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1617 Igcse Top 62 Questions
1617 Igcse Top 62 Questions
1.
a)
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, draw an x-axis for 7 x 12 and a
y-axis for 7 y 11 .
Copy the letter MATH accurately from the diagram above onto the same position on your graph
paper.
b)
c)
Draw accurately the image of your letters under the following transformations.
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
10
Translate your letter T by the vector
i)
1
, centre 7.5,8
2
the origin.
ii)
Find the inverse matrix M 1 and describe in words the transformation which it
represents.
2. Roula asked 200 people how much juice they consume every week. The table shows her results.
Amount of juice (x litres)
Number of people
0 x 0.5
0.5 x 1
28
1 x 1.5
40
1.5 x 2
36
2 x 2.5
55
2.5 x 3
24
3 x 3.5
3.5 x 4
a)
b)
c)
Using a scale of 4 cm to 1 litre of juice on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to 10 people on the
vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph.
d)
e)
ii)
iii)
A nutrition recommends that a person drinks at least 1.8 litres of juice each week. What
percentage of these 200 people do not drink enough juice?
f)
If two people are selected at random, what is the probability that both of them do not drink
enough juice.?
3.
The number of football players in France is 60,000. The number of football players in Ireland is 52,000.
a)
Calculate the ratio of the football players in the two countries in its simplest form.
b)
In Ireland, 38% of the football players are above the age of twenty five. Calculate how many
football players in Ireland are above the age of twenty five.
c)
In France, 16,800 football players are below the age of twenty. Calculate the percentage of
football players in France below the age of twenty.
d)
The number of football players in Ireland is 160% greater than it was fifty years ago. Calculate
the number of football players in Ireland fifty years ago.
e)
In France, the ratio of men playing football:women playing football is 18:12. Calculate the
number of women, playing football in France.
4.
53 B
34.2 cm
89
25.7 cm
X
20.1 cm
D
i)
ii)
iii)
5.
BA
ii)
BE
iii)
CE
iv)
6.
Given: f : x x 2 5x 6
g : x 2x 1
k:x
2x 1
, x2
x2
a)
Solve f x 0
b)
Find g 1 x
c)
Find gf 3
d)
Find fg x
e)
Find k 1 x
f)
Find kg x
7.
x
f x
a)
15
9.75
16.5
11.25
0
0
11.25
16.5
9.75
15
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to represent 4 units on the y-axis,
draw axes for 4 x 4 and 17 y 17 . Draw the curve y f x
b)
c)
d)
e)
i)
h 2
ii)
fh 2
iii)
h1 4
iv)
8.
a)
b)
c)
Figure 1
Figure 2
The figures represent the nets of 2 solids. Each straight line is 6 cm long. Each circle has a
circumference of 6 cm. the arc length in figure 2 is 6 cm.
d)
9.
i)
ii)
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, draw an x-axis for 7 x 9 and a y-axis
for 0 y 13 . Mark the points A 6, 2 , B 3,12 , C 9, 7 and D 4,1 . Draw quadrilateral
ABCD.
b)
c)
ii)
iii)
Shade the region inside quadrilateral ABCD which is less than 7 cm from A and nearer to AB
than to AD. Label this region R.
d)
Shade the region inside quadrilateral ABCD which is nearer to B than to C and nearer to AD than
to AB and more than 7 cm from A. Label this region S.
10.
a)
b)
11.
f x 3x 4 and g x 1 x 2
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
If k x x x ,
i)
find k 2
ii)
iii)
A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement, s meters, from the fixed point O after t
seconds is given by s t 3 7t 2 24t 6 ,
12.
a)
b)
c)
Calculate
i)
ii)
The number of students who sat for the IGCSE Math exam during one week in the ISC is shown in the
table below.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
52
35
60
45
40
65
On graph paper, represent this information as a bar chart taking 2 cm for the width of each bar and 2 cm
to represent 10 students.
13.
The cross section of a swimming pool is a trapezoid ABCD with parallel sides 0.8 m and 1.1 m and
vertical height of 0.7 m. the swimming pool is 500 m long.
a)
b)
One cubic meter of water has a mass of 1.8 tonnes. Calculate the mass of water in the pool,
giving your answer in kg and in standard form.
c)
When the pool is empty, a cylindrical pipe, radius 0.25 m and length 500 m is laid at the bottom
of the swimming pool. Calculate the volume of the pipe.
d)
The pool is then refilled with water. Calculate the volume of water put back into the pool as a
percentage of the original amount of water removed.
e)
If water flows through the pipe at 0.8 m/s, how many liters will flow through the pipe in 1 hour?
[1 m3 = 1000 l]
14.
a)
4
x2
0.8
0.8
0.3
0.4
1.0
4.0
6.3
6.3
4.0
1.0
0.4
0.3
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the y-axis,
draw the graph of y
4
x2
b)
c)
d)
By drawing a suitable tangent to your curve, estimate the gradient of the curve at x 2 .
4
x2
1.25 x 4.5
M
15.
5 cm
S
R
8 cm
14 cm
b)
16.
RS
ii)
PS to 3 significant figures
iii)
MP to 3 significant figures
NOT TO SCALE
B
81
A
72
D
Using the figure above, find he measure of
i)
angle CDE,
ii)
angle CDB,
iii)
angle BCE.
22
17.
a)
Find the volume of a cylindrical tank whose radius is 50 cm and the height is 120 cm.
b)
If the water flows through a pipe of cross sectional area 1.2 cm2 at a rate of 12 cm/s, find the
time needed by the pipe to fill the tank giving your answer correct to the nearest minute.
c)
If the water in the tank is put in another cylindrical tank of cross sectional area 70 m2, calculate
the depth of water in the new cylindrical tank.
18.
The real area of the land occupied by a tower is 96,000 m2. However, the area on a scale model is
6,000 cm2. Given that the height of the tower is 30 m.
a)
19.
3
M
1
1
N
b
Given that MN P
a)
b)
Find P 3N
c)
Find MN
1 0
Given that M 4 k
0 1
d)
27
P
11
20.
21.
a)
b)
1
3
6
Given that a , b and c . Calculate the values of the scalar k for which a kb is
8
2
9
parallel to c.
22.
a)
b)
c)
d)
10
23.
11
Find the coordinates of each of the stationary points and determine their nature.
24.
b)
c)
25.
AD is a diameter of the circle. Find the values of w, x, y and z and give a reason for each answer.
A
B
24
w
C
x
y
E
70
z
D
26.
12
C
The figure above shows three sets A, B and C such that: n 134
n A B C 10
n A B C 6
n A C B x
n C A B 2 x
n A C B 3x
n A B C 5x
n A 40 and n C 50
27.
a)
Complete the diagram by writing the number of elements in each of the regions on the diagram.
b)
2
. If he forgets today, the probability that
5
3
. If he does not forget today, the probability that he will forget tomorrow is
4
2
.
3
a)
b)
Calculate the probability that Ali forgets to take his medicine on both days.
c)
28.
a)
13
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit draw on your graph paper triangle A with coordinates
taking 4 x 5 and 5 y 4 .
1
.
2
b)
c)
Draw triangle C, the rotation of triangle A, through 90 clockwise about the origin.
d)
e)
2
Draw triangle E, the translation of triangle A by the vector .
4
f)
i)
0
A transformation is represented by the matrix
1
1
. Draw the image of triangle A
0
g)
29.
a)
ii)
i)
ii)
In a basketball game, the probability that Ola gets the ball in the basket is
1
. She throws the ball
5
b)
i)
three times
ii)
at least once
iii)
fifth throw
ii)
nth throw.
1
. He throws the ball until he scores. Find
3
30.
14
The results of an Arabic test in ISC are shown in the following histogram.
Frequency
density
Mark (x)
The number of students in the modal class is 125.
31.
a)
b)
c)
d)
If 2 students are selected randomly, what is the probability that they both scored above 75?
Ziad works during summer holidays. In one week, he spends x hours painting the rooms of his home and
y hours arranging his toys. The time he spends arranging his toys is at least equal to the time he spends
painting the room. He spends no more than 14 hours working. He spends at least 2 hours painting.
a)
b)
Draw x and y axes from 0 to 14 using a scale of 1 cm to represent one unit on each axes to show
the graph of the three inequalities. Shade the unwanted region.
c)
Ziad receives $3 each hour painting and $1.5 each hour for arranging his toys. What are the least
and largest amount he could receive?
32.
15
The diameter of an open cylindrical container is 30 cm. water is poured into it until the depth of the
water is 20 cm.
a)
200 metal spheres of radius x cm are now placed in the container and are all completely covered by the
water. No water overflows from the container.
b)
Calculate the radius, in cm, to 2 significant figures of each sphere, if the new level of water is
21.8 cm.
33.
The two leg journey of a train A starts at 10:00 from Beirut. The first leg is covered in 40 minutes at a
speed of 45 km/hr and the remaining 60 km to Tripoli in a further 1
1
hours at a slower constant speed.
2
Train B left Tripoli at 10:25 at a constant speed and arrived at Beirut at the same time as Train A arrived
at Tripoli.
a)
Illustrate the above information on a distance-time graph using 1 cm for 10 minutes on the time
axis and 1 cm for 10 km on the distance axis.
34.
b)
c)
d)
Using your graph, find the time at which the two trains passed each other.
A rectangular sheet of metal measures 12 cm by 8 cm. squares of side x cm are cut from each corner of
the sheet and the remainder is folded to make an open tray.
a)
b)
c)
Find the value of x for which V is maximum and find the maximum value of V.
35.
16
The time taken by 120 students to read a term paper is shown in the table below.
Time, t minutes
Frequency
30 t 35
35 t 40
40 t 50
50 t 60
60 t 75
32
24
a)
Find a
b)
c)
d)
Estimate the mean time taken to read the term paper to the nearest minute.
36.
The figure above shows a rectangular prism. The rectangular prism is such that the length of CE is
70 cm, the height HE is 49 cm and the area of the face BCGF is 1,764 cm2. Calculate,
a)
b)
c)
d)
17
Coffee Vanilla
flavour flavour
75
45
37.
Lemonade
flavour
140
100 Mango flavour
A shop sells four categories of flavours of ice-cream. The four kinds are represented by the pie chart.
Knowing that the number of vanilla ice-cream cones sold was 135 and the corresponding angle is 45,
calculate
a)
b)
38.
c)
i)
Find the volume of water in a tank whose shape is a rectangular prism with dimensions 120 cm
by 90 cm by 70 cm, giving your answer in standard form.
ii)
The tank is initially empty and water flows into it from a circular pipe. The radius of the pipe is
0.8 cm. and the water flows along the pipe at a rate of 25 cm/s. find the time taken to fill the
tank. Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.
39.
a)
ii)
b)
18
40.
W
60
L
40
35
45
employees in a company
W women who have children
L employees who have more than one child
The Venn diagram shows the number of employees in each subset, in a company of 180 employees.
a)
b)
An employee is selected at random. What is the probability that this employee has more than one
child?
c)
If all the women in set have children and a woman is selected at random. What is the
probability that she has more than one child?
d)
An employee who has more than one child is selected at random. What is the probability that this
employee is a woman?
41.
19
A student is taking a driving test. Each time he tries the probability that he succeeds is 0.7. Each time he
fails he tries again.
a)
b)
42.
exactly 3 tries,
ii)
iii)
Write down a formula for the probability that he has succeeded after n tries.
Find a25
b)
Find n if an 37
c)
Find which term of the sequence is the first to have a value greater than 120.
d)
43.
S
2 cm
5 cm
R
4 cm
X
Q
8 cm
P
a)
b)
It is also given that the area of triangle RSX is 3.80 cm2. Calculate the area of triangle PQX to
two significant figures.
c)
44.
20
The ink used per 10,000 words in a main page of a newspaper is 10.4 liters. However, the ink
used per 10,000 words in any other page of the newspaper is 8.2 liters.
a)
b)
On other pages, how many words can be printed with 12.3 liters of ink?
c)
A newspaper consists of 12,800 words on a main page and 23,700 on other pages. How much ink
is used?
45.
Students are given marks 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 in a drop quiz in history. The table shows the number of students
getting each mark.
46.
Mark
Frequency
10
12
a)
b)
The heights (h centimeters) of plants in a garden are shown in the histogram below. All the plants are
less than 60 cm high. One bar has not been drawn on the histogram.
Frequency
density
Height (h cm)
a)
b)
21
There are 21 plants in the interval 25 h 30 . How many plants are there in the intervals
i)
20 h 25
ii)
10 x 20 ?
There are 42 plants in the interval 30 h 60 . This can be shown by a single bar on the
histogram. Calculate the height of this bar.
c)
47.
NOT TO SCALE
D
12.6 cm
42
E
80
A
8.2 cm
B
a)
b)
c)
48.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the marks of students in an English exam.
Write down
49.
a)
b)
c)
d)
a)
Draw x and y-axes from 8 to 11 using a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit. Draw triangle ABC with
A 2, 2 , B 5, 2 and C 5, 4
b)
8
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a translation of . Label it A1B1C1 .
4
c)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a reflection in the line y 2 . Label it A2 B2C2 .
d)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under an enlargement, scale factor 2, center 6, 0 . Label it
A3 B3C3 .
e)
0
1
The matrix
represents a transformation.
0 1
i)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under this transformation. Label it A4 B4C4 .
22
f)
23
ii)
i)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a shear, factor 1.5, with the x-axis invariant.
Label it A5 B5C5 .
ii)
50.
The number of animals living in each zoo is represented by a pie chart. The angle of the sector
representing the number of animals living in zoo C is 19.
51.
b)
a)
b)
52.
f 1 f x
If f x
ii)
ff x
x7
, x0
2x
i)
1
Calculate f
4
ii)
Solve f x
1
4
b)
CBF,
ii)
DCE,
iii)
BDE,
iv)
DEC
53.
24
Given that the radius of the outer circle is 10 cm and the radius of the inner circle is 5 cm and ABC is
an equilateral triangle.
a)
Calculate BM
b)
54.
A cyclist goes from A to B on a bearing of 110 and then from B to C. If BC 200 m, AC 220 m and
angle ABC 68 .
a)
b)
A 110
68 B
55.
the length of AC
b)
the measure of A
c)
56.
57.
25
a)
b)
c)
d)
Shade the region inside the triangle nearer to C than to A and nearer to CA than to BC
e)
Shade the region that is at a distance less than 3 cm from B and inside triangle ABC.
a)
b)
58.
i)
ii)
0
The matrix
1
1
represents a single transformation.
0
i)
ii)
Find the coordinates of the image of the point 3,5 after this transformation.
c)
a)
Draw x and y axes using a scale of 1 cm to one unit on each axis taking 8 x 12 and
1 y 16
b)
c)
d)
e)
i)
ii)
1
2
A transformation is represented by the matrix
0
i)
Draw the image of triangle T under this transformation. Label this image L.
ii)
1
. Draw the image of
2
f)
26
Draw and label triangle M with vertices 1,9 , 5,11 and 1,13 . Describe fully the
transformation that maps triangle T onto triangle M.
g)
59.
1
Draw the image of triangle M under a translation and label it X.
7
The points C and D have position vectors a and b respectively relative to the point O as origin. The
point T is the midpoint of OC. The point X is on OD such that X divides OD in the ratio 3:1 and the
point Y is on CX such that Y divides CX in the ratio 4:1.
a)
b)
Show that DY
c)
d)
1
a 2b
5
T
Y
X
60.
b)
If AT AQ ( is a constant)
If BT mBC (m is a constant)
Find BT in terms of m, a and b and then find the values of and m.
61.
ON
b)
OM
c)
MN
2
BO . Find in terms of a and b
3
A
M
62.
27
By shading the unwanted regions, find and label the region R which satisfies the following inequalities.
x y 4
y 2
y0
x0