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Algebra extra(G6_T1)
Section A
1. James mass is

kg. Kathy is 3 times as heavy as James. What is Kathys

mass?
(1)

(3)

( 3+ x )
3x

kg

(2)

kg

(4)

( 3x )
x
3

kg

kg

2. May had $14u. She bought a skirt for $15u and a bracelet that cost $2u less
than the skirt. How much money had May left?
(1) $3u

(2) $4u

3. Simplify the algebraic expression

(1)

215 c

(2)

(3) $6u

(4) $7u

3 x+ 9+6 28 c .
21+5 c

(3)

305 c

30+5 c

4. If

y=4

, find the value

(1) 10
(4) 64

5. Simplify

6 y.
(2) 12

3 z ( 42 ) + z .

(3) 24

(4)

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(1)

3z
+z
2

(4)

9z
+z
2

(2)

4z
+z
2

(3)

6z
+z
2

Section B
6. Linda is n years old. Zac is 4 times as old as Linda. Mary is 3 years older than
Zac. Express Marys age in terms of n.

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7. Donna bought a mango for p dollars and 4 oranges for 90 cents. She paid the
cashier $10. How much change did she receive? Express your answer in terms of p.

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8. Harry is x years old. Leonard is 5 years older than Harry. What is their total age
in 12 years time?

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9. If u = 9, find the value of 5u + 8 4u

2.

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10. Evelyn baked 500 cupcakes. She kept 8y of them and divided the remainder
equally among 4 friends. Find the number of cupcakes each of her friends received
in terms of y.

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Section C
1. Esther baked 5 m
had 2 m

muffins. She gave 8 muffins to each of her classmates and

muffins left. Express the number of classmates Ester has in terms of m.

(1)

3m
8
(4)

2. Kelvin is

(2)

7m
8

(3)

5 m8
8

5 m+8
8

years old. In 7 years time, his father will be twice as old as he.

How old will his father be, in terms of , in 7 years time?

(1)

k +7
2

years old

(3)

2 k +7

years old

(2)

(4)

2 ( k +7 )

2 k +7
2

years old

years old

3. An apple costs x cents and a pear costs twice as much as the apple. Amanda
received some change after paying $5 for 3 apples and 5 pears. Express the
amount of change Amanda received in terms of x.
(1) (5-13x) cents
(3) (500-13x) cents

(2) (5-8x) cents

(4) (500-8x) cents

4. Melissa is y years old. Bella is 4 times as old as Melissa. Gregory is 5 years older
than Bella. How old was Gregory 3 years ago?
(1) 4y-8

(2) 4y-2

(3) 4y+2

(4) 4y+8

5. The sum of 3 consecutive numbers is 6u. Find the smallest number in terms of
u.
(1) 2u-1

(2) 2u

(3) 2u+1

(4) 2u+2

Section D
6. The breadth of a rectangle is 3p cm. Its length is 3 times its breadth. Express the
perimeter of the rectangle in terms of p.

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7. Wayne paid $6.60 for 5 erasers and some sharpeners. Each eraser cost y cents
and each sharpener cost (y-50) cents. If y = 90, how many sharpeners did Wayne
buy?

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8. William is m years old now. His father is 25 years older than he. What will their
total age be in 4 years time? Express your answer in terms of m.

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9. The average mass of 7 watermelons is w kg. If the total mass of 3 watermelons
is 8 kg, what is the average mass of the remaining watermelons in terms of w?

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10. A machine can make 24u pieces of sushi in 3 hours. How many pieces of sushi
can the machine make in 1 hour? Express your answer in terms of u.

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Section E
11. Paul had $9y at first. After paying for 2 exercise books at $y each and 3 pens at
$2 each, he had just enough money to pay for 5 boxes of pencils.
(a) What was the price of each box of pencils in terms of y?
(b) If y=3, what was the cost of each box of pencils?

12. The figure below shows the outline of a plot of land.

(4x-8)m
(x+10) m

(a) Find the perimeter of the plot of land in terms of x.

(b) The cost of fencing is $14 per metre. If x = 5, find the total cost of
fencing the plot of land.

13. 5 hotdogs and 8 hamburgers cost $49. If 1 hotdog and 1 hamburger cost $p,
find the cost of 3 hamburgers.
14. A cookie costs m cents and a slice of cake costs 70 cents more than a cookie.
(a) What is the cost of 2 slices of cake and 4 cookies in cents?
(b) Alison wants to buy 3 slices of cake and 2 cookies but is short of 25
cents. If each cookie costs 80 cents, how much money does Alison have?

15. In January, Susan withdrew

1
3

was $640. In February, she deposited

of her savings from the bank. This amount

1
4

of her salary into the bank and her

savings became $z.

(a) Find Susans salary for the month of February in terms of z.
(b) If z =$1804, find Susans salary for the month of February.