1. A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 65 cm. 8.

Calculate the perimeter and area of the

During a journey, the wheel makes 1000 following shape.
complete revolutions. How many metres does
the bicycle travel?

2. A woman fences a 3m by 4 m rectangular plot

to keep her chickens in. The fencing costs
$1.30 per metre. How much does it cost to
fence the plot?

3. A silver chain has 100 links. Each link is made

of thin silver wire and is in the shape of a
circle of radius 2.5 cm. Find the value of the 9. The sports field shown in figure has a 90 m by
chain if the silver wire costs 6 cents per 70 m football field with a semi-circular area at
centimetre. each end. A track runs rond the perimeter of
the sports field.
4. The floor of a round hut is 10 m in diameter. A
wever charges $46.50 to make a mat to fit the
floor. Find the cost of the mat per square
metre.

5. A board measures 2.5 m by 1.25 m and costs

$25. Calculate the cost of 1 m2 of the board.

6. A rope is wound 50 times round a cylinder of Calculate

radius 25 cm. How long is the rope? (a) The area of the sports field.
(b) The length of one lap of the track

10. Calculate the perimeter and area of the

following shape.

7. The following figure shows the plan of a

corner of a road.

11. Express 158 ft2 in compound form of yd2 and

ft2.
The road is 7 m wide. The corner is in the
shape of a quarter of a circle. The inside 12. Express 48.32 km2 in squared metres.
radius of the corner is 70 m.
Juvia walks round the corner on the inside,
from A to B.
Nagisa walks rounf the corner on the outside,
from C to D.
How much further does Nagisa walk than
Juvia?
1. Expand the following.

(a) (𝑣 − 4)(𝑣 − 9) (e) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑥 + 𝑦)

(b) (3𝑏 − 2)(𝑏 + 4) (f) (2𝑝 + 𝑞)(3𝑟 − 5𝑠)
(c) (5𝑐 + 2)(2𝑐 − 3) (g) (𝑏 − 5)2
(d) (3𝑚 − 2𝑛)(4𝑚 − 𝑛) (h) (2𝑐 − 5)(𝑐 + 3)
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2. Simplify the following.

7𝑥 3𝑥 5𝑎+2 2(3𝑎+1)
(a) − (d) −
𝑚 𝑚 2 3

1 1 3(𝑦−1) 2(5−3𝑦)
(b) + (e) +
𝑢 𝑣 4 7

3𝑎+1 𝑎+2 2𝑏−3 2𝑏−5

(c) + (f) −
2 3 3 4
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3. In one year, rain fell on 80 days. There was no rainfall on any of the other days. Take a year to be 360 3.
days and draw a pie chart to show this information.
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4. 100 people were asked their ages, the results are given in the table.

age Under 15 15 – 29 30 – 44 45 – 59 60 and over

frequency 43 32 17 5 3

(a) What fraction of the people were under 30 ?

(b) What percentage of the people were between 45 and 59?
(c) Draw a bar chart to show the information.
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5. Remove brackets and simplify the following.

(a) 3𝑥 − 2(2𝑥 − 𝑦) (b) 3(3𝑥 − 7) + (5𝑥 − 9) (c) 7(𝑥 − 2𝑦) − 5(𝑥 − 3𝑦) (d) 8(𝑥 + 𝑦) − 7(2𝑥 − 𝑦)
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6. Factorize the following.

(a) 2𝜋𝑟ℎ − 𝜋𝑟 2 (d) 𝑥 2 − 𝑎𝑥

1
(b) 2𝜋𝑟 3 − 3 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ (e) 27𝑥 2 𝑦 − 36𝑥𝑦 2
(c) 10 + 15𝑏 (f) 4𝑎𝑏 − 2𝑎2
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7. (a) Simplify (𝑎 + (−𝑎)) + 𝑏 .
−5𝑎2
7. (b) Simplify .
15𝑎
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8. The following table gives the population of Zimbabwe in 10 year intervals from 1940 to 1990.

Year 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990

Population 1.9 2.7 3.8 5.3 7.4 9.4
(millions)

8. Show this information on a bar chart.

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9. A traffic survey give the results shown in the table.

Vehicle car lorry bus bicycle

frequency 12 10 5 23

(a) How many lorries were there for every 1 bus?

(b) What percentage of vehicles were bicycles?
(c) Represent the data in the table on a bar chart?
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Proportion, ratio, rate
1. A girl buys 7 pens for 77c. How much 7. A worker is paid $174 for a 40 hour week.
would 10 pens cost? Calculate the rate of pay per hour.

2. A car travels at 60 km/h and takes 5 hours 8. A container has a capacity of 20 litres. It is
for a journey. How long would the car take filled with wine of density 0.8 kg/litre. What
if it travelled at 90 km/h ? is the mass of the wine.

3. A bag of corn can feed 100 chickens for 9. A shop reduces all its prices at the rate of
12 days. How long would the same bag 15c in the $. Find the new price of an
feed 80 chickens ? article which was $7.40.
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4. Two women share 5 dozen eggs in the
ratio 1:2. How many eggs does each
receive?

5. A farmer divides 240 cattle between his

three childrem in the ratio 5:4:3. How
many cattle does each get?

6. Find the result of increasing 15 in the ratio

2:5.
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1. The dress sizes of 20 women are given in frequency table.

size 10 12 14 16 18
frequency 1 6 8 4 1

(a) Draw a bar chart to show the frequencies of the dress sizes.
(b) If you were a trader selling dresses, which three sizes of dress would you order most of?
(c) What is the mode? Also, find the mean value of dress size.
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2. 15 people were asked to name their favorite color. Their answers are shown in the frequency table.

color blue red green yellow black

frequency 3 4 5 1 2

(a) Which is the most popular color?

(b) Draw a bar chart to show the results in the table. If possible, use the given colors to color the bars.
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3. The following are the sizes if shoes worn by 20 people:
7, 9, 6, 10, 8, 8, 9, 11, 8, 7, 9, 6, 8, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 8, 9

(a) Construct a frequency table.

(b) Draw a bar chart showing the frequency of shoe size.
(c) A trader sells shoes. Which sizes do you think she sells most of?
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4. A hospital has 300 patients. The given table shows the sex and type of treatment of patients, by number.

male female
surgical 25 75
medical 100 100

Draw a pie chart to represent the data in the table.

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5. Every 800g of dried fish contains about 300g of water, 100g of fats, 300g of protein and 100g of other nutrients
(eg. vitamins and minerals).

(a) What is 100g as a fraction of 800g?

(b) What is 300g as a fraction of 800g?
(c) Draw a pie chart to show the contents of dried fish.
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6. Expand the following.

2 3
(a) (𝑧 + 3)(𝑧 − 3) (d) ( 5𝑘 + 3 )( 11𝑘 + 4 )

(b) (𝑥 3 − 2)(𝑥 2 + 2) (e) (𝑝 − 7)2

(c) (𝑝 − 𝑞 2 )(𝑝3 − 2𝑞) (f) (2 − 3𝑥)(𝑥 + 4)

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7. Simplify the following.

4𝑏 2 +6 40𝑝𝑞2 +30𝑝2 𝑞−20𝑝2 𝑞2

(a) (c)
2𝑏 10𝑝𝑞

3𝑚2 +6𝑚+9 35𝑘 2 𝑡−28𝑘𝑡+7𝑘𝑡 2 15𝑘 2 𝑡 2 −12𝑘 2 𝑡

(b) (d) −
3 7𝑘𝑡 3𝑘 2 𝑡
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1. Simplify the following.

a) (2ab2)3 + (2ab2)2 (6ab)2

b) (3u) (u2v)3 + (2u)2 (-u5v3)
c) (-2r3)2 (rs2t) – (-r2)2 (rst) (-r2s)
d) zm (2z + 3) – z (zm + 2zm-1)
1 4 1
e) (3 𝑚2 𝑛) (−9𝑚𝑛2 ) − (3𝑚𝑛)2 (9 𝑚2 𝑛2 ) (𝑚3 𝑛2 )2

2. The sum of the two numbers is 44, and their difference is 12. Find the two numbers.

3. Solve for x.
7+𝑥 2𝑥−3 𝑥+13
a) 6
+ 3
= 2
− 4
1 1
b) (𝑥 + 5) − 4 (𝑥 − 1) = 3
2
4−𝑥 3
c) =
3 2
9𝑥−7 3𝑥+5 5𝑥+3
d) 6
+ 9
− 2
=0

4. There is three-fourth of water in a pool. If 25 liters of water are extracted, there is only half left. How
many liters of water would be needed in order to fill the whole pool?
 5. In a Maths problem, a number is supposed to be multiplied by 2 and add 15. However, Joey divides
the number by 2 and subtracts by 15. His wrong answer is 4 times the correct answer. Find the
original number.

6. A motorist travels regularly between two towns. He usually takes 6 hours by travelling at a certain
speed, but he finds that if he increases his speed by 6 km/hour, he can reduce the time by an hour.
Find his usual speed.

7. A party of 145 people have tea at 22 tables. At some of the tables, there are 7 people, and 6 at the
others. How many tables are there with 7 people?

8. Bill and Ben have 90 marbles. If Bill were to give 8 to Ben, Bill would then have 4 times as many as
Ben. How many marbles did each have?

9. A cyclist rides a distance of 105 km in 7 hours. For the last 3 hours, his speed is 2 km/hour less than
it was for the first 4 hours. Find his speed for the first 4 hours.

Mathematics Exercises
(Algebraic expressions + Parallel lines + Polygons)

1. Solve the following equations and check your 3 2

e. ( 𝑥 + 1)( 𝑥 − 1)
7 7
1. answers.

1
f. (2𝑝2 − 5𝑞)2
a. (𝑥 + 1) − 1 = 0
3
g. (1 − 2𝑎)(4𝑎2 + 1 + 2𝑎)
5𝑥 1 4𝑥
b. +3 =− +4 3. Simplify the following.
6 2 5

𝑥+1 𝑥+2 𝑥−3 a. (3𝑥 + 5𝑦) − (𝑥 + 2𝑦)

c. −1= −
5 3 3

1 1
b. (−3𝑦 + 7𝑧) − (2𝑦 − 𝑧)
d. (𝑥 + 5) − (𝑥 − 1) = 3
2 4
c. (2𝑎2 − 3𝑎 + 5) − (𝑎2 − 2)
9𝑥−7 3𝑥+5 5𝑥+3
e. + − =0 d. (𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 1) − (−2𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦)
6 9 2

2. Expand the following. 4𝑏2 +6

e.
2𝑏
a. (2𝑦 + 3)(7𝑦 − 5)
f. (2𝑥 + 𝑦)2 + (−𝑥 + 4𝑦)2
b. (−𝑦 + 5)(𝑦 − 3) 𝑦−2𝑥 𝑥−2𝑦 𝑦
g. − −
5 10 10
c. 2𝑦(−1 + 3𝑦)(𝑦 + 5)

d. 5𝑘 2 (𝑘 + 2)(2𝑘 − 1)
 2 5
h. −
𝑥−2 (𝑥+2)(𝑥−2) 𝑟𝑠 2 𝑠𝑡 2
e. × ÷ 𝑟𝑠𝑡
𝑡 𝑟

6. Construct a rhombus with sides 9 cm and an

4. Factorize the following. 6. angle 110°. Measure the diagonals.

a. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 4 7. Calculate the interior angles of a regular hexagon.

7. Then, construct a hexagon ABCDEF with sides
b. 4𝑎2 𝑏 + 20𝑏 2 + 28𝑎𝑏 3 7. each 5cm long. Measure ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐸 , ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐷.
1
c. 2𝜋𝑟 3 − 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ 8. The angles of a triangle are x°, 2x° and 3x°. What
3
8. is x°? Calculate the angles of a given triangle and
d. 𝑎(𝑥 − 𝑦) + 𝑏(𝑥 − 𝑦)2 8. sketch the figure.

e. 𝑚2 𝑛3 + 𝑚3 𝑛2 − 𝑚4 𝑛4 9. The angles of a quadrilateral, taken in order, are

9. x°, 5x°, 4x° and 2x°. Find these angles. Sketch the
5. Simplify the following. 9. figure. What type of quadrilateral is this?

2𝑡 7
a. ÷
5 10

4𝑥 8𝑥−6 𝑥+1
b. × ÷
4𝑥−3 6𝑥 2 3

(𝑥+1)(𝑥−2) 𝑥+1
c. ÷
6𝑥 2 𝑦 4𝑦 2

𝑥−5 𝑥−3
d. 21 × [ − + 1]
7 3
1. Simplify the following.

(a) 8𝑛 − 5 + 2𝑛 − 8𝑛
(b) 3𝑥 + 8 × 3𝑥 − 15𝑥 ÷ 5
(c) 3𝑎 + 4𝑏 − 𝑎 + 2𝑏
(d) 18𝑥 ÷ 6 − 4𝑥 + 3 × 2𝑥

2. If A = { x, y, z }, list all the subsets of A.

3. If P = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } and Q = { 1, 4, 9, 16 }, list the elements of the set

(a) 𝑃 ∪ 𝑄 (b) 𝑃 ∩ 𝑄
Then, list all the subsets of 𝑃 ∩ 𝑄.

4. Simplify the following.

(a) 3𝑥𝑦 × 9𝑦
(b) 2𝑛 × 5𝑎𝑛2
(c) 10𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 8𝑥

5. Construct a rhombus with sides 9 cm and an angle 110°. Measure the diagonals.

6. The following figure is a Venn diagram showing the elements of sets S, A and B.
 (a) Find n(A). (b) Find n(S). (c) List the elements of 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵. (d) Find 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵.

7. Remove brackets and simplify the following.

(a) 3𝑥 − 2(2𝑥 − 𝑦)
(b) 8(𝑥 + 𝑦) − 7(2𝑥 − 𝑦)
(c) 7(𝑥 − 2𝑦) − 5(𝑥 − 3𝑦)

8. Construct trapezium ABCD with the dimensions given:

BC = 6 cm, AB = 7 cm, AD = 10 cm, 𝐵̂ = 90°. Measure CD.
Try to calculate the area of trapezium ABCD.

9. Calculate the interior angles of regular polygons with

(a) 12 sides (b) 20 sides

10. Let U = { 1, 2, 3, 4, ……, 10 }, A = { odd numbers }, B = { numbers not less than 7 }

Write out the members of the following.
(a) 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 (d) 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵
(b) 𝑈 ∩ 𝐵 (e) 𝐴 ∩ 𝑆
(c) 𝑈 ∪ 𝐵 (f) 𝐴 ∪ 𝑈

If, A = {3, 5, 7, 9}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}, C = {12, 14, 18, 20, 24}, D = {21, 26, 31, 36}

State whether true or false.

(i) 13 ∈ C Find
(ii) 6 ∉ A (a) A ∩ B
(iii) {9} ∉ A
(b) C ∪ D
(iv) {24} ∈ C
(c) A ∩ (A ∪ B)
(v) 31 ∈ D
(vi) 36 ∉ D
(vii) 20 ∉ C List all the possible subsets of A.
(viii) 9 ⊂ A
(ix) n(B) = n(C)
(x) n(A) = n(D)

Fill in the blanks.

(i) 3 ∈ ___

(ii) {4} ___ B

(iii) 26 ___ C

(iv) 8 ∈ ___
(v) 5 ___ A

(vi) 6 ___ C

(vii) {21, 36} ___ D

(viii) 18 ___ B
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List the elements of the following sets.

(a) A = The set of all even numbers less than 12

(b) B = The set of all prime numbers greater than 1 but less than 29

(c) C = The set of integers lying between -2 and 2

(d) D = The set of letters in the word LOYAL

(e) E = The set of vowels in the word CHOICE

(f) F = The set of all factors of 36

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Classify the following as finite and infinite sets.

(a) E = {The set of numbers which are multiples of 3}

(b) G = {The set of letters in the English alphabet}

(c) H = {The set of persons living in a house}

(d) K = The set of fractions with numerator 3

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1. Solve the following equations.

𝑡−2 𝑡−4 2
a. − =5
4 6

𝑦+4 3𝑦−9 1
b. − =2
4 7

𝑥+4 2𝑥−9 1
c. − = −2
4 7

2(𝑦+1) 3
d. =4
3
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2. Simplify the following.

𝑦−2𝑥 𝑥−2𝑦 𝑦
a. − − 10
5 10

2(𝑔−1)
b. − +𝑔
5

7𝑥 3𝑥
c. −
𝑚 𝑚

5𝑎+2 2(3𝑎+1)
d. −
2 3
 1 1
e. +𝑣
𝑢

3(𝑦−1) 2(5−3𝑦)
f. + 7
4
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Mathematics exercises

Simplify the following.

𝑥+𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 𝑥
a. 24 ( + + 6)
4 3

2𝑡+3 2𝑡+4
b. 18 ( − )
2 9

𝑎+2𝑏 2𝑎+𝑏
c. −
5 10

1 1 1
d. +𝑏+𝑐
𝑎