7.

(a) Express 345 micrograms as a percentage of 3 grams, leaving your answer in standard
form.
(b) The harddisk space in a notebook is 80 gigabytes. How many documents can be stored if
the average size of a document is 2.85 megabytes? Give your answer correct to the
nearest
hundred documents.
8.
Solve
x

(a)

27 3 345 81

5 y 1 125 1

3
5
25

(b)

xx
x

9.
10.

xm

Given that
, find the value of m.
(a)
Write down the next two terms in the sequence
20, 15, 9, 2, ____, _____.
(b)

The general term of a sequence is Tn = 6n 18. Find the 9th term.

(c)

Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence
4, 7, 10, 13,

1 In the diagram, A, B, C and D are four markers on a horizontal field.

.

AC = 350 m,

BAC 32

and

BCA 90

(a) Calculate AB.

CAD 45
CDA 72
(b)
The bearing of B from A is 042.
and
.
Calculate

[2]

[2]

(c)

(i) the bearing of D from A,

(ii) the bearing of D from C,
(iii) the shortest distance from C to the path AB.
An aircraft was hovering vertically above the point A.

[1]
[2]
[2]

The angle of elevation of the bottom of the aircraft from B is 29.

(i) Calculate the height at which the aircraft is hovering.
(ii) Find the angle of depression of the marker C from the aircraft.

2.

Given that 1152 = 27 32, find the smallest possible value of a whole number n if
1152n is a perfect cube.

(a)
(b)

3.

4.

[1]
[2]

Three bells ring at intervals of 14 minutes, 25 minutes and 40 minutes

respectively. If they start ringing together at 8 am, at what time will they next ring
together again?

Four traffic lights turn red at regular intervals of 1 minute, 1 minute 10 seconds,
1 minute 18 seconds and 1 minute 31 seconds. Occasionally all four traffic
lights will turn red simultaneously.
(a)
If all the traffic lights turn red simultaneously at 0830, find the next time
when this occurs again.
(b) How many times, including the first time at 0830, would all the traffic
lights turn red together between 0830 and 1200?

[2]
[2]

When water is poured into a container, the depth of the water, d, is inversely
proportional to the square of the base radius, r, of the container. When the radius is 3
cm, the depth of water is 24 cm.
(a) Form an equation relating d and r.
(b) Find the depth of the water when the radius is 4 cm.

5.

A numbered chip is drawn at random from a box of 30 chips, numbered 11 to 40. Find the
probability that the number on the chip
(a) is a multiple of 8
(b) is a prime number

6.

(c) has at least one digit 2

The cost of a pen is $x and the cost of a pencil is $y.
(a)

Joanne bought 5 pens and a pencil for $7.75. Form an equation in x and y.

(b)

In the same shop, Doris paid $15.25 for 5 pens and 11 pencils. Form another
equation in x and y.

(c)

By solving the simultaneous equations in (a) and (b), find the cost of a pen and the
cost of a pencil in dollars.

(d)

Hence, find the total cost of 18 pens and 25 pencils in dollars.