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Basic
1. The matrix on the right shows the result of the Secondary Four
Interclass Mathematics competition of a school. The rows
represent classes A, B, C, D, and E, in that order. The columns
show the number of points scored in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd , 4th and 5th
rounds by the classes in that order.

2 3 20 3

[ ]
20 2 4 2
2 2 32 1
23 0 4 1
2 23 0 3

a.) How many points did class B obtain in the 1st round?
2 points
b.) How many points did class C obtain in the 2nd round?
2 points
c.) How many points did class A obtain in the 3rd round?
2 points
d.) How many points did class E obtain in the 4th round?
0 points
e.) How many points did class D obtain in the 5th round?
1 point
f.) Write down a row vector which represents the results of class
D?
(2 3 0 4 1)
g.) Write down a column vector which tells us the number of
points obtained by each of the five classes in the 3rd round.
2

[]
2
3
0
3
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h.) Write down a 3x5 matrix which represents the results of class
A, class B and class C.
2 3 20 3
[ ]
20 2 4 2
2 2 32 1

i.) What does the element ‘0’ in the row vector corresponding to
class A tell us?
Class A scored 0 in the 4th round

2. On Monday, Mary bought some fruit for her mother and

neighbor. Her record is as follows.

Apples Oranges Pears

mother 8 6 4
Neighbor 6 10 5

a.) Write down a matrix to represent the information given in

the table.
[ 86 6 4
10 5 ]
b.) On Tuesday, Mary bought some fruit for her mother and
neighbor again. Her record in matrix form is as follows.
[ 105 5423]
How many oranges did she buy for her neighbor on
Tuesday?
She bought 4 oranges.

How many of each type of fruit did she buy for her mother
on Tuesday?
She bought 5 apples, 5 oranges and 2 pears.
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c.) Write down matrix that represents Mary’s combined record

for Monday and Tuesday.

[ 86 6 4
10 5 ] + [ 105 5423] = [ 10+8+56 6+5 4 +2
10+ 4 5+3 ]
= =[ 13 116
16 14 8 ]

3.

a.) The following table shows the number of various types of T-

shirts in different sizes that Krishna sold in the morning at a
funfair.

Small Medium Large X-Large

Coloured 15 7 3 1
T-shirts
Plain T- 9 8 4 2
shirts
Souvenir 16 10 8 3
T-shirts

Krishna represents his morning sales by a matrix as follows.

15 7 31
[ ]
98 42
16 108 3

What is the order of the matrix?

3x4
b.) Krishna represents his afternoon sales by another matrix as
follows.
10 6 4 0
[ ]
37 5 1
1213 9 2
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How many plain T-shirts of each size did he sell in the

afternoon?
(3 7 5 1)
How many medium-sized T-shirts of each type did he sell in
the afternoon.
6
[]7
13

c.) Write down a matrix that represents Krishna’s combined

record of sales for the day.
15 7 31 10 6 4 0 25 137 1
[ ][ ][
98 42
16 108 3
+ 37 5 1
1213 9 2
= 1215 9 3
28 2317 5 ]
d.) The following matrix represents the numbers of various
types of T-shirt of different sizes that Krishna had at the
beginning.
30 2010 10
[ 20 2010 10
3030 20 20 ]
Write down a matrix that represents the numbers of unsold
T-shirts of various types and sizes.

30 2010 10 25 137 1 5739

[ 20 2010 10
3030 20 20 ][ - 1215 9 3
28 2317 5 ][ ]
= 8 51 7
27 3 15

4. Simplify the following.

a.) (2 3) + (4 5) = (6 8)

b.) (7 8 9) + (10 11 12) = (17 19 21)

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c.) [ 54 ]+ [ 63]= [ 117]

9 0 9
d.) [][][]
−2
1
+ −1
3
= −3
4

e.) [ 45 24] + [ 68 73]= [ 101379]

f.) [ 3−1 −7 8 53 110

2 4 ] + [ −9 6 ] + [ 4 2 ] = [ −3 12 ]

243 323 56 6
g.) [ ][ ][ ]
645
142
+ 19 4
165
= 7 13 9
210 7

9 23 2−4 6 11−2 9
h.) [ ][ ][ ]
5−4 1
1 31
+ −8 1 1
903
= −3−3 2
10 3 4

138 347 24 6 6 1121

i.) [ ][ ][ ][ ]
153
294
+ 358
161
+ 8 103
457
= 1220 14
7 2012

5. Simplify the following.

a.) (3 2)-(1 0)= (2 2)

b.) [−17 ] -[−10 ]= [ 70]

c.) [ 3−3 − 2−6 13

7 9 ] [ 4 5 ]= [ 3 4 ]
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69 58 11
d.) [ ][ ] [ ]
310
8 11
- −21
70
= 59
111

e.) [ 302−1
34 ] - [ 7−1 2
6 1−1 ] = [ −4 3−3
−6 2 5 ]

f.) [−43 20] - [ 13 24 ] - [−3

1−2 12
4 ] = [ −4−8 ]
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