MATH ASSESSMENT

BY NADIA MOLLER 7S
 TASK 1 7) (3x-5)+(-2x-1)
Working Out 3x-5 = -15
1) 8+7 = 15 4) 5x-6 = -30
-2x-1 = 2
∴15 ∴-30
-15+2 = -13
2) -10x10x-10 5) -(+3)
∴-13
-10x10 = -100 -1x3 = -3
7) -6/2x8
-100x-10 = 1000 ∴-3
-6/2 = -3
∴1000 5) 10x-10x10
-3x8 = -24
2) 8+7=15 10x-10 = -100
∴-24
∴15 -100x10 = -1000
8) 5x-4x5
3) -2x3x-5 ∴-1000
5x-4 = -20
-2x3 = -6 6) 6x-2 = -12
-20x5 = -100
-6x-5 = 30 ∴-12
∴-100
∴30 6) -8+60 = 52
9) -8x-3 = -24
3) -6+-12 = -18 ∴52
∴-24
∴-18 7) -10–20 = -30
9) -18/6 = -3
∴-30
∴-3
 Problems and Solutions

A problem that I encountered was that some

of the equations contained negative numbers.
A solution to this is to revise the integer rules
and practice them.

Another problem is that some of the equations

contained BOMDAS along with negative
numbers. A solution to this is to practice them
and revise the rules.
 TASK 2
‘Always 22’
1.
Instructions Write
Think of any three numbers from 0-9. 5, 9, 2
Make all possible two-digit pairs. 59, 52, 92, 95, 29, 25
Add all the pairs to get A. 59+52+92+95+29+25 = 352
Add together the original numbers to get B. 5+9+2 = 16
Divide A by B. 352/16 = 22

2.
Instructions Write
Think of any three numbers from 0-9. 7, 1, 3
Make all possible two-digit pairs. 71, 73, 13, 17, 31, 37
Add all the pairs to get A. 71+73+13+17+31+37 = 242
Add together the original numbers to get B. 7+1+3 = 11
Divide A by B. 242/11 = 22
3. Instructions Write
Think of any three numbers from 0-9. 6, 8, 4
Make all possible two-digit pairs. 68, 64, 84, 86, 48, 46
Add all the pairs to get A. 68+64+84+86+48+46 = 396
Add together the original numbers to get B. 6+8+4 = 18
Divide A by B. 396/18 = 22

This number trick works as the answer is always 22.

a=6 b=8 c=4
Instructions Write
Think of any three numbers from 0-9. a, b, c
Make all possible two-digit pairs. 10a+b, 10a+c, 10b+a, 10b+c, 10c+b, 10c+a
Add all the pairs to get A. 10a+10a+a+a = 22a
10b+10b+b+b = 22b
10c+10c+c+c = 22c
A = 22a+22b+22c = 22(a+b+c)
Add together the original numbers to get B. a+b+c = B
Divide A by B. A/B = 22(a+b+c)/a+b+c
22(a+b+c)/a+b+c = 22
∴ 22
 The answer is…
Instructions Write
Think of a number. 12
Double it. 12*2 = 24
Add 10. 24+10 = 34
Divide by 2. 34/2 = 17
Take away the number you started with. 17–12 = 5
The answer is… 5

Instructions Write
Think of a number. -3
Double it. -3*2 = -6
Add 10. -6+10 = 4
Divide by 2. 4/2 = 2
Take away the number you started with. 2 – -3 = 5
The answer is… 5
 Instructions Write
Think of a number. 0.7
Double it. 0.7*2 = 1.4
Add 10. 1.4+10 = 11.4
Divide by 2. 11.4/2 = 5.7
Take away the number you started with. 5.7 – 0.7 = 5
The answer is… 5

a=12
Instructions Write
Think of a number. a
Double it. a+a
=2a
Add 10. 2a+10
Divide by 2. (2a+10)/2
=a+5
Take away the number you started with. a+5 – a
The answer is… 5
The size of the number does not matter unless it is a
negative number. The smaller the negative number,
the higher the end number will be.

It can be a negative but only to a certain point. If the

number gets any smaller, then it won’t equal 5
anymore.

The number can be a decimal. Unlike negative

numbers, it doesn’t matter how small the decimal gets.
 1.
TASK 3
Time Elapsed Number of Number Number of 2a.
(Minutes) 20-minute of Bacteria There will be 68,719,476,736
periods Bacteria (exponent form)
20 1 2 21
(236) bacteria at the end of six
40
60 (1hr)
2
3
4
8
22
23
hours.
80
100
4
5
16
32
24
25
There will be
120 (2hr) 6 64 26 356,811,923,176,490,000,
140 7 128 27
160 8 256 28 000,000,000,000,000,000,
180 (3hr) 9 512 29
200 10 1024 210 000,000,000 (2149)bacteria
220
240 (4hr)
11
12
2048
4096
211
212
at the end of one day.
260 13 8192 213
280 14 16384 214
300 (5hr) 15 32768 215
320 16 65536 216
340 17 131072 217
360 (6hr) 18 262144 218
Answer: There will be 262144 (218)
bacteria at the end of six hours.
2b.
Time Elapsed Number of Bacteria Number of
(minutes) Bacteria
(exponent form)
10 2 21
20 4 22
30 8 23
40 16 24
50 32 25
60 (1hr) 64 26
70 128 27
80 256 28
90 512 29
100 1,024 210
110 2,048 211
120 (2hr) 4,096 212
130 8,192 213
140 16,384 214
150 32,768 215
160 65,536 216
170 131,072 217
180 (3hr) 262,144 218
190 524,288 219
200 1,048,576 220
Answer: It will take 200 minutes until
there is more than 1 million bacteria
 3. Type A Type B
Time elapsed Number of Number Number of Time elapsed Number of Number Number of
(minutes) 15-minute of Bacteria (minutes) 30-minute of Bacteria
periods Bacteria (exponent form) periods Bacteria (exponent form)
15 1 2 21 30 1 4 41
30 2 4 22 60 (1hr) 2 16 42
45 3 8 23 90 3 64 43
60 (1hr) 4 16 24 120 (2hr) 4 256 44
75 5 32 25 150 5 1024 45
90 6 64 26 180 (3hr) 6 4096 46
105 7 128 27 210 7 16384 47
120 (2hr) 8 256 28 240 (4hr) 8 65536 48
135 9 512 29 270 9 262144 49
150 10 1,024 210 300 (5hr) 10 1048576 410
165 11 2,048 211
180 (3hr) 12 4,096 212 Type B takes 5 hours to reach 1 million bacteria
195 13 8,192 213
210
225
14
15
16,384
32,768
214
215
Bacteria type A and B reach 1 million
240 (4hr)
255
16
17
65,536
13,1072
216
217
bacteria at the same time. Even though
270 18 26,2144 218 type A reproduces 2x faster, type B
285 19 52,4288 219
Type A takes 5 hours to reach 1 million bacteria divides into 4 parts instead of 2,
300 (5hr) 20 1,048,576 220

making it reproduce at the same rate

as type A.