discover is haunted by an evil spirit.

Useful vocabulary: dark, menacing, sinister, uncertain,

atmosphere.

Story 2: A thirteen year old girl is being bullied at school,

but then discovers she has a talent for football and is
picked to play for her city. Suddenly, she is popular.

Useful vocabulary: cruel, lonely, victim, scared, angry,

victorious.

Story 3: In an alternate reality, robots are used to do the

housework. But Ben starts to suspect something is wrong
with the robot his family own – it’s more intelligent than
they think.

Useful vocabulary: machine, artificial intelligence, menial

tasks, sinister, ability.

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8. Please take 15 minutes a day for Urdu Reading, any

appropriate book or newspaper is ok. Then, write one book
report for homework.

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‫لک‬
‫یک کبروپٹ ھیے۔‬

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‫ک کبروپٹ‬
‫اتکباکونعان ___________________‬

‫فنصماکنام___________________‬

‫اتکباکوموضعایبنرکںی۔‬

‫__________________________________________________________________‬
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‫__________________________________________________________________‬
‫__________________________________________________________________‬
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‫__________________________________________________________________‬
‫_______________________________________________________________‬
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‫آپوکاساتکبںیمایکدنسپآنا؟‬
‫_________________________________________________________________‬
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‫لک‬ ‫ت‬
‫اینپامجعیکا کردواتکب"ا کقف"ےکدنمرہجذلیونعاناتاکالخہص ھیے‪-‬‬
‫ا کفہیایٹھچں‬
‫وخف‬

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
HOLIDAYS
HOMEWORK

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Acids & Alkalis

Anagrams
Below are the names of 2 well known acids. Rearrange the letters to name them.
trinic ciad slfruciu ciad

Indigestion Tablets
A group of students wanted to find out whether adding an indigestion tablet to acid
had any effect on the pH of the solution. Number the sentences to put the method
in the correct order.
Add a few drops of universal indicator to the acid and record its colour.

Add the crushed tablet to the acid and stir well.

Measure out 25cm3 of hydrochloric into a measuring cylinder and pour

into a beaker.
When the indigestion tablet has dissolved, record the pH of the solution.

Take 1 indigestion tablet and crush it into small pieces.

Indicators
Complete the table below to show whether the household substance is an acid, alkali
or neutral solution.
Household Colour in universal Acid, alkali or
substance indicator neutral?
bleach purple

tomato juice yellow

train cleaner dark purple

soap bottle green

stomach acid red

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Acids & Alkalis

1. The chemical formula for 4 acids are shown below.

Nitric acid Sulphuric acid Phosphoric acid Hydrochloric acid

HNO3 H2SO4 H3PO4 HCl

• Give the name of the element that is present in all the acids.

• Give the name of the 2 other elements present in sulphuric acid.

• How many elements are there in phosphoric acid?

• How many atoms are there in phosphoric acid?

2. A group of pupils are looking at brine (salt water) and want to match the following
to the correct statements.

Contains 2 or more
Hydrogen Mixture elements chemically
combined

It contains many different

Brine Compound elements and compounds
that can be split

Contains 1 type of
Sodium chloride Element
atom only

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Periodic Table
Match and Draw
Match the symbol with its name:

Fe Gold C Potassium

Au Iron K Calcium

Ag Silver Ca Carbon

True or False?
Water is an element.
Carbon dioxide is a compound.
A compound can only contain 2 elements chemically combined.
There are about 120 elements that can be found on the periodic table.
All the elements were found at the same time.

Model Drawing
A model of water is shown below, can you draw similar models for carbon dioxide and
sulphur dioxide. (Use different colours).

Water Carbon dioxide Sulphur dioxide

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Periodic Table
Word Search
Circle the elements in green and the compounds in blue.

g i s w e t u s b m e i t e h carbon
e i s T t n t r u e y i d e t
carbon dioxide
e e a O e m p i t r n i f d o
m d d D n o s e i t x a r i e carbon monoxide
s e i R u s n d t o b e l x n
c e h X a c e t n v n n j o l nitrogen
n s r T o n m o r e t a w i o
oxygen potassium
r i o i n i m n d i n p o d i
e p t o i n d d o f e y e r o sulphur dioxide
h n m r o f n n l b s e d u c
o s c b o e e o o a r c t h h water
l d r r g g a r o b i a o p i
a a m y s h e l e s r o c l d
Whatc Are
t x We?
r d h i n o t e a e u t

A d o Bn u g n s tLabel
f r the
h images:
h c s h(Mixture, Compound, Molecule, Atoms)

A:

B:
C D

C:

D:

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Periodic Table
Name the Elements
Name the elements that make up:
Carbon dioxide -
Sodium iodide -
Calcium carbonate -

1. The table below shows information about different elements.

Element Melting point Boiling point State at room Does it

0C 0C temperature conduct
200C electricity?

A 1083 2567 Solid Yes

B -218 -183 Gas No
C 3500 4827 Solid Yes
D 650 1107 Solid Yes
E -272 -268 Gas No

State the letters of the elements that are likely to be metals:

Which of the elements has the lowest melting point?

Which of the elements has the highest boiling point?

If the elements were heated to 1000°C, which element would be a liquid?

3. Copper is a metal that has many different uses. it is strong and shiny. Give 2 other
properties that would show copper is a metal.

4. What is the correct symbol for potassium?

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Food & Nutrients

1. Starch is a carbohydrate.
Which 2 of the following foods are good sources of carbohydrates? Tick 2 boxes
only.
Bread Salmon Rice
Apple Beef Butter

2. Name the other type of nutrient that is needed as part of a balanced diet and helps
prevent constipation.

3. Look at the table

nutrients per 100g of each food

energy per 100g
Food protein (g) fat (g) carbohydrate (g) calcium (mg)
of food (kJ)
Wholemeal
910 9.2 2.5 40.7 58
bread

Cheese 1700 22.5 34.4 0.1 700

Milk 275 3.2 3.9 4.8 115

Banana 400 1.2 0.3 24.2 8

Which of the four nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate or calcium) provides most
of the energy in the milk?

Which of the four nutrients provides most of the energy in the wholemeal bread?

Which of the four nutrients is needed for the development of healthy bones and teeth?

The recommended daily amount of protein for a woman is 45 g. How many grams of

cheese would provide 45 g of protein?

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Food & Nutrition

Draw a line to match each nutrient with its characteristic and source:

Growth Fish
Carbohydrates
and repair and meat

Insulation and Rice, pasta

Fats
energy reserves and bread

A supply Butter
Proteins
of energy and cheese

Unscramble the Letters

Unhealthy eating can lead to:

• lunamiottrin

• yobesit

• bestedia

• threa Seeasid

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The Digestive System

Label the diagram of the digestive system below.

True or False
T F
Carbohydrates provide the body with a supply of energy and can be obtained from
fish and meat.
Everybody needs some fat in their body.

What is happening?

The body is unable to digest fibre. It gives the digestive system a good work out.
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Photosynthesis
1. Complete the equation for photosynthesis.
carbon dioxide + ________ + oxygen
What type of energy is required for photosynthesis?
What is the source of this energy?
2. A student placed a plant into a dark cupboard and then partially
covered one leaf (leaf A) with a piece of card. After two days, she

carried out a test for starch on leaf A and one other leaf, as shown
below.
Leaf A Leaf B
When iodine was added to leaf B it turned
completely black. Which parts of leaf A
would turn black?
Shade these areas on the leaf below, and explain your answer.

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Photosynthesis
1. Pupils decided to investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of
photosynthesis. They set up the equipment as shown below.

The results of this experiment were recorded as follows:

Distance between pondweed Number of bubbles produced

and light source (cm) per minute
10 20
20 12
30 7
40 3
50 0

Use this data to plot a graph to show the effect of light intensity on

the rate of photosynthesis. In the experiment, what was the:

Independent variable: _______________________________________

Dependent variable: ____________________________________________

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Sound
1. A group of pupils were learning to play the guitar and wanted to investigate
how they could change the sound they were making.

• What would happen if the pupils tighten the strings?

• What would happen if the strings were thicker?

• An oscilloscope reading for the note played is shown below. If the next
reading was higher pitched, what change would occur? Show your answer in
the grid below (remember you will need to keep some things the same).

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• The loudness of sound is measured in decibels and, if we are exposed to loud

noises frequently, it can damage our hearing. State 2 ways that can help
protect our ears.


2. The following apparatus was set up by a group of pupils and the vacuum
pump was switched on. The bell could be heard clearly ringing at first and
gradually got quieter until there was no sound made. Explain why.

Electric bell

To vacuum pump

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Force of Gravity
Amazing Fact
International Space Station astronauts return from missions having
aged slightly less than they would have if they had remained on
Earth!
Challenge 1:

Using the internet or a reference

book
book, Can you find out which
famous scientist discovered
the force of gravity?

How did they discover it?

You could also try to find out:

• how this can possibly be true;

• What would happen if there were twins, and one stayed on Earth while the
other went off on a high speed space mission and then returned to Earth.

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Challenge 2:
Space has an effect on nearly every part of the human body because
there is less gravity to create the conditions we experience living on
Earth.
Gravity is a type of force, which attracts a body towards the center of the
Earth. A force is a push or pulls acting upon an object.
Other forces include:
• Air resistANCE – the force of air pushing against a moving object.
• Friction - this resistance between two surfaces that are in contact
with each other.
Look carefully at the illustrations on the activity sheet provided and use
arrows to identify each example of the 3 forces.

Draw an arrow to indicate

the forces present in each
image and label
them.

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MATHEMATICS
HOLIDAYS
HOMEWORK

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 SQUARE ROOTS AND CUBE ROOTS WORKSHEET

Use a calculator to evaluate each of the following, leaving your answer correct to 4 decimal places where
necessary.
(a) ⸸ + - t⸸ × (b) + ⸸⸸⸸
⸸

⸸ t
(c) (d) t
+
t⸸ t

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 HIGHEST COMMON FACTOR WORKSHEET
Q1. Find the largest whole number which is a factor of both 42 and 98.

Q2. The number 792 and 990, written as the products of their prime factors, are 792 = × ×
11 and 990 = 2 × × 5 × 11. Hence, find the greatest whole number that will divide
both 792 and 990 exactly.

Q3. Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false. If it is true, explain your
reasoning. If it is false, give a counterexample.
(a) If 6 is a factor of a number, then 2 and 3 are also factors of that number.
(b) If 2 and 3 are factors of a number, then 6 is also a factor of that number.
(c) If 2 and 4 are factors of a number, then 8 is also a factor of that number.
(d) If ‘f’ is a factor of n, then is also a factor of n.
(e) If h is the HCF of p and q, then both p and q are divisible by h.

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 LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLE WORKSHEET
Q1. The numbers 176 and 342, written as a products of their prime factors, are 176 = × 11 and
342 = 2 × × 19. Hence, find the smallest whole number that is divisible by both 176 and 342.

Q2. Two race cars, Car X and Car Y, are at the starting point of a 2-km track at the same time. Car X and
car Y make one lap every 60 s and every 80 s respectively.
(a) How long, in seconds, will it take for both cars to be back at the starting point at the same
time?
(b) How long, in minutes, will it take for the faster car to be 5 laps ahead of the slower car?

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 NEGATIVE NUMBERS WORKSHEET
Q1. Use a number line to illustrate each of the following.
(a) …….., 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ….

(b) Positive integers less than 12.

(c) Integers between -5 inclusive and 3.

(d) Prime numbers between 45 and 55 inclusive.

(e) Composite numbers that are factors of both 64 and 80.

(f) All natural numbers.

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 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION INVOLVING NEGATIVE NUMBERS
WORKSHEET 1
Combined Operations on Numbers
Rule 1 Brackets: Evaluate the expression in the bracket first. If there is more than one pair of
brackets, evaluate the expression in the innermost pair first.
Rule 2 Powers and Roots: Evaluate the powers and roots.
Rule 3 Multiplication and Division: Multiply and divide from the left to the right.
Rule 4 Addition and Subtraction: Add and subtract from the left to the right.

Q1. Find the value of each of the following.

(a) – 55 + ( - 10 ) - 10 (b) - 12 -[(-8) - (-2)] +3

(c) – 100 + ( - 45) + ( - 5 ) + 20 (d) – 2 + 3 × 15

(e) – 25 × ( - 4 ) ÷ ( - 12 + 32 ) (f) 3 × -

(g) – 12 ÷ [ - (-2)] (h) t

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WORKSHEET 2
Q1. Find the value of each of the following.
t ⸸ ⸸
(a) t
(b) t

(c) ⸸ - – t (d) 16 + ( - 21 ) ÷ 7 × {9 + [56 ÷ (- 8) ]}

(e) 8 ÷ [ 3 + ( - 15) ] ÷ [(- 2 ) × 4 × ( - 3)] + - [(- 21) + 35 - × (-8)]

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Q1. Find the value of each of the following.
t
(a) × + (b) [

(c) t
t
× (d)

3  1 1  1 1  1 1   1  1   1 
(e)         2 1  (f)              
5  4 6  3 4  2 3   4  3   20 

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Q1. Find the value of each of the following.
(a) 0.72 ÷ 0.3 (b) 1.845 ÷ 0.15

(c) 0.81 ÷ 0.3 (d) 1.32 ÷ 0.12

(e) 3.426 ÷ 0.06 (f) 4.35 ÷ 1.5

0.25  0.18  0.0064  1.8 

(g)   (h)  
0.25  1.3  0.04  0.16 

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Q1. Find the value of each of the following.
0.15   0.16  0.027  1.4 
(a)   (b)  
0 .5  1 .2  0.03   0.18 

  1 .3  27
(0.2)  1.6  0.105
3
 0 .4
2
(c)    0.62 (d)
 0 .8 

 1 .4  3 .3
(0.3)   0.07   0.78 (0.4)   0.11   0.123
2 3
(e) (f)

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 APPROXIMATION WORKSHEET
Q1. Correct each of the following numbers to 1 decimal place.
(a) 2.497 (b) 18.5095 (c) 36.148

Q2. Correct each of the following numbers to 2 decimal place.

(a) 4.698 (b) 26.8047 (c) 0.045

Q3. Correct each of the following numbers to 3 decimal place.

(a) 11.6387 (b) 8.4453 (c) 0.037 64

Q4. Round off

(a) 5623 km to the nearest 10 km, (b) 108.356 kg to the nearest 0.1 kg,

(c) $49 153 to the nearest $10 000, (d) 107.05 cm to the nearest cm.

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 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES WORKSHEET 1

Significant figures are used to reflect the degree of accuracy. A number is more accurate when it is given
to a greater number of significant figures.

Rule 1: All non-zero digits are significant. For example, the number 7258 has 4
significant figures.
Rule 2: All zeros between non-zero digits are significant. For example, the number
32.047 has 5 significant figures.
Rule 3: In a decimal, all zeros after a non-zero digit are significant. For example, the zero
after the digit 6 in 0.60 m is significant.

Q1. State the number of significant figures in each of the following.

(a) 0.10 (b) 0.500 (c) 41.0320

(d) 39 018 (e) 6.090 (f) 0.280 30

Q2. A line segment is measured using two different instruments and its length is found to be 4.1 cm
and 4.10 cm respectively. Which is more accurate and why?
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 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES WORKSHEET 2
Evaluate each of the following and correct your answer to the number of
significant figures as given in brackets.

(a) 1
(4 s.f.) (b) 871 × 234 (2 s.f.)
99

(c) 21 (d) 3.91

2 3
 2 .1
(5 s.f.) (2 s.f.)
0.219 6.41

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 ESTIMATION WORKSHEET
Q1. Priya evaluates 218 ÷ 31 using a calculator and she says that the answer is 70.3. Without doing
the actual calculation, use estimation to determine whether Priya’s answer is reasonable. Then use a
calculator to evaluate 218 ÷ 31. Is your estimated value close to the actual value?

Q2.(a) Express 3.612 and 29.87 correct to 2 significant figures.

(b)Use your answers in part (a) to estimate the value of 3.612 ÷ 29.87.

Q3. A car travels 274 km. It travels an average of 9.1 km on a litre of petrol. Write down a calculation you
could do mentally to estimate the number of litres used.

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 FUNDAMENTAL ALGEBRA WORKSHEET 1
Q1. Given that a = 3, b = - 5 and c = 6, evaluate each of the following expressions.

(a) a (3c  b) (b) ab 2  ac

b c bc ac
(c)  (d) 
a b a b

Q2. Write down an algebraic expression for each of the following statements.
(a) Subtract the cube root of the product of x and 3y from the square of the sum of a and b.
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(b) The total value of x 20-cents coins and y 5-dollar notes in cents.
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 FUNDAMENTAL ALGEBRA WORKSHEET 2
Q1. Given that a = 3, b = - 4 and c = - 2, evaluate each of the following expressions.

3a  b 3a  c 2c  a 5a  4c
(a)  (b) 
2c cb 3c  b ca

a  b  2c 5c bc bc ac
(a)  (b)  
3c  a  b 4b 3c  4b a b

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 FUNDAMENTAL ALGEBRA WORKSHEET 3
x 1 2x 1
Q1. Find the value of  when x = - 2.
x 1 2x 1

x5
Q2. Find the value of  3 x 2 when x = - 2.
x7

3a 2bc bc
Q3. Find the value of  when a = - 2, b = 3 and c = -5.
2b  3c a

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 EXPANSION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WORKSHEET

This is known as Distributive law, where ‘a group of b and c’ is the same as ‘a groups of b’ and ‘a groups of c’,
i.e. ‘a times of b’ and ‘a times of c’.
a (b  c)  ab  ac

Q1. Expand each of the following expressions.

(a)  ( x  5) (b)  (4  x)

(c) 2(3 y  7) (d) 8(2 y  5)

(e) 8(3a  4b) (f)  3(c  6)

(g)  4(d  6) (h) 2a ( x  y )

(i) 3(3 x  5) (j)  3(9k  2)

(k)  7(3h  5) (l) 4(3a  2b  c)

1 2 1  1
(m)  5 p  q  r  (n)  (8a  5b  3c)
4 5 2  4

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 EXPANSION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WORKSHEET 1
To simplify an algebraic expression that contains brackets,
 Work with the expressions within the brackets first,
 Work with the innermost pair of brackets first if there is more than one pair of brackets.

Q1. Expand and simplify each of the following expressions.

(a)  4(a  3b)  5(a  3b) (b) 3( p  2q )  4(2 p  3q  5)

(c) 9(2a  4b  7c)  4(b  c)  7(c  4b) (d)  4[5(2 x  3 y )  4( x  2 y )]

(e) 7( p  10q )  2(6 p  7 q ) (f) x  3(2 x  3 y  z )  7 z

(g)  2{3a  4[a  (2  a )]} (h) 5{3c  [d  2(c  d )]}

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 EXPANSION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WORKSHEET 2
Q1. Subtract

(a)  6 x  3 from 2x  5 (b) 6 x  y  5 z from 10 x  2 y  z

(c) 8 p  9q  5rs from  4 p  4q  15sr (d) 8a  3b  5c  4d from

10a  b  4c  8d

Q2. Khairul is x years old. Khairul’s uncle is four times as old as Khairul will be in 5 years. Find the present
age of Khairul’s uncle.

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 SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WITH FRACTIONAL COEFFICIENTS
WORKSHEET
1 3 1 3
In the linear expressionx y, and are the fractional coefficients of the variable x and y
2 4 2 4
x3 2x  5 1 1
respectively. and , which can be written as ( x  3) and (2 x  5) respectively, are other
2 3 2 3
examples of linear expressions with fractional coefficients.

Q1. Expand and simplify each of the following expressions.

1 1 1 11 2
(a) x y x y (b) 2 x  5( x  6 y )
2 9 8 3 3

x 2x  5 2 x  5 3x  2
(c)  (d) 
3 7 3 5

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 SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WITH FRACTIONAL COEFFICIENTS
WORKSHEET 1
Q1. Expand and simplify each of the following expressions.

 3 3  1
(a) 5a  4b  3c   2a  b  c  (b) 2 x  2( x  3)
 2 2  2

2 1
(c) 12 p  (5  2 p) (d) 8 x  10  6(1  4 x)
5 2

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 SIMPLIFICATION OF LINEAR EXPRESSIONS WITH FRACTIONAL COEFFICIENTS
WORKSHEET 2
Q1. Express each of the following as a fraction in its simplest form.
7( x  3) 5(2 x  5) 3 x  4 3( x  1)
(a)  (b) 
2 3 5 2

2b 3(a  2b) 2( x  3) 1 3 x  4
(c)   (d)  
3 5 5 2 4

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 FACTORIZATION WORKSHEET
One way in which factorization of algebraic expressions can be done is by extracting common factors from all
the terms in the given expressions. It is the reverse of expansion.

Q1. Factorize each of the following expressions completely.

(a) 15 x  3 (b)  21 y  48

(c) 64b  27bc (d) 18ax  6a  36az

(e) 14 p  56 pq  42 pr (f) 6 x  12

(g) 4ay  24az (h) 18a  54ay  36az

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 FACTORIZATION WORKSHEET 2
Q1. Factorize each of the following expressions completely.

(a) 5m  20 pmn  10mn  35 pm (b) 6 pqr  3( p  q  2r )

(c) 5 x  10 x(b  c) (d) 3 xy  6 x( y  z )

(e) 2 x(7  y )  14 x( y  2) (f)  3a (2  b)  18a (b  1)

(g)  4 y ( x  2)  12 y (3  x) (h) 6 pq  3 p

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 LINEAR EQUATIONS WORKSHEEET 1

7  x  13 is known as an equation. The ‘=’ sign means that the total value on the left-hand side
(LHS) of the equation, i.e. 7  x , must be the same as the value on the right-hand side (RHS) of
the equation, i.e. 13.

Note: 7  x is a linear expression, 7  x  13 is a linear equation.

To solve a linear equation we use ‘Balance Method’ which means to subtract or add the same
number from the numbers on both sides, or multiply or divide the numbers on both sides by the
same number, in order to maintain the balance.

Q1. Solve each of the following equation.

a. 2 x  3  9 b. 5 x  9  3 x  3

c. 2(2 y  3)  5( y  1) d. 2(3 y  5)  7( y  4)  13

e.  2.7  a  6.4 f.  3 y  7.8  9.6

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 LINEAR EQUATIONS WORKSHEEET 2
Q1. Solve each of the following equations.

5x  1 2x  3 x  3
a. 7 b. 
3 4 3

3x  1 x  1 1 1
c.  d. (5 y  4)  (2 y  1)
5 3 4 3

2 y 1 y  3 2y  3 y 5
e.  0 f.  0
5 7 4 6

2 3 2 3
g.  h. 
y2 y6 7y 3 9y 5

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 LINEAR EQUATIONS WORKSHEEET 3
19
a. By showing your working clearly, verify if x  is the solution of the equation
20
3 1 5
2x   x
4 3 6

3x
b. If 4 x  y  3 x  5 y , find the value of .
16 y

3x  5 y 3 x
c. If  , find the value of .
7x  4 y 4 y

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 FORMULAE WORKSHEET 1

We have learnt that: area of a rectangle is A = lb, and for volume its V = lbh.
To construct a formula, we choose letters to represent quantities before expressing the rule in
algebraic terms. Usually the first letter of the quantity is used.

3
y
2
a. If y  x  26 , find the value of ‘y’ when  xz
5 b. If a  , find the value of ‘a’ when
5
x=12.
x=2.

c. If S  4r 2 ,find
1
(i) The value of S when r  10 ,
2
22
(ii) The positive value of r when S  616 . (Take  to be )
7

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 FORMULAE WORKSHEET 2
a d e
a. If c   , find the value of ‘f’ when a  3, b  4, c  6, d  5 and e  2 .
b f d

m(nx 2  y )
b. If  5n , find the value of ‘n’ when m  6, x  2, y  3 and z  5 .
z

c. (i) Find the formula for the sum S of any three consecutive odd numbers.
(ii)Hence, find the value of S when the greatest odd number is  101 .

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 SIMPLE INEQUALITIES WORKSHEET 1

An inequality is made up of algebraic expressions together with symbols such as <, >, ≤ and ≥ . We
can use a number line to illustrate the solutions of the inequality.

a. 3 x  18

b. 3 y <  36

c. 12 x  126

d. 9 y >  20

e. 2 y  5

f. 4 x  62

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 SIMPLE INEQUALITIES WORKSHEET 2
a. A van can ferry a maximum of 12 people. By setting up an inequality, find the minimum
number of vans that are needed to ferry 80 people.

b. Find the smallest rational value of y that satisfies the inequality 8  7 y .

c. Given that x satisfies the inequality 20 x > 33 , find the smallest value of x if x is a
prime number.

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APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR GRAPHS IN REAL-WORLD CONTEXT WORKSHEET
1. Devi, the president of the school photography club, wishes to order T-shirts with the club’s logo
for its member. She goes to Mr. Lee’s shop to find out the cost of ordering the T-shirts. Mr. Lee, a
mathematics enthusiast, shows her a graph displaying the cost ($ C )of making N T-shirts.

(i) Complete the table.

(ii) Devi notices that the cost per T-shirt decreases when more T-shirts are ordered and is puzzled
by the observation from the graph that ‘0 T-shirt costs $50’ .Provide a possible explanation to this
problem.
(iii) Find the amount of money Devi has to pay for 68 T-shirts.
(iv) If Devi has a budget of $410, state the number of T-shirts she can order.

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 GENERAL TERM OF A NUMBER SEQUENCE WORKSHEET 1
a. Consider the following number pattern:
4  1 4
10  2  5
18  3  6
28  4  7
.
.
208  k (k  3)
. (i) Write down the 6th line in the pattern.
. (ii)Deduce the value of k .

b. Consider the following number pattern:

1  3  4  2 2  (1  1) 2
1  3  5  9  32  (2  1) 2
1  3  5  7  16  4 2  (3  1) 2
1  3  5  7  9  25  52  (4  1) 2
.
.
1  3  5  7  ...  a  b  c 2  (d  1) 2
. (i) Write down the 5th line in the pattern.
. (ii) Given that b  169 , find the values of a , c and d .

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 GENERAL TERM OF A NUMBER SEQUENCE WORKSHEET 2
1. The members in a family of chemical compounds are made up of carbon atoms and hydrogen
atoms.
(i) The number of carbon atom(s) and hydrogen atoms of the first four members in the family are
given in the table.Complete the table.

Member Number Number of carbon Number of

atoms hydrogen atoms

1 3 4
2 4 6

3 5 8
4 6 10

5
6
: : :

(ii) If the h th member of the family has 25 carbon atoms, find the value of h . Hence, find the
number of hydrogen atoms the member has.
(iii) If the k th member of the family has 64 hydrogen atoms, find the value of k . Hence, find the
number of carbon atoms the member has.

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 GENERAL TERM OF A NUMBER SEQUENCE WORKSHEET 3
1. Three different sequences are shown in the table.

Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term

A 4 6 8 10 12

B 3 8 15 24 35

C 5 10 17 26 a

(i) Find the value of a .

(ii) Find, in terms of n , a formula for the n th term of sequence A .
(iii) If the n th term of sequence B is given by n 2  2n , find the 18th term of sequence C .

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 INTRODUCTION TO PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 1
We use % to represent ‘percent’. Thus x percent is defined as x parts per hundred, i.e.
x
x%  .
100
To express one quantity, a , as a percentage of another quantity, b , we write a as a fraction of
a
b before converting the fraction into a percentage. Both a and b must be the same unit.
b
New value = final percentage × original value
Increase / Decrease = percentage increase / decrease × original value

Express each of the following percentages as a fraction.

a. 88% b. 128%

c. 0.5 % 2
d. 9 %
3

e. 12.4 % f. 158 %

3 h. 45 %
g. 6 %
5

i. 45% j. 305%

k. 5.5% 5
l. 8 %
7

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 INTRODUCTION TO PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 2
1. The maximum number of marks attainable at a Mathematics competition is 60. Kate obtains
40 marks, Priya obtains 46 marks and Nora obtains 49 marks. The examination board decides that
those who score 80% and above will get a gold reward, those who score 70% to 79% inclusive will
get a silver reward and those who score 60% to 69% inclusive will get a bronze award. Determine
the type of reward each girl gets.

2. A company had 12 000 employees. During the financial crisis in 2008, 2.5% of them were
retrenched, 50.75% of them had a pay cut and the rest were unaffected. Find the number of
employees who were unaffected by the financial crisis.

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 INTRODUCTION TO PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 3
1. Ethan’s monthly salary is $1850. In a particular month, he spent 20.5% of his salary on room
rental, $690 on food and $940 on other expenses. Express the amount that he overspent as a
percentage of his monthly salary, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

2. There are 600 pages in a novel. Rui Feng reads 150 pages of the novel on Friday and 40% of
the remaining pages on Sunday. Express the number of pages that remains to be read as a
percentage of the total number of pages in the novel.

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 PERCENTAGE CHANGE AND REVERSE PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 1
The change in the value of an item can be expressed as a percentage increase or decrease in the
original value. In general,
New value = final percentage × original value
Increase / Decrease = percentage increase / decrease × original value

Find the value of each of the following.

a. Increase 60 by 35 % b. Increase 28 by 125 %

c. Decrease 120 by 45 % 1
d. Decrease 216 by 37 %
2

e. 20 % of a number is 17. Find the number. f. 175 % of a number is 49. Find the number.

g. The result of a number, when increased by h. The result of a number, when decreased by
15 % is 161. Find the number. 20 %, is 192. Find the number.

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 PERCENTAGE CHANGE AND REVERSE PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 2

In Singapore, the Edusave Scholarship is given out to the top 10% of students within each level and
stream in every school. There was an increase in the value of the award from 2008 to 2009. The table
shows the value of this award for each level in 2008 and 2009.

Level / Year 2008 2009

Primary 1 - 6 ＄300 ＄400
Top 5%
Secondary 1 - 5 ＄500 ?

Primary 1 - 6 ＄250 ＄350

Next 5%
Secondary 1 - 5 ＄300 ＄400

(i) Given that there was an increase of 30% in the value of the award from 2008 to 2009 for a Secondary
1 student in the top 5%, find the value of the award for a Secondary 1 student in the top 5 % in 2009.
(ii) Find the percentage increase in the value of the award from 2008 to 2009 for a Primary 4 student in
the next 5%.

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 PERCENTAGE CHANGE AND REVERSE PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET 3
a. The number 2400 is first increased by 30%. The value obtained is next decreased by 20%. Find
the final number.

b. In 2011, a train carried 8% more passengers than in 2010. In 2012, it carried 8% more
passengers than in 2011. Find the percentage increase in the number of train passengers from
2010 to 2012.

c. Every year, the value of a surveying machine depreciates by 25% of its value in the previous
year. If the value of the machine was ＄11.250 in 2012, find its value in 2010.

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 RATIO WORKSHEET 1
The ratio of a and b , where a and b represent two quantities of the same kind, and b ≠ 0, is
written as a : b .
 A ratio is said to be in its simplest form a : b when a and b are integers with no common
factors(other than 1).
 Similar to equivalent fractions, we can obtain equivalent ratios by multiplying or dividing both parts
by the same constant.
x y
x : y = hx : hy  : , where h and k are not equal to 0
k k
x y
x : y, hx : hy and : are equivalent ratios.
k k

Simplify each of the following.

a. 600 g : 1.6kg b.
2 5
:
3 6

c. 0.12 : 0.56 d. 240 g : 1.8kg

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 RATIO WORKSHEET 2
In general, using ratios to compare two quantities of the same unit is equivalent to using fractions to
a 5
compare the two quantities, e.g. a : b  5 : 7 is equivalent to  .
b 7

a. Given that a : b : c  75 : 120 : 132 , b. There are 14 boys and 25 girls in a school
(i) Simplify a : b : c , badminton team. Find the ratio of
(ii) Find b : a , (i) The number of boys to the number of girls,
(iii) Find b : c . (ii) The number of girls to the total number of
players in the team.

c. A certain amount of money is shared between d. Amirah, Huxian and Priya make a total of 1530
Rui Feng and Vishal in the ratio 5:9. If Rui Feng gets toys in the ratio 12 : 16 : 17. Find
$44 less than Vishal, find the total amount of (i) The number of toys Huxian makes,
money that is shared between the two boys. (ii) The amount of money Priya earns if she is paid
$1.65 for each toy.

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 RATIO WORKSHEET 3
Simplify each of the following. 5
b. 0.75 : 3
1 16
a. 4 kg : 630kg
5

3 1 3
c. 0.6kg : kg : 400 g d. : 2 .5 : 3
4 3 4

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 RATIO WORKSHEET 4
1 1
a. Find the value of m if 2 : 6  m : 1 .
4 5
9 15 1
b. Given that x : 3 :  : 4 : y , find the value of x and of y .
2 4 2

3 1 1
c. If p : q  : 2 and p : r  : , find
4 3 2
(i) p : q : r ,
(ii) q : r .

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 RATIO WORKSHEET 5
a. In a school of 1200 students, the ratio of the number of teachers to students is 1:15. After some
teachers join the school, the ratio of the number of teachers to students becomes 3 : 40 . Find
(i) The initial number of teachers in the school,
(ii) The number of teachers who join the school.

b. Ethan, Farhan and Micheal invested $427 000, $671 000 and $305 000 in a property respectively and
they agreed to share the profit in the ratio of their investments. After a few years, they sold the property
for $1 897 500. Find the amount of

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 RATIO, RATE, TIME AND SPEED WORKSHEET 1
a. The total cost of placing an advertisement in a newspaper comprises of a fixed cost of $3.50 and a
variable cost that depends on the number of words. Each word costs 25 cents.
(i) Find the total cost of placing an advertisement containing 22 words.
(ii)
If Micheal does not want to spend more than $15 on an advertisement, what is the greatest
number of words he can use?

b. A car took 2 hours and 15 minutes to travel 198 km. If it arrived at its destination at 12 06, find
(i) The time it started it’s journey.
(ii) The average speed of the car, giving your answer on km/h.

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 RATIO, RATE, TIME AND SPEED WORKSHEET 2
a. In a triathlon, an athlete swims 750 m in 15 minutes, cycles at an average speed of 40 km/h for 30
minutes and runs 5 km at an average speed of 3 m/s. Find his average speed for the entire competition,
giving your answer in km/h.

b. Two points, A and B, are x m apart. C lies on the straight line joining A and B such that the ratio of
the length of AC to that of CB is 2 : 3. An object travels from A to C on half a minute and then from C to B
at an average speed of 30 m/s. Find an expression for
(i) The time taken for the object to travel from C to B,
(ii) The average speed of the object for its entire journey from A to B.

RATIO, RATE, TIME AND SPEED WORKSHEET 3

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a. Farhan cycles the first part of a 150-km journey at an average speed of 35 km/h and walks the
remaining distance at an average speed of 5 km/h. If he takes 4.5 hours for his entire journey, find the
distance that he cycles.

b. The diameter of a wheel of a car is 48 cm. If the car travels at an average speed of 3.5 km/h, find the
number of revolutions made by the wheel per minute, giving your answer correct to the nearest whole
number. (Take π to be 3.142)

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a. The sum of interior angles of a polygon with (2n - 3) sides is equal to 62 right angles. Find the value of
n.

b. One of the interior angles of an n - sided polygon is 126 and the remaining interior angles are
162 each. Find the value of n .

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a. The ratio of the interior angles of a pentagon is 3 : 4 : 5 : 5 : 7. Find
(i) The largest interior angle,
(ii) The largest exterior angle.

b. Two of the exterior angles of an n - sided polygon are 35 and 72 , and the remaining exterior
angles are 23 each. Find the value of n .

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a. The ratio of an interior angles to an exterior angle of an n - sided regular polygon is 13 : 2. Find the
value of n .

b. If the sum of the interior angles of an n - sided polygon is four times the sum of its exterior angles,
find the value of n .

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 GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTIONS WORKSHEET 1
a. Construct ABC such that AB  4.5cm , BC  6cm and B  60 .
(i) Measure and write down the length of AC .
(ii) Construct the angle bisector of A such that it cuts BC . Measure and write down the length of
CS , such that S is the point where the angle bisector of A cuts BC .

b. Construct PQR such that PQ  12cm, PR  10.2cm and QR  8.8cm .

(i) Measure and write down the size of the angle facing the shortest side.
(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisector of QR such that it cuts PQ . Measure and write down the
length of RT , such that T is the point where the perpendicular bisector of QR cuts PQ .

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a. Construct XYZ such that YZ  8cm and Y  Z  60 .
(i) Construct the perpendicular bisector of YZ, which passes through X, and let U be the point where it
cuts YZ.
(ii) Find and label V on XU produced such that XU=UV.
(iii) Join YV and ZV to obtain a quadrilateral. State the name of this quadrilateral.

b. Construct a parallelogram ABCD such that AB  8cm , BC  5.5cm and B  120 .

(i) Measure and write down the length of the diagonal BD.
(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisector of BD such that it cuts AB and CD. Measure and write down the
length of ST, such that S and T are the points where the perpendicular bisector of BD cuts AB and CD
respectively.

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a. Construct a quadrilateral PQRS such that PQ  8cm , QR  2cm , PS  6cm , Q  90 and
P  60 .
(i) Measure and write down the size of QRS.
(ii) Construct a line parallel to PR that passes through S to meet QR produced at U. Measure and write
down the length of QU.

b. Construct a circle with diameter AC=10cm.

(i) Find and label a point B on the circumference of the circle such that AB=BC.
(ii) Find and label the point D on the circumference of the circle such that it lies on the side of AC
opposite to B and CAD  45 .
(iii) Join the points to form a quadrilateral ABCD. State the name of this quadrilateral.
(iv) Construct the angle bisector of A such that it cuts the circle at A and at another point S.
Measure and write down the length of DS.

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 PERIMETER AND AREA OF PLANE FIGURES WORKSHEET
a. The area of a trapezium is 36cm 2 and the perpendicular distance between its parallel sides is 6cm .
(i) If the lengths of these parallel sides are x cm and y cm respectively, find the value of x  y .
(ii) If the value of x is twice that of y , find the value of x and of y .

b. Find the difference between the perimeter of a square of area 1m 2 and the circumference of a circle
that has the same area as the square.

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a. A rectangular brick measures 18 cm by 9 cm by 6cm. Find the number of bricks required to build a
rectangular wall 4.5 cm wide, 18cm thick and 3.6 cm high.

b. A cylindrical barrel of diameter 70 cm and height 80cm is filled to the brim with water. A hole at a
bottom drains away 0.2 litres of water every minute. Find the time taken for the water level in the
barrel to drop by 6cm.

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a.Find the total surface area of a cube that has a volume of 343cm 3 .

b.A metal pipe has a length of 8.9 cm. The internal and external diameter of the pipe are 4.2 cm and 5
cm respectively.
(i) Find the volume of metal used in making the pipe.
(ii) If the metal costs $8 per kg and the density of the metal is 2700 kg / m 3 , find the cost of the pipe.

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