Tai Kwong Hilary College

Assignment for WEEK 22 (Semester 2)

Grade 7
Topic: Ratio, Rate, Speed and Algebraic Expressions Book 2B Chapter 3
and Chapter 5

Due on 20th January 2022

1. Aryan drove 180 Km from town X to town Y at an average speed of 90 km/h.

She left town at 2.15 pm.
(a) At what time did she reach town Y
(b) If he had reduced her average speed by 5 km/h, at what time would she
have reached town Y?

2. Mr. Jonny drove 80 km/h for ¾ of an hour and then at 65 km/h for 48 minutes.
(a) What was the distance he travelled
(i) for the first part of his journey
(ii) for the second part of his journey?
(b) Find the average speed in km/h for the whole journey, giving your answer to 3
significant figures.

3. Express the following statements as algebraic expressions:

(a) Half of the sum of x and y
(b) Divide (x - y) by 8
(c) Subtract the product of p and q from (x + y)

4. Simplify the expressions:

(a) 6ℎ × 3𝑘
(b) 3𝑝 × 5𝑝 × 𝑘
(c) 𝑢 + 6𝑣 ÷ 9𝑟

Challenging Questions

5. Mandy is x years old.. Dorothy, her sister, is 10 years older than her. Their mother
is 3 times as old as Mandy. Their father is twice as old as Dorothy. Write down the
expression in terms of x, for
(a) Dorothy’s age
(b) Their mother’s age
(c) Their father’s age

9. When 𝑝 = 1/2, 𝑞 = 5, 𝑟 = − 2, 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠;

 𝑞−𝑝𝑟
(a) 6pq + 7r (b) 4p(q - 2r) (c) 𝑞𝑟