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How much is a single GCSE mark worth?

I nteresting question, dont you think?



Imagine two GCSE students equally matched in ability in almost
every way except that Student A just manages to get the grade
they need and Student B just misses by a few marks:


















Student A

** Puts in that bit extra and gets the
grade necessary to:

** Go to the university of their
choice.

** Get the job they want.
Student B

** Thinks they are working hard,
but doesnt pay much attention to
detail. Hence:

** Doesnt get into the university of
their choice.

** Doesnt get the job they want.
Consequence:

Student A gets the job of their dreams.

Student B gets a job they dont really enjoy doing.

Student A earns at least 2000 per year more than Student B.

Over 35 years thats 70 000!

If Student B missed the grade they wanted by 5 marks thats 14 000 per mark!

If they missed by just one mark, thats 70 000 per mark!!!!!!!
And thats probably a minimum!
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1. Write algebraic expressions for the following:

a) 6 more than y b) 7 less than w c) 4 more than 2x d) twice r
e) three times p f) 6 times d g) t subtract 7 h) t subtract h
i) 2m add 4f j) r multiplied by itself s) twice t
2

t) f lots of g u) three lots of mn


2. Simplify where possible:

a) 2a +3a b) 6b 4b c) n +n +n d) 5r +8r 7r
e) 2j +6j +4j j f) 6t 3t +8t g) Half of 6q h) One third of 12b
i) 6s +7s j) 8u 8u s) 2x +3y t) 6y +5y
u) 7g 9g +5g v) 4x +8x 3x +7x +4x 12x +3x


3. Simplify where possible:

a) 6t +3b 2t b) 7f 4f +5m c) 12c 5c +6c d) 3s +6s +3d +6d
e) 9p 4p +6y f) 2r +4t r +5t g) 5f 3a +7a h) 9i 5i +5r +2r
i) 9k +8p 4k 9p j) 5h +4h 9h s) 100j 55j +67j t) 4r +6t +8u


4. Find the perimeters of these shapes:

a) b)








c) d)








5. Multiply out the brackets:

a) 2(a +b) b) 5(7m +4) c) 9(7g +5) d) 8(y 5f)
e) 7(s +6t) f) 2(8 +4r 6g) g) 4(4f 6g +2h) h) 5(3 +6t 3d)
i) 6.5(2w 4x) j) 0.5(2m +6n ) k) (9y +3d) l) 99(2a +4f 6g +5t)


2a
5a
3a 3a
6y
4x
7y
4.5m
4m
3.8m
Regular
Hexagon
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6. In algebra, what is a term?

Say how many terms there are in each of the following expressions:

a) 5t +7y 6z b) 4m c) 6s 2w
2
d) 6a 6b)
e) 4as
2
+6at
3
4ae +2am
4
f) 12 20r +36p

7. Multiply out the brackets:

a) 4(p +q) b) 9(4u +5) c) 6(4r 3) d) 3(6d +5e)
e) 3(2p +7r) f) 5(9p u +2g) g) 6(3e +2f +3g) h) (4 5r +2d)
i) (2t 5x) j) 2.5(4q +12k)

8. Find the value of the following expressions.

a) 3m +5 when m =25

b) 4d +6t when d =3 and t =4

c) 22 6g when g =3

d) 22 6g when g =6

e) 8y +4r 3d when y =5, r =2.5 and d =7

f) 12 x when x =

3

g) 24 r when r =

19

h) 30 4f when f =

3

i) 6t +9 when t =8
2

j) 4p +4s when p =5, s =4 and t =3
3t

k) h +6 when h =7
h 6

l) h +6 when h =4
h 6

m) 12 when t =1.5
t




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9. Simplify the following:

a) d x d x d x d b) a x a +2 x w x w c) d
2
x d
3
d) 3a
3
x 6a
4

e) 4b
2
x 8c
3
f) c(4c +4d 2e) g) 3w(4s 5t
2
+2w
2
) h) m
2
(m +4n +2p
2
)
i) 4d
3
x 4d
2
x 2d
3
j) 3s
2
x 4s
3
x 2s
2
t
4
k) 5h
3
x 4h
4
l) 6t
2
x 5s
3
t
6
x 2s
4
t
2



10. Find the value of the following expressions.

a) r
2
+7 when r =9

b) 2f
3
when f =4

c) 6y
2
z
3
when y =2 and z =3

d) 16y
2
3z when y =5 and z =7

e) 4r(2p +3q
2
+5r
3
) when p =3, q =4 and r =2

f) 8m
2
n
4
when m =1.5 and n =2

g) 6a(2a
3
4b
2
+3c
4
) when a =2, b =3 and c =4

h) 4d
3
(6c
3
+5d
2
2e
3
) when c =4, d =3 and e =5

11. Find the value of the following expressions.

a) a
2
+3 when a =

4

b) 7g
3
when g =

1

c) 8p
3
q
2
+pq when p =3 and q =

2

d) 7m
2
+6n
2
when m =

5 and n =

6

e) 3h
3
k
2
when h =3 and k =

1.5

f) 2s(2a 4b +6c
2
) when a =2, b =3, c =

2 and s =1.5

12. I have sixteen apples in a barrel. I put in another q apples. How many are in the barrel
now?

13. A pencil case contains p pencils. A boy takes out q pencils. How many pencils are now in
the pencil case? Write an inequality showing the relationship between p and q.

14. A caretaker divides his keys equally between r key rings. He has k keys on each ring. How
many keys does he have altogether?

15. A school has 400 pupils. The pupils are arranged into c classes of equal size. How many
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16. Peter and J ane each have a bag of sweets. There are 120 sweets in each bag.
Peter takes p sweets from his bag and J ane takes three times as many from hers. How
many sweets are left in J anes bag?

17. A rectangular carpet is x metres long and y metres wide. What is the area of the carpet?

18. A square has a side of length d cm. What is the area of the square?

19. Find the area of this shape.


a cm


b cm
c cm


d cm


20. J enny is t years old. Her brother Ben is 2 years younger than J enny. Her sister Mary is
r years older than J enny. Her cousin Fred is three times as old as J enny. Her aunt Helen is
q times as old as Mary.

How old are Ben, Mary, Fred and Helen?


21. What is the perimeter of this quadrilateral?



a +4b metres










4a b metres








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22. Solve the following equations:

a) 3x +5 =11 b) 6x +8 =32 c) 5y 9 =26

23. Solve the following equations:

a) 2(d +3) =25 b) 6(4m 3) =150 c) t
2
+8 =24


24. Solve the following equations:

a) (g +6) =14 b)
1
/
3
(m 7) =2 c) 7 =8


25. Solve 4(2x
2
5) +7 =187

26. Solve these equations:

a) 15 3y =6 b) 4(19 2t) =32 c) 5 =

2

4
k
3


27. Three sides of a triangle are 3x 5 metres, 2x 4 metres and x +2 metres.
The perimeter of the triangle is 41 metres.
What is the value of x?

28.











This grass cutter costs 40 to hire plus 6 per day.

a) How much does it cost to hire the cutter for 20 days?

b) If c is the cost and n is the number of days of hire, form an equation connecting c and n.

c) Use the equation to find the number of days hire if the cost is 328.00






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29. Three angles of a triangle are 3a
o
, 6a
o
and 6a
o
.

a) What type of triangle is it?

b) Write an equation in a for the sum of the angles of the triangle and hence find a.

30. The cost of a cup is h pence. The cost of a glass is twice as much plus 25p.

a) What is the cost of a glass in terms of h ?

b) Peter buys 6 cups and 12 glasses and pays 4.50. Find the value of h.

31. A rectangle is 3z 2 cm long and 12 cm wide.




3z 2 cm
12 cm








a) Form expressions in z for the perimeter and the area of the rectangle.

b) Given that the area is 156 cm
2
, find the value of z and hence find the length of the perimeter.

32. At a tea party, the organizer knows that the number of cups of tea required is roughly
calculated by doubling the number of people attending and adding 20.

a) If p is the number of people attending, how many cups of tea should she need to make?

b) At the end of the day, the organizer worked out she had made 146 cups of tea. Give an
estimate for the number of people attending.

33. A coach company charges 150 plus 3.50 per kilometre to hire a coach.

a) If the number of kilometres travelled on a particular journey is k, form an equation connecting
k to the cost p for one journey.

b) Mr Brown wants to take his scout group on a return trip to Mount Snowdon. If the total cost is
going to be 1025.00, and the journey is pretty straight, how far does Mr Brown and his
scout group live from Mount Snowdon?

34. Mary asks Kelly to think of a number. Mary then tells Kelly to multiply her number by four,
add six to the answer, multiply the answer by three and subtract sixteen.
Kellys final answer was eighty. What number did she think of at the beginning?

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35. Soroush draws several rectangles, each of which has an area of 60 square centimetres.

a) If the length of a rectangle is m cm, write an expression for the width of a rectangle.
b) One of his rectangles is 25 cm long. What is its width?



(These last two questions are very difficult. Have a go, but dont worry too much if you
find them particularly stressful.)

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because the bottom number is 49.

a) What is the total of all the numbers in the squares on Y
49
?
b) What is the total of all the numbers in the squares on Y
n
?
c) If all the numbers on Y
p
total 357, what is the value of p?


















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37. The grid shows a number square with a Squiggle shape drawn on it.


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because the bottom left number is 61.

a) What is the total of all the numbers in the squares on S
61
?
b) What is the total of all the numbers in the squares on S
n
?
c) If all the numbers on S
p
total 562, what is the value of p?
d) Draw this particular Squiggle on the grid and show the total of the numbers on this Squiggle
is indeed 562.
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What you will be practising:

Concept

Examples
Working with algebraic expressions Simplify 4ax
2
+ 6a
2
x 3ax
2

Find (t
2
+ u
2
) when t = 12, u = 5

Multiplying out brackets 8(2m + 7n) 5(3m + 5n)

Substituting values for letters Find 5x
2
+ 3x when x = 9
4x 4

Solving linear equations Solve 3x + 8 = 35; 5f 6 = 9 etc

Solving simultaneous equations Solve 4p + 2q = 26 10v 2w = 12.2
25p 10q = 40 3v + 9w = 45.9

Re-arranging formulae Express h in terms of the other letters:
h
2
+ g
2
+ k
2
= 1
Make g the subject of: s = ag
2

Answering questions based on the above
concepts expressed in words
A hexagon has sides a, 3a, 3a, 4a, 6a and 7a
metres respectively. The total perimeter of the
hexagon is 120q metres. What is the length of
each side in terms of q ?

If 7 buns and 4 cream cakes cost 3.63 and 3
buns and 5 cream cakes cost 2.87, what is
the cost of one bun and the cost one cream
cake?

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1. Simplify the following expressions:

a) 2x + 7x + 3y + 5y b) 6t 5t + 7t c) 4r
2
+ 2r + 9r
2
3r + 4r
2


d) 4f
3
6f
3
+ 7f
2
5f
3
+ 8f
2
e) 4ax
2
+ 6a
2
x 3ax
2
f) 2p
2
q
4
r + 6p
2
q
4
r 2pq
4
r
2


2. Multiply out the brackets in the following expressions and simplify where possible:

a) 3(g 2) b) a(r + 5 6t
2
) c) 2p(6p 8r) d) x
2
(5x
2
+ 6x 8)

e) 2p
2
(8p
4
+ 4p
3
5p +6) f) 5pr
2
(4p + 6r
3
) g) 6y
2
(5xy
2
+ 4x
2
y)

3. Multiply out the brackets in the following expressions and simplify where possible.

a) 2(a + 5) + 6(a 2) b) 4(x + 2y) + 5(2x 3y) c) 5(2m 4n) + 3(3m + 5n)

d) 8(5r 12) + 6(3r 7) e) 4(7 + 7y) + 6(9 + 8y) f) 8(7g + h) + 9(5g 3h)

g) a(t + 4t
2
) + 8(at + 3at
2
) h) b(r + 5m
2
) + b(2r + 7m
2
) i) b(m
2
6m) + m(2bm + 4b)

j) 5(r + 2) 4(r + 6) k) 6(y
2
+ 7) 5(y
2
+ 9) l) 8(2m + 7n) 5(3m + 5n)

m) 5a(2b + b
2
) 3b(2a 4ab) n) 7(r + g
2
) + 6(r g
2
) o) 4r(s + rs
2
) 3s(5r 2rs)

4. Substitute the given values for the letters in the expressions:

a) 4r + 7 when r = 10 b) 4r
2
2r when r = 4 c) 3a + 2b when a = 3, b = 5

d) 2p
2
when p = 8 e) 3 6r when r = 2.5 f) 6y + 3z
2
when y = 5, z = 9

g) 5t
2
+ 3t 2 when t = 6 h) 4(2u 5) when u = 8 i)
1
/
x
when x = 5

j) (3p + 2)(2p 3) when p = 8 k) 6(p 7)(p
2
+ 4) when p = 0

l) 3x + 7 when x = 5 m) 7g
2
+ 8g when g = 8 n) 5x
2
+ 3x when x = 9
3x 4 6g
2
8g 4x 4

o) 2r + 5t + 1 when r = 7, t = 9 p) 2u(v
2
q
2
) when u = 3.5, v = 12, q = 9
3r t

q) rt + r
2
t
2
+ r
3
t
3
when r = 3, t = 0.1 r) (t
2
+ u
2
) when t = 12, u = 5

s) 4r + 6t when r = 3q, t = 5p, q = 6, p = 12

t) m
2
n
2
when m = 4d, n = 3c, d = s
2
, c = t
2
, s = 3, t = 5

u) z when z = 3r, a = , r = 0.2
a
2

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5. When x = 3, find the value of:

a) 5x b) 6 5x c) 12 5x d) 4x + 6 e) 6x + 13

f) 6x 9 g) 6x (5) h) 17 3x i) 17 3x j) 9x + 12

k) 9x + 12 l) 0 4x m) 0.5x n) 8x +9 o) 100x 25

6. When p = 7 and q = 4, find the value of:

a) 2p + 5q b) p q c) q p d) 6q + 2p e) 5p 3q

f) p + q g) 2q 3p h) p q i) p + q j) 7p + 9q

k) 0.5(2p + 7q) l) q + 2q + 3q m) 10q 18p n) 45 q + 2p o) 65 + 3p 5q

7. When r = 4, s = 6 and t = 2, find the value of:

a) 6s b) rs c) st d) rst e) 4s 6

f) 2st g) s
2
h) t
2
i) 3st
2
j) s
2
+ t
2


k) 4r
2
l) 3s
2
4t
2
m) 2s(3t + 4r) n) 6r(t 4s) o) 4ts(3s 6t + 2r)

p) s
3
t
3
q) r
2
+ 4t
2
r) 2rt(3s 2t) s) 6s
2
+ 7t t) (3rst)

u) 9t
2
5rs v) 7s 12 t 2r w) 5t(24 6s) x) 3s(t 5r) y) r
2
+ s
3
+ t
4


8. Solve the following equations:

a) 6x + 10 = 22 b) t 7 = 30 c) 3x + 8 = 35 d) 4r 8 = 56

e) 8u + 5 = 41 f) 3r 2 = 19 g) 6p + 9 = 9 h) 7y + 6 = 41

i) 14s 8 = 27 j) 12 5f = 2 k) 16 7y = 5 l) 8h 8 = 56

m) 7h + 5 = 8.5 n) 5p + 4 = 10 o) 12e + 6 = 6 p) 25d 60 = 85

q) 6g 9 = 18 r) 23 6y = 12 s) 9p 5 = 7 t) 5f 6 = 9

u) 12 + 6t = 18 v) 23 6w = 1 w) 7u + 8 = 16.5 x) 5r 4 = 12


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9. Solve the following equations:

a) 5x + 3 = 2x + 9 b) 4a + 3 = 4a + 19 c) 5y 2 = y + 22 d) 3q 9 = 2q + 16

e) 11r + 5 = 3r + 53 f) 6m + 2 = 2m 54 g) 7x + 9 = 3x 8 h) 5x 9 = 7x 21

i) 4m + 2 = 6m 3 j) 2t + 7 = 5t 28 k) 5p + 9 = 8p 30 l) 8b + 2 = 2b + 8

10. Solve the following equations:

a) 3(2x + 6) = 48 b) 8(5f 2) = 56 c) 9(8u + 6) = 27 d) 4(r 2) = 12

e) 5(7g + 3) = 45 f) 9(3h 6) = 36 g) 3(5k + 3) = 12 h) 7(8d 3) = 63

11. Solve the following equations:

a) 2(4x 4) + 10(2x 3) = 6(4x 5)

b) (5y 7) 7(y + 1) = 2(3y + 1)

c) 10(3b 4) 6(2b + 10) + 6(2b 7) = 22

d) 4(9t 6) 3(7t + 8) = 6(t 5)

e) 3(3x 1) = 3(9x 5) 2(21x 12)

f) 8(s 1) 5(2s + 3) (1 6s) = 2(2 + 3s)

g) 2(18 4m) + 2(m + 1) = 8(m 2) 5(3m 7)

h) 25 35(2p 3) = 15(p + 1) 15(5p 2) 30

12. Solve the following equations:

a) d = 9 b) 5g + 6 = 23 c) 4r 8 = 6 d) 6h + 4 = 4h 8
5 2 6 5 6

e) 2x + 5 = 6x 9 f) 2x 3 = 4 g) 2u + 1 = 1 h) 5w + 4 = 3
7 3 5 9 3 7

13. Solve the following equations:

a) 6x + 3y = 27 b) 8a 2b = 30 c) 4p + 2q = 26 d) 6r + 3t = 15
8x + 2y = 34 a 2b = 2 25p 10q = 40 12r + 4t = 24

e) 5m + 3n = 31 f) 8b 5c = 3 g) 8q + 5r = 14 h) 8u + 6v = 41
5m 6n = 13 2b 5c = 27 8q + 9r = 14 8u 6v = 1
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14. Solve the following equations. These are a little harder!! :

a) 2p 5m = 4 b) 2t + 3u = 7 c) 7e + 8f = 60.5 d) 10v 2w = 12.2
3p 12m = 15 5t + 4u = 7 2e 5f = 15.5 3v + 9w = 45.9

e) 4t + 6u = 5 f) 8j + 8k = 36 g) 12q + 6r = 12 h) 6m + 4n = 38
6t 4u = 25 7j 6k = 14 4q 3r = 11 3m 3n = 28.5

15. Here are two interesting pairs of equations. Solve them and comment on the answers.

a) 7p 5q = 0 b) 8x + 5y = 23
11p + 3q = 0 16x + 10y = 46

16. Make the letter in the bracket the subject of the formula. For example, in part a) make w
the subject.

a) y = 3x + 2w (w) b) m = r
2
(r) c) f = 4m + t
2
(t) d) v = ut + at
2
(a)

e) q = t + 3 (t) f) s = ag
2
(g) g) H = r
2
+ dt
2
(t) h) A = LW (W)
7

i) A = r
2
(r) j) A = r
2
() k) T = 2 (L) l) a + 6b = 8a 5b (a)
5 3

17. Express the letter in brackets in brackets in terms of the other letters.

a) y = 2b + 7 (b) b) a
2
= b
2
+ c
2
(c) c) 2mr = 7yf (f) d) h
2
+ g
2
+ k
2
= 1 (h)
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18. I am thinking of a number. If I multiply it by 7 and add 6 the answer is 29. What was the
number I first thought of?

19. Five calculators cost m. What is the cost of n calculators?

20. Harry has twice as much money as Jane. Jane has three times as much money as Francis.
The total amount for all three people is 60. How much did they have each?

21. Michelle has twice as much money as Fred. Fred has three times as much money as Jake.
The total amount for all three people is q. How much did they have each?

22. A hexagon has sides a, 3a, 3a, 4a, 6a and 7a metres respectively. The total perimeter of
the hexagon is 120q metres. What is the length of each side in terms of q ?

23. n people paid f each and m people paid g each to go to a concert.
(i) What was the total amount paid? (ii) What was the mean amount paid?

24. A woman is 32 years older than her daughter. Ten years ago the mother was three times
as old as the daughter. How old are they both now?
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25. The interior angle of a regular polygon with n sides is given by 180 degrees.

(i) Use this formula to find the interior angle of a regular dodecahedron.
(ii) How many sides does a regular polygon have if the interior angle is 140
o
?
(iii) How many sides does a regular polygon have if the interior angle is 179
o
?

26. Two angles of an isosceles triangle are y
o
and (y 30)
o
. What are the two possibilities for
the third angle?

27. I am thinking of two numbers. 3 times the first number plus 2 times the second is thirty
eight. 5 times the first plus 7 times the second is eighty nine. What are the two numbers?

28. I am thinking of two numbers. Ten times the first number subtract twice the second number
is thirteen. Six times the first number add four times the second number is negative thirteen.
What are the two numbers?

29. If 7 buns and 4 cream cakes cost 3.63 and 3 buns and 5 cream cakes cost 2.87, what is
the cost of one bun and the cost one cream cake?

30. Peter and Jenny were looking at their bank statements and they could not help noticing that
one was in credit and the other was overdrawn.
Peter said, If four people with my bank balance were combined with three people with your
bank balance, the combined balance would be an overdraft of eighty six pounds!
Jenny said, If six people with your bank balance were combined with seven people with my
bank balance, the combined balance would be an overdraft of seventy four pounds!
Calculate which person is overdrawn with their account and how much their overdrawn
balance is.

31. The recommended time to cook a turkey is so many minutes per kilogram plus a fixed time.
If T is the total time in minutes, f is the fixed time in minutes, M is the mass of the turkey in
Kg and g is the time per kilogram in minutes, write a formula connecting T, f M and g.
A turkey with a mass of 4Kg takes 2 hours and 10 minutes to cook and a turkey with a
mass of 8Kg takes 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Find how long it would take to cook a turkey with a mass of 14 Kg.

32. Electricity from ElecGriddle is priced in the following way:
(i) There is a standing charge per month and (ii) a cost per unit of electricity used.
Mrs Ghandi used 2100 units and was charged 146.50. Mr Bouhours used 2900 units and
was charged 194.50. Write a formula connecting the unit cost, the standing charge, the
number of units used and the total cost per month.
Find the unit cost and the standing charge.

33. A factory making cups and saucers wastes c pence every time a cup with a fault is made
and s pence every time a saucer with a fault is made.
On Monday 150 faulty cups and 180 faulty saucers were made and 38.70 was wasted.



360
n
On Tuesday 210 faulty cups 205 faulty saucers were made and 49.95 was wasted. How
much was wasted on Wednesday if 180 faulty cups and 260 faulty saucers were made?

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