Cambridge IGCSE

Homework ………………….Revision

1. Evaluate Workout the following fractions and leave your answer in its simplest form

a) (2) b) (2)

2. Simplify as far as possible

a) (5)

3. Factorise completely

a) (2) (2)

b) (2)

4. Solve the following equations

a) (1) c) (2)

b) (3) d) (3)

5. Solve the following simultaneous equation by Substitution Method

a)
(3)

b)
(4)

6. Solve the following simultaneous equations by Elimination Method

a) (3)

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 b) (3)

7. Find the values of from the following

a) (3)

b) (3)

8. Solve the following give your answers to two decimal places where necessary

a) (4)

9. Sirak buys eggs at each and bread rolls at cents each. If the total bill is
, how many eggs does he buy? (4)

10. Express as a single fraction

a) (3)

b) (3)

c) (3)

d) (2)

11. Make the letter in brackets the subject of the formula

a) (a) (2)

b) (u) (2)

c) √ (h) (2)

12. The number of hours required to dig a certain hole is inversely proportional to the number of men
available . When men are digging, the hole takes . Find the time taken when men are
available. If it takes to dig the hole, how many men are there? (6)

13. is inversely proportion to the square of .

Find (3)

14. is directly proportional to the square of . When

Find (3)
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15. Evaluate the following

(a) (2)

(b) Find the value of p. (3)

(c) Find (2)

(d) ( ) (2)

(e) Simplify (2)

16. Rearrange the following to make the letter in brackets the subject of the formula
a) (3)

b) (a) (2)

c) (k) (2)

d) √ (3)

17. The life expectancy L of a rat varies inversely as the square of the density d of poison distributed around
his home. When the density of the poison is the life expectancy is 50 days. How long will he
survive if the density of poison is:

a) (2)

b) (3)

18. The number of eggs which a goose lays in a week varies as the cube root of the average number of hours
of sleep she has. When she has 8 hours sleep, she lays 4 eggs. How long does she sleep when she lays 5
eggs? (3)
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19. The length , of a solid is inversely proportional to the square of its height, .

a) Write down a general equation for . Show that when the equation
becomes (2)

b) Find (1)

c) Find (2)

d) Describe exactly what happens to when is doubled (2)

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