CORE Worked Solutions  1 

These are worked solutions of some selected questions from the Core Student Book.

Revision exercise 1A
7. Volume of a cylinder = πr2 h

2 litres = 2000 cm3

Substituting: 2000 = π × 82 × h
2000
Hence h =
π × 82
= 9.947…

= 9.95 cm (3 s.f.)

10. Area of circle, radius 10 cm:

π × 102 = 100π

Area of sector, angle 40°:

40
× π × r2
360
1
= πr2
9
Equating the two gives:
1 2
π r = 100π
9
⇒ r 2 = 900
⇒ r = 30 cm

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Revision exercise 2A
3. (a) 3x − 1 = 20
⇒ 3x = 21
⇒x=7

(b) 4x + 3 = 4
⇒ 4x = 1
1
⇒x=
4

(c) 5x − 7 = −3
⇒ 5x = 4
4
⇒x=
5

8. y

0 2 4 6 x
–1

y = 3x and x + y = 6 intersect at (1.5, 4.5), giving the height of the triangle as 4.5 − 2 = 2.5 units.

2
x + y = 6 and y = 2 intersect at (4, 2) and y = 3x and y = 2 intersect at  , 2 , giving the base of the triangle
3 
2 1
as 4 − = 3 units.
3 3
1
Area of triangle = bh
2
1 1
= × 3 × 2.5
2 3
1
= 4 square units
6

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Revision exercise 3A
9. (a) Cost for 4 hour disco (from 8 p.m. until 12 midnight):
250 + (4 × 50) + (200 × 0.5) + (200 × 0.6) + 50
= $720
720
(b) = 144 tickets
5
(c) Total revenue:
(400 × 5) + (200 × 0.75) + (200 × 1)
= $2350

Total profit:
2350 − 720
= $1630

16. 100 km is covered at 50 km/h in 2 hours.

This means the remaining 100 km is travelled in 3 hours.
Average speed for the second 100 km:
100

3
1
= 33 km/h
3

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Revision exercise 4A
3. (a) ( i) 10 × 56 = 560 kg
(560 + 67)
(ii) = 57 kg
11
(10 × 56) + (20 × 47)
(b) = 50 kg
30

45
5. × 200 = 25
(a)
360
135
(b) × 200 = 75
360
36
(c) × 200 = 20
360

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Revision exercise 5A
1. Using Pythagoras’ theorem: 32 + 52 = 34
⇒ hypotenuse = 34

Using Pythagoras’ theorem again for the second triangle:

x2 + x2 = 2x2 = 34
⇒ x2 = 17
⇒ x = 17 cm = 4.1 cm (1 d.p.)

3. (a) Using Pythagoras’ theorem:

x2 + x2 = 2x2 = 202

⇒ x2 = 200
⇒ x = 14.14 cm (2 d.p.)

The minimum side length of the card needed = 20 + (2 × 14.14) = 48.28 cm (2 d.p.)
Note: 14.14 is a rounded value from the previous line. You should work with all of the numbers on
your calculator display to prevent errors caused by rounding.

(b) The area of the octagon will be given by:

area of card − four small triangles:

 1 
(total side length)2 − 4 ×  × base × height 
2
 1 
48.282 − 4 ×  × 14.14 × 14.14 
2
= 2331 − 400
= 1931
= 1930 cm2 (3 s.f.)

Note: both 48.28 and 14.14 are rounded values from the previous part of the question.
You should work with all of the numbers on your calculator display, unless told otherwise, to prevent
errors caused by rounding. Only round your final answer to the required degree of accuracy.

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Revision exercise 6A
4. (a) Adding 3t to both sides gives:
s = rt + 3t

(b) Dividing both sides by t gives:

s − 3t s
r =  or r = − 3
t t

6. (a) 7c + 3d = 29 (1)

5c − 4d = 33 (2)

Multiply (1) by 4: 28c + 12d = 116 (3)

Multiply (2) by 3: 15c − 12d = 99 (4)

(3) + (4): 43c = 215

c=5

Substitute c into (1): 7 × 5 + 3d = 29

3d = −6
d = −2

(b) 2x − 3y = 7 (1)
2y − 3x = −8 (2)

Multiply (1) by 2: 4x − 6y = 14 (3)

Multiply (2) by 3: 6y − 9x = −24 (4)

(3) + (4): −5x = −10

x=2

Substitute x into (2): 2y − 3 × 2 = −8

2y = −2
y = −1

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Revision exercise 7A
1. (a) $1.80 × 1.1 = $1.98

(b) 800 × 0.95 = 760 km

10. Question Calculation Estimation Answer to Actual

number estimation answer
(a) 1.8 × 10.4 2 × 10 20 18.72
(b) 9.8 × 9.1 10 × 9 90 89.18
(c) 7.9 × 8.1 8×8 64 63.99
(d) 76.2 × 1.9 80 × 2 160 144.78
(e) 3.8 × 8.2 4×8 32 31.16
(f) 8.15 × 5.92 8×6 48 48.248
(g) 36.96 ÷ 4 40 ÷ 4 10 9.24
(h) 9.6 ÷ 5 10 ÷ 5 2 1.92
(i) 0.11 + 3.97 0.1 + 4 4.1 4.08

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Revision exercise 8A
4. Possible outcomes with at least three ‘heads’ are:

HHHT
HHTH
HTHH
THHH
HHHH
5
There are 16 total possible outcomes, so the probability of at least three heads is .
16
1
6. × 300 = 50 times
6

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Revision exercise 9A
6.
42°
32°

y z

Using the tangent ratio:

y
tan 42° =
5
y = 5 × tan 42°
z
tan 32° =
5
z = 5 × tan 32°
x = (5 × tan 42°) + (5 × tan 32°)
= 7.63

7. (a) All of the corresponding angles are equal.

PS 6
(b) =
8 4
   ⇒ PS = 12
QS = PS − PQ = 12 − 8 = 4 cm

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Revision exercise 10A

5. (a) 2(3)2 − 4 = 2 × 9 − 4 = 18 − 4 = 14

(b) 3(4 − (−2)) = 3(4 + 2) = 3 × 6 = 18

(c) 2(4)2 − (−2)2 = 2 × 16 − 4 = 32 − 4 = 28

3 1 3 2
14. (a) + (b) ×
5 3 8 3
9 5 3×2
= + =
15 15 8×3
9+5 6
= =
15 24
14 1
= =
15 4

1 1 2 1
(c) − (d) ÷
5 10 3 4
2 1 4 2
= − = ×
10 10 1 3
1 8 2
= = 2
10 3 3

1 2 1 3
(e) 1 − (f) 2 ×
2 5 4 4
3 2 9 3
= − = ×
2 5 4 4
15 4 27 11
= − = =1
10 10 16 16
11 1
= = 1
10 10

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