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SEPTEMBER 2021
GRADE: IGCSE 1 MAX. MARKS: 100
SUBJECT: Mathematics TIME: 2 HRS
INSTRUCTIONS
• Write your Admission No., Name, Grade and Subject in the answer sheet.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagram or graph.
• Do not use correction fluid.
• Answer all questions.
• You may use a calculator.
INFORMATION
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
4. Copy the following, if necessary, using brackets to make the statement correct: [1]
16 + 4 × 2 + 4 = 40
5. x2 + y2 = h2 [2]
5 [2]
2
3 ÷ 1
9 3
Show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.
4x 5x [2]
−
3y 6 y
8. In a sale, a shirt usually costing $35 is sold at a 15% discount. What is the discounted price? [2]
9. Tin and brass are mixed in the ratio 7 : 3. How much tin is needed to mix with [2]
36 g of copper?
10. 2 3 8 19 20 25 27 30 32 35 36 48 49 51
[1]
c. An odd square number …………………
11. Simplify:
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 [3]
𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4
12. Factorise
x2-2x-63 [2]
13. [1]
𝑥2𝑦 𝑥3𝑦2 𝑥𝑦
14. In a sale a shop reduces its prices by 12.5%. What is the sale price of a desk previously [2]
costing $600?
18. 3p-5t = 8
19 [2]
20. [2]
[2]
[2]
22. [3]
a. The amounts of sunflower seed, millet and maize are in the ratio
(ii) In a small bag of bird food there is 60 g of sunflower seed. What is the mass of bird food in a [2]
small bag?
Sunflower seeds cost $204.50 for 30 kg from Jon’s farm or €96.40 for 20 kg from Ann’s farm.
b. The exchange rate is $1 = €0.718. Which farm has the cheapest price per kilogram? You must [3]
show clearly all your working.
Bags are filled with bird food at a rate of 420 grams per second. How many 20 kg bags can be
c. [3]
completely filled in 4 hours?
Brian buys bags of bird food from the factory and sells them in his shop for $15.30 each. He
d. makes 12.5% profit on each bag. How much does Brian pay for each bag of bird food? [3]
24.
[2]
[2]
[2]
[2]
[3]
[3]
25.
[1]
26.
a. [2]
..
27. Convert 0.42 to fraction form [2]
a. Find K
b. Find W when X =36
29. Simplify and give your answer in standard form: 3.2 x 10 6 + 0.9 x 107 [2]
31. If p=2,q=-3,s=1and r=-5 find the value of the given expression [2]
2p +3q +4r – s
9-(-3)+4 ÷2