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If 𝑎 = 1 and 𝑏 = 3
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5(a) Find the value of 𝑎𝑏.
Give your answer as a mixed fraction in its simplest form.
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5(b) Find the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏
Give your answer as a mixed fraction in its simplest form.
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4 A farmer owns a field which has an area of 9 km2 .
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He uses of this field to grow potatoes.
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How much of the field is used to grow potatoes?
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
[2 marks]
Answer km2
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The farmer owns another field which measures km by 1 km.
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What is the area of the field?
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
[2 marks]
Answer km2
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6 Natasha is cutting up rope.
She has 900 cm of rope.
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Natasha uses of the rope to tie up a parcel.
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She uses of the rope for a craft project.
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6(a) What fraction of the original rope remains?
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
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6(b) Natasha then cuts up the remaining rope into four equal pieces.
What size, in cm, is each of these equal pieces of rope?
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In the first round of a gymnastics competition, James is given a score of 2 .
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His score is later revised to account for the difficulty in that round.
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His new score is 2 ×1
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1(a) What is his new score?
Give your answer as a mixed fraction.
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1(b) In the second round of the competition, James scores 7 .
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His score is again revised.
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His score is now 7 ÷ .
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What is his new score?
Give your answer as a mixed fraction.
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