End of Chapter 11 Test
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End of Chapter 11 Test
Time allowed: 60 minutes
Core
1 T=
a Find the value of T when k = 3 and r = 6.
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b Find the value of r when T = 12 and k = 4.
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c Rearrange the formula to make r the subject
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2 w = 2p – 3z
a Find w when p = 8 and z = −2
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b Find p when w = -10 and z = 4
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3 Frank has x grapes.
Gabriel has two fewer grapes than Frank.
Himali has five times as many grapes as Frank.
If Gabriel has 6 grapes how many does Hamali have?
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4 Elsa buys x pencils at 8 cents each and y pens at 12 cents each.
What is the total cost?
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5 Put these expressions in order of size, from smallest to largest, when a = 3 and b = 5.
4b a3 2 a + 3b
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6 Given that u = 2.89 and v = 5.7, find the value of G when:
a G = 5u + 2v
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b G= – u2
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c G = 4uv +
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7 A snail moves at n centimetres per hour.
A second snail moves 4 centimetres per hour faster than the first snail.
a Which of these expressions would represent the time taken for the second snail to travel one
metre?
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b If the first snail moves 8 cm in 30 minutes, how long would it take the second snail to move a
metre?
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8 Solve these equations by rearrangement.
a =2
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q9
b 4 =6
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9 The cooking instructions for roast chicken state that it needs 90 minutes plus an additional 15
minutes per kilogram. As a formula, this is written:
T = 90 + 15m
where T is the time, in minutes, and m is the mass, in kilograms.
Juan calculated the cooking time for a chicken as 2 hours 45 minutes.
a How heavy was Juan’s chicken?
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Gaia cooked a chicken for 1 hour 15 minutes.
b Explain how you know that Gaia has not followed the instructions correctly.
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10 You are given that R = 3x + 4y and x and y must be whole numbers.
a Find a value for x and a value for y for which R is even.
x = .................................................................................................................. y =
[1 mark]
b Explain why R cannot be odd if the value of x is even.
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11 The distance, d metres, of a boat from the shore is given by the formula:
d = v2 +
where v is the speed of the boat, in metres per second (m/s).
a How far is the boat from the shore when it is travelling at:
(i)5 m/s ..................................................................................................... [1 mark]
(ii)24 m/s..................................................................................................... [1 mark]
b Explain why the formula could not be used if the boat were stationary.
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12 a Make a the subject of the formula:
v = u + at
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b Make b the subject of the formula:
A = bh
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c Make c the subject of the formula:
E = mc2
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13 The formula v2 = u2 + 2as is used in physics, where u is the initial velocity, v is the final velocity, a
is the acceleration and s is the distance travelled.
a Find the final velocity when u = 18 m/s, a = 2 m/s2 and s = 19 m.
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b Make s the subject of the formula v2 = u2 + 2as.
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c Find the distance when u = 15 m/s, v = 19 m/s and a = 4 m/s2.
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Extension
1 The time, t seconds, taken for a pendulum to swing is given by the formula:
where l is the length, in centimetres, and g is the acceleration due to gravity, in metres per second
per second (m/s2).
Rearrange the formula to make l the subject.
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2 Make x the subject of each of these formulae.
a 4(x – 2y) = ax + c
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c d(3 – x) = cx + 4f
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3 The surface area, A, of a cylinder with radius r and height h is given by the formula:
A = 2πr2 + 2πrh
If the height is n times the radius, rearrange the formula to give r in terms of A.
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[Total: 59 marks]
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