1. Do you think √ ❑ Is it a rational number? Give a reason for your answer.

2. If n = 20, find the value of ( √ ❑ ).

3. Write these numbers in standard form.
a. 2 600 000
b. 406 million
c. 0.00000445
4. Write these numbers in full.
a. 1.5 x 102
b. 2.46 x 10-5
c. 3.3378 x 1010
5. Work out
a. 8.1 x 105 + 9.4 x 105
b. 3.5 x 106 - 4.578 x 104
6. Find the value of y in these equations.
a. 142 ÷ 14y = 14-4
b. 8y x 83= 8-1
7. This table shows powers of 11.

Use the table to work out 121 x 14 641. Write your answer in powers of 11.
8. Work out the value of cd2 + ab, if a = 2, b = -3, c = 4, and d = -5.
9. Write an expression in terms of x, for the perimeter and area of this shape.

2 5
2n ×3 n
10. Simplify 3
( 2 n2 )
11. Expand and simplify each expression.
a. (2x + 5) (x - 5)
b. (3x + 4)2
c. (3x - 10) (3x + 10)
12. Work out
2x 3 y
a. +
4 3
4 2b
b. −
3a 4
7 x−14 8 x +6
13. Simplify +
7 2
14. Stanley is d years old. Polly is 3 years older than Stanley. Max is 2 years younger than
Stanley.
a. Write a formula for their total age (T).
b. If Stanley is 8 years old. Find their total age.
 c. Rearrange the formula to make d the subject.
15. Work out
48 ×0.5
a.
0.04 ×3
1.44 × 0.25
b.
0.3 ×0.04 × 0.5
16. Use the fact that 4.5 x 352 = 1584 to write the answers of 15.840 ÷ 4.5
17. Estimate and work out 207.9 ÷ 0.42
18. Work out these compound percentage changes.
a. $800 increased by 10%, then decreased by 20%.
b. 40 decreased by 30%, then increased by 30%.
19. Marcus buys a new computer. In the first year, the value of the computer decreases by
25%. In the second year, the value of the computer decreases by 16%. Marcus pays
$840 for his computer. What will be the value of his computer after 2 years?
20. Harper invests $4000 in a bank account. At the end of each year, the value of 5% of the
money in her account is added to her account. How much will she have in her account
at the end of each year for five years? Write your answers to the nearest cent.
21. A decimal number is rounded to the nearest 10 and the answer is 90. Write an inequality
to show the range of values of the number.
22. Work out
3y
a. +1=7
4
b. 3( y+5)=2(20− y)
15
c. =25
d−4
23. Solve these simultaneous equations.
a. y = 6x + 3 and y = 2x - 9
b. 3x + y = 30 and 2x - y = 15
24. Solve these inequalities.
a. 4 x−5 ≤2 x +15
x
b. −1< 4
4
c. 5(2+ x )≤ 10 x
d. 3< x +3 ≤ 10
25. Work out the values of a, b, c, and d.

26. Work out the value of x.

27. The interior angles of the pentagon are xo, (x + 10)o, (x + 20)o, (2x + 10)o, and (2x + 10)o.
Work out the value of x.
28. Work out the value of a.

29. Work out the number of sides of a regular polygon when the exterior angle is 45o.
30. Work out the length of PS.

31. Find the area and perimeter of these shapes.

32. Work out

a.
1 1 1
2 + 1 −
8 2 4( )
3 1 3
b. 4 + ×
8 2 4
 ()
2
1 3
c. 16 ×2 −
4 4
th
33. Find the n term of the sequence below.
19, 26, 35, 46, 59, ….
Then, find the 10th term of the sequence.
1
34. The fifth term of a sequence is 23. The term-to-term rule is multiply by and add 12.
2
Work out the second term in the sequence.
35. A small taxi can take 4 passengers. A large taxi can take 6 passengers.
s small taxis and l large taxis can take 40 passengers.
a. Write a function to show this.
b. If there are 7 small taxis, work out the number of large taxis.
36. Work out the gradient of each line and write the function of each line.

37. A fruit drink contains pineapple juice and peach juice in the ratio 4 : 3.
There is 450 mL of peach juice in the drink.
a. How many milliliters of pineapple juice are in the drink?
b. How much fruit juice is in the drink altogether?
38. It takes 4 people 7 hours to build a shed.
a. How long does it take 2 people to build the shed?
b. How many people are added to build the shed in 1 hour?
39. There are 12 coloured counters in a bag. The counters are black, white and gray. A
3
counter is chosen at random. The probability that the counter is not black is . The
4
2
probability that the counter is not white is . Work out the probability that the counter is
3
gray.
40. An airplane leaves an airport and flies 240 km on a bearing of 300 o. The airplane then
changes direction and flies 120 km on a bearing of 190o.
a. Draw a scale diagram to show the journey of an airplane. Use a scale 1 : 4 000 000
b. How far must the airplane now fly in a straight line to return to the airport?
c. On what bearing must the airplane now fly to return to the airport?
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41. C is the point (1, 1) and D is the point (10, 13). E is the point that lies of the way along
3
CD. Show the coordinates of E.
42. Find the volume and surface area of this shape.

43. Twenty people recorded the time, in seconds, it took them to throw a double six with two
dice. Here are the results.

a. Complete this frequency table using the data provided.

Time, t (seconds) Tally Frequency Mid point

0 < t ≤ 10

10 < t ≤ 20

20 < t ≤ 30

30 < t ≤ 40

40 < t ≤ 50

b. Find the median of the data.

44. This back-to-back stem-and leaf diagram shows the times taken by the learners in a
stage 9 class to complete a word puzzle.

a. Work out the mode, the range, the median, and the mean of each set of times.
b. Compare and comment on the times taken by the girls and the boys to complete the
word puzzle.