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INTERNATIONAL
level 1

Mathematics
Practice Book
Unit 1

Mr Ahmed Yehia

00_Prelims i-iv.indd 1 26/08/16 7:06 am

 Unit 1 Properties of numbers
 Prime factors, HCF and LCM.
 Euclidean algorithm.
 Perfect numbers, Mersenne primes.
 Heron’s method of estimating square root.
 Index laws,
 Integer and fractional indices

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47 (a) √4 × √6 (b) √5× √4 blank

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48 Write 4√24 in the form p√6 , where p is an integer.

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49 Write √72 in the form p√2 , where p is an integer.

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50 Write √45 in the form p√5 , where p is an integer.

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51 Write √99 in the form p√11 , where p is an integer.

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52 Simplify fully

(a) √80 + √45 (b) √40 + √10

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(c) √90 + √40 (d) √20 + √80

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53 Write (5 + √6)2 in the form x + y√6 , where x and y are integers.

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! 54 Expand (7 + √3)(7 – √3)

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55 Expand (2 + √5)(3 + √5)

Give your answer in the form x + y√5 where x and y are integers.

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56 Expand and simplify (√3 + √20) 2 blank
Give your answer in the form x + y√15 where x and y are integers.

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58 Expand and simplify (√5 − √2)(√5 − √2)

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59 Expand and simplify (√8 – √3)2 blank

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NOP is a right-angled triangle.

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x 5 + √3

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61 ! Shown below is a rectangle.

√20

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3 + √3

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Show that can be written as 6 - 3 2
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74 The midpoints of the sides of a square of side 20m are joined to form another blank
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number of rabbits in a field t days from now is P twhere

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80 Starting with x0 = 3, use the iteration formula x n +1 = 2 + 2 three times to find an estimate for the
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