Formulae and Subject Of The Formula Worksheet Pack

Worksheet 1 - Writing Formulae (1)

Exercise 1: Link each statement with a formula in the table below:

Statement Formula
(1) Total cost (in €C) for a 100
show that costs €5 per 𝐶=
ticket (n). 𝑛

(2) Cost (in €C) per person (n)

of a bouncy castle that is 𝐶 = 500 − 𝑛
€100 to hire.
(3) Final cost (in €C) of a €500
television with €n cash 𝐶 = 5𝑛
back.
(4) Total cost (in €C) of a job
by a plumber who charges
𝐶 = 30𝑛 + 20
€30 per hour (n) plus a
€20 call out fee.

Exercise 2: Write your own formula for each of the statements below:

Statement Formula
(1) The total cost (in €C) of buying n books at €4 per book.

(2) The total cost (in €C) of a washing machine costing €n

after a €150 discount.

(3) My total earnings (in €T) at €8 per hour when I’ve worked
for n hours.

(4) The amount of rope remaining (in T metres) on a 10

metre length after n metres have been cut off.

(5) The total cost (in €C) of a electrician’s bill who charges
€40 per hour for n hours plus a €50 call out fee.

(6) My total earnings (in €T) of working n hours at €7.50 per

hour plus a €10 bonus.

(7) The total cost (in €T) of buying n cinema tickets at €6

each less €5 cash back for a bulk booking.

(8) The total cost (in €T) of hiring a car when the company
charges €20 for hire plus 40 cent per mile (m) driven.
Worksheet 2 – Writing Formulae (2)

Exercise:

(1) A florist sells t tulips at 40 cent each and d daffodils at 30 cent each. If C cent is
the total cost of the flowers sold, write down, in terms of t and d, a formula for C.

(2) A shop sells e eating apples and b baking apples. Write down a formula that can
be used to work out the total number of apples, A, that the shop sells.

(3) Chris hires a car for his holidays. He pays a fixed charge of €75 plus €30 for each
day that he has the car. Write down a formula that Chris can use to work out the
total cost of hiring the car. You must define the letters used.

(4) Write down a formula that can be used to work out the perimeter of an
equilateral triangle. You must define the letters used.

(5) Karl earns c cents per hour. He works for t hours. He earns a bonus of b euro.
Write down a formula for the total amount he earns, T euro.

(6) A box of nails cost €1.50. A box of screws costs €2. Andrew buys n boxes of nails
and s boxes of screws. The total cost is C euro. Write a formula for C in terms of
n and s.

(7) Anna sits for a mathematics exam, an English exam and a science exam. Her
mean mark is x%. Write down a formula that can be used to work out the value
of x. You must define the letters used.

(8) A bus can seat p passengers and 8 passengers are allowed to stand. Write a
formula that can be used to work out the total number, T, of passengers that can
travel on b buses.
Worksheet 3 - Subject of the Formula

Exercise:

(1) In the formula m = 3n + 2p, make p the subject of the formula.

(2) In the formula a = 3c – 4, make c the subject of the formula.

(3) In the formula P = 2a + 2b, make b the subject of the formula.

(4) In the formula f = 3c – 4, make c the subject of the formula.

(5) In the formula u = 7t + 30, make t the subject of the formula.

(6) In the formula v = u + 5t, make t the subject of the formula.

(7) In the formula x = 3y + 2, make y the subject of the formula.

(8) In the formula y = ½x + 1, make x the subject of the formula.

𝑎
(9) In the formula s = + 8u Make a the subject of the formula.
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(10) In the formula D = ut + kt2, make u the subject of the formula.

(11) In the formula v2 = u2 + 2as, make s the subject of the formula.

(12) In the formula 2(t – 5) = y, make t the subject of the formula.

(13) In the formula m = 5n – 21, make n the subject of the formula.

(14) In the formula P = 2q + 10, make q the subject of the formula.

Worksheet 4 - Substitution

Exercise 1: Use 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 2 and 𝑐 = 7 to work out the value of

(a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 (b) 𝑎𝑏𝑐 (c) 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑎 (d) 𝑎2 + 𝑏

Exercise 2: Use 𝑎 = 6, 𝑏 = 2 and 𝑐 = 5 to work out the value of

3𝑎+𝑏 𝑎𝑐 𝑎+2𝑏+𝑐 𝑎2 + 𝑏2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
𝑐 𝑏 3 𝑐

Exercise 3: Use 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = −3 and 𝑐 = 8 to work out the value of

(a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 (b) 𝑎𝑏 (c) 𝑎𝑐 − 𝑏 (d) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2

Exercise 4: Use 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = −2 and 𝑐 = −7 to work out the value of

(a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 (b) 𝑎𝑏𝑐 (c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 (d) 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑐

Exercise 5: Use 𝑎 = 4, 𝑏 = −1 and 𝑐 = −9 to work out the value of

𝑐 2 − 𝑏2
(a) 𝑎𝑏2𝑐 (b) (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑐 (c) 𝑎(𝑐 − 𝑏) (d) 𝑎

Exercise 6: Use 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 4 and 𝑐 = 6 to work out the value of 𝑃 if

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(a) 𝑃 = 2(𝑎 + 𝑏) (b) 𝑃 = 2
𝑏𝑐 (c) 𝑃 = 𝑏(𝑐 − 𝑎) (d) 𝑃 = 𝑎2 − 𝑏

Exercise 7: Use 𝑎 = 6, 𝑏 = 3 and 𝑐 = −2 to work out the value of 𝑃 if

1 𝑏−𝑐
(a) 𝑃 = 2(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑐) (b) 3 𝑏𝑐 2 (c) 𝑃 = 𝑎𝑏−𝑐
(d) 𝑃 = 𝑎2 − 𝑐 3
Worksheet 5 – Substituting in Formulae

Exercise:
(1) F = 1.8C + 32
(a) Work out the value of F when C = 2.
(b) Work out the value of C when F = 50.

(2) A = 2W + 2L
(a) Find A if W = 3 and L = 9.
(b) Find W if A = 30 and L = 11.

(3) The cost in pounds, C, of hiring a car is given by C = 25d + 45, where d is
the number of days the car is hired.
(a) Find C if d = 4.
(b) Find d if C = 245.

(4) y = w – 2a2
(a) Work out the value of y when w = 400 and a = 5
(b) Work out the value of w when y = 902 and a = 7

(5) v = u + at
(a) Work out the value of v when u = 23, a = 4 and t = 3.
(b) Work out the value of u when v = 30, a = 2 and t = 8.
(c) Work out the value of t when v = 40, u = 12 and a = 4.