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May/June 2023

Practice Paper #2

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2. (a) One Monday temperature was - 4 °C. The temperature decreases by 7 °C.
Find the temperature after this change.

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(b) On Tuesday, the temperature increases from -11°C to 5 °C.

Work out the increase in temperature.

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3. (a) Write down the value of the 3 in the number 253 624.

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(b) The crowd at a sports event is exactly 35 687.

Write this number correct to the nearest hundreds.

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4. Find:

(a) On the diagram, draw all the lines of symmetry

(b) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of this diagram

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5. The table shows some information about the times each of 100 children spent reading in one day.

(a) Find the value of x in the interval . [1]

(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to represent the data for the 100 children.

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6. Two cubes have a total volume of 243cm3 .

One cube has an edge of length 6 cm.
(a) Calculate the length of the edge of the other cube.

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(b) Work out the total length of all of the edges of both the cubes.

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7. Write down
(a) a prime number between 10 and 15,

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(b) an irrational number between 10 and 15

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8. Write these lengths in order of size, starting with the smallest.

32 000 cm 3300 mm 3.1 km 34 m

................................. , ................................. , ................................. , ................................. [2]

smallest

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9.

The diagram shows a cuboid. On the 1cm2 grid, draw an accurate net of this cuboid.
One face has been drawn for you.

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10. The table below shows the monthly rent for nine apartments and the distance of these apartments from
the city centre.

(a) Complete the scatter diagram. The first four points have been plotted for you. [2]

(b) What type of correlation is shown on the scatter diagram? ______________________ [1]

(c) On the scatter diagram, draw a line of best fit. [1]

(d) Use your line of best fit to estimate the monthly rent for an apartment which is 4 km from the city
centre.

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11. By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of

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12. (a) Expand and simplify.

(i)

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(ii)

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(b) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

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13. y is inversely proportional to .
Given that .

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14. Factorise.
(a)

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(b)

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15. The height of water, in cm, in a river is recorded every week for 10 weeks.
The heights of the water, compared with its normal level, are listed below.

-45 -30 -35 0 5 -10 -20 40 20 25

(a) Work out the range

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(b) Calculate the mean

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16. Lamps are made in a factory.

A random sample of 50 of the lamps is tested and 4 of them are found to be faulty.
A total of 4000 lamps is made in one day.
Calculate the number of these 4000 lamps you would expect to be faulty.

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17. (a) Daniel earns $760 each month. He pays 15% of his earnings in tax.
Calculate the amount of money Daniel has each month after paying tax.

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(b) Daniel invests $1200 in a savings account. The account pays simple interest at a rate of 2% per year.
Calculate the amount of money in the account after 6 years.

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18. A drink is made by mixing fruit juice and water in the ratio .
The drink is made using 2 litres of water. Calculate the amount of fruit juice used.
Give your answer in millilitres.

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19. A car starts a journey from rest.

It moves with constant acceleration for 20 seconds until it reaches a speed of 15 m/s.
It then moves at a constant speed of 15 m/s for 40 seconds.
(a) On the grid, draw the speed–time graph for the car’s journey

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(b) Calculate the acceleration of the car in the first 20 seconds of the journey.

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20. Solve the simultaneous equations. Show your working.

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21. (a)
Evaluate the following. Give each answer in standard form.
(i)

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(ii)

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(b) Write in the form .

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22. (a) Write as a product of its prime factors.

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(b) The highest common factor of 168 and N is 42.

Given that , find the two possible values of N.

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23. (a) A polygon has 12 sides. Calculate the sum of the interior angles of this polygon.

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(b) In the diagram, AP, BQ and CR are the bisectors

of the angles of triangle ABC.

(i) (ii) In the diagram, shade the region containing the points which are

nearer to AB than AC and nearer to CA than CB

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24. A bag contains two white beads and one black bead only.
Two beads are taken, at random, without replacement from the bag.
(a) Complete the tree diagram.

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(b) Write down the probability that two black beads are taken.

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( c) Write down the probability that one black and one white beads are taken

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25.

The diagram shows points O and C and the vectors p and q.

(a) Given that OA = 2p, mark and label the point A on the diagram. [1]

(b) Given that OB=p-2q, mark and label the point B on the diagram. [1]

(c) Express OC in terms of p and q.

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