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Numeracy

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Knowledge and Understanding

1. Evaluate the following.

a) 2 + (-6) b) -2 - (-3) c) 3 - 2 + (-7) d) -2 x (-4)

f) -2 x (-3) g) (-1)(-3)(-2) h) 28 ÷ (-3) j) (-8)(-3)

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2. Reduce the following to lowest terms.

a) 9 b) 3 c) -8 d) - 5 e) 75
36 -15 16 - 25 100

3. Simplify the following.

a) 1 - 4 b) 2 + 1 c) 3 - 2 d) 3 + 25
4 12 3 2 5 3 4

1 2 (− 2) −3 1 1 (− 4) 2
e) x f) x g) ÷ h) ÷
2 4 4 (− 5) 9 3 5 (− 3)

4. Convert the following to a fraction.

a) 0.4 b) 0.15 c) -0.33

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Numeracy
5. Express each percent as a fraction in lowest terms.

a) 32% b) 84% c) 65% d) 137%

6. Find the following.

a) 70% of 60 b) 30% of 60

c) 40% of a number is 20. d) 115% of an number is 46.

7. Evaluate.

a) 3.2 + (-1.4) b) 2.7 - (-0.5) c) -3.25 - (-5.4)

Application

At 1:00pm the temperature is 18oC. By 6:00pm the temperature has dropped by 5 oC.
The temperature then continues to drop for the next 5 hours by 3 oC per hour.

a) Write an equation for what is happening to the temperature.

b) What is the temperature at 8:00pm? 2 marks.

c) At what time is the temperature 4oC? 3 marks.

d) When the temperature has finished dropping, what temperature is it? 2 marks.

e) At its low, will any precipitation be rain or snow. Explain. 1 mark.

f) What is the mean temperature change? 3 marks.