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Name: _______________________________________________

Year 12 Chapters 1-10 Test


Tuesday 16th January 2024

Time: 55 minutes

Total marks available: 52

Total marks achieved: ______

Complete all questions on the lined paper provided. You


may write on the question sheet but this will not be
marked.

Z.Rahemani
Questions
Q1.

Find, using algebra, all real solutions to the equation

(i) 16a2 = 2
(4)
(ii) b4 + 7b2 – 18 = 0
(4)

(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q2.

Figure 1 shows a sketch of a triangle ABC with AB = 3x cm, AC = 2x cm and


angle CAB = 60°

Given that the area of triangle ABC is 18 cm2

(a) show that x = 2


(3)
(b) Hence find the exact length of BC, giving your answer as a simplified surd.
(3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

Q3.

(i) Use proof by exhaustion to show that for

(n + 1)3 > 3n
(2)
(ii) Given that m3 + 5 is odd, use proof by contradiction to show, using algebra, that m is even.
(4)

(Total for question = 6 marks)


Q4.
In this question you must show all stages of your working.

Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

(a) Show that

(3)
Given that cos 2x ≠ 0

(b) solve for 0 < x < 90°

+ tan2x = 3cos2x
giving your answers to one decimal place.
(5)
(Total for question = 8 marks)
Q5.

f(x) = 2x3 – 13x2 + 8x + 48

(a) Prove that (x – 4) is a factor of f(x).


(2)
(b) Hence, using algebra, show that the equation f(x) = 0 has only two distinct roots.
(4)

Figure 2 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation y = f(x).

(c) Deduce, giving reasons for your answer, the number of real roots of the equation

2x3 – 13x2 + 8x + 46 = 0
(2)
Given that k is a constant and the curve with equation y = f(x + k) passes through the origin,

(d) find the two possible values of k.


(2)
(Total for question = 10 marks)
Q6.

(a) Find the first 3 terms, in ascending powers of x, of the binomial expansion of

(3 + bx)5

where b is a non-zero constant. Give each term in its simplest form.


(4)
Given that, in this expansion, the coefficient of x2 is twice the coefficient of x,

(b) find the value of b.


(2)
(Total 6 marks)

Q7.

Figure 3 shows the circle C with equation

x2 + y2 – 10x – 8y + 32 = 0

and the line l with equation

2y + x + 6 = 0

(a) Find
(i) the coordinates of the centre of C,
(ii) the radius of C.
(3)
(b) Find the shortest distance between C and l.
(5)

(Total for question = 8 marks)


Mark Scheme
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