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The Crescent School

Cambridge Section (boys)
C-1 Mathematics holidays Homework
1. Find the HCF and LCM of the following

(a) 12 , 15 and 18. (b) 65 , 175 and 135.

(c) 30 ,75 ,90 ,and 135

(d) 23 x 32 x 5 and 22 x 34 x 53, (e) 2 x 52 x 7 and 23 x 34 x 53 x 72 ,

(f) 23 x 33 x 54 and 2 x 34 x 52 x 7 . (g) 22 x 5 x 7 and 23 x 32 x 52 x 11.

2. (a) What is the length of a side of a square whose area is 2304 cm2.

(b) What is the volume of a cube of side 11 cm?

(c) If 1764 = (2 x 3 x7 )p , find the value of p.

3. (a) (i) Find the cube root of 5832

(ii) Express 7056 as the product of its prime factors. Hence evaluate 7056 .

(b) (i) Find the positive square root of 2025,

(c) Find all the perfect squares between 50 and 150

4. (a) (i) List the factors of 60 AND 125.

(ii) List the FIRST FIVE multiples of 5 AND 9.

(iii) Name the next five prime numbers after 30.

(b) (i) Write down the value of 0.04.

(ii) Find the value of 2 n– n 2.

(a) when n = 0 , (b) When n = 3 .

1
−2 −
1  16 
3
2
(iii) Find the value of (a)   . (b)  6  . (c) 92 .
3  x 

(iv) Calculate the exact value of 3

8  106 .

(c) Express 252 in prime factors, By Using

(i) Tree diagram (ii) using index notation.

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5. (a) Estimate each of the following;

(i) 292 (ii) 193 (ii) 4012.

(iv) 1043. (v) 99 (vi) 3

999
(b) (i) What is the length of a side of a square whose area is 2304 cm2.

(ii) Find the area of a square of side 56 cm .

(c) (i) What is the volume of a cube of side 11 cm?

(ii) Given that the volume of cube is 2744 cm2 , find the length of its edge.

6. (a) Translate each of the following word expressions into an algebraic expression:

(i) Subtract 2x from y and multiply the difference by z; Ans: (y – 2x)z.

(ii) Divide the sum of x and y by the difference when x is subtracted from y ,
Ans; (x + y)/(y – x)
(iii) Fifteen subtracted from twice the number t.

(iv) Three times the number u decreased by four.

(v) Eight more than half of a number v.

(b) Insert parentheses in each of the following expressions to make the resulting
statement true.
(i) 12 – 7 – 2 = 7 (ii) 3x5+7=36
(iii) 3 x 5 + 2 x 4 = 6 8. (iv) 2 x 3 + 4 x 5 = 70
(c) Evaluate:

(i) 12 – 6 0 + 3 + 4 . (II) 0.3 x 1.5 .

(iii) 4 2+ 4 1+ 4 0, 4. (iv) 7 2– 7 1+ 7 – 7 0,
(v) 16 – 1 / 2. (vi) 9 2 – 9 0.
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−
(vii) 9 2. (viii) 7 –3 ÷ 7 –4.
(d) Express as a single fraction

4 3 2 x
(i) − . (ii) − .
2 x −1 5x + 6 x+2 x+3

7 5 3 5
(iii) − . (iv) −
2x 3x x−2 2x +1

(d) (i) Write down the value of 0.04.

(ii) Find the value of 2 n– n 2.

(a) when n = 0 , (b) When n = 3 .

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1
−2 −
1  16  2
(iii) Find the value of (a)   . (b)  6  .
3  x 
3
(c) 92.

(iv) Calculate the exact value of 3

8  106 .

7. Calculate:
(a) 25÷5  5÷25 (b) 9 000÷[1 500 ÷30 ÷10x(90+30)] .
(c) 99 800 ÷ 20 ÷ 5 (d) 180 ÷ { 23 – [ 30 ÷ ( 3 x 7 – 15 ) ] }.
(e) ( – 4) 2 ÷ ( – 8) + 3 x ( – 2 ) 3 (f ) [ 5 x 52 – ( 5 x 52 + 5 x 36 ) ÷ 2 ] ÷ 5
(g) 16÷[18 – ( 32–100 ÷ 5 ) ÷ 6] (h) 1 ÷ 1+ 0 ÷ 26 + 26 ÷ 1
(I) 7 x 3 – 77 ÷ 11 + 1 6 (j) 56 ÷ 8 + (47–17) ÷ 5–13
(k) ( 32 x 5 – 60 ) x 25 – 90 x 15 (l) 39 ÷ 5 + 51 x 4 – 7 x 19
(m) 389 ÷ 13 + 2604 ÷ 13 (n) ( 640 ÷ 80 + 54 ÷ 6 ) x 20 – 840 ÷ 7

8. (a) Simplify the expression

(i) 9 ( 2a – 7c + 4b) – 4 (b – c) – 7 (– c – 4b).
(ii) 2x–{[2x–3(2y–3x )–(5y–2)–9y]–3x}.

(iii) 15 x – [ 3 x – { 2 y – 4 x – 5 ( y – x ) } + 7 y ]

(iv) 6(a–3b+5c)–4(5b–c+2a)–5(2a–4c+6b)

1 2
(v) (4x–2y)– (9x–3y)–2(x–y)
2 3

(b) Suppose time is measured in years and zero stands for the year 2 000.

(i) What number stands for the year 1999 ?

(ii) What number stands for the year 2002 ?
(iii) What number stands for the year 1996 ?

(c) Use a number line to illustrate each of the following:

(i) - 5 , - 2 , 0 , 5 , - 3,

(ii) - 10 , - 8 , - 6 , - 4 ,

(d) (i) The set of integers greater than – 4 and less than 2.

(ii) The set of integers between – 2 and +6

9. (a) Four tennis balls have a total mass of m kg . Find the mass of each ball.
(b) What is the difference between the sum of 93.71 and 8.51 and the sum of 79.93
and 33.509 ?

10. (a) Arrange the following fractions in descending order:

3
(i) 17 , 4, 4.5, 63 .

(ii) 2.102 , 2.012 , 2.201 , 2.02.

(iii) 1/5 , 0.22 , 0.033.
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(iv) –0.29, –1 . 5, 0 –0.3 –4.

(v) 25 52 3
1000 27 0 .

(b) If a = 3 , b = – 4 and c = – 2 , evaluate each of the following:

a + b + 2c 5c b − c  bc ac 
(i) − (ii)  + 
3c − a − b 4b 3c + 4b  a b 

a d −e
(iii) If c = − , find f when a = 2 , b = 3 , c = 4 , d = 5 and e = 6.
b f −d

h h − 2m
(iv) If = , find the value of g when h = 5 , k = 4 and m = – 2
k g
11. (a) If x = 2 is a solution of the equation x2 – 7 x + k = 0. find the value of k

(b) I spent $ 19.90, $ 26.95 and $ 46.50 on three different sports items. How much
change would I get back if two $ 50 notes were used to pay for the goods ?

(c) An apple costs x cents. An Orange costs y cents more than an apple. Express the
cost of 8 apples and 12 oranges in terms of x and y .
(d) Write down the difference between 3y minutes and 25y seconds , giving your answer
in Seconds.

12. (a) (i) Express 0.875 as a fraction in its lowest terms .

72
(ii) Express as a fraction in its lowest terms.
108
(iii) Express 60% as a fraction, giving your answer in its lowest terms.

(iv) Express 0.03 as a fraction.

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(b) (i) Express 1 as a decimal.
80
( ii) Write 10 – 2 .as a decimal.

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(iii) Express as a decimal .
100

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(iv) Express as a decimal.
20
(c) (i) Express 0.08 as a percentage.
(ii) Express $150 as a percentage of $500.
(iii) In a test, Rose scored 56 marks out of 70.
Express this score as a percentage.
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13. (a) Express 117.964 8 correct to two decimal places. How many significant figures are
there in the answer ?

(b) Express 32.7487 correct to

(i) 2 decimal places;
(ii) 3 significant figures.
18.9  6.3
(c) Simplify , giving your answer as a decimal.
12.6  0.108

2505  8.705
(d). Estimate the value of giving your answer as a whole number.
4.98  2.907
12.02  24.99
(e). Estimate and give answer correct to 1 significant figure.
3.001

(f). Express 0.008 345 7 correct to four decimal places. State the number of significant
figures in the answer

(g) Express 117.964 8 correct to two decimal places. How many significant figures are
there in the answer ?

(h) A pop group sold 82 649 copies of their latest album. What is the number of
copies sold to the nearest
(a) ten (b) hundred (c) thousand (d) ten thousand

14. Simplify the following expressions :

3  2
(a) − a  − 4  (b) –4(a–3b)–5(a–3b)
7  3
(c) 5 (3p–2q)–2(3p+2q) (d) a +3(2a–3b+c)+7c

(e) 3(p–2q)–4(2p–3q–5) (f) 7h–2(3(h–2)–2(h–5)]

15. (a) The sum of the ages of Fandi and Ahmad is 38. Seven years ago,Fandi was three
times as old as Ahmad. Find their present ages.

(b) A mother is now three times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages five
years ago was fifty, how old is the mother now?

(c) A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In 10 years’ time, the sum of their ages will
be 76. How old was the man when his son was born?
(d) Ali is 4 years older than Ahmad . Tariq is 2 years younger than Ahmad If the sum of
their ages is 47, What are their respective ages ?

16. (a) The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 141, find the largest of the three
numbers. Ans : 45,47,49.
(b) Find three consecutive odd numbers whose sum is 57.

(c) What are the four consecutive numbers whose sum is 50?
(d) When a number is added to another number 5 times as large, the result is 24. What
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is the first number?

(e) When a number is added to two-thirds of itself, the result is 45. Find the number.

(f) Find the three consecutive numbers in which n is the middle number.

17. (a) Subtract 2x2 + 3x3 – 5 from the sum of ( 2x3 – 5x + 7 ) and ( 2x – 5x3 + 4 )

(b) Subtract the sum of ( 2x2 – 7x + 4 ) and ( 5x – 4x3 + 7 ) from the sum of

( 3x2 – 8x + 9 ) and (15 – 4x – 3 x3 ).

(c) Work out the polynomial we must use to subtract ( 3 p2 – 2pq +7q2 ) from ,
to get ( 7 p2 + 5pq – 3q2 ).

18. Write down the simplest forms for the following expression;

1 
2 x + (4 x − 12)
1 1 2
(a)  (b) (4x–2y)– (9x–3y)–2(x–y)
2 2  2 3

4(x − 5) 5(x − y ) 7 x − z 6 x − y 3x − 4 y 5( x − 2)
(c) − + (d) + −
7 6 21 5 10 6

(e)
2
12 p − (5 + 2 p ) (f ) 2x +
x − 4 2x − 5
−
5 9 3

5x − 6 y 3x − 4 y 7x + 9 y x + y 3x − y 7(2 x − 4)
(g) + − (h) + −
7 14 21 2 5 6

2x − 3y x − 6y 5x + 6 y 3( x + y ) 2(3x − y )
(i) − + (j) −
5 10 15 5 3

19. For each of the following sequences, find a formula for the nth term.

a) 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, …… b) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ……
c) 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, …… d) 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, ……
e) -2, 3, 8, 13, 18, …… f) 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, ……
g) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …… h) 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ……
i) 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, …… j) 8, 12, 16, 20, 24,
k) -4, 0, 4, 8, 12, …… l) ……30, 40, 50, 60,
20,
……

20. (a) Copy and fill in the blanks with ‘ < ’ , ‘ = ‘ or ‘ > ‘ to make each of the following
statements true;
(i) 6................... 8 (ii) 0.8..................3 0.8 .
(iii) ( 1 . 2 ) 2 … ………(1 . 2 ) 3. (iv) 7………..13
(v) 32………9 (vi) – 6 x 0………………..7 x 0

(b) Copy and fill in the blanks with ‘ < ’ , ‘ = ‘ or ‘ > ‘ to make each of the following
statements true;
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(i) 9……….3 (ii) – 3 ………2

(iii) – 4 …..…– 2 (iv) 0.42………0.2
(v) ( – 5 )2 ………(– 4 ) 2 (vi) 3 x 0…..…– 2 4 x 0
(vii) ( 0 . 2 ) 2 …………..( 0 . 2 ) 3 . (viii) 0.6................... 0.8

(c) Classify each of the following either as acute, obtuse or reflex angle.

(i) 2/7 of a right angle;

(ii) 7/15 of complete rotation;

(iii) 5/8 of a complete rotation

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(iv) 1 of a right angle
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(v) 3/23 of a complete rotation;

(d) Find the measure of the complementary angle of each of the following angles;

18 7 29

(e) Find the measure of the supplementary angle of each of the following angles;

12 102 79

(f). (i) How many minutes are there in m hours?

(ii) How many weeks are there in y days?
(iii) Write the number which is half as big as b

21. (i) OAB is a quadrant of a circle of radius 10 cm. Calculate:

(a) the perimeter,
(b) the area of the quadrant.

(ii) The diagram shows two concentric circles of radius 7 cm and 13 cm. Calculate:
(a) the perimeter of the shaded area.
(b) the area of the shaded region.
(Take π = 3.14)

Ans: (a) 125.6 cm, (b) 376.8 cm2.

(iii) A circular pond of radius 3.2 m has a circular path 1.4 m wide around it. Find
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(a) the perimeter of the shaded region.

(b) the area of the concrete path.

Ans: (a) 48.98 m, (b) 34.29 m2.

(iv) The figure shows a quadrant of a circle OAB of radius 21 cm. If OC = 13 cm,

calculate the area of the shaded region.

Ans: 34.210 cm2.

(v) Calculate the area of the shaded regions in the given figures.

(vi) Find the value of x in each of the given figures.

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22. (a) A train travels at an average speed of 15 m/s.

Express its average speeding Km/h,

(b) What is the cost of 6 magazines at $4 each? What is the cost of p magazines at $4
each? What is the cost of p magazines at $q each?

23 (a) The perimeter of a rectangle is 22 cm and its breadth is 4 cm.Find its area.

Ans:28 cm2.

(b) The width of a rectangle is 5 cm less than its length, and it perimeter is 46 cm .Find
its width and its area.

Ans: width=9 cm length 14 cm. area = 126 cm2.

(c) Find the area, in square centimetres, of a rectangular strip of board 3.28m long and

75 mm wide. Ans: 2460 cm2.

(d) A piece of wire 48 cm long is bent to form a rectangle whose length is twice its width.
Calculate its area. Ans: 128 cm2.

(e) The length of a rectangle is 4 cm longer than its width and its perimeter is 44 cm.
Find the length and area of the rectangle. Ans: 117cm2.

24. (a) The sides of two squares are 4 cm and 6 cm .Find the ratio of

(i) Their areas and (ii) their perimeters.

(b) If x : y = 11 : 8 and y : z = 6 : 7, find

(i) x : z, (ii) x : y : z.

(c) A man earns $1200 and spends $450 per month. Find the ratio of

(i) his income to his expenditure and

(ii) his savings to his income.

(d) A sum of money is divided among three persons , X ,Y and Z , in the ratio 10 : 7 : 5.
If Y gets $14 more than Z, how much will X get and what is the total sum of money?
(e) The ratio of Sayed’s age to his mother’s age is 2 : 7. Sayed is 14 years old.

How old is his mother?

(f) The ratio of Fatima’s age to her father’s age is 3 : 8. The total of their ages is 66
years. How old is Fatima?
Answer: (a) 49 (b) 18.

25. (a) An overnight train left at 21 55 on a journey that took 9 h 18 min. Find the time at
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which it arrived at its destination.

(b) A car leaves Singapore at 21 15 on Wednesday and arrives in Kuala Lumpur 5 1

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hours later. AT what time and day does the car arrive in Kuala Lumpur?

(c) A train left Singapore at 07 35 and arrived in Seremban at 13 05 on the same day.
How long was the train journey?

(d) An overnight train left at 21 55 on a journey that took 9 h 18 min.Find the time at
which it arrived at its destination.

(e) A train leaves Town X at 12 57 and arrives at Town Y 45 minutes later.

At what time does the train arrive in Town Y?

26 (a) An ordinary die is thrown 15 times,

4 5 3 2 2 5 6 1 6 3

5 2 5 1 3

(i) find the mode.

(ii) Find the median

(iii) mean .

(iv) – 20 –8 x, The mean of these three numbers is – 5 .Find x.

Ans: (a) (i) 5 (ii) 3 (iv) x = 13.

(b) During one day, the temperature, in °C, was recorded every 2 hours.

The twelve results are given below.

–3 –2 –1 1 2 4 5 4 2 0 –2 –2

For these results, find

(i) the median,

(ii) the mean,

(iii) the difference between the highest and the lowest of these temperatures.

(c) One week the temperatures, in degrees Celsius, at midnight were recorded.
The results are given below.
–1 –3 2 5 –2 1 –2
Use these results to find
(i) the mode,
(ii) the median,
(iii) the mean.
Answer: (a) -2 (b) -1 (c) 0.
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(d) In an experiment, a red die and a blue die were thrown 10 times. Each time, the
score on the red die was subtracted from the score on the blue die. The results are
given below.

5, − 4, − 3, 4, 0, 2, − 1, − 3, 3, − 2.

For these results, find

(i) the median,

(ii) the mean.

(iii) the mode.

(e) The temperatures, in °C, at midnight on 12 consecutive days were

–1, 0, – 4, 1, 2, –2, –1,
–3, 1, 2, 3, 2
(i) Find the mode of these temperatures.
(ii) Find the median of these temperatures.
(iii) Find the mean of these temperatures.

Answer: (a) 2 (b) ½ , or 0.5 .

27 (a) In the diagram, the lines ABC and DEF are parallel.

AE meets DB at G.

Answe: (i) 114 (ii) 42 (iii) 63

(b) In the diagram, LMN is parallel to PQR. Angle PQM = 124° and MQ = MR.
Find
(i) x,

(ii) y.
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(c) ABC and EFGH are parallel lines. The line DI intersects AC at B and EH at F.

FI^G = 68o and FG = GI.

Find

(i) Angle BFG,

(ii) Angle FGI,
(iii) Angle DBA.

(d) In the figure, AB // CD, BKD = x°. ABK = 66° and C D K = 44°.

The value of x.

28. (a) In what ratio must 40 m3 be decreased to become 2 m3 ?

(b) Three families, P, Q and R, share 480 kg of rice. Q receives twice as much rice as P,
and R receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice does each family get?

(c) A rope is cut into three pieces in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5 .Given that the length of the

longest piece is 35 m, find

(i) the length of the original rope;

(ii) the length of the shortest piece of rope.

29. (a) During the economic downturn, a company retrenched 24 out of its 400 employees.

What percentage of employees was retrenched?

(b) In a certain constituency, there are 8500 voters and on election day, 15 % of them
failed to vote. Calculate the number of people who voted.

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(c) A company finds that 4 % of the tyres made are defective.
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The company made 28 000 tyres. How many tyres were defective?
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(d) A man’s salary is $ 1850 per month. Out of this, 20 % goes to his rent, $ 690 goes to
food and $940 on other expenses. What percentage has he over spent ?

30. (a) Construct a triangle ABC such that AB = 6.8 cm, BC = 7.2 cm and
∠ABC = 58. Construct the bisector of ∠BAC and let it cut BC at K.
Measure and write down the length of AK.

(b) Construct a triangle PQR such that PQ = 8.2 cm, ∠PQR = 75° and ∠QPR = 60°.
Construct a perpendicular from R to cut PQ at K. Measure and write down the
length of PK. [4]

(c) Construct ∆PQR such that PQ = 8.6 cm, ∠PQR = 70° and ∠QPR = 60°.
(i) Measure and write down the length of PR.
(ii) Construct the angle bisector of PRQ.
(iii) Construct the angle bisector of PQR.
(iv) If the two perpendicular bisectors of (ii) and (iii) meet at the point S, measure
and write down the length of PS.

(d) Construct ∆ABC such that AB = 14 cm, BC = 10 cm and AC = 10.5 .

(i) Measure and write down the size of the largest angle.
(ii) On the same diagram
(a) construct the angle bisector of ∠ABC,
(b) construct the perpendicular bisector of AB,
(c) mark with the letter X the point of intersection of the angle bisector of
∠ABC and the perpendicular bisector of AB,
(d) measure the length of CX.