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Sec 1 Maths
1. Define the following terms 2x + 3 x+7
(d) =
4 3
(a) Variable √
(e) x−5−3=0
(b) Constant √
(f) 3 x−1=5
(c) Positive index √3
(g) 2x − 1 = 4
(d) Negative index 3
(h) √ −5=0
(e) Equation x+1
√ √
(f) Expression (i) 2 x− 7−x=0
(j) (4x2 )1/3 = 2
2. Simplify the following, leaving your answers
in positive indexes. 5. Simplify the following complex algebraic
2
a (2ab )3 2 fractions
(a) 1
6b4 (a)
x(6x3 )−1 1 1
(b) +
4x−5 a b
3 4
12u3 +
(c) x x+1
3(uv 2 w4 )−1 (b)
2 3
2
x −x x+2 −
(d) × x+1 x
2x + 4 x 5 2
3 −
8x 6x 1 y−3 y
(e) 2 ÷ × (c)
1 2
y y xy +
y y−3
3. Expand and simply the following expres-
sions. 1 − 9x−2
(d)
1 − 6x−1 + 9x−2
(a) (2a + 3)(a + 1) 9
1+
(b) (a + b)2 (e) 2x
5x2
(c) (a − b)2
6. Abigail is 6 years older than Jonathan. Six
(d) (a + b)(a − b)
years ago she was twice as old as he. How
1 3 old is Abigail and Jonathan?
(e) ( x + 2)( y − x)
2 4
√ √
(f) (6 + x)(6 − x) 7. There are two numbers whose sum is 72.
2 2 One number is twice the other. What are
(g) {x + 2[4x − 2y + (9x − 1)]} the numbers?
3 3
4. Solve the following: 8. A freight train starts from Singapore and
heads for Thailand at 60km/h. Two hours
(a) x + 6 = 10 later a passenger train leaves the same sta-
(b) 2x − 6 = −3 tion for Thailand traveling at 80km/h. How
5x + 2 long before the passenger train overtakes
(c) =2 the freight train?
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9. A mixture containing 6% sugar solution is
to be mixed with 0.5 l of a mixture which
is 15% sugar solution to obtain a solution
which is 12% sugar solution. How much of
the 6% sugar solution must be used?
10. Helen has some coins in her pocket consist-
ing of 20cent, 10cent and 5 cent denomi-
nated coins. She has two more 20 cent coins
then 10 cent coins, and three times as many
10 cent coins as 5 cent coins. How many of
each coins does she have if the total value
is $3.25?
11. Think of a number. Double the number.
Subtract 6 from the result and divide the
answer by 2. The quotient is 20. What is
the number?
12. There are three consecutive numbers such
that twice thee first is 20 more than the
second. Find the numbers.
13. Jay’s father is twice as old as Jay. In 20
years Jay will be two-thirds as old as his
father. How old are they now?
14. Nicole worked as an accountant while Elliot
worked as a road sweeper earning $15 and
$5 per hour respectively. One month, El-
liot worked 10 hours more than Nicole. If
their total income for the month was $3570,
how many hours did they work during the
month?
15. The length of a rectangle is 2cm longer than
its breadth. The perimeter is 44cm. Find
the length and breadth of the rectangle.
Hence find the area.
16. The area and perimeter of a rectangle are
50 cm2 and 30 cm respectively. Find the
length and breath of the rectangle.
17. A reservoir can be filled by an inlet pipe 24
hours and emptied by an outlet pipe in 28
hours. A foreman starts to fill the reser-
voir, but forgets to close the outlet pipe.
Six hours later he remembers and closes the
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outlet. How long does it take to fill the
reservoir since opening the inlet pipe?
18. A half filled reservoir can be filled by an
inlet pipe in 24 hours and emptied by an
outlet pipe in 20 hours. A foreman starts to
fill the reservoir but forgets to close the out-
let pipe. Six hours later he remembers and
closes the outlet. How long does it take to
fill the pipe since he starts filling the reser-
voir.
19. Vanessa and Valerie in opposite directions
sprints from the starting point of a circular
400m track. Vanessa is 1m/s faster than
Valerie. Find the position on the track that
they will meet.
20. Jeremy is running along a 4km straight
route from Serangoon to Hougang at
10km/h. Felicia runs from Hougang to
Serangoon along the same route at a con-
stant speed of 8km/h. After 12 mins Feli-
cia sees Jeremy and she decides to run back
home to Hougang. How long does it takes
for Jeremy to catch up to Felicia after she
u-turns.
21. Given x + y = 3 and xy = 2, find the value
1 1
of +
x y
22. Given that x2 + y 2 = 34 and xy = 17, find
the value of (x + y)2
23. Given that x3 + x2 = 100 and x2 + x = 50,
find the value of 2x3 + 3x2 + x
1 1 1
24. Given that + = and a, b and c are
a b c
consecutive integers, find a, b and c.
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25. Write down the equation of a straight line. (b) y = x + 3

Define the following terms in the equation: x -3 0 3
y
(a) y
(b) x
(c) m
(d) c

26. State whether each equation is vertical,

horizontal or diagonal sloping up or down.

(a) x = 4
(b) y = −2
(c) y = 5 − x
(d) x = y − 3
(e) x + y = 1 (c) 2y = 3 − 4x
y 3 x -3 0 3
(f) =2−
x x
(g) xy = x2 + 10x
(h) y 2 = x2 + 2x + 1

27. Complete the boxes below and draw the

corresponding lines.

(a) y = −x
x -3 0 3
y

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1 3
(d) y =x+
2 4
x -3 0 3
y

(b) x = −y + 1

(e) x = y − 5
x -3 0 3
y

28. Draw the straight line of the following equa-

tions by drawing your own table.

(a) y = 7 − x

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29. Sketch the following straight line on the

axis. (b) y = −2x + 1

(a) y = x + 1
y

(b) y = x − 1
y

30. Sketch the straight lines on the empty space

provided.

(a) y = 2x − 1

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