Yr8C Maths Emergency L2

Question 1

Simplify:
(a) 3a + 3b + 3a + 3b (b) 4x + 5y + 2y + 3x
(c) 4t + 5t - 4t + 5t (d) 2w + 3v + 5w + 2
(e) 5m + 7n - 5m + n (f) 10 p + 6q - 8q + 2q
(g) 5b + 3b + 4b - 6b (h) 15a + 9 - 9a + 3
(i) 8r + 3t - r + t (j) 4a + 4a + 4a + 5a
(k) 11p + 5r + 3p - 2 + 3 (l) 7b + 3 + 6b + 5 + b
(m) 15x - 5y + 3x + 2 + 8y (n) 3c + 5c + 6c - 3 + c

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Question 2

Which expression has each pupil chosen from the board?

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Question 3

Multiply:
(a) 3x  2y (b) 4a  4b
(c) c  2d (d) 5r  2s
(e) 5ab  3d (f) 4x  3yz
(g) 6c  2ad (h) 5m  2np
(i) 4st  3mn (j) 6ab  3cd

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Question 4

Expand:
(a) 2(a + 2b) (b) 3(3x - 2y)
(c) 4(2r + 3s) (d) 6(p + 2t)
(e) 7(3a - 5b) (f) 3(4r - 3s)
(g) 2(3a + 4b + 5c) (h) 3(e - 2f - 3g)
(i) 5(5r - 3s + 4t) (j) 4(2b - 3d - 4f)

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Question 5

Expand the brackets in these expressions and then collect like terms.
(a) 2(a + b) + 3(a + b) (b) 4(x + y) + 3(x + y)
(c) 2(3c + d) + 3(2c - d) (d) 5(2a + 3b) + (3a - 2b)
(e) 3(2x - y) + 2(x - 2y) (f) 5(a - b) + 5(a + b)
(g) 3(r + 3s) + 3(2r + s) (h) 8(3c - 2d) + 2(5c - 8d)
(i) 7(e + 3f) + 5(e - f) (j) 5(3x - 5y) + 7(2x + 9y)

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Question 6

Simplify:
(a) ddd
(b) p ppp
(c) a a
(d) c c c ccc
(e) 3 x x x
(f) 2 y y y y y
(g) 10  q  q  q  q  q  q  q  q
(h) 4 x x

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Question 7

Use inverses to complete each table.

(a) (b) (c) (d)
+6 4 + 12 10
9 15 40 10 3 12 56
1
16 11 3 2 4 67 57
11 17 48 12 4 12 58
18 13 5 59
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Question 8

Fill in the missing terms in these sequences:

(a) 2, 5, 8, 11, ..., ... , ...
(b) 7, ... , ... , 37, 47, 57, 67
(c) 118, ... , ... , 88, 78, 68
(d) 39, 36, 33, 30, ... , ... , ...
(e) 3, 2, 1, 0, ... , ... , ... , - 4
(f) ½, 1, 1½, 2, ... , 3, ...
(g) 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, ... , ... , ...
(h) 0.1, ... , ... , 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
(i) 40, 33, ... , ... , 12, 5
(j) ... , ... , 200, 150, 100, 50, 0

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Question 9

For these harder sequences, look at the differences between terms and:
Find the next 2 terms
Write down the rule you need.
(a) 1, 4, 16, 64, ... , ... (b) 1, 5, 25, ... , ...
(c) 3, 12, 48, ... , ... (d) 1, 10, 100, ... , ...
(e) 60, 120, 240, ... , ... (f) 3, 30, 300, ... , ...
(g) 144, 72, 36, ... , ... (h) 1000, 500, 250, ..., ...

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Question 10

Find the general rule for each of these sequences.

(a) (b) (c)

Term Term Term
Sequence Sequence Sequence
number number number
1 6 1 4 1 29
Hint Hint Hint
2 7 2 8 2 30
+ x +
3 8 3 12 3 31
4 9 4 16 4 32
5 10 5 20 5 33

(d) (e) (f)

Term Term Term
Sequence Sequence Sequence
number number number
1 0 1 20 1 50
Hint Hint
2 1 2 21 2 100
 +
3 2 3 22 3 150
4 3 4 23 4 200
5 4 5 24 5 250

(g) (h) (i)

Term Term Term
Sequence Sequence Sequence
number number number
1 7 1 5 1 2
2 14 2 9 2 1
3 21 3 13 3 0
4 28 4 17 4 1
5 35 5 21 5 2

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Question 11

For each sequence:

• Put the information in a table
• Write the rule in words
• Find the nth term.
(a) 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ... (b) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...
(c) 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, ... (d) 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, ...
(e) - 5, - 4, - 3, - 2, - 1, 0, ... (f) 100, 200, 300, 400, ...
(g) 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, ... (h) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ...
(i) 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, ... (j) 1½, 3, 4½, 6, ...

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Question 12

(a) Find the 5th term if the nth term is 5n.

(b) Find the 10th term if the nth term is n - 3.
(c) Find the 8th term if the nth term is n + 9.
(d) Find the 100th term if the nth term is 3n.
(e) Find the 12th term if the nth term is 2n + 1.
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Question 13

Find:
(a) one third of twenty seven
(b) one eighth of £32.00
2
(c) 3 of £36
5
(d) 12 of £144
5
(e) 8 of 48 metres

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Question 14

Mount Everest is approximately 8800 metres above sea level. Yang Dong lives in Lhasa
2
which is approximately 5 this height above sea level.
What height is Lhasa above sea level?
Find out the actual height of Mount Everest and of Lhasa above sea level.

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Question 15

Fill in the blanks to make equivalent fractions:

3 5 25 4 1
   
8
(a) 5 15 (b) (c) 13 52 (d) 56 7
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Question 16

Work out:
2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
   
(a) 3 6 (b) 2 8 (c) 10 20 (d) 3 2
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Question 17

Subtract:
7 3 3 9 5 1 5 7
   
(a) 10 5 (b) 4 20 (c) 12 6 (d) 8 16

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Question 18

Find sets of matching fractions in the diagram.

3 12 1
5
14
22 12
4

1 45 9
7
1 108 5
2
10
27
15 4 2 126

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Question 19

Derek and Peter both cycle the same route to school.

3 7
When Derek has cycled 4 of the distance, Peter has cycled 12 of the distance.
Who has cycled the farthest at this point?

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Question 20

Change these mixed numbers to improper fractions.

1 1 3 1
2 4 1 5
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 6

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