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1 In a box of 80 glasses, 3 are broken.

Work out the percentage of broken glasses in the box.

........................................... % [1]

2 Here is a list of numbers.

Put a ring around the number with the largest value.

1 3
0.3030 0.0330 33% [1]
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3 Chai says that 8 cm2 is the same as 80 mm2.

Explain why Chai is wrong.

.............................................................................................................................................................. [1]

4 y = mx + c.

Find the value of y when m = −2, x = −7 and c = −3.

y = .............................................. [2]

5 Rearrange the formula 5w – 3y + 7 = 0 to make w the subject.

w = .............................................. [2]

6 Explain why 3 is irrational.

.............................................................................................................................................................. [1]
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7 Without using your calculator , work out 1 127 + 13

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.
You must show all your working and give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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

29 − 3 # 320.4
8 Use a calculator to find the decimal value of .
3

............................................... [1]

9 Write the recurring decimal 0.32o as a fraction.

You must show all your working.

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

10 Work out (0.01)2 .

............................................... [1]

`11 Write 57.3997 correct to 4 significant figures.

............................................... [1]
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12 (a) Simplify (27x6) 3 .

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

(b) Find the value of (64x4)0.5 × 4x–2 .

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

13 Aimee changes 250 euros into dollars.

The exchange rate is 1 euro = $1.10 .

Calculate the number of dollars Aimee receives.

$ ............................................... [1]

14 Convert 0.17 m2 into cm2.

......................................... cm2 [1]

15 Write x2 – 4x + 7 in the form (x – a)2 + b .

............................................... [2]
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16 Work out 2 + 3 .
3 2
Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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

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17 Find the value of 64 3 .

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

18 Work out, giving your answer in standard form,

(a) (7.1 × 10–15) × (2 × 103)

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

(b) (5.2 × 107) + (5.2 × 106) .

............................................... [2]
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19 y∝
x
When y = 8, x = 4.

Find y when x = 49.

y = .............................................. [3]

20 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

3 − 4
−
x 4 x+3

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

21 Expand and simplify.

x(x + 2)(x – 3)

............................................... [3]
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22 (a) Kristian and Stephanie share some money in the ratio 3 : 2.

Kristian receives $72.

(i) Work out how much Stephanie receives.

$ ............................................... [2]

(ii) Kristian spends 45% of his $72 on a computer game.

Calculate the price of the computer game.

$ ............................................... [1]

(iii) Kristian also buys a meal for $8.40 .

Calculate the fraction of the $72 Kristian has left after buying the computer game and the
meal.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

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

(iv) Stephanie buys a book in a sale for $19.20 .

This sale price is after a reduction of 20%.

Calculate the original price of the book.

$ ............................................... [3]
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(b) Boris invests $550 at a rate of 2% per year simple interest.

Calculate the value of the investment at the end of 10 years.

$ ............................................... [3]

(c) Marlene invests $550 at a rate of 1.9% per year compound interest.

Calculate the value of the investment at the end of 10 years.

$ ............................................... [2]

(d) Hans invests $550 at a rate of x% per year compound interest.

At the end of 10 years, the value of the investment is $638.30, correct to the nearest cent.

Find the value of x.

x = .............................................. [3]
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23 (a) Hong has $4000 to invest.

She invests $2000 at a rate of 2.5% per year simple interest.
She also invests $2000 at a rate of 2% per year compound interest.

(i) Find the value of each investment at the end of 8 years.

Simple interest investment $ ....................................................

Compound interest investment $ ....................................................

[5]

(ii) Find the overall percentage increase in the $4000 investment at the end of 8 years.

............................................ % [2]
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(iii) Find the number of complete years it takes for the compound interest investment of $2000 to
become greater than $2500.

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

(b) Alain invests $5000 at a rate of r% per year compound interest.

At the end of 15 years, the value of the investment is $7566.

Find the value of r.

r = .............................................. [3]
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24 y= u2x

(a) Find the value of y when u = 7 and x = 25.

y = .............................................. [2]

(b) Rearrange the formula to write x in terms of u and y.

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

25 Solve.
3y 3
=
2y − 1 4

y = .............................................. [3]

26 Simplify.
5p 2 − 20p
2p 2 − 32

............................................... [3]
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27 Factorise.
2x + 6 – 3xy – 9y

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

28 Expand the brackets and simplify.

4 (5w + 3) - 2 (w - 1)

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

29 Without using your calculator and by rounding each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the
value of
10.3 # 19.5 .
88.9 - 43.2
You must show all your working.

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

30 The population of the world grows exponentially at a rate of 1.1% per year.

Find the number of years it takes for the population to grow from 7 billion to 7.31 billion.
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

..........................................years [2]

31 Indira buys a television in a sale for $924.

This was a reduction of 12% on the original price.

Calculate the original price of the television.

$................................................... [3]
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32 y is inversely proportional to x2.

When x = 5, y = 16.

Find y when x = 10.

y = .................................................. [3]

33 Factorise completely.

(a) 15c 2 - 5c

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

(b) 2kp - km + 6p - 3m

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

34 Work out.

(a) t 24 ' t 4

................................................... [1]

(b) ^x 5h
2

................................................... [1]

(c) ^81m 8h4

3

................................................... [2]
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35 s = ut + 16t 2

Find the value of s when u = 2 and t = 3.

s = .................................................. [2]

36 Write the recurring decimal 0.17o as a fraction.

Show all your working.

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

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37 Without using your calculator, work out 3 ' 2 .
3 2
You must show all your working and give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]
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38 Write 0.000 052 3 in standard form.

................................................... [1]

39 Calculate 17.8 - 1.3 2.5 .

................................................... [1]

40 Write the recurring decimal 0.8o as a fraction.

................................................... [1]

41 Factorise completely.
15k 2 m - 20m 4

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

42 Newton has a population of 23 000.

The population decreases exponentially at a rate of 1.4% per year.

Calculate the population of Newton after 5 years.

................................................... [2]
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1
43 2p =
84
Find the value of p.

p = ............................................ [2]

44 y is inversely proportional to x.
When x = 9 , y = 8 .

Find y when x = 6 .

y = ............................................ [3]

45 Dev makes 600 cakes.

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18% of the 600 cakes go to a hotel and of the 600 cakes go to a supermarket.
3

Calculate how many cakes he has left.

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

46 Calculate the value of (2.3 # 10 -3) + (6.8 # 10 -4) .

Give your answer in standard form.

................................................. [1]
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47 (a) Make t the subject of the formula s = k - t 2 .

t = ................................................ [2]

(b) (i) Factorise x 2 - 25 .

................................................. [1]
x 2 - 25
(ii) Simplify .
x 2 - 2x - 35

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

(c) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

x-8 3x
+
x x+1

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

48 y is directly proportional to (x - 4) .
When x = 16 , y = 3.

Find y in terms of x.

y = .................................................... [2]

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49 Factorise.

(a) 7k 2 - 15k

.................................................... [1]

(b) 12 (m + p) + 8 (m + p) 2

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

50 Eric invests an amount in a bank that pays compound interest at a rate of 2.16% per year.
At the end of 5 years, the value of his investment is $6 999.31 .

Calculate the amount Eric invests.

$ .................................................. [3]

51 Simplify.
ab - b 2
a2 - b2

.................................................... [3]
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52 3.56 5 196 8 7 12

From the list, write down a number that is

(a) a multiple of 3,

................................................. [1]

(b) a cube number,

................................................. [1]

(c) a prime number,

................................................. [1]

(d) an irrational number.

................................................. [1]

53 (a) Factorise completely.

3x 2 - 12xy

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

(b) Expand and simplify.

(m - 3) (m + 2)

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

(c) The cost of a railway magazine increases by 12.5% to $2.70 .

Calculate the cost of the magazine before this increase.

$ ................................................. [2]
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54 The population of a town decreases exponentially at a rate of 1.7% per year.

The population now is 250 000.

Calculate the population at the end of 5 years.

Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred.

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

55 Write the recurring decimal 0.26o as a fraction.

You must show all your working.

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

56 Manjeet uses 220 litres of water each day.

She reduces the amount of water she uses by 15%.

Calculate the number of litres of water she now uses each day.

......................................... litres [2]

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57 x 2 - 12x + a = (x + b) 2

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

58 The value of Dhanu’s model railway is $550.

This value increases exponentially at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 5 years the value will be $736.

Calculate the value of r.

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

59 y is inversely proportional to x2.

When x = 4 , y = 7.5 .

Find y when x = 5.

y = ................................................. [3]
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60 (a) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

x+3 x-2
-
x-3 x+2

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

(b) Expand and simplify.

( y + 3) ( y - 4) (2y - 1)

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

(c) Make x the subject of the formula.

3+x
x=
y

x = ................................................. [3]
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o o as a fraction.
61 Write 0.37

................................................. [1]

62 Calculate 4.8 # 10 6 + 3.7 # 10 7 .

Give your answer in standard form.

................................................. [1]

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63 Joseph spends of one week’s earnings to buy a jacket.
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The cost of the jacket is $56.50 .

Calculate the amount Joseph earns in a week.

$ ................................................ [2]

64 Sahil and Anika share $78 in the ratio 5 : 8.

Calculate the amount each receives.

Sahil $ .................................................

Anika $ ................................................. [2]

65 Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 36 and 84.

................................................. [2]
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66 Simplify `343x 9j .
2
3

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

67 The population of one variety of butterfly is decreasing exponentially at a rate of 34% per year.
At the end of 2014, the population was 125.9 million.

Calculate the population at the end of 2019.

..................................... million [2]

68 (a) Sanjay invests $700 in an account paying simple interest at a rate of 2.5% per year.

Calculate the value of his investment at the end of 6 years.

$ ................................................ [3]

(b) Meera invests $700 in an account paying compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 17 years the value of her investment is $1030.35 .

Find the value of r.

r = ................................................ [3]
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69 (a) Factorise.

(i) 5am + 10ap - bm - 2bp

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

(ii) 15 (k + g) 2 - 20 (k + g)

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

(iii) 4x 2 - y 4

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

(b) Expand and simplify.

(x - 3) (x + 1) (3x - 4)

................................................. [3]
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(c) (x + a) 2 = x 2 + 22x + b

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

70 (a) Simplify h 2 # h 5 .

................................................. [1]

(b) Simplify b l .
-3
7
x

................................................. [1]

(c) a8 ' a p = a2

Find the value of p.

p = ................................................ [1]

71 Factorise completely.
12a 3 - 21a

................................................. [2]
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72
Painter Plumber Electrician
$35 per hour Fixed charge $40 $48 per hour
for the first 2 hours
plus
then
$26.50 per hour $32 per hour

These are the rates charged by a painter, a plumber and an electrician who do some work for Mr Sharma.

(a) The painter works for 7 hours.

Calculate the amount Mr Sharma pays the painter.

$ ................................................. [1]

(b) Mr Sharma pays the plumber $252.

Calculate how many hours the plumber works.

........................................ hours [2]

(c) Mr Sharma pays the electrician $224.

Calculate how many hours the electrician works.

........................................ hours [2]

(d) Write down the ratio of the amount Mr Sharma pays to the painter, the plumber and the electrician.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

painter : plumber : electrician = .................. : .................. : .................. [2]

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73 y is inversely proportional to the square root of (x +4).

When x = 5, y = 2.

Find y when x = 77.

y = ................................................ [3]

74 Mrs Kohli buys a jacket, 2 shirts and a hat.

The jacket costs $x.
The shirts each cost $24 less than the jacket and the hat costs $16 less than the jacket.
Mrs Kohli spends exactly $100.

Write down an equation in terms of x.

Solve this equation to find the cost of the jacket.

$ ................................................ [3]

75 Make w the subject of the formula.

4 +w
c=
w +3

Answer w = [4]
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76 (a) Expand and simplify.

(x + 1) (x - 2) (x + 3)

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

(b) Make g the subject of the formula.

2fg
M=
g-c

g = ................................................ [4]

(c) Simplify.
4x 2 - 16x
x 2 - 16

................................................. [3]
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77 (a) In a sale, the price of a large frame is reduced by 18%.

Parthi pays $166.05 for 5 large frames in the sale.

Calculate the original price of one large frame.

$ ................................................ [2]

(b) Parthi advertises a large frame for a price of $57 or 48.20 euros.
The exchange rate is $1= 0.88 euros.

Calculate the difference between these prices, in dollars and cents, correct to the nearest cent.

$ ................................................ [3]

78 The scale of a map is 1 : 500 000 .

(a) The actual distance between two towns is 172 km.

Calculate the distance, in centimetres, between the towns on the map.

Answer(a) cm [2]

(b) The area of a lake on the map is 12 cm2.

Calculate the actual area of the lake in km2.

Answer(b) km2 [2]

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79 y varies inversely as the square root of x.

When x = 9, y = 6.

Find y when x = 36.

Answer y = [3]

80 A model of a ship is made to a scale of 1 : 200.

The surface area of the model is 7500 cm2.

Calculate the surface area of the ship, giving your answer in square metres.

Answer m2 [3]