2001 NOTES ON MEMORANDUM

These notes are necessarily brief and often formal and symbolic.
GRADE 4(1)
Equal groups, so 629 37 = 17
6 R0,75 2 R2
08:00 70 min 06:50
Jan, Feb, March: 31 +28 + 31 = 90 days, so the 100th day is on 10 April
18 10
Make equal parts, e.g. 16 triangles, then 8/16 triangles = 1/2 is shaded. Or 8 squares with 1/2 of
each square shaded, so 1/2 of whole is shaded.
10. 6 small ones and 2 big ones for a total of 8.
11. 6 10 or 10 6
12. Make a sketch:
A 15 Stall ? ..B
15 + ? = 75
13. 11 (you and 10 others!) 3 + 1 5 + 3 6 = 1
14. Make a systematic list: 1 + 1 = 2; 1 + 2 = 3; ...; 6 + 6 = 12
Possible totals are 2; 3; 4; .; 11; 12, i.e. 11 different possible answers.
16. Check each answer, e.g. 9 = 3 3; 11 = 2 3 + 5; 13 = 2 5 + 3, etc. You know, or you learn
from these calculations, that the sum of three odd numbers is odd, so 12 is not possible!
17. The 1st and 4th and 2nd and 3rd rows/columns are left-right/top-down reverses . . .
19. (71 + 24) + 71 (71 24) = 3 71 = 213
20. Check answers systematically, e.g. 80 = 50 + 20 + 10; 32 = 20 + 10 + 2; 62 = 50 + 10 + 2; etc.
21. Imagine yourself positioned to the left behind the building and describe what you see
22. 4:8 = 1:2. Share R30 into 3 equal parts, i.e. R10 each, then Thabo pays 1 part.
Or: One bottle costs R30 12 = R2,50, so 4 bottles cost 4 R2,50 = R10
23. Continue pattern of subtracting 4 cm/hour. Or the formula is Height = 32 2 time
24. Sipho saves R1,50 + 75c per week, i.e. 75c/week more than Thembo, i.e. 12 75c more in 12 weeks
25. With 3 apples she can make 2 tarts, so with 15 (5 3) apples she can make 5 2 apples

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GRADE 4(F)
2. 96 -64 = 32, 32 2 = 16, 64 + 16 = 80
3. 0,99 + 0,02 =1,01
4. 49; 36; 25 - square numbers in reverse order
5. 72 3 = 24, 24 12 = R2,88
6. 9:15 + 60 min = 10:15, 10:15 + 50 min = 11:05
7. The next multiple of 7 will be 105 - so they need 3 more marbles
9. Ferdinand got the most, Margaret got second most and Leigh got third most.
10.
96000
160
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2

600
20

30
5

11. Alan will step on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Brenda will step on 2, 4 and 6. Carly will step on 3 and 6.

12. From 13:00 to 10:00 the next day is 21 hours. 21 hours 3 minutes = 63 minutes. 10:00 - 63
minutes = 8:57
13. The bell at school B will ring at 8:00, 8:35, 9:10, 9:45, 10:20, 10:55 and 11:30.
14. 96 3 = 32
16. 3 + 8 + 3 + 8
17. 3 12 +3 12 = 7, 21 7 = 3, 3 2 = 6
3km
18.
10km

5km

11km
11km - 5km = 6km
13km

19. The 1st, 10th and 11th of January, October and November
20. 6 and 4 is even, 6 is bigger than 4, 4 is not a multiple of 3, 6 + 4 is a multiple of 10
21. 10 + 10 + 8 + 8
22. One should know that if the numerators are the same, the bigger the denominator, the smaller the
fraction, e.g. 1 > 1 > 1 > 1 > 1 > ... So it cannot be 1 (A) or 1 (D).
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One should know that if the denominators are the same, the bigger the numerator, the bigger the
fraction. So form equivalent fractions and compare:
Write 1 and 1 as 20ths: 3 < 4 < 5 , so 3 (C) is smaller than both.

20 20 20
4
5
20
19
20
25
1
1
, so 19 (E) is smaller than both.
Write and as 100ths:
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<
100 100 100
4
5
100
Write 1 and 1 as 40ths: 8 < 9 < 10 , so the answer is 9 (B).
40 40 40
4
5
20
23. For 6 milktarts she needs 8 cups of milk, so for 8 (6 + 2 = 6 + 1 of 6) milktarts she needs 8 + 1 of
3
3
8 = 8 + 1 of (6 + 2) = 8 + 1 of 6 + 1 of 2 = 8 + 2 + 2 = 10 2 cups of milk.
3
3
3
3
3

24. With 15 eggs you can make the recipe 1

25. 20 20 = 400

2
2
times. 6 1 = 10 milktarts
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3

GRADE 5(1)

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5.
6.

(234469 + 234562)/2
Try and test each possible answer!
Measure how many baskets fit into the tree. It is about 6, so the tree measures about 6 0,05 m = 3 m
Test each of the given answers
Or, find a (Susie's marbles) and b (Sam's) through trial and check so that a + b = 105 and b a = 25
Or, if Sam has b marbles, (b 25) + b = 105, so 2 b 25 = 105, so b = (105 + 25)/2
Or, to do equal sharing, lend 25 marbles to Susie. Then, together they have 105 + 25 = 130, so they
each have 130 2 = 65. Now Susie must give back the extra 25 marbles we lent her!
7. Fold the black triangles into the white square they will fit exactly. So the
black and white areas are equal, so the black area is 1/2 of the whole.
Or, if you see 4 squares, them 1/2 of each square is shaded, i.e. 1/2 of whole.
Or, cut the figure into equal triangles, then 4/8 = 1/2 triangles are shaded.
8. 08:30 35 min 07:55

9. Draw it physically!

5
10

Begin

11

End

10. Test all the given answers, e.g. 6 = 5 + 1; 10 = 7 + 2 + 1; 24 = 12 + 7 + 5; etc.

11. Continue the pattern of adding 5.
Or, the formula is Output = 5 Input + 2, so Output (6) = 5 6 + 2
12. Start numbering (painting) the sides
13. Rotate the figures to the same position
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1
2
8 1
9
14. In 90 (= 80 + 10) minutes she walks (4 3 ) + (2 of 3 ) = 3 + 3 = 3 = 3 km
15. If C pupils like chocolate, then 4 + 2 C = 40, so C = (40 4)/2
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16. You pay 10 of R215 = (R215 10) 9 = R21,50 9
17. If Ferdi's starting number is S, then he did S 10 = 600. So S = 60. So correct answer is 60 10 = 6
18. Peter worked 3 out of the 6 hours, so he should get 3/6 = 1/2 of R48 = R24
19. Make a systematic list of all the possibilities: 32; 34; 31 | 23; 24; 21 | 43; 42; 41 | 13; 12; 14
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20. They drink 2 + (3 of 2 ) = 2 + 6 = 3 of the milk, so 3 of the milk is left

21. If their ages are a, b and c, then (a + 10) + (b + 10) + (c +10) = 100, so a + b + c = 70
22. The numbers are one more than a multiple of 4 check each of the given answers
Or the generating formula is 4n + 1, check if 4n + 1= 6152 gives a whole number solution, etc.
23. The 71th multiple of 4 plus 1 = 71 4 + 1 = 285
24. List them systematically: 997; 988; 979 898; 889 799
25. Look at Togs: 2 + 1 + 3 = 6, so 2 Togs are carried from Pues. Look at Pues: 4 + 5 + 4 = 13
So 13 Pues is 2 Togs and 1 Pues. So 13 = 2 6 + 1, so there are 6 Pues in a Tog
GRADE 5(F)

2. 6,8 2 = 3,4, 3,4 2 = 1,7, 1,7 2 = 0,85

3. (3x + 8) 2 - 6 = x
(3x + 8) 2 = x +6
3x + 8 = 2(x +6)
3x - 2x = 12 - 8
x=4
4. Must be a multiple of 6. 4182 is the only multiple of 6
5. Half of the flowers is South African - therefore half of 72 is 36. Of the 36 flowers two thirds are
roses - therefore 36 3 2 = 24.
6. You do not know whether some of John's friends are also some of Mary's friends.
7. 2-1 + 3-2 + 4-3 + 5-4 + 6-5 + ...+ 101-100
11

12 13 14 15

1100

9.
3rd from left
5th from right
2nd from front, 4th from back

Front
Therefore 5 rows with 7 students in a row = 35 students

10. If there are 12 red beads, there will be 30 green ones (12 2 = 6 and 6 5 = 30)
If there are 30 green beads there will be 9 purple ones. (30 10 = 3 and 3 3 = 9)
11. The 7 cookies that was left was one less than the children. There was therefore 8 children who
each got 6 cookies (48 cookies) plus the 7 left over cookies (48 + 7 = 55 cookies)
12. Because the number is uneven it cannot end on the 2, but can end on any of the other numbers.
Beginning with 2, there will be six combinations:
2359, 2395, 2539, 2593, 2935, 2953
Beginning with 3 there will only be 4 possible combinations:
3259, 3295, 3529, 3592, 3952, 3925 (the ones ending in 2 is not possible)
Beginning with 5 and 9 there will also be only 4 possible combinations each time.
Therefore 3 4 = 12 , 12 + 6 = 18
13. One quarter of the sales were 60 strawberry ice creams. 60 3 = 180 will be the rest of the ice
cream. 180 2 = 90, therefore 90 chocolate and 90 vanilla.
14. If you look directly from behind the tower of the building will be on your left hand side.
15. To tape the top of the box she will need 420 mm + 230 mm + 420 mm + 230 mm = 1,300m
To tape the bottom of the box she will need the same as for the top - 1,300m
To tape the 4 sides she will need 270 mm 4 = 1,080m
All together it will be 1,300 m + 1,300 m + 1,080 m = 3,680 m
16. Around the box from the one way will be: 420 mm + 270 mm + 420 mm + 270 mm = 1,380 m
Around the box from the other way will be: 230 mm + 270 mm + 230 mm + 270 mm = 1 m
Plus the bow: 1,380 m + 1 m + 40 cm = 1,380 m + 1,000 m + 0,400 m = 2,780 m
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8
17. of the tank is therefore = 25 litres. = 25 2 = 50 litres
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8
18. 50 3 = 150
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and =

is halfway between
and
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5 35
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35
35
35
35
20. The tree grows with 1,5 cm every day. In 30 days it will grow 30 1,5 = 45 cm. But Sara started
measuring when the tree was 12 cm tall - 12 cm + 45 cm = 57 cm.
The
following 4-digit numbers are possible: 4000, 3001, 3010, 3100, 2002, 2020, 2200, 2110,
21.
2011, 2101, 1300, 1030, 1003, 1210, 1021, 1012, 1120, 1201, 1102, 1111.
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22. Although (A) also gives an answer of , the fractions are not written as a sum of unit fractions.
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7
The answer is therefore (D), because it is the only answer that adds up to .
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23. 8 pencils will then cost R48,85 - R36,05 = R12,80. One pencil will cost R12,80 8 = R1,60. 16
pencils will cost 16 R1,60 = R25,60. But Jerry paid R36,05 for 16 pencils and a pen. So the pen
costs R36,05 - R25,60 = R10,45.
24. This can be done by trail and error. For e.g. If we look at what Michael bought: 2 chocolates + 2
gums = R12. If a chocolate costs R4, 2 gums will cost R12 - R8 = R4. So one gum will be R2. If
we substitute that into what Vusi bought, we find that 2 juices would cost R10 - R4 = R6, So one
juice will be R3. If we substitute everything we know by now into what Thandi bought, it must
work out, otherwise we will have to try something else to start off with. Thandi: R4 + R2 + R3 =
R9. It works, so therefore a chocolate cost R4.
2000! 2001!
2000!
. We know that
= 1, So now we are left with 1
25. We can also write this as:

2000! 1999!
2000!
2001! 2001!
2001 2000 1999!
1999!
.
can however also be written as
= 1, So
. We know that
1999! 1999!
1999!
1999!
now we are left with 1 1 2000 2001 = 4002000

GRADE 6(1)

1. To compare, form equivalent fractions (1000 ths).

Or convert all the fractions to decimals
2. Try trial and error, e.g. 8 + 9 + 10 +
Or test each of the given numbers
Or, if the smallest is x, then x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + + (x + 6) = 7 x + 21 = 63, so x = 6
3. 9 small cubes fit onto the bottom, then there are 3 such layers, so 9 3 = 27
4. The pattern is 6; 7; 8; 9;
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12

16 4

5. 20 is more than 20 (5 ) and less than 20 (5 ), so he is on side DE

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6. He still has 20 of the distance to go, so 20 of 25 cm = (25 cm 20) 7 = 8,75 cm

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7. Start numbering (colouring) the regions, e.g. as shown
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8. Make equal parts
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1
Or imagine folding the four corners to the inside (See Grade 5, no 7)
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1
11. Trial and improvement, or check the given numbers
12. R90 is 5 parts, so 1 part is R90 5 = R18, so RED collected 3 R18
a cm
13. Although we do not know the length of a or b, we know
that a + b = 2
1 cm
14. 4 books = 2 books + 6 kg, so 2 books = 6 kg, so 1 book = 3 kg
b cm
15. The pattern is 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 + (5 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 5) + 2 + 1 + 8 + 1
16. Make a systematic list, e.g. 3579; 3597 | 3759; 3795 | 3957; 3975 | 9375; 9357 | 9537
17. Check all cases and note behaviour: 1 17 =17; 2 16 = 32; 3 15 = 45; 4 14 = 56; etc.
18. Continue both patterns Or: 17 + 5 7 = 17 + 35 = 52
19. Length = 12 + 2 Mass, so Length (15) = 12 + 2 15 = 42
20. The first three may be blue, red and brown. Then the next one must match one of these colours
21. You can maybe take out, e.g. 10 red, then 10 brown, then 1 blue, then the next one is also blue
22. Make a systematic list, e.g. 11; 13; 15; 17; 19 | 31; 33; 35; 37; 39 | 51; 53; 55; 57; 59 | etc.
23. Generate special cases and organise the data systematically, e.g. in a table, and find patterns:
Row
1 2 3 4 5 6
# triangles
1 3 5 7 9 11
Use the pattern, e.g. # triangles = 2 Row 1
So in Row 50 there are 2 50 1 triangles
24. Generate special cases and organise the data systematically, e.g. in a table and find patterns:
# rows
1 2 3 4 5 6
# triangles
1 4 9 16 25 36
Use the pattern, e.g. # triangles = 50 50 = 2500
25. According to question 24 there are 2500 triangles, so the number in the last triangle is 2500!

GRADE 6(F)

1. 5,6 + 5,65 = 11,25 and 11,25 2 = 5,625

2. For every following year 31 October will fall on the following day, except for 2004 and 2008
(leap years) when it will skip two days. E.g. In 2002 31 October will be on a Thursday, on 2003
it will be on a Friday, but in 2004 it will be on a Saturday etc.
3. 3(width) - 3 = width +3, therefore 2(width) = 6, width = 3, but the table is 3 times longer than it
is wide, so 3 3 = 9
5. From the ground, over the length, to the ground again will be: 6 m + 8 m + 6 m = 20 m and from
the ground, over the width, to the ground again will be: 6 m + 10 m + 6 m = 22 m.
8 5
64 55
9
9
1
88
=
=
and
= 135 litre, so
= 15 litre and
= 1320 litre.
6.
11 8
88 88
88
88
88
88

7. Every two days the plant grew 3 cm, so in one day it grew 1,5 cm. In ten days it grew 15 cm. In
eleven days it therefore grew 15 cm + 1,5 cm which is equal to 16,5 cm.
8. The plant grew 1,5 cm every day, so 60 1,5 = 40 days.
9. If you use all the information that you have you can construct a sketch, from which it can clearly
be seen that B is 30 km away from E.
10 km

10 km
30 km

D
20 km

20 km

10. From 1 to 69 he will need 7 sevens. From 70 to 79 he will need 11 sevens and from 80 to 100 he
will need 2 sevens. That equals to 20 sevens.
11. 3 3 3 + 3 = 9 3 + 3 = 9 3
12. Every 100 years they will grow 8 mm closer to one another. They have to grow 15 000 mm
altogether. Therefore 15 000 mm 8 mm = 1 875. But it takes a hundred years to grow 8 mm, so
1 875 100 = 187 500 years.
13. With every two cups she can bake 5 milk tarts. So for 6 cups she can bake 15 milk tarts and she
1
1
2
2
2
6
will be left with 1 cups of sugar, which is 7 fifths. + + = . So she can bake 15 +
2
2
5
5
5
5
1
3
3 = 18 milk tarts and she will be left with 1 fifths or
of a cup of sugar.
2
10
15. 35 learners 6 learners (the ones without pets) = 29 learners. Of the 29 learners 24 learners have
cats. That leaves 5 learners who do not have cats, but who do have dogs. But 18 learners have
dogs, 5 of which who do not have cats, so 13 learners have dogs and cats.
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1
16. 4 1 = 6, therefore 6 1 = 9 cm
2
2
17. For every 5 kg on Earth a person weighs 0,83 kg on the moon. We already know that 30 kg on
Earth weighs 4,98 kg on the moon, so we need to add another 10 kg (2 5) to get 40 kg. 4,98 kg
+ 0,83 kg + 0,83 kg = 6,64 kg.
18. 85 kg 5 = 17 and 17 0,83 = 14,11 kg.
19. 19 can be made up of: 1 tricycle and 8 bicycles total of 9 (too much)
3 tricycles and 10 bicycles total of 13 (too much)
5 tricycles and 2 bicycles total of 7 (just right)
20. 1 = 6 and 1 + 1 = 10 . Therefore 1 = 4 and 2 = 8 .
22. S + L = R18 L = R18 S ..
L + C = R21 L = R21 C ..
S + C = R23 C = R23 S ..
R18 S = R21 C .. in
R18 S = R21 C
R18 R21 = S C ..
R18 R21 = S (R23 S) .. in
R18 R21 + R23 = 2S
2S = R20
S = R10 ..
R18 R21 = (R10) C .. in
R18 R21 R10 = C
C = R13 ..

L = R21 (R13) .. in
L = R8
Steven has R10, Cathy has R13 and Lara has R8 together they have R31.
2000 + 1999
3999
=
= 3999
24.
2000 1999
1
25. 1 + 2 3 + 3 6 + 4 10 + 5 15 + 6 21 + 7 28 + 8 36 190 + 20 210
GRADE 7(1)

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9.

The pattern is that 80/100 = 240/300 = 80%. So 80% of R700 = R560

Divide 420 into 7 equal parts:420 7 = 60. 3 of these parts are dresses, i.e. 3 60 = 180
Use the structure, e.g. 12 2 cm above, 13 2 cm below, plus 2 cm left and 2 cm right
These numbers are cubes: 63 ; 53 ; 43 ; 33 ;
1/3 of 2/3 = 2/9
9
1
8
5
9 = 15 . So the full tank =15 88
11 8 = 88 of tank is 135 . So 88 of tank = 135
Find a pattern in 3; 9; 15; Or: the last column is multiples of 6, so last number in row 81 is
81 6 - 486. So third number in row 81 is 486 3 = 483
10. If she is now x years old, then in 3 years x + 3 = 3(x 3), so x = 6
11. Use fact that the area of a triangle is half of area of a rectangle
12. Tn = 3 n + 1
13. Xn = 4 n + 1
14. Petrol used for 325 (i.e. 3 100 + 25) km = 3 7,6 + 7,6 4 = 24,7 . So petrol left = 45 24,7
15. If the original price is Rx, then final new price is 1,30 (1,10 Rx) = 1,32 Rx, i.e. 32% more
16. The number at back of front dice is 2 and on back dice is 3 or 4.
17. Make a systematic list: For Jan: 31 1, 30 1, etc 31 days; For Nov: 22 11, 11 11; etc.
18. The smallest is 10 10 = 100, the largest, by try and test is 31 31 = 961. Count them!
19. Trial and improvement
21. If the youngest sister has Rx, then we can represent the situation symbolically by:
x + (x + 2) + (x + 4) + (x + 6) + (x + 8) = 100, so 5 x + 20 = 100
Or think of it like this: to make an equal sharing situation, first take away the extra money they
get (2 + 4 + 6 + 8 = R20). Then there is R80 to be shared equally between the 5 sisters each
receives R16. The give them the R2, R4, etc. that they get more than the younger sister.
22. If there are x learners in class, then 3 x + 31 = 4 x + 8, so x = 23, so
Or: After giving each learner 3 pages the teacher has 31 pages left. If she now gives every learner
a 4th page, she has 8 left, which means she handed out 31 8 = 23 papers, so there are 23 learners
in the class
23. x1 + x2 + + x7 = 7 49
(x1 + 1) + (x2 + 2) + + (x7 + 7) = (x1 + x2 + + x7) + (1 + 2 + + 7) = 7 49 + 4 7
To get the new average, divide by 7: (7 49 + 4 7)/7 = 49 + 4
25. When meeting, the distances travelled by A and B are equal.
Distance = speed time, so if B travels t hours, then 70t = 50(t + 2)
Or: In the 2 hours start that A has, it will cover 50 km/h 2 h = 100 km. Bus B must now cover
this 100 km difference in distance at a (70 50) km/h difference in speed. So, at 20 km/h faster,
B will cover the extra 100 km in 5 hours.
GRADE 7(F)

1. The bungee cord is 40 m long. 95% of 40 = 38 m. He will therefore bounce back 2 m from the
ground. (40 m + 38 m = 78 m).
2. 4 + 4 4 4 = 4 + 4 1 = 8 1 1

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2
or
8
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3
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8
5. For the explanation we name the rectangle ABCD with the line PQ dividing the rectangle in two
equal pieces and line XY crossing line PQ at O.

3.

A
P
D

We know that area OQCY and area YDPO are equal (OP = YC given and PD = CQ - given).
Therefore the area of OQCY will be a half of the rectangle PQCD.
The area of rectangle PQCD = 2 cm 8 cm = 16 cm2.
Half of 16 cm2 = 8 cm2 = area of OQCY.
To work out the area of APOX, we drop the line MN so that triangle OMX ONY.
We know NY = 2 cm (5 cm 3 cm) and NO = 2 cm (given).
1
Area of ONY = (2) 2 = 2 cm2. This is also equal to area of OMX (OMX ONY)
2
Area of AMOP = 3 cm 2 cm = 6 cm2.
Area of AXOP = Area of AMOP area of OMX = 6 cm2 2 cm2 = 4 cm2.
The shaded area = area of AXOP + area of OQCY = 8 cm2 + 4 cm2 = 12 cm2.
6. 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88.
702 = 26,495 therefore 26 27 = 702 and 26 + 27 = 53
7.
8. Take for e.g. a 2 2 2 room. To paint each of the wall he will paint an area of 2 2 as well as
another 2 2 area for the roof, therefore 5(2 2) = 20. If you double all the measurements it will
be 5(4 4) = 80. 80 is four times more than 20. So it will take him four times longer to paint the
bigger room. If it took him 2 days to paint the smaller room, it will take him 8 days to paint the
bigger room.
10. Take for e.g. school fees of R100. 10% of R100 = 10 and 20% of R110 is R22. So school fees
went up with R32 from the original R100 which is 32%.
12. Looking right from the top: 5 cm2. Right from the bottom: 5 cm2. Right from the front: 4 cm2.
Right from the back: 4 cm2. From the right: 4 cm2. And from the left: 4 cm2.
4 cm2 + 4 cm2 + 4 cm2 +4 cm2 + 5 cm2 + 5 cm2 = 26 cm2.
13. If her average for the first 4 tests was 67%, we can also express it as (67 + 67 + 67 + 67) 4. So
67 + 67 + 67 + 67 + 63 + 67 = 398. 398 6 = 66,33.
14. The area of the semi-circles on the left and right side is equal to the area of a full circle.
r2 = 32 = 28,27433 cm2
The area of the square (see the sketch below) is 6 6 = 36 cm2. But we need the area of the
square minus the area of the 2 semi-circles: 36 cm2 28,27433 cm2 = 7,725666 cm2
+ = 28,27433 + 7,725666 = 36 cm2.

16. R9,46 = 114%, so R9,46 114 14 = R1,16

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and <
< , therefore 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5.
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18. In four years time Sandy will be 7 and Mandy will be 14. At this moment Sandy is 3 years old
and Mandy is 10 years old. 3 + 10 = 13.

20. 26 letters in the alphabet. Each letter can go together with itself and all the other letters. 26 26 =
676
21. d = 2,4 0,05 t = 2,4 0,05 22 = 2,4 1,1 = 1,3 cm
22. Interpret the formula d = 2,4 0,05 t in the physical situation: It means that at a temperature of
0C the gap is 2,4 cm. Then as the temperature increases, the gap becomes smaller, corresponding to
our knowledge of science that heat causes expansion
Our science knowledge also tells us that if the temperature decreases, the length of metal will
decrease, which means the size of the gap becomes bigger! To make the size of the gap bigger,
we will have to add!
Logically, we can deduce that in 2,4 0,05 22 we are subtracting, so probably in
2,4 0,05 (-2) we will have to add
Temp (C)
0
1
2
3
4
5
Gap (cm)
2,4
2,35 2,30 2,25 2,20 2,15
23. Let C be the cost of a coke and D the cost of a packet of chips. The cost of the first buy is 6C +
7D and of the second is 8C + 4D: So you bought 2 Cokes more, but 3 chips less, so 2 Cokes cost
just as much as 3 packets of chips (compare the sentence 6C + 7D = 8C + 4D). So instead of 8C
+ 4D = 4 2C + 4D = 4 3D + 4D = 12D + 4D = 16D.
24. If he eats x bananas in the last hour, then (x + 15) + (x + 10) + (x + 5) + x = 90
So 4 x + 30 = 90, so 4 x = 60, so x = 1
25. The pattern simply is that the answer is the remainder after dividing by 8. So 6 7 = 2.
Another view: On our 12 hour clock, 6 + 7 = 1. Similarly this question does calculations on "an 8
hour clock".