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Section 1, Whole Numbers

Answers Exercise 1.1


1.

a.
b.
c.

35
305
350

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

One hundred and ten


One hundred and one
One
Eleven

3.

a.
b.

712,201
16,987,853

4.
Number in words

millions

hundred ten
thousands
thousands thousands

hundreds

tens

units

Sixty-two thousand
Eight million, thirty
thousand and fifty-three
One hundred and six
thousand and thirty-three

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Answers Exercise 1.2


1.

(a)

35

(b)

305

(c)

350

2.

(a)

79

(b)

709

(c)

790

3.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Nine hundred and eighty


Ninety eight
Nine hundred and eight

4.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Eight hundred
Eighty
Eight

5.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Eighty nine
Eight hundred and ninety
Eight hundred and nine

6.
Number in words
twenty four
nineteen
seventy six
eight
one hundred and sixty four
seven hundred and eight
three
sixty one
two hundred and fifty four
fifty eight
7.

542

8.

(a) Units

9.

(b) 890

10.

(e) 13
(d) 31
(a) 103
(c) 130
(b) 301
(f) 310

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hundreds

Figures
tens
2
1
7

1
7

6
0

6
5
5

units
4
9
6
8
4
8
3
1
4
8

Five hundreds, four tens, two units


(b) Hundreds

(c) Tens

(d) Units

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Answers Exercise 1.3


1.

(a)

2,451 (b)

5,300

(c)

2.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Five thousand, seven hundred and sixty three


Eight hundred and nine thousand
Seven thousand and nine
Three hundred and four thousand and twenty one
hundred
thousands

3.
Number in words
Five thousand

ten
thousands

Sixty two thousand


Three hundred thousand

Seventy four thousand and


nine
Six hundred thousand, two
hundred
Seventy thousand and fifty

75,142

Ninety nine thousand

(d)

thousands

hundreds

5
6

114,613

tens

units

Six thousand

4.
5.
6.

600,000,000
324,000,567
999,000,000

7.

One hundred and eighty nine million

8.

Five million, eight hundred and sixty nine thousand and fourteen

9.

One hundred and sixty seven million, one hundred and eighty nine thousand, one
hundred and twelve

10.
Number in words
One billion, six hundred
and ten million
Eight million, thirty
thousand and fifty three
Seven hundred and six
million

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hundred ten
billions millions millions
1

millions

hundred
ten
thousands thousands thousands hundreds tens

units

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Section 2, Estimating & Rounding

Answers Exercise 1.4


1.

a.
b.
c.

74,970
75,000
75,000

2.

4,000,000 + 7,000,000 = 11,000,000

3.

200 x 10 = 2,000

4.

10 x 90 = 900 ft

Answers Exercise 1.5


1.

(a) 40

(b) 60

(c) 200

(d) 100

(e) 1,010

(c) 1,100

(d) 5,000

(e) 31,400

Answers Exercise 1.6


1.

(a) 200

(b) 100

Answers Exercise 1.7


1.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

1,213,890
1,213,900
1,210,000
1,000,000

2.

40 miles

3.

2,000

4.

40,000

Answers Exercise 1.8


1.

60 + 90 + 50 + 30 + 90 + 150

2.

(b)

10 x 150 = 1,500

3.

(c)

2 x 475 = 950

4.

5,000 pounds

5.

20

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4.70

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Section 3, Basic Calculations

Answers Exercise 1.9


1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

Estimate
2,100
6,100
650,000
225
470
1,600,000

2.

Manual
2,180
6,075
623,734
219
469
1,598,660

3.

Calculator
2,180
6,075
623,734
219
469
1,598,660

2.

Manual
35
33
4,559
3,903
18,777

3.

Calculator
35
33
4,559
3,903
18,777

2.

Manual
81
36
24
42
16

3.

Calculator
81
36
24
42
16

Answers Exercise 1.10


1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Estimate
40
30
4,600
4,000
20,000

Answers Exercise 1.11


1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Estimate
100
50
20
35
20

Answers Exercise 1.12


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

4,536
2,196
5,418
5,306
2,149

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Answers - Exercise 1.13


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

190
38,000
870,000
1,440
5,200
6,240
17,620

Answers Exercise 1.14


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

100
1,049
241
436
257

Answers Exercise 1.15


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

100 sacks
24 sacks
76 sacks
7 days
6 sacks

Answers Exercise 1.16


5,200 horsepower

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Section 4, Fractions & Decimals

Answers - Exercise 1.17


1.
Fraction
3
4
3
5
21
25
7
20
5
8

Decimal
0.75

Percentage
75%

0.6

60%

0.84

84%

0.35

35%

0.625

62.5%

2.

0.091

0.109

0.19

0.9

3.

1
3

5
12

1
2

5
6

4.

1.001

1.01

1.101

1.11

5.

50
151

6.

1
2

or 0.5

Answers - Exercise 1.18


1.

a.
b.
c.

2.

a.

3.

a.

b.
c.

Part 1 Answers

1
4

2 1
=
8 4
2 1
=
8 4
4 1
=
8 2

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Answers Exercise 1.19


1.

a.

b.

c.

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

5
10
4
16
2
3
1
4
3
5
1
3
1
2
7
8

Answers Exercise 1.20


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

3
4
2
3
3
1
2
7
1
2
8
3
6
8
2

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Answers Exercise 1.21


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7
2
23
4
19
3
14
3
15
2
5
2

Answers Exercise 1.22


1.
2.
3.

4.
5.

1
4
5
6
1
1
12
1
1
2
13
1
24
1

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1
4

7
8

5
8
9
3
20
7
8
10
9

Answers Exercise 1.23


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

1
10
3
14
1
8
1
8
1

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Answers . . . Exercise 1.24


1.

(a)
(b)
(c)

1
4
3
4
1
2

2.

3.

(a)
(b)
(c)

4.

(a)
(b)

5.

(a)

7
2
2
7
12
1
4
10
(i)
(ii)

6.

(a)
(b)
(c)

7.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Part 1 Answers

8
10
2
10

5
11
2
11
4
11
1
4
2
3
6
10
1
12
4
5

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Answers - Exercise 1.24 continued


8.

Complete the table for the six diagrams below.

Shape
Fraction shaded
Fraction unshaded

9.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

10.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

11.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Part 1 Answers

a
2
3
1
3

b
5
6
1
6

c
1
2
1
2

d
1
4
3
4

e
5
7
2
7

f
4
11
7
11

5
10
5
72
21
1
3
1
4
1
7
3
5
3
5
1
4
2
3
3
1
2
7
1
4
5
5
4
12
2

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Answers Exercise 1.24 continued


12.

7
4
23
8
71
15
77
8
107
8

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

13.

5
1
12
5
6
12
1
12
1
1
12

a.
b.
c.
d.

Answers Exercise 1.25

Tens
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Part 1 Answers

1
5

Units
0
3
0
0
3

.
.
.
.
.
.

tenths
2
4
0
2
8

hundredths

thousandths

4
0
1

7
7

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Answers Exercise 1.26


1.

a.
b.

c.
d.
e.
2.

a.
b.
c.

0.7
5.8
1.2

Answers Exercise 1.27


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

48.8
4.0
6.0
8
0.7
0.0055
11.0001
300.0
2.02
0.001

2.

a.
b.
c.

No 6.5
Yes
No 5.063

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Answers Exercise 1.28


1.

4.965

2.

(a)
(b)
(c)

2.4
73.2
312.1

3.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

5.6
31.2
0.3
20.5
100.4
0.01

4.
Numbers
Tenths
Hundredths

8.35
3
5

5.004

1.7
7
0

5.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)

5.65
2.1 metres
0.71
2.11
10.01
76.4
3.1
0.1

6.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

2.2
3.5
3.1
2.65

7.

(a)
(b)

40oC
40 psi

8.

(a)
(b)

Jar 1 0.25 litre


Jar 1 0.75 litre

5.04

0.04
0
4

0.2
2
0

Jar 2 0.6 litre


Jar 2 0.4 litre

5.104

5.08
0
8

15.63
6
3

Jar 3 0.85 litre


Jar 3 0.15 litre

Answers Exercise 1.29


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

2.

They should be the same as the manual calculations above.

Part 1 Answers

103.45
8.6
49.93
192.62
1,549.8

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Answers Exercise 1.30


1.

a.
f.
g.
h.
i.

4.32
1.39
5.1
56.49
314.82

2.

They should be the same as the manual calculations above.

Answers Exercise 1.31


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

20.259
0.2416
0.0234
239.4
0.0261
30
25.05
243.8
92.64
163.84

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

10,000
100
0.52
52
520
0.11
0.011
1,872.34
18.7234
2.943

Answers Exercise 1.32


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

Part 1 Answers

17.5
9.7
2.03
0.184
0.51
106
105
1,200
583.33333
1,926.6055

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Answers Exercise 1.33


1.

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

10.3
9.8
156.1
32.9
9.6

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

0.0178
0.0243
0.3887
0.1738
0.0119

Answers Exercise 1.34


a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Yes
No
No
No
No

Answers Exercise 1.35


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

3
4 centimetres
9 metres
6 minutes
32 pence

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

9.00
9 centimetres
2 kilometres
1 pence
6 millimetres

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Answers Exercise 1.36


1.

(a)
(b)

(i)
(ii)
(i)
(ii)

2.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

1:2
1:4
1:2
1:3
2:5
1:3
1:3
1:5
6:7
5:6

3.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)

3:1
1:2
1:25
3:1
100:1
4:1
1:5
1:3
3:1
3:4

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0.9
0.1
9 litres
10 litres

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Answers Exercise 1.37


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

0.5
0.25
0.333 answer to 3 decimal places
0.125 answer to 3 decimal places
0.143 answer to e decimal places
1
5
3
4
3
100
1
8
3
8

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

20%
75%
3%
12.5%
37.5%

4.

a.
b
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

50%
25%
33.3%
62.5%
37.5%
200%
175%

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

9.625
13.375
12.25
8.5
6.625

5.

Part 1 Answers

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Answers Exercise 1.38


1.

a.
b.

2.

a.
b.

1
4
25%
3
4
75%

3.

480

4.

2:1

5.

40.67 feet

Answers Exercise 1.39


1.
2.
3.

625 rpm
833 rpm
1,250 rpm

Answers Exercise 1.40


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

141.12 pounds per foot


a.
38:1
b.
38 inches
3 times
12.36 inches
a.
146 days
b.
219 days

Answers Exercise 1.41


1.

5 tonnes

Answers Exercise 1.42


1.
2.

1,200
70%

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Section 5, Measurement, Volume & Pressure

Answers Exercise 1.43


1.

a.
b.
c.

Capacity
Volume
Density

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Length
Density
Weight or mass
Volume
Length
Pressure

3.

Imperial

4.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

5.

c.

178.1 barrels
2 square feet
144 inches
127.16 pounds per cubic foot
84 US gallons

Answers Exercise 1.44


1.

b.

2.

a., c., e.

3.

c.

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Answers Exercise 1.45


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.

yards
inches
feet
miles

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

12
3
36 inches
5,280 feet

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.

5 feet 3 inches
5.25 feet
30.75 feet
29 ft 6 inches

4.

91.83 feet

5.

100.03 feet

6.

a.
b.
c.

1
inches
8
3 inches
1
1 inches
8
2

7.

a.
b.
c.
d.

10 inches
13 inches
12 inches
12 inches

8.

a.
b.
c.
d.

31 feet
31 feet
41 feet
18 feet

Answers Exercise 1.46


1.

c.

2.

b.

3.

d.

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Answers Exercise 1.47


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.

square inches
square feet
square yards
square miles

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1 square feet
2 square feet
9 square feet
1 square miles

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1.9 square feet


63 square feet
3.7 square yards
1,548,800 square yards

4.

a.
b.
c.
d.

2,000 square feet


200 square feet
240 square feet
1,560 square feet

Answers Exercise 1.48


1.
2.
3.

c.
a.
c.

Answers Exercise 1.49


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

gallons
barrels
cubic feet
pint
cubic inches

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1 cubic foot
1 barrel
1 barrel
1 cubic foot

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

748 gallons
320.6 barrels
504 gallons
21 gallons
276 barrels

4.

754 barrels

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Answers Exercise 1.50


1.

Weight
Mass

2.

a.
b.

3.

d.

b.
a.
True
False

Answers Exercise 1.51


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

pounds
tons
stones
hundredweight
ounces

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

1 pound
1 long ton
1 metric tonne
1 stone

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.

4 ounces
2 pounds
6,615 pounds
5 metric tonnes

4.

a.
b.

750 pounds
0.34 metric tonnes

5.

a.
b.

500 pounds
0.23 metric tonne

6.

a.
b.

225,600 pounds
102.31 metric tonnes

Answers Exercise 1.52


1.

a.
b.

5
8

2.

a.
b.

1
2

3.

a.
b.

6
11

4.

a.
b.

7
12

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Answers Exercise 1.53


1.
2.

250 kilograms
5 hours or 300 minutes

Answers Exercise 1.54


1.
2.
3.

a.
a.
b.

Answers Exercise 1.55


1.

a.
b.

gas, oil, water, drilling mud


ping-pong ball, golf ball, lead fishing weight

2.

a.
b.

10 ppg
100 pcf

3.
4.

1 gallon weighing 15 lbs (a).


a.
15 ppg
b.
10 ppg

Answers Exercise 1.56


1.
2.
3.

c.
a.
b.

Answers Exercise 1.57


1.

Pounds per square inch

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.

3.

Increase

4.

5 psi

Part 1 Answers

1 psi
10 psi
100 psi
237 psi

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Answers Exercise 1.58


1. 2, 000 feet
2. 210,000 pounds
3. 155.5 pounds per square foot

Answers Exercise 1.59


1. 744 feet
2. 13,950 pounds
3. a.
1,395 pounds per square foot
b.
10 pounds per square inch

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Section 6, Mathematical Symbols, Equations and Operations

Answers Exercise 1.60


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

square root
percentage
multiply
squared
equals

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

72.25
13
10
0.035
0.1251
8,000
560

Answers Exercise 1.61


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

4
64
5625
56.25
92.64

Answers Exercise 1.62


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

7
9
20
13.375
8.5

Answers Exercise 1.63


1.
2.
3.

12
15.5
0.0243

Answers Exercise 1.64


1.
2.

384.8
328.7

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Answers Exercise 1.65


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2,160
448
4,800
52,150
1,043

Answers Exercise 1.66


1.
2.
3.

890
40
20

Answers Exercise 1.67


1.

a.
b.
c.

d.
e.

x2
=

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.

64
49
150.06
72.25
92.64
9
12
20
11
2

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

10
0.0243
0.1215
4,537.5
749.6

Part 1 Answers

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Section 7, Solving Equations

Answers Exercise 1.68


1.

a.
b.
c.

4
12
67

2.

a.
b.
c.

15
12
33

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.

4
5
2
3

4.

a.
b.

39 mph
507 mph

5.

a.
b.

204 miles
9 hours

Answers Exercise 1.69


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

12
10
1.2
424
0.15
1120 feet

Answers Exercise 1.70


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Part 1 Answers

2
20
2
73
471
69
7
14
62
13

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Answers Exercise 1.71


1.
2.

9
14

Answers Exercise 1.72


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

3z
5y
5p
3w
10x

Answers Exercise 1.73


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

150
800
16
66
1

Answers Exercise 1.74


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

7
5
12
3
3

Answers Exercise 1.75


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2
7
2
8
3

Part 1 Answers

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Answers Exercise 1.76


1.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

3
1
6
3
2

2.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

27
45
1
100
1

3.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

12
5
7
6
2

Answers Exercise 1.77


1.

a.
b.
c.

35 mph
70 mph
50 mph

2.

a.
b.
c.

50 mph
40 mph
33 mph

(answer rounded to whole number)

Answers Exercise 1.78


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

100 oC
44.4 oC
29.4 oC
21.1 oC
0 oC

Answers Exercise 1.79


Pounds Sterling
0.63

1.

Euros =

2.

Mud density =

3.

Rows of bricks = Height of wall x 3

Part 1 Answers

Pressure gradient
0.052

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Answers Exercise 1.80


1.
2.

Area
Length
Area
Length =
Width
Width =

Answers Exercise 1.81


1.
2.
3.

P
0.052
H=F-S
V
A=
L

M=

Answers Exercise 1.82


1.

a.
b.
c.

5,200 psi
6,240 psi
6,864 psi

2.

a.
b.
c.

11.0 ppg
13.0 ppg
14.0 ppg

3.

a.
b.
c.

15,100 ft
16,000 ft
8,000 ft

Answers Exercise 1.83


1.
2.

$83,800
9 hours

Part 1 Answers

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Answers Exercise 1.84

Answers Exercise 1.85

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

Part 1 Answers

9.84
20.32
37.67
13.06
0.93
2.7
840
63.59
127187
81.8
1.62
15.4
109.3
26.46
64.86
17225
238
17400
1139.8
4.8

3.28
0.50
2950.46
96.77
0.09
733
19.6
22.8
40404
8310
12.5
11.2
1.77
91.3
1.18
93.6
17637
540
3179.68
353.15

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