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TUTORIAL TEST 1 (11 Feb)  : SOLUTIONS

1. EIGHT BILLION, ONE MILLION, TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY FOUR POINT ZERO, ZERO, EIGHT, NINE

Or

EIGHT THOUSAND AND ONE MILLION, TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY ……ETC.

2. –(14-19) = -(-5) = +5 ( Neg times Neg = Pos)

      -12 + 5 - 25 + 21 – 17 :  Sum of  Pos. Numbers = 26

   Sum of  Neg. Numbers = 54

                        ANSWER = -28 (Subtract)

Refer to CR, pp.81-82

3. -28 × -4 = 112
4. -13+60 = 47
5. -2()

Is -2()  = -2?

6. 
7. 
8. = = =

 Is  =  ?

9.       6
10.   
11.       = 0.5625 = 56.25%

 Use the long or short division ALGORITHM to work this out (or any method which you know of, which does not involve the use of a CALCULATOR)

12.   2 -­­ 600+0.06 = -597.94 metres

NOTE: 1 metre = 0.001 km = 1000 mm = 100 cm

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14.   2

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16.   R0.26

Use the long MULTIPLICATION ALGORITHM to work this out (or any method which you know of, which does not involve the use of a CALCULATOR)

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