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3 1
1. (a) Evaluate +1 .
8 3

Answer .............................................. [1]

(b) Evaluate 5 – 3(2 – 1.4).

Answer ............................................... [1]

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2. (a) Express 3 % as a fraction in its simplest form.
4

Answer ............................................... [1]

(b) Arrange these fractions in order, beginning with the smallest.

4 3 31
5 4 40

Answer .................... , .................... , .................... [1]

Smallest
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3. (a) Correct to 6 decimal places √ 10=3.162 278 , 3 6 =3.166 667.
1
Find the difference between 3 and√ 10.
6
Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer .............................................. [1]

(b) Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the value of 2.9862 + 4.0022 .

Answer .............................................. [1]

(c) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
2
29.3
2.04 ×0.874
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Answer .............................................. [2]
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5 6
4. p=4 ×10 q=7 ×10
Expressing each answer in standard form, find

(a) p2 ,

Answer .............................................. [1]

(b) p+q .

Answer .............................................. [1]

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5. A car manufacturer states that a particular car
 uses 5 litres of fuel in travelling 100 km,
 produces 110 grams of CO2 for each kilometre travelled.

Use this information to calculate the mass of CO2 produced by 1 litre of fuel. Give your answer in
kilograms.

Answer ........................................ kg [2]

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6. Given that 6 x =9 , write down the value of

(a) 6−x ,

Answer .............................................. [1]

x
(b) 6 2 ,

Answer .............................................. [1]

(c) 6 0+ 6x .

Answer .............................................. [1]

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7. (a) Factorise completely 3−12a 2 .

Answer .............................................. [2]

2
(b) Factorise x −6 y +2 xy−3 x .

Answer .............................................. [2]

(d) Factorise 5 x 2+ x + 4
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Answer .............................................. [1]

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8.

The diagram shows a trapezium with lengths in centimetres.

The area of the trapezium is 120 cm 2.
Find the value of b.

Answer b = ...................................... [2]

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9. c= √ 8 a−3 b

(a) Find c when a = 3 and b = - 4 .

Answer c = ..................................... [1]

(b) Rearrange the formula to make b the subject.

Answer b = ..................................... [2]

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10. Luis works in an office.

For normal time he is paid $8 per hour.
For overtime he is paid the same rate as normal time plus an extra 50%.
One month he works 140 hours normal time and 10 hours overtime.

(a) Work out how much he is paid for that month’s work.

Answer $ ........................................ [2]

(b) Sara invests $240 in an account that pays 3% per year simple interest. She leaves the money in the
account for 5 years.

Work out how much money Sara has at the end of 5 years.

Answer $ ........................................ [2]

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11. The scale of a map is 1 : 25000 .

(a) The scale can be written as 1 cm : d km . Find d.

Answer d = ..................................... [1]

(b) The distance between two villages is 8 km.

Find the distance, in centimetres, between the two villages on the map.

Answer …...................................cm [1]

(c) The distance between the peaks of two mountains is measured on the map as 76 mm. Calculate
the distance, in kilometres, between the two peaks.
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Answer …...................................km [1]

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12. Solve the simultaneous equations.

3 x+ 4 y =3
2 x – y=13

Answer x = ...........................................

y = ..................................... [3]
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