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1. The weight of a bag of potatoes is 25 kg, correct to the nearest kg.

(a) Write down the smallest possible weight of the bag of potatoes.

............................... kg
(1)

(b) Write down the largest possible weight of the bag of potatoes.

............................... kg
(1)
(Total 2 marks)

2. Katy drove for 238 miles, correct to the nearest mile.

She used 27.3 litres of petrol, to the nearest tenth of a litre.

Number of miles travelled

Petrol consumption =
Number of litres of petrol used

Work out the upper bound for the petrol consumption for Katy’s journey.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

...................................... miles per litre

(Total 3 marks)

3.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

r cm R cm

The diagram represents two metal spheres of different sizes.

The radius of the smaller sphere is r cm.

The radius of the larger sphere is R cm.

r = 1.7 correct to 1 decimal place.

R = 31.0 correct to 3 significant figures.

(a) Write down the upper and lower bounds of r and R.

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Upper bound of r = ………………… Lower bound of r = ………………………

Upper bound of R = ………………… Lower bound of R = ………………………

(2)

(b) Find the smallest possible value of R – r.

……………………………
(1)

The larger sphere of radius R cm was melted down and used to make smaller spheres of radius r
cm.

(c) Calculate the smallest possible number of spheres that could be made.

……………………………
(4)
(Total 7 marks)

4. The time period, T seconds, of a pendulum is calculated using the formula

L
T = 6.283 
g

where L metres is the length of the pendulum and g m/s2 is the acceleration due to gravity.

L = 1.36 correct to 2 decimal places.

g = 9.8 correct to 1 decimal place.

Find the difference between the lower bound of T and the upper bound of T.

.....................................
(Total 5 marks)

5. (a) Find the value of

(i) 64° ……………………..

1
(ii) 64 2 …………………….

2

(iii) 64 3
…………………….
(4)

(b) 3  27  3n
Find the value of n.

n = ……………
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
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(c) Calculate the smallest possible number of spheres that could be made.

……………………………
(4)
(Total 7 marks)

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6. (a) Write down the value of 8 3

.....................................
(1)

8 8 be written in the form 8k

(b) Find the value of k.

k = .....................................
(1)

8 8 can also be expressed in the form m 2 where m is a positive integer.

(c) Express 8 8 in the form m 2

.....................................
(2)

1
(d) Rationalise the denominator of
8 8

2
Give your answer in the form where p is a positive integer.
p

.....................................
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

7. Expand and simplify  3 – 2  3  2 

........................................
(Total 2 marks)

8. Work out

(5  3 )(5 – 3 )
22

Give your answer in its simplest form.

.................................................
(Total 3 marks)
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9. (a) Find the value of 16 2 ........................
(1)

(b) Given that 40  k 10 , find the value of k. ........................

(1)

Diagram NOT
( 5 + 20) accurately drawn

8 5

A large rectangular piece of card is ( 5  20 ) cm long and 8 cm wide.

A small rectangle 2 cm long and 5 cm wide is cut out of the piece of card.

(c) Express the area of the card that is left as a percentage of the area of the large rectangle.

.................................%
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

10. Work out the value of

(i) (22)3 .................................

(ii)  3 2
.................................

(iii) 24  9 .................................
(Total 4 marks)

11. (a) Evaluate

(i) 3–2 …………………………

1

(ii) 36 2 …………………………
2

(iii) 27 3 …………………………

 34
 16 
(iv)   ………………………
 81 
(5)
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(b) (i) Rationalise the denominator of and simplify your answer.
7

…………………………

(ii)  
Expand 5  2 3 5  2 3 
Express your answer as simply as possible.

…………………………
(4)
(Total 9 marks)

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12. (a) Change to a decimal.
11

…………………….
(1)

13
(b) Prove that the recurring decimal 0.3 9 =
33
(3)
(Total 4 marks)

13. A company bought a van that had a value of £12 000

Each year the value of the van depreciates by 25%.

(a) Work out the value of the van at the end of three years.

£ .......................
(3)

The company bought a new truck.

Each year the value of the truck depreciates by 20%.
The value of the new truck can be multiplied by a single number to find its value at the end of
four years.

(b) Find this single number as a decimal.

..........................
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

14. The value of a car depreciates by 35% each year.

At the end of 2007 the value of the car was £5460

Work out the value of the car at the end of 2006

£ ..................................
(Total 3 marks)
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15. Solve

2x – 3y = 11
5x + 2y = 18

x = ......................

y = ......................

(Total 4 marks)

16. Solve the simultaneous equations

x2 + y2 = 29

y–x=3

………………………………………………………
(Total 7 marks)

17. Julie does a statistical experiment. She throws a dice 600 times.
She scores six 200 times.

(a) Is the dice fair? Explain your answer.

.............................................................................................................................

..............................................................................................................................
(1)

Julie then throws a fair red dice once and a fair blue dice once.

(b) Complete the probability tree diagram to show the outcomes.

Label clearly the branches of the probability tree diagram.
The probability tree diagram has been started in the space below.

Red Blue
Dice Dice

1
Six
6

Not
Six
(3)
(Total 4 marks)
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18. –2 < x  1 y > –2 y<x+1

x and y are integers.

On the grid, mark with a cross ( ), each of the six points which satisfies all these 3 inequalities.
y

x
O
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–1

–2

–3

–4

(Total 3 marks)

19. A spaceship travelled for 6 × 102 hours at a speed of 8 × 104 km/h.

(a) Calculate the distance travelled by the spaceship.

Give your answer in standard form.

........................... km
(3)

One month an aircraft travelled 2 × 105 km.

The next month the aircraft travelled 3 × 104 km.

(b) Calculate the total distance travelled by the aircraft in the two months.
Give your answer as an ordinary number.

........................... km
(2)
(Total 5 marks)
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20. Mary recorded the heights, in centimetres, of the girls in her class.

She put the heights in order.

132 144 150 152 160 162 162 167

167 170 172 177 181 182 182

(a) Find

(i) the lower quartile, ........................... cm

(ii) the upper quartile. ........................... cm

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw a box plot for this data.

130 140 150 160 170 180 190 cm

(3)
(Total 5 marks)

21.

O
Diagram NOT
40°
accurately drawn

9 cm

The diagram shows a sector of a circle, centre O.

The radius of the circle is 9 cm.
The angle at the centre of the circle is 40°.

Find the perimeter of the sector.

Leave your answer in terms of π.

...........................cm
(Total 4 marks)
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22. The incomplete table and histogram give some information about the ages of the people who
live in a village.

Frequency
density

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age in years

(a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the frequency table below.

Age (x) in years Frequency

0 < x  10 160
10 < x  25
25 < x  30
30 < x  40 100
40 < x  70 120
(2)

(b) Complete the histogram.

(2)
(Total 4 marks)
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23.

y
5

2
A
1

x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

1
Enlarge triangle A by scale factor –1 , centre O.
2
(Total 3 marks)

24.

Diagram NOT
4 cm accurately drawn

10 cm

The diagram shows a cylinder with a height of 10 cm and a radius of 4 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

...........................cm3
(2)

The length of a pencil is 13 cm.

The pencil cannot be broken.

(b) Show that this pencil cannot fit inside the cylinder.
(3)
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(Total 5 marks)

25.

x
x

A cuboid has a square base of side x cm.

The height of the cuboid is 1 cm more than the length x cm.
The volume of the cuboid is 230 cm3.

(a) Show that x3 + x2 = 230

(2)

The equation x3 + x2 = 230

has a solution between x = 5 and x = 6.

(b) Use a trial and improvement method to find this solution.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working.

x = ...........................
(4)
(Total 6 marks)