HOLY CHILD SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND ICT

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT - APRIL 2023

MATHEMATICS

To the attention of all Form One (1) students.

All the aforementioned students are to take note of the following topics, study and
prepare notes on them.

NOTE: You will be given a test on the topics when you return to school.

TOPICS
CORE MATHEMATICS
1. LINEAR EQUATIONS AND
INEQUALITIES
 Solving linear equations.
 Solving linear inequalities
and illustrating the solution
on a number line.
 Word problem involving
linear equations and linear
inequalities.
2. CHANGE OF SUBJECT
 Linear relations
 Fractional relations
 Relations involving squares
and square roots, cubes and
cube roots.
 Substitution into the
ELECTIVE MATHEMATICS
1) SIMULTANEOUS LINEAR
EQUATIONS
 Solving linear simultaneous
equations in two variables.
 Solving linear simultaneous
equations in three variables.
 Solving one linear and one
quadratic
2) SURD
 Simplification of surds
 Operations on surds
 Rationalization of surds
(monomial and binomial
denominators)
 Equations involving surds

formulae.
 Sample Questions for Practice -Core Mathematics

5x-7 2x-3 2
1) Solve + =-
6 4 3

1 1
2) Find the solution set of (2x+7) - (1-4x) ≤ 4 + x. Illustrate your answer on a number
3 5
line.

1 1 1
3) a. Find the solution set of (x-2) ≤ (2x-3) < . Illustrate your answer on a number
5 2 2
line.

36 1 1 13
b. Find the solution set of ≤ (14x+21) - (7x + 14) ≤ . Illustrate your answer
6 2 3 2
on a number line.

4) A man is twice as old as his Son and ten times as old as his grandson. Their
combined ages amount to 96years. How old are they?

(x2+3)
3
5) Make x the subject of y =
15

n
Make d the subject of the relation S = [2a + (n-1)d]. Find the value of d if S = 210,
2
a = 3, and n = 10.

-n
6) An operation * is defined on the set of R of real numbers by m * n = , where
m2+1
m,n ∈ R. If -3, - 10 ∈ R, show whether or not the operation is commutative.
 Elective Mathematics

1
1) If (1 - 3)( + 3 ) = p + q 3, find the value of p and q.
3

2) Simplify the following

3+ 12+ 108- 75
i.
6- 96+ 150

8+5 32-4 50
ii.
18

2 1
iii. +
3+2 2 3-2 2

3) a. Find the positive square root of 11 - 4 6

2
b. Express in the form m 3 + n 2 where m and n are rational numbers.
2 3+3 2

4) Solve the following equations.

i. 2x-1 + 3x-2 = 2

ii. x + 3x+7 = 7
 iii. 3x+4 - x-3 = 3

iv. 2x-3 - x+7 = 2

5) Solve the following;

15 6 5 3
i. + = 4 and + = 2
a b a b

2 1 1 3
ii. a - b = 2 and a + b = 8
3 4 3 4

iii. x2 + y2 = 5 and x + y = 3

iv. 2x - y - z = -1, -x + 3y - z = -3 and -5x + 5y + z = -1

6) Factorize each of the following:

i. (3a+1)3 - (a-1)3

ii. 8x6 + 27a3b9

7) Factorize completely

a. (p+3q)2 + 9q2 - p2

b. 3x3 - 75x

c. 3a2 - ab - 14b2

d. 5x2 + 13x + 6