1.

The total number of hours a student in Japan has studied mathematics over his lifetime is given for each
year from age 6 to 11 years old.

a Represent the data using a scatter plot.

b Draw the line of best fit and its equation. Write the equation in gradient–intercept form.
c Use your equation to predict the total amount of time a 15-year-old student in Japan will have studied
mathematics.
2.

A student is awarded a prize if they make less than 3 mistakes.

(b) How many students are awarded a prize?
(c) Complete the sentence : Generally the more hours of lessons, the ………………. mistakes are made
3. Samia records the ages and masses of 10 Jack Russell dogs.

a) Draw a scatter plot for the above data

b) An owner claims his Jack Russell is 4 months old and weighs 6kg . Does the scatter graph support his
statement? Explain your answer.
4. Consider the data given below.

a) Convert the class intervals to continuous

b) Plot a histogram
c) Calculate the mean of the data
d) Identify the median class and the modal class.

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Who am I? Who are we? Students will explore identity; beliefs and values; personal, physical,
mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends,
communities and cultures; what it means to be human.

1. Do you think that tall people have longer arms than short people?
The table here lists height and arm span for 10 students.

a) Draw a scatter diagram with arm span on the x-axis and height on the y-
axis.

b) Find the line of best fit.

c) Use the line of best fit to predict (interpolate) the height of a student

whose arm span is 171 cm.

2. A daily decision that most people have to make is what to do with food that
they do not eat. Approximately 670 million tonnes of food are wasted each year in
high-income countries and 630 million tonnes in low-income countries.
 a) List a table of values to represent the total amount of food wasted over the
next 5 years for both high- and low-income countries.

b) Derive a linear equation to represent the situation of both the countries.

c) Between now and the year 2032, how many tonnes of food would be
wasted in total in each type of country if this trend continues? Explain

3. There are 12 students training for a charity 10 km run. The table shows the
average number of hours of training per week and the time taken to complete the
run.

a) Plot a scatter plot for the above information.

b) Estimate how long the run would take a student who trains 18 hours per
week.
c) Determine whether you could use this data to predict how long the run
would take a student who trained 50 hours per week.
1. The following table contains the capital cost (cost to build the plant before
creating any power) and operating cost for a coal power plant and a
hydroelectric power plant.

a) Determine the equation that represents the cost for each type of plant.
What do the gradient and y-intercept represent in these equations?
b) Calculate the cost of producing 5000kWh of electricity at each plant?
c) Calculate the cost of producing 10000kWh of electricity at each plant?
d) Coal plants need fuel, whereas hydroelectric plants do not. What will
happen to the linear cost functions of both plants (gradient and y-intercept) if
the price of fuel increases? Justify
e) What other factors, apart from cost, might influence a government’s
decision-making when considering what type of power plant to build in its
country? Discuss

Simultaneous Equations Situations

1. Mary sold cups of lemonade at a school fair. She sold a total of 15 cups for
$30. Large cups cost $3, and small cups cost $2. How many of each size did
she sell?
2. At a toy store, the total cost of 4 toy cars and 2 dolls is $26. Each toy car
costs $5, and each doll costs $3. Find the cost of each toy car and each doll.
3. Emily bought a total of 8 apples and bananas from the grocery store. Apples
cost $1 each, and bananas cost $0.75 each. The total cost was $7. Find the
number of apples and bananas she bought.
4. A pet shop sells rabbits and hamsters. The total number of legs of these
animals is 20, and the total number of ears is 14. Rabbits have 4 legs and
hamsters have 3 legs. How many rabbits and hamsters are there?
5. Lisa has a collection of nickels and dimes. The total value of 8 coins is $0.70.
How many nickels and how many dimes does she have?
6. The drama club sold a total of 50 tickets for their school play. Student tickets
cost $2, and adult tickets cost $5. The total revenue was $180. How many
student and adult tickets were sold?
7. Mike is painting a rectangular room. The length of the room is 12 feet more
than twice its width. If the perimeter of the room is 60 feet, find the
dimensions of the room.
8. A bookstore sells novels and magazines. The total cost of 5 novels and 3
magazines is $45. Novels cost $8 each, and magazines cost $5 each. Find the
cost of each novel and each magazine.

1. Alice and Bob went to a movie theater. They bought a total of 10 tickets. Adult
tickets cost $8 each, and child tickets cost $5 each. How many adult tickets did
Alice buy, and how many child tickets did Bob buy?

2. In a chemistry experiment, a scientist mixes two solutions. Solution A contains

30% acid, and Solution B contains 60% acid. The scientist wants to create 500
mL of a solution that is 45% acid. How much of each solution should be
mixed?
3. Mary invested a total of $5,000 in two different stocks. The first stock earned a
5% return, and the second stock earned a 8% return. Mary's total return for
the year was $320. How much did she invest in each stock?

4. Sarah went to a fruit market and bought a total of 12 apples and oranges. The
apples cost $0.75 each, and the oranges cost $1.25 each. The total cost was
$13. How many apples and how many oranges did she buy?

5. Tim drove from City A to City B at a speed of 60 km/h. On the way back, he
increased his speed to 80 km/h. The total round trip took 8 hours. What is the
distance between City A and City B?
6. The sum of the ages of Tom and Jerry is 40 years. Five years ago, Tom was
twice as old as Jerry. Determine their current ages.

7. A train travels from Town X to Town Y at a speed of 50 km/h. The return

journey, due to some delays, is at a speed of 40 km/h. The total travel time for
the round trip is 12 hours. Find the distance between the two towns.

8. Maria invested a total of $10,000 in two different accounts. Account A has an

annual interest rate of 4%, and Account B has an annual interest rate of 7%.
The total interest earned for the year was $550. How much did Maria invest in
each account?
5 On separate axes plot the following sets of points:
a f(0, 0), (1, 2), (2, 4), (3, 6), (4, 8)g b f(0, 5), (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1)g
i Are the points collinear?
ii Do any of the following rules fit the set of points?
Ay=x+1By=x+5Cy=5¡x
D y = 2x ¡ 1 E y = 2x

Ant and Dec couldn’t believe what they had discovered! The secret they had
just learnt about a certain celebrity’s private life was unbelievable. They just
had to make it public knowledge – it was just too juicy to keep to themselves.
They confronted the celeb but were warned to keep their big mouths shut!
But the celebrity decided they couldn’t take any chances... Later that week,
Ant and Dec were found poisoned in their dressing room.
When police arrived on the scene, they found 6 celebrities lurking around, but
who is the guilty one?

Clue 1: Does their alibi check out?

All the suspects have an alibi. They claim they were in the local schools,
teaching kids how to expand brackets. Police gave each suspect an expression
to expand.

Find out who expanded their brackets correctly and was being truthful about
their whereabouts.

2(2s + 1) Simon’s answer: 4s + 1

3(d - 3) David’s answer: d + 9
2(4m + 2) Mel’s answer: 8m - 4
7(3L - 2) Louis’ answer: 21L -16
6(4g – 5) Gary’s answer: 24g – 30
2(a + 10) Amanda’s answer: 2a - 20
Clue 2: Weapon of choice

It is clear that Ant and Dec were poisoned somehow.

Which one of the celebrities doesn’t have any toxins in their dressing room?

Substitute the numbers to find out how many toxic substances they had.

Simon Cowell Substitute s = 7, into 9-s

David Walliams Substitute d = 2, into d 2

Mel B Substitute m = 8, into m

/ -1 2

Louis Walsh Substitute L = -1, into L +L2

Gary Barlow Substitute g = / , into

1
2 10g
Amanda Holden Substitute a = -5, into a + 4a
2

A drop of blood was found at the scene which was found to be blood type O.
Only one of the suspects does not have this blood type.
Blood type O is defined to have either a 3 or a 4 or both in the genetic coding.

Find which of these sequences has an n term rule which does not have a 3 or a
th

4 in it to eliminate that person.

Simon Cowell 7,10,13,16,19

David Walliams 6,9,12,15,18
Mel B 7,11,15,19,23
Louis Walsh 5,8,11,14,17
Gary Barlow 8,12,16,20,24
Amanda Holden 7,12,17,22,27
Clue 4: If the boot fits

The detectives found a mysterious footprint around Ant and Dec’s drinks
cabinet. The print seemed to be between 10 and 11 inches long.

Solve these equations to find out whose feet aren’t the right size.

Simon Cowell 90 – 4s = 46
David Walliams 3d - 5 = 26
Mel B 5m – 15 = 41
Louis Walsh 5L - 51 = -1
Gary Barlow 4g – 57 = -16
Amanda Holden 2a + 6 = 27
Clue 5: Phone calls

The murderer must have called the TV duo a lot over the past week to try and
convince them to keep quiet – so we’ll start by eliminating the person who
phoned them the least amount of times.

Solve these equations to find out how many phone calls they each made.

Simon Cowell 5s = 2s + 15
David Walliams 8 – 3d = 8 + d
Mel B 5m = 6m – 1
Louis Walsh 4L = 2L + 18
Gary Barlow 5g = 24 - g
Amanda Holden 3a + 24 = 5a + 4

Extension: Why?

Solve each of the questions. Look for your answer in the grid below. Cross out
each box containing a correct solution. When you have finished there will be 8
boxes left. Write the letters in those boxes in order from left to right.

2x + 4 = 6 4(x + 4) = 12

Expand 12(x + 3) 6x + 3 = 9x – 5

Substitute x =-4 into x - x 2

Find the next number -5, -1, 3, 7…

Substitute x = 3 into 3x - x 2

AN ER IC RS ST
x = 11 x = -20 x= /
1
5 x = -1 x =2 /
2
3

IS AI NO TH RS
x = -5 x=1 x = -21 x = -10 x = 20

IS ON RM SO N!
x= /
9
2 12x+36 x=0 12x+24 x =18

Clue Answers Eliminates

1 4s + 2
3d – 9
8m + 4
Gary Barlow
21l - 14
24g – 30
2a - 20
2 9–s=2
d =42

M/ –1=3 2
Louis Walsh
L +L=0
2

10g = 5
a=5
3 3n+4
3n+3
4n+3
3n+2 Amanda Holden
4n+4
5n+2

4 S = 11
D = 10.333…
M = 11.2
Melanie B
L = 10
G = 10.25
A = 10.5
 5 S=5
D=0
M=1
David Walliams
L=9
G=4
A = 10
Ext Eric is not his son!

Solve each system by substitution.

1) y = 6x − 11
−2x − 3y = −7

2) 2x − 3y = −1
y=x−1

3) y = −3x + 5
5x − 4y = −3

4) −3x − 3y = 3
y = −5x − 17

5) y = −2
4x − 3y = 18

6) y = 5x − 7
−3x − 2y = −12

7) −4x + y = 6
−5x − y = 21

8) −7x − 2y = −13
x − 2y = 11
9) −5x + y = −2
−3x + 6y = −12

10) −5x + y = −3
3x − 8y = 24

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11) x + 3y = 1
−3x − 3y = −15
12) −3x − 8y = 20
−5x + y = 19

13) −3x + 3y = 4
−x + y = 3

14) −3x + 3y = 3
−5x + y = 13

15) 6x + 6y = −6
5x + y = −13

16) 2x + y = 20
6x − 5y = 12

17) −3x − 4y = 2
3x + 3y = −3

18) −2x + 6y = 6
−7x + 8y = −5

19) −5x − 8y = 17
2x − 7y = −17

20) −2x − y = −9
5x − 2y = 18
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Y=10x-15