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Workbook answers
Unit 1 The number system
Exercise 1.1 Challenge
12 To multiply by 100, you move each digit
Focus two places to the left. If you multiply a
6 7 whole number by 100, this has the effect of
1 +
10 100 adding two zeros but this does not work for
2 5 thousandths all numbers, for example, 1.5 × 100 does not
equal 1.500.
3 A: 5607 tenths + 9 thousandths, C: 56 + 0.79
13 0.007
4 3.7 0.034
14 Anton: 4.5, Ben: 0.045, Kasinda: 45 and
Anya: 0.45
÷ 10 ÷ 10 ÷ 1000 × 10
15 Leila has made the number 51.111. If she had
put all her counters in the tens column, she
37 × 100 0.37 34 × 100 0.34 would have made the number 90.
90 > 51.111
0.98

Exercise 1.2
× 10 × 100
Focus
0.098 ÷ 1000 98 1 rounds to

5 91.969 = 90 + 1 + 0.9 + 0.06 + 0.009 8.3

8.52
6 0.645 8.4

Practice 8.5
8.77
7 5 tenths, 6 thousandths, 7 ones 8.6
8 a 560 b 880 c 412.8
8.7
d 0.67 e 1.91 f 0.63 8.35
8.8
9 D
2 10.35, 9.55, 10.05, 9.5
10
in out
3 a 7.8 b 8
1.5 1500
0.937 937 4 Number Number Number
rounded to rounded to
16.24 16 240
the nearest the nearest
0.49 490 tenth whole number
0.07 70 3.78 3.8 4
11 −24.976 4.45 4.5 4
3.55 3.6 4
4.04 4.0 4

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Practice b add 7
5 100.45 c multiply by 7
d 175
6 19.42
2 4, 4.3, 4.6, 4.9, 5.2
7 1.45 and 3.45
3 a 
1.8, 1.9
8 10.49
1
b 3, 3
Challenge 2
c −1.5, −1.8
9 3.34
4 a 
multiply by 9
10 JULY
b 90
11 16.51 rounded to the nearest whole number
is 17. 5 a 

17.49 rounded to the nearest whole number Position 1 2 5 10 100

is 17. Term 100 200 500 1000 10 000
Both answers are 17. b multiply by 100
16.51 rounded to the nearest tenth is 16.5.
Practice
17.49 rounded to the nearest tenth is 17.5.
6 a 
First six terms: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42
The difference between 17.5 and 16.5 is 1 so
Position-to-term rule: multiply by 7
Stefan is correct.
50th term: 350
12
b First six terms: 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66
10.5 litres 9459 7.65 litres 9.91 litres 11 011
millilitres millilitres Position-to-term rule: multiply by 11
50th term: 550
7 a 
0.9
8 litres 9 litres 10 litres 11 litres
b −1.6
8 a 
9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99
b multiply by 9
10 400 8.82 litres 8100 11.1 litres 9.49 litres
millilitres millilitres c 540
9 3.35, 3.38, 3.41
2 4 1 3
10 1, 1 , 1 , 2 , 2
Unit 2 Numbers and
5 5 5 5

Challenge
sequences 11 a 
42  42.15  42.3  42.45  42.6
b 43.35
Exercise 2.1
12 Position Term
Focus 1 6
1 a Position 1 2 3 4 2 12
Term 7 14 21 28 5 30
6 36
12 72

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13 a 
18, 26, 34 10
b add 8 square cube
c No numbers numbers
1
1 × 8 does not equal 10 or the terms in the 8
9
sequence are not multiples of 8. 64
27
1 3 1
14 1 and −6 and −8 25
2 4 4
10 50

Exercise 2.2
Challenge
Focus
11 49 and 81
1 a 
1 b 125
12 13 and 43 (1 and 64)
c 81 d 1
13 64
2 34
16 is 42. 42 × 4 = 64
3 84
14 23  32  52  33  (8, 9, 25, 27)
4 6 × 6, 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6
15 square numbers: 4 and 36
5 64
cube numbers: 8 and 27
Practice
6 2 Exercise 2.3
7 a 
1 b 125 Focus
c 27 d 64 1 a 
They are all cube numbers (1 × 1 = 1 = 1,
2 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 × 52 = 53 = 125, 3 × 32 = 33 = 27, 42 × 4 = 43 = 64).
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
8 a 
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
4
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
b Shape 1 2 3 4 5 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Number of bricks 1 4 9 16 25
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

c 100 bricks. The sequence is square 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

numbers and 102 is 100.
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
9 Not a cube
Cube number 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
number
Learners’
Even number 8 or 64 own b 45, 90
answers 2 28
Learners’
Not an even 3 a 
1 and 2
1 or 27 own
number
answers b 1, 2 and 4
4 1, 2 and 5

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Practice
5
Unit 3 Averages
multiple of 7 not a multiple of 7
multiple 28  56 12  48 Exercise 3.1
of 2
not a 35  63 55  47 Focus
multiple of 2
1 a 7 + 3 + 2 = 12

6 1, 2 and 3 12 ÷ 3 = 4
The mean is 4.
7
b 10 + 4 + 7 + 4 + 5 = 30
multiples of 2
30 ÷ 5 = 6
The mean is 6.
multiples of 4 10
2 a 11 − 2 = 9 kg b 150 − 103 = 47 g
12 8
3 The range is 5. – 2, 6, 4, 7, 4
The mode is 5. – 5, 6, 5, 7, 8
11
The median is 5. – 5, 3, 4, 9, 8
9 The mean is 5. – 5, 6, 1, 6, 7

Practice
8 a 
18 and 45 4 a Jenny: 11, Carrie: 10
b 18 and 36 b Jenny: 16, Carrie: 12
Challenge c Jenny’s mean score was higher, but her
scores were less consistent.
9
Carrie’s range is lower, so her scores were
factors of factors of less spread out. Carrie’s mean score was
30 6 24 lower than Jenny’s.
1
4 5 a Erik: 6, Halima: 7
5 2
8 b Erik: 3, Halima: 7
3
7 c Learners’ own answers. For example,
9 Halima practised for longer over the week
than Erik. Erik’s daily practice time was
more consistent than Halima’s.
The numbers in the shaded area are factors of
30 and 24. 6 More than one solution, for example:
10 20 minutes a 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18
b 14, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19
11 Hassan is correct. 7 is a common factor of 49
and 56. c 14, 15, 15, 17, 17, 18
12 Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24 Challenge
Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24 7 a 2 b 9 c 14
24 cakes can be bought in 3 packs. d 33 e 58
8 More than one possible solution. For example:
The five heights could be: 119 cm, 131 cm,
132 cm, 135 cm, 135 cm
The five weights could be: 25 kg, 33 kg, 33 kg,
40 kg, 41 kg

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