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Answers
Chapter 1 Answers 4 P Q PQ
Homework Sheet A T T T
1 23 H {prime numbers}
2 a {1, 3, 5} b {6, 7, 8} T F T
3 a F b F F T T
c T d T
4 {5, 6, 7, 8,..., 19} F F F
5 A  B, A 4 C, D 4 F, B 4 C
6 a 4 b 7 c 8 P Q PQ
7 a infinite; b, c and d finite T T T
8
10 x T F F
A B
1 4 2 7
3 6 5 9 8 F T F
F F F
9 {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
10 {1, 3} 5 60 archery
11 a {2, 4, 6} 23
rock climbing
b {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8}
c {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11} 12 mountain biking
12 C 6 options 6
A I
N MP 3
Mobile
C phone 250
P I
180 70
N

Homework Sheet B 7 a b
A B
1 a x b x
A B A B
A B

c
c x
A B A
B

2 a {2}
b {10, 14, 16, 18}
c {4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18} Chapter 2 Answers
3 a {{}, {1}} Homework Sheet A
b {{}, {4}, {5}, {4, 5}} 1 a 2 b 14 c 3 d 
20
c {{}, {1}, {4}, {9}, {1, 4}, {1, 9}, {4, 9}, 2 a Up b North c Left
{1, 4, 9}} d East e Over f Subtract
3 a 35 b 90
c 8 d 12

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4 a x Chapter 3 Answers
2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Homework Sheet A
b x
1 a T b F
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 c F d T
2 a T b F
5 a 8, 9 b 4, 6, 14 c 
19
c T d F
6 a 9, 7, 0, 2, 5
e T f T
b 16, 14, 4, 6, 14
3 a x2 b m7
7 7m
c 3x  1 d 6x  10
8 a  b  c 
4 a 170 cm b ( x  5) cm
d  e  f 
5 a 9m b 2x
9 x
4 3 2 1 c 2a d 3x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
e 6m f 7mn
10 {5, 2, 1, 2, 3, 5} 6 a 5b  2a b 6b  4

11 a 7 b 1 c 3 c 6xy  5y d 4bd  d

d 8 e 3 f 6 e 6x  6y f 2y
12 a 12 b 3 g 5p  3q h 9ab  8bd
c 0 d 2 2n
7 a 4x b p
13 a Directed b Opposite 8 a $6.30 b $7x
c Negative d Number 9 a 5m b 3y
e Positive f forward c 21a d 24a
e 30ab f 18mn
Homework Sheet B g m2 h b2
1
 0 2 4 6 i 14y2 j 12a2b
–
3 0 –
6 –
12 –
18 10 a 3a  1 b 2a  3 c 3a  5b
d 5w  3t e 4x
5 f 5x
–
5 0 –
10 –
20 –
30
g 4y h 3a
–
7 0 –
14 –
28 –
42 11 a 18 b 4 c 3
  d 20 e 24 f 8
2 a 8 b 15 c 10
12 a 5(b  d) b 5(m  3)
3 a Positive b Positive c Negative
   13 a $(15  x) b $3(15  x)
4 a 2 b 4 c 2
 
5 a 4 b 9 c 7

d 3 e 1 f 1 Homework Sheet B
 
6 a 18 b 96 c 1 1 a 2m  2n b ab  5a
 
d 4 e 3 f 9 c 2x  8 d ab  3a

7 a 42 b 10 c 1 e 10  5x f xy  2x
d 0 e 1 f 12 g 12x  16 h 6m  3
 
8 a 3 b 8 c 4 i n2  5n j x2  7x

d 60 k a2  3a l 2x2  10x

9 a 2, 3 b 2, 3 m 5x2  15x n 6x2  10x

10 a 6 b 16 2 a 7x  12 b 5m  6

c 5 d 3 c 1x d 12g  10
e 0 f 5 e 5a  16 f 12x  3
g 1 h 30 g 5x  11 h 6m  8
i 2p  3 j 6x  13
k 7x  17 l 5x  5

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3 a 5(n  1) b 3(b  1) 2 a 1296 m2 b 36 cm2

c 2(5  2x) d 5(3w  2v) c 408 m2 d 368 m2
e 12m(3n  1) f 2mp(4n  3) 3 8
g 10(y  2) h 6(3n  2) 4 a 30 cm b 24 cm
4 a a(a  2) b x(x  1) 5 a 544 m2 b 2.88 m2
c 2x(x  2) d y(5y  4) 6 a 1972 m2 b 612 m2
e 2x(5x  2) f 4w(3  2w) c 1360 m2
g a(2  a) h 4a(2  a) 7 a 12.57 cm2 b 0.19 m2
5 a 4 b 2 c 11 8 a 263.89 cm2 b 527.79 m2
d 2 e 4 f 2 9 2.71 m
6 a 3, 1, 1, 3, 5 10 767 m2
b 8, 5, 2, 1, 4 11 a 415 cm2 b 1434 m2
7 a 68F b 100.4F 12 a 2146 cm2 b 1176 cm2
8 a $28 b $40 13 a 900 cm2 b 706.86 cm2
c 193.14 cm2

Chapter 4 Answers
Homework Sheet A Chapter 5 Answers
1 a 1870 mm b 345.9 cm Homework Sheet A
c 3.449 cm d 56 200 cm 1 a Goals Tally Frequency
e 2 346 000 m f 59 000 m 0 ||| 3
g 0.695 m h 0.85 km
i 405 000 cm j 4500 m 1 —
|||| || 7
k 5250 cm l 580 mm
2 —
|||| —
|||| | 11
2 900 000 cm, 9 km
3 0.76 km 3 0
4 a 88 m 54 cm b 117 km 867 m
4 ||| 3
5 15 km
6 a 71 cm b 82 m c 148 cm Total 24
7 a 12.8 m b 11.8 m
8 13 cm b Goals Tally Frequency
9 a 26 m 6 —
|||| 5

12 m 14 m 7 —
|||| || 7
24 m
8 ||| 3
b 80 m
9 —
|||| —
|||| | 11
10 a 25.13 cm b 75.40 m
11 43.98 cm 10 || 2
12 706.9 m
Total 28
13 a 61.70 mm b 157.70 m
c 195.07 cm d 15.45 m
14 a 120 min b 63 cm

Homework Sheet B
1 a 4000 mm2 b 8.76 cm2
c 6.5 m2 d 350 000 m2
e 680 ha f 940 ha

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2 a Number Tally Frequency 4 a Stem Leaf

0 —
|||| 5 0 0 4 4 6 6 6 8
1 0 2 4 1|2 means 12
1 —
|||| | 6
b 8
2 |||| 4
7
3 |||| 4 6

Frequency
5
4 |||| 4 4
3
5 0 2
1
6 | 1 0
0 10 20
7 | 1
Number of books
Total 25 5 a 8 years b 61 years
c 53 d 25
b, c 7
Homework Sheet B
6
5 1 a 15, 14, 13
Frequency

4 b 32.5, 23.5, 102

3 c 2.863, 2, 916
2
1
2 a 2.375, 2, 2, 3 b 1.14, 1, 1, 4
3 a 139.31, 140 b 108.94, 108.5
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 a 75 b 63
Number c 71.73
d One item
5 6
e 23
6 30 or 13
f 252 7 a 3, 2, 8, 6 b 15, 7.5, 17, 9.5
3 a 8 c 65.5, 38, 89, 51
8 a
6
Frequency

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 b
2 5 10 15 20 25
7.5 17 21
0 c
0 10 20 30 40
Score 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
4 38 65.5 89 104
b 30 9 a 55 b 35, 30, 60 c 30
10 a b
20
1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency

10
Chapter 6 Answers
Homework Sheet A
1 a Improper fraction
0 b Proper fraction
100 120 140 160 180
Score
c Mixed number
d Whole number

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2 20 Chapter 7 Answers
3 130 Homework Sheet A
4 a 1 b 12 1 a is not correct b is correct
c 20 d 50 2 a 1 b 4 c 11
5 a 134 b 3.25 d 4 e 92 f 8
6 a 34 b 67 c 3
11 3 a 18 b 18
7 c 7 d 28
Fraction Decimal 4 a 4 b 5 c 4
3
4 0.75 d 12
7
0.7 5 a 9
10
b 5
135 1.6 6 a 12 b 10
3 c 13 d 3
7 0.428571
7 24
215 2.2
8 42, 35, 23 Homework Sheet B
9 a 25 b 3
4 c 2
5 1 a 2 b 8
10 a 35 b 167 c 3 d 1
11 a 1125 b 114
15
e 52 f 1
c 111 d 511 2 a 1 b 2
35 20
3 5 c 13 d 8
12 a 20 b 22
3 8
c 45 64 d 111
21 4 a x
13 a 60 kg b 60 hours –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
3
14 a 3 b 10 b x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3

Homework Sheet B c x
1 24.9, 2.49, 2.049, 0.2490 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3

2 a 0.9 b 4.05 d x
c 1.33 d 7.13 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
3 1.1556 5 a x  1 b x2
4 a 0.4 b 0.003 64 c x  1 d x 4
c 0.035 6 a x3 b x2
5 a 0.0028 b 0.043 12 c x 6 d x 4
c 1 419 e y 12 f y 2
6 a 12 b 16 g a1 h k  4
c 43
7 a 23 b 12 Chapter 8 Answers
c 36 Homework Sheet A
8 a 15 b 247 1 a A reflection about the y-axis
9 80 kg40 kg b A translation of 4 units to the right and
10 20 km60 km three units down
11 a 21 balls b 12 boxes c A 180 clockwise rotation
12 $1800, $2400

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2 y d
D' C'

D C

B
3 a
E
A
A' B'
x

4 a SAS AB  XZ, A  X
BC  ZY, B  Z
AC  XY, C  Y
b ASA AB  XY, A  X Chapter 9 Answers
BC  ZY, B  Y Homework Sheet A
AC  XZ, C  Z 1 a 10 m2 b 364 cm2
c SAS XZ  XY, YXW  ZXW 2 13 200 cm2
XW  XW, XYW  XZW 3 a 264 m2
YW  WZ, YWX  ZWX b 256 m2, a has the larger surface area
d SSS OA  OB, OAP  OBP 4 a 351.85 cm2 b 1005.31 cm2
AP  BP, OPA  OPB 5 a 336 cm3 b 160 cm3
OP  OP, AOP  BOP 6 a 3146 mm 3
b 105 cm3
5 a x  12 cm 7 17.576 cm 3
b x  70, y  7.5 8 a has the greatest volume
c x  90, y  60, z  7.7 9 5.1 m3
d x  33, y  3, z  4
Homework Sheet B
Homework Sheet B 1 a 125 m3 b 272 mm3
1
c 378 m3
2 a 27 cm2, 270 cm3
b 133 cm2, 2660 cm3
a b c 201 cm2, 2614 cm2
2 a 3 72 838 cm3
4 a 31 cm3 b 314 cm3
5 a 8000 mL b 4L
c 0.033 kL d 450 cm3
3
6 1780 mL, 1800 cm , 2 L, 1.875 KL
b 7 1.88 L
8 a 720 mL b 17 280 mL
9 5616 L

c Chapter 10 Answers
Homework Sheet A
1 A(2, 3), B(0, 1), C(3, 3), D(3, 0),
E(2, 2), F(0, 4), G(3, 3), H(2, 0)

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2 y 6 y
a
5 8
c
4 7
6
3 5
2 4
1 3
2
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 1
–1 x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
–2 –1
–3 –2
–4 –3 d b
–4
3 a 5, 3, 1, 1, 3, 5 b y  2x  1
7 a (0, 0) b (0, 0)
c Answers vary
c (0, 3) d (0, 3)
4 a x 2 1 0 1 2 y
8
y 1 0 1 2 3 d c
b x 2 1 0 1 2 4
y 5 3 1 1 3 3
2
a
y 1
x
5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1
4 b
3 –2
2 –3
1 –4
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1 Homework Sheet B
–2 1 a Positive b Negative
a
–3 2 a 1 b 1
b –4 3 a y  2x  1 b y  5x  5
c y  1
5 y
4 a 5, (0, 1) b 2, (0, 7)
a 5 c 4, (0, 0) d 1, (0, 0)
b
4 5 a yx2 b y  x  2
3 6 a i P ii n
2 b i 0  n  1000 ii 0  P  3700
1 c c
x 4200
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1 3600
3000 (1000, 3700)
–2 2400
–3 1800
1200
c –4 600
n
-300
200 400 600 800 1000

d i $2900 ii $3380

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7 a C  2n  3500 6 $15.20
b i $3900 ii $5200 7 $20
c 235 8 a $67.50 b $40.50
8 a x 2 1 0 1 2 9 a $50 b 25%
y 5 2 1 2 5 10 a $1.75 b 77.78%
b y
Chapter 12 Answers
4 Homework Sheet A
3 1 a 13 b {head, tail}
2 c i Even chance ii Certain
1 iii Impossible
x d i 12 ii 1 iii 0
–2 –1 0 1 2
2 d, a, b, c
9 a i Yes ii One : one 3 a i {1, 2, 3} ii {2, 4, 6}
b i No iii { } iv {4, 5, 6}
v {1, 3, 5} vi {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Chapter 11 Answers vii {2} viii {1, 2, 3, 4, 6}
1
Homework Sheet A b i 2 ii 12
1 a 79% b 40% iii 0 iv 12
c 70% d 55% v 12 vi 1
2 a 17% b 51% vii 61 viii 56
c 74% d 172% c 1
3 a 0.07 b 0.4 4 a {T, L, V, S, N}
c 0.33 d 0.14 b i 51 ii 25 iii 109
4
c i 21 ii 1 iii 21
Percentage Fraction Decimal 5 a The bag b The jar
1
10 10 0.1 6 a 12 b 41
3 c 34 d 521
15 20 0.15 2
7 a i 5 ii 53
1
50 2 0.5 b i 14 ii 43
1
75 3
0.75 8 a i 13 ii 14
4
b i 513  171 ii 514
100 1 1 25
c 51
5 a 87.5% b 4% Homework Sheet B
6 30% 1 a i 0.56 ii 0.44
7 a 18 b 7 b 28
8 a $1610 b 2666 km 2 a 14 b 30
9 $46 3 33 times
10 a Taxes b $375 4 a i 0.49 ii 0.13 iii 0.38
c $510 d $9750 b i 0.125 ii 0.375 iii 0.5
Homework Sheet B c i 4 ii 1 iii 3
1 a $900 b $150 5 a 0.07 b 105
2 90 litres 6 a 0.38 b 91
3 a $64 b $153.60 7 a 38 b Yes
4 a $54 b $253.44
5 a $90 b $1035

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8 a Toss 1 Toss 2 Outcome 5 a b

H HH
H
T HT

H TH
T
T TT c d
b i 14 ii 1
4 iii 1
2
9 a Guess 1 2 3 4 Outcome
T TTTT A
T F TTTF
T T TTFT
F F TTFF
6
T T TFTT
T F TFTF
F T TFFT
F F TFFF
T FTTT
T F FTTF Homework Sheet B
T T FTFT
F 1
F F FTFF
T FFTT
T F FFTF
F
T FFFT
F F FFFF
b 16 4 a b
c i 4 ii 6
d i 161 ii 15
16

Chapter 13 Answers
Homework Sheet A 5
1 a MOP  120 b ADB  30
c VUW  240 d RVT  150
2 a b 6 a b A cube
25°
50°

c d
125°
c 0

90° Chapter 14 Answers

Homework Sheet A
e f 1 a a3 b 71
200° 310°
c 42 d 24
2 a 2 2 7
b 2 3 a a b
3 a x = 38° b x = 25° c 3 5 a b c c c
c x = 15° d x = 135° d 2 2 2 2 a a a a
e x = 80° f x = 24° 3 a 106 b 104
4 a x = 20° b x = 105° c 102
c x = 70°

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4 a 5 b 3 b 2 to the power of ‘the number of folds’

c 100 d 1 000 000 subtract 1
e 4 f 3
5 a 6 b 9 Chapter 15 Answers
c 4 d 6 Homework Sheet A
e 2 f 3 1 6 km/h
6 a 28 b a5 2 813 km/L
c a3b2 b 4x5 3 16 L/min
7 a 34 b 1018 4 13
45 L/h
c x3 d x5 5 a 71 km b 213 km
e 2a5 f 2xy 6 a 90 L b 1080 L
8 a 18a3b3 b 10a4b6 7 144 km
m5n
c a 5b d 2 8 1.17 h
9 a ax ay = ax + y b ax ay = ax – y 9 25
10 a 4 b 1 10 B
c 2 d b 11 a 28.8 km/h b 118.8 km/h
x2
11 a 72 92 b 4 12 a 13.33 m/s b 23.33 m/s
c 24
d 4x4 13 a 1.2 L/min b 0.003 L/min
x3 y6
4 3
14 90 m/s
12 a 20s t b e
15 3
13 a
Number of cuts 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Homework Sheet B
Number of pieces 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 1 a 84 km/h b 110 km/h
2 175 km
As a power of 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 3 8 hours
4 87.5 km/h
b i 4 ii 7 c 11 5 72 km/h
6 a 5.5 hours b 23.1 km
Homework Sheet B
7 18.85 km/h
1 a 14 b 17
c 512 d 324 9 a 6623 m/min b 50 m/min
e 9 f 6 c 800 m d 6 minutes
g 1 679 616 h 23 10 a 2pm, 110 km b 120 km
2 7 c 160 km d Becky
2 a 7a5b b 18m10n9
11 Distance (km)
3 a 81 b 81
c 81 d 3 800
e 648 f 10
600
g 82 h 84
400
4 a 13 b 19
200
5 a 735 b 27
0 Time
6 a 4 b 16 6 am 9 12 3 pm 6 pm 9 pm
7 225
8 a
Number of folds 1 2 3 4 5
Number of creases 1 3 7 15 31
Number of creases +1 2 4 8 16 32

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