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Year 1 Chapter 1

This document contains a multi-part algebra summative assessment with questions involving: [1] simplifying surd expressions; [2] solving equations; [3] writing expressions in standard form; [4] finding the width of a rectangle given its area and one dimension. The solutions are provided for checking answers.

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Year 1 Chapter 1

This document contains a multi-part algebra summative assessment with questions involving: [1] simplifying surd expressions; [2] solving equations; [3] writing expressions in standard form; [4] finding the width of a rectangle given its area and one dimension. The solutions are provided for checking answers.

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Year 1 Chapter 1: Algebra –Summative questions

For each of these questions don’t use a calculator and show all your work.
Question 1: Simplify the following fully, rationalising the denominator if necessary:
8 √15
a. √18 + √50 d. ×
√3 √20
2+√63
b. (3 + √7)(4 − √28) e.
4−√7
35 2 √2 2√ 3
c. f. −
√7 √3−1 √2+1

Give your answer to f) in the form 𝑝√6 + 𝑞√3 + 𝑟√2 where 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 are rational numbers.
Question 2: Solve the equations
2
−3 7 1 𝑥 √3
a. 𝑥 =1 b. ( ) =4 c. 27𝑥+1 =
9 2 9

Question 3: Write the following in the form 𝒂𝒙𝒑 + 𝒃𝒙𝒒 where 𝒂, 𝒃, 𝒑, 𝒒 are rational
numbers.
2
1+𝑥 2 𝑥 2 √𝑥−6√𝑥 √𝑥(5−6𝑥 3 √𝑥)
a. b. c.
√𝑥 9𝑥 10𝑥

Question 4:

A rectangle has got length (2 + √5)𝑐𝑚 and area 4√80 𝑐𝑚2 .

Find the width of the rectangle in cm. Give your answer as a simplified SURD.
Question 5:
Factorise fully:
a. 12𝑥 + 18𝑥 2 e. 𝑧 2 + 9𝑧 − 90
b. 40𝑥 3 𝑦 2 𝑧 − 64𝑥𝑦 7 f. 18𝑥 2 − 72
c. 𝑥 2 + 13𝑥 + 36 g. 𝑥 3 − 20𝑥 2 + 96𝑥
d. 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 54 h. 24𝑥 3 − 486𝑥

Solutions (for numerical checks) to questions 1, 2, 3c) and 4:


𝟐𝟗+𝟏𝟒√𝟕
1: a. 𝟖√𝟐 b. −𝟐 − 𝟐√𝟕 c. 𝟓√𝟕 d. 4 e. f. −√𝟔 + 𝟐√𝟑 + √𝟐
𝟗
𝟐𝟕 𝟑
2: a. 𝒙 = 𝟔𝟒 b. 𝒙 = −𝟐 c. 𝒙 = − 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏𝟑
𝟓 𝟏𝟖
3 c) 𝟐 𝒙−𝟐 + 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙𝟑 4. 𝟖𝟎 − 𝟑𝟐√𝟓
𝟓

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