CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 9: TEACHER’S RESOURCE

Learner’s Book
answers
Unit 1 Getting started
1 a 144 b 9 8 a The square root of any integer between
c 125 d 4 16 and 25 is a possible answer.
b The square root of any integer between
2 a 512 b 128 144 and 169 is a possible answer.
3 a 157 b 153 9 a 14
4 a 4 and 3000 and 225 b 6
b All of them. 10 a i 1 ii 2 iii 3
5 10 6
b ( 5 + 1) × ( 5 − 1) = 4, and so on

Exercise 1.1 c ( N + 1) × ( N − 1) = N − 1
d Learner’s own answer.
1 a integer 3 b irrational
11 a No. It is not a repeating pattern.
c irrational d integer 7
b Learner’s own answer.
e irrational
5 Reflection:
2 a 1, 7 , −38 and − 2.25 are rational.
12
a i true   ii true  iii false
b 200 is the only irrational number. b No. It might be a repeating pattern or it
3 a integer b surd c surd might not.
d integer e integer f surd
Exercise 1.2
4 a irrational because 2 is irrational
1 a 3 × 105 b 3.2 × 105
b rational because it is equal to 4 = 2
c 3.28 × 105 d 3.2871 × 105
c irrational because 3 4 is irrational
2 a 6.3 × 107 b 4.88 × 108
d rational because it is equal to 3 8 = 2
c 3.04 × 106 d 5.2 × 1011
5 a Learner’s own answer. For example:
2 and − 2 . 3 a 5400 b 1 410 000

b Learner’s own answer. For example: c 23 370 000 000 d 87 250 000
2 and 2 − 2 4 Mercury 5.79 × 107 km; Mars 2.279 × 108;
6 a i 4 ii 6 Uranus 2.87 × 109

iii 10 iv 6 5 a Russia b Indonesia

b They are all positive integers. c The largest country is approximately 9
times larger than the smallest country.
c Learner’s own answer.
d Learner’s own answer. 6 a 7 × 10−6 b 8.12 × 10−4
c 6.691 × 10−5 d 2.05 × 10−7
7 a 7² = 49 and 8² = 64
b 4³ = 64 and 5³ = 125

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7 a 0.0015 b 0.000 012 34 1 1

7 a 36 b c 1 d
36 216
c 0.000 000 079 d 0.000 900 3
1
8 a b
1   c
    1 d 1
8 a 30 b 9.11 × 10−25 kg 81 225 400
1 1
9 a z b y 9 a i 2 ii 4 iii 9
4 9

10 a 65 is not between 1 and 10. b i x=5 ii x = 10

b 6.5 × 105 10 a i 3 5
ii 39
c 4.83 × 107 iii 310 iv 36
11 a 1.5 × 10−2 b i 3 ii 3−1 iii 32
b 2.73 × 10−3 iv 3−2 v 3−3
c 5 × 10−8 c Learner’s own answers.
d Learner’s own answers.
12 a 6.1 × 106
b 6.17 × 105 11 a b 52
56   c 5−2 d  5−6
c 1.75 × 105 12 a 6−1 b 73
13 a 7.6 × 10−6 c 11−10 d 4−4
b 8.02 × 10−5 13 a x=4 b x=6
c 1.6 × 10 −7 c x = −2 d x=5
14 a i 7 × 106 ii 3.4 × 107 14 a i 22 ii 43
iii 4.1 × 10−4 iv 1.37 × 10−3 iii 51 or 5 iv 23
b To multiply a number in standard form by b Learner’s own answers.
10, you add 1 to the index. c Learner’s own answers.
c To multiply a number in standard form
15 a 6−3 b 9−1
by 1000, you add 3 to the index. To divide
a number in standard form by 1000, you c 15−4 d 10−5
subtract 3 from the index.
16 a 25 b 87
Reflection: You can compare them easily. You c 5−6 d 122
can write the number without using a lot of zeros.
You can enter them in a calculator. 17 a 26 b 2−6 c 36
d 3−6 e 93 f 9−3
Exercise 1.3
1 a 1
b
1
c
1 Check your progress
4 8 81
1 1 1 1 a rational b irrational
d    e f
    
216 10 000 32 c rational d irrational
2 3 , 2 and 4 are equal, 5 , 6
−3 −4 −2 −1 0
e rational
3 a 2−1 b 2−2 c 26 2 a rational because it is equal to 25 = 5
d 2 −6
e 2 0
f 2 −3
b irrational because it is 3 + 7 and 7 is
4 a 102 b 103 c 100 a surd

d 10−1 e 10−3 f 10−6 3 n=3

5 a 64−1 b 8−2 4 a 8.6 × 1010 b 6.45 × 10−6

c 4−3 d 2−6 5 C, D, A, B
6 a 3 or 9 or 81
−4 −2 −1
6 a
1
b
1
c
1
49 81 128
b The three ways in part a.

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