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1 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]

2 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 3]

3 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]
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4 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]

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(y + 1) cm y cm

The volume of the larger cube is 5 cm3 greater than the volume of the smaller cube.

(a) Show that .

[4]
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(b) Find the volume of the smaller cube.

Show all your working and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

................................................... cm3 [4]

[Total: 8]

6 (a) Show that can be written as .

[2]
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6 (b) Calculate the x–values of the turning points of .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ......................................... , x = ......................................... [7]

(c) The equation has one solution only when and when ,
where a and b are integers.

Find the maximum value of a and the minimum value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 12]
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7 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 3]

8 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 3]

9 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 3]
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10 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 3]

11 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]

12 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]

13 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]

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Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

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

[Total: 2]

15 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 3]

16 Expand and simplify .

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[Total: 3]
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17 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 2]

18 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 3]

19 (a) Factorise .

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19 (b) and .

Find the value of p + q.

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[Total: 3]
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Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

21 Complete this statement with an expression in terms of m.

( ................................................... )

[2]

[Total: 2]

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The difference between the areas of the two rectangles is 62 cm2.

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(a) Show that .

[3]

(b) Factorise .

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(c) Solve the equation to find the difference between the perimeters of the two rectangles.

................................................... cm [2]

[Total: 7]

23 Factorise completely.

(a)

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(b)

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(c)

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[Total: 6]

24 The probability that Andrei cycles to school is r.

(a) Write down, in terms of r, the probability that Andrei does not cycle to school.

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(b) The probability that Benoit does not cycle to school is .

The probability that both Andrei and Benoit do not cycle to school is 0.4 .

(i) Complete the equation in terms of r.

( ................................................... ) × ( ................................................... ) = 0.4 [1]

(ii) Show that this equation simplifies to .

[3]
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(iii) Solve by factorisation .

r = .............................. or r = .............................. [3]

(iv) Find the probability that Benoit does not cycle to school.

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[Total: 9]

25 Factorise.

(a)

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(b)

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[Total: 3]
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26 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]

27 Expand and simplify.

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[Total: 2]

28 Factorise completely.

(a)

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(b)

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[Total: 5]

29 Factorise .

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[Total: 3]

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(a) Find .

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(b) Find .

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(c) Find .

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(d) Find in its simplest form.

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(e) Find in the form .

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(f) Find x when .

x = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 11]

31 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]

32 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]

33 Expand the brackets and simplify.

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[Total: 3]

34 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]
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35 Factorise.

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[Total: 2]

36 Factorise.

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[Total: 1]

37 (a) Factorise .

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37 (b)

The area of the rectangle is 84 cm2.

Find the perimeter.

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 5]

38 In this question, all measurements are in metres.

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

(a) Show that .

[3]
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(b) Solve .
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [4]

(c) Calculate the perimeter of the triangle.

................................................... m [2]

(d) Calculate the smallest angle of the triangle.

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[Total: 11]

39 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]
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40 Factorise completely.

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[Total: 2]