Mathswatch Foundation Worksheets Aw
Mathswatch Foundation Worksheets Aw
Worksheets
FOUNDATION
Questions
and
Answers
1) a) Write the number forty five thousand, two hundred and seventy three in figures. 45 273
b) Write the number five thousand, one hundred and three in figures. 5 103
c) Write the number three hundred thousand, seven hundred and ninety one in figures. 300 791
d) Write the number two and a half million in figures. 2 500 000
e) Write the number one and three quarter million in figures. 1 750 000
d) 192 040 One hundred and ninety two thousand, and forty
3) a) Write down the value of the 7 in the number 3 752. Seven hundred
b) Write down the value of the 6 in the number 56 025. Six thousand
d) Write down the value of the 5 in the number 258 610. Fifty thousand
e) Write down the value of the 2 in the number 1 253 549. Two hundred thousand
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© Mathswatch Clip 2 Ordering Numbers
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© Mathswatch Clip 3 Rounding to the Nearest 10, 100, 1000
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© Mathswatch Clip 4 Reading Scales
0 4 0 4 0 4
kg kg kg
0 40 0 400 0 80
kg kg kg
Gallons 1 2 3 4 5
Litres 10 20
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© Mathswatch Clip 5 Multiply and Divide by Powers of 10
3 × 100 = 300
65 × 10 = 650
17 ÷ 10 = 1.7
359 × 10 = 3 590
42 ÷ 100 = 0.42
0.9 × 10 = 9
88 ÷ 1000 = 0.088
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© Mathswatch Clip 6 Negatives in Real Life
Planet Temperature
Venus 210 °C
Jupiter -150 °C
Saturn -180 °C
Neptune -210 °C
Pluto -230 °C
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© Mathswatch Clip 7 Multiplication & Division with Negatives
2) 4×2= 8
3) 10 ÷ -2 = -5
4) -6 ÷ -3 = 2
5) -5 × -7 = 35
6) 7 × -3 = –21
7) 12 ÷ 4 = 3
8) -24 ÷ 6 = –4
9) -8 × 2 = –16
10) -9 ÷ 3 = –3
11) 4 ÷ -1 = –4
12) -3 × -9 = 27
13) -70 ÷ -7 = 10
14) 11 × -6 = –66
15) 4 × -3 × 2 = –24
16) -5 × 2 × -4 = 40
17) 4 × 5 ÷ -2 = –10
18) -8 ÷ -2 × -6 = –24
19) -2 × -3 × -4 = –24
20) 8 ÷ -2 × -6 = 24
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© Mathswatch Clip 8 Fraction of an Amount
1 1 1 1
e) of 36cm f) of 42 kg g) of 48kg h) of £66
4 6 8 11
9cm 7kg 6kg £6
1 1 1 1
i) of 90km j) of £28 k) of 125kg l) of 240km
9 7 5 6
10km £4 25kg 40km
1 3 1 2 3
a) of 20 b) of 20 c) of 21 d) of 21 e) of 44
4 4 3 3 4
5 15 7 14 33
2 3 3 7 5
f) of 24 g) of 15 h) of 36 i) of 81 j) of 56
3 5 4 9 7
16 9 27 63 40
3 6 1 3 3
k) of 50 l) of 33 m) of 14 n) of 14 o) of 20
10 11 4 4 8
15 18 3.5 10.5 7.5
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© Mathswatch Clip 9 Square and Cube Numbers
1)
16
50 1
4 6
5 12
15
42
39 49
9 36
a) In the numbers, above, find six of the first seven square numbers.
1, 4, 9, 16, 36, 49
b) Which of the first seven square numbers is missing?
25
3) For each pair of numbers, below, there is just one square number
that lies between them. In each case, write the square number:
a) 7 15 b) 21 29 c) 72 96 d) 130 156
9 25 81 144
a) 36 =6 b) 64 =8
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© Mathswatch Clip 10 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
1
b) = 0.2 = 20%
5
2
c) = 0.4 = 40%
5
1
d) = 0.25 = 25%
4
3
e) = 0.75 = 75%
4
1
f) = 0.5 = 50%
2
1 . 1
g) = 0.3 = 33 3 %
3
6
10 0.6 60%
1
0.2 20%
5
9
0.9 90%
10
2
0.4 40%
5
1
0.25 25%
4
4 0.8 80%
5
12 0.12 12%
100
1 .
0.3
1
33 3 %
3
7 0.7 70%
10
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© Mathswatch Clip 11 Money Questions
8.76
Total = £.......
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© Mathswatch Clip 12 Shading Fractions
2 1 2 1
or or
6 3 6 3 2
5
d) e) f)
6 1
or 6 3
12 2 or
16 8
3
5
2) Shade the given fraction in the following grids.
3 1 4
5 4 6
5 7
3) Which of these fractions is the smallest? or (use the grids to help)
5 6 9 7
= 45 sq. = 42 sq.
6 9
2 1
4) Which of these fractions is the largest? or (you must show your working)
7 3
2 1
= 6 sq. = 7 sq.
7 3
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© Mathswatch Clip 13 Ordering Fractions, Percentages & Decimals
÷100
eg. 52% ⎯52⎯⎯→ 0.52
2 3
a) 0.61 59% 0.55
3. 5
0.61 0.6 0.59 0.55 0.6
3 2
0.55 59% 0.61
5 3
4 3
b) 81% 0.78 0.805
5 4
0.81 0.78 0.8 0.75 0.805
3 4
0.78 0.805 81%
4 5
1 1
c) 0.3 28.5% 0.32
3. 4
0.3 0.3 0.25 0.285 0.32
1 1
28.5% 0.3 0.32
4 3
1 22
d) 0.23 21% 19.2%
5 100
0.23 0.21 0.2 0.22 0.192
1 22
19.2% 21% 0.23
5 100
3 1
e) 1% 0.012 0.021
100 40
0.01 0.012 0.03 0.021 0.025
1 3
1% 0.012 0.021
40 100
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© Mathswatch Clip 14 Estimation
341 300
a) 122 ÷ 53 2 c) 10
28 30
100 ÷ 50
109 100
b) 372 ÷ 44 10 d) 1
96 100
400 ÷ 40
253 300
a) 68 ÷ 1.7 35 c) 60
4.6 5
70 ÷ 2
96 100
b) 37 ÷ 7.9 5 d) 10
10.4 10
40 ÷ 8
eg. 62 × 28 ⎯
⎯→
60 × 30 = 1800
89 90 90
50 × 20 40 × 50
45 × 21 1000 42 × 53 2000
a) 100 c) 1000
14 10 2.2 2
10 2
80 × 20 30 × 60
76 × 17 1600 33 × 61 1800
b) 40 d) 200
42 40 8.7 9
40 9
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© Mathswatch Clip 15 Place Value When Multiplying
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© Mathswatch Clip 16 Addition and Subtraction
1) a) 42 b) 57 c) 96
+2 6 +3 8 +7 5
68 95 171
7) a) 78 b) 74 c) 62
–42 –26 –39
36 48 23
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© Mathswatch Clip 17 Long Multiplication
1) Work out
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© Mathswatch Clip 18 Long Division
1) Work out
a) 325 ÷ 5 65 d) 377 ÷ 29 13 g) 75 ÷ 4 18.75
1) Work out
4) Work out
a) 9 ÷ 0.3 30 d) 25 ÷ 0.5 50
b) 6 ÷ 0.1 60 e) 21 ÷ 0.3 70
c) 12 ÷ 0.4 30 f) 15 ÷ 0.2 75
5) Work out
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© Mathswatch Clip 20 Decimal Places and Significant Figures
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© Mathswatch Clip 21 Half-Way Values
a) 3 and 9 6
b) 12 and 28 20
c) 11 and 22 16.5
d) 17 and 32 24.5
e) 72 and 108 90
g) –6 and 2 -2
h) –9 and –3 -6
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© Mathswatch Clip 22 Reciprocals
b) 3 1
3
c) 1 1
d) 12 1
12
b) 1 3
3
1 4
c) 4
1
d) 8 8
1
b) 0.5 2
0.5
1
c) 0.2 5
0.2
4) Why can’t we have a reciprocal of 0? Because division by “0” does not exist.
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© Mathswatch Clip 23 Proportion
0.2 0
1) 8 bananas cost £1.60 8 1 .6 0
Work out the cost of 5 bananas. £1.00 5 × 0.20 = 1.00
0.9 0
2) Emily bought 4 identical pairs of sock for £3.60 4 3.6 0
Non-Calculator
Work out the cost of 9 pairs of these socks. £8.10 9 × 0.90 = 8.10
Work out the cost of seven of these 1 litre tins of paint. £68.25 7 × 9.75 = 68.25
1
9) William earns £9.30 for 12 hours of work.
Work out how much he would earn for: 9.30 ÷ 1.5 = £6.20/hr
a) 30 minutes £3.10 0.5 × 6.2 = 3.10
b) 5 hours £31 5 × 6.2 = 31
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© Mathswatch Clip 24 Distance Tables
1) The table shows the distances in kilometres between some cities in the USA.
San Francisco
4827 New York
4990 2132 Miami
668 4541 4375 Los Angeles
3493 1352 2183 3366 Chicago
a) Write down the distance between San Francisco and Miami. 4990 km
c) Write down the name of the city which is furthest from Chicago. San Francisco
a) Write down the distance between London and York. 212 miles
b) Write down the distance between Edinburgh and Cardiff. 400 miles
c) Which two cities are the furthest apart? London and Edinburgh
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© Mathswatch Clip 25 Timetables
Manchester 05 15 06 06 06 45 07 05 07 15 07 46
Stockport 05 26 06 16 06 55 07 15 07 25 07 55
Macclesfield 05 39 06 29 07 08 07 38 08 08
Stoke 05 54 06 45 07 24 07 54 08 24
Stafford 06 12 07 41 08 11
Euston 08 09 08 26 09 06 09 11 09 50 10 08
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© Mathswatch Clip 26 Powers
a) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 24 d) 12 × 12 × 12 × 12 × 12 125
a) 62 × 63 65 d) 53 × 5 54
b) 74 × 72 76 e) 29 × 23 212
36
b) 69 ÷ 65 6 4 e) 35
3
815
c) 117 ÷ 112 115 f) 811
84
47 × 43 4 10 92 × 96 98
a) 44 b) 94
46 46 94 94
57 510 ÷ 56 56 × 52 53 52
52 × 54
58 5×5 52 × 55 54
53
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© Mathswatch Clip 27 Line Graphs
1) The graph shows the number of ice creams sold each day during one week.
300
×
200
Number of
ice creams
sold
100
0
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Day
a) How many more ice creams were sold on Sunday than on Friday? 200
b) Explain what might have happened on Monday. It might have been raining.
c) On Saturday, 250 ice creams were sold.
Update the graph with this information.
d) About how many ice creams were sold on Wednesday? 213 (you can have between
206 and 220)
2) The average temperature, in degrees Centigrade, was recorded for each month.
The results are as follows:
January 5°C February 3°C March 8°C April 13°C May 15°C June 21°C
July 34°C August 29°C September 20°C October 12°C November 8°C December 6°C
Draw a line graph to show these results.
×
30°
×
Temperature 20° × ×
in °C
×
× ×
× ×
10°
× ×
×
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
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© Mathswatch Clip 28 Coordinates
y
10
B
1. Write down the coordinates of the points A to H. 9
A
A (8, 8) 8
B (3, 9) 7
C (1, 6) 6
C
D (0, 2) E
5
E (6, 5)
4
F (4, 3) F
G (5, 0) 3
D H
H (10, 2) 2
1
G
O x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
y
8
2. a) Write down the coordinates of: (i) A (ii) B
(1, 3) (5, 5) 7
4 ×
3
A
2
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
x
3. Using the pair of axes,
a) Plot the points A(2, 0), B(4, 0), C(5, 2) and D(3, 2). y
5
b) Join the points in order, to form
a shape and name the shape. 4
Parallelogram
M is the midpoint of the line segment AC. 3
c) Find the coordinates of M. (3.5, 1) T D C
x 2 x x
U S M
x 1 x x
4. Using the same pair of axes,
x x
1 A2 4B
a) Plot the points R(-1, -2), S(1, 1) -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 3 5
x
and T(-1, 2). -1
b) Join R to S and S to T. x -2
R
RSTU is a kite. -3
c) Write the coordinates of point U. (-3, 1)
-4
-5
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© Mathswatch Clip 29 Number Sequences
Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 10
Number of rectangles 1 2 3 4 5 10
Number of circles 2 4 6 8 10 20
Total rectangles + circles 3 6 9 12 15 30
3) For each of the following sequences write down the next two terms.
a) 5, 10, 15, 20... 25, 30 c) 27, 23, 19, 15... 11, 7
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© Mathswatch Clip 30 Number Machines
×3 then –1
Input Output
1 2
2 5
3 8
5 14
7 20
12 35
+5 then ÷2
Input Output
1 3
2 3.5
3 4
4 4.5
9 7
15 10
×4 then –3 then ×2
Input Output
1 2
2 10
3 18
5 34
7 50
10 74
11 82
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© Mathswatch Clip 31 Angles
Obtuse angle
A B
Right angle
D
C Reflex angle
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© Mathswatch Clip 32 Congruent and Similar Shapes
E
F
I J
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© Mathswatch Clip 33 Perimeter and Areas
4 cm 4 4 cm
1) Find the perimeter of the following +4
rectangle and pentagon: 4+6+4+6=
4 cm + 4.5
20 cm
+3
4.5 cm + 4.5 4.5 cm
6 cm
40 - 12 -12 = 16 20 cm
2) A rectangle has a perimeter of 40 cm.
The length of the longest side is 12 cm. 16 ÷ 2 = 8 cm 3 cm
8 cm
Sketch the rectangle, and find the length of the shorter side.
12 cm
6.3 × 2.1 =
4×7= 2.1 cm
13.23 cm2
4 cm
28 cm2 8 cm 8 × 3.5 =
28 cm2
6.3 cm
7 cm
3.5 cm 8 cm
8 cm
6) What is the area of the parallelogram, below?
9×4=
4 cm
36 cm2
9 cm
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© Mathswatch Clip 34 Volume of Cuboids
V=W×L×H
V = 10 × 6 × 5
5 cm V = 300 cm3
6 cm
10 cm
V=W×L×H
V = 2.3 × 1.7 × 0.8
V = 3.128 m3
0.8 m
1.7 m
2.3 m
V =W×L×H
480 = 8×x×6
480 = 48 × x
x = 10 cm
6 cm
8 cm
4 × 4 × 5 = 80
5 go this way
50 cm
10 cm
A B
15 cm
4g
60 cm 20 cm
ot
his
wa
80 cm
4 go this way
y
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© Mathswatch Clip 35 Converting Metric Measures
1) Complete this table by writing down a sensible unit for each measurement.
Four have been done for you.
Metric Imperial
The distance between London and Manchester km miles
The length of a pen cm inches
The weight of your Maths Teacher kg pounds
The amount of petrol in a car litres gallons
The length of an ant mm inches
a) 4 cm to mm 40 mm d) 10 cm to mm 100 mm g) 1 km to m 1 000 m
a) 5 m2 to cm2 50 000 cm2 d) 8.2 m2 to cm2 82 000 cm2 g) 5.1 m3 to cm3 5 100 000 cm3
b) 8 cm2 to mm2 800 mm2 e) 7320 mm2 to cm2 73.2 cm2 h) 53478 mm3 to cm3 53.478 cm3
c) 250 cm2 to m2 0.025 m2 f) 8 m3 to cm3 8 000 000 cm3i) 183000 cm3 to m3 0.183 m3
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© Mathswatch Clip 36 Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Polygons
For each of the shapes A to N, below:
a) Name the shape.
b) Mark on the shape, or write in words, the features that make it special.
eg) Shape A is a square because it has four equal sides and four right angles.
Square Hexagon
Right-angled triangle
4 equal sides 6 sides
1 right angle
4 right angles
A B C
Parallelogram Trapezium
2 pair of parallel sides 1 pair of parallel sides
2 pairs of equal angles
E
D
Rhombus
Rectangle 4 equal sides Scalene triangle
2 pairs of equal sides 2 pairs of equal angles No equal sides
4 right angles 2 pairs of parallel sides No equal angles
G H
G
F
Kite
2 pairs of equal sides Regular pentagon
1 pair of equal angles 5 equal sides
5 equal angles
Regular Octagon
8 equal sides
8 equal angles
J
K
Arrowhead
2 pairs of equal sides
1 pair of equal angles
M 1 internal reflex angle
Isosceles triangle N
1 pair of equal sides L
1 pair of equal angles
Equilateral triangle
All sides equal
All angles 60°
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© Mathswatch Clip 37 Names of Solids
Cylinder
Cuboid Sphere
Cone
9
8
7
3
6
5
4 2
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© Mathswatch Clip 38 Tessellations
1) On the grid below, show how the shaded shape will tessellate.
You should draw at least six shapes.
2) On the grid below, show how the shaded shape will tessellate.
You should draw at least six shapes.
3) On the grid below, show how the shaded shape will tessellate.
You should draw at least six shapes.
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© Mathswatch Clip 39 Isometric Drawing
3 cm
5 cm
4 cm
2 cm
6 cm
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© Mathswatch Clip 40 The Probability Scale
1) a) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that it will snow in Birmingham in July.
x
1
0 2 1
b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that it will rain in Wales next year.
x
1
0 2 1
c) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that you will get a tail when you flip a fair coin.
x
1
0 2 1
d) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that you will get a number bigger than 4 when you roll an ordinary dice.
x
2 1
0 = 1
1
6 3
2
x
1 1
0 1
4
2
b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that the jelly baby taken from the bag is green or black.
x
1
0 2 1
c) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability
that the jelly baby taken from the bag is red or black.
x
0 1 3 1
2
4
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© Mathswatch Clip 41 The Averages
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© Mathswatch Clip 42 Pictograms
January
March
April
May
b) Work out how many more watches were sold in March than in February? 3 watches more
2) The pictogram shows the number of DVDs borrowed from a shop on Monday
and Tuesday.
Monday
Key represents 10 DVDs.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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© Mathswatch Clip 43 Conversion Graphs
80
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Gallons
b
60
a
50
40
Distance
in miles
30
c
20
d
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Distance in kilometres
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© Mathswatch Clip 44 Factors, Multiples and Primes
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© Mathswatch Clips 45, 46 Evaluate Powers, Squares, Cubes & Roots
1. Evaluate
a) 72 49 b) 24 16 c) 52 25 d) 33 27 e) 16 1
7 × 7 = 49 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16 5 × 5 = 25 3 × 3 × 3 = 27 1×1×1×1×1×1=1
3. Work out
a) 32 9 b) 92 81 c) 102 100 d) 122 144 e) 1002 10 000
3×3=9 9 × 9 = 81 10 × 10 = 100 12 × 12 = 144 100 × 100 = 10 000
5. Work out
a) 23 8 b) 43 64 c) 103 1 000
2×2×2=8 4 × 4 × 4 = 64 10 × 10 × 10 = 1 000
7. Work out
a) 25 5 b) 49 7 c) 121 11
5 = 25
2
7 = 49
2
112 = 121
92 9 81 53
25 125 32 3
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© Mathswatch Clips 47 - 49 Equivalent Fractions, Simplifying
and Ordering Fractions
10 3 18 21 2 6 30
15 5 21 35 3 7 50
A B C B A C B
6 2 60 48 66 4 24 2 48 80
b) = = = = d) = = = =
9 3 90 72 99 10 60 5 120 200
4 8
on chocolates;
10 20
1 5
on games.
4 20
Order the items Ben bought by value (largest first). chocolates, magazines, games
Show all working
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© Mathswatch Clip 50 Value for Money
Without a calculator,
1) Which of the following offer better value for money?
please, for question 1.
Working must be shown
a) 200ml of toothpaste for 50p or 400ml of toothpaste for 90p
× 2
400ml of toothpaste for £1.00
Which pot of honey is better value for money? Large pot at 80p for 850g
You must show all your working.
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© Mathswatch Clip 51 Find a Percentage with a Calculator
1) Work out
a) 21% of 340 71.4 d) 3.5% of 78.6 2.751
b) 9% of 2700 243 e) 80.5% of 3200 2576
c) 17.5% of 420 73.5 f) 117.5% of 35 41.125
2) Work out the total cost (including VAT) of the following items.
1) Work out (i) 10% and (ii) 5% and (iii) 15% of:
a) 200 (i) 20 b) 30 (i) 3 c) 450 (i) 45 d) 54 (i) 5.4
(ii) 10 (ii) 1.5 (ii) 22.5 (ii) 2.7
(iii) 30 (iii) 4.5 (iii) 67.5 (iii) 8.1
2) Work out
a) 30% of 280 84 d) 17.5% of 300 52.5
b) 80% of 3500 2800 e) 55% of 700 385
c) 15% of 540 81 f) 17.5% of 180 31.5
3) Work out the total cost (including VAT) of the following items.
100 % 200 60 1200
+ 10 % + 20 + 6 + 120
Video recorder Tape player Laptop
+ 5% + 10 £200 + 17.5% VAT + 3 £60 + 17.5% VAT + 60 £1200 + 17.5% VAT
+ 2.5% + 5 + 1.5 + 30
235 £235 70.5 £70.50 1410 £1410
4) There are 1300 students at MathsWatch College.
45% of these students are boys. 10 % = 130
Work out the number of boys. 585 boys 40% = 130 × 4 = 520
5% = 130 ÷ 2 = 65
520 + 65 = 585
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© Mathswatch Clip 53 Change to a Percentage With a Calculator
Subject Mark
82 × 100 = 87.2%
English
82 87.2%
94 94
79 79
Maths 64.2% × 100 = 64.2%
123 123
38 38 × 100 = 82.6%
Science 82.6%
46 46
a) Write each of Sarah’s marks as a percentage.
b) Which is Sarah’s best subject in terms of percentage score? English
2 2 4
d) 150 × 100 e) of 180 cm 40 cm f) 49 × 28
3 9 7
1 5 7
g) 60 × 15 h) of £48 £30 i) 4000 × 3 500
4 8 8
3
2. There are 600 apples on a tree and there are maggots in of them.
5
How many apples have maggots in them? 360 apples
3. Liz and Lee are travelling in a car from Glasgow to Poole (770 km).
5
At midday they had already travelled of the total distance.
7
What distance, in km, had they travelled by midday? 550 km
3
4. A digital camera that cost £49 was sold on eBay for of the original price.
7
What was the selling price? £21
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© Mathswatch Clip 56 Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
1. Work out the following giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form
3 1 4 3 2 5 5 3 1 7 4 3
a) + b) + c) − d) −
5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 4 13 13 13
2. Work out the following giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form
3 2 4 1 2 5 13 3 1 9 1 5
a) + b) + c) − d) −
5 10 5 3 9 9 20 5 20 12 3 12
5. Work out the following giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form
3 19 1 5 8
a) 15 + 6 5 7 b) 2 4 + 15 3 d) 7 9 − 2 9 4
2 1 3 1 1 4 5
c) 4 6 − 33
5 20 6 9
6. Work out the following giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form
3 1 11 5 3 8 5 1
46 13
1 2 7 3
a) − b) + c) 52 − d) +
4 5 20 11 11 11 3 12 4
12 51 17 1
2 1 11
320
12 7
+ −
4 2 1 2
e) 2 5 + 9 5 f) g) 9 4 − 55 h)
7 2 14 15 15 3
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© Mathswatch Clip 57 Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Work out the following giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
4 1
× 4 1 5
÷ 2
1) 11)
5 3 15 3 6 5
3 2 1 2 10 3
2) × 12) ÷
4 3 2 7 21 5
3 4
× 2 4
÷8 1
3) 13)
10 9 15 5 10
3 5
× 5 4 4
÷ 1
4) 14)
7 6 14 11 11
6 15
× 1 4 8
÷ 9
5) 15)
25 18 5 5 9 10
3
4 3
× 1 5 10
÷ 1 16
6) 16)
15 16 20 8 19
2
9
2 3 2 1
7) 2 5 × 3 4 17) 13 ÷ 2 2
3
1 1
5 15
2 3 1 2
8) 13 × 310 2 18) 35 ÷ 2 3
1 2
5
3 11
1
19) 25 ÷ 2 7
2
9) 4 3 × 3 3
7
3 1 2 3
7
1 2
10) × 12 2 2 20) ÷ 29
5 3 10
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© Mathswatch Clip 58 Change a Fraction to a Decimal
3 0.3
1) 0.3 10 3 0
10
7
2) 0.7
10
9
3) 0.09
100
1
4) 0.5
2
3
5) 0.75
4
2
6) 0.4
5
7
7) 0.35
20
1 .
8) 0.3
3
1
9) 0.125
8
5
10) 0.625
8
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© Mathswatch Clip 59 BODMAS
Work out
1) 6 × 5 + 2 = 32 30 + 2 = 32
2) 2 + 6 × 5 = 32 2 + 30 = 32
3) 35 – 4 × 3 = 23 35 - 12 = 23
4) 48 ÷ (14 – 2) = 4 48 ÷ 12 = 4
5) 27 ÷ (3 + 6) = 3 27 ÷ 9 = 3
6) 27 ÷ 3 + 6 = 15 9 + 6 = 15
7) (9 + 2) × 2 + 5 = 27 11 × 2 + 5 , 22 + 5 = 27
8) 4 × (1 + 4) – 6 = 14 4 × 5 - 6 , 20 - 6 = 14
9) 6×4–3×5 =9 24 - 15 = 9
9+3 12
10) =2 =2
4+2 6
23 + 9 32 = 8
11) =8
7−3 4
7 − 22 7-4 3
12) =3 , =3
4 − 15
2
16 - 15 1
52 + 3 25 + 3 28
13) =2 , =2
2×7 14 14
5× 6 − 4 30 - 4 26
14) =2 , =2
13 13 13
8×2−4 16 - 4 12
15) =3 , =3
3 + 12 3+1 4
12 − 3 × 2 12 - 6 6
16) =3 , =3
14 ÷ 7 2 2
20 − 3 20 - 9 11
2
17) = 11 , = 11
10 − (5 + 4) 10 - 9 1
3+ 9 ×8 3 + 72 75
18) =3 , =3
1+ 6 × 4 1 + 24 25
Page 54
© Mathswatch Clip 60 Long Multiplication of Decimals
1. Work out
a) 7 × 4.3 30.1 b) 5 × 3.16 15.8 c) 2.3 × 1.2 2.76
Page 55
© Mathswatch Clips 61, 94 Ratio
5:2 15 : 20 15 : 6 1:2
7. Share out £80 between Tom and Jerry in the ratio 3 : 2. Tom gets £48, Jerry gets £32
3+2=5 80 ÷ 5 = 16 3 × 16 = 48 2 × 16 = 32
8. A box of chocolates has 3 milk chocolates for every 2 white chocolates.
There are 60 chocolates in the box.
Work out how many white chocolates are in the box. 24 white chocolates
3+2=5 60 ÷ 5 = 12 2 × 12 = 24
9. In a bracelet, the ratio of silver beads to gold beads is 5 : 2.
S G
The bracelet has 25 silver beads. 5 2
How many gold beads are in the bracelet? 10 gold beads ×5 ×5
25 ?
10. To make mortar you mix 1 shovel of cement with 5 shovels of sand.
How much sand do you need to make 30 shovels of mortar? 25 shovels of sand
1+5=6
30 ÷ 6 = 5
5 × 5 = 25
Page 56
© Mathswatch Clip 62 Recipe Type Ratio Questions
1) Here are the ingredients for making a vegetable soup for 6 people:
2 carrots
1 onion
800ml stock
50g lentils
4g thyme
2) Here are the ingredients for making apple crumble for 4 people:
Page 57
© Mathswatch Clip 63 Hard Calculator Questions
3) Work out
16.75 + 153
. 2
4) Work out
( 2.4 × 1.9) × 2.03 42.211008
2
b) Write your answer to part (a) to an appropriate degree of accuracy. 1.97 or 2.0
Page 58
© Mathswatch Clip 64 Real-Life Money Questions
5.80 ÷ 4 = 1.45
3 × 1.45 = 4.35
5.61 - 4.35 = 1.26
1.26 ÷ 1.5 = 0.84
Page 59
© Mathswatch Clip 65, 112 Nth Term
1. Write down the first 5 terms and the 10th term of the following sequences:
eg. 2n + 1 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.....21
Page 60
© Mathswatch Clip 66 Substitution
P Q
36
R S
68
A B
F
54
136
C
B
G
Page 62
© Mathswatch Clips 68, 69 Angle Sum of Triangles - 1 of 2
30°
a = 80° b = 40°
10°
b
c = 140°
70° a 100°
c
40°
30°
d = 38°
d
e = 118° 87°
67° 28° 34° f = 47°
e f 46°
75°
d d = 60°
90°
27°
35°
f = 55°
e = 60° 90° g
60° e f g = 63°
180 - 120 = 60
180 - 90 = 90
45°
60 ÷ 2 = 30
90° 90 ÷ 2 = 45 120°
h = 45°
j j
45°h i
i = 45° j = 30°
c = 50°
80° 60° 120° 140° 40° 65° 115° c 70°
d = 60° 60°
f = 40° f
d
g = 120°
150° 30° e = 110° e 70° 70° g 60° 60°
Page 63
© Mathswatch Clips 68, 69 Angle Sum of Triangles - 2 of 2
C
Diagram NOT
1) ABC is a triangle.
60° accurately drawn
a) Find the size of angle A. 180 - 60 - 60
Angle A is 60°
2) BCD is a triangle. D
Diagram NOT
ABC is a straight line. accurately drawn
y°
Angle CBD = 70°.
BD = CD.
a) (i) Work out the value of x.
x = 110° 180 - 70
x° 70°
(ii) Give a reason for your answer. A B C
Angles on a straight line add up to 180°.
Page 64
© Mathswatch Clip 70 Angles of Regular Polygons
1)
60°
120°
a) Work out the size of an exterior angle of a regular hexagon. 60° 360 ÷ 6
b) Work out the size of an interior angle of a regular hexagon. 120° 180 - 60
2)
Page 65
© Mathswatch Clip 71 Area of Circles
Diagrams NOT
1) Find the areas of the following shapes. accurately drawn
Take to be 3.14
a) b) c)
5m
3cm
8cm
3.14 × 32 = 3.14 × 5 = 2
10cm
5m
3 cm
8 cm
C = 2 × 3.14 × 3 C = 2 × 3.14 × 5
C = 2 × 3.14 × 4
2) Work out the perimeter of the following shapes, taking to be 3.14.
12 mm P = 35.7 cm
a) b)
Perimeter is Perimeter is
green length P = 30.84 mm green length plus
plus 12 mm. 10 cm + 10 cm
10 cm
C = 2 × 3.14 × 60
3) The radius of the top of a circular table is 60 cm.
The table also has a circular base with diameter 30 cm.
a) Work out the circumference of the top of the table.
Let be 3.14 C = 376.8 cm
b) Work out the circumference of the base of the table.
Let be 3.14 C = 94.2 cm
C = 2 × 3.14 × 15
15 cm
Page 67
© Mathswatch Clip 73 Area of Compound Shapes
15 cm
1) Find the area of each shape. Area = 525 cm2
a) Area = 82 cm2 b)
13 cm 150 cm2 10 cm
52 cm2 4 cm 2 cm 8 cm
10 cm
8 cm
6 cm 30 cm2 375 cm2 15 cm
5 cm
25 cm
3 cm
2 cm 7 cm
6 cm 7 cm
4 cm
2 mm
12 m
6 mm
2 mm
4 mm
2 mm
10 mm
11 m
Page 68
© Mathswatch Clip 74 Rotations
y
5
1) a) Rotate triangle T 90°
anti-clockwise about the
4
point (0, 0).
Label your new triangle U U
3
b) Rotate triangle T 180° T
about the point (2, 0). 2
Label your new triangle V
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
V
-3
-4
-5
y
5
2) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps
4
triangle T to triangle U.
Rotation, 3
90° clockwise,
centre of rotation (-1, -1) 2
T
1
U
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
× -1
-2
-3
-4
-5
Page 69
© Mathswatch Clip 75 Reflections
y
y = -x
5
-2
U
-3
V
-4
-5
y
y=x
5
4
2) a) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps 3
triangle T to triangle U. T
Reflection in the x axis. 2
1
b) Describe fully the single
transformation which maps x
triangle T to triangle V. -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
Reflection in the y = x line. -1
-2
U
-3
V
-4
-5
Page 70
© Mathswatch Clip 76 Enlargements
y
5
-2
V
W
-3
-4
-5
3
S
2
T
1
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Page 71
© Mathswatch Clip 77 Translations
-4
1) a) Translate triangle T by vector and label it U
2
3
b) Translate triangle T by vector and label it V
-2
y
6
4
U
3
2
T
1
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4V 5 6
-1
-2
-3
Translation -6
with vector -3
2) a) Describe fully the single transformation which maps triangle A to triangle B.
2
B
1
O
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
C
-3
-4
-5
-6
Page 72
© Mathswatch Clip 78 Find the Mid-Point of a Line
A× 5
O
x
-3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 ×
B
-2
3) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (-4, -2) and x (-4 + 2) ÷ 2 = -1
B has coordinates (2, 4). Midpoint at (-1, 1) y (-2 + 4) ÷ 2 = 1
4) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (-3, -2) and x (-3 + 7) ÷ 2 = 2
B has coordinates (7, 5). Midpoint at (2, 1.5) y (-2 + 5) ÷ 2 = 1.5
5) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (2, -5) and x (2 + 7) ÷ 2 = 4.5
B has coordinates (7, 4). Midpoint at (4.5, -0.5) y (-5 + 4) ÷ 2 = -0.5
6) Find the midpoint of A and B where A has coordinates (-7, -4) and x (-7 + -2) ÷ 2 = -4.5
B has coordinates (-2, -1). Midpoint at (-4.5, -2.5) y (-4 + -1) ÷ 2 = -2.5
Page 73
© Mathswatch Clip 79 Measuring and Drawing Angles
113°
a 45° b
54° c 117°
f
e 331°
225° R
60° P
Z
B A
Y 275°
Page 74
© Mathswatch Clip 80 Drawing Triangles
7.4 cm
38°
A B
8.5 cm
Q
3) The diagram shows the sketch of triangle PQR.
Angle P = 43°
10.5 cm
7.3 cm
43°
P R
9 cm
Page 75
© Mathswatch Clip 81 Plans and Elevations
Front
a) On the grid below, draw the front elevation of the prism from
the direction marked by the arrow.
Page 76
© Mathswatch Clip 82 Nets
1) Sketch nets of these solids.
a) b)
2)
Cuboid
Cube
Right-angled
triangular prism
Triangular prism
B
B
Page 77
© Mathswatch Clip 83 Symmetries
1) Draw all the lines of symmetry on the triangle and the rectangle.
Page 78
© Mathswatch Clip 84 Questionnaires and Data Collection
1) Claire wants to find how much time pupils spend on their homework.
She hands out a questionnaire with the question
How much time do you spend on your homework?
A lot Not much
a) Write down two things that are wrong with this question
No mention of time. Does it mean ‘per night’, ‘per week’, etc.
____________________________________________________________
‘A lot’ and ‘Not much’ are not specific enough. They mean different
things to different people.
____________________________________________________________
b) Design a suitable question she could use.
You should include response boxes.
How much time do you spend on homework per night?
Less than 15 mins Between 15 and 30 mins More than 30 mins
2) Tony wants to know which type of programme pupils in his class like
watching on TV.
Design a suitable data collection sheet he could use to gather
the information.
Type of programme Tally Frequency
Soap opera
Reality TV
Films
Situation comedy
Documentary
Page 79
© Mathswatch Clip 85 Two-Way Tables
Page 80
© Mathswatch Clip 86 Pie Charts
1) Patrick asked some of his colleagues which was their favourite holiday destination.
The table shows the results.
2) Brian asked 60 people which region their favourite rugby team came from.
The table shows the results.
Total 60 360°
Midlands London
360 ÷ ?
360 ÷ 60 = 6
Page 81
© Mathswatch Clip 87 Scatter Graphs
1) The scatter graph shows some information
about the marks of six students.
It shows each student’s marks in Maths and
Science. 40
Science
Maths 22 8 17 26
× ×
Science 30 12 24 24
20
a) On the scatter graph, plot the information
from the table.
b) Draw a line of best fit.
×
c) Describe the correlation between the marks 10
in Maths and the marks in Science.
There is a positive correlation
Another student has a mark of 18 in Science.
d) Use the line of best fit to estimate the mark 0
in Maths of this student. 0 10 20 30 40
My answer is 14. Yours will depend on your line of best fit. Maths
2) The table below shows the average daily number of hours sleep of 10 children.
Page 82
© Mathswatch Clip 88 Frequency Diagrams
8
7
6
Frequency
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Time (mins)
It is OK to use a
b) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information. different scale.
8
7
6
Frequency
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Time (mins)
Page 83
© Mathswatch Clip 89 Stem and Leaf Diagrams
3 9
4 4 5 9
Key: 3 9 means 39 marks
5 0 1 5
6 2 4 4 7
7 2 3 3 7 9
2) Pat is carrying out a survey on how tall pupils in her class are.
Here are their heights in cm:
173 162 170 169 163 173 156
159 161 168 177 182 170 169
156, 159, 161, 162, 163, 168, 169, 169, 170, 170, 173, 173, 177, 182
Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show this information.
15 6 9
Key: 15 6 means 156 cm
16 1 2 3 8 9 9
17 0 0 3 3 7
18 2
3) The stem and leaf diagram below, shows information about the times, in minutes,
it takes a group of people to eat their breakfast.
0 5 7 9
1 0 0 5 8 8
Key: 1 0 represents 10 minutes.
2 0 2 3 5 7
3 2 5
b) How many people spend 15 minutes or more eating their breakfast? 10 people
Page 84
© Mathswatch Clip 90a List of Outcomes
2) Two coins are flipped and a 3-sided spinner with numbers 1 to 3 is spun.
a) How many possible outcomes are there? 12
b) List all the possible outcomes. H,H,1 H,H,2 H,H,3 H,T,1 H,T,2 H,T,3
T,H,1 T,H,2 T,H,3 T,T,1 T,T,2 T,T,3
1) There are 3 blue counters, 5 red counters and 7 green counters in a bag.
A counter is taken from the bag at random.
7
a) What is the probability that a green counter will be chosen?
15
b) What is the probability that a blue or red counter will be chosen? 8
15
Page 85A
© Mathswatch Clip 91 Mutually Exclusive Events
2 3 5
2) 2 .
The probability that a football team will win their next game is 11 + =
The probability they will lose is 3 . 11 11 11
11 6 5 6
What is the probability the game will be a draw? 1- =
11 11 11
3) On the school dinner menu there is only ever one of four options.
Some of the options are more likely to be on the menu than others.
The table shows the options available on any day, together with three of the probabilities.
a) Work out the probability that she will choose a Novel or a Drama. 0.24 + 0.16 = 0.4
b) Work out the probability that she will choose a Biography or a Romance. 1 - 0.4 = 0.6
The probability that she will choose a Biography is the same as the probability
she will choose a Romance.
c) Work out the probability that she will choose a Biography. 0.6 ÷ 2 = 0.3
Page 85B
© Mathswatch Clip 92 Overview of Percentages
Page 86
© Mathswatch Clip 93 Increase/Decrease by a Percentage
1) Increase: 10% = 50 10% = 8, 5% = 4
a) 500 by 10% 500 + 50 c) 80 by 15% 80 + 8 + 4
550 92
b) 320 by 10% 10% = 32 d) 75 by 20% 10% = 7.5, 20% = 15
352 320 + 32 90 75 + 15
2) Decrease:
10% = 40 10% = 14, 5% = 7
Non-Calculator
5) Increase:
112 117.5
a) 65 by 12% 72.8 × 65 c) 600 by 17.5% 705 × 600
100 100
123 117.5
b) 120 by 23% 147.6 × 120 d) 370 by 17.5% 434.75 × 370
100 100
6) Decrease:
85 91.5
a) 42 by 15% 35.7 × 42 c) 52 by 8.5% 47.58 × 52
100 100
88 82
b) 79 by 12% 69.52 × 79 d) 8900 by 18% 7 298 × 8900
100 100
Calculator
9) A car dealer offers a discount of 20% off the normal price of a car, for cash.
Peter intends to buy a car which usually costs £6800.
He intends to pay by cash.
80
Work out how much he will pay. £5 440 × 6800
100
10) A month ago, John weighed 97.5 kg.
He now weighs 4.5% more.
104.5
Work out how much John now weighs. 101.9 kg × 97.5
100
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
Page 87
© Mathswatch Clips 61, 94 Ratio
5:2 15 : 20 15 : 6 1:2
7. Share out £80 between Tom and Jerry in the ratio 3 : 2. Tom gets £48, Jerry gets £32
3+2=5 80 ÷ 5 = 16 3 × 16 = 48 2 × 16 = 32
8. A box of chocolates has 3 milk chocolates for every 2 white chocolates.
There are 60 chocolates in the box.
Work out how many white chocolates are in the box. 24 white chocolates
3+2=5 60 ÷ 5 = 12 2 × 12 = 24
9. In a bracelet, the ratio of silver beads to gold beads is 5 : 2.
S G
The bracelet has 25 silver beads. 5 2
How many gold beads are in the bracelet? 10 gold beads ×5 ×5
25 ?
10. To make mortar you mix 1 shovel of cement with 5 shovels of sand.
How much sand do you need to make 30 shovels of mortar? 25 shovels of sand
1+5=6
30 ÷ 6 = 5
5 × 5 = 25
Page 88
© Mathswatch Clip 95 Product of Prime Factors
a) 30 b) 60 c) 360 d) 220
2×3×5 2×2×3×5 2×2×2×3×3×5 2 × 2 × 5 × 11
3) Express the following number as the product of powers of their prime factors:
a) 24 b) 64 c) 192 d) 175
23 × 3 26 26 × 3 52 × 7
2×2×2×3
4) The number 96 can be written as 2m × n , where m and n are prime numbers.
Find the value of m and the value of n. m=5
96 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 n=3
96 = 2 × 3
5
1) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of each of these pairs of numbers.
Page 89
© Mathswatch Clip 97 Using Place Value
Page 90
© Mathswatch Clip 98 Recurring Decimals into Fractions
5
•
a) 0.5
9
•
b) 0. 7 7
9
•
c) 0. 4 4
9
• •
d) 0. 2 4 24 8
99 33
75 25
• •
e) 0. 75
99 33
82
• •
f) 0.82
99
• •
g) 0. 617 617
999
h) 0. 216 216 8
• •
999 37
999 333
• •
j) 0. 32 4 324 12
999 37
k) 0. 7 2357 72357 89
• •
99999 123
99999 11111
Page 91
© Mathswatch Clip 99 Four Rules of Negatives
2) Sam is filling a jug that can hold 1.575 litres, using a small glass.
The small glass holds 0.035 litres.
How many of the small glasses will he need? 45
1575 ÷ 35 = 45
4 5
35 1 5 7175
Page 92
© Mathswatch Clip 101 Estimating Answers
409 × 5814
. 400 × 6 2 400
d) 12 000
019
. 0.2 0.2
Page 93
© Mathswatch Clip 102 Algebraic Simplification
b) Simplify t2 + t2 + t2 3t2
2) Simplify
a) x + y + x + y 2x + 2y
8) a) Simplify a3 × a3 a6
b) 3x + 2y + x + 5y 4x + 7y
c) 6y + 2x – 2y – 3x 4y - x
b) Simplify 3x2y × 4xy3 12x3y4
d) 5p – 3q + p + 2q 6p - q
9) a) Simplify 3d + e – d + 4e 2d + 5e
Page 94
© Mathswatch Clip 103 Expanding and Simplifying Brackets
Page 95
© Mathswatch Clip 104 Factorisation
1) Factorise
a) 2x + 4 2(x + 2)
b) 2y + 10 2(y + 5)
c) 3x + 12 3(x + 4)
d) 3x – 6 3(x - 2)
e) 5x – 15 5(x - 3)
2) Factorise
a) p2 + 7p p(p + 7)
b) x2 + 4x x(x + 4)
c) y2 – 2y y(y - 2)
d) p2 – 5p p(p - 5)
e) x2 + x x(x + 1)
3) Factorise
a) 2x2 + 6x 2x(x + 3)
b) 2y2 – 8y 2y(y - 4)
c) 5p2 + 10p 5p(p + 2)
d) 7c2 – 21c 7c(c - 3)
e) 6x2 + 9x 3x(2x + 3)
4) Factorise
a) 2x2 – 4xy 2x(x - 2y)
b) 2t2 + 10tu 2t(t + 5u)
c) 6x2 – 8xy 2x(3x - 4y)
d) 3x2y2 + 9xy 3xy(xy + 3)
Page 96
© Mathswatch Clip 105 Solving Equations
1) 2p – 1 = 13 p = 7 10) 4y + 3 = 2y + 10 y = 3.5
2p = 13 + 1 4y - 2y = 10 - 3
2p = 14 2y = 7
p = 7 y = 3.5
2) 4y + 1 = 21 y = 5 11) 2x + 17 = 5x – 4 x = 7
4y = 21 - 1 4 + 17 = 5x - 2x
4y = 20 21 = 3x
y = 5 7 = x
Page 97
© Mathswatch Clip 106 Forming Equations
x x
P =x+5+x+x+5+x
P = 4x + 10
x+5
a) Find an expression, in terms of x, for the perimeter of the rectangle.
Give your answer in its simplest form. 4x + 10
4x + 10 = 38
The perimeter of the rectangle is 38 centimetres.
4x = 28
b) Work out the length of the rectangle. Length is 12 cm x = 7
2)
x + 80
x + 30 Diagram NOT
x + 10
accurately drawn
2x
b) Use your answer to part (a) to work out the size of the smallest angle of 5x + 120 = 360
the quadrilateral. Smallest angle is 58° 5x = 240
x = 48
a-b
a = b + cd c=
d
u-v
u = v + 2t t=
2
M-5
M = 3n +5 n=
3
x = 3y + z z = x - 3y
5) r = 5s + 3t
r - 5s
a) Make t the subject of the formula. t=
3
r - 3t
b) Make s the subject of the formula. s=
5
y-1
6) Rearrange y = 3x + 1 to make x the subject. x=
3
1
7) Rearrange y = x + 2 to make x the subject. x = 2(y - 2) or x = 2y - 4
2
1
8) Rearrange y = x + 1 to make x the subject. x = 3(y - 1) or x = 3y - 3
3
Page 99
© Mathswatch Clip 108 Inequalities
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Page 100
© Mathswatch Clip 109 Solving Inequalities
3) 5x + 2 y < 10
x and y are both integers.
Write down two possible pairs of values that satisfy this inequality.
1 y = ..........
x = .........., 1 5×1+2×1=7
and
1 y = ..........
x = .........., 2 5×1+2×2=9
Page 101
© Mathswatch Clip 110 Trial and Improvement
1) The equation x3 - x = 29
x3 – x = 29 x=3 3 - 3
3
= 24 too low
x=4 4 - 4
3
= 60 too high
has a solution between 3 and 4
Use a trial and improvement method to find x = 3.1 3.1 - 3.1 = 26.691 too low
3
You must show all your working. Therefore, x = 3.2 to 1 decimal place.
3.1 3.15 3.2
Low Low High
2) The equation x3 - 4x = 25
x3 – 4x = 25 x=3 33 - 4 × 3 = 15 too low
x=4 43 - 4 × 4 = 48 too high
has a solution between 3 and 4
Use a trial and improvement method to find x = 3.4 3.43 - 4 × 3.4 = 25.704 too high
this solution. x = 3.3 3.3 - 4 × 3.3 = 22.737
3
too low
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. x = 3.35 3.35 - 4 × 3.35 = 24.195375 too low
3
You must show all your working. Therefore, x = 3.4 to 1 decimal place.
3.3 3.35 3.4
Low Low High
3) The equation x3 - 2x = 68
x3 – 2x = 68 x=4 4 - 2×4
3
= 56 too low
has a solution between 4 and 5 x=5 5 - 2×5
3
= 115 too high
Use a trial and improvement method to find x = 4.2 4.2 - 2 × 4.2 = 65.688
3
too low
this solution. x = 4.3 4.3 - 2 × 4.3 = 70.907
3
too high
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. x = 4.25 4.25 - 2 × 4.25 = 68.265625 too high
3
You must show all your working. Therefore, x = 4.2 to 1 decimal place.
4.2 4.25 4.3
Low High High
Page 102
© Mathswatch Clip 111 Index Notation for Mutiplication and Division
1) Write as a power of 8
a) 84 × 83 8 7 b) 812 ÷ 87 85
2) Write as a power of 3
a) 32 × 39 3 11 b) 310 ÷ 33 37
3) Simplify
a) k5 × k2 k7
b) x4 ÷ x2 x2
11
k
c) 6 k5
k
d) (k8)2 k 16
4) Simplify
eg. (2xy3)4 = 2xy3 × 2xy3 × 2xy3 × 2xy3 = 16x4y12
a) (2xy5)3 8x 3y15
b) (2x2y2)3 8x6y6
c) (4xy4)2 16x2y8
d) (3xy2)4 81x4y8
5) 2x × 2y = 210
and
2x ÷ 2y = 22
b) 22x a2
c) 23y b3
d) 2x + 2y ab2
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© Mathswatch Clip 65, 112 Nth Term
1. Write down the first 5 terms and the 10th term of the following sequences:
eg. 2n + 1 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.....21
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© Mathswatch Clip 113 Drawing Straight Line Graphs
y
y = 2x - 3
1) a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x – 3 5 ×
x -1 0 1 2 3 4 4
y -5 -3 -1 1 3 5
y=2-x
3 ×
b) Using the axes on the right draw the
graph of y = 2x – 3 2
×
c) Use your graph to work out the value
of y when x = 2.5 y = 2
1
y 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 ×
y = ½x - 1
1
x
-1 O 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
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© Mathswatch Clip 114 Finding the Equation of a Straight Line
y
A
8 B
C
7
Line A: y = 2x + 1
6
Line B: y = ½x + 4
5
Line C: y = -x + 8
4
or Line C: y = 8 - x
3
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5
Line A: y = 2x - 2
4 Line B: y = -½x + 4
3 Line C: y = -x
x
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
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© Mathswatch Clip 115 Solving Simultaneous Equations Graphically
6 y=6–x
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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© Mathswatch Clip 116 Drawing Quadratic Graphs
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 14 5 0 -1 2 9
20
15
×
10
×
× 5
×
× x
O ×
-2 -1 1 2 3
-5
c) Use the graph to find the value of y when x = -1.5 y=9
d) Use the graph to find the values of x when y = 4 x = -0.85 or x = 2.33
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 8 3 0 -1 0 3
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© Mathswatch Clip 117 Real Life Graphs
25
20
Distance
from 15
home
(km)
10
0
1000 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1200
Time of day
e) Work out Sarah’s average speed on her journey from her home to her friend’s house.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour. 40km/h
f) Work out Sarah’s average speed on her journey home from her friend’s house.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour. 30km/h
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© Mathswatch Clip 118 Pythagoras’ Theorem
1) Find the length of side AC. 13.9cm 4) Below is a picture of a doorway. 2.2m
Give your answer to 1 decimal place. Find the size of the diagonal of the doorway.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
A Longest side
122 = 144 Longest side
7 2 = 49 2.12 = 4.41
193 0.82 = 0.64
193 = 13.9 2.1m 5.05
12cm 5.05 = 2.2
0.8m
3) Find the length of side SU 18.2cm 6) Fiona keeps her pencils in a cylindrical
Give your answer to 1 decimal place. beaker as shown below.
The beaker has a diameter of 8cm and
a height of 17cm.
23cm Will a pencil of length 19cm fit in the beaker
T S without poking out of the top? No. The
All workings must be shown. diagonal is
14cm only 18.8cm.
Longest side
U 172 = 289
Shorter side 82 = 64
23 2 = 529 353 17cm
142 = 196
353 = 18.79
333
8cm
333 = 18.2
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© Mathswatch Clip 119 Pythagoras - Line on a Graph
6
42 = 16
5 22 = 4
20
P
4 20 = 4.5
3 2
2
4 Q
x
O 1 2 3 4 5 6
1
5
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
7 B
-3
-4
-5
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© Mathswatch Clip 120 Surface Area of Cuboids
cm 2
cm
16 cm2 you can’t see 5 cm 50 cm2 30
16
4 cm
4 cm
4 cm 10 cm
6 × 2 = 12 m2
6 × 5 = 30 m2
2m
Litres of paint needed:
74 ÷ 4.3 = 17.2 litres
3 tins is only 15 litres
so 4 tins must be bought.
6m
4 × £13.50 = £54
5m
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© Mathswatch Clip 121 Surface Area of Triangular Prisms
5 cm
3 cm
6 cm
4 cm
2) Find the surface area of this triangular prism. 660 cm2 60 + 60 + 195 + 195 + 150
12 cm 13 cm 13 cm
15 cm
10 cm
3) With the aid of Pythagoras’ Theorem, find the surface area of this
triangular prism.
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures. 120 cm2
5.29 + 5.29 + 42.78 + 21.39 + 47.43
4.6 cm
9.3 cm
2.3 cm
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© Mathswatch Clip 122 Volume of a Prism
A=L×H
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1) The diagram shows a cuboid. 12345678901234
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V = 22500 cm3 12345678901234
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15 cm
b×h
A=
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3 cm V=6×9
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5) Work out the maximum number of
boxes which can fit in the carton.
160 boxes will fit. 50 cm Box 10 cm
20 cm
200 cm
Carton 80 cm
1600000 ÷ 10000 = 160
100 cm
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© Mathswatch Clip 123 Similar Shapes
21 cm
S 4 cm R
C 14 ÷ 4 = 3.5
D 14 cm
a) Calculate the length of AB 28 cm AB = PQ × 3.5
2) SV is parallel to TU.
RST and RVU are straight lines.
RS = 9 cm, ST = 3 cm, TU = 7 cm, RV = 6 cm 12 ÷ 9 = 1.3333333
S
V V
3 cm
T U U
7cm
3) BE is parallel to CD.
ABC and AED are straight lines.
AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm, BE = 5 cm, AE = 4.4 cm Scale factor = 2.5 (10 ÷ 4)
A
a) Calculate the length of CD. 12.5 cm
4 cm 4.4 cm
b) Calculate the length of ED. 6.6 cm
B E
6 cm 5 cm
C D
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© Mathswatch Clip 124 Converting Metric Units
6) How many cubic millimetres are there in 3 cubic centimetres? 3000 mm3
Tile
10 cm
2.5 m 16 cm
4m
Carpet tile
4.5 m 50 cm
50 cm
7.5 m
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© Mathswatch Clip 125 Bounds
1. A silver necklace has a mass of 123 grams, correct to the nearest gram.
a) Write down the least possible mass of the necklace. 122.5 g
3. Each side of a regular octagon has a length of 20.6 cm, correct to the nearest millimetre.
a) Write down the least possible length of each side. 20.55 cm
4. A girl has a pencil that is of length 12 cm, measured to the nearest centimetre.
Her pencil case has a diagonal of length 12.3 cm, measured to the nearest millimetre.
Explain why it might not be possible for her to fit the pen in the pencil case.
12 cm to the nearest cm has a maximum possible length of 12.5 cm.
12.3 cm to the nearest mm has a minimum possible length of 12.25 cm.
A 12.5 cm pencil won’t fit into a pencil case with a diagonal length of 12.25 cm.
b) Calculate the upper bound for the area of the square. 56.25 cm2 7.5 × 7.5
min is 6.5 cm
max is 7.5 cm
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© Mathswatch Clip 126 Compound Measures
D
1) Jane runs 200 metres in 21.4 seconds. S=
T
Work out Jane’s average speed in metres per second.
200
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place. S=
21.4
S = 9.3 m/s
2) A car travels at a steady speed and takes five hours to travel D
S=
310 miles. T
Work out the average speed of the car in miles per hour. 310
S=
S = 62 mph 5
D
3) A plane flies 1440 miles at a speed of 240 mph. T=
S
How long does it take?
1440
T = 6 hours T=
240
4) A marathon runner runs at 7.6 mph for three and a half hours. D=S×T
How many miles has he run?
D = 7.6 × 3.5
D = 26.6 miles
D 15 mins is 0.25
5) A car takes 15 minutes to travel 24 miles. S=
T of an hour
Find its speed in mph.
24
S = 96 mph S=
0.25
6) A cyclist takes 10 minutes to travel 2.4 miles. D .
S= 10 mins is 0.16
Calculate the average speed in mph. T of an hour
S = 14.4 mph 2.4.
S=
0.16
7) An ice hockey puck has a volume of 113 cm3.
It is made out of rubber with a density of 1.5 grams per cm3. M=D×V
Work out the mass of the ice hockey puck. M = 1.5 × 113
M = 169.5 g
M
8) An apple has a mass of 160 g and a volume of 100 cm3. D=
V
Find its density in g/cm3.
160
D = 1.6 g/cm3 D=
100
9) A steel ball has a volume of 1500 cm3.
The density of the ball is 95 g/cm3. M=D×V
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© Mathswatch Clip 127 Bisecting a Line
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© Mathswatch Clip 129 Bisecting an Angle
B
C
S T U
There are two paths in the park. One is labelled TR and the other TV.
A man walks in the park so that he is always the same distance from both paths.
Using ruler and compasses show exactly where the man can walk.
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© Mathswatch Clip 130 Loci - page 1 of 2
1)
A B
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D C
ABCD is a rectangle.
Shade the set of points inside the rectangle which are both
more than 4 centimetres from the point D
and more than 1 centimetre from the line AB.
B
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© Mathswatch Clip 130 Loci - page 2 of 2
A
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C
Point C is equidistant from points A and B.
Sarah rolls a ball from point C.
At any point on its path the ball is the same distance from point A and point B.
a) On the diagram above draw accurately the path that the ball will take.
b) On the diagram shade the region that contains all the points that are no more
than 3cm from point B.
E
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There is a practice region for competitors. D
This is the part of the lake which is less than 30 m from point E.
b) Shade the practice region on the map.
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© Mathswatch Clip 131 Bearings
1) School B is due east of school A.
C is another school.
The bearing of C from A is 065°.
The bearing of C from B is 313°.
65°
47°
A B
313°
2) In the diagram, point A marks the position of Middlewitch.
The position of Middlemarch is to be marked on the diagram as point B
On the diagram, mark with a cross the position of B given that:
B is on a bearing of 320° from A and
B is 5 cm from A
40°
A
320°
3) Work out the bearing of
a) B from P 222° N
b) P from A 244° A
64
138 Diagram NOT
P158°
accurately drawn.
64° + 158°
B
Page 124
© Mathswatch Clip 132 Experimental Probabilities
2
3) On a biased dice, the probability of getting a six is .
3
The dice is rolled 300 times.
Work out an estimate for the number of times the dice will land on a six. 200 times
2 × 300 = 200
3
Score Frequency
1 15
2 17
3 10
4 24
5 18
6 16
b) If the dice is rolled 250 times, how many times would you expect to get a five? 45 times
18
× 250 = 45
100
Page 125
© Mathswatch Clip 133 Averages From a Table
1) The number of pens in each pupil’s pencil case in a classroom has been counted.
The results are displayed in a table.
d) Work out the range of the number of pens in a pencil case. 5 pens 5-0
Page 126
© Mathswatch Clip 134 Questionnaires
1) A survey into how people communicate with each other is carried out.
A questionnaire is designed and two of the questions used are shown below.
The questions are not suitable.
For each question, write down a reason why.
a) Do you prefer to communicate with your friend by phone (voice call) or by text message?
Yes No
1 2 3 4