Number Sequences 1

What is the 11th:
a) Odd number; 21
b) Square number; 121
c) Prime number. 31

Factors

Find all the factors of:

28

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28.

Multiples

Subtract the 7th from the 11th multiples of:

12

48

Polygons

What are the names of regular polygons with:
a) three sides;
b) four sides;
c) five sides.

Equilateral Triangle, Square and Pentagon (all regular)

Rounding

Round the following numbers to three significant figures:
a) 60.88; 60.9
b) 644292; 644000
c) 0.005895; 0.00590

Area of a Triangle

Find the area of a triangle that has a base of 7cm and a height of 10cm.

35cm2

Area of a Trapezium

Find the area of a trapezium that has a base of 14cm, a height of 9cm and a top (parallel to base) of 4cm. 81cm2

Evaluate:

$$\frac{1}{4} + \frac{7}{10}$$ $$= \frac{19}{20}$$

Fractions (Multiplying)

Evaluate:

$$\frac{2}{3} × \frac{5}{7}$$ $$= \frac{10}{21}$$

Fractions (Dividing)

Evaluate:

$$\frac{2}{4} ÷ \frac{7}{5}$$ $$= \frac{5}{14}$$

Circle (Vocabulary)

Name the red part.

Venn Diagrams

Describe the red region.

Shape Formulas

What is the formula?

What is it?

Fraction to Percentage

Convert this fraction to a percentage.

$$\frac{5}{8}$$ $$= 62.5$$%

Circle Area

Find the area of a circle that has a radius of 9cm. Give your answer to three significant figures.

254cm2

Circle Circumference

Find the circumference of a circle that has a radius of 3cm. Give your answer to three significant figures.

18.8cm

Calculate the value of:

9.6 + 2.5

= 12.1

Decimals (Subtracting)

Calculate the value of:

5.2 − 3.7

= 1.5

Decimals (Multiplying)

Calculate the value of:

4.7 × 8.5

= 39.95

Decimals (Dividing)

Calculate the value of:

64.4 ÷ 14

= 4.6

Indices (Simple)

What is the value of:

43

= 64

What is the value of:

$$4^{-3}$$

$$= \frac{1}{64}$$

Calculate the value of:

96 + 45

= 141

Basic Subtraction

Calculate the value of:

71 − 25

= 46

Basic Multiplication

Calculate the value of:

43 × 39

= 1677

Basic Division 2

Calculate the value of:

2465 ÷ 29

= 85

Percentage (Of)

Find the value of:

45% of 160

= 72

Standard Form 1

Find the value of:

4.93 × 105

= 493000

Highest Common Factor

Find the highest common factor of forty and twenty.

= 20

Times Tables (2-5)

 9 × 2 = 18 3 × 5 = 15 7 × 3 = 21 8 × 4 = 32 4 × 4 = 16 6 × 2 = 12 5 × 5 = 25 2 × 5 = 10

Times Tables (2-12)

 3 × 5 = 15 6 × 3 = 18 8 × 3 = 24 4 × 5 = 20 7 × 8 = 56 5 × 2 = 10 9 × 4 = 36 2 × 9 = 18

Times Tables (2)

 6 × 2 = 12 5 × 2 = 10 8 × 2 = 16 9 × 2 = 18 3 × 2 = 6 7 × 2 = 14 4 × 2 = 8 2 × 2 = 4

Times Tables (3)

 7 × 3 = 21 8 × 3 = 24 4 × 3 = 12 6 × 3 = 18 9 × 3 = 27 3 × 3 = 9 5 × 3 = 15 2 × 3 = 6

Times Tables (4)

 5 × 4 = 20 7 × 4 = 28 8 × 4 = 32 9 × 4 = 36 6 × 4 = 24 4 × 4 = 16 3 × 4 = 12 2 × 4 = 8

Times Tables (5)

 9 × 5 = 45 6 × 5 = 30 7 × 5 = 35 4 × 5 = 20 3 × 5 = 15 5 × 5 = 25 8 × 5 = 40 2 × 5 = 10

Times Tables (6)

 9 × 6 = 54 6 × 6 = 36 5 × 6 = 30 3 × 6 = 18 7 × 6 = 42 4 × 6 = 24 8 × 6 = 48 2 × 6 = 12

Times Tables (7)

 4 × 7 = 28 9 × 7 = 63 8 × 7 = 56 5 × 7 = 35 7 × 7 = 49 6 × 7 = 42 3 × 7 = 21 2 × 7 = 14

Times Tables (8)

 9 × 8 = 72 8 × 8 = 64 5 × 8 = 40 4 × 8 = 32 7 × 8 = 56 3 × 8 = 24 6 × 8 = 48 2 × 8 = 16

Times Tables (9)

 8 × 9 = 72 3 × 9 = 27 9 × 9 = 81 7 × 9 = 63 6 × 9 = 54 4 × 9 = 36 5 × 9 = 45 2 × 9 = 18

Times Tables (12)

 5 × 12 = 60 8 × 12 = 96 6 × 12 = 72 9 × 12 = 108 4 × 12 = 48 7 × 12 = 84 3 × 12 = 36 2 × 12 = 24

Fractions (Equivalent)

Write this fraction in its simplest form:

$$\frac{4}{8}$$ $$= \frac{1}{2}$$

Fractions (Mixed)

Evaluate:

$$1\frac{1}{2} − \frac{5}{6}$$ $$= \frac{2}{3}$$

Pythagoras

Find AB if AC = 3.9m and BC = 5m. 3.13m

Trigonometry (Angle)

Find angle BCA if AB = 5.8m and AC = 7.6m. 37.3o

Trigonometry (Side)

Find AC if angle BCA = 45o and AB = 3.1m. 3.10m

2

2

2

Fraction to Decimal

Convert this fraction to a decimal.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$ $$= 0.25$$

Decimal to Fraction

Convert this decimal to a fraction.

$$0.46$$ = $$\frac{23}{50}$$

Percentage (Increase)

Increase £40 by 30%

£52

Lowest Common Multiple

What is the lowest common multiple of fifteen and thirty five.

= 105

Sequence (Arithmetic)

5,16,27,38,49...

Find the:
a) next term; 60
b) nth term; 11n - 6
c) term number 41; 445

Sequence (Geometric)

4,8,16,32,64...

Find the:
a) next term; 128
b) nth term; 4 × 2n-1
c) term number 9; 1024

Interest (Simple)

If £180 is invested for 7 years with a simple interest rate of 6%, find the amount of interest earned. £75.60

Interest (Compound)

If £200 is invested with an interest rate of 4% compounded annually, find the value of the investment after 6 years. £253.06

Currency Exchange

If £1 is worth $1.48, convert: a) £200 to dollars;$296.00

b) \$200 to pounds; £135.14

Coordinates (Midpoint)

What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line joining:

$$(2,8) \text{ and } (8,18)$$

(5,13)

What is the gradient of the line joining:

$$(9,5) \text{ and } (12,10)$$

$$\frac{5}{3}$$

Coordinates (Square)

Here are the coordinates of 3 vertices of a square, what are the coordinates of the 4th?

$$(4,3),(8,7),(0,7)$$

(4,11)

Negative Numbers

a) 8 − 15 = -7
b) 8 × (-6) = -48
c) (11−17)(11−16) = 30
d) 48 ÷ (-6) = -8
e) (-9)2 = 81

Substitution

If p = 5, q = 20 and
r = -12 evaluate:

a) 2q − p = 35
b) pq + r = 88
c) p2 − 5q - r = -63

Equations (Type 1)

Solve:

$$5x = 40$$

$$x = 8$$

Equations (Type 2)

Solve:

$$4x -2= 10$$

$$x = 3$$

Equations (Type 3)

Solve:

$$7x -2= 4x + 22$$

$$x = 8$$

Equations (Type 4)

Solve:

$$4(5x +5)+11= 91$$

$$x = 3$$

Equations (Type 5)

Solve:

$$5(5x + 4)= 5(4x + 4)$$

$$x = 0$$

Equations (Simultaneous 1)

Solve:

$$2x+2y = 26$$
$$3x-2y = 9$$

$$x = 7, y = 6$$

Equations (Simultaneous 2)

Solve:

$$3x+5y = 41$$
$$6x-15y = -18$$

$$x = 7, y = 4$$

Equations (Simultaneous 3)

Solve:

$$5x-3y = 6.5$$
$$3x+2y = 21$$

$$x = 4, y = 4.5$$

Sets (Union)

Find the union of:

{1,2,3,4,5} and
{1,3,5,7,9}

{1,2,3,4,5,7,9}

Sets (Intersection)

Find the intersection of:

{5,6,7,8,9,10} and
{3,6,9,12,15}

{6,9}

Bearings

A plane flies from point A to point B on a bearing of 146o. What bearing would it return on from B to A? 326o

Probability

A number is picked at random from the set

{5,6,7,8,9,10}

what is the probability it is even? $$\frac12$$

BIDMAS

Evaluate:

(18 − 5)2 + 6 × 4

193

Simplify

Simplify the following by collecting like terms:

$$2y+2y^2-5y+y^2$$

$$3y^2-3y$$

Ratio

Divide 144 in the ratio

5:7

60 and 84

Graph (Linear)

Draw a rough sketch of the graph of:

$$2y=x+2$$

y intercept 1

Prime Factors

Express the following number as the product of prime numbers:

12

2 x 2 x 3

Percentage (Reverse)

In a sale an item costs £57 after a 5% reduction. What was the original price?

£60

Averages

Find the mean, mode, median and range of the following:

2,6,12,6,14

Mean = 8, mode = 6,
median = 6 and range = 12

Time (Analogue)

What time is this?

Time (Digital)

Sketch a clock face:

Decimals (Recurring)

Write the following recurring decimal as a fraction in its lowest terms.

0.575757... $$\frac{19}{33}$$

Percentage (Decrease)

Decrease £160 by 25%

£120

Brackets (Linear)

Expand:

$$8(6x-9)$$

$$48x-72$$

Expand:

$$(2x+4)(2x-4)$$

$$4x^2-16$$

Factorise (Linear)

Factorise:

$$42x-30$$

$$6(7x-5)$$

Factorise:

$$x^2-16$$

$$(x+4)(x-4)$$

Factorise:

$$9x^2+6x-8$$

$$(3x+4)(3x-2)$$

Which theorem?

Standard Form 2

Find the value of:

2.27 × 10-3

= 0.00227

Standard Form 3

Write in standard form:

5570

= 5.57 × 103

Standard Form 4

Write in standard form:

0.0000271

= 2.71 × 10-5

Find the nth term:

$$3, 14, 31, 54, 83,$$

$$3n^2+2n-2$$

Standard Form 5

Multiply 4 × 105
by 9 × 102 and give the answer in standard form.

= 3.6 × 108

Solve:

$$x^2-x-6= 0$$

$$x = 3$$ and $$-2$$

Solve this equation giving the solutions to 3 significant figures:

$$5x^2+5x-5 = 0$$

$$x = 0.618$$ and $$-1.62$$

Polygon Angles

What is the size of each exterior angle of a regular hexagon?

60°

Change The Subject

Make $$d$$ the subject of the formula
$$e=\frac{2d-1}{3}$$

$$d=\frac{3e+1}{2}$$

Basic Division 1

Calculate the value of:

1872 ÷ 8

= 234

Number Sequences 2

What is the 6th:
a) Cube number; 216
b) Triangular number; 21
c) Fibonacci number. 8

Square Numbers

What are the three largest square numbers less than
100

81, 64, 49

Prime Numbers

What is the 4th prime number?

7

Last Lesson

Write down something you learnt in the previous mathematics lesson.

Last Week

Write down something you learnt in one of the mathematics lessons last week.

Angles

Calculate $$x$$.

Decimals (Ordering)

Write down these numbers: 3, 3.33, 0.33, 3.03, 0.3, 3.3, 0.03, in ascending order.
0.03, 0.3, 0.33, 3, 3.03, 3.3, 3.33,

Lengths (Ordering)

Write down these lengths: 107cm, 1.08m, 17cm, 18mm, 1.8m, 1.7cm, in order.
1.7cm, 18mm, 17cm, 107cm, 1.08m, 1.8m,

Capacities (Ordering)

Write down these capacities: 21cl, 17cl, 173ml, 200ml, 18cl, 18ml, in order.
18ml, 17cl, 173ml, 18cl, 200ml, 21cl,

d = 99

b = 48

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