Revision Exercise I No. 1: (A) What Is The Sum of 4x Dollars and 4x Cents? Express Your Answer in Cents
Revision Exercise I No. 1: (A) What Is The Sum of 4x Dollars and 4x Cents? Express Your Answer in Cents
2. Estimate the following mentally, giving your answer correct to 1 significant figure:
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3. Simplify
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(a) 15𝑎 ÷ 5 = (e) × 21𝑎2 =
3
(b) 4𝑐 × 7𝑐 =
(f) 15𝑥 − 3 × 5𝑥 =
(c) 𝑎 × 5 × 𝑏 =
(g) 8𝑎 + 2 × 6𝑎 =
(d) 𝑎 × 5 × 2 + 𝑐 =
(h) 4𝑥 + 8𝑥 ÷ 2 =
4. A family of 2 adults and 4 children visited Sentosa during the June school holidays. An adult
ticket cost $18.90 and a child-ticket cost $12.80 during the promotional period. If the family
enjoyed the promotional price,
(a) What was the total cost of the tickets for the family?
(b) What would be the change if a $100-note was used to purchase the tickets?
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5. A teacher distributes 255 pencils, 425 sheets of graph paper and 595 sheets of writing paper
equally to a group of students.
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√2505×8.705
8. (a) Estimate the value of giving your answer as a whole number.
4.98×2.907
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9. (a) One-fifth of a plank is sawn off and three-eighths of the remaining piece is then thrown
away. What fraction of the original plank remains?
(b) Lamp posts along one side of a street are 6 m apart. If they extend for one and a half
kilometers, find the number of lamp posts along the street.
(c) An apple costs x cent. An orange costs y cent more than an apple. Express the cost of 8
apples and 12 oranges in terms of x and y.
10. Copy and complete the following using one of the symbols >, = or <:
(a) 5 ⎕ 2
(b) −5 ⎕ −2
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(c) ⎕ 0.33
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(d) −7 ⎕ 14 ÷ (−2)
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