Order of Operations

Ex 1 30 – 6 ÷ 3 + 5

Ex 2 (30 – 6) ÷ 3 + 5

30−6
Ex 3
3+5

Ex 4 72 ÷ (3 × 22) – 6

Ex 5 72 ÷ (3 × 2)2 – 6

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Section 1.1 #2 18 ÷ 3 + 6 × 2

Section 1.1 #6 (18 ÷ 3 + 6) × 2

Section 1.1 #10 5 + (32 - 3)2 ÷ (9 + 3)

(8−4)2
Section 1.1 #12
(4−23 )

Fractions
Express the following in decimal and percent equivalent forms to 2 decimal place accuracy.
3
Ex 1 2
4

2
Ex 2
3

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 2
Ex 3 3
11

65
Section 1.2 #2
104

7
Section 1.2 #6 1
25

8
Section 1.2 #14 −
3

15
Section 1.2 #34
365

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Ex 4 What is 16% of $15,000?

Ex 5 What is 0.05% of $65,200?

Section 1.2 #48 What is 2.75% of $2.75?

Section 1.2 #50 0.025% of $200 is what amount?

Ex 6 *Avoid Rounding until the end*:

113 260
$5000 (1 + 0.11 × ) + $8750(1 + 0.09 × )
365 365

$790.84
Section 1.2 #40 311
1+0.13×365

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 Simple and Weighted Averages

Ex 1 5 students in this class received the following marks: 56%, 72%, 64%, 81% and 68%.
What is the average?

Ex 2 Suppose a ski chalet employs 10 people during the peak period of Dec – Feb and only 2
the rest of the year. What is the average number of employees throughout the year?
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
10 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Ex 3 An investor accumulated 1800 shares of Microtel Corporation over a period of several

months. She bought 1000 shares at $15.63, 500 shares at $19.00, and 300 shares at $21.75.
What was her average cost per share? (Note: Investors who purchase shares in the same
company or the same mutual fund at more than one price must eventually do this calculation.
Tax rules require that the capital gain or loss on the sale of any of the shares be calculated using
the weighted-average price paid for all of the shares, rather than the particular price paid for
the shares actually sold.)

Price per Share # of Shares Cost of Purchase

Purchased
$15.63 1000

$19.00 500

$21.75 300

Totals:

Average Cost per Share:

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Practice 1 A truck company has 86 drivers earning $23.85/hour, 14 secretaries earning
$18.50/hour and 8 mechanics earning $35.50/hour.
a) Find the simple average (just averaging the 3 hourly rates directly)
b) Find the weighted average (weighted by the number of employees at each rate)

Practice 2 Average Gas Cost per Litre: You filled up your car with gasoline 3 times last month,
and are curious to calculate the average gas price you paid. Each time you filled up it was at a
different price, and a different amount of gasoline purchased, as per the table below. (answer
in Cents per Litre, rounded to 1 Decimal Place)
Date Gas Price # of Litres Cost of Purchase
(Cents per Litre) Purchased
August 5 105.9 40

August 12 107.3 36

August 27 120.1 48

Totals:

Average Gas Cost (Cents per Litre):

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Practice 3 Average Bank Balance: The balance in Maureen’s savings account was $3 000 on
January 1. She withdrew $1500 on March 1. She withdrew another $1100 on May 1 and
invested $5 600 on October 1. What was her average monthly balance for the year?
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Balance
Each $3000
Month

Average Bank Balance:

Section 1.4 #10 One year ago, Sook-Yin allocated the funds in her portfolio among five
securities in the proportions listed below. The rate of return on each security for the year is
given in the third column of the table.

Calculate the rate of return for the entire portfolio.

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Practice 4 Your Course Grade: Calculate your final grade in the course based on the following
marks for tests 1 through 4 respectively: 70%, 75%, 60%, 82%
And a mark on Assignments of 100%. (this should be achievable if you attend class)

Percentage Portion of % Grade x Portion =

Grade Final Grade
Test 1 22.5%

Test 2 22.5%

Test 3 22.5%

Test 4 22.5%

Assignments 10%
(Best 5 of 6, 2% each)
Totals: 100%

Final Course Mark:

Feel free to try this again with your own grades throughout the term. A 55% is required to pass
the course, so as you complete each test you can see how close the partial Total gets to the
passing point (i.e. if you try the calculation but just put in Zeros for the tests you haven’t yet
completed). If you work hard, you can actually pass this course by writing only the first 3 tests,
though of course you’ll learn more by completing all 4.

Also Note that this course currently offers 1 optional Test Rewrite at the end of the course. So
in case you don’t do as well as you would like on one of the first 3 tests, you have a chance to
improve the mark. But please try not to rely on this, you should aim to do the best you can
throughout the course, especially since the early lessons are crucial for understanding the later
tests.

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 Exponents
Only basic exponents are required for this course, for Test #1 only, so I’ll refresh
you on this below. But if you are taking the next course, Math1020, you’ll need
a bit more knowledge so I’ll cover this as well.

Ex 1 34

Ex 2 (1 + 0.05)4

Ex 3 (2x3)2

Ex 4a. (-2)3 Ex 4b. (-2)4

Ex 5a. 52 + (-2)4 Ex 5b. 52 - 24

Ex 6 (32) x (33)

58 55
Ex 7a. Ex 7b.
55 58

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Exponents to the Power of 1? 0? Negative exponents?
Ex 8.a through h:

8a. 24

8b. 23

8c. 22

8d. 21

8e. 20

8f. 2-1

8g. 2-2

8h. 2-3

2 −3
Ex 9 (3)

Exponents to the Power of a Fraction? Square roots? i.e. Going Backwards

Ex 10a. 92 10b. 811/2 10c. 811/4

3 4
Ex 11a. √64 11b. √64 11c. √64

Solve for n:
Ex 12a. 3n = 9 12b. 2n = 128 12c. 4n = 32

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