1.

𝑥 + (𝑥 + 1) + (𝑥 + 2) = 276
3𝑥 + 3 = 276 ⟹ 3𝑥 = 273 ⟹ 𝑥 = 91
⟹ 91, 92 𝑎𝑛𝑑 93 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠

1. 𝑥 + (𝑥 + 1) + (𝑥 + 2) + (𝑥 + 3) = 90
4𝑥 + 6 = 90 ⟹ 4𝑥 = 84 ⟹ 𝑥 = 21
⟹ 21, 22, 23 𝑎𝑛𝑑 24 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠

2. 𝑥 + (𝑥 + 2) + (𝑥 + 4) = 177
3𝑥 + 6 = 177 ⟹ 3𝑥 = 171 ⟹ 𝑥 = 57
⟹ 57, 59𝑎𝑛𝑑 61 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠

Solve the following Quadratic Equations by completing the square:

11 11 2 121 5
1. 2𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 + 5 = 0 ⟹ 2 (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) + 5 = 0 ⟹ (𝑥 − ) = −2
2 4 4

11 √111 11 √111
11 2
111 𝑥−
= − 𝑥 = −
⟹ (𝑥 − ) = ⟹ 4 2 ⟹ 4 2
4 4 11 √111 11 √111
𝑥− = 𝑥= +
{ 4 2 { 4 2

11 11
2. 3𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 + 6 = 0 ⟹ 3 (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) = −6 ⟹ (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) = −2
3 3

11 7
11 2 121 49 𝑥− =− 2
⟹ (𝑥 − ) = −2= ⟹{ 6 6 ⟹{ 𝑥 =
6 36 36 11 7 3
𝑥− = 𝑥=3
6 6
3. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 = 0 ⟹ 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 = −1 ⟹ (𝑥 + 2)2 = 4 − 1

𝑥 + 2 = −3 𝑥 = −3
⟹{ ⟹{
𝑥+2 =3 𝑥=3
Solve the following simultaneous equations:
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7 … . . (1) 4𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 14 … … (3)
7. { ⟹ (1) × 2: {
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 4 … … . (2) 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 4 … … . (2)
⟹ (3) + (2): 7𝑥 = 28 ⟹ 𝑥 = 4 ⟹ 𝑦 = −1 ⟹ 𝑆 = {(4, −1)}

2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 13 … . . (1) 8𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 52 … … (3)
8. { ⟹ (1) × 4: {
5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 13 … … . (2) 5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 13 … … . (2)
⟹ (3) + (2): 13𝑥 = 65 ⟹ 𝑥 = 5 ⟹ 𝑦 = 3 ⟹ 𝑆 = {(5, 3)}

7𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 19 … . . (1) 7𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 19 … . . (1)
9. { ⟹ (2) × 2: {
𝑥 − 𝑦 = 4 … … . (2) 2𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 8 … … . (3)
⟹ (1) + (3): 9𝑥 = 27 ⟹ 𝑥 = 3 ⟹ 𝑦 = −1 ⟹ 𝑆 = {(3, −1)}

𝑥+7 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ

17 𝑘𝑚

𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡

𝑥 2 + (𝑥 + 7)2 = 172
⟹ 2𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 + 49 − 289 = 0 ⟹ 2𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 − 240 = 0
−7−23
𝑥= 2 𝑥 = −15
⟹ 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 120 = 0 ⟹ ∆= 529 ⟹ √∆= 23 ⟹ { −7+23 ⟹ { 𝑥 = 8
𝑥= 2

The distance 𝑥 = 8 km and 𝑥 + 7 = 15

30.

20 cm

Each angle of a triangle in the Hexagon is 60°. This means that the remaining angles
are also 60°, which makes every triangle an equilateral triangle. The area of each
1
triangle is: 𝐴𝑇 = 2 × 202 × sin 60° = 173.21 𝑐𝑚2

⟹ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐻𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝐻 = 6 × 173.21 𝑐𝑚2 = 1,039.23 𝑐𝑚2

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝐴𝑅 = 6.25 × 4.85 = 30.3125 𝑚2 = 303,125 𝑐𝑚2
303,125 𝑐𝑚2
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑁 = 1,039.23 𝑐𝑚2 ≈ 292 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠

31.

8 cm
Each angle of a triangle in a Pentagon is 72°. This means that the remaining angles
are 54°. To find the distance x from the centre to the vertex, we use the right-angle
4 4
triangle as shown in the diagram. cos 54° = 𝑥 ⟹ 𝑥 = cos 54 = 6.8 𝑐𝑚
1
The area of each triangle is: 𝐴𝑇 = 2 × 8 × 6.8 × sin 54° ≈ 22 𝑐𝑚2

The area of the Pentagon is: 𝐴𝑃 = 5 × 22 = 110 𝑐𝑚2