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PAPER 1
Friday 2 October 2020 1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
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Full marks are not necessarily awarded for a correct answer with no working. Answers must be supported
by working and/or explanations. Where an answer is incorrect, some marks may be given for a correct
method, provided this is shown by written working. You are therefore advised to show all working.
1. [Maximum mark: 7]
2
0
61 3 1
(a) Evaluate 1 − . [2 marks]
64 4
(c) Evaluate 20482 − 482 using the special algebraic rule. [2 marks]
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1− x 2+ x
Simplify − .
2x − x 1 − 2x
2
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3. [Maximum mark: 3]
c
Given that a + = k ( a + c ) , find c in terms of a, b and k.
b
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3 4 5
Solve − + =6 .
2 x 3x 4 x
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5. [Maximum mark: 5]
The number of black ants in a nest is approximately 3.5 1016 . The number of red ants in another
nest is approximately 8.5 1018 .
(i) Giving your answers in standard form, how many more red ants than black ants are there?
[3 marks]
(ii) Express the number of black ants as a fraction of the number of red ants. [2 marks]
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The diagram shows the graph of y = x( x − 4) . The graph passes through the origin O and the
point A.
(a) Find the coordinates of A. [1 mark]
(b) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry of the graph. [1 mark]
(c) Find the smallest possible value of y . [1 mark]
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8. [Maximum mark: 4]
2
Find the value of each of x and y 2 in the figure below.
11cm
x cm y cm
4 cm 3 cm
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9. [Maximum mark: 3]
5
1−
Simplify 3 x .
25
1− 2
9x
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10. [Maximum mark: 3]
(a) Shade two more squares in the diagram given below so that the resulting diagram will have
exactly two lines of symmetry. [1 mark]
(b) The figure below consists of 4 identical equilateral triangles and O is the mid-point of one
side,
•O
O
(i) State the order of rotational symmetry about the point O. [1 mark]
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(ii) Complete the diagram below by adding one more equilateral triangle so that the new
figure has one line of symmetry.
[1 mark]
•O
O
(b) Show that 3n − 3n+1 + 3n+ 2 is a multiple of 7 for all positive integral values of n. [2 marks]
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Alex took 20 hours to complete a piece of work while Bobby took x hours to complete the same
piece of work. If both of them were to work together, they could complete the same piece of work
in ( 2 x − 6 ) hours.
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BLANK PAGE
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1. (a)
16
(b) h3 − 7kh2 + 13hk 2 − 15k 3
(c) 4192000
x2 + x + 1
2.
x ( 2 x − 1)
bka − ab
3. c=
1 − bk
17
4. x=
72
5. (i) 8.465 1018
7
(ii)
1700
6. (a) (4, 0)
(b) x = 2
(c) y = −4
7. (a) ( 2 x − 5)( x − 2 )
(b) ( y 2 + 1) ( x + 1)( x − 1)
8. x2 = 72 , y 2 = 88
3x
9.
3x + 5
(b) 3n ( 7 )
(iii) 4 hours