Cazoom Maths. Solving Equations. Forming and Solving Quadratic Equations
Cazoom Maths. Solving Equations. Forming and Solving Quadratic Equations
Section A
The area of this The area of this The surface area of this
rectangle is 300 cm2 triangle is 6 cm2 cylinder is 150π cm2
x d
w
x+5
w+1
1) Work out the value of x. _____ 3) Work out the value of w. _____ 5) Work out the value of d. _____
Section B
1) A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse with length 2x – 2, and two sides of length x
and x + 2. Form an equation then solve it to find the length of each side of the triangle.
2) Kris thinks of a positive number. He divides the number into 14 then subtracts 5 from the
result. The answer is the same as the number he first thought of. What number did he
first think of?
3) The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 2.9. What is the number?
4) Lucy thinks of a number and calls it x. David thinks of a number that is 4 more than
Lucy’s number. Lucy and David square their numbers and the difference between their
answers is 88. What number did Lucy and David think of?
Section B (con’t.)
5) The average height of the Johnson family is 155.4 cm. If they include the dog, whose
height is 60 cm, the average height of the Johnson family decreases to 139.5 cm. How
many members are in the Johnson family (including the dog!)?
6) The population of wild tigers in Myanmar fell from 16000 to 8192 in 3 decades at a rate
of x% per decade. Find the value of x.