Mathematics

Year 10
Maths Skills Check
Number & Algebra
Intermediate 2

Name: __________________________________________

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Rounding to a number of decimal places
1) Round the following numbers to the given number of decimal places:
a) 2.345 (2 dec places) ___________________ b) 45.139 (1 dec place) __________________
c) 0.0579 (3 dec places) ___________________ d) 23.9705 (1 dec place) _________________

Rounding the a number of significant figures

2) Round the following numbers to the given number of significant figures:
a) 2.345 (2 significant figures) _____________ b) 34.1 (1 significant figure) ________________
c) 0.003081 (2 significant figures) __________ d) 2975 (3 significant figures) _______________

Estimating/Approximating
3) Estimate the answers to the following, you must show all your workings out.
23.1 ×615.2 19.12 36.8 ×81.3
39.5 48.4 × 82.4 0.235
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Comparing fractions, decimals and percentages

4) Convert the following into decimals:
a) 35% _______________ b) 76% _________________ c) 24.5% __________________
5) Convert the following into percentages:
a) 0.45 ______________ b) 0.08 _________________ d) 0.654 __________________
6) Convert the following into percentages and decimals:
35
a) Percentage: _____________________________ Decimal: _____________________
50
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b) Percentage: _____________________________ Decimal: _____________________
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c) Percentage: _____________________________ Decimal: _____________________
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7) Convert the following into fractions and simplify if possible:

a) 0.3 __________________ c) 0.25 ___________________ e) 0.321 _________________
b) 12% _________________ d) 50% ___________________ f) 80% ___________________
8) In each case, write down which is the biggest value. You must justify your answer.
3 2
a) or 65% b) 0.606 or 66% c) 0.125 or
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d) or 54% e) 112% or f) 0.052 or 20
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9) Write these in ascending order, showing all your workings out.
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0.92 90.5%
40

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Types of numbers: Factors and multiples

10) What is a factor? ______________________________________________________________________
11) What is a multiple? ____________________________________________________________________
12) Find all the factors of the following numbers:

a) 24_____________________________________ c) 50 _____________________________________

b) 30_____________________________________ d) 16 _____________________________________

13) Find the highest common factor of 24 and 16____________________________________

14) Find the highest common factor of 30 and 50____________________________________
15) Write down the first five multiples of the following numbers:

a) 6______________________________________ c) 7 ____________________________________

b) 8______________________________________ d) 13 ___________________________________

16) Write down the lowest common multiple of 6 and 8_____________________________

Product of prime numbers and its application
17) What is a prime number? ______________________________________________________________
18) Why is 2 the only even number that is a prime number? _____________________________________
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19) Are all odd numbers prime numbers? You must explain your answer. ___________________________
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20) Express the following numbers as product of prime numbers in index form:
a) 648 b) 800 c) 360

21) Write down the least whole number by which 360 should be multiplied to make the result a perfect
square. ________________________________________________________________________
22) Is 24 x 35 a perfect square? Explain your answer.
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23) Express 360 and 500 as a product of prime numbers in index form. Use your answers to find the lowest
common multiple and highest common factor of 360 and 500. Show your workings out in a Venn diagram.

Lowest common multiple: _________________ Highest common factor: __________________

Calculating with negative numbers
24) Calculate the following, without a calculator.
a) 3 – 7 ______________________ d) -8 + 2 – 1 _______________________
b) -3 + 9 ______________________ e) -3 – 7 + 4 _______________________
c) 7 – 3 – 4 ____________________ f) -7 – 1 + 3 – 4 _____________________
25) Calculate the following, without a calculator.
a) -3 + 7 – 1 _____________________ f) −3 × 5 _____________________________
b) -9 - - 3 + 1 ____________________ g) −36 ÷ −9 __________________________
c) 2 + - 7 - - 3 ____________________ h) 56 ÷ −7 ___________________________
d) -15 + 6 - - 2 ____________________ i) −8 × −9_____________________________
e) -30 + 20 – 5 ____________________ j) (−7)2 ________________________
Using the terms square, square root, cube, cube root & (*reciprocal)
26) What is a square number? ___________________________________________________________
27) What is a cube number? _____________________________________________________________
28) Write down the first 10 square numbers ________________________________________________
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29) Write down the first five cube numbers _________________________________________________
30) Find the value of the following, without a calculator.
a) 122 _________________________ b) the cube of 5 ____________________________
c) √400 _______________________ d) the square of 40 __________________________
e) 3 cubed ______________________ f) 73 ______________________________________
g) 40 squared ____________________ h) the reciprocal of 3 _________________________
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i) the reciprocal of 5 _______________ j) the reciprocal of 0.2 ________________________
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k) the reciprocal of 7 _______________ l) √8000 ___________________________________
31) Write down two numbers less than a 100 that are both square and cube numbers ______________
Finding a fraction of a number
32) Explain how you would find a fraction of a number: _________________________________________
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33) Find, without a calculator:
3 7 5 4
a) of 45 b) 9 of 27 c) 6 of 54 d) 9 of 117
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4 operations with fractions
34) Calculate the following without a calculator:
3 3 2 1 4 1 2 3
a) −8 b) 9 + c) 5 − d) 7 +
4 3 3 4

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2 3 4 3 4 3 2 7
e) 7 × f) 5 × g) 7 ÷ h) 9 ÷
4 8 4 8

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Order of operations
35) What does BIDMAS stand for? ____________________________________________________________
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36) Calculate the following, without using a calculator.
a) 2 + 3 x 6 b) 20 - 30 ÷ 2 c) (9 – 7) x (2 + 3) d) (9 – 5)2 – 7
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*Upper & Lower bounds

37) The following numbers have been rounded to a certain degree. Give their least and greatest values.

a) 140 nearest 10 Least____________________ Greatest _________________

b) 700 nearest 100 Least____________________ Greatest _________________
c) 56 nearest whole number Least____________________ Greatest _________________
d) 4.7 to one decimal place Least____________________ Greatest _________________
e) 500 nearest 50 Least____________________ Greatest _________________
f) 3.46 to two decimal places Least____________________ Greatest _________________
g) 3.4cm to nearest mm Least____________________ Greatest _________________

*Standard form
38) What is standard form? _________________________________________________________________
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39) Write each of the following numbers in standard form.
a) 7 million ____________________________ d) 3258000 _______________________
b) 0.000043 ____________________________ e) 0.00008 _______________________
c) 23 million ___________________________ f) 34900 ___________________________
*Using the rules of indices
40) Express the following as a single power of 2:
26 × 23
a) 23 × 25 b) 2−5 ÷ 2−2 c) d) 23 × 42
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Ratio and Proportion

41) Divide £340 by the ratio 15:2
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42) Divide 400 by the ratio 5:2:3
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43) A number is divided by the ratio 3:7. One of the values is 105, what could the other value be? You must
find all possible values.
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Expressing a number as a percentage without a calculator

44) What is 12 out of 20 as a percentage? ________________________________________________
45) What is 270 out of 300 as a percentage? ______________________________________________
46) Write 12 out of 40 as a percentage __________________________________________________

Expressing a number as a percentage with a calculator

47) What is 14.7 out of 235 as a percentage? _____________________________________________
48) What is 58.9 out of 93.1 as a percentage? ____________________________________________
Finding a percentage of a number without a calculator
49) Find the following percentages of the given number:
a) 10% of £2.40 b) 20% of £540 c) 70% of £12 d) 5% of £64
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e) 12.5% of £36 f) 7% of £300 g) 17.5% of £140
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Finding a percentage of a number with a calculator
48) Find:
a) 13% of 47.5 __________________________________________________________________

b) 27.8% of 287 _________________________________________________________________

c) 78.1% of 5035 ________________________________________________________________

Repeated proportional change (ie Compound interest or depreciation)

50) Find the compound interest on an investment of £3500 over three years with compound interest rate of
5.5%. _______________________________________________________________________________
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51) A item of furniture depreciates at a rate of 14% of its value at the beginning of that year. Find the value of
the item of furniture at the end of 4 years of depreciation, if its value at the beginning of the period was
£3200. ______________________________________________________________________________
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*Finding the percentage increase/decrease

52) A number has increased from 234 to 450, what is the percentage increase?
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53) A number has decreased from 567 to 125, what is the percentage decrease?
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54) A number has increased from 200 to 250, find the percentage increase without a calculator.
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Drawing straight line graphs
55) Use the graph paper below to draw the graphs of the following straight lines:
a) y = 2 b) x = -3 c) x = 4 d) y = -4

56) Use the graph paper below to draw the graph of the straight line 𝑦 = 𝑥
57) Draw the graph of 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 1 on the graph paper below.

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58) Use the graph paper below to draw the graph of the straight line 𝑦 = 12 − 4𝑥

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59) Find the equation of the following straight line:

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60) Circle the steepest line out of the following straight lines:

𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 3 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 3 𝑦 =𝑥−5

61) Circle the steepest line out of the following straight lines:

𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 4 𝑦 = 3 + 6𝑥 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 7

62) Circle the two parallel lines out of the following straight lines:

𝑦 = 6𝑥 − 4 𝑦 = 3 + 6𝑥 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 4

63) Circle the two parallel lines out of the following straight lines:

𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 3 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 5
Conversion Graphs
64) The following two pieces of information, given in both kilograms (kg) and pounds (Ibs), were seen in a
cookery magazine.

a) Use the information to draw a conversion graph between kilograms and pounds.

b) Use the conversion graph to estimate the value of 20 kg in pounds.

Remember to show the method you have used.
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Number Sequences
65) Write down the next term in each of the following sequences.
a) 3, 6, 9, 12, ______________ d) 18, 16, 12, 6, -2, _______________
b) 30, 26, 22, 18, ___________ e) 248, 124, 62, 31, _______________
c) 10, 11, 13, 16, ___________ f) 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, _________________
66) Describe, in words, the rule for finding the next term in the following sequence.

3, -9, 27, -81, …………. ____________________________________________________________

Formulae
67) If V = 3W – 2Y, find the value of V if W = 5 and Y = -4. _________________________________________
68) If W = 3y2, find the value of W if y = -5. ____________________________________________________
69) Using the formula C=2b + 5d, find the value of b if C = 68 and d = 6. _____________________________
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Simplifying expressions
70) Simplify the following expressions:
a) 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 5𝑥 + 7𝑦 b) 4n - 3(2m –n) c) 3(2p + q) – 4(3p – q)
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24𝑥 7
d) 3𝑥 4 × 4𝑥 7 e) (3𝑥 5 𝑦 −2 ) × (4𝑥 −2 𝑦 7 ) f) 3𝑥 −2 g) 3𝑎−7 × 2𝑎9

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Solving linear equations

71) Solve the following equations:
𝑎) 3𝑥 + 4 = 8𝑥 − 26 b) 4𝑥 + 3 = 2𝑥 − 5 c) 7𝑥 + 4 = 3𝑥 + 16 d) 3𝑥 + 2 = 2(3 − 2𝑥)
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e) 7𝑥 − 2 = 3𝑥 + −18 f) 4𝑥 + 3 = 21 − 2𝑥 g) 7𝑥 − 2 = −3𝑥 − 32 h) 2𝑥 + 3 = 28 − 3𝑥
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MATHS ONLY TOPICS (i.e. not in NUMERACY)
Nth term
72) Write, in terms of n, the nth term rule for each of the following sequences :

a) 3 7 11 15 19 …………. __________________________________________

b) 5 12 19 26 33 …………. __________________________________________

c) 9 17 25 33 41 ………….. __________________________________________

d) 2 9 16 23 …………. __________________________________________

e) 1x3 2x4 3x5 4x6 ………… __________________________________________

73) Write, in terms of n, the nth term rule for each of the following sequences :

a) 2 5 10 17 26 …………. __________________________________________

b) -1 3 7 14 23 …………. ___________________________________________

c) 2 8 18 32 50 ………….. ___________________________________________

74) The nth term for a sequence is n2 – 2. Find the value of the 20th term.
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75) The nth term for a sequence is 3 – 2n. Find the value of the 4th term.
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76) Find the first three terms of the sequences that have the following nth term:
a) 4n -7 b) n2 -10 c) 2n2 + 5
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77) The nth term for a sequence is 3n + 7. Would 40 be in the sequence? Justify your answer.

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78) The first five terms of a sequence are 6, 14, 22, 30. Would 222 be in the sequence? Justify your answer.
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Solving inequalities
79) Solve:
a) 3𝑥 − 1 > 11 b) 7𝑥 + 2 ≤ 3𝑥 + 12 c) 9𝑥 − 3 > 15 − 𝑥
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80) Write the largest integer (whole number) that 𝑥 could be in the inequality for 75(b) __________________
Factorising (one bracket)
81) Factorise:
a) 4a + 8 ________________________ b) 18 – 12y ______________________________
c) 27a + 24b ______________________ d) 24a + 18b _____________________________
e) 12y – 36 _______________________ f) 25 – 35c _______________________________
82) Factorise:
a) 3x2 – 9x _______________________________ b) 32xy2 + 24y ____________________________
c) y2 – 4y _________________________ d) 6ab – 2a2 _______________________________
e) a3 + 4a2 ________________________ f) 6ab2 – 4a2b _____________________________

*Expanding 2 brackets
83) Expand the following:
a) (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 9) b) (𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 + 7) c) (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 8) d) (2𝑥 − 3)(3𝑥 + 8)

*Solving linear equations in fraction form

84) Solve:
2𝑥+1 3𝑥−4 4𝑥−3 3𝑥+2
a) + = 30 b) + = 62
3 6 4 2
Trial and improvement
85) a) A solution to 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 − 8 = 0 is found
between 1 a 2. Use trial and improvement to
find the solution to 1 decimal place.
c) A solution to 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 − 20 = 0 is found
between 2 a 3. Use trial and improvement to
find the solution to 1 decimal place.
b) A solution to 𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 − 34 = 0 is found
between 3.7 a 3.8.
Use trial and improvement to find the solution
to 2 decimal places.
d) A solution to 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 − 31 = 0 is found
between 2.7 a 2.8.
Use trial and improvement to find the solution
to 2 decimal places.
Quadratic graphs
86) a) Complete the following table which gives values of 𝑦 = 5 − 𝑥 2 for values of 𝑥 from -2 to 4.

b) Using suitable axes draw the graph 𝑦 = 5 − 𝑥 2 for values of 𝑥 from -2 to 4 on the graph paper below.

c) Draw the line y = 2 on the graph paper and write down the 𝑥-values of the points where the two
graphs intersect. ____________________________________________________________________

d) Complete the following table which gives values of 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 10 for values of 𝑥 from -2 to 4.
𝑥 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 10

e) Draw the graph 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 10 for values of 𝑥 from -2 to 4 on the graph paper above (label the graph
clearly).
f) Graph’s with ‘𝑥 2 ′ are always __________________________ shaped.

g) Graph’s with ‘−𝑥 2 ′ are always __________________________ shaped.

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