\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{ceyre} \pdfinfo{ /Title (9-maths-exam.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (ceyre) /Subject (9 Maths Exam Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{2C87A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F7F9} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{9 Maths Exam Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{ceyre} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/128194/cs/25017/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}ceyre \\ \uline{cheatography.com/ceyre} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 3rd November, 2020.\\ Updated 4th November, 2020.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.84 cm} x{6.16 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Algebra Vocabulary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Terms & A term is separated by a + or - sign \{\{nl\}\} E.g: 5x-3y+2 \{\{nl\}\} There are 3 terms in this equation: \{\{nl\}\}5x, -3y and 2 \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Coefficient} & The number in front. \{\{nl\}\}E.g: In the term 5y, y's coefficient is 5 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Constant & Constant is the single number which does not have any letters or numbers attached to it. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Like terms & Terms including {\emph{exactly}} the same letter or combination of letters.\{\{nl\}\}E.g: 6p, 8p and 5p are like terms\{\{nl\}\}ab, 10ab and -2ab are like terms \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Unlike terms & Terms which have different letters or combination of letters.\{\{nl\}\}E.g: 3x and 3y are unlike terms \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Simplifying Expressions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Rule}} & {\bf{Example}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Any numbers in the expression are multiplied. & 5 X 6x = 30x \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Numbers are placed in front of letters when multiplying. & x X 3y = 3xy \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} If there is more than one letter they are written in \{\{nl\}\}alphabetical order.\{\{nl\}\}Numbers can be multiplied separately, then multiply letters. & 2q X 7p = 14pq\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}6p X 3p\{\{nl\}\}= 6 X 3 X p X p\{\{nl\}\}=18p\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Like terms can be grouped together and then added or \{\{nl\}\}subtracted. \{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Remember}}, the + and - signs go with \{\{nl\}\}the terms on their {\emph{right}}. & Simplify:\{\{nl\}\}2x + y - x + 8y\{\{nl\}\}=(2x - x) + (y + 8y)\{\{nl\}\}= x + 9y \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Examples - Simplifying}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/ceyre_1604395617_IMG20201103222404.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Powers Rules}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} p\textasciicircum{}4\textasciicircum{} means p multiplied by itself {\emph{four}} times & p\textasciicircum{}4\textasciicircum{} \{\{nl\}\}= p X p X p X p \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Simplify as powers and then multiply by \{\{nl\}\}each other & x X x X y X y \{\{nl\}\}= x\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{}y\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} When multiplying expressions with the \{\{nl\}\}{\bf{same base}} (letter), we {\bf{add the powers}}. & x\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} X x\textasciicircum{}5\textasciicircum{} \{\{nl\}\}= x\textasciicircum{}2+5\textasciicircum{}\{\{nl\}\}=x\textasciicircum{}7\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} When dividing expressions with the \{\{nl\}\}{\bf{same base}}, we can {\bf{subtract the powers}}. & 20x\textasciicircum{}4\textasciicircum{} ÷ 10x \{\{nl\}\}= 20x\textasciicircum{}4-1\textasciicircum{} ÷ 10\{\{nl\}\}=2x\textasciicircum{}3\textasciicircum{} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Expanding}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Multiply each term in the brackets by the outside term.\{\{nl\}\}Then add together and simplify.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Examples: \{\{nl\}\}8(c + d - e)\{\{nl\}\}= 8 X c + 8 X d - 8 X e\{\{nl\}\}=8c + 8d - 8e & \{\{nl\}\}4x(2x - 5)\{\{nl\}\}=(4x X 2x) + (4x X -5)\{\{nl\}\}=8x\textasciicircum{}2\textasciicircum{} - 20x \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Factorising}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1) Find the Highest Common Factor (number that divides in all terms equally) of all terms. Write this outside the brackets.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{2) Divide each term by the HCF, putting result in the brackets.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Note:}} The HCF could be a number or a letter.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Factorising Example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/ceyre_1604397314_IMG20201103225223.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Solving Equations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The goal of solving an equation is to get the {\bf{letter term}} on the {\bf{left}} of the = sign and the {\bf{number/value}} on the {\bf{right}}.\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Remember}} if a number or term is moved across the equals, then you must use the opposite operation.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Solving Examples}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/ceyre_1604397862_IMG20201103230229.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Converting Fractions, Decimals and Percentages}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Percentages represent an amount out of 100 & To convert, write the percentage as a fraction out of 100. \{\{nl\}\}E.g: 65\% = 65/100\{\{nl\}\} This can then be simplified by dividing both numbers by their HCF.\{\{nl\}\}65/100 = 13/20 \{\{nl\}\}(HCF of 65 and 100 is 5) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 11) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Decimals ↔ Percentages & Decimal to Percentage: \{\{nl\}\}Divide \% by 100 (or move decimal point to the left by two places)\{\{nl\}\}65\% = 65 ÷ 100 = 0.65\{\{nl\}\}Percentage to Decimal:\{\{nl\}\}Multiply the decimal by 100 (or move decimal point to the right by two places)\{\{nl\}\}0.74 = 0.74 * 100 = 74\% \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 14) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fractions to decimals & Divide the numerator by the denominator:\{\{nl\}\}2/3 = 2 ÷ 3 = 0.33333 \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Decimals to fractions & Take the decimal as an amount out of 10, 100, 100 etc depending on how many decimal places:\{\{nl\}\}0.65 = 65/100 (2dp)\{\{nl\}\}0.625 = 625/1000 (3dp)\{\{nl\}\}From here you may be able to simplify further using HCF \tn % Row Count 40 (+ 11) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Calculating a Fraction or Percentage of an amount}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{If calculating a fraction or percentage of an amount, multiply the amount by the fraction or percentage. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) For example: \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) 25\% of \$250 = \$250 X 25\% = \$62.50 \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) 1/3 of 300 = 300 X 1/3 = 100% Row Count 6 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Measurement - 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Example}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/ceyre_1604452324_IMG20201102150855.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Statistics - Dot Plot/Box and Whisker}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/ceyre_1604452350_IMG20201102150859.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}