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Q1 If a = − 2 , y = 3 and n = − 1 , evaluate the following expressions.
a. 5 − 2a + a 2 − ny 3 marks

3
n −a
b. 3 marks
n3 + y

y 2 a 2 − 5n
c. 3 marks
81

Q2 Express the following expressions in simplest form.

5a 3b
a. − 2 marks
2 4

2x + 1 x − 3
b. − 2 marks
3 2

2 3 4
c. + − 3 marks
a b c

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2 3
d. − 2 marks
3y 2 y

2x y
e. − 3 marks
y 2x

2a a 5a
f. − − 2 marks
3b 4b 12b

2x + 1 2x − 1
g. − 3 marks
x+3 x+2

2m 27
h. × 1 mark
9 8n

2
x(x + y ) (x − y )
i. × 2 marks
x− y x+ y

−
a−b a+b
j. ÷ − 2 3 marks
ab ab

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Q3 Find the value of each pronumeral in [ ].

1
a. 2n − 3 = , [n] 2 marks
2

3 7d
b. = , [d ] 2 marks
7 1+ 3

c. 9 = 2m , [m] 2 marks

d. 5(h + 2) − 2(2h − 1) = 12 , [h] 2 marks

x 5 5
e. = , [x ] 2 marks
5 x

2w − 1 w + 4
f. = , [w] 2 marks
7 5

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Q7 On Monday Mandy had twice as much money as Sandy.

On Tuesday Mandy received $15 from her dad, and Sandy received $45 from her mum.
After each person receiving the additional amount of money, Sandy had twice as much as Mandy.
Let $ x be the amount Mandy had on Monday.

a. In terms of x how much did Sandy have on Monday? 1 mark

b. In terms of x how much did Sandy have on Tuesday? 1 mark

c. Use the given information to set up an equation for x . 2 marks

d. How much money did Mandy have on Monday? 2 marks

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