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1 (a) A parallelogram has base (2x O 1) metres and height (4x O7) metres.
The area of the parallelogram is 1 m2.

(i) Show that 4x2 O 9x + 3 = 0 .

Answer (a)(i)

[3]

(ii) Solve the equation 4x2 O 9x + 3 = 0 .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer(a)(ii) x = or x = [4]

(iii) Calculate the height of the parallelogram.

Answer(a)(iii) m [1]

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(b) (i) Factorise x2 O 16.

Answer(b)(i) [1]

2x + 3 x + 40
(ii) Solve the equation + = 2.
x−4 x 2 − 16

Answer(b)(ii) x = [4]

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2 (a) Simplify

(i) (2x2y3)3,

Answer(a)(i) [2]
_ 1

 27 3
(ii)   .
 6
x 

Answer(a)(ii) [3]

(b) Multiply out and simplify.

(3x – 2y)(2x + 5y)

Answer(b) [3]

(c) Make h the subject of

(i) V = πr3 + 2πr2h,

Answer(c)(i) h = [2]

(ii) V = 3h .

Answer(c)(ii) h = [2]

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

x 5x 7x
+ –
2 3 4

Answer(d) [2]

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3 (a) Write as a single fraction

5 2x
(i) – ,
4 5

Answer(a)(i) ............................................... [2]

4 2x - 1 .
(ii) +
x+3 3

Answer(a)(ii) ............................................... [3]

(b) Solve the simultaneous equations.

9x – 2y = 12
3x + 4y = –10

Answer(b) x = ...............................................

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

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7x + 21 .
(c) Simplify
2x2 + 9x + 9

Answer(c) ............................................... [4]

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4 (a) (i) Solve 2(3x – 7) = 13.

Answer(a)(i) x = ............................................... [3]

(ii) Solve by factorising x2 – 7x + 6 = 0.

Answer(a)(ii) x = ................. or x = ................. [3]

3x - 2 x 2
(iii) Solve + + = 4.
5 10

Answer(a)(iii) x = ............................................... [4]

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7 2x - 3
5 (a) (i) Show that the equation
x+4
+
2
= 1 can be simplified to 2x2 + 3x – 6 = 0 .

Answer(a)(i)

[3]

(ii) Solve the equation 2x2 + 3x – 6 = 0 .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer(a)(ii) x = ........................... or x = ........................... [4]

(b) The total surface area of a cone with radius x and slant height 3x is equal to the area of a circle with
radius r.

Show that r = 2x.

[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = πrl.]

Answer(b)

[4]
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6 (a) Make x the subject of the formula.

xr
A-x =
t

Answer(a) x = ................................................. [4]

(b) Find the value of a and the value of b when x2 – 16x + a = (x + b)2.

Answer(b) a = ................................................

b = ................................................. [3]

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

6 5
x - 4 3x - 2
-

Answer(c) ................................................. [3]

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7 (a) Expand and simplify.

3x(x – 2) – 2x(3x – 5)

Answer(a) ................................................ [3]

(b) Factorise the following completely.

(i) 6w + 3wy – 4x – 2xy

Answer(b)(i) ................................................ [2]

(ii) 4x2 – 25y2

Answer(b)(ii) ................................................ [2]

(c) Simplify.
3
16 - 2
c 4m
9x

Answer(c) ................................................ [2]

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8 (a) Solve the inequality.

5x – 3 > 9

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

(b) Factorise completely.

(i) xy – 18 + 3y – 6x

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

(ii) 8x 2 - 72y 2

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

(c) Make r the subject of the formula.

1 - 2r
p+5 =
r

r = .................................................. [4]

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9 (a) Expand the brackets and simplify.

(i) 4 (2x + 5) - 5 (3x - 7)

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

(ii) (x - 7) 2

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

(b) Solve.
2x
(i) + 5 =- 7
3

x = ................................................ [3]

(ii) 4x + 9 = 3 (2x - 7)

x = ................................................ [3]

(iii) 3x 2 - 1 = 74

x = ..................... or x = ..................... [3]

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10 (a) In this part, all lengths are in centimetres.

NOT TO
SCALE

2x + 1 3x – 1

2x + 6
3x – 1

(i) Find the value of x when the perimeter of the rectangle is equal to the perimeter of the square.

x = ................................................. [3]

(ii) Find the value of x when the area of the rectangle is equal to the area of the square.
Show all your working.

x = ................................................. [7]

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(b) (i) Factorise x 2 + 4x - 5 .

................................................... [2]
5 8
(ii) Solve the equation - = 1.
x x+1
Show all your working.

x = .......................... or x = .......................... [4]

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11 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.
2x + 3y = 11
3x - 5y = -50

x = ..................................................

y = .................................................. [4]

x 2 - 12x + a = ^x + bh
2
(b)

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

b = .................................................. [3]

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

x 3x + 2
+
2x - 5 x-1

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

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12 (a) Factorise.

(i) 2mn + m 2 - 6n - 3m

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

(ii) 4y 2 - 81

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

(iii) t 2 - 6t + 8

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

(b) Rearrange the formula to make x the subject.

2m - x
k=
x

x = ............................................... [4]

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(c) Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.
1
2 x - 3y=9
5x + y = 28

x = ..............................................

y = ............................................... [3]
3 4
(d) - =6
m+4 m
(i) Show that this equation can be written as 6m 2 + 25m + 16 = 0 .

[3]

(ii) Solve the equation 6m 2 + 25m + 16 = 0 .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

m = ..................... or m = ..................... [4]

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13
1
(a) s = ut + at 2
2
(i) Find s when t = 26.5, u = 104.3 and a = -2.2 .
Give your answer in standard form, correct to 4 significant figures.

s = .................................................... [4]

(ii) Rearrange the formula to write a in terms of u, t and s.

a = ................................................... [3]

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14 (a) Expand and simplify.

(x + 7) (x - 3)

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

(b) Factorise completely.

(i) 15p 2 q 2 - 25q 3

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

(ii) 4fg + 6gh + 10fk + 15hk

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

(iii) 81k 2 - m 2

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

(c) Solve the equation.

x+2
3 (x - 4) + =6
5

x = .............................................. [4]

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15 (a) Solve.
5x - 17 = 7x + 3

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

(b) Find the integer values of n that satisfy this inequality.

- 7 1 4n G 8

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

(c) Simplify.

(i) a3 # a6

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

(ii) (5xy 2) 3

............................................... [2]
1
-

f p
3
27x 12
(iii)
64y 3

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

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