Summer Vacation Work
1. Determine whether each of the following is a prime or a composite
number.
87 65 77 97 81 67 79 71 73 101 120 91
Prime number:
Composite number:
2. Find the first four multiples of the following number.
a. 21
b. 33
c. 54
d. 87
3. Find the prime factorization of the following number and leave your
answer in index notation.
a. 60, b. 72,
c. 244, d. 315
4. i) Given that the prime factorization of 9801 is 3⁴ x 11² find 9801
ii) Given that the prime factorization of 7056 is 2⁴ x 3² x 7² find
7056
3
iii) Given that the prime factorization of 9261 is 3³ x 7³, Find 9261
.
iv) Given that the prime factorization of 21952 is 2⁶ x 7³, Find
3
21952
5. Find the square root of the following through prime factorization.
i) 2025 ii) 2304
6. Find the cube root of the following through prime factorization.
3 3
i) 216 ii) 1728
7. Find HCF of following
i) 16 and 24
ii) 24 and 48 iii) 42 , 66 and 78
8. Find the LCM of following
i) 48 and 72 ii)75 and 105
iii)12, 18 and 56 iv) 56, 72 and 104.
9. Evaluate
(i) 89 – 58 + 28 – (–32) (ii) 193 + 208 – {29 – (367)}
(iii) 56 – 34 + 235 – (123) (iv) (84 – 34) × (84 + 45)
10. Evaluate the following:
(i) 34 – 56 + (–18) (ii) [32 – 17] × [32 + 90]
(iii) 12 – 25 + (–35) + 2.9 (iv) 34 – 56 + 13 – ( –37)
11. Solve the following Questions
3 4 2 6
(i). 7 4
+ 6
(ii). 9 3
+ 15
1 4 3 4
(iii). 4 2
+ 11
(iv). 2 5
+ 1 20
3 4 1 5
(v). 2 5
− 1 20
(vi). 2 15
− 1 4
4 4 6 11
(vii). 2 15
− 3 9 (viii). 2 7
− 1 9
12. Solve the following Questions
16 5 2 15
(i). 10
× 14
(ii). 6
× 20
1 3 3 13
(iii). 2 2
× 3 5
(iv). 7 11
× 1 20
3 6 6 14
(v). 5 12
÷6 5
(vi). 12 9
÷ 4
2 9
(vii). 1 3
÷ 5 (viii). 17 ÷ 5
13. Solve the following equations.
i) x – 5 = 7 ii) x + 3 = -2
iii) 2x – 7 = 21 iv) 5 + 3x = 45
v) -4x +7 = -15 vi) 6𝑥−4=26
vii) 12x+8=5x+36 viii) 3a – 4 = a + 6
ix) 12𝑘−1=6𝑘−25 x) 3(2x−6)=2(5x+3)
xi) -3( 9y + 2) = 2( 4y - 7) xii) 2y - [ 7 - ( 5y - 4) ] = 6
xiii) 3(2m+6)=2(m−3)
𝑦+2 2 3𝑥+2 5
xiv) 𝑦−3
= 3
xv) 𝑥−4
= 4
3𝑦+2 7
xvi) 2𝑦−3
= 2
14. Find y If x = 2, then 2x – 5 = 7+y
15. Find the value of “y”. If y = a( 4a - 5) given a = 3
16. If p - 5q = 4qr, find the value of p when q = 4 and r = -1.
17. Find the value of “k”. If x = 3 , y = - 2 , z = 1
(a) k + z = 4x + 3y
(b) k = 3x² + 5z – y
Percentage Questions with Answers
18. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still
has 420 apples. What is the total number of apples he had
originally? (Ans: x=700)
19. If a student scores 85% on a test with 150 questions, how many
questions did they answer correctly?
(note:127.5 questions correctly. Since you can't have a fraction of
a question, the student answered 127 questions correctly.)
20. A store is offering a 20% discount on all items. If a shirt
originally costs $25, what is the discounted price?(Ans 20$)
21. If a recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar and you want to make only
half of the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need?(Ans 1
cup)
22. After a series of price hikes, the cost of a product increased by
30%. If the original price was $50, what is the new price?
(Ans 65 (hint: Find 30% of 50 then add it in 50))
23. A company had 120 employees last year. This year, they hired
15% more employees. How many employees does the company
have this year?
Ans: 138 (hint: Find 15% of 120 then add it in 120)
24. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:2 and there are 25
students in total, how many boys are there?(Ans: 15 boys)
25. A recipe calls for a ratio of 2 cups of flour to 1 cup of sugar. If
you want to double the recipe, how much flour should you use?
(Ans : Double the recipe )
26. In a bag of marbles, the ratio of red marbles to blue marbles is
5:3. If there are 40 red marbles, how many blue marbles are
there?
(Ans 24 blue marbles)
27. If the ratio of cats to dogs in a neighbourhood is 2:5 and there
are 42 cats, how many dogs are there?(Ans 105 dogs)
28. A car travels 240 miles in 4 hours. What is the ratio of miles
travelled to hours spent driving?
(Ans 60 miles per hour)
29.A triangle has side lengths in the ratio of 3:4:5. If the shortest side
is 6 inches, what are the lengths of the other two sides?
(Ans: the lengths of the other two sides are 8 inches and 10
inches.)
