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Maths 6A
Chapter 1: Algebra

Test Name: Post-Test

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1. Simplify 7m + 8 – 2m – 3 + 4m.

(1) m+5
(2) m + 11
(3) 9m + 5
(4) 9m + 11

2. John practices piano every day for a total of 21 h

a week. How many hours will John practice in x days?

(1) 21x
(2) 3x
21
(3)
x
3
(4)
x

3. Kelly bakes 24y muffins. She eats 8y muffins and

packs the rest equally into 4 containers. How many
muffins are there in each container?

(1) 4
(2) 6
(3) 4y
(4) 6y

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4. Amalina bought r stamps on Monday. She bought

three times as many stamps on Tuesday as on
Monday. On Wednesday, she bought 5 more stamps
than on Tuesday. What was the total number of
stamps she bought over the three days?

(1) 3r + 5
(2) 4r + 5
(3) 6r + 5
(4) 7r + 5

5. Megan was z years old 4 years ago. Her sister is

7 years older than she is. What will be their total age
in 2 years’ time?

(1) (2z + 15) years

(2) (2z + 16) years
(3) (2z + 19) years
(4) (2z + 22) years

Question Type: Short Answer

6. Write an expression for each of the following.

(a) Subtract 12 from k _________
(b) 5 more than half of m _________

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7. Simplify each of the following.

(a) 9a – 4a + 3a _________
(b) 12r – 4 + 5r – 3 _________

8. Ghani and Vicki share some stickers. Ghani has

w stickers. She has three times as many stickers as
Vicki. How many stickers do they have altogether?
_________

9. Find the value of each of the following expressions

when z = 6.
(a) 3z  2 + 14 _________
8z -1
(b) _________
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Give your answer in its simplest form.

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10. Tom has $p. Colin has $2p more than Tom. John has
$4 less than Colin. Find the amount of money John
has in terms of p in its simplest form. _________

11. Ryan thinks of a number. When he multiples the

number by 4 and subtracts 19 from the result, he gets
33. What number is Ryan thinking of? _________

Question Type: Long Answer

12. A bag of flour weighs p kg. Mrs Tan pours the flour
into two different containers in the ratio 1 : 5.
(a) What is the mass of the flour in the small
container?
(b) If the bag of flour weighs 18 kg, what is the mass
of the flour in the large container?

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13. The cost of a dining chair is $z. A dining table costs

three times as much as the dining chair.
(a) Find the total cost of the dining table and
4 dining chairs in terms of z.
(b) If the dining chair costs $260 and Mr Chia pays
$2000 for the table and chairs, how much
change will he receive?

14. Naomi paid $62 for 3 pairs of shorts and 4 T-shirts.

Each pair of shorts cost $2 more than a T-shirt.
Find the cost of each T-shirt.

15. Mdm Ling is five times as heavy as her daughter.

The difference in their masses is 56 kg.
What is Mdm Ling’s mass?

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