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Sekolah Bukit Sion – Middle School

AY 2015 – 2016 SEMESTER 1


CHAPTER TEST: FUNDAMENTAL ALGEBRA
NAME DATE
CLASS SCORE
PARENT’S SIGNATURE : TEACHER MR EMMAN

1. Factorise.
(a) x2 – 6x __________________________
(b) 10x5 + 6x4 – 30x3 __________________________
(c) 91a5b + 13a7b __________________________ [3]

2. Factorise.
(a) b(b – 5) + 3(b – 5 ) __________________________
(b) m(y – 3) + 7(3 – y) __________________________
(c) c(a – 2) – b(2 – a) __________________________
(d) x2(x – y) + 6x(y – x) + 3(x – y) __________________________ [4]

3. Factorise completely. [8]

(a) 2ac 2c 5ad 5d (c) 2ac 4ad 6d 3c

(b) 2x3 + 6x2 + 3x + 9 (d) 2 x ax 6 y 3ay


4. Solve the following equations: [14]

(a) 15x + 4 = 4x + 103 x 6 1 x


(e) =
4 2

2 (d) 5(2 3x) (1 + 7x) = 5(3 6x)


(b) x + 15 = 4x
3

5x 1 5 7x 3(6 x)
(f)
8 2 6
5. Solve and draw the number line for each of the following inequalities. [8]

(a) x > 2 (c) 2x 2 x 5

(b) n + 4 < 7 (d) 2x – 3(x – 4) > 4 – 2(x – 7)

6. Make the indicated letter the subject of the formula. [10]

(a) y = mx + c (m) (d) ax – y + z = b (y)

a ( x y) (e) 2s = 2ut + at2 (t)


(b) c (a)
b

(e) ax + b(x – a) = ay (x)


For items 7 and 8, choose and answer either a or b.

7. (a) Find two consecutive even numbers such that the sum of the larger and three
times the smaller number is 42. [3]

(b) The result of adding 14 to twice a number is the same as subtracting 8 from
four times that number. Find the number. [3]

8. (a) A woman is now 8 times as old as her son.


Two years ago, she was 15 times as old as her son.

(i) Write down an expression for the son’s and woman’s age two years ago.
(ii) Form an equation in x and solve the equation to find the son’s age.
(iii) Find the woman’s age in 5 years’ time. [5]

(b) Find the dimensions of a rectangle with perimeter 128 cm if its length is 6 cm less than
four times the width. [5]
9. The average of four numbers is 56.
The first number is 5 more than the second.
The third number is half of the second.
The fourth number is three times the sum of the first and second numbers.
Find the four numbers. [5]

Let _________ be the first number

_________ be the second number

_________ be the third number

_________ be the fourth number

**End of Test**

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