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Mathematics Paper 2
Stage 9
1 hour
Name
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.
Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
You should show all your working on the question paper.
You may use a calculator.
INFORMATION
The total mark for this paper is 50.
The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
Maths_S9_02/7RP
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2
1 Simplify.
x4 x5
[1]
Tick () the operation that is performed first when the value of this expression is
calculated.
×3
–2
Square
5
[1]
4 The diagram shows two straight lines crossing a pair of parallel lines.
NOT TO
SCALE
a e b
c
d
[1]
[2]
1 2 5 6
[1]
7 cm NOT TO
SCALE
15 cm
cm3 [2]
8 The table shows information about the temperatures in 20 cities one day.
Frequency 4
0
6 8 10 12 14 16
Temperature, t (°C)
[1]
(b) Put a ring around the interval that contains the median temperature.
(c) Find the greatest possible value of the range of the temperatures.
C [1]
8
y = x 2 y = 2x – 3 2y = x – 3 x=2
(b) Yuri’s teacher asks him to write down three properties that the graphs of y = 2x 1
and y = 6x 1 both have in common.
Complete Yuri’s list by writing down another property the two graphs both have in
common.
[1]
y
10
7
Q
6
2 P
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
[1]
( , ) [1]
NOT TO
SCALE
cm [3]
Laptop A $650
Laptop B $760
Tick () to show which laptop is more expensive after these changes.
Laptop A Laptop B
[3]
[3]
2t
15 Make t the subject of the formula w = 1
t= [2]
[2]
17 ABCD is a kite.
E is a point on CD.
A
NOT TO
78° SCALE
B x° D
38°
[3]
18 Rajiv sells balloons that are coloured either red, green, blue or yellow.
A customer is given a balloon at random.
[2]
[3]
20 The table gives some information about the distances jumped by a group of boys and by
a group of girls.
Boys Girls
Mean 3.36 metres 3.18 metres
Range 1.52 metres 1.05 metres
Mia writes these comparisons of the distances jumped by the boys and the girls.
Mia’s teacher tells her that her comparisons would be better if she wrote them in context.
Write improved comparisons of the distances jumped by the boys and the girls.
[2]
[1]
E NOT TO
A B SCALE
12.5 cm
F
18 cm
D 24 cm C
cm2 [4]
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