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1 A company employed 300 workers when it started and now employs 852 workers.

(a) Calculate the percentage increase in the number of workers.

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

(b) Of the 852 workers, the ratio part-time workers : full-time workers = 5 : 7.

Calculate the number of full-time workers.

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

(c) The company makes 40 600 headphones in one year.

Write this number

(i) in words,

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

(ii) in standard form.

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

(d) In one month, the company sells 3 000 headphones.

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Of these, 48% are exported, are sold to shops and the rest are sold online.
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Calculate the number of headphones that are sold online.

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

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(e) One year, sales increased by 15%.

The following year sales increased by 18%.

Calculate the overall percentage increase in sales.

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

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1 Here is part of a bus timetable.

Abbots 06 50 08 25 09 20
Callet 07 12 08 47 09 42
North Moor 07 30 09 05 10 00
South Moor 07 37 09 12 10 07
Centre Point 08 00 09 35 10 30

(a) Rashid catches the 09 20 bus at Abbots.

Find the time the bus arrives at South Moor.

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

(b) Annisa leaves home at 8.27 am and takes 25 minutes to walk to the bus stop at Callet.
She catches the next bus to Centre Point.

Find the total time, in minutes, for her journey from leaving home to arriving at Centre Point.

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

(c) The distance from Abbots to Centre Point is 29.4 km.

Each bus takes the same time for the journey.

Calculate the average speed of a bus for this journey.

Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

....................................... km / h [2]

(d) On one journey, all 56 seats on the bus are filled.

The ratio of adults to children on this journey is adults : children = 5 : 3.
The cost for an adult ticket is $2.80 .
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The cost for a child ticket is of the adult cost.
4
Work out the total cost of the tickets for this journey.

$ .................................................. [4]
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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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2 The table shows some values for y = x 2 - , x ! 0 .
3x
The y-values are rounded to 1 decimal place.

x -2 -1.5 -1 -0.75 -0.5 -0.25 -0.1

y 4.2 2.5 1.3 1.4 3.3

(a) Complete the table. [2]

1
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x 2 - for - 2 G x G - 0.1 .
3x
1
The graph of y = x 2 - for x 2 0 has been drawn for you.
3x
y

–2 –1 0 1 2 x

–1

–2
[4]
1
(c) By drawing a suitable line on the grid, solve the equation x 2 - + 1 = 0.
3x

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

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2 (a) Alex, Bobbie and Chris share strawberries in the ratio Alex : Bobbie : Chris = 3 : 2 : 2.
Chris receives 12 strawberries.

Calculate the total number of strawberries shared.

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

(b) In a sale, a shop reduces all prices by 12%.

(i) Dina buys a book which has an original price of $6.50 .

Calculate how much Dina pays for the book.

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

(ii) Elu pays $11 for a toy.

Calculate the original price of the toy.

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

(c) Feri invests some money.

The rate of interest for the first year is 2.5%.
At the end of the second year the overall percentage increase of Feri’s investment is 6.6%.

Find the rate of interest for the second year.

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

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(d) A radioactive substance decays at an exponential rate of 2% per day.

The initial mass is 80 g.

(i) Find the mass at the end of 5 days.

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

(ii) Find how many more whole days, after day 5, it takes for the mass to reduce to less than 67 g.

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

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3 f (x) = 1 + 4x g (x) = x 2

(a) Find

(i) gf(3),

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

(ii) fg(x),

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

(iii) f - 1 f (x) .

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

(b) Find the value of x when f (x) = 15.

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

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6 (a) At a festival, 380 people out of 500 people questioned say that they are camping.
There are 55 300 people at the festival.

Calculate an estimate of the total number of people camping at the festival.

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

(b) 12 friends travel to the festival.

5 travel by car, 4 travel by bus and 3 travel by train.
Two people are chosen at random from the 12 friends.

Calculate the probability that they travel by different types of transport.

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

(c) Arno buys a student ticket for $43.68 .

This is a saving of 16% on the full price of a ticket.

Calculate the full price of a ticket.

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

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(d) At a football match, there are 29 800 people, correct to the nearest 100.

(i) At the end of the football match, the people leave at a rate of 400 people per minute, correct
to the nearest 50 people.

Calculate the lower bound for the number of minutes it takes for all the people to leave.

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

(ii) At a cricket match there are 27 500 people, correct to the nearest 100.
Calculate the upper bound for the difference between the number of people at the football
match and at the cricket match.

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

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8 Darpan runs a distance of 12 km and then cycles a distance of 26 km.

His running speed is x km / h and his cycling speed is 10 km / h faster than his running speed.
He takes a total time of 2 hours 48 minutes.
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(a) An expression for the time, in hours, Darpan takes to run the 12 km is .
x
Write an equation, in terms of x, for the total time he takes in hours.

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

(b) Show that this equation simplifies to 7x 2 - 25x - 300 = 0 .

[4]

(c) Use the quadratic formula to solve 7x 2 - 25x - 300 = 0 .

You must show all your working.

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

(d) Calculate the number of minutes Darpan takes to run the 12 km.

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

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8 (a) (i) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram.

 B
A

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

(ii) Shade the correct region in each Venn diagram.


K L

 Q
P

Q , P' M
(K , L ) + M '
[2]

(b)

V E N N D I A G R A M

The diagram shows 11 cards.

(i) One of these cards is chosen at random.

Write down the probability that the letter on the card is not A.

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

(ii) A card is chosen at random from these 11 cards and then replaced.
A second card is then chosen at random.

Find the probability that exactly one card has the letter N.

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

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(c)

E M

............. .......... .............

.............

50 students are asked if they like English (E) and if they like mathematics (M).
3 say they do not like English and do not like mathematics.
33 say they like English.
42 say they like mathematics.

(i) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(ii) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student likes English and likes mathematics.

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

(iii) Two students are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both like mathematics.

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

(iv) Two students who like English are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both also like mathematics.

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

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9 (a) Sketch the graph of y = (x + 1) (3 - x) (3 + x) , indicating the coordinates of the points

where the graph crosses the x-axis and the y-axis.

O x

[4]

(b) (i) Show that y = (x + 1) (3 - x) (3 + x) can be written as y = 9 + 9x - x 2 - x 3 .

[2]

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(ii) Calculate the x–values of the turning points of y = 9 + 9x - x 2 - x 3 .

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

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

(iii) The equation 9 + 9x - x 2 - x 3 = k has one solution only when k 1 a and when k 2 b ,
where a and b are integers.

Find the maximum value of a and the minimum value of b.

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

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

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9 (a) Factorise.

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

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

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

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

(iii) 4x 2 - y 4

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

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(b) Expand and simplify.

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

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

(c) (x + a) 2 = x 2 + 22x + b

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

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10 (a) A box is a cuboid with length 45 cm, width 30 cm and height 42 cm.
The box is completely filled with 90.72 kg of sand.

Calculate the density of this sand in kg/m 3 .

[Density = mass ÷ volume]

....................................... kg/m 3 [3]

(b) A bag contains 15000 cm 3 of sand.

Some of this sand is used to completely fill a hole in the shape of a cylinder.
The hole is 30 cm deep and has radius 10 cm.

Calculate the percentage of the sand from the bag that is used.

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

(c) Sand costs $98.90 per tonne.

This cost includes a tax of 15%.

Calculate the amount of tax paid per tonne of sand.

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

(d) Raj buys some sand for 3540 rupees.

Calculate the cost in dollars when the exchange rate is $1 = 70.8 rupees.

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

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10 (a) A box is a cuboid with length 45 cm, width 30 cm and height 42 cm.
The box is completely filled with 90.72 kg of sand.

Calculate the density of this sand in kg/m 3 .

[Density = mass ÷ volume]

....................................... kg/m 3 [3]

(b) A bag contains 15000 cm 3 of sand.

Some of this sand is used to completely fill a hole in the shape of a cylinder.
The hole is 30 cm deep and has radius 10 cm.

Calculate the percentage of the sand from the bag that is used.

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

(c) Sand costs $98.90 per tonne.

This cost includes a tax of 15%.

Calculate the amount of tax paid per tonne of sand.

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

(d) Raj buys some sand for 3540 rupees.

Calculate the cost in dollars when the exchange rate is $1 = 70.8 rupees.

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

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11 Gaya spends $48 to buy books that cost $x each.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of books Gaya buys.

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

(b) Myra spends $60 to buy books that cost $ (x + 2) each.

Gaya buys 4 more books than Myra.

Show that x 2 + 5x - 24 = 0 .

[4]
(c) Solve by factorisation.
x 2 + 5x - 24 = 0

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

(d) Find the number of books Myra buys.

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

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