INTEGER NUMBERS, POWERS AND SQUARE ROOTS

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1. Solve in a reasoned way.

a)

Water is being heated in a saucepan at a certain

temperature. We increase the temperature by 22 degrees and
after that; it drops 7 degrees, arriving at a final temperature of
31 degrees. What was the initial temperature of the water?
b)
The faucet of a fountain stopped working and 3 litres of
water were lost every hour. When it was fixed, 78 litres of water
in total had been lost. How many hours was the faucet out of
order for?

2. Solve the following removing the brackets:

a) 5 ( 4 6 ) =

3. Solve the following:

b) 20 (5 + 10) (15 30)

=

e)

a)
b)
c)
d) +20 (+20) : (8 +
10) =
4. Use the properties of the powers to write the following expressions
as a single power and solve.
a)
b)
c)
d)

5. Solve
a) A farm has a surface of 1600 m 2. If we wish to build a fence
around it, how many metres of fencing are required?
b) How many square floor tiles with a half metre side are required to
cover a square court with a 10m side?

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