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Math Problem Solving Techniques

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises, including applying the law of indices, solving linear equations, and working with simultaneous equations. It also covers quadratic equations, laws of logarithms, determinants of matrices, and geometric calculations such as area and volume. Additionally, it includes data representation tasks involving percentages, pie charts, and pictographs based on survey results.

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Math Problem Solving Techniques

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises, including applying the law of indices, solving linear equations, and working with simultaneous equations. It also covers quadratic equations, laws of logarithms, determinants of matrices, and geometric calculations such as area and volume. Additionally, it includes data representation tasks involving percentages, pie charts, and pictographs based on survey results.

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CAT ONE 11/02/2025

1. Apply law of indices in solving the following questions


22 × 24

34 × 32

(102)3

106 ×102

2. Solve the following linear equations


3x + 9 = 2x + 10

(2x - 10) =3(x - 1)

x = 12(x + 2)

3. Solve the following system of simultaneous equations


a) Using substitution b) Using elimination
2x+3y=8 4x-4y=24
3x +2y=7 x-4y=3

[Link] the following linear equations


3x+9=2x+10

x+1 =1
3x - 6
[Link] the quadratic formula to solve this quadratic equation

x2- 5x+6=0

[Link] completing the square method to solve this equation.

X2- 6x + 5 = 0

[Link] laws of logarithms

[Link] the determinant of this matrices

4 2 2 1
A=( ) B= ( )
1 3 2 3
CAT ONE 11/02/2025

1. Solve the system of linear equations using the substitution method.

3x + 2y = 2

7x +3y = 43

2. Solve the simultaneous linear equation using elimination method.

2x + 3y = 8

3x + 2y = 7

3. Ken walks around a playground in his daily walk. How far does he walk every morning? The
playground is of the shape of a quadrilateral having sides of length 112 m, 69 m and 102m.

4. Find the area of the trapezoid.

7 cm

2.8 cm 2.2 cm

4 cm
5. Calculate the volume of the cuboid whose length is 18 m, width is 4m and height is 5m.

6. Calculate the surface area of a cube whose length is 7 cm.


[Link] a teacher surveys her class on the basis of favorite games of students as follows

football hockey cricket basketball badminton


10 5 5 10 10

a) Calculate the percentage of each game


b) Calculate the degrees for each pie sector
c) Represent the following data using a pie chart .
[Link] the given figure the data of 100 students has been collected who like different colours

No of students colour
20 Red
30 Black
35 Blue
15 Yellow
Represent the following data using a pictograph

[Link] on the grouped data below


Time to travel to work frequency
1 - 10 8
11 - 20 14
21 - 30 12
31 - 40 9
41 - 50 7

a) calculate the mean


b) calculate the median

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