New Elementary Math 3

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  Exercise 1.3    
  8.(o) 1998  
  Exercise 2.1    
  1.(f) 7/2 or -2/3 1998  
 

4.(e)

p in the denominator of the answer should be replaced with the symbol for pi

1998  
  Exercise 2.2    
  2.(d) 0.89, -1.26 1998  
  2.(h) 0.36, -7.36 1998  
  4.(c) -20, 40/7 1998  
 

Section 2.3

   
  p.32 Quadratic formula in green box is missing the not equal sign at end; "where a is not equal to 0" 1998  
  Exercise 2.4    
  4. Question should read: "... consecutive positive numbers is 17/72. Find..." 1998  
  11.(c) Question should read: "...of the length of AP, or answer should be 5, 5 1/3. 1998  
  Exercise 3.1      
  22. Change the second inequality to 2x + 1 < x + 2 1998, 2005  
  Exercise 4.1    
  5. Omit problem. All the points are on a line. 1998, 2005  
  Exercise 4.3    
  3.(c) Either the line is poorly drawn, or the estimate for y-intercept is poor.
If we take the y-intercept as (0, 2.8) then the gradient is 7/5, and the equation for the line would be y = 7/5 x + 2.8.
1998  
  Challenger 2 1998  
  1

Remove the factor 2 in the first term. Do the same for the worked answer in the Teacher's Manual.

1998, 2005  
 

Revision Exercise 1B

   
  6. 1998  
  Exercise 6.2    
  1.(d) (i) 1.3 and -1.3 1998, 2003  
  Revision Exercise 2A    
  5. This problem has an error somewhere. x cannot be -1. 1998  
  7. The infinity symbol should be a proportion symbol (open on the right side). 1998  
  Assessment 1, Section B    
  11(a)(i) Problem should read: "Express d in terms of T, D, R, r, and v." 1998  
  11(a)(ii) The answer to the problem in given in the question. If you want the student to calculate, blacken out the value for d. 1998