Indices

1. Simplify the following expressions.

2 6 12 5
(a) (𝑥 )(𝑥 ) (b) 𝑥 ÷𝑥

4 7 4 −2 −7 3 9
(c) 𝑥 · 2𝑥 · 3𝑥 (d) 𝑥 × (𝑥 ) × 𝑥

9 2 3
𝑥 3 (3𝑎 )
(e) ( 2 ) (f) 3)
2
𝑦 (𝑎

9
6𝑎 3 2
(g) (h)(𝑥 · 𝑥 )
2 3
(3𝑎 )

3 3
𝑥 3 (3𝑥𝑦)
(i)( 2 ) (j) 2
𝑥 9𝑥 𝑦

2 2
7𝑎 𝑏 16𝑏 (3𝑚−4𝑛)
(k) ( 2 )( ) (l)
4𝑎𝑏 28𝑎 9𝑚𝑛
2
27𝑚 𝑛
÷ (3𝑚 − 4𝑛) × 2
3𝑚 −4𝑚𝑛
2. Evaluate the following.
−2 5 1
(a) 2 ×2 (b) −3
2
−3 0 −1 −1
(c) 2 ÷2 (d)(3 )

1 1
64 3 −5
(e) ( ) (f) 32
216

3. Simplify the following expressions and express your answers in positive indices.
−3 −2
𝑎 𝑎𝑏
(a) −2 (b) −2 −1
𝑎 𝑎 𝑏

−1 2 −1 −2 −3 2
(c) (2𝑥 𝑦 ) (d) (𝑥 𝑦 )

−8 −3
20𝑑 (9𝑦)
(e) 2 −9 (f) 3
5𝑑 ·9𝑑 27𝑦
Ratio
1. Simplify the following ratios.
(a) 16: 20

(b) 0. 91: 0. 26

3 12
(c)
2
: 7

3 𝑥
2. (a) If
5
= 45
, find the value of 𝑥.

(b) If 5: 4 = 𝑦: 24, find the value of 𝑦.

(c) If 2: 5 = 10: 𝑧, find the value of 𝑧.

3. If 𝑎: 𝑏 = 2: 5 and 𝑏: 𝑐 = 3: 7, find 𝑎: 𝑏: 𝑐.

4. If x : y : z = 2 : 3 : 4 and x + y + z = 27, find the values of x, y and z.

5. On a map, an actual distance of 12 km is represented by 0.6 cm. What is the scale of the
map?

6. The scale of a map is 1 : 80 000. If the actual distance between two buildings is 640 m,
find their distance on a map (in cm).

7. On a map of scale 1 : 25 000, the length of a certain road is 4.5 cm. Find

(a) the actual length of the road in km.

(b) the length of the road, in cm, on another map with the scale of 1 : 75 000.

8. The ratio of basketballs, volleyballs and footballs in a bag is 2 : 3 : 5. If there are 9

volleyballs in the bag,
(a) find the total number of balls.

(b) find the number of footballs in the bag.

9. Suppose that 4 US dollars can be exchanged with HK$30 and 16 Japanese Yen can be
exchanged with HK$1.
(a) How many HK dollars can be exchanged with 50 US dollars?

(b) How many Japanese Yen can be exchanged with 50 US dollars?

(c) How many Japanese Yen can be exchanged with 1 US dollar?

10. Suppose the cost of painting a wall is in proportion to the area of the wall. Given the cost of
painting a 28 m (length) by 2.5 m (height) wall is $5 000. There is another wall of which the
length is 50% longer and the height is 10% shorter than the wall mentioned above.

(a) Find the ratio of the area of the new wall to that of the given one.

(b) Find the cost of painting the new wall.

Probability

1. If a fair dice is tossed, find the probability that the number is

(a) 2. (b) odd. (c) less than 7. (d) greater than 7.

2. There are 40 students in F.1A. 15 of them go to school on foot, 20 of them go to

school by school bus and 5 of them go to school by bus. If a student is selected at
random from F.1A, find the probability that the student goes to school
(a) by bus. (b) by school bus. (c) by private car.

3. A card is selected at random from a pack of 52 playing cards (without Jokers). Find
the probability of drawing
(a) a black card. (b) a King. (c) a black King.

4. A letter is chosen at random from the word “INTEGRATION”. What is the

probability of getting (a) a letter T? (b) a vowel? [Hint: A, E, I, O and U]
5. A family has three children.
(a) List out the sample space of the sex of these children by a tree diagram. (B
represents a boy and G represents a girl.)

(b) Find the probability that the family has one girl.

6. A bag contains 16 red balls (R) and n yellow balls (Y). If a ball is drawn at random,
4
the probability of drawing a red ball is .
7
(a) Find the probability of drawing a yellow ball.

(b) Find the value of n.

7. A bag contains some fruity candies and soft candies. The number of fruity candies is
20 more than that of soft candies. If a candy is drawn at random from the bag, the
1
probability of drawing a soft candy is . How many fruity candies are there in the
4
bag?
Equation

1.

2.

3. Factorize
 2 2
(a) 𝑟 − 𝑟𝑠 + 𝑝𝑠 − 𝑝𝑟 (e) 2𝑦 + 14𝑦 + 24

2 2 2
(b) 2𝑚 + 20𝑚𝑛 + 5𝑛 (f) 3ℎ − 14ℎ + 15

2 2
(c) 2𝑘 − 8 (g) − 35𝑐 − 3𝑐 + 2

2 4 2 3
(d) (𝑟 + 𝑠) − 4 (h) 4𝑛 − 180𝑛 − 16𝑛

4. Solve the equations

(a) (2𝑥 − 3)(3𝑥 + 1) = 0 2
(e) 𝑥 − 11𝑥 + 28 = 0

2 2
(b) 3𝑥 − 12 = 0 (f) 4𝑥 − 20𝑥 + 25 = 0

2 2 2
(c) 98 − 2𝑥 = 0 (g) 𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 5 = (3𝑥 + 5)

2
(d) 𝑥 + 6𝑥 + 9 = 0 (h) (3𝑥 − 2)(2𝑥 + 1) = 5