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Mathematics
Grade 7

Extension and Remediation


Worksheet Book

MASKEW MILLER LONGMAN http://schools.pearson.co.za

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Topic 1: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Whole numbers
1. Arrange the given numbers from smallest to biggest:
597 601 502 1 064 99 722 610 ___________________________________________ (2)
2. Arrange the numbers from biggest to smallest:
9 301 85 10 118 798 20 202 805 ___________________________________________ (2)
3. Draw one number line to show the positions of these whole numbers.
a) 0 b) 12 c) 20 (3)

4. Circle the greater number in each pair:


a) 805 or 508 b) 698 or 896 (2)
5. Place the correct sign ( < or > ) in the square in these number sentences:

a) 187 178 b) 199 901 (2)


6. Give the value of each bold digit. Write your answer in words.
a) 10 425 ______________________________________________________ (1)
b) 2 157 ______________________________________________________ (1)
c) 830 199 ______________________________________________________ (1)
7. Write these expanded forms as single numbers.
a) 800 000 + 60 000 + 3 000 + 200 + 10 + 9 _________________________________________ (1)
b) 300 000 + 1 000 + 20 + 2 ______________________________________________________ (1)
8. Round these numbers to the nearest 1 000.
a) 8 728 _____________ b) 73 201 _____________ c) 10 001 _____________ (3)
9. Calculate the following:
a) 4 123 + 5 021 b) 791 – 305 c) 873 + 1 310 – 246
= ___________ = ___________ = ___________ (3)
10. Find these products:
a) 342 × 40 b) 342 × 10 000 c) 342 × 0
= ___________ = ___________ = ___________ (3)

Total marks: 25

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Topic 1: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Whole numbers
1. What number am I thinking of?

a) If you add 5 and then multiply your answer by 3 you get 33. _________________________ (2)

b) If you subtract 9 and divide by 8 you get 1. _____________________________________________ (2)

2. Write down the first eight prime numbers. __________________________________________________ (2)

3. Write down:

a) the first six multiples of 6 _____________________________________________________ (2)

b) the factors of 24 _____________________________________________________________ (2)

c) numbers that are factors of both 16 and 24. _______________________________________ (2)

4. Write down the prime factors of 18. ________________________________________________ (2)

5. Write 12 as a product of its prime factors. ___________________________________________ (2)

6. Find the numbers that are 1 500 less than these numbers:

a) 3 500 … ___________________________________________________________________ (1)

b) 1 000 000 … _______________________________________________________________ (1)

c) 986 050 … _________________________________________________________________ (1)

7. How many multiples of 50 are there from 250 and 900? _____________________________________ (1)

8. Consecutive numbers differ by 1, for example 2, 3, 4 …

Find three consecutive numbers that add up to 60. _____________________________________ (2)

9. Divide these amounts in the correct ratios:

a) R240 in the ratio 1 : 5 ________________________________________________________ (2)

b) 18 kg in the ratio 2 : 7 ________________________________________________________ (2)

c) 50 ℓ in the ratio 2 : 3 _________________________________________________________ (2)

10. A vehicle averages 68 km/h. How many kilometres can the car travel in 3 hours?

_________________________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 30
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Topic 2: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Exponents
1. Write the following products in exponential form:

a) 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = ___________________ b) 4 × 4 × 4 = ___________________________ (2)

c) 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = ________________ d) 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = ___________ (2)

2. Write these square and cube numbers as natural numbers:

a) 32 _________________ b) 82 _________________ c) 102 _________________ (3)

d) 33 _________________ e) 23 _________________ f) 103 _________________ (3)

3. Find the square roots:


___ ___
a) √16 _____________________ b) √36 ______________________ (2)
___ ____
c) √81 _____________________ d) √100 _____________________ (2)

4. Find the cube roots:


___ _____
a) √27 _____________________ b) √1 000 ___________________ (2)
___ ____
c) √64 _____________________ d) √125 ____________________ (2)
___
5. Which is smaller √36 or 23? ____________________________________________ (2)

6. Find the values of these powers:

a) 3 × 24 _____________________________________ (1)

b) 25 × 2 _____________________________________ (1)

c) 2 × 33 _____________________________________ (1)

7. Which is larger 62 or 26? __________________________ (1)

8. Simplify 92 – 9. _________________________________________________________________ (2)


___
9. Between which two whole numbers does √40 lie? ______________________________________ (2)

10. Determine the value of 31 + 32 + 33.

_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 2: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Exponents
1. Simplify:

a) (8 − 5)2 _____________________ b) (3 + 2)2 _____________________ (4)


______ ______
c) √9 + 16 _____________________ d) √ 50 − 1 _____________________ (4)

2. Simplify:
___ ___ ___ ____
a) √25 − √16 _____________________ b) √ 81 + √ 121 _____________________ (4)

3. Which is larger?
___ 3
_____
a) 43 or 34 ___________ b) √ 81 or 23 ___________ c) √ 1 000 or 32 ____________ (3)

4. Simplify 1002 − 102. ______________________________________________________________ (2)

5. Write down:

a) the square of 9 ______________________________________________________________ (1)

b) the square root of 4 __________________________________________________________ (1)

c) the cube root of 8 ____________________________________________________________ (1)

d) the cube of 8 _______________________________________________________________ (1)


3
___
6. Between which two whole numbers does √50 lie? ____________________________________ (2)
_________
7. Determine the value of √ 81+ 92 − 43 ________________________________________________ (2)

8. Calculate:
3
__
a) (√5 )3 _______________________________________________________________ (1)
__ 3
____
b) (√6 )2 − √125 _______________________________________________________________ (1)

9. A number is the square of 2 and also the square root of 16.

What is the number? ____________________________________________________________ (1)

10. There are eight rows and eight columns of squares on a chess board. Write the total
number of squares as a power.

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 3: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Geometry of straight lines


1. Match the term in Column B with its diagram in Column A, by writing the corresponding letter in the
third column.

Column A Column B
a) Ray

b) Straight line

c) Perpendicular lines

d) Parallel lines

e) Line segment

(10)

2. Give a definition for each of the terms in Column B. (10)

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Total marks: 20

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Topic 3: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Geometry of straight lines


1. Construct the following on a separate page:

a) Ray A through point B (2)

b) XY ⊥ ZK (2)

c) KL || MN (2)

2. Identify the perpendicular and parallel lines in the following diagrams.


B
H

A F

E
D

a) _____________________________ (3)

90°
D B
C

b) _____________________________

_____________________________ (6)

Total marks: 15
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Topic 4: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Constructions
1. State which angle is greater in each pair.

A B

a) A = 90° and B = 100° _____________________________ (1)

45 30
A B

b) A = 45° and B = 30° _____________________________ (1)

160° 180°
A B

c) A = 160° and B = 180° _____________________________ (1)

310˚ 280˚
A B

d) A = 310° and B = 280° _____________________________ (1)

2. Use a protractor to help you draw these angles on a separate page.


ˆ = 90°
a) ABC b) ˆ = 185°
DEF (4)
ˆ = 240°
c) JKL d) ˆ = 123°
PQR (4)

3. a) On a separate page, draw a straight line, AB. With A as your centre, stretch your compass to B.
Draw an arc through B. Without changing the radius of your pair of compasses, use B as the
centre and draw an arc through A. Name the points where the arcs intersect C and D. (4)

b) Draw one straight line joining B and C and one joining C and A. What type of
triangle is ABC? Explain your answer. (3)

c) Measure all three angles in triangle ABC and write down their sizes.

__________________________________________________________________________ (1)

Total marks: 20
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Topic 4: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Constructions
1. Name the following quadrilaterals:
a) b) c)

___________________ ___________________ ___________________ (3)


d) e) f)

___________________ ___________________ ___________________ (3)


Answer questions 2, 3 and 4 on a separate page.
2. a) Draw a triangle with sides 6 cm, 6 cm and 4,5 cm. (2)
b) What is this sort of triangle called? ______________________________________________ (1)
3. a) Construct a kite with short sides 35 mm and long sides 45 mm with the angle
between the short sides equal to 60° (3)
b) Measure the other three angles and write down their sizes. ____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (3)
4. a) Draw a circle with radius 25 mm. (2)
b) Draw in a diameter AB. (1)
ˆ .
c) Mark any point C on the circumference of the circle and draw in ABC (1)
ˆ . ______________________________________________________ (1)
d) Measure the size of ACB
ˆ
e) Draw two more angles on the circumference that stand on AB and call them ADB
ˆ
and AEB. (2)
f) Measure the two new angles. ___________________________________________________ (2)
g) What do you notice about the size of all these angles?
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ (1)

Total marks: 25

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Topic 5: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Geometry of 2D shapes
1. Name these angles:
a) An angle of 90° b) An angle of 180° c) An angle of 30°
–––––––––––––––––– __________________ __________________ (3)
d) An angle more than 90° but less than of 180° ______________________________________ (1)
2. Draw an example of: a) An acute angle b) An obtuse angle (2)

3. The diagram shows a circle with centre O.


a) Write these labels on the correct parts of the circle:
radius, centre, diameter, arc, circumference. (5)
b) Shade in a sector of the circle. (1)
4. What kind of quadrilateral is described?
a) Two pairs of adjacent sides are equal _____________________________________________ (1)
b) all four sides are equal and there is no right angle ___________________________________ (1)
c) only two sides are parallel ______________________________________________________ (1)
5. Complete the statements:
a) Adjacent angles on a straight line add up to _______________________________________ . (1)
b) The angles of a triangle add up to _______________________________________________ . (1)
6. a) Are triangles ABC and DEF congruent? __________________________________________ (1)
B 6,4 cm C F
b) Give a reason for your answer. 120°
12,3 cm
6,4 cm
__________________________________________ 7,8 cm
12,3 cm 120°
E D
7,8 cm
__________________________________________ (1)
A
7. Work out whether these two shapes are similar or not. 30 cm

_____________________________________________
12 cm
_____________________________________________ 25 cm (1)
10 cm

Total marks: 20
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Topic 5: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Geometry of 2D shapes
1. Fill in the missing angles:

a) 34° + ____° makes a right angle. b) 195° – ____° makes a straight angle. (2)

c) ____° – 25° makes a revolution. d) 55° + 42° + ____° makes a straight angle. (2)

2. Calculate the missing angles:

a) Two angles in a triangle are 87° and 32°. _________________________________________ (2)

b) One angle of a parallelogram is 75°. _________________________________________ (2)

c) One angle of an isosceles triangle is 124°. _________________________________________ (2)

d) Two angles of a quadrilateral are 110° and 50° and the other two angles are equal.

___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
L
3. In the circle, write the letters that describe: K

a) a diameter ___________________ (1) c) a sector ______________ (1)


J O

b) an arc _______________________ (1) d) a semicircle ___________ (1)


M

4. a) Calculate angles a, b, c, d, c, r, q, and t. N


(7)

78° a d
p
t r
q ______________ ______________
116° c
b ______________ ______________
92°
______________ ______________
5. These shapes are similar. Calculate the length KL. ______________ ______________
_______________________________ J K L
H
I
_______________________________ F
O N 17 mm
_______________________________ 42,5 mm
20 mm

G (2)
M
Total marks: 25

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Topic 6: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Common fractions
1. Draw a number line divided into twelfths to show the fractions _12 ; _34 ; _56 .

(3)

2. a) What fraction of 48 is 12? _____________________________ (1)

b) What fraction of 125 is 75? _____________________________ (1)

3. What fraction of each figure is shaded?

a) b) (2)

4. Complete these equivalent fractions.

a) _23 = _
30
=_
15
=_
12
b) _5 = _ = _
7 35
20
(6)

5. Write these mixed numbers as improper fractions.

a) 3 _12 = ______________ b) 2 _27 = ______________ (4)


6. Write in ascending order: _58 ; _34 ; _7
10
. __________________________________________________ (4)
7. Calculate:
a) _34 + _13 = ___________ b) _23 − _12 = ___________ c) 2 − _23 = ___________ (9)
d) _23 × _14 = ___________ e) 2_21 × _34 = ___________ (6)
8. Convert the following fractions into percentages.
a) _25 = ___________ b) _7
10
= ___________ (2)
9. Calculate:
a) 50% of 150 = ___________ b) 60% of 80 = ___________ (6)
10. Calculate the percentage increase or decrease.
a) 100 to 120 = ___________ b) 200 to 120 = ___________ (6)

Total marks: 50
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Topic 6: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Common fractions
1. Write in descending order: 3 _23 ; _
13 _
; 7 . _________________________________________________ (4)
4 2

2. Calculate:

a) 3 _14 − 2 _38 = _______________________________________________________________ (3)

b) _
11
6
+ _23 − 2 _12 = _______________________________________________________________ (4)

c) _45 × _67 = _______________________________________________________________ (3)

d) 3 _13 × _45 = _______________________________________________________________ (3)

3. Determine:

a) _37 of 441 = _______________________________________________________________ (3)

b) _73 of 9 = _______________________________________________________________ (3)

c) 2 _9
11
of 55 = ________________________________________________________________ (3)

4. Simphiwe watered half his vegetable garden on Monday and _38 of the garden on Tuesday.

a) What fraction did he water altogether? ___________________________________________ (3)

b) If the garden is 24 m2 in size. Determine how big a portion he still needs to water.

__________________________________________________________________________ (3)

5. Two litres of juice is poured into 10 litres of water. What fraction of the drink is juice?

______________________________________________________________________________ (3)

6. John buys a pizza the pizza is divided into 8 equal sized pieces. If John eats _14 of the pizza
and he gives _12 of what was left over to his friend. How many pieces does he have left over?

______________________________________________________________________________ (3)

7. The price of bread has increased from R12 to R15. Calculate the percentage increase.

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 40

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Topic 7: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Decimal fractions
1. Write down the underlined digit as a fraction with a denominator that is a power of 10.

a) 0,45 = ___________________ (1) b) 1,234 = ___________________ (1)

2. Round the following numbers to two decimal places.

a) 11,234 ≈ ___________________ (1) b) 23,4590 ≈ ___________________ (1)

3. Compare the following decimal fractions by replacing them with the correct relationship
sign <, > or =.

a) 0,41 __________ 0,423 (2) b) 12,234 __________ 12,3 (2)

4. Convert the common fractions to decimal fractions.

a) _
3
= ___________________ (1) b) _2 = ___________________ (1)
10 5

c) _
23
100
= ___________________ (1) d) _
23
50
= ___________________ (1)

5. Calculate:

a) 3,25 + 3,4 = ___________________ b) 3,25 + 0,84 = ___________________ (4)

c) 13,25 − 3,4 = ___________________ d) 18,05 − 9,441 = ___________________ (4)

e) 4,32 × 12,4 = ___________________ f) 0,34 × 2 = ___________________ (4)

g) 0,5 × 100 = ___________________ h) 2,1 ÷ 10 = ___________________ (4)

i) 0,44 ÷ 4 = ___________________ (2)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 7: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Decimal fractions
1. Convert the following fractions into decimal fractions.

a) _
11
25
= ___________________ b) _23
125
= ___________________ (4)

2. Round the following numbers to two decimal places.

a) 23,996 = ___________________ b) 0,104 = ___________________ (2)

3. Calculate:

a) 2,34 + 0,3 − 1,89 = ___________________________________________________________ (3)

b) 34,45 − 21,012 + 0,234 = ______________________________________________________ (3)

c) 21,2 × 0,2 = _________________________________________________________________ (2)

d) 0,234 × 1,2 = ________________________________________________________________ (2)

e) 0,23 ÷ 100 = ________________________________________________________________ (2)

f) 69,6 ÷ 3 = __________________________________________________________________ (2)

g) 0,45 ÷ 5 = __________________________________________________________________ (2)

4. How many times does 0,02 go into 0,8? ______________________________________________ (2)

5. A 12,9 m metre length of cloth is divided into three pieces.


What is the length of each piece of cloth?

_______________________________________________________________________________

6. Amanda’s school is having a cake sale. She is planning to sell each cake for R30.
Determine the profit per cake if for each cake if she needs one egg, 250 grams of
cake flour, 80 grams of sugar and 50 grams of icing sugar. Cake flour will cost R20 per
kilogram, R12 for 6 eggs, sugar R15 per kilogram and icing sugar R25 per kilogram. (6)

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Total marks: 30

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Topic 8: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. Are the following examples of variables or constants?

a) The types of cars driving past the school fence _____________________________________ (1)

b) The number of sides of a square _________________________________________________ (1)

c) The number of teachers at schools _______________________________________________ (1)

d) The number of days in December ________________________________________________ (1)

2. Complete the following number sentences.

a) 127 + □ = 16 795 □ = ____________ b) 5 × □ = 480 □ = ____________ (2)

c) □ ÷ 4 = 16 □ = ____________ d) 842 – □ = 333 □ = ____________ (2)

e) (4 – 2) × □ = 40 □ = ____________ f) 550 ÷ □ = 5 □ = ____________ (2)

3. Determine the value of x to make the following equations true.

a) x + 28 = 145 x = ____________ b) 16, 8 – x = 2,1 x = ____________ (2)

c) 15x = 45 x = ____________ d) _8 = 4 x = ____________ (2)


x

4. Determine the value of y in the following if:

a) y = x + 4 and x = 19 y = ____________ b) y = x − 8 and x = 26 y = ____________ (2)

c) y = 3x and x = 14 y = ____________ d) y = 2x + 2 and x = 3 y = ____________ (2)

5. Complete the following flow diagram.


6 (3)
7 ×3–1
8

6. Use the equation y = x + 3 to complete the table below.


x 1 2 3 4 10
y 4 5 (3)
7. Use the equation y = 4x + 3 to complete the table below.
x 0 1 2 3 10
y (5)
Total marks: 30

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Topic 8: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. Are the following examples of variables or constants?

a) The number of sides of a heptagon ______________________________________________ (1)

b) The number of branches on trees _______________________________________________ (1)

2. Complete the following number sentences.

a) 127 + □ = 16 795 □ = ____________ b) 12 × □ = 480 □ = ____________ (2)



c) _
4
= 16 □ = ____________ d) _
276

= 23 □ = ____________ (2)

e) □2 = 256 □ = ____________ (1)

3. Determine the value of x to make the following equations true.

a) x – 126 = 105 x = ____________ b) 16, 8 − x = 2,1 x = ____________ (4)

c) 3x + 2 = 47 x = ____________ d) _
81
x =3 x = ____________ (4)

e) 3x2 = 75 x = ____________ (2)

4. Determine the value of y in the following if:

a) y = x + 124 and x = 19 y = ___________________________________ (2)

b) y = 2x − 12,5 and x = 26 y = ___________________________________ (2)

c) y = 2x2 + 124 and x = 10 y = ___________________________________ (2)

5. Complete the following flow diagram.

(3)
6
7 ×3–1
8

6. Use the equation y = 6x − 3,2 to complete the table below.

x 1 2 3 4 10
y 2,8
(4)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 9: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Area and perimeter of 2D shapes


1. Convert.
a) 41 829 cm = ________ km b) 64 980 mm = _________ km (2)
c) 0,00514 ha = _______ cm2 d) 512 mm2 = ___________ cm2 (2)
2. Which units can be used to measure perimeter? Circle the correct answer(s).
a) km b) litre c) mm d) ml e) cm2 (5)
3. On a separate page, draw your own polygon and use a ruler to find its perimeter. (4)
4. Find the perimeters of these shapes in centimetres.
7 cm 2 cm
30 mm
a) b) 1 cm c)
1 cm 3 cm

40 mm
20 mm
20 mm

5 cm

______________ ______________ ______________ (6)

5. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive even integers. Find the length of
the shortest side if the perimeter of the triangle is 54 cm. _________________________________ (5)
6. Find to one decimal place the perimeters of these shapes in centimetres.
a) a triangle with sides of lengths 30 mm, 4,2 cm and 42 mm ____________________________ (1)
b) an equilateral triangle with sides of length 5,7 cm ___________________________________ (1)
c) a rectangle with dimensions w = 30 mm and l = 6,3 cm _______________________________ (1)
d) a regular pentagon with sides of length 45 mm ______________________________________ (1)
7. Write down the formula for the area of each shape.
a) rectangle ________________________ b) square ______________________________ (2)
c) triangle _________________________ d) parallelogram ________________________ (2)
8. Calculate to two decimal places the areas of these shapes in square centimetres.
a) rectangle with length 12 cm and width 2,8 cm ______________________________________ (2)
b) square with length 2,9 cm ______________________________________________________ (2)
c) triangle with base 3,5 cm and height 2,6 cm ________________________________________ (2)
d) parallelogram with length 34 mm and height 21 mm _________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 40

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Topic 9: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Area and perimeter of 2D shapes


1. Mandla has a rectangular garden measuring 7 m by 3,3 m. He wants to use five
strands of wire around the garden as a fence. How many metres of wire must he buy?
_______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
2. On a separate page, draw a triangle with base of 6 cm, two sides of 5 cm each and vertical height
of 4 cm.
a) Calculate the perimeter. ____________ (2) b) Calculate the area. ____________ (2)
On a separate piece of paper, draw a similar triangle that is twice as big. (The angles
must be the same, but the sides will be twice as long.)
c) Show that the sides of the two triangles are in the same ratio. (This means that
they are similar shapes.) (2)
d) Calculate the perimeter. ____________ (2) e) Calculate the area. ____________ (2)
f) What do you notice about how the perimeter and the area have changed? ________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
3. Sketch two rectangles of different sizes on a separate page. Label one with
sides 2 cm by 1 cm and the other with sides 8 cm by 4 cm.
a) Show that their sides are in the same ratio (so they are similar shapes). __________________ (2)
b) What can you notice about their perimeters and their areas? ___________________________ (2)
c) Draw a rectangle with dimensions five times the size of the smaller rectangle. How
much bigger would the perimeter and the area be? Explain your answer.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
d) The length of a rectangle is x and the width is y. Find the perimeter and the area if
both dimensions are doubled. ____________________________________________________ (2)
4. The area of a parallelogram is 44,8 cm2 and the length of the base is 6 cm. Calculate
the height of the parallelogram correct to two decimal places. _____________________________ (2)
5. Calculate the area in hectare (ha) of a smallholding that is 816,2 m long and 308,7 m
wide. Give the answer to one decimal place. _________________________________________ (3)
6. Calculate the areas of the shaded regions.
a) 11 cm 3 cm b) (12)
2 cm
15 m
5 cm 40 m
12 m

6 cm 9 cm
3 cm 8m

4 cm 10 cm 5m

_________________________ _________________________
Total marks: 40

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Topic 10: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Surface area and volume of 3D objects


1. Look at the 3D objects below.
i) ii) iii)

i) ii) iii)

i) iv) v) ii) vi) iii) vii)

iv) v) vi) vii)


a) Copy and complete the table for each object.
iv) v) vi) vii)
Name of 3D Number of Total number Number of Number of
object lateral faces of faces edges vertices
(F) (E) (V)
i) (14)

b) Check whether you have worked correctly; the equation F + V – E = 2 should be


satisfied by your entries in each of the rows i) to vii) in a) above.

2. Which of these nets would form a cube? _____________________________________________


A B C D (2)

3. Write down a formula for the surface area of:

a) a cube with dimensions l × l × l. ________________________________________________ (1)


b) a cuboid with dimensions l × w × h. _____________________________________________ (1)
4. Calculate the surface areas of the following prisms to one decimal place.
a) __________________ b) __________________
3 cm 4 cm
__________________ __________________
9 cm

__________________ 2 cm __________________
5,6 cm
__________________ __________________ (6)
7 cm 5 cm

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5. Draw an accurate net for the prism in Question 4 b). (4)

6. If the volume of each small cube is 1 cm3,


determine the volume of the cuboid in the diagram.

________________________________________________________ (2)

7. Calculate the volumes of the following prisms in cubic centimetres:

a) b) (4)
h = 7 cm
h

H = 13 cm
_______________________
40 mm
_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ b = 6 cm _______________________
8. Circle the units of capacity.

A m2 B m3 C km D ℓ E cc (5)

9. Name the units you would use to measure the capacity of:

a) a teaspoon __________ b) a bottle __________ c) a bucket __________ (3)

10. Convert.

a) 12 cm3 = __________ ml b) 17 ℓ = _________ cm3 (2)

c) 15 000 cm3 = ________ kl d) 800 cm3 = ________ ℓ (2)

11. A container is filled with water. A cuboid with a square base is placed in the container
so that the cuboid is fully covered by water. By doing this, 24 ℓ of water is
displaced into another container.

a) Calculate the volume of the cuboid in both cm3 and in m3.

___________________________________________________________________________ (2)

b) Calculate the area of the base of the cuboid (in cm2) if its height is 60 cm.

___________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 50

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Topic 10: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Surface area and volume of 3D objects


1. A company packs washing powder in a box that measures 40 cm (length) by 20 cm (width), with a
height of 30 cm. They want to increase the height of the box by 30%, keep the length the same and
decrease the width. What is the new width (to two decimal places) if the volume must stay the same?
_________________________________________________________________________________ (4)
2. You have a square sheet of cardboard measuring 24 cm by 24 cm. You want to cut equal
squares from each corner and then fold up the sides to form a box.

24 cm

a) What is the largest possible size of square that you can cut from each corner?
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b) Would it make sense to cut out very large or very small squares from the corners?
Explain your answer. __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
c) Complete the table of different−sized squares that are being cut out from the corners.
____________________________________________________________________________ (6)
Length of corner squares (cm) Dimensions of folded box (cm) Volume of box (cm3)
1 22 × 22 × 1
2
4
5
8
10

d) On graph paper, draw a horizontal axis for the length of the corner square and a vertical
axis for volume. Plot points to show the information in the table, and join them to form
a smooth graph. (4)
e) Which squares give the maximum volume? ________________________________________ (2)

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3. A box measures 10 cm by 6 cm by 4 cm. How many cubes with edges of 2 cm
would fit into the box? ____________________________________________________________ (2)
4. The base of a child’s rectangular sandpit measures 2 m by 1,5 m. If 1 m3 of sand has
a mass of 1 500 kg, what mass of sand is needed to fill the sandpit to a depth of half a
metre? _________________________________________________________________________ (3)
5. Write these capacities in order from smallest to largest:
170,3 ml; 109,9 cm3; 1,09 ℓ; 1,09 m3 _________________________________________________ (1)
6. Calculate:
a) 60 ml + 4,6 m3 (in ml) _________________________________________________________ (1)
b) 3 400 ℓ + 12 m3 – 3,5 kl (in ℓ) ___________________________________________________ (1)
7. A rectangular swimming pool measures 8,5 m by 5 m and is 1,8 m deep. How
many litres will it hold when it is half-full?
_______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
8. A cube is immersed in water so that the water level rises by 3,2 cm. If the water
tank has a square base of 4 m × 4 m, find:
a) the volume of the cube in cubic centimetres ________________________________________ (2)
b) the side length of the cube ______________________________________________________ (2)
9. A contractor designed a concrete rectangular water dam for a small village.
a) The outside dimensions of the dam are 6 m × 5 m with a height of 3 m. What is
the total volume of this shape in cubic metres?
____________________________________________________________________________ (1)
b) The walls and floor of the dam are 30 cm thick. What is the length, width
and height of the inside of the dam? (Hint: A diagram might help you.)
____________________________________________________________________________ (3)
c) Find the volume of water that the dam will hold (in litres).
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
d) There are 700 homes in the village. Each home needs 14 ℓ of water a day.
Will the dam hold a week’s supply of water for the village? If not, give some
recommendations.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (4)
e) The concrete costs R800 per cubic metre. The contractor estimates that he can
build the dam in 4 days, charging R1 550 a day for labour. How much will this
project cost the village (to the nearest R100)?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (5)

Total marks: 50

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Topic 11: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Numeric and geometric patterns


1. Study the following sequence of numbers: 12; 16; 20; 24; …
a) Write down the third term in the sequence. _________________________________________ (1)
b) Write down the next three terms of the sequence. ___________________________________ (2)
c) Write down the rule for the sequence. _____________________________________________ (2)
2. Write down the first four terms of each sequence.
a) Start at 3 and multiply by 3 each time. ____________________________________________ (2)
b) Start at 15 and subtract 3 each time. ______________________________________________ (2)
c) Start at 24 and add 8 each time. __________________________________________________ (2)
3. Describe a rule for each sequence.
a) 24; 12; 6; 3; … b) 18; 21; 24; 27; … c) 33; 44; 55; …
___________________ ___________________ ___________________ (6)
4. Write down the missing term in each sequence.
a) 5; 10; _____; 40; 80 b) 32; 29; 26; _____; 20 c) 8; 4; 2; _____; _12 (3)
5. Thando builds structures of houses with toothpicks and sweets as illustrated below.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

a) Draw the next pattern. (1)


b) How many toothpicks are there in the 5th pattern? __________________________________ (1)
6. a) Complete the following table, for the situation described in the sketch. (6)

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 10 20
No. of toothpicks 5

b) Provide a rule to describe the relationship between the pattern numbers, and the
number of toothpicks by making use of number sentences.

___________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 11: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Numeric and geometric patterns


1. Extend the following sequences by three terms.
a) 4; 7; 10; 13; 16; … _________________ b) 1; 8; 27; 64; 125; … _________________ (4)
c) 0; 1; 1; 2 ;3; 5; 8; … _________________ d) 1; 2; 4; 7; 11; 16; … _________________ (4)
2. Write down the first four terms of each sequence.
a) Start at 1 and add 3,5 each time. _________________________________________________ (2)
b) Start at 10 and add 3 each time. __________________________________________________ (2)
c) Start at 10 and divide by 5 each time. _____________________________________________ (2)
3. Describe a rule for each of the following sequences your own words
a) 5; 9; 13; 17; 21 … _________________ b) 2; 5; 10; 17; 26; … _________________ (4)
4. Write down the missing term in the following sequence: 17,75; 17,5; 17,25; _________; 16,75. (1)
5. Thando builds structures of houses with toothpicks and sweets as illustrated below.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

a) How many toothpicks will there be in the 5th pattern? ________________________________ (1)
b) How many sweets will there be in the 5th pattern? _________________________________ (1)
c) Will there be a house structure based on this pattern that uses 136 toothpicks?
Give a reason for your answer. __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
d) Complete the following table, for the situation described in the sketch. (6)

Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 20
No. of toothpicks 5 10 15 20
No. of sweets 5 8 11 14

e) Provide a rule to describe the relationship between the pattern number and the
number of sweets, by making use of number sentences.
___________________________________________________________________________ (1)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 12:
1: Target
TargetWorksheet
WorksheetAA

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. If the perimeter of a rectangle is given as P = 2(l + b), where l represents the length and
b represents the breadth, determine the perimeter in the following if:
a) l = 15 cm and b = 12 cm _______________________________________________________
b) l = 15 m and b = 3,4 m ________________________________________________________ (4)
2. If the area of a rectangle is given by A = l × b where l represents the length and
b represents the breadth, determine the area in the following if:
a) l = 92 cm and b = 29 cm _______________________________________________________
b) l = 15,6 cm and b = 13 cm _____________________________________________________ (4)
3. If the volume of a rectangular prism is given by V = l × b × h, where l represents the
length and b represents the breadth and h represents the height, determine the
volume in the following if:
a) l = 5 cm and b = 2 cm and h = 14 cm _____________________________________________ (2)
b) l = 13 cm and b = 22 cm and h = 0,4 cm __________________________________________ (2)
4. If the circumference of a circle is given by C = 2πr, where r represents the radius and π
is given by 3,14, determine the circumference in the following circles:
a) r = 126 cm __________________________________________________________________
b) r = 15,6 m ___________________________________________________________________ (4)
5. Distance covered is given by the formula D = s × t,
where s represents the speed in km/h and t x y
represents the time in hours. Use the flow diagram 1
to determine the distance covered using the input 2 y= 1
2x +3
and the rule. 3
4 (4)
6. If y = 3x + 4, use the following flow diagram to
determine the output values for y. x y
1
2 3,6x + 4
3
4 (4)
7. Complete the following tables below by evaluating the rules.
a) x 1 2 3 10 b) x 1 2 3 10
y = 4x + 9 13 y=x 3
1 (6)

Total marks: 30
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Topic 12:
1: Target
TargetWorksheet
WorksheetAB

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. If the circumference of a circle is given by C = 2πr, where r represents the radius and π is
given as 3,14, determine the circumference in the following circles:
a) r = 122 cm _________________________________________________________________
b) r = 1,56 m __________________________________________________________________ (4)
2. If the area of a circle is given by A = πr2 where r represents the radius and π is given
by 3,14, determine the circumference in the following circles:
a) r = 192,8 cm ________________________________________________________________
b) r = 1,56 m __________________________________________________________________ (4)
3. If the volume of a cylinder is given by V = πr2h where r represents the radius, π is given
by 3,14, and h represents the height, determine the volume in the following cylinders if:
a) r = 123 cm and h = 14 cm ______________________________________________________
b) r = 2,32 cm and h = 0,4 cm _____________________________________________________ (4)
4. If the volume of a triangular prism is given by area of base × h and h represents the
height, determine the volume in the following if: area of base = 334,5 cm2 and h = 14, 4 cm.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
volume
5. If the volume of a rectangular prism is given by V = l × b × h and b = __ , where l
l×h
represents the length, b represents the breadth and h represents the height, determine the breadth
of this prism if: l = 5 cm, volume = 50 cm3 and h = 2 cm.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
6. If y = _12 x – 1, use the following flow diagram to
determine the output values for y. x y
1
2 y = 12 x – 1
3
4 (4)
7. If y = 3,6x − 2, use the following flow diagram to
determine the output values for y. x y
1
2 3,6x – 2
3
4 (4)
8. Complete the following tables below by evaluating the rules.
a) x 1 2 3 10 b) x 1 2 3 10
y = x3 1 y = 4x + 9 13 (6)
Total marks: 30
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Topic 13: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Algebraic expressions
1. Write these phrases as expressions.

a) The sum of a number and five times the number ____________________________________

b) 9 less than a number __________________________________________________________

c) 10 more than six times a number ________________________________________________

d) 3 less than the product of a number and 7 _________________________________________ (4)

2. If a = 3, b = 5 and c = 2, find the values of these expressions.

a) 2b − a _________________________ b) 2(b − a) ____________________________


c) a + b − c _______________________ d) 2b + 3c ____________________________ (4)

3. Fill in the missing numbers.

a) 4 b) 8 (6)
+6 16 12 ×3
12 16

4. Draw a flow diagram on a separate page and find the values of these expressions:

a) 12 + x if x = 5 ______________________ b) 2 × x if x = 6 ______________________ (4)

c) Multiply a number by 4 and subtract 3, the number is 5 (2)

5. Write an expression to describe the relationship between the numbers in the rows of each table:
a) s 3 5 8 12 b) s 1 3 4 9
t 5 7 10 14 t 3 9 12 27 (4)

6. Given the expression 12x – 3, identify:

a) the coefficient of x _________ b) the variable _________ c) the constant __________. (3)

7. a) What number squared and added to 15 gives 51? ____________________________________ (1)

b) The cube root of what number is the square of 2? ___________________________________ (1)

c) The sum of two square numbers is 41. What are the two numbers? _____________________ (1)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 13: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Algebraic expressions
1. Write these expressions in words.

a) 3 − 2x ______________________ b) 4x + 8 ______________________ (2)


c) _12 x × (x + 3) ______________________ d) (3 + x) ÷ 2 ______________________ (2)
e) 3 + x ÷ 2 ______________________ (1)
2. If a = 3, b = 5 and c = 2, find the values of these expressions.

a) 10 − c ÷ 4 ______________________ b) (10 − c) ÷ 4 _________________________


c) a × a × a ÷ b × c ____________________ d) a × a × a ÷ (b × c) ____________________ (4)
3. Find the missing values. 4. Find the missing values:
4 16
+6 ×2 16 +6 –2 16
12 (3) 8 (3)

5. Draw a flow diagram and find the value of each expression.

a) 14 + 2 × x if x = 5 b) x ÷ 2 + 6 if x = 10 (4)

c) Add six to a number and divide by 3, the number is 9. ________________________________ (2)

6. Think of a number. Add 4. Multiply the sum by 3.

a) Write an expression using x for the unknown. ______________________________________ (1)

b) Find the value of this expression if x = 6. __________________________________________ (1)

7. a) Write an expression to describe the relationship of the data in the table. (1)
s 3 5 8 10
t 5 9 15 19 23
b) fill in the missing value. (1)

Total marks: 25

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Topic 14: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Algebraic equations
1. Insert a number to make these number sentence true.

a) + 10 = 22 b) 7+ = 15 (2)

c) 12 − =6 d) 24 ÷ =3 (2)

e) ÷5=8 f) 6× = 72 (2)

2. Write down number sentences using symbols, letters and numbers from the word
sentences given below. (Do not solve the number sentences.)

a) The sum of two numbers is equal to 12 _________________________________________ (1)

b) The difference between two numbers is 4 _________________________________________ (1)

c) The product of two numbers is 8 _________________________________________ (1)

d) The quotient of two numbers is 15 __________________________________________ (1)

e) The sum of a number and its square is 20 _________________________________________ (1)

f) a half of a number is equal to 9 _________________________________________ (1)

3. Solve the following by inspection.

a) m + 3 = 7 ______________________ b) p + 5 = 11 ______________________ (2)


c) a – 4 = 6 ______________________ d) y − 9 = 12 ______________________ (2)
e) 7 + y = 19 ______________________ f) x–8=0 ______________________ (2)
4. Solve the following.

a) _12 x = 6 ______________________ b) 2y = 32 ______________________ (2)


c) 4x + 1 = 17 ______________________ d) 3b − 5 = 1 ______________________ (4)
e) 3 + 2p = 9 ______________________ f) 5 + 4x = 25 ______________________ (4)
5. Joe spent R25,50 on five cans of cooldrink. Use a number sentence to find the price of each can.

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 14: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Algebraic equations
1. Write number sentences to answer the following questions.
a) What must be subtracted from 42 to get 18? _______________________________________ (2)
b) What number doubled and added to 5 gives 13? ____________________________________ (2)
c) If three times a number subtracted from 19 is 4, what is the number? ___________________ (2)
2. Solve these number sentences.
a) 3x − 5 = 7 __________ b) 14 − _12 x = 7 __________ c) 0,2x + 2 = 6 __________ (6)
3. Write a number sentence to describe the problem and then work out the solution.
Two times a number minus 4 is equal to 16. Find the number.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
4. Substitute the value for x in order to find the value of y in the following: y = 2x − 1 if x = 3.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
5. Use the flow chart to work out the missing values. x y
3
y = 2x 8
16

(3)
6. These two flow charts explain how to find the size of an interior angle of a regular polygon.
a) b)
Let n be the number Let n be the
of sides of the number of sides of
_________________________________
polygon. the polygon.
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Find n – 2. Divide 360 by n.
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Multiply by 180. Subtract the result
from 180. _________________________________
_________________________________
Divide by n.
_________________________________
Use both flow charts to find the size of an interior angle of
a hexagon.
Show all the steps in your working. (6)
Total marks: 25
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Topic 15: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Graphs
1. Give definitions for the following terms.

a) Linear relationship ____________________________________________________________ (3)

b) Non−linear relationship ________________________________________________________ (3)

c) Constant relationship __________________________________________________________ (3)

2. Say whether each graphs represents a constant, linear or non-linear relationship.


a) b) c)

___________________ ___________________ ___________________ (3)


Bacteria population
3. The population of bacteria in a dish is closely watched 12
and measured by a biologist.
Population in thousands

10
The result are recorded on this graph. 8

4
2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)

a) Identify the dependent and independent variables. ___________________________________ (2)

b) What is the bacteria population after 30 minutes? ___________________________________ (2)

c) When does the bacteria population reach 6 000? ____________________________________ (2)

d) When does the bacteria population stop increasing? __________________________________ (2)

e) What is the population after 60 minutes? __________________________________________ (2)

f) What is the maximum population of bacteria? ______________________________________ (2)

4. The following table shows the change in temperature of a cup of tea left outside to cool down. Use
this information to sketch a graph on a separate page.

Time (minutes) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Temperature (°C) 80 60 50 45 40 35 26 (6)
Total marks: 30
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Topic 15: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:
Travel to park
12

Graphs 10

Distance (km)
8
1. Sonja is on her way to the park. Along the way she
6
stops at the petrol station to buy petrol and to buy
some coffee. Consider the graph: 4

2
a) Determine the dependent and independent 0
06:30 07:00 7:30 8:30 8:30
variables. _________________________________ (2) Time

b) When did she arrive at the petrol station? __________________________________________ (2)


c) How long did it take her to fill up with petrol and get some coffee? _____________________ (2)
d) At what time was Sonja 6 km from home? _________________________________________ (2)
e) How far did she drive from home to get to the park? _________________________________ (2)
f) What length of time was the total drive? ___________________________________________ (3)
2. Two fish bowls are shown below. Each a) b)
is filled at a constant rate with water.
On a separate page, sketch a graph that
will represent the change in the height of
the water in the fish bowls over time. (8)
3. Consider the two line graphs drawn on the same graph.

cats
60 a) What does the graph represent?

______________________________________ (3)
Population

25

b) Is the cat population increasing or decreasing?

5 mice ______________________________________ (1)

0
3
c) What was the initial mouse population?
Time (year)
______________________________________ (2)
d) By how much did the cat population increase in the first three years? ____________________ (2)

e) When were the cat and mouse population the same? _________________________________ (2)

f) Do you think the cat population can grow indefinitely? Motivate your answer.

____________________________________________________________________________ (4)

Total marks: 35

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Topic 16: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Transformation geometry
1. Name and describe the type of transformation that has been applied to these two figures.
a) b)

______________________ ______________________ (4)


2. In each case, a shape has been translated. Name and describe each translation.

a) a) a) b) b) b) c) c) c)
a) b) c)

d) d) ______________________
d)
d)

______________________ ______________________ ______________________ (4)

3. What angle has this shape been rotated through?


A B

D C

D'

A'
M

B'

C'

________________________________________ (1)

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4. Rotate the shape around the point 90° clockwise. (2)

5. Reflect these shapes across the lines indicated.


a) c)

b) d)

(4)

6. How many lines of symmetry do these shapes have?

a) isosceles triangle ____ (1) b) scalene triangle ____ (1) c) parallelogram ____ (1)

7. Consider the enlargement of this shape. A'

4 cm 4 cm 12 cm 12 cm

B C
2 cm

B' 6 cm C'

a) What is the factor of enlargement? _______________________________________________ (1)

b) If the area of triangle ABC = 3,9 cm2, what is the area of triangle A'B'C'?

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________ (4)

c) Round your answer to the nearest cm2. ____________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 25

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Topic 16: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Transformation geometry
1. Toby has drawn ABˆ C, which is 75°. He slides the angle along BC until it looks like this:
A A A'
a) What can you say about the lines AB and A'B'.

___________________________________________ 75°
B C B B' C C'
b) What is the size of A'B'C'? _____________________ A (2)

2. Anna slides her ABˆ C as shown in the diagram. A'

Write down the values of angles a and c:


80° a a
B C
_______________________________________________
c
_______________________________________________ B'
C' (2)

3. Work out the angle each shape has been rotated through.

a) a)
b)

____________ ____________ (2)

4. Line AB is rotated clockwise around its midpoint O through an angle of 45°.

Calculate the measurement of:


A A'
ˆ B ____________________________
a) A'O
45° ˆ B ____________________________
b) B'O
O

B' B
(2)

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5. Line CD is rotated clockwise around its midpoint O through an angle of 65°.
a) Find the values of the marked
C C'
angles a, b and c.
a
c b ________________________________
O
D b) Is CD ⊥ C'D'? ____________________ (4)
D'

6. Here are patterns that have been created using a single shape. In each case, identify
the original shape. Then describe in words how the original shape was transformed to
create the patterns.
__________________________________________________
a) (3)
__________________________________________________

b) __________________________________________________ (3)

__________________________________________________
7. The diagrams show triangle ABC enlarged by a factor of _52 .

A a) What type of triangle is ABC?


2 cm 2 cm ________________________________ (1)
A'
B 2 cm C
b) If the area of triangle ABC is 1,73 cm2, calculate the
area of triangle ABC correct to one decimal place.
5 cm 5 cm
________________________________
B' C' ________________________________ (2)
5 cm

8. In each case, describe the transformation that has taken place.

a) b) B
A a) __________________________________
B'
__________________________________

A' b) __________________________________

__________________________________ (4)

9. Reflect the shapes across a) b)


the lines indicated.

(4)

10. How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have? _____________________________ (1)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 17: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Geometry of 3D objects
1. Which 3D objects describe these items?

a) shoe box ______________________ b) can of juice ______________________

c) soccer ball _____________________ d) camping tent _____________________ (4)

2. Name these solids.

a) b) (2)

______________________ ______________________

c) d) e) (3)

______________________ ______________________ ______________________


3. Name the 3D solids that can be made from these nets.

a) b) c) (3)

______________________ ______________________ ______________________

4. Complete these statements:

a) If the base of a pyramid has five sides then the pyramid will have ________________ faces. (2)

b) If the face of a prism has six sides, then the prism will have ________________ faces. (2)

c) A cube has ________________ more edges than a square pyramid. (2)

d) A prism with 12 vertices will have ________________ edges on the base. (2)

Total marks: 20

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Topic 17: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Geometry of 3D objects
1. Complete the statements.
a) A regular prism with 7 faces will have ______________ edges and ______________ vertices. (2)
b) A cube has ______________ more edges than a square pyramid. (2)
c) A regular prism has ______________ times as many edges in total as it has on one face. (2)
2. Name the following solids.

a) b) (2)

______________________ ______________________

c) d) (2)

______________________ ______________________
3. Name the 3D objects with these properties.
a) one square face ____________________ b) three rectangular faces _________________ (2)
c) more than one square face ___________ d) exactly two flat faces __________________ (2)
4. On a separate page, draw a net of one die so that the numbers on the opposite sides add up to 7. (3)
5. Name the 3D objects that can be made with each net.
a) b) c)

______________________ ______________________ ______________________ (3)

6. Fill in the table for the solid figures.

Solid Number of faces Number of vertices Number of edges


cuboid
triangular prism
pentagonal prism
tetrahedron
square pyramid (5)
Total marks: 25

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Topic 18: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Integers
1. State whether each number is an integer or not:

a) −1 ___________ b) 0 ___________ c) 9,4 ___________ d) _12 ___________ (4)

2. Draw one number line to show the positions of these integers.

a) 0 b) −2 c) 4 d) −3 e) −1 (5)

3. Write each number as a positive or negative integer.

a) Three degrees Celsius below zero ________________________________________________ (1)

b) Fifty metres below sea level ________________________________________________ (1)

c) Four steps above ground level ________________________________________________ (1)

d) Six steps below ground level ________________________________________________ (1)

e) A debt of four hundred rand ________________________________________________ (1)

4. Give the greater number in each pair:

a) −8 or 4 _______ b −6 or 0 _______ c) 1 or −10 _______ d) 0 or 2 _______ (4)

5. Give the value of each bold digit. Write your answer in words.

a) 23 456 000 __________________________________________________________________

b) 67 342 117 __________________________________________________________________

c) 130 999 878 _________________________________________________________________ (3)

6. Write these expanded forms as single numbers.

a) 300 000 + 70 000 + 4 000 + 300 + 20 + 7 _________________________________________ (1)

b) 200 000 + 5 000 + 10 + 1 ______________________________________________________ (1)

c) 400 000 + 60 000 + 400 + 2 ____________________________________________________ (1)

7. Write these numbers in words.

a) 34 507 _____________________________________________________________________

b) 238 401 ____________________________________________________________________

c) 302 010 ____________________________________________________________________ (6)


Total marks: 30

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Topic 18: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Integers
1. Write the numbers that are 5 more than these numbers:

a) −1 __________ b) 4 __________ c) −8 __________ d −5 __________ (4)

2. Write these numbers in order from smallest to largest.

a) −1 ; −2 and 3 ____________________ b) 0; −7 and −9 ____________________ (4)

c) −357 ; −521 and 322 __________________________ (2)

3. Round off these numbers to the nearest 10 000.

a) 6 870 628 ______________________ b) 18 333 206 ___________________________ (2)

c) 704 327 454 ______________________ d) 726 195 950 ___________________________ (2)

4. Using a number line, write down the number that you land on if you:

a) Start on 2 and move two spaces in a negative direction. _______________________________ (1)

b) Start on –2 and move four spaces in a positive direction. ______________________________ (1)

c) Start on 3 and move four spaces in a negative direction. ______________________________ (1)

d) Start on −5 and move two spaces in a negative direction. _____________________________ (1)

5. Insert the correct sign ( < or > ) in each number sentence.

a) −7 5 b) −19 −9

c) −8 −10 b) 0 −6 (4)

6. Show this situation on a number line and then write the final answer. The temperature
of a city is 5 °C. The temperature falls by 7 °C, rises by 4 °C and then falls by 6 °C.

(4)

7. In a quiz you score 3 points for a correct answer and −2 for a wrong answer. What is
your score if you answer has:

a) five correct and two wrong? _________ b) two correct and three wrong? _________ (4)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 19: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Numeric and geometric patterns


1. Determine the constant difference or the constant ratio of the following sequences and state
whether the sequence is numeric for each answer or geometric.
a) 2; 4; 6; 8; ______; ______; ______ b) 2; −2; 2; −2; ______; ______; ______
c) 2; 4; 8; 16; ______; ______; ______ d) 5; 10; 15; 20; ______; ______; ______
e) -6; -6 _12 ; −7; −7 _12 ; ______; ______; ______ (10)
2. Describe the following patterns in your own words and extend them by the next three
terms in the sequence.
a) 14; 17; 20; 23; ______; ______; ______ b) 3; 6; 12; 24; ______; ______; ______ (4)
c) 2; −4; 8; −16; ______; ______; ______ d) −21; −18; −15; −12; ______; ______; ______ (4)
3. Use the rule to complete the following table.

x –2 –1 0 1 2 10
y = 3x – 5
(3)

4. The following structures are made of toothpicks and sweets. Complete the table
below that describes the relationship between the pattern number and the number of
sweets used to keep the structures together. (5)

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Pattern number 1 2 3 10 48
Number of sweets

5. Use number sentences to describe the rule and the n term of the following pattern:

5; 9; 13; 17; …; n _______________________________________________________________ (4)


Total marks: 30

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Topic 19: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Numeric and geometric patterns


1. Determine the constant difference or the constant ratio of the following sequences
and state whether the sequence is numeric or geometric.

a) 8; −8; 8; −8; ______; ______; ______ b) 1,3; 1,6; 1,9; 2,2; ______; ______; ______ (4)
c) 1; _12; _14 ; _18 ; ______; ______; ______ d) −17; −14; −11; −8; ______; ______; ______ (4)
e) −0,3; 0,6; −1,2; 2,4; ______; ______; ______ (2)
2. Describe the following patterns in your own words and extend them by the next three
terms in the sequence.

a) 52; 42; 32; 22; ______; ______; ______ b) 4; 2; 1; _12 ; ______; ______; ______ (6)
3. Use the rule to complete the following table.

x –2 –1 0 1 2 10
y = –2x – 4
(3)

4. The following structures are made of toothpicks and sweets. Complete the table
below that describes the relationship between:

a) the pattern number and the number of sweets used to keep the structures together.

b) the pattern number and the number of toothpicks the structure is made of.

(5)

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

Pattern number 1 2 3 10 48
Number of sweets
Number of toothpicks

5. Use number sentences to describe the rule and the n term of the following patterns.

a) 9; 12; 15; 18;…; n __________________________________________________________


b) −5; −7; −9; −11; …; n ________________________________________________________ (6)
Total marks: 30

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Topic 20: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. Complete the following number sentences.
a) 8 × □ = 256 □ = ____________ b) 3 + □ −6 = −2 □ = ____________ (2)
c) □2 = 81 □ = ____________ d) −4 _12 + □ = 3_12 □ = ____________ (3)
2. Determine the value of x if:
a) 3x = 45 x = ____________ b) x − 123 = 49 x = ____________ (2)
c) 2x = 20 x = ____________ d) 3x + 2 = − 13 x = ____________ (4)
3. Complete the following.
a) If y = x − 16 , determine the value of y if x = −2. ____________________________________ (2)
b) If y = − 3x + 2. determine the value of y if x = 12 ___________________________________ (2)
c) If y = − 3x + 2. determine the value of y if x = −12 __________________________________ (2)

4. Complete the flow diagram. x y


–3
–2
–1 ×2 – 9
0
1 (5)

5. Determine the missing output values in the table by using the rule (3)

input −3 −2 −1 0 x
output 7 x + 10

6. Determine the values for m and n in the following table by making use of the given rule.
x 1 2 3 m n m = ___________________
y = 3x – 6 –3 0 3 30 39 (2)
n = ___________________

7. Complete the flow diagram if the rule is y = 2x + 3. x y


2
3
4
5 13

(3)

Total marks: 30

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Topic 20: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Functions and relationships


1. Complete the following number sentences.
a) 3 + □ − 63 = −122 □ = ____________ b) −2 × □2 = −18 □ = ____________ (4)
2. Determine the value of x if:
a) 2x −123 = 29 2x = ________________________ = ________________________ (2)
b) −2x −12,8 = 20 2x = ________________________ = ________________________ (2)
3. Complete the following.
a) If y = 2x −16, determine the value of y if x = −2. __________________________________ (2)
b) If y = _12 x + 2, determine the value of y if x = −12. _________________________________ (2)
c) If y = −3x + 2,3, determine the value of y if x = 6. _________________________________ (2)
4. Complete the flow diagram and the table that describe the same relationship
between input and output values.

x y
–3
–2 7
–1 x–3+1
0
1 (8)

input −3 −2 −1 0 1 x
output 7 −3x + 1

5. Determine values for m and n in the following table by making use of the given rule. (4)

x 1 2 3 m n m = ___________________
y = –2x – 6 –8 –10 –12 –26 –44 n = ___________________
6. Find a rule that would describe the relationship between the input and output
values in the following flow diagram.
x y
1 3
2 5
3 7
4 9
5 11 (4)

Total marks: 30
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Topic 21: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Algebraic expressions
1. Use the rules given in the bottom rows to complete the tables.
a) b) c)
x 1 2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 4 5
x+4 3x 2x + 1
(6)
2. Given the rule n + 1,
a) Find the first three terms of the sequence. __________________________________________
b) Find the value of the 20th term. __________________________________________________ (2)
3. Find the value of these expressions if a = 3, b = 2 and c = 4.
2a+b
a) _ c __________________________ b) (a + 2)(b + 3) _________________________
c) 2c – b3 ________________________ (6)
4. Fill in the missing numbers. 6
9 × 12
12 (3)
5. Determine the value of y in these flow diagrams.
a) 5 b) 4
15 12
9 ×y 27 y = ______ 8 +y 16 y = ______
15 45 22 30 (2)
6. Let the given number be y. Write expressions to represent the following situations:
a) Fifteen more than y _________________ b) Four times y __________________________ (2)
c) Six less than y _____________________ d) The sum of y and 8 _____________________ (2)
e) The difference between y and its square __________________________ (1)
f) A number that is twice x less than y _____________________________ (1)
7. A man is x years old.
a) How old was he 5 years ago? ____________________________________________________
b) How old will he be in 5 years time? _______________________________________________ (2)
8. A rectangle has one side of 4x metres long. The other side is 5 m longer.
a) Write down the lengths of the sides. _______________________________________________ (1)
b) Write an expression for the perimeter of the rectangle. ________________________________ (1)
c) Write an expression for the area of the rectangle. ____________________________________ (1)
Total marks: 30
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Topic 21: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Algebraic expressions
1. Write algebraic expressions to express the following.

a) a certain number divided by 25 __________________________________________________ (1)

b) the sum of three consecutive numbers _____________________________________________ (1)

c) four more than the sum of x and y ________________________________________________ (1)

d) twice a certain number subtracted from 11 __________________________________________ (1)

2. If x = 2; y = 3 and z = 4, find the value of:


__
a) x2 + y2 ________ b) y − √ z ________ c) 4x + 3y − 2z ________ (6)

3. a) Write an expression to describe the relationship of the data in the table. (1)
b) Fill in the missing value. x 3 5 8 10
y 10 16 25 31 37
(1)
4. Write these expressions in words.
a) 15 − 3x ________________________ b) 4(x + 2) ____________________________
c) x2 + (x + 3) _____________________ d) (10 + x) ÷ 2 _________________________
e) (5 + x ) − 6 _____________________ (5)
5. a) How many days in x weeks? _________ b) How many weeks in y years? ____________ (2)
c) If a dog ages 7 years for every human year and is n years old, how old will a dog be in n years?
____________________________________________________________________________ (1)
d) The sum of two numbers is 15. One number is x, what is the other number? (1)
6. On a separate page, draw a flow diagram and find the value of each expression.
a) 8 + 4 × x if x = 3 b) x ÷ 3 + 5 if x = 30 (4)
7. Fill in the missing numbers. n
6
11 3n + 4 (3)
25
8. Think of a number. Subtract 2. Square the answer.
a) Write an expression using x for the unknown. _______________________________________ (1)
b) Find the value of this expression if x = 7. ___________________________________________ (1)

Total marks: 30
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Topic 22: Target Worksheet A

Algebraic equations
1. Find the value of the variables that make the following true.

a) x + 4 = 10 ________________________ b) y − 6 = 12 ___________________________ (2)


c) 11 = a + 4 ________________________ d) 7 = b − 9 ___________________________ (2)
e) 2c = 36 ________________________ f) 3d = 12 ___________________________ (2)
2. Write the following as number sentences.

a) The sum of a number and 3 is 10 ________________________________________________ (1)

b) The difference between a number and 6 is 8 _______________________________________ (1)

c) The product of 5 and a number is 20 _____________________________________________ (1)

d) The quotient of a number and 2 is 6 ______________________________________________ (1)

3. If x = 8, calculate the value of y.

a) y = x + 4 ________________________ b) y = 13 − x ___________________________ (2)


c) y = _
24
x ___________________________ d) y = 3x ______________________________ (2)
4. Complete the following flow diagrams.

a) If y = 4

7 ×y

9 (3)

b) If p = 6

5 +p
(3)
8

Total marks: 20
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Topic 22: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Algebraic equations
1. Solve for x.

a) _12 x = 10 __________________________ b) 2x + 1 = 11 __________________________ (2)


c) _3x = 4 __________________________ d) 2x = 5 __________________________ (2)
e) 6 − 2x = 0 __________________________ f) 3x = 45 __________________________ (2)
2. If m = 3, complete these flow charts.

a) (3)
3

6 + 2m – 3

12

b) (3)
1

9 × 3m + 1

12

3. Think of a number. Multiply it by 2 and then add 1. The answer is 15. What is the number?

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

4. Andiswa is 3 years older than Sipho. Their ages add up to 25. How old are they?

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

5. Twelve metres of rope is cut into two pieces so that one piece is three times longer as the other.
How long is each piece of rope?

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

6. Yolanda is thinking of a fraction. If it is multiplied by 16 and then 2 is added, the result is 10.
What is the fraction?

______________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 20

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Topic 23: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Collect, organise and summarise data


1. Here is a stem-and-leaf plot for the marks of learners in a Geography test out of 40.

Stem Leaf
1 01334
2 11245777
3 0045578

a) How many learners wrote the test? _______________________________________________ (1)


b) Write down all the marks in order from smallest to largest.
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
c) Find the range of the marks. _____________________________________________________ (1)
d) What percentage of the learners passed the test if a pass mark is 50%? ___________________ (2)
e) Find the mean, median and mode of the marks.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (4)
f) Group the marks above in the intervals given below. (4)

Marks Tallies Frequency


10–15
16–20
21–25
26–30
31–35
36–40

2. Which of these populations could be interviewed as a whole? Which would require that a sample be
interviewed? Give a reason for each answer.
a) The Grade 7 learners of a school _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b) The high school learners in South Africa ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
c) The working women in Johannesburg _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 20
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Topic 23: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Collect, organise and summarise data


1. A farmer has 32 kudu for sale. Their masses (in kilograms) are listed below:
81 81 82 82 83 84 84 84 85 86 86 87 87 88 89 91
91 92 93 94 96 150 152 153 154 320 370 375 376 380 381 390
a) Summarise these masses by completing the following tally table: (12)

Mass Tallies Frequency


51–100 kg
101–150 kg
151–200 kg
201–250 kg
251–300 kg
301–350 kg
351–400 kg

b) Write a few of sentences about the spread of the masses and use examples
from the tally table above to support your comments.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (3)
c) For the data above, calculate each of the following:
i) Range: _______________________ iii) Mode: ______________________ (2)
ii) Median: ______________________ iv) Mean: ______________________ (3)
d) Which of the mean, median or mode best represents the average kudu that the farmer has for
sale? Give a reason for your answer. _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
2. Mrs Jonker harvests a crop of butternuts. Their masses are listed below.
320 g; 470 g; 560 g; 700 g; 790 g; 1 250 g; 1 710 g; 2 490 g; 2 630 g
She adds a 10th butternut to the pile. What is the mass of the 10th butternut, if:
a) the mode of the 10 butternuts is 1 710 g? ________________________________ (2)
b) the range of the 10 butternuts is 2 700 g? ________________________________ (2)
c) the mean of the 10 butternuts is 1 220 g? ________________________________ (2)
d) the median of the 10 butternuts is 770 g? ________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 30
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Topic 24: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Represent data
1. A rural support agency is working with data on farm animals in an area. There are a
total of 40 000 farm animals in the area, and 24 000 of these are cattle. There are twice
as many cattle as sheep, and the rest of the animals are goats.

a) How many sheep are there? _______________________________________ (1)

b) How many goats are there? _______________________________________ (2)

c) What fraction of the animals are goats? _____________________________ (2)

d) Draw a pie chart to show this data.

(5)

2. These are the times in minutes taken to complete a family cycle race.
35, 52, 29, 44, 48, 52, 38, 39, 55, 40, 30, 27, 45, 46
a) Draw a grouped frequency tally table to show these
results, using time intervals of
20–29, 30–39, 40–49 and 50–59.

b) Draw a histogram to show this data.

(5)

(5)
Total marks: 20
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Topic 24: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Represent data
1. The table below shows the times that Hlungwane had to wait for a taxi to school each
day for four weeks.

Time (minutes) Frequency


0–4 7
5–9 9
10–14 3
15–19 1

a) How many days did she have to wait 10 minutes or longer? ___________________________ (1)

b) What percentage of the days did she wait for less than 5 minutes? ______________________ (2)

c) Draw a histogram to show these results on a grid at the bottom. (4)

2. A painter kept a record of his income for 10 weeks, as shown in the list below:

R600; R500; R400; R300; R500; R700; R900; R900; R1 000; R1 100
a) Draw a broken-line graph of his income on a grid at the bottom. (4)

b) If his expenses were R500 per week, draw a straight line on your graph above to
show these expenses. (1)

c) Use your graph to write down the week numbers in which the painter:

d) i) made a profit _______ ii) broke even _______ iii) made a loss. _______ (6)

e) Does the graph show a trend? If so, describe the trend in your own words.

___________________________________________________________________________ (2)

Total marks: 20

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Topic 25: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Interpret, analyse and report data


1. A municipality wanted to build a playground for pre-school children. They wanted to
paint the equipment in three colours that children of that age would like. To find out
which colours they should use, they visited the playschools in the area and asked the
children to colour in a circle, using their favourite colour. Their results were as follows:
Favourite colours of pre-school children
A B Favourite colours of pre-school children
20 20
Pi Black Pi Black
nk nk
Ora Blue Ora 15 Blue 15
no. of children

no. of children
nge nge
10
Purple 10
Purple 5
Red
Green
5
Red 0
Green

Yellow
Orange
Purple
OrangeGreen

Black
Blue
Red

Pink
0
Yellow
Purple
Green

Black
Blue

colour
Red

Pink
a) Which graph do you find easier to read? Explain why. _______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
colour (2)
b) Which graph shows us how many children took part? ________________________________ (1)
c) The modal colour is the most popular colour. What is the modal colour here? ____________ (1)
d) What is the least popular colour here? ____________________________________________ (1)
e) Which graph show more clearly that no children chose yellow? _______________________ (1)
f) Which graph gives the best overall picture of the situation? __________________________ (1)
g) Based on the responses, which two colours should the municipality definitely use
for the playground? __________________________________________________________ (2)
h) What percentage of the learners who took part chose one of the colours that you
identified in Question g)? _____________________________________________________ (4)
i) Which two options does the municipality have for choosing the third colour?
__________________________________________________________________________ (2)
2. It turns out that the children did not have yellow crayons. Are there other flaws in this survey that you
can see? Should the municipality conduct this survey again? If so, what should they do differently
this time round?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ (5)
Total marks: 20

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Topic 25: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Interpret, analyse and report data


1. For a Life Orientation project, the learners in a Grade 8 class Learners' choices of community service
had to do 10 hours each of community service. The learners
chose to do this in the following ways:
Meals-
on-wheels Library
Retirement
home

Crèche
Hospital

a) Which was the most popular choice? _____________________________________________ (1)

b) Which was the least popular choice? _____________________________________________ (1)

c) If there were 40 learners in the class, estimate (or calculate) how many learners
chose each of the following:

i) Library ________________ ii) Hospital ________________ iii) Crèche _____________

iv) Old-age home ___________ v) Meals-on-wheels __________ (10)

2. When they had one week left to complete Hours of community service already done
their assignment, the teacher asked her
10
Number of learners

learners how many hours of community


service they had already done. The results
are shown in this graph. 5

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hours
How many hours did the class as a whole still have to do? Think carefully and show all your
calculations.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________ (8)

Total marks: 20

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Topic 26: Target Worksheet A

Name: Date:

Probability
1. When you roll a fair six-sided die, calculate the probability of getting each of these events.

a) a six _________ b) a multiple of 2 _________ c) a number greater than 3 _________ (3)

2. A bag contains 4 yellow balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of choosing at random:

a) a yellow ball ___________ b) a white ball ___________ c) a black ball ___________ (3)

d) a white ball after one white ball has been removed from the bag _______________________ (2)

3. Write the data in the frequency tally table.


15 kg 22 kg 9 kg 21 kg 22 kg 11 kg 27 kg 12 kg 10 kg
28 kg 24 kg 17 kg 25 kg 26 kg 9 kg 16 kg 19 kg 28 kg

Mass 9–13 kg 14–18 kg 19–23 kg 24–28 kg


Tally
Frequency (4)
4. Choose a number at random from 1 to 11.

a) How many outcomes are there? __________________________________________________ (1)

b) What is the probability that the number chosen is even? ______________________________ (2)

c) What is the probability that the number chosen is a multiple of 4? ______________________ (2)

5. In an experiment, Elton picked a ball at random out of a bag containing eight balls of the
same size, each of a different colour. He then put the ball back into the bag, shook it well
and repeated the experiment a number of times. He then summarised his results in a table.

Colour Black Blue Brown Red Green White Purple Orange


Frequency 8 10 6 7 6 11 9 5

a) How many different possible outcomes were there? __________________________________ (1)

b) How many trials did he make? ___________________________________________________ (1)

c) What is the probability of picking the purple ball from the bag? ________________________ (2)

d) What is the probability of picking the white ball from the bag? _________________________ (2)

e) Does the experiment show that white is Elton’s favourite colour? Explain. ________________ (2)

Total marks: 25

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Topic 26: Target Worksheet B

Name: Date:

Probability
1. The diagram shows a spinner with 16 equal-sized sectors. The spinner will be spun once.
a) On a separate page, list all the possible outcomes for the spinner. (1)
b) What colour is the most likely outcome? _______________________ (1)
c) What is the probability it stops on orange? _____________________ (1)
d) What is the probability it does not stop on brown? _______________ (2)
e) What is the probability it stops on white? ______________________ (1)
2. a) Decide for each of the events i) to v) whether it is impossible, unlikely, 50% chance, likely,
certain. Then tick in the column that best describes the likelihood of each event.
Events Impossible Unlikely 50–50 Likely Certain
i) If x2 = 9, then x = 3 or x = – 3
ii) If you toss a coin, then the outcome will be heads.
iii) In Cape Town, it will be raining for at least two
days during July this year.
iv) The sun will rise in the south on my next birthday.
v) Everyone in your class will pass the next
Mathematics test.
(5)
b) Place each event i) to v) above at the appropriate place on the probability number line.
Express the probabilities in terms of percentages. (5)

0 1 1 3 1
4 2 4
3. A pack of 52 playing cards is shuffled and one card is selected at random. Write the probability
(as a proper fraction) that this card is:
a) the queen of hearts __________________ b) a queen ___________________________
c) a heart ____________________________ d) a three. ____________________________ (4)
4. Forty cards are numbered from 1 to 40. The cards are shuffled and then placed face down on a table.
A card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on this card is:
a) 40 _______________________________ b) an odd (uneven) number? _____________
c) a prime number greater than 22 ________ d) divisible by 9? ______________________
e) less than 11? _______________________ (5)
Total marks: 25
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