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56 marks from 56 questions


Question 1

Use the factor tree to write 90 as a product of its prime factors.

90 = 2 × 3 × ×5

Question 2

For two large numbers, the product of the prime factors that are common to both numbers gives their:

a. highest common factor

b. square roots

c. lowest common multiple

d. lowest common factor

Question 3
Use the factor tree to write 400 as a product of its prime factors.

Enter the prime factors in order of size.

400 = 2 × × × ×5×5

Question 4

Number Factors

24 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
30 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30

What is the highest common factor of 24 and 30?


Question 5

The LCM of 20 and 8 is .

Question 6

Number Multiples

5 5, 10, 15, 20, ...


10 10, 20, 30, 40, ...
15 15, 30, 45, 60, ...

LCM of 5, 10 and 15 =

Question 7

Calculate the HCF of 324 and 144 by multiplying their common prime factors.
The HCF of 144 and 324 is .

Question 8

The LCM of 4, 8 and 12 is .

Question 9
The LCM of a number A and 10, is 30.
A could equal:

a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 15

Be sure to select all correct answers.


Question 10

What is the difference between the LCM and the HCF of 8 and 20?

LCM =

HCF =

Difference =

Question 11
The highest common factor of two numbers is 15.
These two numbers could be:

a. 5, 15

b. 10, 30

c. 60, 80

d. 15, 3000

Question 12
When adding fractions with different denominators, you need to rewrite the fractions with the same
denominator.
We use LCMs to find this denominator.
For + , what would be the new denominator?

Question 13
30 = 2 × 3 × 5
45 = 3 × 3 × 5
Use the prime factors to find the HCF of 30 and 45.
HCF =

Question 14

If A is a multiple of B , the HCF of A and B is:

a. A

b. B

c. 1

d. A+B
Question 15

12 ÷ (−2) =

Question 16
Evaluate:
(−8) ÷ (−4) =

Question 17
Complete this pattern.

2 × (−3) = −6

1 × (−3) = −3

0 × (−3) = 0

(−1) × (−3) =

(−2) × (−3) =

Question 18
36 ÷ (4 + 8) = 3
The first operation in this calculation is:

a. 36 ÷ 4
b. 4+8

Question 19

(15 + 9) ÷ (8 − 2) =

Question 20

−18 ÷ −6 =

Question 21
Calculate:
3−2×4=
Question 22

1 − 12 ÷ 3 =

Question 23
1 (−30) ÷ (+5)
2 (−30) − (+5)
3 (+30) − (−5)
4 (−30) ÷ (−5)
Arrange these expressions from smallest to largest.

a. 2, 1, 4, 3

b. 2, 1, 3, 4

c. 4, 3, 2, 1

d. 1, 2, 3, 4

Question 24
What is the missing number?
(−2) × 6 − = −6

a. 6

b. −6

c. 3

d. −3

Question 25
Work out an estimate of this calculation by rounding each number to the nearest whole number.
−209.8 ÷ −7.2 =

Question 26

What is the answer when the sum of 5 and −7 is multiplied by the difference between 5 and −7?
Question 27
What is the missing sign?
4 × (−6) (−8) = 3

a. +

b. −

c. ×

d. ÷

Question 28
Each number in the pyramid is the product of the two in the row below it.
Complete the pyramid

12

−4 −2

Question 29
Is the following statement true or false?
All natural numbers are positive numbers.
a. True
b. False

Question 30

52 = 25
Which of these statements is correct?

a.
b. The cube root of 25 = 5

c.
d. 25 squared = 5
Question 31
Which symbol is used when writing 'cube root'?

a.

b.

Question 32

Question 33

= 6 so − =

Question 34
How many square roots does 16 have?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

Question 35

x3 = 729
x=

Question 36

Question 37

y=
Question 38

Question 39

33 × 53 = 3375
Use this fact to find the cube root of 3375.

Question 40
Solve this equation:
x3 − 12 = −228
x=

Question 41

Select the values of x and y that fit this relationship.


a. x = 5, y = −125
b. x = 9, y = −27
c. x = −3, y = 729
d. x = 25, y = −100

Question 42
Find two different solutions to this equation.
Enter the lower number first.
x2 + 4 = 148
x=
x=
Question 43
The same number has been represented by both stars in this expression:

58 ÷ 3
= 5

What is the number represented by the star?

Question 44
When multiplying two identical numbers with different indices, you _________ the indices.
Which is the correct word to complete the sentence?

a. add
b. subtract
c. multiply
d. divide

Question 45
When dividing two numbers with the same base, you _________ the indices.
Which word will complete the sentence correctly?

a. add
b. subtract
c. multiply
d. divide

Question 46
Enter the index to complete this number sentence.

45 ÷ 4 3 = 4
Question 47

64 × 6 3 =

a. 612
b. 67
c. 3612
d. 367

Question 48
In the table of powers, the base has been replaced with a star.

Index notation Value


1 5
2 25
3 125
4 625
5 3125

What number does the star represent?

Question 49
Enter the missing index.

1510 ÷ 152 = 15

Question 50
True or false?
107 + 102 = 109

a. True
b. False

Question 51
Enter the missing index.

48 × 4 5 ÷ 4 6 = 4
Question 52
The first three terms of a number sequence are {1, 3, 27}. The sequence is built up in the following
way:
0
Term 1 = 3
0 1
Term 2 = 3 ×3
0 1 2
Term 3 = 3 ×3 ×3

The fourth term of the sequence is


.

Question 53
In the table of powers, the base has been replaced with a star.

Index notation Value


1 1000
2 1 000 000
3 1 000 000 000
4 1 000 000 000 000
5 1 000 000 000 000 000

What number does the star represent?

Question 54
Which two numbers are missing from the sequence:
1024, ..., 256, 128, ..., 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1?
8 6
a. 2 and 2
9 5
b. 2 and 2
8 5
c. 2 and 2
9 6
d. 2 and 2
Question 55

63 ÷ 6 3 =

a. 61 = 6

b. 60 = 1

c. 66 = 46 656

d. 69 = 10 077 696

Question 56

52 × 53 × 5–5 = 5

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