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CONSTRUCTING

&
SOLVING EQUATIONS

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1. The diagram shows a rectangle.

NOT TO SCALE

The perimeter of the rectangle is 38cm.

a. Work out the value of 𝑥 .


b. Find the length of the long side of the rectangle.

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2. The diagram shows a triangle.

Work out the value of 𝑥.

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3. The cost of a cup of tea is t cents.
The cost of a cup of coffee is (t + 5) cents.
The total cost of 7 cups of tea and 11 cups of coffee is 2215 cents.
Find the cost of one cup of tea.

Answer cents…………………………………….. [3]

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4. a. Write down equations to show the following.
p is equal to r plus two times q.

Answer…………………………………………… [1]

k is equal to the square of the sum of l and m.

Answer…………………………………………….[2]

b. Pierre walks for 2 hours at w km/h and then for another 3 hours at
(w –1) km/h.
The total distance of Pierre’s journey is 11.5 km.
Find the value of w.

Answer………………………………………………..[4]

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5.

The diagram shows a square of side (𝑥 + 5) cm and a rectangle which


measures 2 𝑥 cm by 𝑥 cm.
The perimeter of the square is equal to the perimeter of the rectangle.
a. Find 𝑥.
b. Work out the perimeter of the square.

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6. (a) y is 5 less than the square of the sum of p and q.

Write down a formula for y in terms of p and q.

Answer(a)…………………………… [2]

(b) The cost of a magazine is $ 𝑥 and the cost of a newspaper is $(𝑥 –


The total cost of 6 magazines and 9 newspapers is $51.

Write down and solve an equation in 𝑥 to find the cost of a magazine.

Answer(b) ……………………$ [4]

(c) Bus tickets cost $3 for an adult and $2 for a child.


There are a adults and c children on a bus.
The total number of people on the bus is 52.
The total cost of the 52 tickets is $139.

Find the number of adults and the number of children on the bus.

Answer(c)………………………………….....[5]
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8. The cost of renting a hall for an event is $70.50 for the first hour and then
$25.50 for each additional hour.

a. Write down a formula for the total cost T, in dollars, when the hall is rent
for n hours.

b. A company pays $172.50 in total for renting the hall.

Work out the total number of hours the company rents the hall for.

........................................ hours [3]

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9. Mrs Kohli buys a jacket, 2 shirts and a hat.
The jacket costs $x.
The shirts each cost $24 less than the jacket and the hat costs $16 less than
the jacket.
Mrs Kohli spends exactly $100.

Write down an equation in terms of x.


Solve this equation to find the cost of the jacket.

$ ................................................ [3]

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10. Balavan has 𝑛 marbles.
𝑛
He gives his sister 5
marbles.
𝑛
He gives his cousin 2
marbles.

Write an expression, in terms of 𝑛, for the number of marbles that Balavan


has now.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................. [2]

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11. Sara spends $x on pens which cost $2.50 each.
She also spends $(x – 14.50) on pencils which cost $0.50 each.
The total of the number of pens and the number of pencils is 19.

Write down and solve an equation in x.

Answer x = ............................................... [6]

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