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NEITHER ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS NOR MATHEMATICAL TABLES

MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER.

1 (a) Calculate the value of 0.1 × 0.06.

(b) Find the decimal number exactly halfway between 1.01 and 1.02.

2 Giving the answer as simply as possible, calculate

(a) 3– – 1– , (b) 2– of 15
–– .
4 3 5 16
5
3 (a) Calculate the value of 16 – 8 ÷ 2. (b) Solve the equation = 4.
x+1

4 (a) Factorise completely 18rc – 3rd – 6tc + td.

3 .
4 – = –– 7
(b) Solve the equation –––– 5 (a) Express as a decimal.
x + 3 2x 100

(b) Express 0.08 as a percentage.

6 Given that S = –––RV
––– ,
3V – 1
(a) calculate the value of S when R = 100 and V = –13,

√
3d(w − d
)
(b) express V in terms of R and S. 7 The sag is given by the formula s = .
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8 (a) Express 0.03 as a fraction. (a) Find s when d # 800 and w # 803.
(b) Express $150 as a percentage of $500. (b) Express w in terms of d and s.

7 7
9 (a) Evaluate


−


, giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.
8 10

(b) Evaluate 2
31

× 3
21
, giving your answer as a mixed number.

72
10 (a) Express as a fraction in its lowest terms.
108
1 4
(b) Evaluate + .
3 7

2 1
11 Express as a single fraction in its simplest form – .
x–3 x+2

4 x–1
12 Solve the equation = .
x+3 3

k
13 A formula connecting x and y is y = , where k is a constant.
x3
Given that y = –1 when x = 2 , calculate the value of

(i) k, (ii) x when y = 64.

14 (a) (i) Express 7056 as the product of its prime factors.

(ii) Hence evaluate 7056 .