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Coursebook exercises
exercises
1 Integers, powers and roots

F Exercise 1.1 Arithmetic

Arithmet ic with integers
1 a −3
−3   b −11
−11   c −6 
−6  d −17
−17   e 8

2 a 10 
10  b −180
−180   c −15 
−15  d −100
−100   e 5
3 a −2
−2   b −10
−10   c 2  d −12 e  −12
4 a 4 + 6 = 10 
10  b −4 + 6 = 2 
2  c 10 
8 + 2 = 10  d −4 + 6 = 2 e  12 + 10 = 22
5 a 9  b −2
−2   c 16  
16 d 0  e 8
6 a  b  c
–6 –3 –12

–2 –4 –5 2 –2 –10

3 –5 1 –2 –3 5 2 –4 –6

  d   e 
3 –7

2 1 –1 –6

–3 5 –4 7 –8 2

7
Second
− −4 −2 0 2 4
4   8 6 4 2 0

2   6 4 2 0 −2
−2

First  0   4 2 0 −2 −4

−2   2 0 −2 −4 −6

−4   0 −2 −4 −6 −8

8 a −20
−20   b −48
−48   c 20 
20  d 60
60   e −40
9 a −2
−2   b −5
−5   c 3  d 10
10   e −4
10 a  −40
−40   b −4
−4   c −100  
−100 d 5  e 48
11 a  −15 ÷ 5 = −3 and −15 ÷ −3 = 5  b 32 ÷ −8 = −4 and 32 ÷ −4 = −8 
−8  c −42 ÷ −6 = 7 and −42 ÷ 7 = −6
12
× −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
3   −9 −6 −3 0 3 6 9

2   −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6

1   −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0

−1   3 2 1 0 −1 −2 −3

−2   6 4 2 0 −2 −4 −6

−3   9 6 3 0 −3 −6 −9

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13 a    b 
–36 100

–6 6 –20 –5

2 –3 –2 –4 5 –1

  c  48
  d  64

–12 –4 –4 –16

–3 4 –1 –2 2 –8

14 a, b 
b  There are six different
different pairs: 1 and −12; −1 and 12; 2 and −6; −2 and 6; 3 and −4; −3 and 4.
15 a −15
−15   b 2  c 1  d 6  e 16
16   f −14
16 a −5
−5   b 12
12   c −7  
−7 d −4
−4   e 4  f 1

F Exercise 1.2 Multiples, factors and primes

1 a 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20 
20   b 1, 3, 9, 27 
27  c 1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75 
75   d 1, 23 
23 
e 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 
100  f 1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98
2 a 8, 16, 24, 32 
32  b 15, 30, 45, 60 
60  c 28 
7, 14, 21, 28  d 20, 40, 60, 80 
80 
e 33, 66, 99, 132 
132  f 100, 200, 300, 400
3 a 24
24   b 36
36   c 28  
28 d 60
60   e 32
32   f 77
4 8
5 a 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 
24   b 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 
32   c 8 
1, 2, 4, 8  d 8
6 a 1, 5 
5  b 1, 2, 3, 6 
6  c 7 
1, 7  d 1, 2, 4, 8 
8  e 1  f 1
7 a 2  b 6  c 10 
10  d 20
20   e 1  f 15
8 24 and 56
9 37

10 61 and 67
11 Alicia is correct. 91 = 7 × 13
12 1
13 Because 7 will be a factor.
14 a 2, 3 
3  b 3, 5 
5  c 7 
3, 7  d 7  e 2, 3, 5 
5  f 7, 11
15 a Any three from 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, …, … 
…  b Any three from 3, 9, 27, 81, …, …
c Any three from 5, 25, 125, 625, …, …
16 The first one is 16. The next is 25. Any square number has an odd number of factors.
17 The smallest is 30 (2 × 3 × 5). You could also have 42 (2 × 3 × 7), 66 (2 × 3 × 11), etc.

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F Exercise 1.3 More about prime numbers

1 Different trees are possible.
2 a Many different trees are possible. They should end with the same primes as the trees in question 1.
b i  24 × 3 ii   22 × 52 
ii iii   22 × 33
iii
2
3 20 • • 2  × 5
  24 • • 2×3×7
  42 • • 2
2
 × 32 × 5
  50 • • 2×5
2

  180 • • 23 × 3
4 a 60
60   b 54
54   c 363 
363  d 392
392   e 144
144   f 325
5 a 23 × 3 
3  b 2 × 52  c 23 × 32  d 23 × 52  e 3 × 5 × 11 
11   f 23 × 17
6 a i  32 × 5 ii   3 × 52 
ii b  225
225   c 15
7 a i  2 × 32 × 5 ii   22 × 5 × 7 
ii 7  b 1260
1260   c 10
8 a 1  b 1739

F Exercise 1.4 Powers and roots

1 a 9  b 27
27   c 81 
81  d 243
2 a 100
100   b 1000
1000   c 10 000
3 1 000 000 and 1 000 000 000
4 a 35  b 26  c 45
5 a 3  b 4
6 Possible values are 2 and 4.
7 a 3 and −3 
−3  b 6 and −6 
−6  c −9 
9 and −9  d 14 and −14 
−14  e 15 and −15 
−15  f 20 and −20
8 256, 289 or 324
9 343
10 a 10
10   b 20
20   c 3  d 5  e 10
11 The smallest possible value is 64. Other possible values are 729 and 4096.

12 a 2048
2048   b 4096
4096   c 512
13 a i  9 ii   3 
ii b 6  c 10  
10 d 15 (Compare the sequence of triangular numbers.)
numbers.)

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End-of-unit review
1 a 2  b −8
−8   c −15 
−15  d −10
−10   e −14
2 a 7  b 1  c 17 
17  d 7  e 0
3 a 27
27   b −2
−2   c −80 
−80  d 6  e −2
4
× −2 3 5

−4   8 −12 −20

−3   6 −9 −15

6   −12 18 30

5 −8 and 32
6 a 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42 
42   b 1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52 
52  c 55 
1, 5, 11, 55  d 1, 29 
29 
e 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 
64   f 1, 3, 23, 69
7 a, b, c  There are three pairs: 3 and 37; 11 and 29; 17 and 23.
23.
8 a 2 × 32  b 25 × 3 
3  c 23 × 52  d 24 × 3 × 5 
5  e 33 × 5 
5  f 52 × 7
9 a 40
40   b 5  c 288
288   d 1200
10 a 5 and −5 
−5  b 9 and −9 
−9  c 13 and −13 
−13  d 16 and −16
11 a 8  b 4

12 a 1024
1024   b 2048
2048   c 4096
13 a Shen worked out 3 × 5 and 5 × 3; both equal 15. 
15.  b 35 = 243 and 5 3 = 125
14 18

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exercises
2 Sequences, expressions and formulae

F Exercise 2.1 Generating sequences

1 a 1, 6, 11  b 20, 16, 12  c 2, 14, 26
d 6, 1, −4  e −5, −3, −1  f −3, −9, −15
2 43. Check students’ explanations: e.g. start with 15 and add 7 four times (or 7 × 4).
3 a Yes.
b Check students’ explanations:
explanations: e.g. 9 more terms with differences of 12 so 9 × 12, then add first term of 3.
c i 77 ii  157 iii  397
4 18. Check students’ explanations:
explanations: e.g. subtract 7 three times.
5 43. Check students’ explanations:
explanations: e.g. add 3 nine times.
6
Position number    1 2 3 4 5 10
10 20
20

Term   8 9 10 11 12 17 27

7 a 6, 12, 18, 24  b −3, −2, −1, 0  c 3, 5, 7, 9   d 2, 5, 8, 11

8 a i  15 ii  25 iii  105
b i  20 ii  40 iii  200
c i  48 ii  88 iii  408
d i  25 ii  75 iii  475
9 C. Terms
Terms increase by 3 each time; C is the only rule that allows this.
10 No. He
He has used the term, not the position,
posit ion, to find the last two answers.

F Exercise 2.2 Finding rules for sequences

1 a term = position number + 5
b term = 3 × position number − 2
2 a i  ‘add 2’ iii  2 × position number
b i ‘add 5’ iii  5 × position number
c i ‘add 3’ iii  3 × position number + 2

d
e ii ‘add
‘add 2’
4’ iii
iii   24 ×
× position
position number
number +
+ 43
f i ‘add 5’ iii  5 × position number + 2
3 a i  ‘add 1’ iii  term = position number + 3
b i ‘add 1’ iii  term = position number + 9
c i ‘add 1’ iii  term = position number + 23
d i ‘add 2’ iii  term = 2 × position number − 1
e i ‘add 4’ iii  term = 4 × position number − 2
f i ‘add 5’ iii  term = 5 × position number − 3
4 a 4, 7, 10, 13  b ‘add 3’
c 3 extra blue squares are added to make the next pattern.
pat tern.
d term = 3 × position number + 1
5 a The term-to-term rule is ‘add 2’,
2’, so the position-to-term
po sition-to-term rule will start: term = 2 × position number
number..
b term = 2 × position number + 2

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F Exercise 2.3 Using the n th

th term
1 a 7, 8, 9; 16  b −2, −1, 0; 7  c 4, 8, 12; 40  d 6, 12, 18; 60
e  7, 9, 11; 25  f 2, 5, 8; 29  g 8, 13, 18; 53  h 1, 5, 9; 37
2 a 4, 7, 10, 13  b ‘add 3’
c Three extra pink squares are added to make the next term.
d term = 3 × position number + 1
e second term = 3 × 2 + 1 = 7; third term = 3 × 3 + 1 = 10; fourth term = 3 × 4 + 1 = 13
3 Yes. Check students’ reasoning.

F Exercise 2.4 Using functions and mappings

1 a i    ii
 x    1 2 3 4  x    4 5 6 7

 y    4 5 6 7  y    1 2 3 4

b i x  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  ii x  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 y  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  y  0  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

c i  y  =
 = x  +
 + 3 ii   y  =
 = x  −
 − 3
2 a i    ii
 x    1 2 4 6  x    3 5 9 12

 y    5 7 11 15  y    8 14 26 35

  iii    iv
 x    4 8 10 20  x    2 4 8 14
14

 y    7 9 10 15  y    −2
−2 −1 1 4

  x    x 
b i   y  =
 = 2x  +
 + 3 ii   y  =
 = 3x  −
 − 1 iii   y   =
2
  5
+   iv   y   =
2
  3
−

3 a i  ‘add 8’ ii  ‘multiply by 5’

b i   y  =
 = x  +
 + 8 ii   y  =
 = 5x 
4 Razi. Check students’ explanations: e.g. all of Razi’s work, but only one of Mia’
Mia’ss works.
5  y = 3x  +
 + 2 Check students’ explanations.
x   y 

1 5
2 ×3 +2 8
3 11

F Exercise 2.5 Constructing linear expressions

1 a x  −
 − 7  b x  +
 + 8  c x 
  d 2x  +
 + 1
2
2 a 6n + 1  b n 
  5
+   c 2n − 3  d n 
 
+ 7
4 10
3 a $(c + 3s)  b $(3c + 4 g  +
 + 6s)
4 C. Check students’ explanations: e.g. to multiply n − 3 by 2 the n − 3 must be in brackets.

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F Exerci
Exercise
se 2.6 Deriving and using formulae
1 a 2  b −2  c −18  d −5  e 3  f −7
g −21  h 4  i 23  j −7  k −3  l 2
2 a 21  b −15  c 45  d −15  e 16  f 51
g 1  h 54  i 3  j −44  k 8  l 200
3 a −3 × −3 = +9, not −9   b 1  c 29
4 a She should have worked out the value of the brackets first.
b −40 c −54
5 a i  months = years × 12 ii  m = 12 y   b 96
6 a 125  b 158  c 200
7 a 12  b 54  c −32
8 a 145 cm  b 157.5 cm  c 132.5 cm  d 175 cm e  160 cm  f 120 cm
9 Prism B, by 18 cm 3.
10 a i  −5.8 °C ii  9.2 °C iii  31.4 °C
b i  54 = 5F  −
 − 160 ii  162 = 5F  −
 − 160 iii  270 = 5F  −
 − 160

End-of-unit review
1 a 7, 10, 13  b 11, 6, 1  c 8, 16, 24  d 1, 5, 9
2 B. Rules B, C and D give the correct 3rd term, but only B gives the correct 8th term.
3 a i  ‘add 6’ ii Position number    1 2 3 4

Term   6 12 18 24

iii  term = 6 × position number iv  Look for evidence of students’ checks.

b i  ‘add 5’ ii
Position number    1 2 3 4

Term   6 11 16 21

iii  term = 5 × position number

number + 1 iv  Look for evidence of students’ checks.

c i  ‘add 1’ ii Position number    1 2 3 4

Term   8 9 10 11
11

iii  term = position number + 7 iv  Look for evidence of students’ checks.
4 Yes. Check students’ explanations: e.g. term-to-term rule is ‘add 3’, so rule starts 3 n. 3 × 1 + 3 = 6,
3 × 2 + 3 = 9, 3 × 3 + 3 = 12 and 3 × 4 + 3 = 15
5 a i   x    1 2 5 8
  ii   x    1 2 5 11

 y    10 11 14 17  y    –1
–1 1 7 19

b i   y  =
 = x  +
 + 9 ii   y  =
 = 2x  −
 − 3
6 a 4x b 2x  +
 + 7  c x 
−  10   d 5(x  +
 + 4)
3
7 a −5  b −22  c −17  d 40  e −1  f 32
8 150
9 No. 42 = 32 + 2 × 7 × s simplifies to 16 = 9 + 14s.

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exercises
3 Place value, ordering and rounding 

F Ex
 Exercise
ercise 3.1 Multiplying and dividing by 0.1 and 0.01
1 a i  1000 ii  one thousand
ii  thousand   b i  100 000 ii  one hundred thousand
ii 
c i 10 000 000  ii   ten million
ii million   d i  10 ii   ten
ii
2 a 102  b 107  c 104  d 1010
3 a 6.2 
6.2  b 5  c 12.5
12.5   d 0.32
e 0.37
0.37   f 6  g 7.5
7.5   h 0.04
4 a 70 
70  b 45 
45  c 522 
522  d 6.7
e 200
200   f 850
850   g 32
32   h 722.5
5 a 1.8
1.8   b 0.236
0.236   c 6  d 450
6 a ÷  b ×  c ×  d ×  e ÷  f ÷
7 a 0.01
0.01   b 0.1
0.1   c 0.01
0.01   d 0.1
0.1   e 0.1
0.1   f 0.1
8 B.
9 125
10 a Multiply by any negative number. 
number.  b Use any number less than 1.0.

F Exercise 3.2 Ordering decimals

1 a 2.06, 5.49, 5.91, 7.99 
7.99  b 2.55, 2.87, 3.09, 3.11 
3.11  c 11.82, 11.88, 12.01, 12.1
d 8.9, 9.09, 9.4, 9.53 
9.53  e 23.592, 23.659, 23.661, 23.665 
23.665  f 0.009, 0.084, 0.102, 0.107
g 6.17, 6.178, 6.71, 6.725 
6.725  h 11.02, 11.032, 11.1, 11.302
2 a kg  
780 g, 1950 g, 2.18 kg, 2.3 kg  b 0.8 cm, 9 mm, 12 mm, 5.4 cm
c 0.5 m, 53 cm, 650 cm, 12 m m  d 95 ml, 450 ml, 0.55 l, 0.9 l,
e 780 m, 1450 m, 6.4 km, 6.55 km km  f 50 kg, 0.08 t, 0.15 t, 920 kg
g 0.009 km, 9800 mm, 0.85 km, 920 m, 95 000 cm
3 a <  b >  c >  d >  e >  f <
g >  h <  i <  j <  k >  l <
4 a ≠  b ≠  c =  d  
≠ e =
f ≠  g ≠  h =  i =
5 a 25 km, much further than other distances
b Yes, 0.2 km × 8 = 1.6 km and her furthest is more (1.64 km)
c Shen: all his lengths are multiples of 25 m; some of Mia’s are not.
6 a A: 2.5, B: 2.4, C: 2.3, D: 2.1, E: 2.25, F: 2.45
b 2.1, 2.25, 2.3, 2.4, 2.45, 2.5

F Exercise 3.3 Rounding 

1 a 40 
40  b 160 
160  c 200 
200  d 500 
500  e 4000 
4000  f 13 000
g 30 000
000   h 130 000
000   i 500 000
000   j 1 400 000
000   k 8 000 000
000   l 25 000 000
2 a 75 
75  b 10
10   c 20 
20  d 11.5
11.5   e 0.9
0.9   f 125.9
g 9.45
9.45   h 12.92
12.92   i 0.08
0.08   j 146.80

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F Exerci
Exercise
se 3.4 Adding and subtracting decimals
1 a 14.59
14.59   b 36.81 
36.81  c 13.21 
13.21  d 29.28
e 28.72
28.72   f 26.27
26.27   g 23.62
23.62   h 133.17
i 8.28
8.28   j 72.715
72.715   k 10.428
10.428   l 20.176
2 a 2.21 
2.21  b 14.43 
14.43  c 11.29 
11.29  d 12.73
e 35.87
35.87   f 30.78
30.78   g 56.84
56.84   h 38.07
i 71.23 
71.23  j 7.44 
7.44  k 26.13 
26.13  l 1.062
3 a 20.35
20.35   b 44.24
44.24   c 73.55
73.55   d 222.51
e 15.24
15.24   f 37.34
37.34   g 48.94
48.94   h 216.82
4 66.84 m
5 Yes, 2.69
2 .69 m > 2.67 m

F Exercise 3.5 Dividing decimals

1 a 29.7 
29.7  b 13.1 
13.1  c 9.3 
9.3  d 8.1
e 125.6
125.6   f 197.3
197.3   g 16.1
16.1   h 91.7
2 a 1.88 
1.88  b 1.82 
1.82  c 0.25 
0.25  d 0.14
e 1.27
1.27   f 1.43
1.43   g 0.27
0.27   h 0.23

3 6.24 g

F Exercise 3.6 Multiplying by decimals

1 a 0.496 
0.496  b 0.528 
0.528  c 2.088 
2.088  d 4.635 
4.635  e 0.2508
f 0.203
0.203   g 1.168
1.168   h 1.359
1.359   i 3.04
3.04   j 10.74
2 a Multiplying by 0.06 is the same as multiplying by 6 then dividing by 100.
b i 0.854 ii  2.142
ii  iii   0.696
iii iv   0.536
iv
3 a 86.4
86.4   b 8.64
8.64   c 0.864
0.864   d 0.00864
4 0.6 × 6839.5 kg = 4103.7 kg = 4.1037 t = 4.1 t to one decimal place.

F Exercise 3.7 Dividing by decimals

1 a 160 
160  b 150 
150  c 25 
25  d 78 
78  e 765
f 500
500   g 800
800   h 700
700   i 700
700   j 850
k 1350
1350   l 435
435   m 870
870   n 42
42   o 2240
2 a 108.3
108.3   b 8.7
8.7   c 207.1
207.1   d 92.14
92.14   e 13.17
3 a 0.6
0.6   b 60
60   c 6  d 600
4 39.74

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F Exercise 3.8 Estimating

Estimati ng and approximating 
1 $45
2 a $115
$115   b 4 hours 15 minutes
3 $72
4 $325

End-of-unit review
1 a 10 000 
000  b ten thousand
2 108
3 a 4.1
4.1   b 0.23
0.23   c 72
72   d 24
4 a 10.09, 10.8, 10.9, 10.98 
10.98  b 0.7 m, 77 cm, 7 m, 750 cm
5 a >  b <  c >
6 a  
≠ b =  c ≠

7 a 6700
6700   b 240 000 
000  c 8 000 000 
000  d 64
64   e 12.6
12.6   f 7.57
8 a 57.02 m 
m  b 2.44 m
9 a 13.7
13.7   b 92.7
10 a 1.41
1.41   b 0.97
11 a 0.624
0.624   b 1.41
1.41   c 28.8
28.8   d 7.12
12 a 420
420   b 7  c 900
900   d 70
13 35.52
14 i $796
ii 18 × $15 + 12 × $28 + 5 × $38 = $270 + $336 + $190 = $796
iv 20 × $15 + 10 × £30 + 5 × $40 = $300 + $300 + $200 = $800

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exercises
4 Length, mass and capacity 

✦ Exercise 4.1 Choosing suitable units

1 a m  b mm  c g  d kg  e l  f ml
2 a m2  b km2  c cm2  d m3  e km3  f mm3
3 a T  b T  c F  d T
4 Possible if she has a huge house, but probably not sensible.
5 Yes, any sensible reason, e.g. a standard egg weighs about 60 g, so a large egg may weigh 75 g; two eggs
weigh about the same as an apple which could be 150 g.
6 No, he would not drive at 200 km/h.
7 9 kg
8 16 l
9 1 to 2 kg
10 Yes, 500 kg ÷ 8 = 62.5 kg and most adults would weigh more than 62.5 kg.
11 9 × length of car (3 m to 5 m) = 27 m to 45 m
12
1.7 m × 8 = 13.6 m or 1.8 m × 8 = 14.4 m

✦ Exerci
Exercise
se 4.2 Kilometres and miles
1 a T  b F c F  d T  e  F
2 Yes, a kilometre is shorter than a mile.
3 a 40 miles  b 25 miles  c 35 miles
4 a 15 miles  b 30 miles  c 60 miles  d 110 miles
5 a 88 km  b 32 km  c 136 km
6 a 16 km  b 160 km  c 200 km  d 288 km
7 70 miles; 104 km = 65 miles or 70 miles = 112 km
8 152 km; 152 km = 95 miles or 90 miles = 144 km
9 a 75  b 168  c 184 km = 115 miles  d 140 miles = 224 km
10 a 1392 km  b $278

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End-of-unit review
1 a m  b mm  c kg  d g  e ml  f l
2 a m2  b mm2  c cm3  d m3
3 Possible if she has a very small house, but probably not sensible as a door is 2 m high.
4 4m

5 8 × (70 to 80 kg) + 6 × (30 to 60 kg) = 740 to 1000 kg

6 6 × (1.7 to 1.8 m) = 10.2 to 10.8 m, rounded to 10 or 11 m
7 a T  b F c  T
8 a 70 miles  b 130 miles
9 a 72 km  b 328 km
10 300 miles; 472 km = 295 miles or 300 miles = 480 km
11 a 235 miles  b $94

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exercises
5 Angles

✦ Exercise 5.1 Parallel lines

1 a  p and t , q and u, s and w, r  and
 and v   b q and w, r  and
 and t 
2 a b  b d 
3 a q, r , u  b  p, s, t 
4 a corresponding  b alternate  c CQX   d BPY
5 a E  b H, N, W
6 If they were parallel, then the angles XSA and XTC would be equal. This is not the case.
7 a b, f , j  b, c  c and e; c and i
8 a i and q; i and k  b o and j; o and t 
9 a neither  b corresponding  c corresponding  d alternate  e neither

✦ Exercise 5.2 Explaining angle properties

 Alternative explanations are possible for some questions.
Alternative
1 a 125°  b 40°  c 48°
2 a 72° and 73°  b 145° and 107°
3 a Draw a line from R parallel to PQ; x  = = p, corresponding angles; y  =
  = q, S
alternate angles; the exterior angle is angle SRQ = x  +
 + y  =
 = p + q; this is the R  x  °

°
 y 
required result. °
r 
b x  +
 + y  +
 + r  =
 = 180, angles on a straight line; hence p + q + r  =
 = 180, which is the
q  °
required result. °
 p 
  Q
P
4 a alternate angles  b alternate angles
c angle XAB + angle BAC + angle YAC
YAC = 180°, angles on a straight
strai ght line;
angle ABC + angle BAC + angle ACB = 180°. This proves the result.
5 Draw HF to divide the quadrilateral into two triangles. Show that the six triangle angles are the four
quadrilateral angles.
6 a alternate angles  b corresponding angles  c x  =
 = a + y  =
 = a + c
7 a x  is
 is the exterior angle of triangle PQR.
b  y  =
 = d  +
 + e
c x  +
 + y  +
 + c + f  =
 = 360, angles at a point; hence a + b + d  +
 + e + c + f  =
 = 360. These are the angles of the quadrilateral.
8 a alternate angles  b corresponding angles
c angle CBD = angle XDY
XDY,, corresponding angles; angle BCD = angle CDX, alternate angles. The six angles
round D add up to 360°. The result follows from this.

✦ Exercise 5.3 Solving angle problems

  lternative explanations are possible in some questions.
Alternative
A
1 Because 30° and 20° are opposite angles and should be equal. Similarly, 150°
150° and 160° are opposite angles and
should be equal.
2 a = 136°, alternate angles; b = 136°, corresponding
corresponding angles; c = 180° − 136° = 44°, angles on a straight line;
d  =
 = 44°, alternate angles.
3 a d  +
 + b = 180°, angles on a straight line and b + a + c = 180°, angle sum of a triangle,
tr iangle, so d  =
 = a + c
b e = a + b; f  =
 = b + c
c d  +
 + e + f  =
 = 2(a + b + c) = 360

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4 angle BAC = 180 – (2 × 68) = 44°, isosceles triangle; angle EDC = 44°, corresponding
corresponding angle
5 Show that the angles of the triangle and the quadrilateral together make the angles of the pentagon. The sum
of the angles is 180° + 360°.
6 The angles at A and D are equal (corresponding angles); the angles at B and E are equal (corresponding angles);
the angle at C is common to both triangles.
7 Angle BAC = q, alternate angles; r  =
 = angle BAC +  p, exterior angles. The result follows.

8 a w = a + c, exterior angle of a triangle;  y  =

 = b + d , exterior angle of a triangle. The result follows.
b w + y  =
 = the sum of two angles of the quadrilateral; x  +  + z  =
 = the sum of the other two angles of the quadrilateral;
quadr ilateral;
w + x  +
 + y  +
 + z  =
 = the angle sum of the quadrilateral = 360°.
9 a exterior angle of a triangle
b exterior angle of a triangle
c a + x  +
 + y  = tr iangle; hence a + (b + d ) + (c + e) = a + b + c + d  +
 = 180°, angle sum of a triangle;  + e = 180°.

End-of-unit review
1 a e  b  f   c c  d d , f , b or h
2 a = 45°, corresponding angles; b = 45°, vertically opposite angles or alternate angles; c = 45°, vertically opposite
angles; d  =
 = 135°, angles on a straight line.
3 a and b, or f  and
 and g 
4 82° + 27° = 109° so the angle between 82° and 27° is 180° – 109° = 71°; hence a = 71°, alternate angles.
b = 27°, corresponding angles.
5 a = 125° − 41° = 84°, external angle. b = 84° − 35° = 49°, external angle.
6 a corresponding angles  b alternate angles  c corresponding angles  d alternate angles
7 Angle ADB = angle ABD, isosceles triangles; angle CDB = angle CBD, isosceles;
Angle B = ABD + CBD = ADB + CDB = angle D.

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6 Planning and collecting data

F Exercise 6.1 Collecting data

1  a  experiment b  observation c  survey d  survey 

  e  experiment f   observation g   survey 

2 All. There are only 38 members, a sample would be too small.
3 a  Cheaper, quicker, easier. b  86
4 34
5 95
6 a  B b  C c  B
7  a  i  Not enough, should have at least 24.
  ii  Not good, has not given
given numbers. People will have
have different
different opinions of how often ‘sometimes’ is.
  iii  It seems to be true, but he would need
need to ask more
more people, to be sure.
  b  i  Students’ data collection sheets must include non-overlapping numerical values that allows for zero and
extreme data.
  ii, iii Check students’ results and conclusions.

8  a  i  About 10%,
10%, and can be done fairly easily, so is a good
good decision.
  ii  Confusing and has overlapping
overlapping numbers of pets – someone
someone with three
three pets could
could be put in two different
categories.
  iii  It depends on what you mean by ‘lots’
‘lots’..
  b  i  Students’ data collection
collection sheets must include non-overlapping numerical values that allows for ze
zero
ro and
and
extreme data.
  ii, iii  Check students’ results and conclusions.

F Exercise 6.2 Types of data

1  a  discrete b  continuous c  continuous d  discrete e  discrete
f continuous g   discrete h  continuous i  discrete  j  discrete
2 No. Shoes are sold in whole and half sizes, no other. This is discrete data.
3  No. Age, like any time, is continuo
continuous
us data.

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F Exercise 6.3 Using frequenc

frequencyy tables
1  a 
Height, h (cm) Tally Frequency  
150 < h ≤ 160   //// 4

160 < h ≤ 170 //// 5

170 < h ≤ 180 //// // 7

180 < h ≤ 190   /// 3

190 < h ≤ 200   / 1

Total 20

  b  3
  c  11. Add up last three frequencies;
frequencies; all are
are taller than
than 170 cm.
cm.
d 16. Add up the first three frequencies; all are shorter than 180 cm.
2  a 
Time, t  (seconds) Tally Frequency  
25 < t  ≤
 ≤ 30 // 2

30 < t  ≤ 35 //// / 6

35 < t  ≤ 40 //// //// 9

40 < t  ≤
  ≤ 45 //// // 7

45 < t  ≤
 ≤ 50 /// 3

Total 27

b 27 c  7 d  19 e  8
3 a 
Height, h (cm) Tally Frequency  
10 ≤ h < 18 //// /// 8

18 ≤ h < 26 //// 5

26 ≤ h < 34 // 2

34 ≤ h < 42 /// 3

Total 18

  b 18 c  5 d  15 e  5
4 a  4 b  6 c  30 d  14
5 a
Maths Science English Other subject Total
8 4 5 1 18
Girls
Boys 6 5 1 2 14

Total 14 9 6 3 32

b 5 c  3
6 Car Bus Bicycle Total
Male 7 8 5 20

Female 10 9 3 22

Total 17 17 8 42

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End-of-unit review
1 a  experiment b  observation c  survey 
2 All. A 10% sample would be too small.
3 99 or 100 for a 10% sample.
4 a  C b  C

5 a  discrete b  continuous
6 a  Weight, w  (g
  (g) Tally Frequency  
150 < w  ≤
 ≤ 170 / 1

170 < w  ≤ 190 //// 5

190 < w  ≤ 210 //// // 7

210 < w  ≤

 ≤ 230 /// 3

Total 16

  b  5 c  10 d  13 e  16
7
 A B C Total
Total
Maths 4 9 5 18

Science 5 2 3 10

Total 9 11 8 28

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exercises
7 Fractions

✦Exercise 7.1 Finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

1 a 1   b 0.4
0.4   c 80%
80%   d 1   e 0.6
0.6   f 1   g 7   h 75% = 0.75
4 2 5 10
2 a i  0.14 ii 
ii  14 7   b i  0.74 ii  
ii 74 37
= =

100 50 100 50
c i 0.24 ii 
ii  24 6   d i  0.08 ii  
ii 8 2
= =
100 25 100 25
3 a i  34% ii  
ii 17   b i  6% ii  
ii 3
50 50
c i 68% ii  
ii 17   d i  81% ii  
ii 81
25 100
4 a i  0.36 ii  36%
ii  36%   b i  0.35 ii  35%
ii 
c i 0.04 ii   4%
ii 4%   d i  0.95 ii   95%
ii
5 a 12.5%
12.5%   b 87.5% 
87.5%  c 7.5% 
7.5%  d 47.5% 
47.5%  e 3.2% 
3.2%  f 53.6%
  g 25.5% 
25.5%  h 1.5%
1.5%   i 66.5%
66.5%   j 94.2%
94.2%   k 3.4%
3.4%   l 1.8%

✦Exercise 7.2 Converting fractions to decimals

1 a 0.68
0.68   b 0.55
0.55   c 0.125
0.125   d 0.3125
0.3125   e 0.90625
• • • • • • • • • • •

2 a 0.6   b 0.1   c 0.63   d 0.39   e 0.123  or 0.12

123
3

3 a 0.385
0.385   b 0.857
0.857   c 0.762
0.762   d 0.514
0.514   e 0.436
4 Yes. Both 1  and 4  have one number that is recurring and both 1  and 7  have two recurring decimals.
15 15 22 22

✦Exercise 7.3 Ordering fractions

1 a 3 , 5 , 11   b 1 4 9   c 5 11 2   d 3 4 9
, , , , , ,
4 6 12 2 7 14 9 18 3 4 5 10
e 5 3 5  f 1 4 7
, , , ,
8 4 6 6 15 10

2 a 4 1 3   b 4 11 8   c 18 5 2   d 11 3 12
, , , , , , , ,
11 3 10 7 20 15 61 18 9 16 5 21

e 17 9 19   f 17 11 32
, , , ,
20 11 25 18 12 35

3 1 11 5 4
, , ,
3 27 12 9

4 1  is smaller than 1 , so 5  is closer to one than 4 , so is bigger. Same reasoning for 4  and 3 , etc.
6 5 6 5 5 4

✦Exercise 7.4 Adding and subtrac

subtracting
ting fractions
1 a 7   b 7   c 1   d 11   e 11   f 58  
8 10 2 15 12 99
g 5   h 1   i 1   j 7   k 7   l 5
8 3 4 18 15 24
4 1 1 16  8 11
2 a 1   b 1   c 1   d 1   e 1   f 1
9 3 9 45 21 36
  g 1   h  3   i 1   j  4   k  1   l 5
1 1 2 2 1 1
4 10 2 15 12 6
3 a 7 15 22 , 22 1 ,  1
+ = = 1 7
21 21 21 21 21 21
b 8 27 35 , 35 7 1 , 1
+ = = = 1 14
30 30 30 30 6 6 6

4 a 85 32 53 13   b 55 41 110 41 69 23 3
− = = 2 − = − = = = 5
20 20 20 20 6 12 12 12 12 4 4

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5 a 7   b 13   c 1   d 17   e 21   f 19
3 8 10 3 17 10
8 15 4 28 40 30

g  9   h 5   i  5   j 3   k  5   l 29
1 2 2 2 2
10 9 14 4 12 36

6 a 5 m  b 1 m
4
8 8

7 3 m
4

F Exercise 7.5 Finding fractions of a quantit

quantity 
y 
1 a $9
$9   b 4 m 
m  c 12 kg 
kg  d 25 cm 
cm  e 18 ml
1
2 a 9
3
kg 
kg  b 15 t  c $ 12 3   d 20
8
mg  
mg e 20
5
mm
5 3 8 9 6
7 2
3 a 5
 of 18 m = 10 m, 12
 of 24 m = 14 m, 3
 of 19 m = 12 23 m, 4
 of 30 m = 13
1
3
m, 5
 of 14 m = 11
2
m
9 9 6 3

  b 12 m

F Exercise 7.6 Multiplying an integer by a fractio

fractionn
1 a 15
15   b 24
24   c 27
27   d 18
18   e 63
63   f 25
3 4 3 2 1 1
2 a 12   b 4   c 24   d 11   e 12   f 7
8 9 5 3 4 2
3 No
No.. Dakarai divided the 78 by 3 and the 15 by 5. The divisors must be the same when cancelling.

F Exercise 7.7.77 Dividing an integer by a fraction

1 a 28
28   b 18
18   c 28
28   d 20
20   e 39
39   f 55
2 1 1 1 1 1
2 a 18   b 16   c 49   d 42   e 57   f 22
3 2 2 2 2 2

3 A, 45 ÷  5
8
1 1 2 2 1 1
4 a 4   b 9   c 3   d 9   e 8   f 10
2 2 3 3 3 4

F Exercise 7.8 Multiplying and dividing fractio

fractions
ns
1 3 2 8 9 14
1 a   b   c   d   e   f
8 16 15 25 28 27
3 1 3 4 1 2
2 a 10   b 2   c 10   d 27   e 4   f 11
3 5 21 1  3  7
3 a   b   c   d 7   e 3   f 2
8 6 32 5 10 10

1 2 1 1 1
4 a 1   b 2   c 1   d 1   e 2  f 1
2 3 4 3 6
5 MENTAL MATHS IS FUN

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End-of-unit review
1   3 3
4 1 2 1
Fraction
4 5 5 10 5 2

Decimal   0.75 0.8 0.2 0. 3 0.4 0.5

Percentage   75% 80% 20% 30% 40% 50%

32 8
2 a 0.32  b =
100 25

6 3
3 a 6%  b =
100 50
4 a 0.16  b 16%
5 a 0.375  b 0.364  c 0.415
1 11 3 5
6 , , ,
2 20 5 8
7 1  8 5  1 17
7 a   b   c 1   d   e 6   f 1
8 2 21 12 12 18

 1  1
8 a 1  m  b 8  m
10 10
1 12 5 11
9 a $18  b 21  c   d   e   f 1
24 35 6 21

1 4 1 1
10 a 9  kg  b 10   c 19   d 17   e 38
3 5 4 2

11 A, 32 × 3  
5

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exercises
8 Shapes and geometric reasoning 

F Exercise 8.1 Recognising congruent shapes

1 a  AC b  DF c  HI d  KM

2 D, G
3 a i  3.1 cm ii  6.5 cm iii  7.8 cm
  b  i  23° ii  62° iii  95°
4 a i  FG ii  EH iii  AB iv  CD
  b  i  ∠FGH ii  ∠EFG iii  ∠ABC iv  ∠BCD
5 No. The angles are both 90°, but not corresponding.  ∠LKN and ∠PSR (not ∠SRQ) are corresponding.
6 No.
No. Although the angles in two equilateral triangles will all be 60°, the sides of the two equilateral triangles can
be of different lengths.

F Exerci
Exercise
se 8.2 Identifying symmetry of 2D shapes
1 a b c d

e f g h

i j k l

2 a  2 b  2 c  1 d  4 e  2 f   1
  g   2 h  1 i  1  j  2 k   1 l  2
3 a  6 b  0 c  8 d  0 e  8 f   5 g   4 h  0
4 a  6 b  1 c  8 d  1 e  8 f   5 g   4 h  2
5
Square Rectangle Rhombus Parallelogram Kite Trapezium Isosceles
trapezium
Shape

Number
of lines of 4 2 2 0 1 0 1
symmetry 
Order of
rotational 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
symmetry 

6 a  i  3 ii  3 b i  1 ii  1 c  i  0 ii  1 d  i  1 ii  1

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7 a b c

F Exercise 8.3 Classifying quadrilaterals

1 a  square b  parallelogram c  kite d  rectangle or parallelogram e isosceles trapezium
2 a  J b  H c  M d  L e  P f   N g   K
3 a  (3, 4) b  (3, 3) c  (4, 2)

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F Exercise 8.4 Drawing nets of solids

1  There are many possible nets; these are examples.
a b 

2 A, B, D, G
3 or

4 Students’ nets must be accurate to ± 2 mm.

  a  cube   b cuboid
3 cm 6 cm

3 cm
3 cm 3 cm

4 cm 4 cm

3 cm 4 cm

3 cm 3 cm

4 cm

Diagrams not full size

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  c triangular prism (isosceles triangle)   d triangular prism (right-angled triangle)

45 mm
27 mm
5 cm 5 cm 45 mm
5 cm 5 cm
6 cm

7 cm

65 mm

5 cm 5 cm

Diagrams not full size

36 mm
27 mm
27 mm 45 mm

5 a  E b  L c  H d  F e  J f   I
6 a  Students’ nets must be accurate to ± 2 mm. 8 cm
b 24.8 cm ± 5 mm
4 cm

5 cm 5 cm
5 cm

4 cm

5 cm

Diagram not full size

F Exercise 8.5 Making scale drawings

1 a  180 m b  8 cm
2 a  6.5 m b  10 cm
3 a  i  3 m ii  1.5 m iii  1 m iv  0.5 m  v  2 m  vi  2 m
  b  2 cm c  7 cm
4 10 cm

3 cm
5.5 cm
1.5 cm
1.5 cm
8.5 cm
Diagram not full size

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5 a

9 cm 15.4 cm

12.5
Diagram not cmsize
full
b 3.08 m (allow 3.04 m to 3.12 m)
6 26.4 m (allow 26.1 m to 26.7 m)

End-of-unit review
1 PQ
2 a i  4.2 cm ii  7.1 cm iii  7.6 cm
  b  i  80° ii  30° iii  70°
3 a  i  2 ii  2 b  i  1 ii  1 c  i  3 ii  3 d i  0 ii  4
4 a  (2, 3) b  (4, 4) c  (3.5, 4)

5 There are many possible nets, these are examples.

 
6 a  E b  F c  G d  L e  D f   K
7 a  4.5 m b  7 cm
8 a Students’ scale
scale drawings must be accurate to ± 2 mm.
12 cm
B
7 cm
9 cm 2 cm
2 cm
A
10 cm
  Diagram not full size

  b  15 m

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exercises
9 Simplifying expressions and solving equations

✦Exercise 9.1 Collecting like terms

1 a  8n  b  m + 4 c  8h  d  5ef   e  5a + 2b  f   5 − 3d  
g 2v   +
+4 h  6 jk  i  6m + 2 p   j  5c − 2a  k   3 − 4 pq  l  −8ab − 3xy  
2 a 2 + n2, 2n + 2, n × 2 + 2; −2 + 2n, 2 × n − 2 × 1, n2 − 2; 2m + 2n, 2 × n + m2; 2n2, 2 × n × n, n2 × 2
b i  −2 + 2 × n × m  ii  2mn − 2
3 a  13x   b  11 y   c  −3z   d  8a + b  e  5c − 3d   f   3ab
g 10cd   +
+ 2de  h  3v  −
 − 7 i  7u − 3t    j  7x 2 + 6x   k   6 y 2 − 3 y   l  7a + 2

4
24a + 18b 

13a + 10b  11a + 8b 

5a + 7b 8a + 3b 3a + 5b

3b + 2a 3a + 4b 5a – b 6b – 2a 

5
7cd – 7ef 

3cd – 8ef  4cd + ef 

4cd – 4ef –cd – 4ef 5cd + 5ef

3cd + 4ef cd – 8ef –2cd + 4ef 7cd + ef 

6 a  1. 7ab and 2ac can’t be simplified by adding them together as the algebra terms are different.
  2.  4xy  −
 − yx  can
 can be simplified by subtraction to 3 xy  as
 as the algebra terms are the same.
b 1. 7ab + 2ac  2. x 2 + 3xy 

✦Exercise 9.2 Expanding brackets

1 a  4x  +
 + 24 b  3 y  +
 + 21 c  7z  −
 − 14 d  2w − 8 e  2a + 10 f   8 g  +
 + 72
  g 40 − 5b  h  36 − 6d   i  6  + 24
a  j  48b + 36 k   10c − 5 l  18 − 24e
m 4 p + 6q  n  20c + 16d   o  54t  −
 − 18s  p  6ab + 9c  q  42xy   −
− 14z   r   10x  +
 + 5 y  +
 + 20

2 a  5x  +
 + 18 b  8 y  +
 + 24 c  23z  +
 + 44 d  4w + 3 e  12v  +
 + 2 f   9a + 19b
2
3  a  3xy  +
 + 2x   b   y   + 8 y   c  2wz  −
 − z   d  m2 − 4m  e  2
2n  + 5n  f   9n − 8n2
2
  g a − 3ab  h  5c − cd   i  2e  + 7ef    j  7 g 2 + 3 gh  k   2h2 − 5hk  l  3cd  − − 5de
m 2x 2 + 6xy   n  15 y 2 + 18 y   o  24b2 − 8ab  p  18h2 + 6h  q  30km − 40k2  r   2
4 f   + 2 fg  −
 − 6 f 
4 a  2x 2 + 7x   b  6z 2 + 6z   c  u2 + 2u  d  2w2 + 20wx 
5 a  1. He wrote −6x  + + 21 instead of −6 x  − − 21.
  2.  ac + 3bc can’t be simplified by adding them together as the algebra terms are different.
  3. He worked out x (3  + 4 y ) = 9x 2 + 4xy , instead of 3x 2 + 4xy.
(3x  +
b 1. 2x  + 19 2. ac + 3bc  3. 3x 2 + 2 y 2 + 14xy 

✦Exercise 9.3 Constructing and solving equatio

equations
ns
1 a  x  =
 = 8, y  =
 = 7 b  x  =
 = 9, y  =
 = 5 c  x  =
 = 7, y  =
 = 4

  d  x  =
 = 5, y  =
 = 3 e  x  =
 = 6, y  =
 = 3 f   x  =
 = 11, y  =
 = 7
2 a  x  =
 = 2 b  x  =
 = 4 c  x  =
 = 12
3 a   y  =
 = 7 b   y  =
 = 4 c   y  =
 = 12

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n 
4 a  3n + 8 = 23, n = 5 b   − 8 = 5, n = 52 c  5n − 4 = 2n + 20, n = 8
4
d 3n + 7 = 4n, n = 7 e  2(n + 5) = 5n − 14, n = 8 f   3(n − 2) = 7(n − 6), n = 9

End-of-unit review
1 a  6 p  b  n + 7 c  9bc  d  1 − 6u  e  5x  +
 + 9 f   6a + 3b
2 a  8a + 5b  b  4v − 4 c  2x 2 + 12 y  +
 + 9
3
15ab + 8bc 

8ab + 3bc  7ab + 5bc 

3ab + 2bc 5ab + bc 2ab + 4bc

4 a  3x  +
 + 12 b  8 y  −
 − 8 c  12a + 8 d  20 − 35b  e  6c + 18d   f   32xy  −
 − 24z  
g 2xy   +
+ x   h  4n2 + 6n  i  8e − de   j  2hk + 8k2  k   6 y 2 + 18 y   l  6m  + 3mn − 15m
2

5 a  8x  +
 + 42 b  14w − 14 c  2a + 23b  d  2x 2 + 12x   e  2u2 + 2u  f   w2 + 16wx 
6 a  x  =  = 7 
 = 8, y  = b  x  =  = 16 
 = 6, y  = c x  =
 = 5, y  =
 = 7

7 a x  =
 = 12  b x  =
 = 9  c x  =
 = 8
8 a  5n + 9 = 44, n = 7 b  n   − 7 = 4, n = 33
3
c 5n − 10 = 2n + 11, n = 7 d  3(n + 2) = 2(n + 5), n = 4

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10 Processing and presenting data

✦ Exercise 10.1 Calculating statistics from discrete data

1 a 4.5 °C  b 4 °C  c 4.7 °C  d 10 °C
2 a 17  b 10.4
3 a 20  b 1  c 2  d 1.93
4 a 9  b 7.5  c 7.1  d 10
5 a 40  b 0  c 70
6 They are correct if the first is the mean, the second is the median and the third is the mode.
7 a i  12.58 ii  12 iii  12 iv  5
b Not correct.
correct. It is true for the three averages but the range will not change.
8 a i  40 ii  1 and 3 iii  2 iv  2.25
b The mean or the median would be best. Every score contributes to the mean. In at least half the matches
the team scored at least the median. The mode is not a good choice.
9 There are lots of possible answers. Here is one.
Number    1 2 3 4 5

Frequency    6 0 0 6 8

  In this case the mode is 5, the median is 4 and the mean is 3.5.

✦ Exercise 10.2 Calculating statistics from grouped or continuous data

1 a 21–30
b Because 15.5 is halfway between 11 and 20 (or between 10.5 and 20.5).
c 29.25
2 a 30–  b halfway between 20 and 25
c about 32 or 33 minutes  d 32.5 minutes
3 a 89.5 cm  b 30 cm  c 90.5 cm
4 a 31–40
b Only 18 messages have a length of 20 characters or less. The median is between the 25th and 26th so
it is more than 20.
c There are ten messages at most 10 characters long and one at least 51 characters long. The range
ra nge must
be at least 51 − 10 = 41 characters.
d 24.9 characters
5 a 57  b between 30 minutes and one hour  c about 45 minutes  d 44 minutes
6 a 70–80  b 120  c 70 seconds  d 68 seconds
e The mean is the best choice because the frequencies from every class are used to estimate it.

✦ Exerc
 Exercise
ise 10.3 Using statistics to compare two distribut
distributions
ions
1 a Paper 2. For Paper 2, the median was 5 less and the mean was nearly 7 less than Paper 1.
b Paper 1 because Paper 1’s range was greater than Paper 2’s range.
2 A was better than B because the mean grade for A was 3.37 and for B it was only 2.75. The mean is probably
the best average to use because it
i t takes account of all the scores.

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3 Both teams have the same median, 2 goals. The mean for Juventus is 2.05 and for AC Milan is 1.82, so Juventus
scored 0.23 more goals per match, on average. The mode is not helpful in this case because there are three modes
for AC Milan: 0, 1 and 2 all have the same frequency.
4 The median for the boys is about 132 cm and for the girls is about
ab out 135 cm, making the girls about 3 cm taller,
on average. The mean for the boys is 132.3 cm and for the girls is 135.2 cm; again the girls are about 3 cm taller,
on average.
5 The mean for May is 8.3 
8.3  cm and for November is 18.5 
18.5 cm. The median for May is between 5 and 10 10 cm and the
median for November is between 15 and 20 
20  cm. Both these show that on average there is about 10 
10  cm more rain
in November than in May. The range for the two months is similar as both spread over five classes.
6 a 45
b You cannot tell. The nine in the classes 80–84 and 85–89 after dieting definitely lost mass, but some of the
others may not have done so.
c The range increased by about 10 kg.
d The mean mass went down from 104.7 
104.7  kg to 96.2 
96.2 kg, an average decrease of 8.5 
8.5  kg.

End-of-unit review
1 a 8 characters  b 9 characters  c 9.3 characters  d 5 characters
2 a i  95 cm  ii  100 cm  iii  96
96  cm  iv  30
30  cm
b The mode. Have more of that size in the shop.
3 a 21–25  b 18.9  c It is in the 16–20 class
4 a 20–  b About 31 minutes is a good estimate.  c 32.25 minutes
d The estimate should be between 30 and 50 minutes.
5 a 35 boys and 32 girls
b They have the same median, 10. The mean for the boys is 9.9 and the mean for the girls is 9.5. The boys were
about 0.4 answers better.
6 The modal class for the newspaper is 11–15 and for the magazine it is 21–25. The mean for the newspaper is 14.1
and for the magazine it is 18.9. This shows that the sentences in the magazine are longer
l onger by about 4.8 words.

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11 Percentages

✦Exercise 11.1 Calculating percentages

1 3
1 5% = 20
, 30% = 10
, 37 12 % = 83 , 45% = 9
20
, 50% = 12 , 60% = 3
5

2 a  0.15 b  0.05 c  0.9 d  0.065 e  1.5

3 a  15 kg b  750 litres c  $120 d  84 g
4 a  4.5 cm b  36 people c  800 d  5
5 a  $11.61 b  159.6 c  3441 d  552
6 a  All of them! b  A 60, B 164, C 33, D 63, E 11.5
7 a  2.1 b  5.1 c  32.1 d  35.1
8 a  88.06 b  57.12 c  72.59 d  22.02 (or 22.015) e  15.47
9 a  336 b  20% c  84
10 a  red 1702, blue 1288, yellow 920 b  15%
11 a  33 200  b  6800  c  17%
12 a  copper 28.5 g, tin 1.5
1.5 g b  copper 950 g, tin 50 g
13 a 74% b  chromium 25.2 g, nickel 11.2 g c  36 t of chromium, 16 t of nickel
14 Germany 82 million, France 66 million, Spain 47 million, Sweden 9 million
15 men 2362, women 1350, boys 1181, girls 731 (rounding ‘women’ up has given a total of 5624)
16 17 600
17  All are 15.36 except
except 18% of 84 and
and 9% of 168 which are
are 15.12.

✦ Exercise 11.2 Percentage increases and decreases

1 a  $9 b  $69 c $51
2 a  2240 b  5440 c  960
3 a  0.38 b  19.38 c  18.62

4 a  $264 b  $360 c  $408 d  $480 e  $528

5 52 000
6 a  1.809 m
7 a  $196, $364, $133 and $301 b $426
8 A $448, B $679, C $421, D $877
9 Ace $15 484, Beta $16 902, Carro $20 961, Delta $23 737
10 a  $88  b  10% of $88 is $8.8 so the price will be below $80.
$80. c  $79.20
11 a  $480 b  $96 c  $576

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F Exercise 11.3 Finding percentages

1 a  Science 70%, History 85%, Geogra
Geography
phy 67.5%, English 74%, Maths 84%, Art 57% b  History 
2 a  55.6% b  44.4%
3 a  65% b  35%
4 a  40% b  60% c  48.6% and 51.4%

5 a  61% b  29% c  40%

6 a  $45 b  18%
7 10%, 7.5% and 6%
8 a  China 17.1%, India 40.2%, Indonesia 30.4%, Japan 4.1%, Nigeria
Nigeria 61.2%, United
United States 22.5%
  b  30.2% c  19.4%
9 a  A 6.8% reduction
reduction,, B 11.6% reduction, C 3.3% increase, D 14.7% decrease
b  D had the
the largest
largest percentage
percentage decrease.
10 a  27% b  34% c  113%

F Exercise 11.4 Using percentages

1 a  76%, 71%, 74% b  27 , 69 , 13
38 93 17

2 a  New 33%, City 47%, State 41% b  New College

3 a  18%, 37%, 52%, 22% b  the game console
4 a  Friday 13%, Saturday 18%, Sunday 20% b  Friday 
5 a  boys 10%, girls 15% b  boys 13%, girls 24%
c  Boys possibly did better.
better. The percentage
percentage of distinctions
distinctions was lower
lower that that of
of the girls but they had a much
smaller percentage of failures.
6 a  A 16%, B 29%, C 27% b  B c  They are all similar.
similar. A and
and C were both 64%, and B was 60%.
  d  C had the largest percentage of Excellent and the smalles
smallestt percentage of Poor
Poor..
7  Men have
have a larger percentage of overweight
overweight (44% against 28%).
28%). Women
Women have a larger
larger percentage of underweight
(22% against 13%).

End-of-unit review
1 a  9  
10
b  2 
5
c  1  
20
d  1
40
2 a  72 m b  6.45 m c  18 kg d  551
3 a  83% b  5976
4 a  106 b  153
5 a  552 b  391
6 No. 20% of 812 is 162 and 812 + 162 = 974.
7 a  $8.83 b  $22.35 c  $53.81
8 a  $17.50 b  $29.75 c  $80.15
9 a  67% b  84%
10 8.7%
11 a  67% increase b  8% decrease c  53% increase
12 X does. 40% are under 25 in town X; in town Y the figure is 30%.

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12 Constructions

F Exercise 12.1 Drawing circles and arcs

1 Check students’ circles, with radii:
  a  6 cm b  3.5
3.5  cm c  45
45  mm d 4 cm e  2.5
2.5  cm f   3 cm.
Allow ± 2 
2 mm.
2  a, b  Check students’
students’ accurate drawings, based
on the horizontal line AB 8 
8 cm.

C D E
A B

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c All of the circles touch the point A.
3 Check students’ drawings of arcs.
a radius 4 
4 cm and angle 50° b  radius 5 cm and angle 85° c  radius 35
35  mm and angle 120°

F Exercise 12.2 Drawing a perpendicular bisector 

1 Check students’ drawings of the perpendicular
per pendicular bisector of AB; all construction lines must be visible.
2 Check students’ constructions of the midpoint of CD; all
al l construction lines must be visible.
3 Question done in pairs; should be checked already.
4 a  The two arcs do not have
have the
the same radius.
b She used the compasses at one end, but moved the point of the compasses before drawing the second arc.

5 Check students’ drawings of 8 cm by 10 cm rectangle A 100 m B

ABCD.. AB and BC must show perpendicular bisector
ABCD
construction lines and marks at midpoints.

80 m

D C
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F Exercise 12.3 Drawing an angle bisector 

1 Check students’ drawings of bisection of a 50° angle ABC. All construction lines must be visible.
2 Check students’ drawings of bisection of a 120° angle DEF. All construction
construction lines must be visible.
3 Question done in pairs; should be checked already.
4 Check students’ accurate
accurate scale drawings
dr awings of shot put circle,
landing area and angle bisector
bisector.. All construction lines must be 15 m
visible. Appropriate scale must be given. top half 
35
°

1.5 m bottom half 

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5 Check students’ accurate

accurate scale drawings
dr awings of roped section
of sea and angle bisector. All construction lines must be
visible. sea
70°

50 m
beach

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F Exercise 12.4 Constructing

Constructing triangles
1 a  Check students’ accurate drawings of of triangle ABC. A
All construction lines must be visible.
v isible.
b i  52° ii  85° iii  43°. Allow ± 2°. 65 mm 75 mm
c 180°
d The three angles in any triangle add to 180°. B 95 mm C
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2 a  Check students’
students’ accurate drawings of triangle DEF.
DEF. All
All D
construction lines must be visible.
b 61 mm. Allow ± 2 mm. 86 mm
c i  45° ii  45°. Allow ± 2°.
d Isosceles. Angles DEF and EDF are the same.
E 61 mm F
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3 Check students’ accurate drawing of both triangles.

tri angles. All construction lines must be visible.
  Sasha’s angle XZY = 46°, Dakarai’s angle XZY = 50°. Allow ± 2°, but not both = 48°.
  Sasha is correct.
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End-of-unit review
1 a  Check students’ circles, radiu
radiuss 4 cm.
b Check students’ drawings, arc with radius 6 cm and angle 30°.
2 a, b  Check students’
students’ drawings of the perpendicular bisector of AB (7 cm long); all construction lines must be
visible.
3 a, b  Check students’
students’ drawings of the bisection of a 65° angle XYZ; all construction lines must be visible.
4 a  Check students’
students’ drawings of rectangle
rectangle ABCD,
ABCD, 7 cm by 3.5 cm.
b i  Check students’ the midpoint of AB. ii  Check students’
students’ drawings of the students’ drawing of the midpoint of CD.
CD.
c A 7m B

 o n
 p e t o
 a r
3.5 m  C  o n
 e s o
 h i s
 t h  h a l f f
 s h   l e
  T i   l f
 f
 
 s
 i s    a
  h
 t  h
D C
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5 a  Check students’ accurate drawings of of the pendant.

  b  Check ststudents’
udents’ drawings of bisection of the 30° 1.5 cm
angle; all construction lines must be visible.

30
°

5 cm

left right
side side

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6 Check students’ accurate drawings of triangles. All construction lines must be visible.
a   b 
6.5 cm 78 mm
4 cm

8 cm 54 mm

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7 Check students’ accurate drawings of both triangles. All construction lines must be visible.
  Hassan’s triangle Harsha’s triangle
8 cm 8 cm

6.4 cm 4.8 cm
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  Hassan is correct: they are congruent.

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13 Graphs

F Exe
 Exercise
rcise 13.1 Drawing graphs of equatio
equations
ns
1 a The values of  y  are
 are −6, −5, −4, −3,−2, −1, 0, 1, 2.   b  y 

0 x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

2 a The values of  y  are

 are −6, −4, −2, 0, 2, 4, 6. b  y 
6

0 x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

3 a The values of  y  are

 are 0, 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4. b  y 
6

0 x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6
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4 a The values of  y  are

 are 7, 5, 3, 1, −1, −3. b  y 
7

0   x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

5 a The values of  y  are

 are −7, −5, −3, −1, 1, 3, 5, 7. b  y 
7

0   x 
–2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

6 a The values of  y  are

 are 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1, 0.5, 0, −0.5. b  y 
3

0   x 
–2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

7 a The values of  y  are

 are 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2, −3. b  y 
5

0   x 
–2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

–2

–3
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8 a  x    −3
−3 −2
−2 −1
−1 0 1 2 3
  b  y 
12

y    −7
−7 −4
−4 −1
−1 2 5 8 11
10

0   x 
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
–2

–4

–6

–8

F Exercise 13.2 Equations

Equatio ns of the form  y  =
 = mx  +
 + c 
1 a The values of  y  are
 are −40, −30, −20, −10, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40. b  y 

40

30

20

10

0   x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–10

–20

–30

–40

2 a The values of  y  are

 are −40, −30, −20, −10, 0. b  y 

40

30

20

10

0   x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–10

–20

–30

–40

c If x  =
 = 20, y  =
 = 5 × 20 – 20 = 80 so (20, 80) is on the line.
3 a The values of  y  are
 are −35, −20, −5, 10, 25, 40. b  y 

40

30

20

10

0   x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–10

–20

–30

–40

c If x  =
 = 5,  y  =
 = 15 × 5 – 5 = 70 so (5, 80) is not on the line.
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4 a The values of  y  are

 are 40, 30, 20, 10, 0, −10, −20. b  y 

40

30

20

10

0   x 
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–10

–20

–30

–40
c −50  d 60

5 a The values of  y  are

 are −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. b  y 
7
  c 3.6
6

0   x 
–20 –15 –10 –5 5 10 15 20
–1

–2

6 a The values of  y  are

 are −100, −60, −20, 20, 60, 100, 140. b  y 

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0   x 
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
–20

–40

–60

c If x  =
 = 10, y  =
 = 40 × 10 + 20 = 420 so (10, 420) is on –80

the line. If x  =

 = −10, y  =
 = 40 × −10 + 20 = −380 –100

so (−10, −420) is not on the line.

7 a = 3 and b = −2
8 a (0, −10)  b (2, 0)

F Exercise 13.3 The midpoint of a line segment

1 a  y    b (4, 2)
4 A

1
B
0   x 
–1 1 2 3 4 5 6
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2 AB (3, 3); BC (3, 0); CD (−1, −1); DE (−4, 1); EA (−1, 3)
3 a (4, 3)  b (9, 6)  c (5, 9)
4 a (4, 2)  b (−1, 1)  c (4, 4)
5 a (3.5, −4)  b (−0.5, 2.5)  c (−8.5, 7.5)
6 a (35, 20)  b (−10, 10)  c (1, −3)

7 DE (−1, 15); EF (0.5, −10); FD (2.5, −5)

8 a  y 
4

3 A

D 2

0   x 
–2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1 B

–2
C

b The midpoint of AC is ( 2
,  
) (   ). The midpoint of BD is (   ) (   ).
2 + –1  3 + –2
2
 =
1 1
,
2 2
3 + –2    – 1 + 2
2
,
2
 =
1 1
,
2 2

9 The midpoint of PR is (   ) = (2, 2). The midpoint of QS is (   ) = (2, 2).
2 + 2 5 + –1
2
,
2
–2 + 6 , 3 + 1
2 2

10 No. The midpoints are (   ) = (1.5, 1.5) and (   ) = (0.5, 1.5).
–2 + 5 1 + 2
2
,
2
0 + 1   4 + −1
2
,
2

11 (6, −3)

F Exercise 13.4 Graphs in real-life contexts

1 a 09 30  b 20 km  c 1 hour
2 a 1  hours   b 1  hours   c 3 hours  d about 130 km
1 1
2 2
3 a The line is steeper
steeper..  b 2 minutes  c They were together at the lap start.
4 a, b      ) Car
  c 45 seconds
  s 30
   /
  m
    (
    d 20 Van
  e
  e
   S
  p 10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (seconds)

5 a, b    c about 30 km

    ) 40
  m
    k
    (
  e
  m 30
  o
    h
 
  m
  o
  r
    f
  e 20
  c Shen
  n
  a
   t
  s
   i
   D 10
Sister

13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00
Time (24-hour clock)
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6 a, b 
    ) 4
  m
    k
    ( 3
  e Xavier
  c
  n
  a 2
   t
  s
   i
   D 1 Alicia

0
0 5 10 15
1 5 20 25 30 35

Time (minutes)

c The lines are together between 20 and 25 minutes.  d Alicia

7
    ) 400
  m
    (
  e 300
  c
  n
  a 200
   t
  s
   i
   D100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (seconds)

  150 m from one end and 250 m from the other end.

End-of-unit review
1 A: y  =
 = 2, B: x  =
 = −4, C: x  =
 = 3.5, D: y  =
 = x , E: y  =
 = −x 
2 a The values of  y  are
 are −4, −2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8. b  y 
8

0   x 
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
–1

–2

–3

–4
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3 a The values of  y  are
 are 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2. b  y 
6

0   x 
–2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

–2

–3

c If x  =
 = −24, y  =
 = 4 − −24 = 28.
4 a The values of  y  are
 are −10, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. b  y 
60

50

40

30

20

10

0   x 
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
–10

–20

c If x  =  = 10 × 15 + 20 = 170, so (15, 180) is not on the line. 

 = 15, y  = d −40
5 a (6, −2)  b (−1, 2)  c (20, −1)
6 a Nisota  b 200 km  c 400 km  d 200 km
7 a 1 hour b, c 

Danville 150

  m    )
  o
  r   m100
    f    k
    (
  e
  c   n
  o
  n   t
  a
   t
  s   w
  e 50
   i    N
   D

Newton
13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00
24-hour clock time

d Between 90 and 95 km is a reasonable answer.

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14 Ratio and proportion

✦Exerci
Exercise
se 14.1 Simplifying ratios
1  a  1 : 5 b  1 : 6 c  1 : 5 d  6 : 1 e  3 : 1 f   9 : 1
g 2:3 h  3 : 5 i  2 : 7  j  15 : 2
 j  k   18 : 5 l  5 : 4
2   a  1 : 2 : 3 b  4 : 5 : 6 c  4 : 3 : 5
d 6:5:1 e  3 : 1 : 5 f   9 : 2 : 4
3 a  1 : 2 b  3 : 5 c  1 : 3 d  2 : 1 e  5 : 1 f   8 : 3
g 5:2 h  2 : 3 i  4 : 7
4 a 30 : 50 : 1 b  3 : 4 : 6 c  1 : 7 : 3
d 4:2:1 e  6 : 5 : 50 f   5 : 1 : 25
5 No. The amounts are 750 g : 1500 g which simplifies to 1 : 2, not 2 : 1.
6   a  1 : 4 b  1 : 2 c  1 : 2 d  1 : 3 e  6 : 1 f   5 : 1
g 3:5 h  2 : 7 i  3 : 1 : 2  j   1 : 5
 j
7  No. 250 
250 : 750
750  : 1200 simplifies to 5 
5 : 15
15  : 24.
8  a  Her ratio shows that the time on Wednesday is twice that of Monday,
Monday, but it was less, not more.
  b  1 hour 40 minutes
minutes = 1.666... hours (or 2
(or 1  hours), not 1.4 hours.
3
  50 minutes = 0.8333... hours (or 5  hour), not 0.5.
6
  She didn’
didn’tt divide the 14 by 5 in the last line.
  c  2 : 1 : 3

✦Exerci
Exercise
se 14.2 Sharing in a ratio
1 a  $15, $30, $45 b  $50, $75, $100 c  $144, $240, $48 d  $144, $72, $180
2 a  $42, $56, $70 b  $48, $64, $80 c  $58.50, $78, $97.50
3 a  i  95 ii   133
ii iii   57
iii
b 38 c  38
4  a  i  32 ii  16
ii  iii  24
iii 
  b  i  27 ii   9
ii iii   36
iii
5 Aden = $150, Eli = $100, Lily = $75 and Ziva = $125
6  $300, $600, $750, $900
7  $7.50
8 $8000
9  Share $150 in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1 = $50, $75, $25
  Share $126 in the ratio 2 : 6 : 1 = $28, $84, $14
  Share $120 in the ratio 3 : 1 : 4 = $45, $15, $60
  Share $132 in the ratio 1 : 5 : 6 = $11, $55, $66

✦Exercise 14.3 Solving problems

1 a  $0.50 or 50 cents b  $1.50 c  $5
2 a  $1.50 b  $7.50 c  $10.50

3 $27
4  a  200 g butter, 300 g plain flour,
flour, 300 g icing sugar, 400 ml honey 
  b  80 g butter, 120 g plain flour, 120 g icing sugar, 160 ml honey 

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6 a  $125 b  $200
7 a  $24 b  $42
8 a  24 and 42 b  120
9 110 g of syrup, 220 g of butter and 440 g of oats
10  1500 ml or 1.5 l

End-of-unit review
1  a  1 : 4 b  4 : 5 c  5 : 1 d  9 : 8 e  1 : 5 : 8 f   2 : 6 : 3
g 2 : 25 h  2 : 3 i  7 : 2
2 a  1 : 8 b  3 : 8 c  2 : 11
3 $72, $108, $180
4 a  21 b  7 c  28
5 $495
6 $3500
7  a  $3 b  $12 c  $60
8  $45
9 a  750 g b  1050 g or 1.05 kg
10 a  24, 30 and 42 b  114
11  sugar = 50 g, butter =100
=100 g and flour = 400 g
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exercises
15 Probability 

✦Exercise 15.1 The probability that an outcome does not happen

1 a  0.3 b 0.9

2 a  88% b  86% c  58%

3 a  0.4 b  0.9 c  0.7
4 a  The list does not
not include
include all possible makes.
makes.
b i  92% ii  93% iii  85%
5 a  99.5% b  42.1%

✦Exercise 15.2 Equally likely outcomes

1 5 5 2
1 a 6
  b 6
  c 6
  d 3

2 a 2   b 9   c 3   d 0  e 6
11 11 11 11

3 a  0.09 b  0.04 c  0.92 d  0.42 e  0.58

1 1 1 3 9 3 15
4 a  40   b  5   c  8   d  4   e  16   f   8   g   16   h  0
2 13 1 29 3
5 a    b    c    d    e 
15 15 30 30 10

1 364 31 334
6 a i    ii    iii    iv 
365 365 365 365

  b  ii and iv 
7 a  0.1 b  0.9 c  0.3 d  0 e  0.7
8 a  0.01 b  0.99 c  0.81 d  0.19
9 a i  1 ii  2 iii  1
1 1 1
  b  i  4
  ii  2
  iii  4

10 a  Each pair of coins in Q9 could be combined with a H or a T.

T. Here
Here is a list: HHH, HHT;
HHT; HTH, HTT;
THH, THT; TTH, TTT.
1 1 3 3
b i    ii    iii    iv 
8 8 8 8

✦Exercise 15.3 Listing all possible outcomes

1 25 5
1 a   b   c
36 36 18

2 a  2 b  12 c  The totals are not all equally

equally likely.
likely.
1 1 5 1 5
3 a  7 b  2 and 12 c    d    e    f     g  
36 6 12 2 12

4 a 1   b 2
6 9
5 a They could be shown in a table like this.
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6

1 1 1
b i    ii    iii 
12 4 6
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6 a + 2 3 5
1 3 4 6
1 3 4 6
3 5 6 8

2 1 5 2
b i  9
  ii  
ii 3
  iii  
iii 9
  iv  
iv 3

7 a × 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 2 3 4 5 6
2 2 4 6 8 10 12
3 3 6 9 12 15 18
4 4 8 12 16 20 24
5 5 10 15 20 25 30
6 6 12 18 24 30 36

1 8 19 5 3
b 18 c i    ii  
ii   iii  
iii   iv  
iv    v
9 9 36 18 4
8 a
Second pen
B1 B2 B3 B4 R
B1 X B1, B2 B1, B3 B1, B4 B1, R  

B2 B2, B1 X B2, B3 B2, B4 B2, R  

First pen B3 B3, B1 B3, B2 X B3, B4 B3, R  

B4 B4, B1 B4, B2 B4, B3 X B4, R  

R, B1 R, B2 R, B3 R, B4 X
R
3 1 2
b You cannot take the same pen twice. c i 5
  ii   iii 5
5

9 a
Tanesha
R S P
R RR RS RP
Shen S SR SS SP
P PR PS PP

2 1
b   c
3 3

FExercise 15.4 Experimental and theoretica

theoreticall probabilitie
probabilities
s
1 a  0.6 b  Not enough throws c  0.45 d  0.36 e  0.37
f It is based on the largest number of throws.
2 a  4 b  24 c  0.28, 0.32, 0.42, 0.453, 0.44 d  0.44, 0.48, 0.45, 0.507, 0.47
e They are quite different at first but they get closer together with more throws. f   0.455
3 a i  0.8 ii  0.2
ii  b  No, not enough throws to say that.
c i  0.8 ii   0.2
ii d  Yes, with 100 throws the probabil
probabilities
ities should be closer to 0.5.
4 a  No, not enough throws to decide.
b No
No,, you should not expect them all to be exactly 50. The experimental probabilities for each score are 0.15,
0.193, 0.16, 0.16, 0.153,
0.153, 0.183. If the dice is fair the theoretical probabilities are all 0.167. The values seem close,
so there is no evidence that the dice is biased.
5 a  0.6 b  i  0.575 ii   0.633
ii iii   0.6125
iii iv   0.64
iv
c 0.64 because it is based on all the throws. d  0.7
e The estimate based on 200 throws is the closest. The estimate based on 100 throws is the next closest.
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End-of-unit review
1 a  0.17 b  0.95
2 a  0.9 b  0.7
3 a  Shuffle the cards
cards and place them
them face down
down before choosing;
choosing; take
take a card without looking.
b 0.7 c  0.7

4 a  0.1 b  0.8 c  0.81

5 a   b 5  c i  1   ii  13   iii  5
+ 1 2 3 4 8 16 8
1   2 3 4 5

2   3 4 5 6

3   4 5 6 7

4   5 6 7 8

d × 1 2 3 4
1   1 2 3 4

2   2 4 6 8

3   3 6 9 12

4   4 8 12 16

3 3 13 1
e i   ii  0 iii    iv     v 
16 16 16 4

6 a  0 b  0.06, 0.04, 0.045

c Three identical numbers has a small probability
probability.. We
We need a lot of throws to estimate it.
d A 0.025, B 0.015, C 0.005, D 0.035 e  0.025 f   It is based on a lot more throws.
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16 Position and movement 

F Exercise 16.1 Transforming shapes

1 a  y    b  y    c  y 
6 6 6

5 5 5

4 4 4

3 3 3

2 2 2

1 1 1

0 0 0
x  x  x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 mirror line x = 4  mirror line y = 3  mirror line x = 3.5

2 a b c d

3 a  y    b  y    c  y 

6 6 6

5 5 5

4 4 4

3 3 3

2 2 2

1 1 1

0 0 0
x  x  x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4  y 
6

5
A
4
c
3
a
2
b
1

0
x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5 a  A to B b  A to C c  B to D d  C to E
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F Exercise 16.2 Enlarging shapes

1 a   b 

Scale factor 2

Scale factor 3

  c    d

Scale factor 2

Scale factor 4

  e    f  

Scale factor 3

Scale factor 4
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  g   h 

Scale factor 2

Scale factor 3

  i 

Scale factor 4

2 a  y    b  (4, 4), (10, 4), (4, 7)

8

0
x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10 11

3 a   y    b (1, 2), (9, 2), (5, 6), (3, 6)

6

0
x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10
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4 a   b

Scale factor 2 Scale factor 3

  c

Scale factor 4

5 a  Scale factor
factor 2, centre of enlargement
enlargement at (2, 2)
2)
b Scale factor 3, centre of enlargement at (2, 9)

End-of-unit review
1 a  y    b  y 
6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2
1 1

0 0
x  x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

 mirror line x = 4  mirror line y = 3.5

2 a  y    b  y 
6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

0 0
x  x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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3 a   b

Scale factor 2

Scale factor 3
4  y 

5
A D
4
B
3 C

0 x 
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Coursebook exercises
exercises
17 Area, perimeter and volume

F Exercise 17.1 The area of a triangle

1 a i  5.33 cm2  ii  48.19 cm2 
ii  iii  11.02 m2
iii 
b i 1 × 4 × 3 = 6 cm2  ii   1 × 10 × 8 = 40 cm2 
ii iii   1 × 6 × 4 = 12 m2
iii
2 2 2

1
2 a By estimating: × 8 × 8 = 32 cm2, quite a way from 40 cm2.
2

b 9.7 cm2  c He swapped the 7 and the 9 around.

F Exercise 17.2 The areas of a parallelogram and a trapezium

1 a 18 cm2  b 390 mm2  c 30.66 cm2
2 a 25 cm2  b 38.5 cm2  c 26.28 cm2
3 a She did not notice that the parallelogram is measured in mm. 
mm.   b 70.2 cm2
4 a A = 18.81 cm2 (  1 × (5 + 5) × 4), B = 15.54 cm2 (4 × 4), C = 9.86 cm 2 (3 × 3), D = 11.07 cm2 (   1 × 8 × 3)
2 2
c Any shape that has an area equal to 24.48 cm . 2

5 32 mm or 3.2 cm
6 30 mm or 3 cm

F Exercise 17.3
17.3 The area
area and circumference
circumference of a circle
1 a 37.7 cm 
cm  b 31.4 m 
m  c 75.4 cm
  d  44.0 cm 
cm  e 28.3 m
m   f 11.0 m
2 a 28.26 cm2  b 153.86 m2  c 19.625 cm2
  d  254.34 cm2  e 94.985 m2  f 32.1536 m2
3 a i  51.4 cm ii  157 cm2 
ii  b i 38.6 m ii  88.3 m2
ii 
  c i 41.1 cm ii   100.5 cm2 
ii d i 33.4 m ii   66.3 m2
ii
  e i 22.1 cm ii   29.0 cm2 
ii f i 16.4 mm ii   16.1 mm2
ii

4
  Xavier
area of is correct. = 10.132 cm 2, area of quarter-circle = 9.0746 cm2
semicircle
5 Tanesha is correct.
  perimeter of semicircle = 38.55 m, perimeter of quarter-circle = 35.7 m

F Exercise 17.4 The areas of compound shapes

1 a Area A = l  ×
 × w  = 20 
 = 5 × 4 = 20  b Area A = 1 × b × h = 1 × 12 × 6 = 36
2 2
  Area B = l  ×
 × w  = 11 × 2 = 22 Area B = l × w  =
 = 12 × 3 = 36
  Total area = 20 + 22 = 42 cm2  Total area = 36 + 36 = 72 cm2
2 a i  3 cm ii  68 cm2 
ii  b i 7 cm, 8 cm ii  98 cm2
ii 
  c i 7 cm ii   138 cm2 
ii d i 6 cm ii   180 cm2
ii
3 a 26 cm2  b 55 cm2  c 78 cm2  d 89.25 cm2

4 a 34 cm2  b 34.375 cm2  c 39 cm2

5 No. Area of trapezium shape = 88 cm2, area of circle shape = 87.92 cm2.
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F Exercise 17.5 The volumes and surface areas of cuboids

1 a 189 cm3  b 576 mm3  c 60 m3
2 a 222 cm2  b 432 mm2  c 122 m2
3 a 54 cm3  b 6.3 m3  c 5880 mm3 or 5.88 cm3
2 2 2 2

4 a 123.6 cm   b 32.4 m   c 2716 mm  or 27.16 cm

5
Length Width Height Volume
a   4 cm 8 cm 7 cm 224 cm
3

3
b 10 cm 5 cm 6 cm 300 cm

c 12 mm 9 mm 6 mm 648 mm3

d   8m 2m 6m 96 m3

e   4.2 cm 1 cm 3.5 cm 14.7 cm3

f    3.6 cm 5 mm 12 mm 2160 mm
3

6 a A = 34.72 cm3 (4 × 3 × 3), B = 29.92 cm3 (7 × 4 × 1), C = 48.96 cm3 (8 × 3 × 2)

c Sketch of any cuboid that has an volume equal to 24.24 cm3.
7 488 cm2

8 184.5 cm2

F Exercise 17.6
17.6 Using nets of solids to work out surface areas
1 a i  ii   1620 cm2
ii

b i ii   264 cm2 

ii

c i ii   756 cm2

ii

d i ii   390 cm2

ii
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2 a He mixed up the measurements 6 cm and 6.8 cm.

  He has not changed the 15 mm to 1.5 cm.
  He forgot to add area F.
b 111 cm2
3 No. Surface area of cube = 138.24 cm2, surface area of the triangular prism = 138.54 cm2

End-of-unit review
1 a 66.88 cm2  b 28 cm2  c 160 m2
2 a i  25.1 cm ii  50.3 cm2 
b i 37.7 cm ii  113.0 cm2
3 a i  2 × 3 × 4 = 24 cm ii  3 × 42 = 48 cm2 
b i  3 × 12 = 36 cm ii  3 × 62 = 108 cm2
4 15.4 cm
5 a 29 cm2  b 57.12 cm2 
6 120 cm2
7 a 200 cm3  b 220 cm2
8 2208 mm2
2
9 a 5 cm 13 cm   b 360 cm
5 cm 13 cm

10 cm

12 cm
5 cm
13 cm
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exercises
18 Interpreting and discussing results

✦ Exerci
Exercise
se 18.1 Interpreting
Interpreting and drawing frequency diagrams
1 a 8  b 7  c 25

2 a 13
13   b 200–400 g 
g  c 5  d 50
3 a
Number of cups of coffee sold per day 
14
12
10
     y
     c
     n
     e
     u 8
     q
     e
     r
       F 6
4
2
0
0–19 20–39 40–59 60–79 80–99
Number of cups of coffee sold

b February. The only month which has only 28 days.

c Not really. It
It could be 99, but you can’t tell from grouped data information; the greatest number of cups
of coffee sold could be anywhere from 80 to 99.
4 a
Speed of cars
14
12
10
     y
     c
     n
     e
     u 8
     q
     e
     r
       F 6
4
2
0
50 60 70 80 90 100
Speed of car (km/h)

b 17
c No. IItt could not be 50 km/h
k m/h as ‘50 <’ means that the speed could be very close but not equal to 50.
5 a Heights of plants
12
10
     y
     c
     n
     e
     u 8
     q
     e
     r
       F 6
4
2
0
20 25 30 35 40
Height (cm)

b 17. Add the frequencies

frequencies of the three bars that show heights that are at least 25 cm.
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F Exercise 18.2 Interpreting

Interpreting and drawing pie charts
1 a Favourite flavours of ice cream   Vanilla = 72°, Strawberry = 108°, Raspberry = 60°, Chocolate = 96°,
Caramel Caramel = 24°

Chocolate Vanilla

Strawberry 

Raspberry 

b 20%
2 a Vauxhall  b 60 1   c 35%  d 40
=
360 6

3 a 120  b 135  c No. Men = 180, women = 200.

d More women than men took part in the survey, so when the angles in the pie charts are the same, the women’s
sector must represent a greater number than that in the men’s sector.
4 a 90 1   b i  21 ii  35 iii  180
=
360 4

5 Pembroke School. Pembroke School = 160, Milford School = 154.

F Exercise 18.3 Interpreting and drawing line graphs

1 a i  $1 million ii  $1.5 million  b 2008  c 2007 and 2008
d 2010 and 2011  e From 2006 to 2008 profits rise; from 2008 to 2011 profits fall.
2 a i  12 ii  15  b August  c February and March
d From January to August there
there is a rise in the number of skateboards sold each month. From August
August to
December there is a fall in the number of skateboards sold each month.
3 a i  $120 000 ii  $170 000  b 2008  c 2004 and 2006
d From 2000 to 2004 the value went up slowly. From 2004 to 2006 the value went up faster. From 2006 to 2008
the rate of increase
i ncrease in value was slower, then from
from 2008 to 2010 the value fell fast.
e i $140 000 ii  $180 000
4 Number of people staying in a hotel each month for a year
  e 30
    l
  p25
  o
  e
  p
    f 20
  o
  r
  e 15
    b
  m
  u10
   N
5
0
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Month

  August and September

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5
    ) Average
Average price of silver over a 25-year period
    $ 25
   S
   U
    ( 20
  r
  e
  v
    l
   i
  s
15
    f
  o10
  e
  c
   i
  r
   P 5

0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Year

  2005 to 2010

F Ex
 Exercise
ercise 18.4 Interpreting
Interpreting and drawing stem-and-le
stem-and-leaf
af diagrams
1 a 15  b 45 minutes  c 5  d i 45 minutes ii  56 minutes iii  22 minutes
2 a 22  b 6.3 cm  c 8  d i 4.5 cm ii  4.6 cm iii  4.0 cm
3 a February. The only month which has 28 days.
b 112  c 15
4 a Key: 5 | 8 means 58 kg
5 8 9 9
67 01 12 23 43 45 48 9 9
8 0 2 5 6 9
9 0 2 5
b 17  c i 64 kg ii  72 kg iii  37 kg
5 a Key: 10 | 1 means 101 kb
10 1 3 8 9
11 0 5 7 7
12 5 5 8
13 0 0 1 5 9 9
14 0 5 8
15 1 2 45 8
16 0 2 56 8
b 10  c i no mode ii  137 kb iii  67 kb
5 1
6 a 44%  b 25
=
5   c 20  d 27.88 out of 40 (or 69.7%)
1
7 a   b 25%
2

F Exercise 18.5 Drawing conclusions

1 Yes. $435.20 ÷ 17 = $25.60
2 a Allerton have a higher mode (4 compared to 3).
b Batesfield have a higher mean (2.88 compared to 2.52) and a higher median (3 compared to 2).
3 Yes. 19 ÷ 30 × 100 = 63.333...%
63.333.. .%
4 a i  The level of stock is falling at a steady rate so sales are steady.
steady.
  ii The level of stock is falling at a reducing rate, and much more slowly than that of the Scarlets. Sales are
slow and declining.
b No. If the trend continues, they will sell out half way through the week.
c Yes. If the trend continues, they will only sell 1 or 2 shirts
shir ts and they have 4 in stock.
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End-of-unit review
1 a The data is continuous.  b 13  c 400−600 g  d 4  e 50
2 a Number of MP3 players sold daily over a month
14
12
10
     y
     c
     n
     e
     u 8
     q
     e
     r
       F 6
4
2
0
0–9 10–19 20–29 30–39 40–49
Number of MP3 players sold daily 

b No. Several months have 30 days. c  Yes. The maximum is 49.

  d Number of MP3 players sold 0–9 = 36°, 10–19 = 60°, 20–29 = 144°, 30–39 = 96°, 40–49 = 24°.
daily over a month
40–49 0–9

30–39 10–19

20–29

e 40%
3 a Key: 1 | 8 means 18 kg
0 8 9
1 2 8 8
2 4 7 8 8 8 8 9
3 4 6 6 7 8 9 9
4 3 5 6 9
5 0 0
6
b 48%  c   d 20
25
e i Mode is 28. ii  Median is 34, mean is 32.