S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 1

1) Write the following numbers in standard form (scientific notation): -

(a) 1450000 (b) 23 million (c) 0.0613 (d) 0.000005

2) Write out the following numbers fully: -

6 12 -5 -3
(a) 2.41 x 10 (b) 7 x 10 (c) 6.65 x 10 (d) 8 x 10

3) Find: -

(a) 2/3 of £180 (b) 9/10 of £2.10 (c) 5% of £800 (d) 40% of £35

4) Between 9.00am and 1.00pm, one summer‟s day, the temperature rose from 12ºC to 21ºC. State
the rise in temperature and calculate the percentage rise in temperature.

5) A class of 20 pupils were asked how long it took them, in minutes, to travel from home to school.
The results are given below:

18 23 6 35 22 (a) Construct a stem and

11 2 23 14 17 leaf diagram showing these
26 14 20 9 28 results.
31 18 16 22 14

(b) What is the (i) mode (ii) median (c) range

6) An engineering firm orders pistons to fit the cylinders of their engines. They state the tolerance of
the diameters of the pistons as: - (49.8 ± 0.5) mm.

(a) Which of the following pistons will the engineering firm find acceptable?

Piston A B C D E F G H
Diameter 49.4 50.4 50.2 49.2 50.5 49.9 50.0 50.3

(b) What percentage of this batch of pistons was acceptable?

7) Tomato juice comes in cylindrical tins 14cm high and with diameter 9cm. These tins are packed in
boxes of length 36cm, breadth 27cm and height 28cm.

14cm 28cm

27cm
9cm 36cm

(a) How many tins can be packed into a box?

(b) Can all the tins in one box be filled from a drum containing 25 litres of tomato juice? You must
explain your answer. (Volume of cylinder =  r²h)
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 2

1) If a = -3, b = 0, c = 2 and d = -1, calculate the values of: -

(a) cd (b) 2d + ac (c) a² (d) ab + c³

2) Consider the first ten capital letters of the alphabet.

(a) Make a list of those which have line symmetry, indicating with dashes all of the lines of
symmetry e.g.

(b) Make a list of all those which have half-turn symmetry indicating with a dot where the centre of
symmetry lies e.g.

3) A square has diagonals 12cm long. Calculate: -

(a) The length of one side of the square
(b) The area

4) The force of P newtons required to pull a load of weight W newtons along a horizontal surface is
such that P varies directly as W.

(a) Given that P = 90 when W = 375, find an equation connecting P and W

(b) Calculate P when W = 120

5) A firm‟s weekly wage bill for 350 employees is £63000. At the same average wage, what would
the weekly wage bill be for 250 employees?

6) Calculate the area of this archway, which consists of a rectangle and a semi-circle.

1.5m

2m

7)

(c) What is the remainder when 11 has been divided by 4? (Not 0.75!!)

(d) What is the remainder when 1532 has been divided by 19?
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 3

1) Find: -

(a) 5 x 1⅔ (b) 4 x 3 4/5

2) Wooden planks are ⅝ metres long. What is the total length of 12 planks?

3) Express without brackets: -

(c) 3(a-b) (b) 5(2c+3d) (c) x(3-x)

60
4)
50

(c) Find a formula connecting p and q. 40

30
p
(d) Find the value of p when q is 68. 20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
q

5) A youth group are going on an outing. On the way there, 4 full minibuses take people to the youth
centre, whilst 7 people make their own way there. On the way home only 2 full minibuses bring people
home, with the other 47 people making their own way.

(a) Write down an equation to represent the number of people on the outing.

(b) Solve the equation to find the number of people on each bus.

(c) How many people went on the outing?

6) A class consists of 30 pupils with boys to girls in the ratio 3:2. How many boys are in the class?

7) A tin has a diameter of 8cm and height of 14cm.

(e) Calculate the circumference of the tin.

(f) A label is wrapped around the tin with an overlap of 1cm. Calculate the area of the label.

Label
14cm
Tin
Tin 1cm (overlap)

8cm
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 4

1) Factorise: -
(a) 9t-6 (b) 2ef+6e

2) To a climber it would be dangerous to descend a slope that makes an angle of 80º or more with the
ground. Find the size of the marked angle and state whether or not this slope is too dangerous.

162m Angle

30m

3) There are two mirrors in a shop similar in shape. The area of the smaller mirror is 0.23 sq. metres.
Calculate the area of the larger mirror.

0.7m 1.4m

4) The profit (£P) made by a clothing company varies as the square root of the number of items (n)
made. The company makes a profit of £150 for every 100 items manufactured.

(e) Find a formula connecting P and n. (P = …..)

(f) The company has debts of £8000. If the workers produce 250000 items, will the profit be
enough to clear the debt?

5) To make „SAFEDA‟S‟ Special Coffee Blend, they mix together Dark Roast and Brazilian
Meadow in the ratio 4 to 7.

(a) If 14 kilograms of Dark Roast are used to make the Special Blend, how many kilograms of
Brazilian Meadow are required?
(b) The manager has 24 kilograms of Dark Roast and 35 kilograms of Brazilian Meadow in stock.
What is the greatest weight of Special Blend he can make? (Show all your working).

6) The first part of a Roller Coaster is a straight run and is supported by vertical pillars as shown in
fig.1. To increase the safety an extra pillar is built to support the straight run as shown in fig.2.
Calculate the value of x and hence find the height of the extra pillar. Do not use a scale drawing.

Fig.1 Fig.2

Straight run
17m 17m x
6m
6m

14m 6m 8m
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 5

1) The Royal Mathematics Society offers a choice of prizes to the winner of its Centenary Competition.
He or she can choose to accept either: -

5 4 Which is better and by how

(a) £(4 ) (b) £(5 ) much?

2) As Mars circles the Sun the average distance between them is two hundred and twenty eight
million kilometres.

a. Write this number out fully.

b. Now write the number if scientific notation.

3) A famous footballer who lived in Helensburgh built his wall to a height of 12½ ft. The neighbours
complained, saying that the walls in the area were to be no more than 3.8 metres.

Is the footballer‟s wall legal? (1m = 3.28 ft) COVERALL

House Insurance
(Premium per £1000)
4) George and Mildred paid £112500 for their new Glasgow £2.65
bungalow in Perth. What will their annual insurance Edinburgh £2.85
Paisley £1.57
premium be to insure their house with „Coverall‟ Insurance? Perth £1.68
Dundee £1.43
Stirling £1.29

5) A frame of a child‟s swing, when viewed from the side is symmetrical.

Calculate the height of the frame.
4.2m h

3.6m
6) The stairs of the house make an angle of 41º with the ground floor.
Building regulations state that for this style of house, the height
between floors should lie between 3.0 and 3.5 metres.
Does this house meet those building standards? 41º h
(Give a reason for your decision).

3.5m
7) 1.8cm

A pendant is made of silver wire.

It consists of semi-circles
soldered together.
2.4cm
Calculate the length of wire
required to make the pendant.
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 6

1)
-5
A Lymphotype is a type of blood cell. It measures 9.76 x 10 centimetres
Across. Write out this decimal in full.

2) Solve the inequality 7x-1 ≥ 3x+19

A
3) 2 tangents, PA and PB, are drawn to a circle centre C. P C
If APB = 50º, calculate the size of ACB. 50º
B

4) A telegraph pole was 11 metres tall before it snapped off after a storm and toppled over. The top of
the pole came to rest on the top of the wall as shown.
Broken Piece
(a) By using the
information in the
diagram write down
the length of the 1.3m 21º
broken piece

?
(b) Calculate how far the base of the pole is from the wall.

5) A gardener erects fenceposts and uses wooden strips to form a trellis at the top.

2 posts 4 posts
5 strips 9 strips
1m 1m 1m 4 posts 1m 1m 1m

a. How many strips are needed when 4 posts are used?

b. Complete the table below.

Number of posts (P) 2 3 4 5 6
Number of strips (S) 5

c. Write down the formula connecting the number of strips, S, and the number of posts, P.
(S=……….)

d. If the gardener had 45 strips of wood and as many posts as he wished, what is the longest
length of fence he can make using the above design?

6) A train travels a distance of 352.5km in a time of 2hrs 21mins. Find the speed of the train.
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 7

1) Dalton‟s Sweet Shop bought in a box of 12 large Easter eggs in March for a total of £40. Mr Dalton sold 8 of
the eggs before Easter at £6.50 each. He sold the other 4 eggs after Easter at half price.

a. How much money did he receive for the sale of all his eggs?
b. Calculate his profit.
c. Express his profit as a percentage of what he paid for the box of eggs.

2) Make up an equation and solve it to find the

size of the marked angle. (x+6)º
xº

(x+39)º
3) The semi-circular arch of a bridge is strengthened
by a triangular metal structure as shown.
Q

P P

A 67º B A 72º B

(a) Calculate the size of ABP (b) A second triangular structure

is added. Calculate the size of PAQ.

This picture shows a missile

4) Plane launcher positioned at A. An
aircraft is 5000 metres away and at
Path of missile 1100m a height of 1100 metres above the
ground. If the angle of elevation is
A 14º 14º and the missile flies in a
straight line, could it hit the aircraft?

5000m

5)
Four teams (Ailsbury, Benton, Calder and Dunkeith) Ailsbury
play each other in a hockey competition. Their 2/1 Benton
scores are recorded like this, the 3/2 score indicates 3/2 1/4 Calder
that Ailsbury beat Calder by 3 goals to 2.
1/1 1/2 3/3 Dunkeith

(a) Who won and what was the score between Benton and Dunkeith?
(b) The competition points table was drawn up with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
Complete the rest of the table below and state who won the competition.

Team Played Won Draw Lost Total Points

Ailsbury 3 2 1 0
Benton 3
Calder 3
Dunkeith 3
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 8

1) The 18 members from Auchinshoogle FRED‟S CHIP BAR

Ski Club call in at Fred‟s Chip Bar on
their way home from a ski trip. Each of Fish Supper £1.95
the men orders a fish supper and each Chicken Supper £2.15
of the women orders a chicken supper.
The total bill was £35.90, how many
women must there have been?

2) The Johnstone‟s have a bank account with the

„Veritable Bank of Scotland‟. When they June 1st +£985
deposit money with the bank, for example £50, June 3rd -£72
the computer reads this as (+£50). If they June 10th -£56
withdraw £50 the computer reads this as (- June 15th -£16
£50). Shown below is a list of deposits and June 21st +£123
withdrawals that are registered on the June 23rd -£255
computer in June. Calculate the total of the
figures shown. TOTAL £?

3) (a) Complete the table below for the line y=2x-1.

X -1 0 3 (b) Using the table in

y part(a) draw the graph
of the line y = 2x-1
4)
Copy and complete the
diagram so that the
shape has rotational
symmetry (order 2)
about C.
C

5) A fence is made of strips of wood.

1 panel 2 panels 3 panels

7 strips 13 strips ? strips

(a) Copy and complete the table below.

Number of panels (n) 1 2 3 4 5 10

Number of strips of wood (s) 7 13

(b) Write down a formula for finding the number of strips of wood needed for n panels.

(c) Use your formula to calculate the number of strips of wood needed for a fence with 20 panels.

(d) Can a fence like this be made with exactly 80 strips of wood? Explain your answer fully.
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 9

1) A tunnel and the surface of the water

running through it form a semi-circle as
shown. 3 metal beams are welded to
the inside of the tunnel, the top one 31º
parallel to the water. Calculate the size
of angle x.
water xº

2) David counted the number of each colour of wine gums in his packet. There were 4 black, 5 red, 3
orange, 6 green and the rest were yellow. If he eats one at random, what is: -

(a) P(black)? (b) P(red or orange)? (c) P(not green)? (d) P(yellow)?

3)
This tree is in a dangerous condition
and is about to be cut down. It will fall
in the direction of the house but the
woodcutter hopes it will not touch the
house. From a point 25 metres from
the tree, the angle of elevation of the
top is 72º. Can the tree be safely cut
72º
down? Give a reason.

4) (a) On a diagram plot the following 3 points: - 80 metres 25 metres

P has coordinates (2,8), Q (-5,5) and R (-8,-2)

(b) On the same diagram, plot a 4th point and call it S, such that PQRS is a
rhombus, and state the coordinates of S.

5) David takes part in an orienteering competition at Drumdoyne Hill. Shown is the first part of the
contest – from Drumdoyne Hill on a bearing of 050º to Checkpoint 1 at Lake Humphry.
N

(a) Use a ruler and a protractor to Checkpoint 1

make a scale drawing of this part of
the competition. Use a scale of 1cm Lake
N 1800m
to represent 200m. Humphrey

(b) On your drawing show the 2nd part 050º

of the journey to Checkpoint 2, 1600
metres from Checkpoint 1 on a
bearing of 160º. Drumdoyne Hill

(c) Measure the distance from

Checkpoint 2 to the starting position
at Drumdoyne Hill. Now calculate the
real distance between both places.
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 10

1) The mean height of a group consisting of 4 boys and 1 girl is 166cm. The mean height of the boys
is 168cm. Calculate the height of the girl.

2) A window box contains red, yellow and white tulips. If the probability of choosing a red tulip is 0.35,
and the probability of choosing a yellow tulip is 0.45, what is the probability of choosing a white
tulip?

3) B
A hot air balloon is tethered by two ropes
attached to the ground 60 metres apart.
(a) Make a scale drawing of the
balloon and the ropes (choose a
P Q
suitable scale of your own).
(b) Use your scale drawing to 41º 60m
calculate how high the balloon is 33º
60m
above ground.
Dobin‟s
4) Dobin‟s Apple Juice can be bought in 2 forms. 10cm
Dobin‟s Apple
(a) Calculate the volume, in Apple Juice
millilitres, of the carton. Juice
300ml
(b) Which is the better buy? (Give a 5cm
reason for your answer) 8cm
Can = 44p Carton = 50p

5)
Shown is a Japanese weapon
10cm called a throwing star (Ninja
Star). It consists of 4 identical
sharp pointed metal kites joined
together.
Calculate the area of the
weapon.

32cm

6)
This graph shows the cost (£C) of
hiring a ladder for (d) days. 28

24
(a) How much does it cost to
cost in £'s (C)

20
hire it for 3 days?
(b) Calculate the gradient of the 16
line. 12
(c) Write down the equation
8
C=d+….
(d) Use your formula from (c) to 4
find out the cost of hiring it 0
for a fortnight (14 days). 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
no of days (d)
S4 GENERAL HOMEWORK 11

1) When Stephen leaves £1200 in

Angliawide Building Society for 4 Bingley’s Building Society
months he gains a total of £27.60 in
interest. Annual Rate 7.3%
Sharon invests £800 with Bingley‟s
Building Society for 6 months. Will
she receive more or less interest Angliawide
than Stephen? Building Society
(Give a reason for your answer)
Annual Rate 6.9%

2) In any fairground Big Dipper ride

the angle that the rails make with
the ground should be less than 75º. 13.4m
For it to be classes as “Real Fun” a
steep slope should be at least 70º
to the ground.
Does this section of the Big Dipper
meet the safety requirements and 4.5m
can it be classed as “Real Fun”?

3)
A cycle track consists of two semi-
circular ends of diameter 100 metres
and two straights of length 158
metres.

(a) Calculate the perimeter of

the track to the nearest whole 158m
metre.
(b) If a cyclist took 1 minute 30 100m
seconds to cycle once around
the circuit calculate his
average speed per minute.

4) An electronics worker is paid £6.80 per hour for a basic 37½ week. Overtime is paid at time-
and-a-half rate. He also receives 50p for every 20 components produced in excess of 1000. In
one week he works 42½ hours and produces 2500 components. Calculate his gross wage for
the week.

5) The service manager in a garage uses a formula to work out customers‟ bills. The formula is
C=1.15(P+18T)+20.
£C is the amount of the final bill, £P is the cost of any parts needed and T is the number of
hours work done on the vehicle. Calculate the final bill for a job that took 4 hours and which
used part worth £42.68.