SPECTRUM TUITION YEAR 7-8 SELECTIVE MATHEMATICS

Year 7-8 Selective Mathematics

Week 5
Unitary Method
Name:

Objectives.

By the end of this class you should be able to:

 Understand the unitary method involving whole numbers
 Understand the unitary method involving fractions
 Convert from fractions to decimals
 Convert from decimals to fractions

Tutor Comments:

Results. Record your marks for each section below

Homework Quiz

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Question Slip. Record any questions or problems you had about your homework below.
Your tutor will address these issues at the start of the next class.

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Reflection Slip

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What do you need clarified from today’s class? What will be your goal for the week?

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5.1. NUMERICAL REASONING:

UNITARY METHOD
Level 1 Practice Questions

Complete the following

a. 2 faucets with water flowing through b. It takes 12 days for 2 persons to finish
them at the same speed fill up a barrel painting a house. If 8 people do it, how
with water in 6 hours. If 4 more long will it take to finish?
faucets are used and water flows from
them in the same speed, how much
time will it take to fill up the barrel?

2 faucets take 6 hours. So, 1 faucet Days taken to paint by 1 person = 12 ×

will take 6 × 2 = 12 hours. 2 = 24.
With 4 more faucets, total number Days taken by 8 people = 24 ÷ 8 = 3
of faucets used = 4 + 2 = 6. For 6 days.
faucets, time taken = 12 ÷ 6 = 2
hours.

c. To re-lay a road, 9 workers will take d. In a sewing factory, 4 employees can

4 days. If the number of workers is thread 100 needles in 1 hour. How
reduced by 3, how many days will it much time will it take 3 employees to do
take them? so?

Days taken by 1 worker to re-lay a Time taken by 1 employee to thread

road = 9 × 4 = 36 days. 100 needles = 1 × 4 = 4 hours.
When number of workers is Time taken by 3 employees to thread
reduced by 3, total workers = 9 – 3 100 needles = 4 ÷ 3 = 1 1/3 hours = 1
= 6. For 6 workers, days taken = 36 hour and 20 minutes.
÷ 6 = 6 days.

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Level 2 Practice Questions

Complete the following

a. I can clean a set of dishes in 10 minutes, b. At the Clean & Shine car cleaning
while my brother can do the same set in 15 service, there are two machines to clean
minutes. If both of us share the work, how cars. While one of them takes 30
much will take? minutes to clean a car, the other takes 40
minutes. If they are programmed to
clean a car together, how much time will
they take? Give your answer in minutes
correct to 2 d.p.

Rate at which I clean = 1/10. Rate at Rate at which machine 1 does the
which my brother cleans = 1/15. So, our work = 1/30. Rate at which machine 2
rate together = 1/10 + 1/15 = 5/30 = 1/6. does the work = 1/40. Rate at which
So, time taken = reciprocal of 1/6 = 6 both will do the work together = 1/30
minutes. + 1/40 = 7/120. Time taken =
reciprocal of 7/120 = 120/7 = 17.14
minutes.

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5.2. UNITARY METHOD WITH FRACTIONS

Level 1 Practice Questions

a. In an endurance race, Jill has to run the b. In grade 7 in the Spectrum High School,
first 3/10th. of the total distance, then 1/5th. of the children come to school on
swim for the next 3/20th. of the total bicycles, while 1/3rd. come by walk. If 28
distance and cycle for the remaning students do not come by walk or bicycle,
distance. If she has to cycle for 22 km, then how many students are there in total?
what distance should she swim?

Fraction of distance to cycle Fraction of students who do not come

= 1 – (3/10 + 3/20) = 11/20. by walk or bicycle
Distance by cycle = 22 km and that = 1 – (1/5 + 1/3) = 7/15.
11/20 of total distance. Number of such students = 28.
So, total distane = 22 ÷ (11/20) = 40 So, total students = 28 ÷ (7/15) = 60.
km.
Distance to swim = 3/20th. of 40 km
= 6 km.

Level 2 Practice Questions

a. Kepler got $25 for his birthday as gift b. Beth wrote last week’s Maths test with
from his grandparents. He spent 1/4th. of a blue ink ball point pen. After writing
that money to buy chocolates. In the with it for 2/5th. of the time, she
money that was left, he put 1/3rd. in his switched to a blak ink ball point pen
piggy bank. How much money did he and used it for 3/4th. of the remaining
have left with him? time. If she had 27 minutes left in the
test after that, for how many minutes
did she use the blue ink pen?

Chocolcate spending = $25 × (1/4) = Fraction of time left after she used
$6.25. blue pen = 1 – 2/5 = 3/5.
Money remaining after spending for Fraction of total time for which she
chocolate = $25 - $6.25 = $18.75. used black pen = 3/4 × 3/5 = 9/20.
Money put in piggy bank = $18.75 × Fraction of time left after blue and
(1/3) = $6.25. black pens’ usage = 1 – 2/5 – 9/20 =
Money left with Kepler = $18.75 - $6.25 3/20.
= $12.50. Time left after both pens’ usage = 27
minutes = 3/20 of total time.
So, total time = 27 ÷ 3/20 = 180 min.
Blue pen usage time = 2/5 × 180 = 72
minutes.

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Level 3 Practice Questions

1. Half of a water tank is filled with 2. Three of my friends and I participated in a

water. In 2 hours, 1/6th. of the relay race. The distance that each of us had
water is used. If 1050 litres of water to cover in the race, however, was not the
is required to fill the tank same. The first runner had to cover 1/4th. of
completely, then what is the total the total distance, while the second runner
capacity of the tank? had to cover 1/6th. of the remaining distance.
If the third runner had to run half of the
remaining distance, the last runner had to run
500 metres. What is the total distance to be
run in the race?

Fraction of tank filled with water Fraction of total distance run by runner 1
in the beginning = 1/2. = 1/4.
Fraction of water spent = 1/2 × 1/6 Fraction of remaining distance = 1 – 1/4 =
= 1/12. 3/4.
Fraction of tank with water after Fraction of total distance run by runner 2
that = 1/2 – 1/12 = 5/12. = 1/6 × 3/4 = 1/8.
Fraction of tank with no water = 1 Fraction of remaining distance = 3/4 – 1/8
– 5/12 = 7/12 = 1050 litres. = 5/8.
So, total capacity of tank = 1050 ÷ Fraction of total distance run by runner 3
7/12 = 1800 litres. = 5/8 × 1/2 = 5/16.
Fraction of remaining distance = 5/8 – 5/16
= 5/16 = 500 metres.
So, total distance = 500 ÷ 5/16 = 1600
metres.

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5.3. CONVERTING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS

Level 1 Practice Questions

Express the following as decimals

a. 7 b. 3 2
c.
10 9 11

A. 0.35 A. 0.9 A. 0.09

B. 0.4 B. 0.667 B. 0.182
C. 0.7 C. 0.5 C. 0.211
D. 0.75 D. 0.333 D. 0.52

C D B

d. 12 e. 1 f. 6
15 8 12

A. 0.8 A. 0.325 A. 0.4

B. 0.75 B. 0.25 B. 0.5
C. 0.6 C. 0.155 C. 0.612
D.0.5 D. 0.125 D. 0.85

A D B

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5.4. CONVERTING DECIMALS TO FRACTIONS

Level 1 Practice Questions

Express the following as fractions

a. 0.65 b. 0.815

3 13 63 81
A. C. A. C.
10 20 100 100

13 6 45 163
B. D. B. D.
30 17 62 200

C D

c. 0.2 d. 0.416666….

1 2 5 7
A. C. A. C.
2 9 12 12

1 1 3 11
B. D. B. D.
5 6 4 24

B A

e. 0.44444….. f. 0.323333….

2 40 8 323
A. C. A. C.
5 99 25 1000

11 4 97 33
B. D. B. D.
25 9 300 100

D B

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Exam-style questions

Valerie has come up with a way to write decimal numbers, as explained in the below examples:

means -4.2 means -0.7

means 5.3 means 0.1

Answer the following questions based on the above.

1. What is the answer of the following 2. What number does the below figure
operation? represent?

A. 1.9 A. -4.2
B. 0.9 B. -2.4
C. -0.9 C. 4.2
D. -1.9 D. 2.4
E. None of these E. None of these

D B
-1.4 – 0.5 = -1.9

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3. Which of the answer choices refers to 4. Which of the answer choice numbers is
the number 1.4? lesser than the below number?

A.

A.
B.

B.
C.

C.
D.

E. None of these

D.

E. None of these

D B
Number in question is -2. Write each
answer choice number and find out
which one is lesser than the question
number:
A: 0.4
B: -2.3
C: 0.5
D: 1.4

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5. Which of the answer choices is lesser 6. What is the answer of the following
than the result of the following operation?
operation?

A. 1.2
A. -1.8
B. -1.2
B. -1.7
C. -6.6
C. 1.7
D. 6.6
D. 2.1
E. None of these
E. None of these

A B
Find the answer of the question Solve the question operation:
operation: -3.1 + 1.4 = -1.7. -3.9 - -2.7 = -3.9 + 2.7 = -1.2.
Compare each answer choice with
-1.7 and find out the one that is
lesser than that.

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Mistakes (Questions to redo)

Please redo questions answered incorrectly in the space below

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