PAGE 1 (d) hexagon 2.

(d) 12:25
1. (e) parallelogram (a) 4 (e) 00:35
(a) 24,368 (f) pentagon (b) 8 (f) 22:04
(b) 42,605 (c) 8
(c) 57,032 2. (d) 8 8.
(d) 70,059 (a) 68,728 (e) 8 (a) 3hr 10mins
(b) 24,534 (f) 9 (b) 2hr 15mins
2. No answers needed (c) 56,985 (g) 3·86 (c) 2hr 29mins
(d) 42,136 (h) 24 (d) 3hr 17mins
3. (e) 67,838 (i) 3·7 (e) 3hr 32mins
(a) 8,000 (j) 7·8 (f) 2hr 36min
(b) 30,000 3.
(c) 60 (a) 52,133
3. 9.
(d) 1,000 (b) 88,579
(a) €42·81 (a) 4hr 40mins
(e) 9 (c) 51,612
(b) €98·72 (b) 3hr 16mins
(f) 40,000 (d) 82,627
(c) €192·95 (c) 9hr 39mins
(g) 4,000 (e) 54,656
(d) €404·58 (d) 2hr 34mins
(h) 7 (e) €410·69 (e) 8hr 27mins
4.
(i) 300 (f) 7,848
(a) 78,989
(j) 600 (g) 8,188 Challenge: 2hr 3mins
(b) 98,007
(h) 12,667
(c) 77,165
4. (i) 29,279
(d) 89,788 PAGE 4
(a) a – c; (j) 25,276
b – f; (e) 87,795 1.
c – e; (a) acute
d – a; 5. 4.
(b) obtuse
e – b; (a) tetrahedron (a) 127
f–d (c) straight
(b) cylinder (b) 142
(d) reflex
(c) octahedron (c) 98
5. (e) right
(d) cone (d) 118
(a) 530; 500; 1,000 (e) 116
(e) triangular prism 2.
(b) 1,320; 1,300; 1,000
(f) square pyramid (a) 80°
(c) 4,370; 4,400; 4,000 5.
(d) 5,890; 5,900; 6,000 (b) 70°
6. (a) 27
(e) 12,090; 12,100; 12,000 (c) 55°
(a) €3·75 (b) 32
(f) 37,850; 37,800; 38,000 (d) 120°
(b) €5·66 (c) 19
(g) 42,950; 43,000; 43,000 (c) €7·04 (d) 17
(h) 86,700; 86,700; 87,000 3.
(e) 13
Challenge 1: 51,303 (a) 2/4, 4/8
6. Challenge 2: 26,288 (b) 2/8, 3/12
Challenge 1: 1,450
98,763 – 36,789 (c) 2/10, 3/15
Challenge 2: 34
86,541 – 14,568 (d) 2/12, 4/24
98,732 – 23,789 PAGE 3 (e) 9/12, 15/20
87,651 – 15,678 1. 6.
(f) 9/15, 18/30
(a) 70 (a) 7.35am
(g) 10/16, 15/24
7. (b) 180 (b) 2.16pm
(h) 10/12, 25/30
(a) 917,000 (c) 790 (c) 8.46pm
(b) 34,607 (d) 900 (d) 4.29am
4.
(e) 2,400 (e) 11.38pm
(a) 9
(f) 36,000 (b) 10
PAGE 2
(g) 89,000 7.
1. (c) 12
(h) 154 (a) 14:15
(a) rhombus (d) 21
(i) 428 (b) 06:55
(b) octagon (e) 20
(j) 985 (c) 19:45
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5. 5. PAGE 6 PAGE 8
(a) 5; 15 (a) 2,136m 1. 48,384 1.
(b) 6; 30 (b) 5,065m 2. €30 (a) No answers
(c) 5; 40 (c) 3,004cm 3. €10 (b) (i) €246,003 €267,203
(d) 5; 50 (d) 340m 4. 25,400
(ii) €319,249 €320,249
(e) 8; 96 (e) 2,063m 5. €7
€329,249 €331,249
(f) 4,300m 6. 7·08m €340,249 €340,449
6. 7. 34cm
(a) 5 5/6 6. 8. 2/3 (iii) €213,877 €214,877
(a) 0·156kg €223,877 €225,877
(b) 3 ¼ 9. 6/16 €234,877 €235,077
(c) 5 7/10 (b) 2·348kg 10. 2 ½
(d) 2 4/10 or 2 2/5 (c) 7·053kg 11. 3 (iv) €374,505 €375,505
(e) 5 7/9 (d) 3,793g 12. 7 €384,505 €386,505
(e) 5,086g €395,505 €395,705
(f) 4 2/9 13. Acute
(f) 3,005g 14. Cian €5 (v) €364,224 €365,224
Challenge: 71° 15. €12 €374,224 €376,224
7.
16. 74% €385,224 €385,424
(a) 6·224l
17. 3 (vi) €278,128 €279,128
PAGE 5 (b) 5·282l
1.
18. 9 €288,128 €290,128
(c) 8·023l €299,128 €299,328
19. 1 in 2
(a) 0·7 (d) 3·446l
20. 5·2
(b) 0·16 (e) 9·305l 2.
(c) 0·98
(a) No answers
(d) 0·374 8. PAGE 7
(b) 40,000; 600,000; 600;
(e) 0·958 (a) 33·606l 1. 2,000; 4; 30
(f) 0·03 (b) 63·42kg (a) 359,024 (c) Ballyville, River Valley;
(g) 0·017 (c) 1·613km (b) 264,708 Laketown; Tumbleton;
(h) 0·306 (d) 1·076l (c) 509,540 Seaville; Hillcrest
(i) 0·1 3.
(j) 0·004 9. 2. No answers (a) – (b);
(a) 48 3. No answers (b) – (d);
(b) 56 (c) – (a);
2. (d) – (c);
(a) 10·42 (c) 19 4. (e) – (e)
(b) 11·46 (d) 24 (a) €354,546
(c) 5·04 (e) 26 (b) €520,365
(f) 42 PAGE 9
(d) 6·79 (c) €802,476
1.
(e) 9·21 (d) €600,803
10. (a) €200,000
(f) 4·528 (e) €700,077
(a) = (b) > (c) > (b) €500,000
(c) €800,000
3. 5.
11. (d) €800
(a) 2cm 4mm (a) 1/10 (a) 346,253
(b) 3cm 8mm (b) 1/5 (b) 612,527
2.
(c) 4cm 7mm (c) ¼ (c) 916,000
(a) 500
(d) 3/10 (d) 800,003
(b) 70,000
4. (e) ½ (e) 101,001
(c) 6,000,000
(a) 43/100m = 0·43m (f) 3/20 (f) 407,000
(d) 900
(b) 72/100m = 0·72m (g) 9/20 (g) 275,008
(e) 90,000 and 50
(c) 3/100m = 0·03m (h) 13/20 (h) 516,000
(f) 400,000 and 400
(d) 1 15/100m = 1·15m (i) ¾ (i) 701,000
(g) 300,000; 7,000; 8
(e) 2 95/100m = 2·95m (j) 17/20 (j) 718,000
(h) 900,000; 9,000; 9
(k) 999,099
Challenge: 9·05kg (l) 990,000

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3. (d) 6,879 (c) €81,650; €81,600 PAGE 15

(a) No answers (e) 7,797 €82,000; €80,000 1.
(b) 1,904,603; €2,643,817; (f) 5,447 (d) €278,440; €278,400 (a) 879,899
€3,612,546; €4,963,110; €278,000; €280,000
(g) 7,838 (b) 975,556
€5,629,310; €8,100,623; (e) €714,820; €714,800
(h) 7,779 (c) 895,181
€9,612,548 €715,000; €710,000
(i) 7,789 (d) 768,214
(c) No answers (f) €239,870; €239,900
(j) 9,489 €240,000; €240,000
(k) 7,877 2.
4.
(l) 9,769 (a) 873,654
(a) 3,425,827 (ii) €714,821; €278,439;
€239,873; €87,598; (b) 760,405
(b) 7,053,000
3. €81,647; €76,324 (c) 874,290
(c) 6,000,017
(a) 4,352 (d) 715,122
(d) 9,017,000 (iii) €70,000; €7,000;
(b) 2,235 €7; €70,000;
(e) 4,208,000 3.
(f) 8,808,088
(c) 2,234 €700,000; €70
(a) €829,007
(d) 5,253
(iv) €239,873 (b) €762,178
(e) 3,322
PAGE 10 (c) B and E
(f) 5,442
1. (d) A, C and E
(g) 5,533 PAGE 13
(a) VIII; X (e) €11,538
(h) 4,542 1.
(b) XII; XIII; XV; XVI; XVII; (f) €147,987
XVIII; XIX (a) 90
4. (b) 800
(c) XXI; XXIV; XXV; XXIX; PAGE 16
(a) 1,121 (c) 12,000
XXX; L; LXX; LXXX
(b) 2,413 1.
(d) XCI; XCIV; XCV; XCVIII; (d) 8,000
(c) 2,464 (a) 166,678
XCIX; C; CI; CXC (e) 50
(d) 2,513 (b) 187,827
(e) CXCIX; CCC; CD; D; DCC; (f) 100
DCCC; CM (e) 2,464 (c) 465,221
(g) 3,000
(f) 3,041 (d) 243,156
(h) 6,000
2. (g) 4,321 (i) 120 2.
(a) 2,000 (h) 3,333 (j) 2,800 (a) 155,848
(b) 2,005
(k) 24,000 (b) 337,864
(c) 2,019
(l) 30,000 (c) 240,432
(d) 2,006 PAGE 12
(m) 20 (d) 188,718
(e) 1,943 1.
(n) 20
(f) 1,922 (a) 430; 400
(o) 40 3.
(g) 1,959 (b) 590; 600; 1,000
(p) 30 (a) 118,001
(h) 1,984 (c) 5,870; 5,900; 6,000;
10,000 (b) 766,682
(d) 8,740; 8,700; 9,000; 2. (c) Cyprus and Montenegro
PAGE 11 10,000 (i) (a) 31km (d) 106,983
1. (e) 23,890; 23,900; 24,000; (b) 33l (e) Latvia, Albania, Slovenia,
20,000 (c) €21 Cyprus, Montenegro,
(a) 3,648 (d) 27kg
(f) 48,970; 49,000; 49,000; Bermuda
(b) 6,957
50,000 (f) 777,700
(c) 6,747 (ii) (a) 32.825km
(g) 378,290; 378,300; (b) 34.891l
(d) 7,734
378,000; 380,000 (c) €23.38 Challenge: 723,409
(e) 6,868
(h) 783,930; 783,900; (d) 29.613kg
(f) 5,878 784,000; 780,000
PAGE 17
(g) 3,878
Challenge: (i) 5,000 1.
(h) 5,787 2. (ii) 3,000 (a) 35,618
(i) (a) €76,320; €76,300;
(b) 130,252
2. €76,000; €80,000
PAGE 14 (c) 131,955
(a) 5,883
(b) €87,600; €87,600; No answers (d) 300,183
(b) 7,797
€88,000; €90,000 (e) 222,582
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2. (b) 12mins 4. 3.
(a) 598,211 (c) 30mins (a) 195secs (a) 65·02
(b) 940,079 (d) Mam (b) 13min 32secs (b) 650·2
(c) 867,514 (c) 6,502
Challenge: €466·20 5. 6
Challenge: 531,995 4.
6. (a) 304·7
PAGE 20
PAGE 18 (a) 82mins; 93mins; 104mins (b) 3,047
1.
1. Sports (b) 93mins (c) 30,470
(a) (i) Ryan
2. Books (ii) Lisa
(iii) Lisa Challenge: 1hr 31mins 5.
3. 43,826; 91,003; 394,102; (iv) Ryan (a) 6,832
438,791; 573,291; 600,000 (v) Lisa
(b) 9,176
(vi) Ryan PAGE 22
(c) 2,877
4. 573,000; 439,000; 394,000; 1. No answers
(d) 5,378
600,000; 91,000; 44,000 (b) 146cm
(c) 59kg 2.
5. 832,893 6.
(d) 33kg (a) 300
6. 708,120 (a) 14,520
(e) 21 (b) 2,100
7. 44,689 (b) 73,360
(f) no answer (c) 240
8. 162,072 (c) 80,450
(d) 720
9. 161,209 (d) 91,060
2. No answers (e) 540
10. 134,500 (f) 4,500
11. 508,997 7.
3. (g) 720
12. 168,599 (a) 316,900
(a) (i) 72 (h) 1,260
13. 876,719 (ii) 368 (b) 550,800
(i) 1,800
(iii) 40 (c) 40,400
(iv) 176 (j) 4,500
14. 707,976; 670,470; 439,491; (d) 274
847,819; 764,293; 168,802 (v) 432 (k) 4,800
(l) 4,500
8.
15. 326,709; 461,209; (b) (i) 9
(ii) 46 (a) €35·34
505,898; 300,000; 3.
808,997; 856,174 (iii) 5 (b) €123·69
(a) 280km
(iv) 22 (c) €159·03
(v) 54 (b) 2,800km
PAGE 19 9.
1. Challenge: Ciara 15 4. 180hrs
(a) €740
(a) (i) Oisin Billy 6
(b) €4,440
(ii) Sean 5.
(c) €6,660
(b) Molly and Sean (a) 340
PAGE 21 (d) €8,880
(c) 1 (b) 34,000
1. (e) €13,320
(a) 24
2. Challenge: 11
(b) 266 10.
(a) 28kg
(c) €20 (a) 562
(b) 368g
PAGE 23 (b) 3,750
(c) 4,632kg
2. 1. (c) 64,080
3. (a) 5 (a) 74.58
(a) 81% (b) 26 (b) 745.8 11.
(b) 71% (c) 9·1 (c) 7,458 (a) 156
(c) 95% (d) 16·9 (b) 1,560
2. (c) 15,600
4. 3. 56,340km (a) 182.93 (d) 31,200
(a) (i) Niamh (b) 1,829.3 (e) 3,120
(ii) Clare (c) 18,293 (f) 312

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Challenge: (a) 520,000km2 5. PAGE 26 PAGE 27

(b) 5,200,000km2 (a) 153 1. 1. 879·747
(b) 1,530 (a) 499·466 2. 1,307·96
PAGE 24 (c) 153 (b) 560·192 3. 838·642
1. (d) 15·3 (c) 346·144 4. 1,783·21
(a) 600; 80; (d) 434·938 5. 15,994·2
210; 28; = 918 6. 6. 23,544·5
(b) 1200; 180; (a) 59 2. 7. 5,070·72
200; 30; = 1610 (b) 59 (a) 113·763 8. 7,797·24
(c) 2800; 80; (c) 50·9 (b) 370·359 9. 47,790
420; 12; = 3312
(d) 509 (c) 239·659 10. 69,880
(d) 2400; 150;
(d) 484·716
720; 45; = 3315
7. 11.
(a) 25,542 3. (a) 4,739·55kg
2.
(b) 28,372 (a) 614·384 (b) 5,654·2kg
(a) 9000; 1500; 120;
1800; 300; 24; = 12,744 (c) 8,877 (b) 159·768 (c) 8,315kg
(b) 8000; 2800; 40 x 20 (d) 35,412 (c) 4,102·28
2800; 490; 14 x 7; = 12,744 (d) 1,623·38 12. €850·64
(c) 21000; 1400; 420 x 76; 8.
1500; 100; 30 x 5; = 24,450 (a) 21,842 4. 13.
(b) 14,532 (a) 2,207·36 (a) €227·50
3. 11,868 (c) 29,115 (b) 10,160·2 (b) €323·75
(d) 62,436 (c) 51,694·2
4. (d) 35,757·6 14.
(a) 19,082 9. (a) €11,591·94
(b) 17,766 (a) 25,818 5. (b) €12,535·47
(b) 17,784 (a) 129·237 (c) €13,344·21
Challenge: 33,500 (c) 14,168 (b) 2,487·04
(d) 35,890 (c) 51,567·3 15. €9,965·48
PAGE 25 (d) 560·697 16. €1,182
1. 10. 17. €1,957·76
(a) 67 (a) 58·1 6.
(b) 42 (b) 388·6 (a) 358·61 Challenge: 92·829m
(c) 83 (c) 2,487·88 (b) 1,658·16
(d) 91 PAGE 28
11. 7.
1. 4,000
2. (a) 55·8 (a) 166·535km
2. 900,000
(a) 24·1 (b) 576·2 (b) 339·72km
3. 497,156
(b) 76·5 (c) 2,319·29
4. 3,764,195
(c) 20·8 8.
5. €800
(d) 55·2 12. (a) €1101·87
6. 1,978
3. (a) 309·6 (b) €1,224·30
7. 837,000
(a) 439 (b) 460·6
8. €198,286
(b) 923 (c) 5,182·32 9. 1,049·88km
9. 8
(c) 352 10. €59,991
(d) 704 13. 10.
11. 15
(a) 331·8 (a) 141·525km
12. 124cm
4. (b) 1,228·5 (b) 9·86km
13. 13
(a) 2,620 (c) 2,936·56 (c) 460·105km
14. 2,400
(b) 5,370 15. 360
(c) 7,080 Challenge: 11 Challenge: 87·36m
16. 5,700
(d) 8,250 17. €3,740

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18. 12,000 2. 3. 30 6. €245

19. 96,584km (a) 0·916 4. 18 7. €149
20. 11,200 (b) 1·52 5. 16 8. €254
(c) 3·784 6. 11 9. 56
(d) 0·6 7. 15 10. €1·35
PAGE 29
11. €2·68
1.
3. 8.
(a) (i) – (iii);
(a) 0·7 (a) (i) 161 (ii) 80·5 Challenge: 54
(ii) – (iv);
(iii) – (ii); (b) 0·037 (b) (i) 6·44 (ii) 3·22
(iv) – (i) (c) 0·0422 (c) (i) 2·75 (ii) 1·375
PAGE 33
(d) 0·6213 (d) (i) 25·1 (ii) 12·55
1.
(b) (i) – (iv); (e) (i) 17·54 (ii) 8·77
(ii) – (iii); 4. (a) 1·9
(f) (i) 65·1 (ii) 32·55
(iii) – (ii); (a) 0·304 (b) 3·3
(iv) – (i) (g) (i) 275·8 (ii) 137·9
(b) 0·008 (c) 4·2
(h) (i) 21·18 (ii) 10·59
(c) 0·87 (d) 3·6
2. No answers (i) (i) 10·31 (ii) 5·155
(d) 0·054
(j) (i) 24·14 (ii) 12·07
2.
3. 5. (a) 3·6
(a) 4 Challenge: (a) 8
(a) 0·62m (b) 3·8
(b) 20
(b) 40 (b) 0·0527km (c) 1·7
(c) 40 (c) 0·09kg (d) 1·7
(d) 3 (d) 0·73l PAGE 32
(e) 30 1. 3.
(f) 30 6. 12 (a) 247 (a) 3·3
(g) 6 7. 27·39 (b) 153 (b) 2·9
(h) 60 (c) 255 (c) 3·1
(i) 60 8. (d) 436 (d) 2·9
(a) 4,220m
4. (b) 422m 2. 4.
(a) 42 (a) 377 (a) 6·4
9.
(b) 48 (b) 155 (b) 8·3
(a) €0·74
(c) 7 (c) 281 (c) 3·3
(b) €74
(d) 7 (d) 247 (d) 5·6
(c) €7·40
(e) 6
(d) €518
(f) 6 3. 5.
(e) €44·40
(g) 6 (a) 277 (a) 3·8
(h) 3 (b) 376 (b) 2·7
Challenge: (a) 180km
(i) 3 (b) 18km (c) 159 (c) 6·7
(j) 8 (c) 1·8km (d) 188 (d) 4·7
(k) 9
(l) 99 4. 6.
PAGE 31
1. (a) 407 (a) 0·43
Challenge: 4·84kg (b) 163 (b) 0·17
(a) 20
(b) 30 (c) 237 (c) 0·36
(c) 24 (d) 437 (d) 0·23
PAGE 30
1. (d) 53
5. 7.
(a) 42·9
2. (a) 177 (a) 0·21
(b) 6·43
(a) 45 (b) 226 (b) 0·17
(c) 2·75
(b) 33 (c) 187 (c) 0·26
(d) 0·275
(c) 18 (d) 567 (d) 0·32
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8. (c) (i) 36° 3. (x) yellow

(a) €0·37 (ii) inside (a) (i) triangle (xi) blue
(d) (i) 172° (ii) triangle (xii) purple
(b) €0·63
(ii) outside (b) rectangle
(c) €0·26
(e) (i) 25° (c) (i) 90°
(d) €0·39 (c) 180°
(ii) inside (ii) 135°
(d) 180° (iii) 315°
9. (e) 360° (iv) 180°
3.
(a) 0·37m
(a) 80° (d) (i) green
(b) 0·18m 4.
(b) 110° (ii) yellow
(c) 0·23m (a) 115°, obtuse (iii) pink
(c) 40°
(d) 0·53m (b) 75°, acute (iv) red
(d) 120° (v) purple
(c) 105°, obtuse
(d) 101°, obtuse (vi) white
10. (vii) blue
4. No answers
(a) €0·26 (e) 136°, obtuse (viii) orange
(b) €0·69 (f) 72°, acute (ix) purple
(c) €0·29 PAGE 36 (x) yellow
(d) €0·29 1.
PAGE 39
A: 70°, acute PAGE 40
1.
B: 40°, acute
Challenge: 3,000 (a) 270° 1.
C: 70°, acute
D: 90°, right (b) 180° (a) 61°
E: 130°, obtuse (c) 360° (b) 12°
PAGE 34 F: 100°, obtuse
1. 10 (d) 720° (c) 92°
G: 130°, obtuse
2. 1,240 H: 90°, right (e) 90° (d) 84°
3. 2,772 I: 120°, obtuse (f) 450° (e) 59°
J: 90°, right (f) 65°
4. €3,570 K: 120°, obtuse
5. 16:07 2. (g) 203°
L: 90°, right
6. 376 M: 120°, obtuse (a) (i) 360° (h) 19°
(ii) 90° (i) 123°
7. 409
(iii) 270° (j) 70°
8. €78·75 2. No answers (iv) 180°
9. €3·75 (v) 390° (k) 70°
10. €22,700 Challenge: no answer (vi) 6°
(vii) 30° 2. No answers
11. €2,947·80 (viii) 120°
12. 13 PAGE 37
13. 902 3.
No answers needed (b) (i) 150°
(ii) 90° (a) 1315°
Challenge: (iii) 60° (b) 270°
PAGE 38 (iv) 210° (c) 325°
(a) 3,954 (v) 270°
(b) 2,714 1. 60° (d) 235°
(vi) 174°
(vii) 210°
2. (viii) 300°
PAGE 35 PAGE 41
(a) 50°, acute (ix) 420°
1. (a) 10
(b) 55°, acute
(a) reflex (b) 14
(c) 35°, acute 3.
(b) acute (c) 3
(d) 80°, acute (a) anti-clockwise
(c) right (d) 9
(e) 40°, acute
(d) obtuse (b) (i) yellow (e) 2/5
(f) 46°, acute (ii) blue
(e) straight (f) 81
(g) 70°, acute (iii) pink
(h) 41°, acute (iv) green
2. (v) red 1.
(i) 40°, acute
(a) (i) 75° (vi) orange (a) 5, 13
(j) 54°, acute (vii) red
(ii) outside (b) ¾, 15/23, 5/53, 5/53, 45/100
(b) (i) 154° (viii) yellow (c) 1 ½, 2 7/9, 1 3/10,
(ii) inside (ix) green
(d) 6/5, 5/3, 18/7, 13/5

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2. 2. No answers 8. 5.
(a) ✘ (a) 3 2/3 (a) 8
(b) ✔ (b) 4 ¾ (b) 5 1/4
(c) ✔ PAGE 43 (c) 2 3/5 (c) 4 4/9
(d) ✘ 1. (d) 9 ¼ (d) 6 5/12
(e) ✔ (a) 6 5/12 (e) 5 3/8 (e) 10 2/3
(f) ✘ (b) 8 3/10 (f) 7 ¾ (f) 7 5/7
(g) ✘ (c) 4 17/20 (g) 6 5/6 (g) 5 2/5
(h) ✘ (d) 6 11/21 (h) 8 7/9 (h) 4 7/12
(e) 7 2/9 (i) 1 ¾ (i) 5 1/11
3. (f) 8 13/28 (j) 5 4/9
(a) 4/6 (g) 7 1/36 (k) 3 7/10
(b) 16/20 (h) 8 7/30 (l) 8 2/3 PAGE 46
(c) 4/16 (i) 7 9/20 (m) 13 2/9 1.
(d) 12/21 (j) 4 9/40 (n) 17 5/6 (a) 2/15
(e) 15/25 (k) 4 7/24 (o) 14 ¾ (b) 15/24
(f) 15/24 (l) 7 39/56 (p) 15 4/9 (c) 2/6
(d) 2/15
4. 2. 4 4/12kg 9. (e) 1/8
(a) 7/14 3. 8 17/24m 5 3/9 – 5 1/3; (f) 10/24
5 25/40 – 5 5/8; (g) 9/20
(b) 6/9
5 ¾ – 5 9/12;
(c) 14/16 4. 5 2/7 – 5 12/42;
(d) 12/15 (a) 3 5/12 5 9/21 – 5 3/7; 2.
(e) 4/12 (b) 6 11/12 (a) 4
(f) 15/20 (c) 4 11/16 PAGE 45 (b) 2/5
(g) 4/24 (d) 1 5/6 1. (c) 15
(h) 10/25 (e) 1 17/18 (a) 2/5 (d) ½
(i) 15/21 (f) 1 13/20 (b) 4/5 (e) 1/3
(j) 25/40 (g) 2 1/24 (c) ½ (f) ½
(k) 21/24 (h) 2 19/22 (g) 7
(l) 25/45 (i) 5 17/20 2. (h) 7 ½
(m) 10/15 (j) 4 19/28 (a) 1/10 (i) 4/9
(n) 32/40 (k) 4 23/40 (b) 1/10 (j) 6/25
(o) 15/36 (l) 17/20 (c) 9/100
(d) 6/25 3.
5. PAGE 44 (e) 7/20 (a) 1/8
(a) ½ – 7/14; 1. 3/10 (f) 5/8 (b) 7/8
3
/5 – 6/10; (g) 19/100 (c) 3/8
3
/7 – 9/21; 2. (i) Tina (d) ¾
1 (h) 4/5
/5 – 4/20; (ii) 1/12
8
/12 – 2/3; (e) 1/4
9
/30 – 3/10; 3.
5
/50 – 1/10; 3. 5/18 (a) 6 ¾ 4. 1/5 hr
6
/18 – 1/3 4. 17 9/10 (b) 4 4/5 5. 5
5. 3 29/40 (c) 2 ½
6. 8 1/36 (d) 8 5/12
PAGE 42 6. 3/5 x 2/3 = 2/5;
5
1. /16 = 3/8 x 5/6;
7. 4.
4
/9 x 7/8 = 7/18;
(a) 2/6 (a) ½ ½ = 6/15 x 5/4
(a) 1 4/5
(b) 2/9 (b) 1/3 (b) 3 ¾
(c) 2/3 (c) ¾ Challenge: 6 hrs
(c) 6 2/3
(d) 4/5 (d) 6/7 (d) 4 4/5
(e) 5/6 (e) 2/3 (e) 9
(f) 5/8 (f) 5/8 (f) 4 4/9

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PAGE 47 PAGE 49 PAGE 51 (d) (5, 2)

1. 5,467 1. (b) kite; 1. No answers (e) (2, 2)
2. €264.75 2 acute & 2 obtuse; (f) (2, 3)
irregular; yes
3. 20 2. (g) (5, 5)
4. 25 (c) parallelogram; (a) squares and triangles (h) (1, 2)
5. 36 2 acute & 2 obtuse; (b) squares and rhombuses (i) (3, 3)
6. 18 R2 irregular; no (c) hexagon and triangles (j) (5, 4)
7. 32 (d) ___ 3 acute (d) squares and (k) (4, 5)
8. 10 irregular; yes parallelograms (l) (1, 5)
9. 3 (m) (1, 4)
10. < (e) trapezium 3. (n) (3, 1)
___ (a) rotational
11. Obtuse irregular, yes
12. 6 (b) simple 3.
13. 55° (f) nonagon (c) simple (a) (1, 1)
14. 56° 9 obtuse; (d) simple and rotational (b) (2, 4)
regular, yes (e) rotational
15. 270° (c) (6, 4)
16. 360° (g) 7 (f) simple (d) (5, 1)
17. 60° obtuse,
18. ¾ by 1/12 ____; no 4. No answers 4.
19. 7/8 (h) equilateral triangle, (a) (1, 0)
20. 5 ¼ 3 acute, regular, yes PAGE 52 (b) (2, 4)
1. No answers (c) (3, 1)
2. 2. No answers. (d) (4, 3)
PAGE 48
(a) 1 equilateral triangle, 3. (e) (6, 6)
1.
2 trapezia (b) right-angled triangle (f) (6, 1)
(a) hexagon 1 rectangle
(c) right-angled triangle (g) (7, 4)
(b) nongan (b) 2 triangles,
(d) square (h) (7, 0)
(c) heptagon 3 parallelograms
(d) triangle 1 decagon (star) (e) right-angled triangle
(e) quadrilateral 1 rectangle (f) parallelogram PAGE 54
(f) octagon (c) 4 triangles (g) right-angled triangle 1. No answers
1 quadrilateral
(g) decagon 1 rectangle
(h) pentagon 4. No answers. 2.
(d) 3 trapezia and
2 rectangles (a) castle
2. (e) 3 triangles Challenge: No answers (b) picnic basket on rug
(a) parallelogram 1 quadrilateral (c) Yacht
1 rectangle
(b) square PAGE 53 (d) octopus
(c) trapezium 1. (e) surf-board
Challenge I: (i) 108°
(d) rectangle (a) sock (f) eagle
(ii) 540°
(e) kite (b) fork
Challenge II: 136°
(f) rhombus (c) plate 3.
(d) shoe (a) (0, 7)
3. PAGE 50 (b) (8, 1)
(e) cup
(a) right-angled 1. (c) (7, 3)
(f) spider
(b) equilateral (a) (i) (d) (2, 8)
(g) hat
(c) isosceles (b) (ii) (e) (2, 1)
(h) ruler
(d) scalene (c) (i) (f) (9, 5)
(i) eraser
(d) (iii)
(j) pencil
4. No answers
2. No answers
2.
3. No answers
(a) (3, 2)
(b) (4, 1)
(c) (1, 3)

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5. 3. 7:9 6. 10 (d) €15·20

(a) (1, 1); (1, 4); 4. 5:7 7. €119 (e) €99
(4, 4); (4, 1) 5. 2:3 8. Purple (f) €77
(b) (3, 0); (1, 1); 6. 3:4 9. 3/5 (g) €12·20
(0, 2); (1, 4);
7. 12:11 10. 1 5/6kg (h) €115·50
(3, 4); (5, 4);
(6, 2); (5, 1) Challenge: 3:5 (i) €34·99
PAGE 60
PAGE 55 PAGE 57 1. €110 PAGE 63
1. 1. No answers 2. 15 1.
(a) Colour all 2. 18km 3. 8 and 12 (a) – 7
8 3. 25 4. 2/3 kg (b) – 30
(b) Colour all 4. 15 5. 13 5/18m (c) – 500
30 5. €6 6. 2:1 (d) – 2,000
(c) Colour all 6. 1:4 7. 15 (e) – 8,000
24
7. 3:17 8. €32 (f) – 4
8. €144 9. 2:3 (g) – 90,000
2. No answers
9. 400m (h) – 900
Challenge: €6 (i) – 30
3.
Challenge: 168 (j) – 300,000
(a) 7
(k) – 3,000
(b) 4 PAGE 61
(l) – 90,000
(c) 18 PAGE 58 No answers.
(d) 20 1.
2.
(e) 20 (a) 20
PAGE 62 (b) 9 + 9 + 9 – 7 =
(f) 45 (b) 28
1. (c) 7 + 7 =
(g) 80 (c) 25
(a) 90 + 106 (d) 6 x 8 – 8 ÷ 8 =
(h) 120 (d) 84
(b) 299 + 4 + 400 – 67 (e) 3 x 9 + 9 + 3 ÷ 3 =
(e) 81
(c) 94 – 42 (f) 12 x 6 x 6 – 6 =
4. (f) 60
(d) 448 – 271 (g) 20 – 8 x 8 =
(a) 6 (g) 350
(e) (4 x 19) – 19 (h) 6 x 15 + 6 ÷ 6 =
(b) 5 (h) 100
(f) 29 x 26 + 26
(c) 12 (i) 121
(g) (51 x 6) ÷ 18 3. No answers
(d) 10 (j) 72
(h) (105 x 2) ÷ 6 4. No answers
(e) 25
(f) 16 2.
2. 5.
(g) 24 (a) €10
(a) x, – (a) 24, 25, 26
(h) 40 (b) 350ml
(b) x, – (b) 96, 97, 98
(c) –, x (c) 356, 357, 358
3.
PAGE 56 (d) x, – (d) 489, 490, 491
(a) 1/10
1. (e) x, – (e) 1545; 1546; 1547
(b) 2/5
(a) 60 (f) +, +
(c) 5/8
(b) 10 2/5km Challenge: (a) 20
(d) 2/5
(c) 12 yrs 3. (b) 800
(a) 5; 9 (c) 4,000
(d) 17 1/2km
Challenge: 2/3
(b) 1 2, 8 7 6
2. (c) 0 0 0 PAGE 64
(a) 2:5 PAGE 59 (d) 3 8 1.
(b) 1:6 1. 1:1 (5 of each) (a) (i) 1/10
(c) 1:3 2. 2/5 4. (ii) 0·1
(d) 3:5 3. 3:1 (a) €9·10 (b) (i) 1/100
4. 6 7/30 (b) €495 (ii) 0·01
5. 2 5/12kg (c) €20·29 (c) 1/1000 = 0·001

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2. No answers· 2. 3. Challenge: 4·52l

(a) 0·77 = 77/100 (i) (a) 8
3. (b) ✓ (b) 1
(c) 41 PAGE 68
(a) 0·45 (c) 4 4/100 = 4·040
(d) 3 1.
(b) 2·3 (d) 10/100 > 11/1000 (e) 1 (a) 1·22m; 1·85; 0·75m; 1·5m;
(c) 1·375 (e) 6 660/1000 > 6·066 (f) 7 1·13m; 1·4m
(d) 4·03 (f) 2·20 = 2 20/100 (b) No answers
(e) 7·45 (g) ✓ (ii) (a) 5·9 (c) 1·1m
(f) 6·023 (h) 0·099 < 900/100 (b) 10·0
(c) 6·1 (d) 1·2m; 1·9m; 0·8m; 1·5m;
(g) 0·4 1·1m; 1·4m
(d) 2·2
(h) 0·006 3. (e) 9·0 (e) 0·15m
(i) 9·99 (a) 0·5 (f) 7·8
(j) 0·07 (b) 0·6 2.
(k) 3·003 (c) 0·75 (iii) (a) 9·00 A = 0·091;
(l) 4·044 (d) 0·05 (b) 3·72 T = 0·250;
(c) 15·51
(e) 0·16 (d) 0·01 O = 0·299;
4.
(f) 0·875 (e) 8·89 W = 0·317;
(a) 9/10 (f) 7·80
(g) 0·44 E = 0·594;
(b) 7/100
(h) 0·625 L = 0·686
(c) 2 19/100 (iv) (a) 4·353
(d) 2/1000 (b) 4·281
4. 3.
(e) 3 1/10 (c) 10·201
(a) 833g (d) 8·100 (a) (i) ➞ (iii);
(f) 4 29/1000 (ii) ➞ (i)
(b) 9·583 seconds (e) 30·037
(g) 5 51/1000 (iii) ➞ (v);
(c) 636m
(h) 2 1/1000 (iv) ➞ (ii);
(d) 666ml 4. (v) ➞ (iv);
(i) 4 44/100
(a) 5·5
(j) 5 207/1000
5. No answers (b) 4 (b) (i) ➞ (iv);
(k) 6/1000 (ii) ➞ (i);
6. No answers (c) 0·890
(l) 1 111/1000 (iii) ➞ (v);
(d) 10·51 (iv) ➞ (ii);
5. PAGE 66 (e) 6·10 (v) ➞ (iii);
(a) 9/10 1. (f) 5·556
(b) 2/5 (a) 0·1, 0·101, 0·11, 0·111 4. 1,410
(c) 2 ½ (b) 7·0, 7·077, 7,707, 7·77 Challenge: 10·29 5. €1,785
(d) 3 27/50 (c) 0·104, 0·133, 0·34, 0·43
(e) 1 3/5 (d) 1·06, 1·501, 1·506, 1·605 PAGE 67 Challenge: Pat: €441
Niall: €343
(f) 3 4/5 1.
(g) 2 2/25 2. (a) 14·609
(h) 5 ¼ (a) 4·205, 4·215, 4·225 (b) 4·769 PAGE 69
(i) 1 99/100 (b) 1·009, 1·110, 1·211 (c) 14·535 1. 14
(j) 1/50 (c) 0·320, 0·640, 1·280 (d) 8·103 2. 64
(k) 4 4/5 (d) 1·005, 0·995, 0·985 (e) 13·065 3. 18/21
(l) 8 9/100 (e) 4·011, 5·122, 6·233 (f) 45·994 4. 11/18
(f) 5·966, 6·021, 6·076 5. 3/40
PAGE 65 2. 0·020kg 6. 5/8
1. Challenge: (a) 3/7 3. 1·382km 7. 13 ½
(b) 4/9 4. 0·611kg 8. 2/3
(a) 0·8
(c) 6/13 9. Scalene
(b) 0·25 (d) 7/15 5. 9kg
(c) 0·55 (e) 8/17 6. 2·892 10. Trapezium
(d) 0·84 7. 2·37l 11. C
(e) 0·4 8. 1·385 12. 7/4
(f) 0·62 9. Rowan by 0·918kg 13. 2:3
(g) 0·95 10. 0·593l 14. 40

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15. 4/9 (h) (i) 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20 4. 3. 36 days

16. 1 4/5 (ii) 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28 (a) 2, 6, 12, 16, 20 4. 5 boxes; 6 packs
(iii) HCF = 4
17. 17·7 (b) 39, 18, 24, 30 5. 28th
18. 23·87 (c) 5, 15, 30, 40, 50 6. Day 35
(i) (i) 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
19. 7·895km (ii) 1, 3, 9, 27 (d) 9, 27, 54, 72, 90 7. 18th
20. 30kg (iii) HCF = 9 (e) 11, 33, 66, 88, 110
(f) 12, 36, 72, 96, 120 Challenge: (a) 3 and 5
(j) (i) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 (g) 15, 45, 90, 120, 150 (b) 6 and 10
PAGE 70 (ii) 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 24
1. (iii) HCF = 8
Challenge: 7, 14, 28, 35, 49, 63 PAGE 73
(b) (i) (1, 8), (2, 4)
(ii) 1, 248 (k) (i) 1, 2, 3, 6 1.
(c) (i) (1, 11) (ii) 1, 3, 9 (b) 1, 2, 3
(iii) 1, 3, 5, 15 PAGE 72
(ii) 1, 11 (c) 1, 2
(iv) HCF = 3 1.
(d) (i) (1, 16), (2, 8), (4, 4) (d) 1, 2, 3, 4
(a) 12
(ii) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
(l) (i) 1, 11 (b) 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, (e) 1, 2
(e) (i) (1, 20), (2, 10), (4, 5) (ii) 1, 2, 11, 22 96 (f) 1, 2
(ii) 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20 (iii) 1, 3, 11, 33
(f) (i) (1, 24), (2, 12), (3, 8), (4, 6) (iv) HCF = 11
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 2. 2.
(g) (i) (1, 26), (2, 13) (m) (i) 1, 2, 4, 8 (a) (i) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, Prime: 7; 67; 131; 419; 1741
(ii) 1, 2, 13, 26 (ii) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12 18, 20 Composite: 18; 45; 156; 578;
(iii) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 (ii) 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 1332; 5000; 4032
(h) (i) (1, 29)
(iv) HCF = 4 40, 45, 50
(ii) 1, 29
(iii) LCM =10
(i) (1, 36), (2, 18), (3, 12), (4, 9), Challenge: (a) 2nd, 3rd, 5th,
(6, 6) (n) (i) 1, 2, 7, 14 7th, 11th, 13th,
(ii) 1, 5, 7, 35 (b) (i) 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 17th, 19th, 23rd,
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 18, 36
iii) 1,2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42 27, 30 29th
(iv) HCF = 7 (ii) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56,
64, 72, 80 (b) 4th, 6th, 8th,
PAGE 71
(iii) LCM = 24 9th, 10th, 12th,
1. (o) (i) 1,2, 3,4,6,9,12,18,36
(ii) 1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44 14th, 15th, 16th,
(a) (i) 1, 2, 3, 6 (c) (i) 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 18th, 20th, 21st,
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 24 (iii) 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56
(iv) HCF = 4 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 22nd, 24th, 25th,
(iii) HCF = 6 (ii) 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 26th, 27th, 28th,
48, 54, 60 30th
(b) (i) 1, 2, 4, 8 2. 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, (iii) LCM = 30
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30 40, 44, 48 (c) no, because...
(iii) HCF = 2 (d) (i) 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49,
3. 56, 63, 70
(c) (i) 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18 (a) 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, (ii) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, PAGE 74
(ii) 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45 54, 60 64, 72, 80 1.
(iii) HCF = 9 (iii) LCM = 56 (c) 24 =16
(b) 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, (d) 25 = 32
(d) (i) 1, 2, 5, 10, 63, 70 (e) (i) 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42,
48, 54, 60 (e) 26 = 64
(ii) 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40
7
(iii) HCF = 10 (ii) 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, (f) 2 = 128
(c) 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 72, 81, 90 (g) 28 = 256
64, 72, 80 (iii) LCM =18
(e) (i) 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40 (h) 29 = 512
(ii) 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50
(iii) HCF = 10 (d) 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, (f) (i) 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28,
90, 100 32, 36, 40 2.
(f) (i) 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45 (ii) 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, (b) 45 = 1,024
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 20, (e) 13, 26, 39, 52, 65, 78, 91, 40, 45, 50 (c) 57 = 78,125
30, 60 104, 117, 130 (iii) LCM =20 (d) 76 = 117,649
(iii) HCF = 15 (e) 96 = 531,441
(f) 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, (g) (i) 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42,
140, 160, 180, 200 48, 54, 60 (f) 105 = 100,000
(g) (i) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
(ii) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, (ii) 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, (g) 153 = 3375
36 (g) 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 56, 63, 70
(iii) HCF = 12 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 (iii) LCM = 42

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3. 4. 5. 4.
(a) 243 (a) 34 (a) 0·15 (a) 0·78
(b) 2,401 (b) 52 (b) 0·36 (b) 2·45
(c) 512 (c) 53 (c) 0·42 (c) 1·08
(d) 46,656 (d) 100 (d) 0·25 (d) 1·65
(e) 512 (e) 181 (e) 0·12
(f) 16,384 (f) 0·48 5.
(g) 1 5. (a) 1·68
(a) 2 6. (b) 0·74
4. (b) 4 (a) 0·48 (c) 1·71
(a) 260 (c) 10 (b) 0·27 (d) 4·92
(b) 2,699 (d) 7 (c) 0·05
(c) 281 (e) 9 (d) 0·49 6.
(d) 1354 (f) 8 (e) 0·32 (a) 3·42
(e) 117 (g) 3 (f) 0·42 (b) 4·25
(f) 145 (h) 11 (c) 3·51
(i) 5 7. (d) 5·04
Challenge: (a) 64
(j) 1 (a) 18
(i) 26
(ii) 82 (b) 1·8 7.
6. (c) 0·18 (a) 7·92
(b) 128mins = 27 (a) 16 8. (b) 11·04
(b) 15 (a) 18 (c) 12·65
PAGE 75 (c) 20 (b) 1·8 (d) 12·58
1. (d) 23 (c) 0·18
(a) 12 = 1 (e) 25 8.
(b) 22 = 4 (f) 30 9. (a) 17·94
(c) 32 = 9 (g) 40 (a) 56 (b) 21·09
(d) 42 = 16 (b) 5·6 (c) 53·55
(e) 52 = 25 (c) 0·56 (d) 67·68
PAGE 76
(f) 62 = 36 9. 4·44m
1.
(g) 72 = 49 10. 10. €22·57
(a) 5,437
(h) 82 = 64 (a) 36 11. 4·65m
(b) 6,158
(i) 92 = 81 (b) 3·6 12. 6·89m
(c) 3,924·5
(j) 102 = 100 (c) 0·36
(d) 510
(k) 112 = 121 Challenge: 430·99m
(l) 122 = 144 Challenge: 120m
2.
(m) 132 = 169
(a) 5,586 PAGE 78
(n) 142 = 196
(b) 360·36 PAGE 77 1.
2. No answers (c) 234,344 1. (a) 26·64
(d) 230,112 (a) 26·6 (b) 15·66
3. (b) 2·66 (c) 31·05
(a) 324 3. (d) 57·27
(b) 529 (a) 234·08 2.
(c) 1,444 (b) 259·42 (a) 112·7 2.
(d) 1,936 (c) 192·75 (b) 11·27 (a) 39·1
(e) 2,601 (d) 729·93 (b) 27
(f) 3,364 3. (c) 83·62
(g) 4,096 4. (a) 207·2 (d) 195·36
(h) 6,241 (a) 743·96 (b) 20·72
(i) 6,889 (b) 3,079·7
(j) 9,216 (c) 6,170·64
(k) 10,000 (d) 7,337·64

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3. 4. 6. 248 7.
(a) 96·2 (a) 974·58 7. €4·60 (a) 0·36
(b) 205·52 (b) 3,005·62 8. 18·62kg (b) 3·8
(c) 448·26 (c) 5,345·65 9. €8·30 (c) 0·37
(d) 580·16 (d) 4,443·36 10. 15·9 (d) 0·65
11. 0·138 (e) 7·8
4. 5. 12. 46·7
(a) 417 (a) 30·268 13. 0·39 8.
(b) 702·74 (b) 50·634 (a) 58
(c) 472·85 (c) 250·244 Challenge: 1·18 (b) 2·9
(d) 530·48 (d) 165·242 (c) 0·65
PAGE 81 (d) 8·6
6. 60·66
5. 1. (e) 0·39
7. 12·054km
(a) 1,900·79 (a) 7
8. 152·448kg
(b) 4,902·45 (b) 3 9.
9. 83·98
(c) 2,544·1 (c) 8 (a) 47
10. 72·816
(d) 5,525·52 (d) 7 (b) 5·4
11. €12·65
(e) 7 (c) 0·65
12. 11·34
6. 53·82 (d) 0·33
13. €598·72
2. (e) 6·9
7. (a) 0·6
Challenge: 34·006 m
(a) 109·04kg (b) 0·5 Challenge: 8
(b) 71·44kg (c) 0·4
PAGE 80 (d) 0·8
PAGE 82
8. 343·8 units 1. (e) 0·8
1.
9. 3001·97 (a) 0·337
(a) 25·7
(b) 2·45 3.
(b) 38·8
10. (c) 2·68 (a) 4
(c) 27·6
(a) 2075·94 (d) 0·366 (b) 4
(d) 34·5
(b) 158·1 (c) 6
2. (e) 28·3
(d) 8
(a) 26·4 (e) 7
Challenge: 17·48m
(b) 0·168 2.
(c) 0·374 4. (a) 26·3
PAGE 79 (d) 2·88 (a) 13 (b) 25·9
1. (b) 9 (c) 18·3
(a) 23·646 3. (c) 9 (d) 22·7
(b) 41·992 (a) 0·107 (d) 5 (e) 35·4
(c) 54·873 (b) 26·3 (e) 9
(d) 49·21 (c) 40·3 3.
(d) 1·28 5. (a) 16·8
2. (a) 0·8 (b) 24·9
(a) 26·904 4. (b) 1·5 (c) 31·9
(b) 26·637 (a) 0·284 (c) 1·8 (d) 2·57
(c) 77·868 (b) 46·7 (d) 16 (e) 3·04
(d) 60·888 (c) 1·59 (e) 9
(d) 23·7 4.
3. 6. (a) 43·7
5. (a) 37
(a) 45·214 (b) 20·6
(a) 0·18 (b) 2·7
(b) 267·3 (c) 24·9
(b) 1·48 (c) 3·4
(c) 306·642 (d) 238
(c) 0·219 (d) 4·6
(d) 515·214 (e) 25·8
(d) 2·35 (e) 3·9

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5. (e) 32·46 9. 61 days (inclusive) (f) 2·45m

(a) 14·7 (f) 3·79 10. 212 (g) 0·08m
(b) 24·25 11. 137 (h) 0·6m
(c) 3·4 5. 12. €575
(d) 57·2 (a) €294·42 13. €595·10 2.
(e) 2·78 (b) €17·04 (a) 34cm
(c) €36·96 Challenge: 256 (b) 57cm
6. (d) €19·06 (c) 18cm
(a) 3·34 (e) €18·86 (d) 80cm
PAGE 85
(b) 17·7 (f) €26·24 (e) 129cm
1.
(c) 3·64 (f) 706cm
(a) B
(d) 2·48 6. 53 (g) 550cm
(b) D
(e) 1·56 (h) 801cm
(c) B
7.
(d) B
7. 9·2 (a) 169 3. 0·13m
(e) A
8. 26 (b) €0·08
(f) C
9. 15 4.
(g) B
10. 0·08km 8. 75·48 (a) 0·542km
11. 0·134l 9. 139 (b) 0·006km
2.
10. 67 (c) 0·073km
(a) cm
Challenge: 107·64m (d) 0·270km
(b) km
11. (e) 0·09km
(c) m
(a) 19 boxes (f) 0·011km
PAGE 83 (d) mm
(b) €0·17 per box (g) 1·43km
1. (e) m
(h) 3·472km
(a) €145 (f) mm
12. €81·88
(b) €238 (g) cm or m
13. 158 5.
(c) €36
(a) 734/1000km
(d) €83 3.
Challenge: (a) 36·8 units (b) 38/1000km
(e) €91 (a) 8cm
(b) €6·18 (c) 41/100km
(f) €46 (b) 4·5cm
(d) 9/1000km
(c) 3·5cm
PAGE 84 (e) 5/100km
2. (d) 11cm
1. (f) 58/100km
(a) €38 (e) 7·5cm
(a) 33hrs 45mins (g) 4/100km
(b) €24 (f) 3cm
(b) 5hrs 30mins (h) 2 3/100km
(c) €49 (g) 15cm
(c) 39hrs 15mins (i) 5 16/100km
(d) €45 (h) 5mm
(j) 3 2/1000km
(e) €73
2. (k) 5 704/1000km
(f) €44 4. No answers
(a) 405mins (l) 9 8/100km
5. 45,000m
3. (b) 165mins
6.
(a) €77 Challenge:
3. 45mins (a) 300m
(b) €53 (a) 420cm
4. 9,862 days (b) 400km
(c) €44 (b) 4,200mm
5. €15 (c) 590m
(d) €254
(d) 700m
(e) €85
PAGE 86 (e) 316m
(f) €39 6.
1. (f) 5,700m
(a) €211·50
(a) 0·63m (g) 7m
4. (b) €184·50
(b) 0·25m (h) 6,200m
(a) 10·90 (c) €27
(c) 0·72m (i) 4,900m
(b) 32·77
(d) 0·14m (j) 3,005m
(c) 8·98 7. 218
(e) 1·36m (k) 6,259m
(d) 8·85 8. 221

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(l) 3,130m 2. 2. PAGE 92

(m) 9,010m (a) 10km 730m (i) 20m 1.
(n) 450m (b) 21km 948m (ii) 20m (b) 25/100, 0·25, 25%
(o) 309m (c) 16·908km (iii) 34m (c) 13/100, 0·13, 13%
(d) 84·645km (d) 31/100, 0·31, 31%
Challenge: 853·5km (e) 176·584km Challenge: 95cm (e) 19/100, 0·19, 19%
(f) 126·049km (f) 11/100, 0·11, 11%
(g) (i) 100%
PAGE 87 PAGE 90
3. (ii) 0%
1. 1. 210cm
(a) 2cm 3mm
(a) 5m 90cm 2. 0·198km
(b) 2cm 7mm 2.
(b) 5m 34cm 3. 403·3m
(c) 3·8cm (a) 50%
(c) 8·82m 4. 0·269km
(d) 5·8cm (b) 9%
(d) 9·43m 5. 99·36m
(e) 6·6cm (c) 50%
(e) 15·02m 6. 29·9m
(f) 12·3cm (d) 80%
(f) 12·95m 7. 30km
(e) 55%
8. 379·755km
4. (f) 15%
2.
(a) 15·62m (g) 63%
(a) 8cm 9mm 9.
(b) 6·21m (h) 79%
(b) 8·6cm (a) 24·8m
(c) 3·84m (i) 90%
(c) 53·2cm (b) 159·5m
(d) 8·16m (j) 98%
(d) 8km 11m
(e) 13·195km 10. 562·8m
5. 3.
(f) 83·405km 11. 3·14m
(a) 14km 760m (a) 14%
12. 111·744km
(b) 12km 300m (b) 44%
3.
(c) 18·72km (c) 60%
(a) 4m 86cm Challenge: (b) 3·7
(d) 16·264km (d) 65%
(b) 1·81m
(e) 35km 870m (e) 50%
(c) 4·42m
(f) 7km 821m PAGE 91 (f) 36%
(d) 2cm 3mm
1. 300,000 (g) 40%
(e) 9·9cm
6. 2. 28,300 (h) 52%
(f) 14·7cm
(a) 34·84m 3. 15 (i) 95%
(b) 3·07m 4. 5:2
4.
(c) 39·2cm 5. 2/9 4.
(a) 5km 457m
(d) 0·604 6. 36 (a) 66·66
(b) 2km 677m
(e) 56·7cm 7. 7·059 (b) 42·85%
(c) 3·899km
(f) 191·35cm 8. 27 (c) 44·44%
(d) 5·479km
9. 8·970km (d) 23·33%
(e) 17·683km
Challenge: (a) 146cm 10. 42 (e) 16·66%
(f) 26·288km
(b) 8·76m 11. 36 (f) 41·66%
12. Yes (g) 62·5%
Challenge: 25·5m
13. 81 (h) 83·33%
PAGE 89
14. 12cm (i) 77·77%
1.
PAGE 88 15. 11 (j) 91·66%
(a) 145m
1. 16. 1·02
(b) 105m
(a) 13cm 6mm 17. 9 5.
(c) 70m
(b) 16·8cm 18. 9cm (a) 66·66%
(d) 15m
(c) 32·2cm 19. 16·25m (b) 3·78%
(e) 350m
(d) 43m 44cm 20. 1·55km (c) 45·33%
(f) 460m
(e) 69·84m (d) 16·66%
(g) 110m
(f) 310·95m (e) 74·88%
(f) 93·27%

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PAGE 93 PAGE 95 10. (i) 16:04; 4·04pm (g) 3hrs 15mins

1. 1. (ii) 18:55; 6·55pm (h) 4hrs 45mins
(iii) 19:20; 7·20pm
(a) 25% (a) 25% (i) 5hrs
(iv) 22:33; 10·33pm
(b) 37·5% (b) 70% (v) 23:43; 11·43pm
(c) 42% (c) 30% 3.
(d) 41·66% (d) 80% 11. (a) 3hrs
(e) 66·66% (a) 3hrs 30mins (b) 15:45
(f) 46·66% 2. (b) 50mins
(g) 55% (a) 20% (c) 4hrs 4. 3hrs 45mins
(h) 12·5% (b) 15% 5. 108km/h
(c) 13% 12. 6. 92·8km/h
2. (d) 7% 7. 24km/h
(a)
(a) 3/25, 0·12, (e) 1% 8. 84km
(b) ✘
(b) 7/10, 0·7 (f) 44% 9. 325km
(c)
(c) 9/20, 0·45 10. 2,975km
(d) ✘
(d) 1/25, 0·04 3. 11. 1,129·5km
(e) ½, 0·5 (b) 0·89 Challenge: Denis
(f) 1/20, 0·05 (c) 0·76 (a) 13: 46 Challenge: 74km/h
(d) 0·71 (b) 16: 48
3.
(e) 0·58 Mrs Doubtfire
(a) 3/8, 0·375 PAGE 98
(a) 17: 34 1.
(b) 1/9, 0·111
4. €34 (b)19: 39
(c) 2/3, 0·666 (a) (i) Eoin
5. €62·40 (ii) Darragh
(d) 5/12, 0·416 Casper
(e) 5/6, 0·833 (a) 16: 56
Challenge: (a) 0·24 (b) 20:04 (b) 22 secs
(f) 1/6, 0·166 (b) 0·29
(c) 0·45 Home Alone
Challenge I: 20·83% (a) 20:06 (c) (i) Darragh, Amy, Mike
(b) 23:17 (ii) Chloe, Marie, Eoin
Challenge II: 71·42%
PAGE 96
1. Harry Potter 2.
PAGE 94 (a) 1hr 34mins (a) 20:26 (a) 10·4384 – 10·44
1. (b) 00:27
(b) 2hrs 5mins (b) 9·5328 – 9·53
(a) 5/8; 0·625; 62 ½% (c) 1hr 40mins (c) 10·422 – 10·42
(b) 2/3; 0·666; 66 2/3% (d) 1hr 43mins PAGE 97 (d) 9·372 – 9·37
(c) 2/6; 0·3333; 33·33% (e) 2hrs 33mins 1. (e) 9·263 – 9·26
(d) 2/9; 0·2222; 22·22% (a) 2hrs (f) 8·403 – 8·40
(e) 7/12; 58·333; 58 1/3% 2. (b) 4hrs
(a) 217 secs (c) 5hrs 3.
2. (d) 1 ½ hrs
(b) 334 secs (a) 6·25m/s
(a) 3/5; 70%; 0·8 (e) 2 ½ hrs
(c) 150 secs (b) 4·17
(b) 2/5; 0·48; 56% (f) 4 ½ hrs
(d) 275 secs (c) 5.56
(c) 60%; 0·75; 9/10 (g) 2 hrs 20mins
(e) 442 secs (d) 5.00
(d) 50%: 5/8; 0·75 (h) 4hrs 15mins (e) 3.85
(e) 0·24; 30%; 9/25 (i) 4hrs 45mins
3. (f) 3.57
(f) 5/9; 66 2/3%; 0·777
(a) 3hrs 17mins
4. 4hrs 38mins 2. Challenge: 5m/s
3. Y O U R A G E (a) 2hrs
5. 31mins
6. 27 ½ mins (b) 3hrs
7. 32mins 33secs (c) 4hrs
8. 23mins 58secs (d) 4 ½hrs
9. 51mins (e) 2 ½ hrs
(f) 3 ½ hrs

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PAGE 99 Challenge: (a) Time Diff –5hrs (e) (23 – 8) + 5 = 20 5. C+G:

1. NY; (f) (5 + 8) – 4 = 9 (a) 47 + 69 = 116
7hrs 30mins
(a) (i) 13:00 (g) (€8 – €5) + €9 = €12 (b) 39 + 69 = 108
(ii) 16:00
(b) Time Diff +5hrs (h) (4 x 8) =32 (c) 41 + 69 = 110
(iii) 10:00
Dub; (i) 42 ÷ 7 = 6 (d) 72 + 6 9 = 141
(iv) 19:00
6hrs 40mins (j) (7 x 8) = 56
(b) (i) 18:00 (c) earths rotation; PAGE 104
(ii) 21:00 prevailing winds 2. No answers.
(iii) 15:00 1.
(iv) 00:00 p+w €1·30 + €0·30
3.
PAGE 101 ➞ p+w = €1·60
(c) (i) 11:00 (a) 12 + 9 – 8 =13
1. True: (b) (e) (h)
(ii) 14:00 (b) 7 x 8 + 5 = 61
False (a) (c) (d) (f) (g) v+m €1·10 + €0·50
(iii) 08:00 (c) (75 – 3) ÷ 8 = 9
(iv) 17:00 ➞ v+m = €1·60
2. (d) 9 x 7 – 4 = 59

(d) (i) 04:00 (a) = (b) > (c) = (d) < b+n+w €2·90 + €1·20 + €0·30
(ii) 07:00 (e) < (f) = (g) < (h) = PAGE 103 ➞ b+n+w = €4·40
(iii) 01:00 1.
(iv) 10:00
3. (a) 77 f+m+v €2·70 + €0·50 + €1·10
(e) (i) 08:00 (a) 13 (b) 54 ➞ f+m+v = €4·30
(ii) 11:00 (b) 4 (c) 73
(iii) 05:00 (c) 8 (d) 96 2.
(iv) 14:00 (d) 4 (e) 62 p+n+m €1·30 + €1·20 +
(e) 6 (f) 86 €0·50
(f) (i) 07:30 ➞ p+h+m = €3
(ii) 10:30 (f) 20
(iii) 04:30 (g) 3 2.
(iv) 13:30 (h) 5 (a) 3 x 39 = 117 f+2n+2w €2·70 + (2 x €1·20)
(i) 7 + (2 x €0·30)
(b) 54 + 54 = 108
(j) 9 ➞ f+2n+2w = €5·70
PAGE 100 (c) 76 x 3 = 228
1. (k) 40 (d) 77 + 54 = 131
(l) 72 3b+3v+2w+m (3 x €2·90)
(e) 73 x 2 = 146
(a) 12.00 (noon) + (3 x €1·10) + (2 x €0·30) +
(b) 2.00am (Wed) (m) 9 (f) 146 + 96 = 242 0·50
(c) 3.00am (Wed) (n) 8 (g) (3 x 54) + (2 x 77) = 316 ➞ 3b+3v+2w+m = €13·10
(d) 6.00pm (o) 9 (h) (3 x 41) – 86 = 37
(e) 5.00pm (p) 54 (i) (6 x 56) – (2 x 65) = 206 3.
(f) 1.00am (Wed) (j) (3 x 72) + (3 x 58) =390 (b+v)+3n (€2·90 + €1·10) +
4. (3 x €1·20)
2. (a) 8 3. ➞ b+v+3n = €7·60
(a) 10.00pm (Mon) (b) 5 (i) 199
(b) 11.00pm (Mon) (c) 8 (ii) 246 (p+b)+2m (€1·30 + €2·90)
(d) 4 (iii) 238 + (2 x €0·50)
(c) 7.00am
(e) 8 (iv) 415 ➞ p+b+2m = €5·20
(d) 5pm (Mon)
(e) 12.00 Midnight (f) 5 (v) 389
(g) 4 (vi) 225 3(f+v)+2w+m 3 x (€2·70 +
(f) 1.00am €1·10) + (2 x €0·30) + €0·50
(h) 7
➞ 3(f+v)+2w+m = €12·50
3. 4.
(a) Time Diff –5hrs PAGE 102 (a) 142
➞ 2 (h+b)+2m = €9·20
(b) Time Diff +1hr; 16:03 1. (b) 63
(c) Time Diff +1hr; 13:10 (a) 19 – 12 = 7 (c) 131
4.
(d) Time Diff +3hrs; 18:15 (b) 6 x 12 = 72 (d) 11
(a) W
(e) Time Diff +2hrs; 16:52 (c) 24 ÷ 3 = 8 (e) 194
(b) B
(d) 25 + 13 + 12 =50 (f) O + T = 162 or 193
(c) V

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(d) 2 (l) 9 (f) 3 (c) 675

(e) B (g) 5 (d) 850
(f) 4 4. (h) 6 (e) 564
(g) V (a) n = 6 (i) 7
(h) P (b) 48 – 3 = n (n = 45) (j) 10 7.
(i) P (c) €4·8 ÷ 3 = n (n = 16) (k) 8 (a) 56
(d) 2n = 8 (n = 4) (l) 6 (b) 120
Challenge: 2V + 3B + 4F + 3N (e) 9 + n = 15 (n = 6) (c) 96
+ 2P + 4M + 8W = (f) 8 ÷ 2 = n (n = 4) Challenge I: x + 12 = 23 (d) 65
€32·30 (x = 11)
(g) n + 8 = 12 (n = 4) (e) 104
(h) n – 9 = 17 (n = 26) Challenge II: (3 x n) + 3 = 30
(n = 9)
PAGE 105 (i) n – 12 = 14 (n = 26) 8.
1. (a) 64
(a) 4 PAGE 107 (b) 171
PAGE 106
(b) 4 1. (c) 192
1.
(c) 6 (a) 14 (d) 117
(a) 4
(d) 3 (b) 12 (e) 187
(b) 4
(e) 7 (c) 30
(c) 6
(f) 8 (d) 42 Challenge I: €84
(d) 8
(g) 8 (e) 48 Challenge II: 96
(e) 8
(h) 8
(f) 7
(i) 12 2.
(g) 9 PAGE 108
(j) 7 (a) 56
(h) 6 1.
(k) 8 (b) 54
(i) 11 (a) 9
(l) 12 (c) 72
(j) 11 (b) 1
(d) 80
(k) 9 (c) 5
2. (e) 120
(l) 10 (d) 3
(a) 8
(b) 5 3.
2. 2.
(c) 11 (a) 15
(a) 4 (a) 17
(d) 8 (b) 16
(b) 6 (b) 20
(e) 10 (c) 40
(c) 6 (c) 18
(f) 8 (d) 35
(d) 7 (d) 27
(g) 7 (e) 40
(e) 4
(h) 7
(f) 45 3.
(i) 6 4.
(g) 8 (a) 36
(j) 6 (a) 40
(h) 9 (b) 192
(k) 6 (b) 42
(i) 10 (c) 146
(l) 6 (c) 56
(j) 5 (d) 3
(d) 36
(k) 38
3. (e) 80
(l) 7 4.
(a) 2
(m) 8 (a) 4
(b) 4 5.
(n) 0·2 (b) 14
(c) 7 (a) 64
(o) 1·5 (c) 46
(d) 6 (b) 72
(p) 2·3 (d) 204
(e) 7 (c) 108
(f) 5 (d) 256
3. 5.
(g) 8 (e) 225
(a) 5 (a) 100
(h) 8
(b) 3 (b) 6
(i) 5 6.
(c) 11 (c) 13
(j) 8 (a) 329
(d) 4 (d) 24
(k) 9 (b) 290
(e) 5

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6. PAGE 111 8. 180 PAGE 115

(a) 39 1. 9. 37·5km 1.
(b) 15 (a) 3pm and 4pm 10. 80km/h (a) (i) 5cm
(c) 9 (b) 14 11. 09:45 (ii) 16cm
(iii) 8cm
(d) 15 (c) 16 12. 105°
(iv) 13cm
(d) 24 13. 18:30 (v) 13cm
7. 13 + x = 24; 11 (e) 84 14. 15:00
8. 64 – x =12; x = (52) 15. y = 23 x 4 (92) (b) (i) Jenny
9. x = 29 + 34 (63) 2. 16. 24 (ii) Tom
10. 3/8 x 9; x = 24 (€24) (b) (i) Sunday (iii) Helen
(ii) Friday (iv) Adam
11. 5/9 x = 45; x = 81 (€81) 17. 24 + 15 = 39 or (v) Barry
39 – 15 = 24
Challenge: (a) 12cm (c) Tue, Thurs, Sat, Sun
2.
(b) 6cm (d) 19 18. (i) 80
(ii) 20 (a) 3
(e) 54
(b) 100
PAGE 109 (c) 11
Challenge: Friday 19. 125
1. (d) 154
20. 0.312
(a) 1,620 (e) 20
(b) 324 PAGE 112
(c) 430 1. PAGE 114 3.
(d) €459.20 (a) (i) March 1. (a) 30
(ii) August (a) 69 (b) 36
2. (b) 89 (c) 27
(a) 25 (b) Mar, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec (c) 3 (d) 5
(b) 35 (c) Nov (d) 222 (e) 5
(c) 15 (d) Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
(d) 10 2. 4.
(e) Sat/Sun (e) (i) 542 (a) (i) 20 (a) Seal
(ii) 116 (ii) 14
(iii) 166 (iii) 8 (b) Crocodile
Challenge: €4,352.95 (iv) 576 (iv) 15 (c) elephant
(d) Goose
PAGE 110 (f) 350 (b) (i) 30 (e) Lion Cub
(g) €4.65 (ii) 6.5 (f) Chimpanzee
1. (iii) 17.5
(a) (i) 65,000 (h) €404.55
(iv) 6
(ii) 25,000 (v) 9 5.
(iii) 49,000 2. (vi) 28 (a) €4
(a) (i) 2,400 (b) €2.40
(b) 30,000 (ii) 2,900 3. (c) €8
(iii) 3,800
(c) 49,000 (a) €4 (d) €8·16
(iv) 4,110
(d) July and August (v) 4,900 (b) 92g (e) €9·60
(c) 1·5km
2. (b) No answers (d) 30cm Challenge: 33%
(a) August (e) €0·36
(b) May, June, July, Aug (f) 1cm
PAGE 113 PAGE 116
(c) September (g) 21l
1. 900,000 1.
(d) July (h) 264m
2. €16 (a) €8
(e) 21,000 (i) 182m
3. 7 (b) 28
(f) decrease
4. €6 (c) 5 days
4. 600; 387; 300; 270; 171; 72
5. 80% (d) 19mins
6. €20
7. 0·73

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2. PAGE 118 5. 7.
(a) 16 1. (a) (a) 2
(b) 20 (a) (i) 6kg (b) (b) 2
(c) 30 (ii) 60kg (c) ✘ (c) 5
(d) 32 (d) ✘ (d) 4
(e) 10 (b) (i) 15cm (e) (e) 5
(ii) 30cm
(f) 35 (f) (f) 8
(g) 11 (g) 6
(c) (i) €12
(h) 24 Challenge:
(ii) €20
(i) 28 (s) = 1·4
PAGE 121
(p) = 1·47
(d) (i) 45l 1.
3. (ii) 27l (o) = 3·75
(a) Miami
(a) 16 (t) = 2·015
(b) Minneapolis
(b) 55 (e) (i) 24km (t) = 3
2. Barcelona, Shanghais
(c) 30 (ii) 32km (f) = 6
3. Chicago, Volgograd
(d) 27 (o) = 3·5
4. 5° C
(e) 15 2. (e) = 1·5
5. 7° C
(f) 290 (a) 60% (s) = 2·42
6. 11° C
(g) 77 (b) 40% FOOTSTEPS
(h) 84 (c) 33 1/3%
7.
(i) 102 (d) 11·1%
PAGE 120 (a) 2° C
1. (b) 6°
Challenge: 132 3. 37 ½%
(a) +4
4. 27·6kg
(b) +2 8.
5. 200
PAGE 117 (c) –1 (a) Chicago
6. 27%
1. (d) –4 (b) 2° C
(a) 63 (e) –6
Challenge: 157·14cm
(b) 99 (f) –3 9.
(c) 7 (a) Volgograd
(d) €28 PAGE 119 2. (b) 8° C
1. (a) 3
2. (a) 140 (b) 2 10. 24° C
(a) €13·68 (b) 60 (c) 2 11. 25° C
(b) €19·68 (c) 6 (d) 4 12. 37° C
(c) €22·32 (d) 49 (e) 6
(d) €32 (f) 7 13.
(e) €10 2. (g) 5 (a) +20° –1° +6° +2° –6°
(f) €35 (a) 14 (h) 10 (b) +12° –9° –2° 0° –14°
(b) 42 (c) +24° +3° +10° +6° –2°
3. (c) 28 3. 4 (d) +7° –14° –7° –11° –19°
(a) 146 (d) 102 4. 6
(b) 56·25
PAGE 122
(c) 11 3. 62.5km/h 5.
1.
(d) 60 (a) –2
(a) – 20km/h
(e) 29 4. (b) +4 + 10km/h
(f) 90 (a) €5 – (b) (c) +3 – 5km/h
(b) (2·25) – (d) (d) –6
4. (c) €1·20 – (e) (e) +1 (b) + 2km/h
(a) 2·64km (d) €1·25 – (a) – 5km/h
+ 10km/h
(b) €131.25 (e) €2 – (c) 6. –6, –5, –3, –2, +2, +3
(c) €6,604
(d) €7·52

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(c) + 5km/h 4. (c) l = 3cm Challenge: €202·72

+ 10km/h (c) +10; +85 w = 7cm
– 5km/h a = 21cm2
(d) –30; +55
p = 20cm PAGE 127
(e) –50; +5
2. 1.
(f) +25; +30 (d) l = 2cm
(a) Ronan (a) 6
(g) –40; –10 w = 3cm
(b) Maria a = 6cm2 (b) 9cm2
(h) +20; +10
(c) Ronan p = 10cm (c) 54cm2
(i) €10
1.
(j) Yes! Otherwise she would 2 2. 150cm2
3. have been in the red (debt) (a) (i) 21cm
(a) Ciara (ii) 20cm
(b) Ronan 3.
PAGE 124 (b) (i) 30cm2 (a) 24cm2
(c) Maria (ii) 22cm
1. (b) 96cm2
(a) Wheel invented (c) 294cm2
4. (c) (i) 32cm2
(b) World War 2 (ii) 24cm (d) 486cm2
(a) +2
(b) +4 (e) 37·5cm2
2. 476 years (d) (i) 54cm2
(c) –2
(ii) 42cm 4.
(d) 0 3.
(e) +19 (a) 6
(a) 940 yrs (e) (i) 208cm2
(f) +11 (ii) 58cm (b) 2 x 3 = 6cm2
(b) 1,144 yrs
(g) –2 (c) 5 x 3 = 15cm2
(c) 650 yrs
(h) +4 (f) (i) 456cm2 (d) 2 x 5 = 10cm2
(d) 1,445 yrs
(i) –7 (ii) 86cm (e) 62cm2
(e) 3,456 yrs
(j) –3
(g) (i) 45·5cm2 5.
4. 5,439 yrs (ii) 33cm
(a) 108cm2
PAGE 123
5. (h) (i) 136·8cm2 (b) 166cm2
1.
(a) – 3,200 (ii) 52.4cm
(a) +6
(b) + 80 6.
(b) –5 (i) (i) 352·8cm2
(c) + 1,889 (a) 104cm2
(c) 0 (ii) 91·6cm
(d) + 1,659 (b) 166cm2
(d) –1
(e) – 214 (c) 48 cm2
(e) –4 2.
(f) + 1,886
(f) +5 (a) (i) 18cm
(g) + 1,173 Challenge: 6cm
(g) +2 (ii) 8cm2
(h) – 2,560
(h) –3
(i) +1 (b) (i) 18cm PAGE 128
6. (ii) 20cm2
(j) 0 (a) 1,806 yrs 1.
(b) 230 yrs (a) 30m; 36m2
(c) (i) 18cm
2. (c) 2,346 yrs (ii) 18cm2 (b) 28m; 48m2
(a) –1 (d) 640 yrs (c) 30m; 42m2
(b) +7 (d) (i) 18cm (d) 24m; 27m2
(c) 0 (ii) 14cm2
PAGE 125
(d) –1 2.
1. (e) Not always!
(e) +6 (a) 153m2
(a) l = 4cm
(f) –2 w = 3cm (b) 52m
(g) –2 a = 12cm2 PAGE 126 3. €176·15
(h) +2 p = 14cm (a) 55cm2 4. €915·20
(i) +6 (b) 58cm2 5. €375·84
(b) l = 5cm (c) 84cm2
(j) –3 w = 2cm (d) 111m2
a = 10cm2
3. – 12m p = 14cm (e) 245m2
Yes

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PAGE 129 PAGE 130 PAGE 132 2.

1. 1. (i) m2; (a) (f) (h) 1. (a) 33 1/3%
(a) (i) 2m2 (ii) ares (b) (e) (i) (a) €124·99 (b) 25%
(ii) 8·7m2 (iii) hectares (c) (d) (g) (j)
(b) €3,850 (c) 20% (loss)
(iii) 6·9m2
(c) €21 (d) 25%
(iv) 3·86m2 2.
(v) 1·765m2 (d) €4·85 (e) 10%
(a) 200m2, 2 ares
(vi) 2·349m2
(b) 1500m2, 15 ares
2. Challenge: 37 ½ % (Profit)
(b) (i) 30,000cm2 (c) 1400m2, 14 ares
(a) €60·01
(ii) 70,000cm2 (d) 3400m2, 34 ares
(iii) 90,000cm2 (b) €46·50
(e) 30m, 6 ares PAGE 134
(iv) 13,000cm2 (c) €1·95
(f) 70m; 1400m2 1.
(v) 26,000cm2 (d) €87·05
(vi) 64,000cm2 (g) 25m; 7·5 ares (a) (i) €64
(e) €13·75 (ii) 25%
(vii) 39,800cm2 (h) 80m; 3200m2
(viii) 76,100cm2 (f) €12·60
2. (g) €2·40 (b) (i) €45
3.
(a) (i) 3 ares (h) €5·10 (ii) 25% (Loss)
(a) (i) 26,100m2
(ii) 7 ares (ii) 261 ares
(iii) 1·3 ares (iii) 2.61h 3. (c) (i) €49
(iv) 10 ares (a) €78 (ii) €70
(v) 19 ares (b) (i) 39,500m2
(vi) 17·4 ares (ii) 395 ares (b) €24·99
(vii) 28·78 ares (iii) 3.95h (c) €129·50 (d) (i) €200
(c) (i) 88,450m2 (ii) €80
(viii) 37·81 ares (d) €35·99
(ix) 50·85 ares (ii) 884·5 ares
(iii) 8,845h (e) – €97·01
(e) (i) €116
(f) €127·02
(b) (i) 200m2 (d) (i) 92,900m2 (ii) €36
(ii) 500m2 (ii) 929 ares (g) €235·60
(iii) 900m2 (iii) 9·29h (h) €349·49
(f) (i) €200
(iv) 1,300m2 (ii) €32 (loss)
(v) 2,400m2 4.
(vi) 690m2 PAGE 131
(vii) 732m2 1. 60 (a) €200·50 (profit) 2.
(viii) 1,692m2 2. 27 (b) €4,749 (profit) (a) €60
(ix) 2,073m2 (b) €2·75
3. 24
4. 12 Challenge: €99 (loss)
3. (c)(i) C.P. €4,600
5. €154
(a) (i) 20,000m2 (ii) S.P. €5,290
(ii) 60,000m2 6. 48 PAGE 133
(iii) 25,000m2 7. 45 1.
(d) €84
(iv) 32,600m2 8. €4·50 (a) 25%
(v) 49,300m2 (e) €85
9. €30
(vi) 39,760m2
10. €99 (b) (i) €18
(ii) 1/6 – 16 2/3% Challenge: €5,310
(b) (i) 2h 11. 49
(ii) 8h 12. 6
(iii) 10h 13. 19° C (c) (i) €10 PAGE 135
(iv) 11h 14. 31 (ii) 1/5 – 20% (loss)
1.
(v) 19.5h
(vi) 23.6h 15. 110° (a) 50%
16. 64 (d) (i) €3·50
(vii) 28.2h (b) 30
(ii) ¼ – 25%
(viii) 29.47h 17. 0·306 (c) 48c
(ix) 37.62h
18. 1·255km (d) 30c (20%)
(e) (i) €3·50
19. 65km/h (ii) 1/10 – 10% (e) €1·35
(c) (i) 300 ares
(ii) 700 ares 20. 468cm2 (f) €1·11
(iii) 1,400 ares (f) (i) €3
(iv) 420 ares (ii) ½ – 50%
(v) 1930 ares
(vi) 2243 ares

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2. 3. T=9·33 5. 3.
(a) €250 A = 7·72 (a) 16 (a) 87
C = 8·39
(b) €450 (b) 81 (b) 68
P = 9·55
(c) €102 I = 10·50 (c) 625 (c) 55
(d) €300 N = 10·89 (d) 1,296 (d) 96
(e) Skateboard O = 8·40 (e) 10,000 (e) 651
A = 10·00
(f) 28% O = 9·45 (f) 32 (f) 80
F = 9·50 (g) 243
Challenge: (a) €25 A =9·00 (h) 100,000 4. 9,264
(b) €445 T = 12 5. No answers
A COAT OF PAINT 6.
PAGE 136 (a) (i) A C D F G
PAGE 140
4. (ii) B C D E
1. A.
(iii) C D
(a) €1·50 (a) (i) 80 (iv) A F G (a) Super Savers
(b) €13·50 (ii) 60 (v) B E
(iii) 12 (b) €8
(c) 50c (vi) H J
(iv) 18 (c) Value Town
(d) 66 2/3% (v) 30 (d) €5
(e) €29·25 (vi) 40 (b) (i) 5 6 7 8 9 Z
(ii) 2 5 6 9 X Y
(f) €5·25 (iii) 3 4 5 6 Y Z (e) (i) €3·75
(b) 66 2/3% (ii) €3·50
(iv) 6 5
2. (c) 40·83% (v) 9 (iii) €2·75
(a) €500 (vi) Y
Challenge: €11·25 (f) Super Prices
(b) 40%
(c) €775 (c) (i) 11
(ii) 32 B.
(d) €332 PAGE 138
(iii) 27
1. (iv) 26 (a) (i) €600
(a) + x (v) 18 (ii) €660
(e) (i) x-box
(iii) €648
(ii) €18·32 (b) x – (vi) 28
(iv) Speed Net

(f) €524 2. 7. (i) €528

(ii) €336 (b)No; ‘Home
(g) €1,650 (a) 25cm2 Entertainment’, as all
(b) 49cm2 deals stay in place!
Challenge: 16 2/3% (c) 81cm2 Challenge: Audrey: 7
Ben: 3
(d) 36cm2 (c) to get you to sign up; to
(e) 121cm2 make you think it’s the
PAGE 137 best deal....
PAGE 139
1. 3. 1.
(a) 98 (a) 4cm C.
(a) 17 3 4 14
(b) 0·32 (b) 8cm 6 12 11 9 (a) 50%
(c) 1,600 (c) 12cm 10 8 7 13 (b) 33 1/3%
(d) 154 5 15 16 2 38 (c) 20%
(d) 20cm
(e) 40% (e) 30cm (d) 25%
(f) 15 (b) 16 11 15 4
(g) 140 6 13 9 18
4.
5 14 10 17 PAGE 141
(h) 7·9% (a) 8 19 8 12 7 46 1.
(b) 27
(a) Television €350·00
2. (c) 64 (c) 12 11 5 24 18 VAT 23% €80·50
(a) (i) 30% (d) 125 19 13 7 6 25 €430·50
(ii) 7/20 (e) 216 26 20 14 8 2 (b) Bananas €1·37
(iii) 15% 3 22 21 15 9 VAT 0% €0·00
(f) 343
10 4 23 17 16 70 €1·37
(b) (i) 30% (g) 512
(ii) 2/5 (h) 729
2. 96
(iii) 0·22 (i) 1000

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(c) Book €11·99 PAGE 143 Total: €61·46 (can allow for Date: 14th Jan
VAT 0% €0·00 1. (i) Eurozone – euro slight differences here!) Salary
€11·99 (ii) USA – US Dollars Amt: + €1,095
(d) Coffee €6·00 (iii) Australia – Bal: + €874·83
VAT 13% €0·78 Australian Dollar PAGE 144 Restaurant
€6·78 (iv) South Africa– Rand 1. Amt: – €108
(e) Microwave €100 (v) UK – Sterling (a) €1,120 Bal: + €766·83
VAT 23% €23·00 (vi) Denmark –
Danish Krone (b) €183·75 Date: 16th Jan
€123·00
(vii) Switzerland – (c) €218·75 Console
(f) Cola €2·00 Amt: – €244·77
VAT 23% €0·46
Swiss Franc (CHF) (d) €35
(viii) Japan – Yen (Y) Bal: + €522·06
€2·46 (e) €87·50
(f) €105 Date: 20th Jan
2. €1, because it takes Washing Machine
2.
US$1·25 to equal €1 Amt: – €265
(a) €56·50 2. Bal: + €257·06
(b) €0·78 Date: 3rd Jan Cash
3. £1, because it takes only Salary
(c) €23·73 78 UK pennies to equal Amt: – €350
Amt: + €1,145·50 Bal: – €92·94
(d) €30·51 €1 Bal: + 695·50
(e) €3·65 Gas Bill Date: 26th Jan
(f) €41·82 4. £1; 1 euro; 1 CHF; 1US$; Amt: – €218·75 House Insurance
(g) €13·68 1Aus$; 1Kr; 1 Rand; 1Y Bal: + 476·75 Amt: – €330
Phone Bill Bal: – €422·94
(h) €170·67
5. Amt: – €105·00
(i) €29·33 Date: 31st Jan
Bal: + 371·75
(a) US$62·50 Closing Bal: – €422·94
Challenge: 85·34% (b) €7·18 Date: 5th Jan
(c) Y1,430·20 US$ 120
Amt: + €96·00 PAGE 145
(d) €128·20
PAGE 142 Bal: + €467·75 1.
(e) €24·54
1. €7,420 TV and Broadband (a) €106
(f) CHF59·89 Amt: – €87·50
2. €1,942·50 (b) €124·20
(g) €137·93 Bal: + €380·25
3. €786·60 (c) €200·09
(h) Kr736·56
4. €106·25 Date: 9th Jan (d) €204·00
Mortgage Total: €634·29
5. €65·50 6. Amt: – €1,120
(a) €12·40 Bal: – €739·75
6. 2.
(b) €200 Electricity
(a) (i) €378 Amt: – €183·75 (a) €240
(c) €16·80
(ii) €63 Bal: – €923·50 (b) €386·25
(d) €49·99 (rounded)
(b) (i) €234·90 Bin charges
(ii) €39·15 (e) €37·93 Amt: – €35 3. 22·22% (2/9)
(c) (i) €351 (f) €100 Bal: – €958·50
4. €4,000
(ii) €58·50 (g) €369·25
Date: 11th Jan
(d) (i) €343·20 (h) €123·96 Fridge 5. 225 skateboards;
(ii) €57·20 (i) €16·87 Amt: – €204·75 100 snowboards
(e) (i) €735·30 (j) €24·36 Bal: – €1,163·25
(ii) €122·55
(k) €110·23 Date: 12th Jan 6. €136·36
(f) (i) €826·20
(l) €150 Salary
(ii) €137·70
Amt: + €1,100
Bal: – €63·25 7.
7. (a) (i) €9·60
7. €1,940·54 Chicken
(a) €29·50 (ii) €8
Amt: – €8·97
(b) €1·77 Bal: – €72·22 (iii) €9·72
Challenge I: €45
(c) €20·27 Supermarket (b) (i) €10·80
Challenge II: €171·30 (ii) €8·10
(d) €6·52 (rounded) Amt: – €147·95
Bal: – €220·17 (iii) €11·66
(e) €1·21 (rounded)
(f) €1·44 (rounded)
8. (i) €14·74
(g) €0·76 (rounded) (ii) 22·83%

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Challenge: €24·68 (rounded) 5. (d) 30·72cm2 (e) 96, 156, 252

(a) 234cm or 2·34m (e) 69·12cm2 (f) 120, 195, 315
(b) 78cm (f) 2,523cm2
PAGE 146
(c) 18252cm2 or 1·8252m2 3.
1.
4. (a) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13
(a) centre
Challenge: No answers (a) 60·75cm2 (b) Yes
(b) diameter
(b) 300cm2 (c) No answers
(c) circumference
(c) 675cm2 (d) No answers
(d) radius PAGE 148
(d) 43·32cm2
(e) sector 1. 4.
(e) 270·75cm2
(f) arc (a) 75·36cm (a) 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66,
(f) 2,352cm2
(b) 59·66cm 78,
2. (c) 28·26cm 5. (b) 91
(a) circumference (d) 119·32cm (a) 75cm2 (c) 210
(b) radius (e) 254·34cm (b) 468·75cm2
(c) diameter (c) 972cm2 PAGE 152
2. (d) 1,200cm2 1.
3. (a) 14cm; 43·96cm (e) 1,875cm2 (a) Yes
(a) 2cm (b) 9cm; 56·52cm (f) 108m2 (b) No
(b) radius (c) 9cm; 28·26cm (g) 192m2 (c) Yes
(c) all of equal length (d) 23cm; 144·44cm (h) 34·68m2 (d) No
(e) 71cm; 222·94cm (i) 159·87m2 (e) Yes
4. (f) 28cm; 175·84cm (j) 253·92m2 (f) No
(a) 1, 4 (g) 2·5cm; 5cm (g) Yes
(b) 4, 7 (h) 4·25cm; 8·5cm (h) Yes
PAGE 150
(c) 7, 4 (i) No
1.
(d) 4, 1 3. (j) Yes
(a) 200·96cm; 4,096cm2;
(e) 7, 2 (a) 81·64cm 3,072cm2
(f) 5, 4 (b) 164·48cm 2. No answers
(b) 251·2cm; 6,400cm2;
(g) 7, 6 (c) 106·52m 4,800cm2 3. 36, 49, 64
(h) 9, 4 (d) 779·8cm or 7·798m 4. 13, 17, 19
(c) 113·04cm; 1,296cm2;
972cm2
5. A: 6cm 5.
PAGE 149 (d) 138·16cm; 1,936cm2;
B: 12cm (a) 18, 21, 24
1. 1,452cm2
C: 31·5cm (b) 24, 28, 32
D: 34·4cm (a) 16cm2 (e) 23·864cm; 57·76cm2;
(c) 30, 35, 40
E: 32·6cm (b) 4cm2 43·32cm2
F: 28·64cm (d) 36, 42, 48
(c) 32cm2 (e) 42, 49, 56
2. 24·12m
(d) 28/32cm2 (f) 48, 56, 64
6. 3. 37·68m
(a) 100° 4. 20·51m (g) 54, 63, 72
2. (h) 60, 70, 80
(b) 90° 5. 2·32m2
(a) (i) 64cm2 (i) 66, 77, 88
(c) 120° (ii) 48cm2
(d) 50° Challenge: (a) 7,776cm2 (j) 72, 84, 96
(b) (i) 36cm2 (b) 1,944cm2
(ii) 27cm2
6.
(c) (i) 100cm2
PAGE 147 (a) 43, 40, 37
(ii) 75cm2 PAGE 151
1. No answers (b) 34, 30, 26
(d) (i) 529cm2 1. 13, 21, 34, 55, 89
2. No answers (ii) 396·75cm (c) 45, 39, 33
3. No answers (d) 53, 46, 39
2.
4. No answers 3. (e) 57, 48, 39
(a) 16, 26, 42
(a) 36·75cm2 (b) 32, 52, 84 (f) 49, 37, 25
(b) 3cm2 (c) 56, 91, 147 (g) 165, 150, 135
(c) 90·75cm2 (d) 72, 117, 189 (h) 120, 106, 92

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PAGE 153 (d) 32 PAGE 155 5. –, x, €1,000

1. (e) 32 1. 6. ÷, x, –, €430
(a) 17, 23, 30, 38 (f) 32 (a) 27
(b) 34, 46, 60, 76 (g) 75 (b) 4
PAGE 156
(c) 18, 24, 31, 39 (h) 75 (c) 6
1.€28 + €150 – (€20 x2) =
(d) 31, 25, 18, 10 (i) 75 (d) 44 €138
(e) 48, 36, 22, 6 (j) 72 (e) 1
(f) 72, 61, 48, 33 (k) 72 (f) 24 2. €148 – (2 x €29) – 54 =
(g) 50, 68, 89, 113 (l) 72 (g) 16 €36
(h) 67, 91, 119, 151 (h) 10
2. (i) 6 3. €125 – €40 – €54 – €20
2. (a) 43 (j) 12 = €11
(a) 2·9, 3·1, 3·3, 3·5 (b) 25 (k) 16
(b) 5·5, 5·8, 6·1, 6·4 (c) 8 (l) 6 4. €196 – €15 + €20 – €48
–€29 = €124
(c) 8·4, 8·9, 9·4, 9·9 (d) 6
(d) 11·0, 11·6, 12·2, 12·8 (e) 12 2.
(a) 12 5. 148 ÷ 4 x 3 – 36 = €75
(e) 22·0, 23·2, 24·4, 25·6 (f) 28
(f) 35·7, 38·3, 40·9, 43·5 (g) 30 (b) 1
(c) 12 6. 237 – 36 – 36 – 48 = €117
(g) 55·9, 59·2, 62·5, 65·8 (h) 50
(h) 79·2, 74·7, 70·2, 65·7 (i) 27 (d) 6
(e) 17 7. €460 – €48 – €48 –
(j) 37
(3 x €29) = €304
3. (k) 107 (f) 18
(a) 32/48, 64/96, 128/192 256/384 (l) 111 (g) 11
8. €580 – (3 x €20) –
(b) 16/64, 32/128, 64/256, 128/512 (h) 12
(4 x €36) + €36 = €412
(c) 15/25, 18/30, 21/35, 24/40 3. (i) 15
(d) 15/10, 18/12, 21/14, 24/16 (a) 23 9.
3.
(e) 45/50, 54/60, 63/70, 72/80 (b) 38 (a) (€240 ÷ 20) = 12 t-shirts
(a) 147
(f) 35/45, 42/54, 49/63, 56/72 (c) 27 (b) €180 ÷ 36 = 5 dresses
(b) 54
(g) 35/40, 42/48, 49/56, 56/64 (d) 60
(c) 36
(h) 30/55, 36/66, 42/77, 48/88 (e) 69 10. €600 – (8 x €29) –
(d) 71
(f) 47 (7 x €48) – €15 = €17
(e) 22
4. (g) 65
(f) 27
(a) 39, 51 (h) 15 11. €300 – (€48 ÷ 5 x 4) x7 =
(g) 49 €31·20
(b) 40, 48, 52 (i) 43
(h) 26
(c) 30, 36, 60 (j) 49
(d) 80, 72, 64 (k) 45 Challenge: €370
4.
(e) 127, 123, 111 (l) 92
(a) 50
(f) 242, 236, 233 PAGE 157
(b) 38
(g) 450, 465, 510 4. 1. 200cm2
(c) 60
(h) 555, 537, 528 (a) 21 2. 1·32
(d) 19
(i) 862, 848 (b) 12 3. 0·024
(e) 29
(j) 960, 982 (c) 35 4. €60
(f) 98·4
(d) 56 5. €48
(g) 14
Challenge: (a) 14, 18, 17, 21 (e) 66 6. 20%
(b) 21, 17, 23, 19 (h) 48
(f) 189 7. 2,000,000
(c) 22, 18, 21, 17 (i) 45·7
(g) 175 8. 2,400
(j) 19·7
(h) 112 9. €25
(k) 49
PAGE 154 (i) 69 10. 52°C
(l) 10
1. (j) 276 11. €7·20
(m) 37·8
(a) 16 (k) 210 12. €5·60
(n) 212
(b) 16 (l) 132 13. €12·30
(o) 43
(c) 16 14. €565
(p) 6

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15. €642 Challenge: PAGE 162 6.

3
16. US$1,000 blue: 27 /8 135° 1. (a) 0·77t
1
brown: 24 /3 120°
17. 45 1 (a) B (b) 0·095t
green: 6 /12 30°
18. 50 hazel: 9 1
/8 45° (b) C (c) 0·008t
1
19. 4/15 grey: 6 /12 30° (c) E (d) 0·3t
20. 45° (d) E
(ii) No answers
(e) A 7.
(f) D (a) 1·84t
PAGE 158
PAGE 160 (g) A (b) 5·3t
1. (b) 120°, 1/3, 12
(c) 60°, 1/6, 6 1. (h) C (c) 6·09t
(d) 30°, 1/12, 3 (a) No answers (i) A (d) 3·008t

2. (b) (i) 120 2. No answers 8.

(a) 180°, ½ , 39 (ii) 108 3. No answers (a) 5·9t
(b) 60°, 1/6, 13 (b) 3·75t
(c) 120°, 1/3, 26 (c) 24 Challenge: 6,600 tones (c) 6·6t
(d) Fri/Sat (d) 4·57t
3. (e) 21·6
(f) Thurs/Fri/Sat PAGE 163
(a) 45°, 1/8, 13 9.
(g) 27 1.
(b) 225° , 5/8, 65 (a) 3/4kg
(a) 1·65kg
(c) 90°, ¼, 26 (b) 3/5kg
2. (b) 1·8kg
(c) 3/8kg
4. (a) (i) 1/12, 1/6, 1/8, ¼, 3/8, (c) 2·37kg (d) 9/10kg
30° 60° 45° 90° 135° (d) 5·075kg
(a) 108°, 3/10, 36
(e) 3·005kg
(b) 72°, 1/5, 24 (ii) 5/12 ¼ 1/6 1/12 1/12 10.
(c) 120°, 1/3, 40 150° 90° 60° 30° 30° (a) 7/10t
2.
(d) 60°, 1/6, 20 (b) 2/5t
(a) 4·45kg
(b) No answers (c) 13/20t
(b) 0·445kg
5. (d) 9/25t
(c) 0·045kg
(a) 30°, 1/12, 12 PAGE 161 (d) 0·005kg
(b) 90°, ¼, 36 3. 11.
(e) 0·7kg
(c) 135°, 3/8, 54 (a) No answers (a) 3/500t
(d) 45°, 1/8, 18 (b) Wed/Fri/Sat (b) 1/20t
3.
(e) 60°, 1/6, 24 (c) Thurs (c) 13/20t
(a) 3,625g
(d) Wed/Thurs/Fri (d) 3/20t
(b) 5,700g
PAGE 159 (e) Less (c) 1,085g
(f) No; demand increasing 12.
1. (d) 2,060g
(g) the average daily sales (a) 51/100t
(a) (i) 72°, 1/5 4.
(ii) 108° , 3/10 (h) dotted red line at 22 (b) 7/8t
(a) 3,250g
(iii) 144° , 2/5 (c) 7/40t
(b) 6,700g
(iv) 36° , 1/10 (d) 3/40t
4. (c) 2·030g
(a) (i) €3·52 (d) 3,375g
(b) No answers (ii) €1·25 Challenge: (a) 3·6t
(b) €135 (b) 3 3/5t
5.
(c) (i) 20° (c) €75·30
(ii) 30% (a) 1,47t
(iii) 40% (b) 2·26t PAGE 164
(iv) 10% Challenge: (i) 33 1/3% (c) 1·7t 1.
(ii) 20% (a) 39·496kg
(d) 3·025t
(d) 108° (b) 123·352kg
(c) 316·26kg
(d) 70·1384kg
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2. 2. (c) (i) €13·70 10.

(a) 0·528t A €19·02; (ii) €22·80 (a) 2,240kg
B €17·69; (iii) €145
(b) 0·385t (b) 2,250·4l
C €15·59; (iv) €110
(c) 0·276t D €10·19; (v) €36
(d) 0·163t E €29·73 Challenge: 16·56 tonnes
(e) 2·87t 3.
3. (a) 43·7g PAGE 168
3. (a) 125g (b) 27·9g 1. Solid
(a) 53·958kg (b) 1,250g (c) 22g 2. Length, width, height
(b) 33·516kg (c) 625g (d) 45·4g 3. Vertex
(c) 462·944kg (d) 350g (e) 59·8g 4. Base
(d) 2·699kg (e) 2,450g (f) 93·1g 5. Apex
(e) 4·765kg (f) 1,150g
6. Shape of bases
(f) 0·246t 4. 7. Tetrahedron
4. (a) (i) €1·80 8. Prism
4. (a) 200g (ii) 25·1g
9. Cylinder
(a) (i) 5·273kg; 5 2/5kg; 5,550kg (b) 1500g (b) (i) €2·60 10. Polyhedral
(ii) 0·227kg (c) 800g (ii) 20·4g
11. Polyhedron
(d) 2100g (c) (i) €4·50
(b) (i) 1·186g, 1kg, 279g, 1·45kg 12. Shape net
(e) 1,200g (ii) 24·8g
(ii) 0·264kg
(f) 3,500g (d) (i) €2·10
(c) (i) 603g, 6,003g, 6·03kg (g) 8,250g (ii) 12·6g PAGE 169
(ii) 5·427kg (h) 13,500g (e) (i) €3·70 1.
(i) 8,800g (ii) 29·5g (a) Cuboid:
(d) (i) 7,127g, 7 3/8kg, 7·72kg faces: 6
(f) (i) €4·30 edges: 12
(ii) 0·593kg
Challenge: 1,000t (ii) 26·8g vertices: 8
(e) (i) 3/4kg, 0,867kg, 876g meet: 3
(ii) 0·126kg Challenge: 8 (b) tetrahedron:
PAGE 166
faces: 4
1.
(f) (i) 4 3/5kg, 4 5/8kg, 4,650g edges: 6
(ii) 0·05kg (a) (iii) 156g PAGE 167 vertices: 4
(iv) 285g 1. €50 meet: 3
5. (c) pentagonal prism:
(b) (i) 212·5g 2. faces: 7
(a) 648·5g (ii) 300g
(a) €45 edges: 15
(b) 553·5g (iii) 342g vertices: 10
(c) 693·5g (b) €5
meet: 3
(d) 17·510kg (c) (i) 425g (d) cube:
(e) 882·5g/0·8825kg (ii) 547·5g 3.
faces: 6
(iii) 608·4g (a) 3,264g edges: 12
(f) 15·564kg
(iv) 193·8g (b) 3·264kg vertices: 8
Challenge 1: 0·085kg
meet: 3
Challenge 2: 2·04kg
2. 4. 15·504kg (e) triangular prism:
(a) (i) €48 5. €78·66 faces: 5
PAGE 165 (iii) €132 edges: 9
(iv) €86 6. 86,400g vertices: 6
1.
(v) €34 7. 162kg meet: 3
(a) €2·50 8. 720 (f) hexagonal pyramid:
(b) €16·50
(b) (i) €27 faces: 7
(c) €10·70 (ii) €58 9. edges: 12
(d) €4·80 (iii) €136 (a) 9·72 tonnes vertices: 7
(e) €5·40 (iv) €19·50 meet: (i) 6; (ii) 3
(v) €10·60 (b) €938·25
(f) €7·80

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2. (c) (i) top (j) (i) 8/100l or 4/25l (c) (i) 16

(a) cube (ii) side (ii) 0·08l (ii) €44·64
(iii) front
(b) hexagonal pyramid (k) (i) 1 1/100l
(c) pentagonal prism (d) (i) side (ii) 1·01l Challenge: 372
(ii) top
(d) cuboid (l) (i) 67/1000l
(iii) front
(e) triangular prism (ii) 0·067l
PAGE 174
(f) tetrahedron 1.
3.
2.
(a) top (a) 3,628ml
Challenge I: No! (sides not (a) 2,500ml
(b) front (b) 5,300ml
straight) (b) 763ml
(c) side (c) 7,054ml
Challenge II: Cone, cylinder, (c) 1,493l
sphere, (d) top (d) 6,150ml
(d) 920ml
hemisphere (e) 2,040ml
(e) 3,250ml
(f) 1,009ml
PAGE 172 (f) 4,065ml
(g) 6,300ml
PAGE 170 1. (g) 5,700ml
(h) 6,150ml
1. (a) 1L (h) 8ml
(i) 2,450ml
(a) triangular pyramid (b) 250ml (i) 307ml
(j) 3,072ml
(b) 6 (c) 5L (j) 2,007ml
(k) 4,390ml
(c) 4 (d) 300ml (k) 80ml
(l) 5,070ml
(d) triangle (e) 20,000ml (l) 5,375ml
(e) 4 (f) 280ml (m) 400ml
2.
(n) 6,105ml
2. (a) 2·762l
2. (o) 2,200ml
(a) 12 (b) 7·62l
(a) 10L (p) 1,125ml
(b) 6 (c) 21·609l
(b) 50ml (q) 100ml
(c) square (d) 2·964l
(c) 10ml (r) 3,750ml
(d) 8 (e) 11·61l
(d) 2L
(e) prism (f) 260·974l
(e) 20,000l 3.
(g) 5·845l
(f) 500ml (a) 500ml
3. (h) 1·52l
(b) 200ml
(a) 12 (i) 0·374l
Challenge: 300L (c) 250ml
(b) 8 (j) 9·406l
(d) 100ml
(c) triangle (k) 1·568l
(e) 125ml
(d) 6 PAGE 173 (l) 2·875l
(f) 600ml
(e) square pyramids 1.
(g) 700ml
(a) (i) 9/20l 3.
Challenge: (ii) 0·45l (h) 625ml
(a) (i) 14·907l
(a) (i) 12 (ii) 30 (iii) 20 (i) 750ml (ii) 0·275l
(b) (i) 20 (ii) 30 (iii) 12 (b) (i) 2 452/1000l
(ii) 2·452l (j) 875ml
(b) (i) 19·345l
6
(c) (i) /10l or /5l 3 (ii) 0·031l
PAGE 171 (ii) 0·6l 4.
(c) (i) 8·088l
1. 782 (a) ½ l (ii) 0·008l
(d) (i) 1 /1000l
(a) (i) (ii) 1·782l (b) 500ml
(d) ( i) 9·048l
(b) (iii) 95 19 (c) 350ml (ii) 0·02l
(e) (i) /1000l or /200l
(c) (i) (ii) 0·095l (d) 350ml
(d) (ii) (f) (i) 395/1000l or 79/200l 4.
(ii) 0·395l 5. (a) 357l
2. (a) (i) 4·8l (b) €328·44
(g) (i) 7/1000l
(a) (i) Top (ii) 28·8l
(ii) 0·007l
(ii) side (iii) 72l
(iii) front (h) (i) 7/10l 5. 875ml
(b) (i) €33·48
(ii) 0·7l 6. 24
(b) (i) front (ii) €200·88
(ii) side (i) (i) 2 32/100l (iii) €502·20
(iii) top (ii) 2·230l

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Challenge I: (a) 300km PAGE 177 3. PAGE 181

(b) €8·40 1. (a) possible No answers
Challenge II: 59 days (a) 4·05l (b) possible
(b) €10·40 (c) impossible
PAGE 182
PAGE 175 (d) even chance
1.
1. 2. (e) certain
(b) 1 in 20; 1/20, 0·05, 5%
(a) (i) 16 (a) Pat: €3·90; (f) even chance
(c) 1 in 2; ½ ; 0·5; 50%
(ii) 16cm3 Mark: €5·20
(d) 1 in 2; ½ ; 0·5; 50%
(b) Pat
(b) (i) 12 PAGE 179 (e) 1 in 5; 1/5; 0·2; 20%
(ii) 12cm3
1. (f) 3 in 20; 3/20; 0·15; 15%
3.
(c) (i) 24 (a) 1:6 or 1/6 (g) 1 in 10; 1/10; 0·1; 10%
(ii) 24cm3 (a) Tom: 10; €17
(b) 1:6 or 1/6 (h) 1 in 2; ½; 0·5; 50%
(b) Charlie: 7; €18·20
(d) (i) 18 (c) 1:6 or 1/6 (i) 1 in 10; 1/10; 0·1; 10%
(ii) 18cm3
(d) no chance ; 0 (j) 3 in 20; 3/20; 0·15; 15%
4.
(e) 3:6 or 1/2 (k) 1 in 5; 1/5; 0·2; 20%
2. (a) 16·15l
(f) no chance or 0 (l) 3 in 10; 3/10; 0·3; 30%
(a) 3 x 4 x 2 = 24cm3 (b) €44·65
(g) 2:6 or 1/3
(b) 4 x 4 x 5 = 80cm3
(h) 3:6 or ½ 2.
5.
(b) 2 in 25; 2/25; 0·08; 8%
3. (a) (i) 30
(ii) 15 2. (c) 1 in 25; 1/25; 0·04; 4%
(a) 12cm3
(b) €113·25 (a) certain (d) 3 in 25; 3/25; 0·12; 12%
(b) 48cm3
(b) even chance (e) 8 in 25; 8/25; 0·32; 32%
(c) 30cm3
6. (c) almost impossible (f) 6 in 25; 6/25; 0·24; 24%
(d) 64cm3
(a) €12·75 (d) even chance (g) 1 in 5; 1/5; 0·2; 20%
(b) €5·25 (e) almost certain (h) 11 in 25; 11/25; 0·44; 44%
PAGE 176 (f) even chance (i) 9 in 25; 9/25; 0·36; 36%
1. No answers 7.
(a) 1·9l PAGE 180 PAGE 183
2. (b) €11·55 1. 1. Sector
(a) 48cm3
(a) 1 in 5 2. 18·84
(b) 40cm3 8. (b) 1/5 3. 31·4cm
(c) 24cm3 (a) 1·05l (c) 3 in 5 4. x
(b) €4·40 (d) 3/5 5. 22
3.
(e) No answers 6. 15
(a) 70m3 9. 7. 5/12
(b) 48m3 (a) Lara: 50 2. 8. 2,650g
(c) 72m3 (b) Emma: 25 (a) 1 in 6 9. 750kg
(d) 252m3
(b) 1/6 10. 6·250kg
(e) 162m3
PAGE 178 (c) 1 in 3 11. €324
(f) 156·6m3
1. (d) 1/3 12. Triangular prism
(a) Possible (e) 3:6 or ½ 13. 8
4.
(b) possible (f) 2 in 3 14. 750ml
(a) 21·06m3
(c) certain (g) zero chance/probability 15. 5·038l
(b) 10·53m3
(d) possible 16. 90
(c) 442·26m3
(e) impossible 3. 17. 27cm2
(f) impossible (a) 1:2 or ½ 18. 3:4
5.
(g) impossible (b) 1:4 or ¼ 19. 11 shots
(a) 73,728m3
(h) possible (c) 2:3 or 2/3 20. 1 in 2
(b) 31,104m3
(d) 1:7 or 1/7
2.
Challenge: 17m3
(a), (c), (d)

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PAGE 184 15. 5 secs

1.
(answer in 2016 = 45) 16. (i) $116,323
(ii) $814,261
2. 4 1/3yrs
3. 62 17.
(a) 200mins
4. (i) 11/120 (b) 1:4
(ii) 0·09 (c) 675mins
(iii) 9% (d) 2hrs 15mins
5. 18. €6,800
(a) $28·50
(b) $104·50
PAGE 186
1. 400,000
6.
2. €40
(a) (i) 7/8
(ii) 0·875 3. 45
(iii) 87 ½ 4. 480
(b) Mick: 140; 5. 270°
min: 148 6. 1/12, 1/11, 1/9, 1/8
7. 60°
7. 8. 5 7/12
(a) 5,000 9. 3 1/6
(b) (i) 475,000 10. 400g
(ii) 495,000 11. 13·7
12. 144
8. (i) 2,031 13. 6,049ml
(ii) 2,046
14. 42cm
15. 121cm2
9.
16. 06:00 (Monday)
(a) (i) 2,600
(ii) 4,875 17. €440
(iii) 2,470 18. €320
(b) 23·5% 19. €150
20. 2,062
10. 7,242,000m

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11. 6,155·7km
12. 9,205

13.
(a) (i) 1/6
(ii) 0·166
(iii) 16·66%
(16 2/3%)
(b) (i) 5/6
(ii) 0·833
(iii) 83·33%
(83 1/3%)

14.
(a) 42
(b) ½; 0·5, 50%

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