Stage (9-12)

Worksheet 6 |
1st Semester | 2024-2025
Grade 9 IG
Subject: Math
Objectives:
• Simplifying algebraic expressions with brackets
• Factorizing
• Change of subject
• Solve linear equations
• Solve quadratic equations by factorising
• Solve quadratic equations by the general formula
• Completing the square
Date:
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Questions
Q1.

Solve 3x2 + 6x – 5 = 0
Show your working clearly.
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

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Q2.

(a) Factorise 2x2 − 7x + 6

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(2)
(b) Solve

Show clear algebraic working.

m = ...........................................................
(4)
(c) Write

in the form yb where b is a fraction.

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(2)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

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Q3.

(a) Solve 5(4 – x) = 7 – 3x

Show clear algebraic working.

x = ...........................................................
(3)
3 3 2 5
(b) Factorise fully 16m g + 24m g

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(2)
(c) (i) Factorise y2 – 2y – 48

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(2)
(ii) Hence, solve y2 – 2y – 48 = 0

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(1)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

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Q4.

The diagram shows a trapezium.

All measurements shown on the diagram are in centimetres.

The area of the trapezium is 133 cm2

(a) Show that 8x2 – 6x – 275 = 0

(3)
(b) Find the value of x.
Show your working clearly.

x=
(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

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Q5.

Simon has x sweets.

Yuen has 2 more sweets than Simon.
Giulia has 3 times as many sweets as Yuen.

Simon, Yuen and Giulia have a total of T sweets.

(a) Write down a formula for T in terms of x.

Give your formula in its simplest form.

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(3)
(b) Make g the subject of the formula r = 4g + 7

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(2)
(c) Solve 6y – 3 = 2y + 8
Show clear algebraic working.

y = ...........................................................
(3)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

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Q6.

(a) Expand and simplify (m − 8)(m + 5)

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(2)
2
(b) Factorise fully 5y + 20y

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(2)
(c) Simplify (p2 + 3)0

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(1)
(d) Solve

Show clear algebraic working.

x = ...........................................................
(4)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

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Q7.

(a) Simplify fully

...........................................................
(2)
(b) Express

in the form ayn where a and n are integers.

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(2)
(c) Solve

Show clear algebraic working.

x = ...........................................................
(4)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

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Q8.

Express 2x2 − 12x + 3 in the form a(x + b)2 + c where a, b and c are integers.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

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Q9.

Express 7 + 12x – 3x2 in the form a + b(x + c)2 where a, b and c are integers.

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(Total for question = 3 marks)

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