Math Number Revision Guide

Math Number Revision Guide
Fractions

Fractions of Amounts
= amount/numerator
x denominator

Eg:

Alex scores with 6/10
of his shots at the
goal. How many shots
will he need to take to
make 50 goals?

= amount/numerator
x denominator

1 part=50/6
= 8.3

Multiply ans. by 10

=83.3

Fractions of Quantities

= Fraction x number

Eg:

= Fraction x number
=
x $20
= .2 x $20
= $4

Percentages

Percentages of
Amounts

=% x amount

Eg:

Find 20% of 50

=% x amount
=.20 x 50
=10

Final
M O
Percentage Change (Multiplier Method)

Percentage Change = Final = multiplier
x original

Eg 1:

18% increase on $450

Final = multiplier x original
= (100+18)/100 x 450
= $531

Eg 2:

A man sells a car for 140,000 dollars
and sells it for 200,000 how much
percentage increase has he made?

Final = multiplier x original
$200,000 = $140,000 x mult.

mult. = final/original
= 200,000/140000
= 1.42

Always calculate change from 100% =
1.42 1
= 42%
Compound Interest

Compound interest =
capital x
multiplier
number of years

Eg:

$10,000 at 4.5% for 5
years

Mult (increase) = 1.045

Compound interest =
capital x
multiplier
number of years

Compound interest =
$10,000 x 1.045
5

=$12461.8

Decimals

Multiply decimals

Eg: 0.7 x 0.3
=(0.7 x 10) x (0.3 x 10)
=7 x 3
=21/100
=0.21
Dividing decimals

Eg: 48 / 0.4
=(48 x 10) / (0.4
x 10)
=480 / 4
=120

Factors, Multiples and Primes

Division Factors

Eg:

Find all the factors of
22

Can 1 go into 22?
=Yes

So

1, ,20

Can 2 go into 22?
=Yes

So

1,2, ,11,22

etc.

Primes = a number that is only
divisible by 1 and itself
Prime Factor Decomposition

When doing prime factorization
always make sure you divide
the number by the lowest prime
number, which would give a
whole number.

Eg: What is the prime
factorization of 147

147 / 3 = 49
49 / 7 = 7
7 / 7 = 1

PF = 3 x 7 x 7

HCF (listing method)

This is used to find the highest
common factor between two
numbers

Eg:

First list the factors

14 = 1,2 7,14
49 = 1,7 ,7,49

HCF = 7
LCM (listing method)

This is used to find the
lowest common multiple
between two numbers.

Eg:

First list the multiples

3 = 3,6,9,12,15,18
12 = 12, 24, 36

LCM = 12

Eg

HCF & LCM Prime Factorization

This method of finding the LCM and HCF is used when dealing
with big numbers as this saves a lot of un-needed wasted time.

Eg:

175 = 5 x 5 x 7
280 = 2
3
x 5 x 7

Order them

175 = 5 x 5 x 7
280 = 2 x 2 x 2 x7

HCF = 5 x 7 (because the two numbers occur in both sets)

LCM =

= 1400

Squares, Cubes and Roots

Square = A number multiplied by itself
Cube = A number multiplied by itself, three
times
Root = A number that is squared to get the root
Square and cubes of
negatives

Eg:

-2
2

= -2 x -2
= 4

-2
3

= -2 x -2 x -2
= 8

=
= 2 and -2

Because

2 x 2 = 4
-2 x -2 = 4

Rounding

Rounding to Significant
figures

Rounding to significant
figures means round the
whole numbers that follow
after the zero.

Eg:

35460 to 1 SF

= 40000

0.00005678 to 2 SF

= 0.000057

Ratios

Split Ratios

Splitting ratio is when
you have to split the ratio
up in parts to find out
what the un-simplified
ratio is.

Eg:

The ration is sand to
water if we have 53
grams of sand how
much water do we
have

Ratio = 5:8
= 5 + 8
=13

1 part=53/13
= 4

5 parts= 4 x 5
= 20

8 parts= 8 x 4
= 32 g

Unitary Method

Unitary method is used to work out the
other part of the ratio.

Eg:

The ratio is girls to boys if there are
15 girls how many boys are there
watching a football tournament

5:13
1 part =15/5
= 3

Boys = 13 x 3
= 39
Shell: Math: Standard Form: Revision Guide

Use Standard Form to Write
Large Numbers

Eg:

192000 can also be written
as: 1.92 x10
5

Use standard form to write
small numbers

Eg:

0.00564 can also be written
as: 5.64 x10
-3

0.2301 can also be written as:
2.301 x10
-1

NOTE:

ALL
NUMBERS
WRITTEN IN
STANDARD
FORM ARE
WRITTEN AS
NUMBERS
BETWEEN 1
AND 10.

Rounding standard form in
Significant figures

The number between 1& 10
is the number of significant
figures.

Eg:

Write this in standard form to
2 sig figs.

5879321400

= 5.8-79
=5.9 x10
9

0.0041987 to 3SF

=4.20 x10
-3

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