Year 10A Mathematics

Unit 4 Quiz – GCSE Algebra

Question 1

5 −1
𝐚=( ) 𝐛=( )
2 7

Work out 2𝐚 + 𝐛 as a column vector.

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Question 2

Here are the first five terms of a sequence.

4, 11 , 22 , 37 , 56

Find an expression, in terms of 𝑛, for the 𝑛th term of this sequence.

𝑛th term = ..........................

Question 3

4 people take 3 hours to paint a fence.

Assume that all people paint at the same rate.

How long would it take one of these people to paint the same fence?

.......................... hours
Question 4

𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram.

𝐴𝐵 is parallel to 𝐷𝐶.

𝐴𝐷 is parallel to 𝐵𝐶.

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𝐴𝐵 = 𝐩
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𝐴𝐷 = 𝐪

𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐷 are diagonals of parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷. 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐷 intersect at 𝑇.

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Express 𝐴𝑇 in terms of 𝐩 and 𝐪.

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𝐴𝑇 = ..........................

Question 5

The 𝑛th term of the sequence S is 5𝑛 + 1.

An expression for the 𝑛th term of another sequence, T, is 120 − 2𝑛.

The sequences S and T have one term with the same value, 𝑣, in the same position, 𝑛.
Find the values of 𝑛 and 𝑣 for this term.

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Question 6

Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

2 7 12 17

Here are the first five terms of another number sequence.

-4 -1 2 5 8

Find two numbers that are in both number sequences.

Input note: write the two numbers in ascending order, separated with a comma.

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Question 7

𝑆 is a geometric sequence.

Given that (√𝑥 − 1), 1 and (√𝑥 + 1) are the first three terms of 𝑆, find the value of 𝑥.

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Question 8

𝑂𝐴𝐵 is a triangle.
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𝑂𝐴 = 𝐚 𝑂𝐵 = 𝐛

𝐶 is the midpoint of 𝑂𝐴.𝐷 is the point on 𝐴𝐵 such that 𝐴𝐷: 𝐷𝐵 = 3: 1

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𝐸 is the point such that 𝑂𝐵 = 2 𝐵𝐸

Using a vector method, prove that the points 𝐶, 𝐷 and 𝐸 lie on the same straight line.
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Input note: express 𝐶𝐸 in terms of 𝐶𝐷

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𝐶𝐸 = .......................... 𝐶𝐷
Question 9

Alex wants to find out how many ducks there are in a park.

One day he puts a tag on each of 30 of the ducks.

The next day he catches 40 ducks.
8 of these ducks have tags on them.

Work out an estimate for the number of ducks in the park.

.......................... ducks

Question 10

𝑂𝐴𝐵is a triangle.𝑃 is the point on 𝑂𝐴 such that 𝑂𝑃: 𝑃𝐴 = 2: 1

𝐶 is the point such that 𝐵 is the midpoint of 𝑂𝐶.

𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝐴𝐵.

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𝑂𝐴 = 6𝐚, 𝑂𝐵 = 4𝐛

We wish to show that 𝑃𝑀𝐶is a straight line.

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Find the vectors 𝑃𝑀 and 𝑃𝐶 , leaving your vectors in a form that would enable us to conclude that the
vectors are parallel.

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END OF QUIZ