MATH
O LEVEL
4024
ALGEBRA
(Word Problems)
Past Papers
(Paper 2)
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9 (a) On Monday, Ravi goes on a 20 km run.
(i) His average speed for the first 12 km is x km/h.
Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the time taken for the first 12 km.
Give your answer in minutes.
Answer ............................. minutes [1]
(ii) His average speed for the final 8 km of the run is 1.5 km/h slower than for the first 12 km.
Write an expression, in terms of x, for the time taken for the final 8 km of the run.
Give your answer in minutes.
Answer ............................. minutes [1]
(iii) Ravi takes 110 minutes to complete the full 20 km.
Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to 22x2 - 273x + 216 = 0 .
[4]
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(iv) Solve the equation 22x2 - 273x + 216 = 0 .
Show your working and give each answer correct to 2 decimal places.
Answer x = ................or x = .............. [3]
(b) On Friday, Ravi ran the whole 20 km at the same average speed that he ran the final 8 km on
Monday.
Calculate the time Ravi took to run 20 km on Friday.
Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.
Answer ............ hours .......... minutes [3]
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(c)
NOT TO
y+3 SCALE
2y
A rectangular card has dimensions (2y) cm by (y + 3) cm.
A square of side y cm is cut from this rectangle.
The card remaining, shown shaded in the diagram, has an area of 55 cm2.
Form an equation in y and solve it to find the dimensions of the rectangular card.
Show all your working.
................. cm by ................. cm [5]
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E
D F
B
15
A x C
The diagram shows a prism with a rectangular base of length 15 cm and width x cm.
The cross section of the prism is a right-angled triangle.
The height of the prism is 4 cm less than its width.
The volume of the prism is 440 cm3.
(a) Show that 3x 2 - 12x - 176 = 0 .
[3]
(b) Solve the equation 3x 2 - 12x - 176 = 0 .
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
Answer x = .............. or x = ............... [3]
(c) Find the height of the prism.
Answer ..................................... cm [1]
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(d) A line is drawn on the surface of the prism from B to F.
Another line is drawn on the surface of the prism from A to F.
Calculate angle AFB.
Answer Angle AFB = ........................................... [4]
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D P C
NOT TO
SCALE
A B
Rectangle ABCD has area 80 cm2.
Triangle PCQ is removed from one corner of the rectangle.
BQ = DP = 4 cm.
AB = x cm.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for CP.
.................................................... [1]
(b) Explain why CQ = b - 4l cm .
80
x
............................................................................................................................................................
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............................................................................................................................................................ [1]
(c) Show that the shaded area, y cm2, is given by
160
y = 32 + 2x + .
x
[3]
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A D
NOT TO
SCALE
Y
R S
B C
Q
ABCD is a rectangle with AB = 10 cm and AD = 12 cm.
PQ is parallel to AB and RS is parallel to AD.
Y is the point of intersection of PQ and RS.
BR = DP = x cm.
A smaller rectangle and a square are shaded.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for
(i) AR,
.............................................. cm [1]
(ii) AP.
.............................................. cm [1]
Area of shaded rectangle ARYP 3
(b) =
Area of rectangle ABCD 4
Show that x 2 - 22x + 30 = 0 .
[3]
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(c) Solve the equation x 2 - 22x + 30 = 0 .
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
x = .................... or x = .................... [3]
(d) Find the total unshaded area in rectangle ABCD.
............................................. cm2 [2]
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(c) Solve the equation x 2 - 22x + 30 = 0 .
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
x = .................... or x = .................... [3]
(d) Find the total unshaded area in rectangle ABCD.
............................................. cm2 [2]
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The diagram shows an open box in the shape of a cuboid.
The height of the box is x cm.
The width of the box is 5 cm more than its height.
The length of the box is two times its width.
(a) Write down expressions, in terms of x, for the width and the length of the box.
Width = ........................................... cm
Length = ........................................... cm [2]
(b) The external surface area of the open box is 210 cm 2 .
Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to 4x 2 + 25x - 80 = 0 .
[4]
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(c) Solve the equation 4x 2 + 25x - 80 = 0 .
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
x = .................... or x = .................... [3]
(d) Calculate the volume of the box.
.......................................... cm 3 [2]
(e) The box is filled with chocolates.
The mass of the chocolates is 250 g, correct to the nearest 10 grams.
The total mass of the box and chocolates is 262 g, correct to the nearest gram.
Calculate the lower bound of the mass of the box.
............................................... g [3]
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8 Lara and Marco each cycle 50 km on a cycle trail.
Lara cycles at an average speed of x km/h .
Marco cycles at an average speed of (x - 3) km/h .
(a) Write down an expression for the time, in hours, Lara takes to complete the trail.
........................................ hours [1]
(b) Marco takes 15 minutes longer than Lara to complete the trail.
Hence form an equation and show that it simplifies to x 2 - 3x - 600 = 0 .
[4]
(c) Solve the equation x 2 - 3x - 600 = 0 .
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
x = .................... or x = .................... [3]
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(d) Find the time Marco takes to complete the trail.
Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.
.............. hours ........... minutes [2]
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