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5 Unit test
1 Work out the value of each of these expressions.
a 2a + b2 when a = 5 and b = 2
b 40 − (a + b3) when a = 8 and b = 3
c (a + b)2 − 4c when a = 3, b = 5 and c = 5
2a2
d when a = 6, b = 4 and c = 3
bc
2 A wedding venue company charges an amount per person for food
plus an amount per hour for the room hire.
a Work out the total cost of food for 80 people at $30 per person plus
room hire at $50 per hour for 6 hours.
b Write an expression for the cost of food for p people at $x per
person plus room hire for h hours at $y per hour.
c Write a formula for the total cost, T, in terms of x, p, y and h.
d Use your formula to work out T when x = 35, p = 100, h = 8 and
y = 30.
3 Solve the equation
7x − 19
2x + 1 = ​
2
4 A cube has a mass of 3(−5x − 7) kg.
A cuboid has a mass of −2(7x + 9) kg.
The mass of the cube is the same as the mass of the cuboid.
a Work out the value of x.
b What is the mass of the cube and the cuboid?
5 Represent each of these inequalities on a number line.
a x < −2
b −1 < y < 5
6 Write the inequality that each number line represents.
a b
x x
24 23 22 21 0 1 2 3 4 24 23 22 21 0 1 2 3 4

c d
x x
24 23 22 21 0 1 2 3 4 24 23 22 21 0 1 2 3 4

7 Work out the value of 7x0 × 5y0.

8 Write q15 as a single power of q.
8

q
9 Write down true (T) or false (F) for each of these statements
a 3e0 = 3 b 0a0 = 1
c (h ) = h
4 0 4
d (3c2)0 = 1

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10 Find the value of each expression when x = 4, y = −2 and z = 3.
a x2(3 − y) − 4z
b z(8x − z3) + 2(3x + 2y)
11 Factorise each expression completely. Check your answers.
a 24x + 8
b 12x3 − 9x5
c y2 + 15xy + 10yz
d 4x2 − 14xy − 2xyz
12 Use the formula R = mg − T to work out the value of m when R = 40,
g = 12 and T = 8.
13 Solve these inequalities.
a x+3<7 b 3y < −3
x
c 5> >3 d −5 < 2x + 3 < 7
2
e −x > −6 f 2 − x < −3
14 Solve the equation
7x + 1 9x + 3
=
6 8
15 Make x the subject of each formula.
a m=x+t b F = ax
c g = 3x − 5 d T = rx2
16 Make t the subject of the formula w = r + 2t2.
17 Make x the subject of each formula.
a 12x = xy + p b mx − 4 = nx + 9
√3x
3
c a2x = bx + 5d d P=
r

Challenge
18 The diagram shows a rectangle and a triangle.

2y 2 5 4y 2 11

4x 1 7
2x 1 9

Carrie makes this pattern using the triangle and the rectangle.

a Write two equations using the information given and solve them to
work out the values of x and y.
b Work out the area of the rectangle and the triangle.
c What can you say about the areas of the rectangle and the
triangle?
Reflect

19 Reflect This unit covered equations, formulae, inequalities and

indices. Which topics did you like most and which did you like least?
Can you explain why?

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