Unit 1: Number

1.1 Numbers, Symbols, and Order of Operations

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Key words:
bracket, common (vulgar) fraction, composite, cube, decimal fraction, difference, divided

by, even, equal to, greater than, integer, less than, minus, natural, negative, odd, plus,

positive, prime, product, quotient, square, sum, operation symbol, times, whole, …

Gap filling 选词填空:

1. 自然数 : ___________ number 14. 加 : ___________

2. 奇数（单数）: ___________ number 15. 减 : ___________

3. 偶数（双数）: ___________ number 16. 乘以 : ____________

4. 整数 : _________ number; : _________ 17. 除以 : ____________

5. 正数 : ___________ number 18. 等于 : ____________

6. 负数 : ___________ number 19. 大于 : ____________

7. 分数 : _________________ 20. 小于 : ____________

8. 小数 : _________________ 21. 括号 : ____________

9. 平方数 : ___________ number 22. 和 : ____________

10. 立方数 : ___________ number 23. 差 : ____________

11. 质数（素数）: ___________ number 24. 积 : ____________

12. 合数 : ___________ number 25. 商 : ____________

13. 运算符号 : _________________

Class notes 随堂笔记：

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 In-class exercise

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1. Here is a set of numbers: {−4, −0.75, 0, 1, 2 , 2, 4, 8, 9, 16, 17}

List the numbers from the set that are:

(a) natural numbers (e) negative integers

(b) odd numbers (f) fractions

(c) square numbers (g) prime numbers

(d) cube numbers (h) composite numbers

2. (a) Write down all the prime numbers from 0 to 30.

(b) Is 53 a prime number? Show your working.

3. Rewrite each of these statements using mathematical symbols.

(a) 2 divided by 3 is approximately 0.667.

(b) 2 plus 4 is not equal to 2 times 4.

(c) The sum of 2 and 4 is less than the product of 2 and 4.

(d) 5 subtracted by 6 is negative 1.

(e) Therefore, the difference between 6 and 3 is larger than or equal to a number ‘x’.

(f) The cubic root of 64 is equal to the square of 2.

4. Calculate without a calculator:

(a) 14 − [12 − (8 + 5)] (b) 3 × 10 − (4 + 8) × 2

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 62 −3×7
(c) (d) 81 ÷ (33 ÷ 11)
15−3×4

5. Put one pair of brackets into each calculation to make it correct.

(a) 8 + 3 − 2 × 5 = 13 (b) 8 + 3 − 2 × 5 = 4

6. On a cold day, the temperature at 7 a.m. was −2℃. By noon, the temperature had risen to
6℃. By 11 p.m. the temperature had dropped by 11℃. What was the temperature at 11
p.m.?

7. Local time in City A is four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Local time in
City B is three hours behind GMT. Complete the table.

Greenwich City A City B

(a) 4 p.m.

(b) 3 a.m.

(c) 8 p.m.

(d) 7 p.m.

Homework 推荐时长：15 — 20 分钟

1. State whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) The only even prime number is 2.
(b) The smallest prime number is 1.
(c) The square of an odd number is odd.
(d) An odd number multiplied by an even number is an even number.
(e) 3 − (4 + 2) = 3 − 4 − 2
(f) 5 × (7 + 3) ≥ 5 × 7 + 3

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2. Here is a set of numbers: {81, 83, 87, 91, 93, 97}
From the set of numbers, write down
(a) a square number

(b) prime numbers

(c) odd numbers

3. Arrange the set of numbers in ascending order.

{4, −3, −4, −9, 8, 0, 2, −1}

4. Calculate without a calculator and check your answers with a calculator.

−3+[18÷(3−12)+4]
(a) (b) {10 × [(3 − 6) ÷ 3]} × (2 − 4)
23 −32

5. Express each of expressions using a directed number.

(a) a profit of $500
(b) a debt of $100
(c) a gain of 10 kg
(d) 8848 m above sea level

6. Tom has a bank balance of $405.50. He deposits $150.00 and then withdraw $320.00. What
is his new balance.

7. Local time in Los Angeles is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Local time in
Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of GMT. Local time in New Delhi is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT.
Complete the table.

Tokyo Los Angeles Greenwich New Delhi

Time 16 00

Date 23rd March

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 Unit 1: Number

1.2 Multiples and Factors

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Key words:
common, be divisible by, factor, multiple, prime, …

Gap filling 选词填空：

1. 倍数 : _________ 4. 可被整除的 : ________________

2. 因数 : _________ 5. 最小公倍数 : lowest _______________

3. 质因子 : ________________ 6. 最大公因数 : highest ______________

Class notes 随堂笔记：

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 In-class exercise

1. (a) List the first five multiples of

(i) 12 (ii) 18

(b) Write down a common multiple of 12 and 18.

2. (a) List all the factors of

(i) 36 (ii) 90

(b) What are the common factors of 36 and 90?

3. (a) Using factor tree to express 84 as (b) Using division to express 90 as

product of prime factors. product of prime factors.

(c) What are the highest common factor (HCF) and the lowest common multiple (LCM)
of 84 and 90?

4. Find the HCF and the LCM of 12, 24 and 30.

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5. Pencils are sold packs of 20, and erasers are sold packs of 8. How many packs of each you
need to buy at least to ensure that each pencil has an eraser.

6. 300 silver beads, 400 gold beads and 600 crystal beads are used to make wire bracelets.
Each bracelet must have the same number and colour of beads. What is the maximum
number of bracelets can be made?

7. What is the smallest number smaller than 100 that is:

(a) divisible by 2? (e) divisible by 6?

(b) divisible by 3? (f) divisible by 8?

(c) divisible by 4? (g) divisible by 10?

(d) divisible by 5? (h) divisible by 12?

Homework 推荐时长：20 — 30 分钟

1. State whether the following statements are true or false.

(a) The lowest common factor of two numbers does not exist.

(b) The highest common multiple of two numbers is infinity.

(c) 1 is a factor of any number.

(d) The first multiple of a number is the number itself.

(e) The LCM of two prime numbers is the product of the two prime numbers.

(f) Two prime numbers do not have a common factor.

2. List all the factors of 153 and 360.

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3. (a) Using factor tree to express 196 and 462 as product of prime factors.

(b) Find the HCF and the LCM of 196 and 462.

4. (a) Using division to express 36, 63 and 84 as product of prime factors.

(b) Find the HCF and the LCM of 36, 63 and 84.

5. Can $30.45 be shared equally among

(a) 3 people? (c) 5 people?

(b) 4 people? (d) 9 people?

6. Ben takes 5 minutes to run around a track, and Jerry takes 6 minutes. How many laps will
they each have run before they cross the finishing line at the same time?

7. Simon has two lengths of rope. One piece is 64 metres long and the other is 90 metres long.
He wants to cut both lengths of rope into the longest pieces of equal length possible. How
long should the pieces be?

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 Unit 1: Number

1.3 Powers and Roots

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Key words:
base, cube root, exponent, index, power, square root, …

Gap filling 选词填空：

1. 底数 : __________ 4. 平方根 : ____________

2. 指数 : __________ 5. 立方根 : ____________

3. 幂、次方 : _____________

Class notes 随堂笔记：

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 In-class exercise

1. Calculate without a calculator:

(a) 53 (b) 192 (c) 26

2. Use the product of prime factors to find the square roots or the cube roots.
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(a) √144 (b) √216

3. Is 1125 a square number? Justify your answer.

4. Calculate without a calculator:

√64+√36 36
(a) (c) √ 8
√64+36

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√27× √8 1
(b) 3
√27×8
(d) √√4

5. Calculate with a calculator:

5 4
(a) √243 × 63 (b) √2401 ÷ 46

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6. Calculate without a calculator:
3 2
3
(a) (√64) (d) 23 × 24 − 27 (g) 273

(b) 23 × 33 − 63 (e) 3−3 (h) 160.75

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(c) 416 ÷ 48 ÷ 46 (f) (30 − 03 )100 (i) √82

7. (a) The area of a square is 625 cm2. Calculate the length of the edge of the square.

(b) The length of the edge of a cube is 9 cm. Calculate the volume of the cube.

Homework 推荐时长：20 — 30 分钟

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