KOTHARI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

Session: 2023-24
IGCSE-1
Chapter-1: Review of Number Concepts

Assignment-1
1 Write down the first 10 square numbers.
2 Here is a number pattern.
2×0+1=1
3×1+1=4
4×2+1=9
a Write down the next three lines in the pattern.
b Describe what you notice about the answers to each line of the pattern.
3 Write down the answer to each of the following. You will need to use your calculator.
a 52 b 152 c 252 d 352 e 452
f 552 g 652 h 752 i 852 j 952
Describe any pattern you notice.
4 A builder buys 60 bricks for 60 cents each.
How much does she pay for the bricks?
5 Write down the first three numbers that are multiples of both:
a 2 and 5 b 3 and 4 c 5 and 6 d 4 and 6 e 8 and 10.
6 Here is a number pattern using square numbers.
12 – 02 = 1
22 – 12 = 3
32 – 22 = 5
42 – 32 = 7
a Write down the next three lines in the pattern.
b What do you think is the answer to 212 – 202?
Explain your answer.
7 From the list of numbers below:
4 6 7 10 13 16 21 23 25 28 34 37 40 49 50
write down those that are:
a prime numbers
b square numbers.
8 Here are four numbers.
3 12 25 36
Copy and complete the table by putting the numbers in the correct boxes.

Square number Factor of 24

 Odd number

Multiple of 6

9 Use these four number cards to make a square number.

Assignment-2
1 Write out the first five multiples of:
a 4 b 6 c 8 d 12 e 15
Remember: the first multiple is the number itself.
2 Here is a list of numbers.
225 252 361 297 162 363 161 289 224 205 312 378 315 182 369
Use your calculator to see which of the numbers from the list are:
a multiples of 7 b multiples of 9 c multiples of 12
3 Find the biggest number smaller than 200 that is:
a a multiple of 2 b a multiple of 4 c a multiple of 5
d a multiple of 8 e a multiple of 9
4 Find the smallest number that is a multiple of 3 and bigger than:
a 10 b 100 c 1000 d 10 000 e 1 000 000 000
5 A bag will hold 12 sweets. There are 96 sweets ready to put into bags.
Will all the bags be full?
Give a reason for your answer.
6 48 people are at a wedding reception. The tables are arranged so that the same number
of people sit at each table.
How many people sit at each table?
Give two possible answers.
7 Here is a list of numbers.
4 9 10 12 14 20
a From the list, write down a multiple of 7.
b From the list, write down a multiple of 6.
c From the list, write down a multiple of both 4 and 5.
8 Find the lowest odd number that is a multiple of 9 and a multiple of 15.
Assignment-3
1 What are the factors of each of these numbers?
a 12 b 13 c 15 d 20 e 22
 f 36 g 42 h 48 i 49 j 50
2 Use your calculator to find the factors of each of these numbers.
a 100 b 111 c 125 d 132 e 140
3 All the numbers in a to j are divisible by 11. Use your calculator to divide each one by 11
and then write down the answer. What do you notice?
a 143 b 253 c 275 d 363 e 462
f 484 g 561 h 583 i 792 j 891
4 Here is a list of numbers.
3 6 8 10 13
a From the list, write down a factor of 32.
b From the list, write down a factor of 20.
c From the list, write down a factor of both 26 and 39.
5 Find the highest even number that is a factor of 30 and a factor of 42.
6 Find the LCM of the numbers in each pair.
a 3 and 4 b 6 and 8 c 9 and 12
d 10 and 12 e 14 and 21 f 20 and 24
7 Find the HCF of the numbers in each pair.
a 16 and 24 b 28 and 35 c 24 and 30
d 48 and 60 e 28 and 70 f 75 and 125
8 Find the lowest common multiple for each set of numbers.
a 2, 4 and 6 b 4, 6 and 8 c 8, 12 and 16
d 6, 12 and 15 e 20, 25 and 30
9 The HCF of two numbers is 5.
The LCM of the same two numbers is 150.
What are the numbers?
Assignment-4
1 Write down all the prime numbers less than 40.
2 Which of these numbers are prime?
43 47 49 51 54 57 59 61 65 67
3 This is a number pattern to generate odd numbers:
Line 1 2 – 1 = 1
Line 2 2 × 2 – 1 = 3
Line 3 2 × 2 × 2 – 1 = 7
a Work out the next three lines of the pattern.
b Which lines have answers that are prime numbers?
4 Using the rules for recognising multiples, decide which of these numbers are not prime:
39 41 51 71 123
5 When two different prime numbers are multiplied together the answer is 91.
What are the two prime numbers?
6 a Write down two prime numbers with a difference of 6.
b Write down two more prime numbers with a difference of 6.
7 A mechanic has a set of 23 spanners.
Is it possible to put them in a toolbox so that he has the same number of spanners in
each part of his box?
Explain your answer.

Assignment-5
1 What numbers do these represent?
a 3 × 52 b 22 × 32 × 72 c 33 × 52 d 23 × 3 × 112
2 Write each of these numbers as a product of prime factors.
a 72 b 90 c 75 d 115 e 465
3 756 = 22 × 33 × 7
Use this fact to write these numbers as a product of prime numbers.
a 378 b 7560 c 15 120
4 Explain why you cannot express 101 as a product of prime factors.
5 Here is a number pattern:
6, 45, 175
Use prime factorisation to help you write the next two numbers in the sequence.
6 Match each number to the correct product of prime factors.
400 32 × 53
675 33 × 52
1000 24 × 52
1125 23 × 53
7 Find the largest number less than 100 that has three different prime factors and express
it as a product of primes.
Assignment-6
1 324 = 22 × 34 288 = 25 × 32
Use these facts to find:
a the HCF of 324 and 288 b the LCM of 324 and 288.
2 150 = 2 × 3 × 52 1575 = 32 × 52 × 7
Use these facts to find:
a the HCF of 150 and 1575 b the LCM of 150 and 1575.
3 a Write 180 as the product of prime factors.
 b Write 378 as the product of prime factors.
c Find the HCF of 180 and 378.
d Find the LCM of 180 and 378.
4 a Write 105 and 150 as the product of prime factors.
b Find the HCF of 105 and 150.
c Find the LCM of 105 and 150.
5 a Find the HCF of 45 and 54.
b Find the LCM of 45 and 54.
6 a Find the HCF of 84 and 315.
b Find the LCM of 84 and 315.
7 The LCM of two numbers is 23 × 34.
The HCF of the two numbers is 2 × 33.
Both numbers are between 100 and 1000.
Write down what the two numbers could be.
Assignment-7
1 State whether each of these numbers is an integer or not.
a 36 ÷ 10 b 4.2 × 5 c √49 d 14.4 × 5.3
2
e –23 f –√81 g 121 h √105
2 State whether each of these numbers is rational or not.
a b √16 c 129.52 d √68
e π × 10 f 3.45 ÷ 6 g 2 × √12 h √0.25
3 Explain why each of these numbers is irrational or not.
a 1.415 936 828 b 1.090 909 c 3.872 983 3
d 6.454 545 e 3.185 185 f 0.464 285 714 285 714
4 Match each number with its reciprocal.
10, 0.2, 5, ⅔, 20, 0.04, 1.5, 25, ¼, 0.1
Which two numbers do not have their reciprocal in the list?
Write down their reciprocals.
Assignment-8

1 Write down the temperatures for each thermometer.

2 Look at this map showing average
temperatures in the capital cities of England,
Scotland and Wales.
a How much colder is it in Edinburgh than
Cardiff?
b How much warmer is it in Cardiff than
Edinburgh?

3 The diagram shows the layout of a hotel and the lift

numbers for each floor.
a How many floors is the third floor above the
basement?
b How many floors is the lower ground floor below the
first floor?
c How many floors is the basement below the
second floor?
d The cellar basement is three floors below the
basement. What number is used for the lift?
Assignment-9
Copy and complete each of the following.
1 If +$20 means a profit of twenty dollars, then ........... means a loss of twenty dollars.
2 If –$10 means a loss of ten dollars, then +$10 means a ........... of ten dollars.
3 If +500 m means five hundred metres above sea level, then ........... means five hundred
metres below sea level.
4 If –1000 m means one thousand metres below sea level, then +1000 m means one
thousand metres ........... sea level.
5 If +7 °C means seven degrees above freezing point, then ........... means seven degrees
below freezing point.
6 If +1 °C means one degree above freezing point, then ........... means one degree below
freezing point.
7 If –15 °C means fifteen degrees below freezing point, then +15 °C means fifteen degrees
........... freezing point.
8 If –5000 miles means five thousand miles south of the equator, then +5000 miles means
five thousand miles ........... of the equator.
9 If a car moving forwards at 25 km/h is represented by +25 km/h, then a car moving
backwards at 10 km/h is represented by ........... .
10 In multi-storey car park, the sixth floor above ground level is represented by +6. So, the
third floor below ground level is represented by ........... .
11 A hotel has 11 levels numbered from basement (–1) to ninth floor (+9).
A man is in a lift on the third floor. He goes up four levels and then down to the
basement.
How many levels does the lift travel while descending?
12 The temperature on three days in Quebec in Canada was –9 °C, –8 °C and –11 °C.
a Put the temperatures in order, starting with the coldest.
b What is the difference in temperature between the coldest and the warmest
temperatures?

Assignment-10
1 Copy each of these and put the correct symbol (< or >) in the space.
a 2 ... 6 b –1 ... –7 c –5 ... 1 d 5 ... 9
e –8 ... 2 f –14 ... –10 g –11 ... 0 h –9 ... –12
i 8 ... –3 j 0 ... –8
2

Copy each of these and put the correct symbol in each space.
a ... b 0 ... – c – ...
d ... e – ... – f –1 ... –
3 Copy these number lines and fill in the missing numbers on each line.

4 Here are some temperatures:

3 °C –8 °C –1 °C 4 °C
Put the temperatures in the correct places in this weather report.
a Milan was the coldest city in Italy today with a temperature of ….
b In Venice the temperatures were also below freezing at ...
c Temperatures in the south were warmer. Naples was the warmest at …
d Rome was only slightly lower at ...

Assignment-11
1 Write down the answer to each of the following, then check your answers on a
calculator.
a –5 + 3 = b –2 + 1 = c –10 + 6 = d –8 + 6 =
e –2 – 7 = f –1 – 5 = g –3 – 7 = h –5 – 5 =
i 15 – 19 = j 3 – 17 = k –2 – 10 = l –12 + 7 =
m –15 + 9 = n 10 – 20 = o –10 – 12 = p –15 – 20 =
2 At noon the temperature in Berlin was –3 °C.
At 2 pm the temperature had risen by 2 °C.
a What is the temperature at 2 pm?
b At 6 pm the temperature was five degrees lower than it was at 2 pm. What was the
temperature at 6 pm?
3 Here are five numbers:
 5 9 1 3 4
a Use two of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –5.
b Use three of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –11.
c Use four of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –10.
d Use all five of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –20.
4 Write down the answer to each of the following, then check your answers on a
calculator.
a –13 – 5 = b –12 – 8 = c –25 + 6 = d 6 – 14 =
e 25 – (–3) = f 13 – (–8) = g –4 + (–15) = h –13 + (–7) =
i –12 + (–9) = j –16 + (–12) =
5 The temperature at midday was 5 °C. Find the temperature at midnight if it fell by:
a 1 °C b 5 °C c 6 °C d 8 °C e 12 °C.
6 What is the difference between the following temperatures?
a 4 °C and 6 °C b –2 °C and 4 °C c –3 °C and –6 °C
7 You have the following cards.

a Which other card should you choose to make the answer to the sum below as large
as possible? What is the answer?

b Which other card should you choose to make the answer to part a as small as
possible? What is the answer?
c Which other card should you choose to make the answer to the sum below as large
as possible? What is the answer?

d Which other card should you choose to make the answer to part c as small as
possible? What is the answer?
e Which two cards should you choose to make the answer to an addition sum zero?
8 Two numbers have a sum of 8. One of the numbers is negative. The other number is
odd.
What could the numbers be? Give two different answers.

Assignment-12
1 Write down the answers to the following.
a –2 × 4 b –3 × 6 c –5 × 7 d –3 × (– 4)
e –8 × (–2) f –14 ÷ (–2) g –16 ÷ (–4) h 25 ÷ (–5)
i –16 ÷ (–8) j –8 ÷ (–4) k 3 × (–7) l 6 × (–3)
 m 7 × (–4) n –3 × (–9) o –7 × (–2) p 28 ÷ (–4)
q 12 ÷ (–3) r –40 ÷ 8 s –15 ÷ (–3) t 50 ÷ (–2)
u –3 × (–8) v 42 ÷ (–6) w 7 × (–9) x –24 ÷ (–4)
y –7 × 8
2 What number do you multiply –5 by to get the following?
a 25 b –30 c 50 d –100 e 75
3 Put these calculations in order from lowest to highest.
–18 ÷ 12 –0.5 × (–4) –21 ÷ (–14) 0.3 × (–2)
4 Work out each of these. Remember: first work out the sums in brackets.
a –3 × (–2 + 6) b 8 ÷ (–3 + 2) c (6 – 8) × (–3) d –4 × (–6 – 3)
e –5 × (–6 ÷ 2) f (–5 + 3) × (–3) g (6 – 9) × (–4) h (2 – 5) × (5 – 2)
5 Work out each of these.
a –5 × (–4) + 3 b –8 ÷ 8 – 3 c 16 ÷ (–4) + 3 d 2 × (–5) + 6
e –3 × 4 – 5 f –1 + 42 – 5 g 5 – 32 + 2 h –1 + 2 × (–3)
6 Copy each of these and then put in a bracket to make each one true.
a 4 × (–3) + 2 = –4 b –6 ÷ (–3) + 2 = 4 c –6 ÷ (–3) + 2 = 6
7 a = –3, b = 5, c = –4
Work out the values of the following.
a (a + b)2 b –(a + c)2 c (a + b)c d a2 + b2 + c 2

Assignment-13
1 Write down the two square roots of each of these numbers. Do not use a calculator.
a 64 b 25 c 49 d 81
e 16 f 36 g 100 h 121
i 144 j 400
2 Write down the answer to each of the following. You will need to use your calculator.
a b c d
e f g h
i j
3 Put these in order starting with the smallest value.
22 32
4 Do not use a calculator for this question.
Between which two consecutive whole numbers does the square root of 40 lie?
5 A child has 125 square tiles which she is arranging into square patterns.
How many tiles will be in the biggest square she can make?
Assignment-14
1 Find the following cubes:
a 43 b 93 c 113 d 2.43
e (–5)3 f (–2.5)3 g (–7.7)3 h 753
2 Write down the cube root of each of these:
a 8 b 64 c 125 d 1000
e 27 000 f –27 g –1 h –216
i –8000 j –343 k 0.729 l 10.648
m 0.015 625
3 Use these four numbers to make a cube number:
1 2 7 9
4 Write these numbers in order, smallest first.
a 62 43
b 53 112

Assignment-15
1 Work out: a b c d
2 Work out: a b c

3 Evaluate: a b c
4 Find the value of:

a b c
d e f
5 Show that .
6 Find the value of n if: a b c
7 Find the value of n if: a b c

Assignment-16
1 Round each of these numbers to the nearest 10.
a 34 b 67 c 23 d 49 e 55
f 11 g 95 h 123 i 109 j 125
2 Round each of these numbers to the nearest 100.
a 231 b 389 c 410 d 777 e 850
f 117 g 585 h 250 i 975 j 1245
3 Round each of these numbers to the nearest 1000.
 a 2176 b 3800 c 6760 d 4455 e 1204
f 6782 g 5500 h 8808 i 1500 j 9999
4 The selling prices of five houses in a village are as follows:

FOR SALE FOR FOR SALE FOR FOR SALE

SALE SALE
$8400 $12 900 $45 300 $75 550 $99 500

Give the prices to the nearest $1000.

5 Give these bus journey times to the nearest 5 minutes.
a 16 minutes b 28 minutes c 34 minutes
d 42 minutes e 23 ½ minutes f 17 ½ minutes
6 Mark knows that he has $240 in his savings account to the nearest $10.
a What is the smallest amount that he could have?
b What is the greatest amount that he could have?
7 The size of a crowd at an open-air pop festival was reported to be 8000 to the nearest
1000.
a What is the lowest number that the crowd could be?
b What is the largest number that the crowd could be?
8 An estate agent values houses and rounds the value to the nearest $1000 for an advert
and then subtracts $5.
A house is valued at $89 600.
How much does the advert say?
9 Mutasem and Ruba are playing a game with whole numbers.
a Mutasem says, ‘I am thinking of a number. Rounded to the nearest 10, it is 270.
What is the biggest number I could be thinking of?’
b Ruba says, ‘I am thinking of a different number. Rounded to the nearest 100, it is
300. It is less than 270. How many possible answers are there?’
10 The number of fish in a pond is 130 to the nearest 10.
The number of frogs in the pond is 90 to the nearest 10.
Show how there could be 230 fish and frogs altogether in the pond.

Assignment-17
1 Round each of the following numbers to 1 decimal place.
a 3.73 b 8.69 c 5.34 d 18.75 e 0.423
f 26.288 g 3.755 h 10.056 i 11.08 j 12.041
2 Round each of the following numbers to 2 decimal places.
a 6.721 b 4.457 c 1.972 d 3.485 e 5.807
f 2.564 g 21.799 h 12.985 i 2.302 j 5.555
3 Round each of the following to the number of decimal places indicated.
a 4.572 (1 dp) b 0.085 (2 dp) c 5.7159 (3 dp) d 4.558 (2 dp)
e 2.099 (2 dp) f 0.7629 (3 dp) g 7.124 (1 dp) h 8.903 (2 dp)
i 23.7809 (3 dp) j 0.99 (1 dp)
4 Round each of the following to the nearest whole number.
a 6.7 b 9.3 c 2.8 d 7.5 e 8.38
f 2.82 g 2.18 h 1.55 i 5.252 j 3.999
5 Trevor buys the following car accessories:
Shampoo $4.99; Wax $7.29; Wheel cleaner $4.81; Dusters $1.08.
By rounding each price to the nearest dollar, work out an estimate of the total cost of
the items.
6 Which of the following are correct roundings of the number 9.281?
9 9.2 9.28 9.3 9.30
7 When a number is rounded to 2 decimal places, the answer is 6.14.
Which of these could be the number?
6.140 6.143 6.148 6.15

Assignment-18
1 Round each of the following to 1 significant figure.
a 51 203 b 56 189 c 33 261 d 89 998 e 94 999
f 53.71 g 87.24 h 31.06 i 97.835 j 184.23
k 0.5124 l 0.2765 m 0.006 12 n 0.049 21 o 0.000 888
p 9.7 q 85.1 r 91.86 s 196 t 987.65
2 What is the least and the greatest number of people that can be found in these towns?
Hellaby population 900 (to 1 sf)
Hook population 650 (to 2 sf)
Hundleton population 1050 (to 3 sf)
3 Round each of the following numbers to 2 sf.
a 6725 b 35 724 c 68 522 d 41 689 e 27 308
f 6973 g 2174 h 958 i 439 j 327.6
4 Round each of the following to the number of significant figures (sf) indicated.
a 46 302 (1 sf) b 6177 (2 sf) c 89.67 (3 sf) d 216.7 (2 sf)
e 7.78 (1 sf) f 1.087 (2 sf) g 729.9 (3 sf) h 5821 (1 sf)
i 66.51 (2 sf) j 5.986 (1 sf) k 7.552 (1 sf) l 9.7454 (3 sf)
m 25.76 (2 sf) n 28.53 (1 sf) o 869.89 (3 sf) p 35.88 (1 sf)
q 0.084 71 (2 sf) r 0.0099 (2 sf) s 0.0809 (1 sf) t 0.061 97 (3 sf)
5 A baker estimates that she has baked 100 loaves. She is correct to 1 sf.
She sells 2 loaves and now has 90 loaves to 1 sf.
 How many could she have had to start with?
Work out all possible answers.
6 There are 500 cars in a car park to 1 sf.
What is the least possible number of cars that could enter the car park so that there are
700 cars in the car park to 1 sf?