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Seepapitso Senior Secondary School.

Mathematics Department

PLEASE WRITE THESE QUESTIONS AT THE BACK OF YOUR

NOTEBOOK
Basic Arithmetic

1. The first three triangle numbers are 1, 3 and 6.

Write down the next three.

2. Consider a list of numbers below:

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0.5, √ 3 , 5 , 7, 16, π , 19,45 and 144.
From the list above, write down
(a) two prime numbers
(b) two square numbers
(c) two irrational numbers.

3. (a) Work out:

5 1
+
(i) 8 6

2 3
1 ÷
(ii) 7 5

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4. (a) A bottle contains 8 litre of oil. Malebogo used some of the oil to fry potato chips and left
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4 litre in the bottle. What fraction of a litre did she use?

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(b) Tshepo spends 8 of his money and has P25 left. How much money had she to start with?

(c) Express 126 as a product of its prime factors.

5. (a) The highest tempearture recorded in Botswana on a summer day was 420c

while the lowest on a winter day was -50 . What is the difference between
these temperatures?
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(b) In the Kgalagadi desert, the temperature at 1830 was 280 . At mid–night, the temperature
was -20 c.
(i) By how many degrees has the temperature gone down?
(ii) At 04 00, the temperture was 380 lower than the temperature at mid-night. What was the
temperature at 04 00?\]\

7. ln March 2010, the number of goats sold for slaughter was 3650.

(a) Express the number of goats sold in standard form.

(b) The total amount of money paid for the goats in March 2010 was P2 682 000.
Calculate the mean selling price of a goat, correct to the nearest thebe.

8. Simplify the following

(a) 3 p2 ×4 p5

(b) a 3 b 4 ×a2 b 2

(c) x 7 y 2÷ y5 x 3

9. Solve the following equations

(a) 2 x =8
z
(b) 95 =125

(c) 3 x=81

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10. It is given that x=3×10 and y=1×10 . Calculate, giving your answer in standard form

(a) xy

(b) y2

(c) x+y

11. simplify

(a)
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−2 4 −2 4
6 k l ×l k
3 2
15 k l