; | 2) 7) MID-YEAR SPECIMEN PAPER B Part I (50 Marks) Answer all questions, Electronic calculators can be used in this paper. Time: 1 hour All workings must be shown clearly. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. 1, Draw a number line to illustrate natural numbers >~2 but <7. uy 2. Bvaluate each of the following (a) 5x 12-25+5x3 uy (b) (-3)'x -2)° + (3) x (-4) ul) (e) 15-2{[12-7 x 10+2+3]} 2) 3. (a) Arrange the following numbers in descending order B16, 183, 118%, 2 uw) () Express (@ 24056 104 signiicant figures, i) 0.000142254 to 5 signiticant figures, 150 256 to 2 significant figures. Bl 4. (@) G@__ By using prime factorisation, find the value of 2646. 0) (ii) State the integer k such that Noe is the largest prime number. cn) (b) Find the value of n such that the LCM of 42, 54 and n is 2646, where n is larger than 54, 2) 8. Given that a=-1, b= 3 and c=~4, evaluate each of the following expressions. (@) (aby dea a a, ab © Fre * ac ~ 3-5 8) 6. Expand and simplify each ofthe following expression. (a) 5(2x-3y)- 31-349 ~x) +29] Ol ; 4 (b) 3 G1