Chapter 3: Number properties and patterns

Test answers
Part A – Multiple-choice
1 C
2 A
3 B
4 A
5 C
6 B
7 D
8 D
9 C
10 E

Part B – Short-answer
1 a 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 b 16
c 13, 26, 39, 52, 65, 78 d 195
2 a i 34 52 ii 22 72 113
b i 125 ii 72
c i 81 ii 46 iii 42 iv 12
3 a The following, or similar:
84

12 7

22

b 84 = 22  3  7
4 a 48, 96, 192
b 29, 20, 11
c 120, 720, 5040
5 a

b 12, 19, 26, 33, 40

c 12 matches are required to start the pattern, and an additional 7 matches are
required to make the next term in the pattern.

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Input (x) 0 1 2 3 4
Output (y) 8 6 4 2 0
b
y
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x

Part C – Extended-response
1 2, 5, 10
2 a

b
Number of tables 1 2 3 4 5
Number of students 4 6 8 10 12
c Number of students = (2  number of tables) + 2
d 16 students
e 48 students

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