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UPDATED TO 2023-2025 SYLLABUS
CAIE CHECKPOINT
MATHEMATICS
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CAIE CHECKPOINT MATHEMATICS
Ordering decimals includes comparing and ordering
1. Place Values, Ordering and different decimals by value, either in ascending order
(from smallest to biggest) or descending order (from
Pounding biggest to smallest).
The greater a decimal is, the closer it is to 1.
The smaller a decimal is, the further away it is from 1.
1.1. Place Value
Like whole numbers, decimals also have place values 1.3. Rounding
The decimal place values:
Rounding is the process of approximating numbers by
omitting some number digits.
Usually, rounding is to the closest one, ten, hundred, or
whole number (rounding to whole numbers is specifically
for decimals).
The general rule for rounding:
1. First, clarify which place you are rounding to. Is it to
Notice that the more right we go, the more we divide the the nearest 10s, 100s, or 1000s?
place values by 10 2. Check the digit of the number in that place value.
÷10 ÷10
(E.g. In 38, we look at the digit ‘3’ when rounding to
the nearest 10s. )
Hundreds ==> Tens ==> Ones 3. Look at the digit to the direct right of it.
Similarly, we divide by ten the more right we go in 4. If that digit exceeds or equals 5, round the number
decimals. up.
The decimals for place values are similar to the normal
place values, except we add a ‘ths’ at the end. If that digit is less than 5, round the number down.
E.g. tenths, hundredths, thousandths…
2. Expressions, Equations and
When we multiply decimals by 10, 100, or 1000, we shift
the decimal point to the right by 1 digit, 2 digits, and 3 Formulae
digits, respectively.
E.g. 2.1. Expressions
1.5 x 10 = 15.0 = 15
1.567 x 100 = 156.7 Expressions are commonly used in algebra
1.90389 x 1000 = 1903.89 A linear expression is an expression to the power of 1.
A term is an expression containing at least a single
We use the same method for division, except that we mathematical expression.
move the decimal point to the left by 1 digit, 2 digits, and A variable is a letter used to represent an unknown
3 digits, respectively. number, while the coefficient is the recognisable number
next to it.
E.g.
1.567 ÷ 10 = 0.1567 E.g. 6a = 6 times the value of ‘a’.
134.5678 ÷ 100 = 1.345678
0.12345 ÷ 1000 = 0.00012345 Expressions can contain one or more variables, and one
or more coefficients.
We can get decimals through negative powers as well. An expression does not contain an ‘=’ symbol.
For example, We can break down/simplify an expression to make it
looks smaller and neater, by bringing the terms together.
10^-1 = 0.1,
10^-2 = 0.01, E.g. 6x + 3y + 4x+ 7y
10^-4 = 0.0001… = 6x + 4 x + 3 y + 7 y
The power represents the number of digits there should be = 10x + 10y,
behind the decimal point. which can be factored into 10(x+y) using the distributive law.
1.2. Ordering
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2.2. Equations
Equations are two or more expressions, equated using
the symbol ‘=’ which means ‘is equal to’
An equation usually has an expression on either side of
the ‘=’ symbol.
Whenever we perform any action to one side of the
equation, we must also perform it to the other side to
keep the equation balanced.
Simultaneous equations are two or more equations
which have the same solutions. We can perform
operations on simultaneous equations to solve them.
E.g. 2x+8y = 12 --- (Multiply by 3)
3x+4y = 10 --- (Multiply by 2)
6x+24y = 36
- 6x+8y = 20
16y = 16
So y = 1
We can substitute the value of y into the equation. 4y
means 4 times y, which is 4x1 = 4
So we can then write 3x+4 = 10
So, 3x = 6
We can get that x = 2.
Inequalities can be written using the symbols <, >, ≤ and
≥.
A solution set can be written by the use of a number line.
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