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Workbook Answers: Unit 1 The Number System
Workbook Answers: Unit 1 The Number System
Workbook answers
Unit 1 The number system
Exercise 1.1 Challenge
12 To multiply by 100, you move each digit
Focus two places to the left. If you multiply a
6 7 whole number by 100, this has the effect of
1 +
10 100 adding two zeros but this does not work for
2 5 thousandths all numbers, for example, 1.5 × 100 does not
equal 1.500.
3 A: 5607 tenths + 9 thousandths, C: 56 + 0.79
13 0.007
4 3.7 0.034
14 Anton: 4.5, Ben: 0.045, Kasinda: 45 and
Anya: 0.45
÷ 10 ÷ 10 ÷ 1000 × 10
15 Leila has made the number 51.111. If she had
put all her counters in the tens column, she
37 × 100 0.37 34 × 100 0.34 would have made the number 90.
90 > 51.111
0.98
Exercise 1.2
× 10 × 100
Focus
0.098 ÷ 1000 98 1 rounds to
5 91.969 = 90 + 1 + 0.9 + 0.06 + 0.009 8.3
8.52
6 0.645 8.4
Practice 8.5
8.77
7 5 tenths, 6 thousandths, 7 ones 8.6
8 a 560 b 880 c 412.8
8.7
d 0.67 e 1.91 f 0.63 8.35
8.8
9 D
2 10.35, 9.55, 10.05, 9.5
10
in out
3 a 7.8 b 8
1.5 1500
0.937 937 4 Number Number Number
rounded to rounded to
16.24 16 240
the nearest the nearest
0.49 490 tenth whole number
0.07 70 3.78 3.8 4
11 −24.976 4.45 4.5 4
3.55 3.6 4
4.04 4.0 4
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Practice b add 7
5 100.45 c multiply by 7
d 175
6 19.42
2 4, 4.3, 4.6, 4.9, 5.2
7 1.45 and 3.45
3 a
1.8, 1.9
8 10.49
1
b 3, 3
Challenge 2
c −1.5, −1.8
9 3.34
4 a
multiply by 9
10 JULY
b 90
11 16.51 rounded to the nearest whole number
is 17. 5 a
Challenge
sequences 11 a
42 42.15 42.3 42.45 42.6
b 43.35
Exercise 2.1
12 Position Term
Focus 1 6
1 a Position 1 2 3 4 2 12
Term 7 14 21 28 5 30
6 36
12 72
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13 a
18, 26, 34 10
b add 8 square cube
c No numbers numbers
1
1 × 8 does not equal 10 or the terms in the 8
9
sequence are not multiples of 8. 64
27
1 3 1
14 1 and −6 and −8 25
2 4 4
10 50
Exercise 2.2
Challenge
Focus
11 49 and 81
1 a
1 b 125
12 13 and 43 (1 and 64)
c 81 d 1
13 64
2 34
16 is 42. 42 × 4 = 64
3 84
14 23 32 52 33 (8, 9, 25, 27)
4 6 × 6, 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6
15 square numbers: 4 and 36
5 64
cube numbers: 8 and 27
Practice
6 2 Exercise 2.3
7 a
1 b 125 Focus
c 27 d 64 1 a
They are all cube numbers (1 × 1 = 1 = 1,
2 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 × 52 = 53 = 125, 3 × 32 = 33 = 27, 42 × 4 = 43 = 64).
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
8 a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
4
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
b Shape 1 2 3 4 5 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Number of bricks 1 4 9 16 25
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
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Practice
5
Unit 3 Averages
multiple of 7 not a multiple of 7
multiple 28 56 12 48 Exercise 3.1
of 2
not a 35 63 55 47 Focus
multiple of 2
1 a 7 + 3 + 2 = 12
6 1, 2 and 3 12 ÷ 3 = 4
The mean is 4.
7
b 10 + 4 + 7 + 4 + 5 = 30
multiples of 2
30 ÷ 5 = 6
The mean is 6.
multiples of 4 10
2 a 11
− 2 = 9 kg b 150 − 103 = 47 g
12 8
3 The range is 5. – 2, 6, 4, 7, 4
The mode is 5. – 5, 6, 5, 7, 8
11
The median is 5. – 5, 3, 4, 9, 8
9 The mean is 5. – 5, 6, 1, 6, 7
Practice
8 a
18 and 45 4 a Jenny: 11, Carrie: 10
b 18 and 36 b Jenny: 16, Carrie: 12
Challenge c Jenny’s mean score was higher, but her
scores were less consistent.
9
Carrie’s range is lower, so her scores were
factors of factors of less spread out. Carrie’s mean score was
30 6 24 lower than Jenny’s.
1
4 5 a Erik: 6, Halima: 7
5 2
8 b Erik: 3, Halima: 7
3
7 c Learners’ own answers. For example,
9 Halima practised for longer over the week
than Erik. Erik’s daily practice time was
more consistent than Halima’s.
The numbers in the shaded area are factors of
30 and 24. 6 More than one solution, for example:
10 20 minutes a 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18
b 14, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19
11 Hassan is correct. 7 is a common factor of 49
and 56. c 14, 15, 15, 17, 17, 18
12 Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24 Challenge
Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24 7 a 2 b 9 c 14
24 cakes can be bought in 3 packs. d 33 e 58
8 More than one possible solution. For example:
The five heights could be: 119 cm, 131 cm,
132 cm, 135 cm, 135 cm
The five weights could be: 25 kg, 33 kg, 33 kg,
40 kg, 41 kg
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The five ages could be: 10 years & 10 months, 9 2000 + 1475 and 2005 + 1470
10 years & 10 months, 11 years & 5 months,
11 years & 6 months, 11 years & 8 months Challenge
9 a Runner 1: mean 11.4 seconds, 10 10 431
range 2.3 seconds
11 79 999 − 19 999 = 80 000 − 20 000 = 60 000 or she
Runner 2: mean 11.5 seconds, could visualise the calculation written down to
range 2.2 seconds give zero in the thousands, hundreds, tens and
b Runner 1 could argue that they are the ones columns and then (7 − 1) ten thousands.
better runner because their average time The answer to the calculation is 60 000.
is lower than Runner 2. They have also 12 −7 + 3 = −4
recorded times under 11 seconds three
times, whilst Runner 2 has only run under −5 − −3 = −8
11 seconds twice. 13 a
2012
c Runner 2 could argue that they are the b 1986
better runner because their times have a
smaller range so they are more consistent. 14 −5 or 1
Also, their fastest time and slowest time
are both lower than Runner 1. Exercise 4.2
Focus
Unit 4 Addition and 1 a
9 b 2 c 1
subtraction (1) 2 a
m 15 12 11 26 21
n 5 2 1 16 11
Exercise 4.1
b m – n = 10 or equivalent
Focus 3 a
x 7 19 11 5 14
1 3 °C
y 16 4 12 18 9
2 a
−18 b −18
b x + y = 23
3 a
8 b 2 c 4
d 8 e 5 f 2 Practice
4 a = 40 °
Practice
5 Any three from:
4 about 30 000
Answers may vary according to how learners x = 0 and y = 7 x = 4 and y = 3
round the numbers. x = 1 and y = 6 x = 5 and y = 2
5 3 927 000 x = 2 and y = 5 x = 6 and y = 1
6 a
−9 °C b −21 °C x = 3 and y = 4 x = 7 and y = 0
7 16 °C
8
City Difference in temperature from London Temperature (°C)
London –1
Moscow 24 degrees colder –25
New York 10 degrees colder –11
Oslo 13 degrees colder –14
Rio de Janeiro 27 degrees warmer 26
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Exercise 5.1
Focus
1 a rectangle b Learners’ own diagrams
b rhombus c Yes
c isosceles trapezium Challenge
d trapezium
8 a They both have two pairs of parallel
e square sides and two pairs of equal sides. Their
f kite diagonals bisect each other.
g parallelogram b The diagonals of the kite meet at 90 °, but
those in the isosceles trapezium do not.
2 a It has 2 pairs of equal sides.
A kite has one pair of equal angles; the
b It has 1 pair of equal angles. isosceles trapezium has two pairs. A kite
c The longer diagonal bisects the shorter has two pairs of equal sides; the isosceles
diagonal at 90 °. trapezium has one pair. A kite has no
parallel sides; the isosceles trapezium has
d It has 1 line of symmetry. one pair.
3 a It has 4 equal sides. 9 a square: H
b It has 2 pairs of equal angles. b rectangle: J
c It has 2 pairs of parallel sides. c rhombus: I
d The diagonals bisect each other at 90 °. d parallelogram: K
e It has 2 lines of symmetry. e kite: G
f isosceles trapezium: L
Practice
10 a Yes, all the sides are 3 squares long and
4 a trapezium b rectangle the angle between all the sides is 90 °.
5 Two pairs of parallel sides, two pairs of equal b (1, 4) and (7, 10)
sides, two pairs of equal angles. None of the c Two out of: (8, 3), (9, 2) or (10, 1)
angles is 90 °. The diagonals bisect each other.
6 a True. Example justification: We are told
the shape is a rhombus, so opposite sides
are parallel.
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8 a
3 24
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4 of $40 is better
4
c $4 d 17 kg
1 1
of $18 = $9 and of $40 = $10 3 Amount
2 4
Practice 10
50% of 40
5 start
12
5 48 7 63 5 14
2
of 16 3
of 9 2
of 22
10% of 120
16
40 27 55
18
5 6 7 100% of 16 20
3
of 18 6 5
of 15 24 4
of 16
Practice
30 90 28
4 a 8 b 4 c 12
5 60%
7 4
6
of 12 14 3
of 15 20 end
6 a
clockwise from 80: 16 20 40 60 8
b clockwise from 6: 30 45 18 60 3
6 Carlos reads more pages. 7 150 g
1 3
3
of 15 = 5 and of 8 = 6
4 Challenge
7 8 57 kg
1 3 5 7 9 11
Fraction 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 64
10 20 children
Amount 9 27 45 63 81 99
Exercise 6.3
4 3
8 of 24 = 32 of 24 = 36
3 2 Focus
8 7 1 2 3
of 24 = 64 of 24 = 84 1 a b c
3 2 2 5 4
1
Challenge 2
4
3 4 3 $0.47 74 cents $4.07 $4.70 $7.40
9 of 32 = 24 and of 18 = 24 so they are equal
4 3
25
4 and 0.25
10 a 27 b 81 100
2 5
11 and Practice
3 4
1 2 4
5 a 13 b 5 c 10
Exercise 6.2 5 5 5
6 70% > 0.65 60% > 0.06
Focus 1 1
25% = 23% >
1 $0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 4 5
$120 $140 $160 $180 4 2
0.7 < 0.3 <
5 5
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7 a false ( is equal to 60%) Practice
5
4 12 cm2, 17.5 cm2, 8 cm2
b true
9 5 a and e circled
c false ( is equal to 90%)
10
6 3 m
6
8 and 70%
8 Challenge
Challenge 7 Learners’ own drawings of right-angled
triangles with an area of 6 cm2. Check the
70
9 70% = triangle by drawing a 1 × 12 cm, 2 × 6 cm or
100
3 × 4 cm rectangle around it, using the two
70
>
70
; the smaller denominator makes sides at the right angle. The diagonal should
80 100 be the longest side of the triangle.
larger parts, so Omar has the higher score.
8 Chata would need 8.33 pots to cover 75 tiles,
Note: When fractions have the same so he would need to buy 9 pots.
numerator, the larger fraction is the one with
the smaller denominator. 9 a 36 cm2 b 4 cm2 c 20 cm2
4 13
10 0.82 75% 0.7
5 20 Exercise 7.2
10 2 16 4
11
15
and
3 20
and
5
Focus
1 1
1 a 2 minutes and 0 seconds
12 1.2 1.3 1 1
4 5 b 2 minutes and 30 seconds
c 3 minutes and 15 seconds
Practice
3 a 12 minutes b 42 minutes
c 27 minutes d 57 minutes
3 a 12 cm2
4 a January or August, because they are the
b 6 cm2 only months that have 31 days and follow
c The triangle is half the size of the a month that has 31 days.
rectangle because it is made by cutting the b Friday 18th August 2045
rectangle in half. Dividing by 2 is the same
as finding half. c i 32 years, 1 month and 7 days
ii 39 years, 4 months and 16 days
iii 70 years, 0 months and 22 days
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2 3.7 kg
3 a
19.6 b 2.638
4 0.003 + 0.007 = 0.01
0.34 kg 2.7 kg 4.9 kg 1.4 kg 0.92 kg 0.86 kg
0.004 + 0.006 = 0.01
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4 Answer less Answer Answer b The third bag does not belong to either of
than 1 equal to 1 more than 1 the children.
Challenge Practice
9 3 5 Many solutions. The net must have:
9 • one or two negative numbers
10
40
41 5
• no multiples of 3
11 = 3 hours (or 3 hours 25 minutes)
12 12 • exactly three numbers greater than 5
1 1 3 1
12 + and + are both possible answers • at least four numbers that are even.
5 2 5 10
6 Yes, Kapil is correct.
1 a Sofia’s first bag is bag 4. Sofia’s second c Learners’ own answers depending
bag is bag 1. on results
Marcus’s first bag is bag 2. Marcus’s d The number of 2s spun should get
1
second bag is bag 5. closer to .
5
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4 4 2 2 4
2 $38
5 6
4 5 1 8 1
3 83 weeks
7 8
4 4 1 2 6 5 4 124 t-shirts
9 10
2 9 2 8 0 Practice
11 12 5 a
3 b 4
1 5 6 8 5 1 2
13 6 78
6 6 2 8 4
7 50 people
14 15
1 5 4 8 5 4 8 15 packs
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Challenge Challenge
9 Leanne is correct. Carrie has decomposed 24 7 Yes. Multiples of 6 must be even and a
instead of finding the factors of 24. number ending in 3 is odd.
10 9 and 5 (942 ÷ 4 = 235 r2) 8 Many possible answers including 171
(divisible by 3), 522 (divisible by 6) and 117
11 a
592 ÷ 4 = 148 b 389 ÷ 5 = 77 r4 (divisible by 9).
c 476 ÷ 3 = 158 r2
9 a
Any 5-digit numbers that satisfy
the criteria.
Exercise 10.3
b All numbers that are divisible by 9 are
Focus also divisible by 3.
21 471 ✓ Practice
4 a a cuboid and a square-based pyramid
482 211 ✓ ✓
b a cube and a triangular prism
152 214 ✓ ✓ 5 Learners’ own answers. For example:
a three different cuboids
6
divisible divisible
by 6 by 9
divisible
204 324 189 by 3
159
222 b two identical cones
146
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10 a 5 b 12 c 23
11 Learners’ sketches of two different cuboids
with a total number of 36 unit cubes each
7 Learners’ own answers. For example: Cuboids could be: 36 × 1 × 1, 18 × 2 × 1,
For shape a, calculate the area of the 12 × 3 × 1, 9 × 4 × 1, 9 × 2 × 2, 6 × 6 × 1, 6 × 3 × 2,
two triangles and add to the area of the 4 × 3 × 3
three rectangles. (These are all the possible answers.)
For shape b, calculate the area of the
two hexagons and add to the area of the
six rectangles.
8 a 5 b 8 c 14
Challenge
9 Learners’ own answers. For example:
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For example: 3
C
H
Practice
6 a Sofia is correct. Learners’ own answers.
For example: Each increment is worth
2 ml. The water is four increments above
70 ml, so it is at 70 ml + 4 × 2 ml = 78 ml.
b Learners’ own answers. For example:
Zara has noticed that the water is one
increment down from 80 ml, but she has
said that one increment = 1 ml not 2 ml.
Exercise 11.2 c 22 ml
7 a Capacity: 200 ml Volume: 140 ml
Focus
b Capacity: 4 litres Volume: 2.25 litres
1 a i 500 ml ii 200 ml
c Capacity: 800 ml Volume: 550 ml
b i 100 ml ii 90 ml
8 a 60 ml b 1.75 litres c 250 ml
c i 5000 ml ii 4000 ml
9 a 12.5 litres
2 a capacity: 2 litres, volume: 1.25 litres
b A 2500 ml
b capacity: 200 ml, volume: 160 ml
B estimate approximately 1250 ml
c capacity: 1 litre, volume: 0.6 litres
C estimate between 100 ml and 300 ml
d capacity: 1600 ml, volume: 700 ml
D estimate between 2250 ml and 2450 ml
e capacity: 1.2 litres, volume: 0.9 litres
E estimate between 550 ml and 750 ml
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10 Yes. Learners’ own answers. For example:
Unit 12 Ratio and
There is 1350 ml in the first jug and 1750 ml in
the second jug. This gives a total of 3100 ml
proportion
which is 3 litres and 100 ml. He needs 3 litres
of water, so he has 100 ml too much, so he Exercise 12.1
has enough.
Focus
11 18 litres
1 a
1:4 b 2 : 1
12 Learners’ own answers. For example:
c 1:2
a Fill cup B. From the water in cup B, fill
cup C. There will be 40 ml left in cup B. 2 a
1:5 b 3 : 7
b Fill cup A. From the water in cup A, fill c 4:3 d 4 : 1
cup D. There will be 180 ml left in cup A.
3 a
6 b 10
c Fill cup A. From the water in cup A, fill
c 20
cup B. There will be 80 ml left in cup A.
d Fill cup B. From the water in cup B, fill Practice
cup D. There will be 100 ml left in cup B.
4 a
4:1 b 1 : 4
e Fill cup A. From the water in cup A, fill
cups B and D. There will be 20 ml left in Remember: units should not appear in
cup A. these answers.
Practice
4 a
45 cm b 6 cm
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5 50 g flour, 1 egg, 150 ml milk b Learners’ own answers. For example:
The angles should add up to 360 °
6 Learners’ own answers. For example: He can because they complete a full turn.
draw A, C and D because the sides are in the 36 ° + 108 ° + 216 ° = 360 °
ratio 1 : 2 but he cannot draw B as the sides
108
are in the ratio 1 : 4. c 3 × 36 ° = 108 ° or = 36
3
7 a
500 g b 4 kg d i 2 ii 6
Challenge 9 a Triangle 1
8 A: 6 and 16 a = 50 ° d = 310 ° a + d = 360 °
B: 10, 30 and 80 b = 90 ° e = 270 ° b + e = 360 °
C: 20, 60 and 160
c = 40 ° f = 320 ° c + f = 360 °
9 a
140 ml cream a + b + c d + e + f a + b + c +
b 600 ml milk = 180 ° = 900 ° d + e + f = 1080 °
10 a
A: 100 ml B: 90 ml C: 50 ml D: 70 ml Triangle 2
1
b g = 63 ° j = 297 ° g + j = 360 °
8
h = 75 ° k = 285 ° h + k = 360 °
i = 42 ° l = 318 ° i + l = 360 °
Unit 13 Angles g + h + i j + k + l g + h + i +
= 180 ° = 900 ° j + k + l = 1080 °
Exercise 13.1
b Learners’ own answers. For example: The
Focus angles in the triangles add up to 180 ° and
the angles outside the triangles add up to
1 a = 30 ° b = 55 ° c = 78 ° 900 °. The total of all the angles is 1080 °.
2 d = 110 ° e = 170 ° f = 142 ° c Learners’ own answers. For example: Yes,
because each pair of angles at a corner of
3 g = 210 ° h = 270 ° i = 340 ° the triangle add up to a full turn (360 °)
and all the angles add up to three full
Practice turns which is 3 × 360 ° = 1080 °.
4 Estimates: Learners’ own answers.
Accurate measurements: Exercise 13.2
x = 38 ° y = 152 ° z = 327 °
Focus
5 Learners’ accurate drawings of the
following angles: 1 a 80 ° + 40 ° = 120 °
a 10 ° b 165 ° 180 ° − 120 ° = 60 °
c 230 ° d 330 ° x = 60 °
b 65 ° + 45 ° = 110 °
6 a x = 127 ° y = 53 °
180 ° − 110 ° = 70 °
b 127 ° + 53 ° = 180 ° (or 180 ° − 127 ° = 53 °,
or 180 ° − 53 ° = 127 °) x = 70 °
2 a 90 ° + 30 ° = 120 °
Challenge
180 ° − 120 ° = 60 °
7 No. Learners’ own answers. For example:
x = 37 ° which is OK for the ramp, but y = 15 ° y = 60 °
which is more than it should be. b 90 ° + 35 ° = 125 °
8 a a = 36 ° b = 108 ° c = 216 ° 180 ° − 125 ° = 55 °
y = 55 °
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3 a 30 ° × 2 = 60 °
180 ° − 60 ° = 120 °
Unit 14 Multiplication
z = 120 ° and division (2)
b 180 ° − 80 °= 100 °
100 ° ÷ 2 = 50 ° Exercise 14.1
y = 50 °
Focus
Practice 1 Addition: + + + =
3 3 3 3 12 4
(or 1 or 1 )
1
8 8 8 8 8 8 2
4 a m = 76 ° b n = 25 ° 3 12 4 1
Multiplication: × 4 = (or 1 or 1 ) or
8 8 8 2
5 a Learners’ own answers. For example:
He has not used the lines on the triangle 3 12 4 1
4 × = (or 1 or 1 )
correctly that show which sides (and so 8 8 8 2
which angles) are equal. He has said that 2 3
2 a b
a = 62 ° and it should be b = 62 °. 9 20
b a = 56 °, b = 62 ° 3 a
4 b 15
6 Yes. Learners’ own answers. For example: 4 4
4 ÷ 3 =
180 ° − 115 ° = 65 ° and 65 ° ÷ 2 = 32.5 °. 5 15
So m = 32.5 °, which is greater than 30 °, so the
swing is safe. Practice
7 3
Challenge 5 a b
27 28
7 a 6 3 boxes
x 40 ° 30 ° 55 ° 18 ° 24 ° 29 ° 7 a
y 50 ° 60 ° 35 ° 72 ° 66 ° 61 ° 1 3 5 7
× 8 8 8 8
b 40 ° + 50 ° = 90 °, 30 ° + 60 ° = 90 °
55 ° + 35 ° = 90 °, 18 ° + 72 ° = 90 ° 3 9 1 15 7 21 5
3 = 1 = 1 = 2
8 8 8 8 8 8 8
24 ° + 66 ° = 90 °, 29 ° + 61 ° = 90 °
c Learners’ own answers. For example: In a 4 1 12 1 20 1 28 1
4 = = 1 = 2 = 3
8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2
right-angled triangle, one of the angles is
always 90 °. This leaves 180 ° − 90 ° = 90 ° 5 15 7 25 1 35 3
5 = 1 = 3 = 4
for the other two angles. So, the sum of x 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
and y is always 90 °.
d No. Learners’ own answers. For example: b Because 5 × 3 (eighths) = 3 × 5 (eighths)
the total of x and y must be 90 °, so one
3 5 15
of them can never be greater than 90 °. × 5 and × 3 =
8 8 8
8 No. Learners’ own answers. For example:
48 ° + 72 ° + 50 ° = 170 °. The total of the angles
in a triangle must be 180 °, so these three
angles cannot form a triangle.
9 a
d = 90 ° (largest angle), e = f = 45 °
5 15
(180 ° − 90 ° = 90 ° and 90 ° ÷ 2 = 45 °) 3× 8= 8
3
8 metre
20
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Challenge
9 $643.50
10 248.64
11 No. 18 × 0.3 = 5.4 which is bigger than 5
(5 tonnes is the maximum load).
12 Yes. 5.35 × 13 = 69.55 which is less than 75
(she would need 69.55 kg and she has 75 kg).
10 1 1 1 Exercise 14.3
Answer Answer Answer
6 3 12
B F E A C D Focus
1 a
4.8 b 3.2 c 4.3
2 3
11 a of 21 = 14 b of 24 = 18
3 4 2 START
2
c of 40 = 16
5
2 1 12.4 ÷ 4 3.1 17.1 ÷ 3 5.4 12.5 ÷ 5
12 ÷ 4 =
3 6
Focus
1 a
144.6 b 72.8 c 204.5 30.6 ÷ 9 3.6 44.8 ÷ 8 5.6 36.4 ÷ 7
2 $23.25
3 $60.40 3.4 11.2 5.2
5 × 6 4 7 Practice
0.56 3.36 2.24 3.92 5 Answer less Answer Answer
0.27 1.62 1.08 1.89 than 10 between more
0.69 4.14 2.76 4.83 10 and 20 than 20
76.32 ÷ 8 = 9.54 56.2 ÷ 5 = 61.2 ÷ 3 =
11.24 20.4
24.15 ÷ 7 = 3.45
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6 16.4 b day 3
7 16.8 ÷ 7 = 2.4 is the odd one out. All the others c 13 umbrellas
have an answer of 2.6. d A dot plot that represents the data,
for example:
8 a
91.05 ÷ 15 = 6.07
b 73.44 ÷ 12 = 6.12 Dot plot showing how many umbrellas
a shop sold in one week later in the year
c 87.22 ÷ 14 = 6.23
d 78.52 ÷ 13 = 6.04 8
e 111.24 ÷ 18 = 6.18 7
Number of umbrellas
f 98.72 ÷ 16 = 6.17 6
6.18 (part e) is not on the grid. 6.15 is 5
not needed.
4
Challenge 3
9 Deal B because the cost for each bag is less. 2
Deal A: bags cost $5.08 ÷ 4 = $1.27 each 1
Deal B: bags cost $6.25 ÷ 5 = $1.25 each 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10 5 Day
11 939.7 ÷ 9 = 93.3
e Learners’ own answers. For example:
Estimate 900 ÷ 9 = 100 so the answer to
In the first week 13 umbrellas were sold
939.7 ÷ 9 must be greater than 100.
but in the second week 37 umbrellas
12 37 (562.5 ÷ 15 = 37.5) were sold.
In the first week the highest number
of umbrellas were sold on day 3 but in
Unit 15 Data the second week the highest number of
umbrellas were sold on day 5.
Exercise 15.1 f Learners own answers. For example:
Maybe more umbrellas were sold in the
Focus second week because there was more rain.
8
7
Number of umbrellas
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Day
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2 children
Favourite flavour Frequency
Vanilla 2
3 children
Strawberry 0
4 children
Chocolate 0
Lemon 2
c 70%
Favourite flavour Frequency d Learners’ own answers. For example: It is
Vanilla 0 easier to see the percentage of households
Strawberry 3 that have children in the waffle diagram
Chocolate 1 because the diagram is made up of 100
Lemon 0 squares and each square represents 1%.
4 Bar chart with the following columns:
Favourite flavour Frequency
Vanilla 4
– Strongly agree: 2 people
Strawberry 0 – Mostly agree: 11 people
Chocolate 0
– Mostly disagree: 4 people
Lemon 0
– Strongly disagree: 2 people
Practice – Don’t know: 1 person
3 a Both axes should have labels, with frequency
Number of 0 1 2 3 4
of people being on the vertical axis, and the
children in
graph should have a title.
household
Learners should write three true statements.
Frequency 3 2 3 1 1
For example: 6 people disagreed with
Percentage 30% 20% 30% 10% 10% the statement.
5 Learners’ own answers
b Charts showing the number of children
in each household along a street
Challenge
0 children
6 a Waffle diagram B. A greater proportion
1 child of people said that swimming was their
favourite activity.
2 children
b 22% c 80% d 10
3 children e Learners’ own answers. For example: In
both sets of data the least popular activity
4 children
is running.
f Learners’ own answers
g Learners’ own answers. This should
include any necessary equipment, a design
of a table for collecting the data, and
how they would represent their data in a
diagram, graph or chart.
7 The Tornadoes: A, D, E
The Hurricanes: B, C, F
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Exercise 15.2 6 a, b
A scatter graph showing the heights and
Focus ages of 24 palm trees
12
1 Height (cm) Tally Total
10
125–less than 130 IIII 4
f too high 20
18
16
Practice 14
4 a 2 b 8 12
12 2 4 6 8 10 12 2 4 6 8 10 12
midnight noon midnight
c Tom could be correct, but we cannot tell Time
from the graphs.
Learners can use a different scale for the
There are 2 boys and 1 girl that are in the
y-axis.
heaviest group (between 50 kg and 55 kg).
We cannot tell from the graphs which of e Learners’ own answers. For example: The
the children has the greatest mass. graphs have a similar pattern; the line
goes up and then back down. The graphs
5 Learners’ own answers are different because the temperatures are
lower in the first graph.
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70
60
50 9 × (18 – 9) 81 20 ÷ (7 – 3) 3 end
40
30
20
10
0 4 C is wrong as the answer should be 36.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Days absent
Practice
b Approximately 40% (between 35% 5 36 × 97 = 36 × (100 − 3)
and 45%)
= (36 × 100) − (36 × 3)
c The more days absent, the lower the
= 3600 − 108
percentage scored on the test.
= 3492
6 No. Mandy should do multiplication before
Unit 16 The laws of addition. The answer to the calculation is 94.
arithmetic Mandy could get the answer 130 by
adding brackets.
(4 + 9) × 5 × 2 = 130
Exercise 16.1
7 9
Focus 8 A is equivalent to 8 × 12
1 Calculation Answer B: 12 is wrongly decomposed as (1 + 2) instead
(12 – 3) × 8 18 of (10 + 2)
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11 a
(14 − 12) × 5 = 10 b 11 − (6 − 5) = 10 5 a, b
c 20 − (15 − 5) = 10 d 20 ÷ (4 − 2) = 10 y
5
12 a 5 b 3 c 3 E' F'
4
d 4 e 8 f 3
3
13 25 − (7 + 8) = 10 or 25 − (8 + 7) = 10
2
H' G'
14 a
5 × (2 + 6). You could have a slightly 1
different order, for example, (2 + 6) × 5.
b (5 + 3) ÷ 2 or 5 − (3 − 2) or 2 × (5 − 3) 0 x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–1
c 4 × (6 − 3). You could have a slightly E F
different order, for example, (6 − 3) × 4. –2
E''
15 25 × 4 × 3 + 7 –3
F''
G
= 100 × 3 + 7 –4 H
= 307 –5
H'' G''
or
(25 × 10) + (25 × 2) + 7 a E′ (−1, 4), F′ (3, 4), G′ (5, 2), H′ (1, 2)
= 250 + 50 + 7 b E′′ (−5, −3), F′′ (−1, −3), G′′ (1, −5)
= 307 H′′ (−3, −5)
6
y
Unit 17 Transformations 6
5
4
Exercise 17.1
3
Focus 2
A B
1
1 i C ii F iii A iv D
v B vi E
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
–1
2 A (2, 1), B (4, −2), C (−5, −4), D (−1, 3)
–2
3 i C ii A iii B C
–3
–4
Practice
–5
4 P (−2, 1), Q (3, 1.5), R (4, −1), S (−1.5, −3) –6
Accept fractions instead of decimals.
a (−2, −2)
b Any two points (x, 1) such that 0 < x < 2,
for example, (1, 1), (1.5, 1)
c (2, −2), (6, −2)
d No. For example: If ABCD is a rectangle
then the angles between the sides that are
already there must be 90 ° and they aren’t.
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Challenge d
7 a 2 squares left and 3 squares down.
Learners’ own explanations. For example:
Q to P is the opposite of P to Q.
b i Erin is incorrect. The single
translation 5 squares right and 4
squares up takes shape P to shape R
not 6 squares right and 4 squares up.
ii Learners’ own answers. For example:
The translation P to R = the translation 3 a B b C c A
P to Q + the translation Q to R.
8 (1, 7) and (5, 5) or (−3, −1) and (1, −3) or Practice
(0, 0) and (2, 4) 4 a
9 a C b A
c D d B
Exercise 17.2
Focus
1 a, c and d
2 a b
b c
c d
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A
Challenge
8 a
6 a
9 a i
ii
7 a i horizontal ii diagonal
iii vertical
b i
b i 4 ii 2
10 a, b, c A
ii B
C
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3 a b C 9 a, b, c B4
C
A1
A4 B1
C
B3 A2
Practice A3
4 a b B2
b square
C C c square
d Yes. You will always get a square. It does
c C not matter what the shape is because you
are only looking at one point (vertex) at
a time. If you rotate through 90 ° three
times, the distance of this vertex from the
centre of rotation stays the same, thus
creating a square. For example:
5 a b
C
C
c C
B
A
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