KOTHARI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

Session: 2023-24
IGCSE-1
CHAPTER-2: MAKING SENSE OF ALGEBRA

Assignment-1
1 Write down the algebraic expression that says:
a 4 more than x b 7 less than x c k more than 3
d t less than 8 e x added to y f x multiplied by 4
g 5 multiplied by t h a multiplied by b i m divided by 2
j p divided by q.
2 Graca is x years old. Dave is four years older than Graca and Priti is five years younger than Graca.
a How old is Dave? b How old is Priti?
3 My brother is five years younger than me. The total of our ages is 27 years. How old am I?
4 Sue has p pets.
• Frank has two more pets than Sue.
• Chloe has three fewer pets than Sue.
• Lizzie has twice as many pets as Sue.
How many pets does each person have?
5 a Wei Wu has $20 and spends $16. How much does he have left?
b Sarfraz has $10 and spends $a. How much does he have left?
c Rohit has $b and spends $c. How much does he have left?
6 a How many days are there in three weeks?
b How many days are there in z weeks?
7 a Granny Parker divides $30 equally between her three grandchildren.
How much does each receive?
b Granny Smith divides $r equally between her four grandchildren.
How much does each receive?
c Granny Thomas divides $p equally between her q grandchildren.
How much does each receive?
Assignment-2
1 Find the value of 2x + 3 when:
a x=2 b x=5 c x = 10
2 Find the value of 3k – 4 when:
a k=2 b k=6 c k = 12
3 Find the value of 4 + t when:
a t=4 b t = 20 c t=
4 Evaluate 10 – 2x when:
a x=3 b x=5 c x=6
5 Evaluate 5y + 10 when:
a y=5 b y = 10 c y = 15
6 Evaluate 6d – 2 when:
a d=2 b d=5 c d=
7 Two of the first recorded units of measurement were the cubit and the palm.
The cubit is the distance from the fingertip to the elbow and the palm is the distance across the hand.
A cubit is four and a half palms.
 The actual length of a cubit varied throughout history but it is now accepted to be 54 cm.
a How many centimetres is a palm?
b Noah’s Ark is recorded as being 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide by 30 cubits high.
What are the dimensions of the Ark in metres?
8 Find the value of when:
a x=6 b x = 10 c x = 18
9 Find the value of when:
a x=1 b x=3 c x=4
10 Evaluate when:
a p=2 b p = 10 c p = 20
11 Find the value of 3(2y + 5) when:
a y=1 b y=3 c y=5
12 The rule for converting degrees Fahrenheit into degrees Celsius is:
C = (F – 32)
a Use this rule to convert 68 °F into degrees Celsius.
b Show, with a suitable substitution, that degrees F and degrees C have the same value
at –40 degrees.

Assignment-3
1 p = q2 Make q the subject.
2 p= Make q the subject.
3 2a = 5b + 1 Make b the subject.
4 A restaurant has a large oven that can cook up to 10 chickens at a time.
The restaurant uses the following formula for the length of time it takes to cook n chickens:
T = 10n + 55
A large party is booked for a chicken dinner at 7 pm. They will need eight chickens between them.
a It takes 15 minutes to get the chickens out of the oven and prepare them for serving.
At what time should the eight chickens go into the oven?
b The next day another large party is booked.
i Rearrange the formula to make n the subject.
ii The party is booked for 8 pm and the chef calculates she will need to put the chickens in the
oven at 5.50 pm.
How many chickens does the party need?
5 Kern notices that the price of six coffees is 90 cents less than the price of nine teas.
Let the price of a coffee be x cents and the price of a tea be y cents.
a Express the cost of a tea, y, in terms of the price of a coffee, x.
b If the price of a coffee is $1.20, how much is a tea?
6 Distance, speed and time are connected by the formula:
distance = speed × time
A delivery driver drove 135 km at an average speed of 90 km/h.
On the return journey, he was held up at some road works for 30 minutes.
What was his average speed on the return journey?
7 y = mx + c
a Make c the subject. b Express x in terms of y, m and c.
8 v = u – 10t
a Make u the subject. b Express t in terms of v and u.
9 T = 2x + 3y
a Express x in terms of T and y. b Make y the subject.
10 p = q2 Make q the subject.
11 p = q2 – 3 Make q the subject.
12 a = b2 + c Make b the subject.

Assignment-4
1 db + 2d = c
a Find d if b = 3 and c = 30.
b Make d the subject of the formula.
2 s = (u + v)t
a Make t the subject of this formula.
b Make u the subject of this formula.
c Make v the subject of this formula.
3 A=
a Write B as the subject of this formula.
b Write C as the subject of this formula.
4 PV = MRT
Make R the subject of this formula.
5 z = 2x2 + y2
a Make y the subject of this formula.
b Make x the subject of this formula.
6 F=
a Make M the subject of this formula.
b Make R the subject of this formula.
7 t(k + 3) = 4k
a Make t the subject of this formula.
b Make k the subject of this formula.

8 u=
Make f the subject of this formula.

Assignment-5
1 Write these expressions using power notation. Do not work them out yet.
a 5×5×5×5 b 7×7×7×7×7
c 19 × 19 × 19 d 4×4×4×4×4
e 1×1×1×1×1×1×1 f 8×8×8×8×8
g 6 h 11 × 11 × 11 × 11 × 11 × 11
i 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9 j 999 × 999 × 999
2 Write these power terms out in full. Do not work them out yet.
a 45 b 84 c 53 d 96 e 111
f 73 g 5.23 h 7.53 i 7.74 j 10 0003
3 Using the power key on your calculator (or another method), work out the values of the power terms in
question 1.
4 Using the power key on your calculator (or another method), work out the values of the power terms in
question 2.
5 A box is a cube.
The width of the box is 1 metre.
To work out the volume of a box, use the formula:
Volume = (width)3
Some dolls are manufactured and packed into the box. The volume of each doll is 0.03 m3.
Work out the amount of space in the box when 24 dolls are packed into the box.
6 Write each number as a power of a different number.
The first one has been done for you.
a 27 = 33 b 16 = c 125 = d 64 =
7 Without using a calculator, work out the values of these power terms.
a 70 b 91 c 170 d 191 e 105
8 Using your calculator, or otherwise, work out the values of these power terms.
a (–2)3 b (–1)11 c (–3)4 d (–5)3 e (–10)6
9 Without using a calculator, write down the answers to these.
a (–4)2 b (–5)3 c (–3)4 d (–2)5 e (–1)6
10 55 = 3125 56 = 15 625 57 = 78 125 58 = 390 625
Write down the last three digits of each of the following powers of 5.
a 599 b 5100

Assignment-6
1 Write down each of these in fraction form.
a 5–2 b 4–1 c 10–3
d 3–3 e x–2 f 5t –1
2 Write down each of these in negative index form.
a b c
3 Change each of the following expressions into an index form of the type shown.
a All of the form 2n i 32 ii
n
b All of the form 10 i 10 000 ii
n
c All of the form 5 i 625 ii
4 Find the value of each of the following, where the letters have the given values.
a Where x = 3 i x2 ii 4x–1
b Where t = 5 i t –2 ii 5t –4
c Where m = 2 i m–3 ii 4m–2
5 a = 3 and b = 2. Calculate the value of:
a 3a–1 + 2b–2, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
b a–2 + b–3, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
6 Put these in order from smallest to largest:
x0 x–1 x1
a when x is greater than 1
b when x is between 0 and 1
c when x is between –1 and 0.

Assignment-7
 1 Write these as single powers of 7.
a 73 × 72 b 73 × 76 c 74 × 73
5 5 9
d 7×7 e 7 ×7 f 7 × 77
2 Write these as single powers of 5.
a 56 ÷ 52 b 58 ÷ 52 c 54 ÷ 53 d 55 ÷ 55 e 56 ÷ 54
3 Simplify these and write them as single powers of a.
a a2 × a b a3 × a2 c a4 × a3
d a6 ÷ a2 e a3 ÷ a f a5 ÷ a4
4 a ax × ay = a6
Write down a possible pair of values of x and y.
b ax ÷ ay = a6
Write down a possible pair of values of x and y.
5 Simplify these expressions.
a 3a4 × 5a2 b 3a4 × 7a c 5a4 × 6a2 d 3a2 × 4a7
e 5a4 × 5a2 × 5a2
6 Simplify these expressions.
a 8a5 ÷ 2a2 b 12a7 ÷ 4a2 c 25a6 ÷ 5a d 48a8 ÷ 6a–1
e 24a6 ÷ 8a–2 f 36a ÷ 6a5
7 Simplify these expressions.
a 3a3b2 × 4a3b b 7a3b5 × 2ab3 c 4a3b5 × 5a4b–1
d 12a3b5 ÷ 4ab e 24a3b5 ÷ 6a2b–3
8 a Write down two possible multiplication questions with an answer of 18x3y4.
b Write down two possible division questions with an answer of 18x3y4.

Assignment-8
1 Evaluate the following.

a b c d e

f g h i j

k l m n o

p q
2 Which of these is the odd one out?

Show how you decided.

a b c
4 Rewrite the following in index form.

a b
5 Evaluate the following.

a b c d
6 Using a trial-and-improvement method, or otherwise, solve these equations.
a 6x = 60 b 10x = 2 (You could try to use the power key on your calculator.)

7 a Evaluate .

b Write as a power of 2.
y
c Given that 32 = 2, find the value of y.
8 Which of these is the odd one out?

Show how you decided.

Assignment-9