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7 (a) One day Amit works from 08 00 until 17 00.

The time he spends on filing, computing, writing and having lunch is in the ratio

Filing: Computing: Writing: Lunch = 2: 5 : 4 : 1.

Calculate the time he spends

(i) writing, [1]

(ii) having lunch, giving this answer in minutes. [1]

(b) The amount earned by Amit, Bernard and Chris is in the ratio 2 : 5 : 3.
Bernard earns $855 per week.
Calculate how much

(i) Amit earns each week, [1]

(ii) Chris earns each week. [1]

(c) After 52 weeks Bernard has saved $2964.

What fraction of his earnings has he saved?
Give your answer in its lowest terms. [2]

(d) Chris saves $3500 this year. This is 40% more than he saved last year.
Calculate how much he saved last year. [3]

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11 The ratios of teachers : male students : female students in a school are 2 : 17 : 18.
The total number of students is 665.
Find the number of teachers.

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

12 A rectangular field is 18 metres long and 12 metres wide.

Both measurements are correct to the nearest metre.
Work out exactly the smallest possible area of the field.

Answer..............................................m!2 [2]

13 Complete this table of squares and cubes.

The numbers are not in sequence.

Number Square Cube

3 9 27

....... 121 .......

....... ....... 2744

....... ....... 0343

[3]

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15 Tickets for the theatre cost either $10 or $16.

(a) Calculate the total cost of 197 tickets at $10 each and 95 tickets at $16 each. [1]

(b) On Monday, 157 tickets at $10 and n tickets at $16 were sold. The total cost was $4018.
Calculate the value of n. [2]

(c) On Tuesday, 319 tickets were sold altogether. The total cost was $3784.
Using x for the number of $10 tickets sold and y for the number of $16 tickets sold, write down
two equations in x and y.

Solve your equations to find the number of $10 tickets and the number of $16 tickets sold. [5]

(d) On Wednesday, the cost of a $16 ticket was reduced by 15%. Calculate this new reduced cost.
[2]

(e) The $10 ticket costs 25% more than it did last year. Calculate the cost last year. [2]

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22 Fatima and Mohammed each buys a bike.

(a) Fatima buys a city-bike which has a price of $120.

She pays 60 % of this price and then pays $10 per month for 6 months.

(i) How much does Fatima pay altogether? [2]

(ii) Work out your answer to part (a)(i) as a percentage of the original price of $120. [2]

(b) Mohammed pays $159.10 for a mountain-bike in a sale.

The original price had been reduced by 14 %.
Calculate the original price of the mountain-bike. [2]

(c) Mohammed’s height is 169 cm and Fatima’s height is 156 cm.

The frame sizes of their bikes are in the same ratio as their heights.
The frame size of Mohammed’s bike is 52 cm.
Calculate the frame size of Fatima’s bike. [2]

(d) Fatima and Mohammed are members of a school team which takes part in a bike ride for charity.

(i) Fatima and Mohammed ride a total distance of 36 km.

The ratio distance Fatima rides : distance Mohammed rides is 11 : 9.
Work out the distance Fatima rides. [2]

2
(ii) The distance of 36 km is only 23
of the total distance the team rides.

Calculate this total distance. [2]

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30 The planet Neptune is 4 496 000 000 kilometres from the Sun.
Write this distance in standard form.

Answer km [1]

31 Write down the next prime number after 89.

Answer [1]

32 The table gives the average surface temperature (°C) on the following planets.

Planet Earth Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus

Average temperature 15 350 −220 −240 −180 −200

(a) Calculate the range of these temperatures.

o
Answer(a) C [1]

(b) Which planet has a temperature 20 °C lower than that of Uranus?

Answer(b) [1]

33 In 2004 Colin had a salary of $7200.

(a) This was an increase of 20% on his salary in 2002.

Calculate his salary in 2002.

Answer(a)$ [2]

(b) In 2006 his salary increased to $8100.

Calculate the percentage increase from 2004 to 2006.

Answer(b) % [2]

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56 A school has 220 boys and 280 girls.

(a) Find the ratio of boys to girls, in its simplest form.

Answer(a) : [1]

(b) The ratio of students to teachers is 10 : 1.

Find the number of teachers.

Answer(b) [2]

(c) There are 21 students on the school’s committee.

The ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 4.
Find the number of girls on the committee.

Answer(c) [2]

(d) The committee organises a disco and sells tickets.

35% of the school’s students each buy a ticket. Each ticket costs $1.60.
Calculate the total amount received from selling the tickets.

Answer(d) $ [3]

(e) The cost of running the disco is $264.

This is an increase of 10% on the cost of running last year’s disco.
Calculate the cost of running last year’s disco.

Answer(e) $ [2]

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82 A hummingbird beats its wings 24 times per second.

(a) Calculate the number of times the hummingbird beats its wings in one hour.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Write your answer to part (a) in standard form.

Answer(b) [1]

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6 cm
2 cm

A company makes solid chocolate eggs and their shapes are mathematically similar.
The diagram shows eggs of height 2 cm and 6 cm.
The mass of the small egg is 4 g.

Calculate the mass of the large egg.

Answer g [2]

84 (a) Write 16 460 000 in standard form.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Calculate 7.85 ÷ (2.366 × 102), giving your answer in standard form.

Answer(b) [2]

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87 The scale on a map is 1: 20 000.

(a) Calculate the actual distance between two points which are 2.7 cm apart on the map.
Give your answer in kilometres.

Answer(a) km [2]

(b) A field has an area of 64 400 m2 .

Calculate the area of the field on the map in cm2 .

Answer(b) cm2 [2]

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2 A'

xc
m
xc

m
A x cm x cm B
P Q

12 cm

D' B'

D C

C'

An equilateral 16-sided figure APA′QB …… is formed when the square ABCD is rotated 45° clockwise
about its centre to position A′B′C′D′.
AB = 12 cm and AP = x cm.

(a) (i) Use triangle PA′Q to explain why 2x2 = (12 – 2x)2. [3]
(ii) Show that this simplifies to x2 – 24x + 72 = 0. [3]
(iii) Solve x2 – 24x + 72 = 0. Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [4]

(b) (i) Calculate the perimeter of the 16-sided figure. [2]

(ii) Calculate the area of the 16-sided figure. [3]

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(x + 1) cm

(x + 4) cm

NOT TO
SCALE
2x cm

A rectangular-based open box has external dimensions of 2x cm, (x ! 4) cm and (x ! 1) cm.

(a) (i) Write down the volume of a cuboid with these dimensions. [1]
(ii) Expand and simplify your answer. [1]

(b) The box is made from wood 1 cm thick.

(i) Write down the internal dimensions of the box in terms of x. [3]
(ii) Find the volume of the inside of the box and show that the volume of the wood
is 8x!2 ! 12x cubic centimetres. [3]

(c) The volume of the wood is 1980 cm!3.

(i) Show that 2x!2 ! 3x 0 495 # 0 and solve this equation. [5]
(ii) Write down the external dimensions of the box. [2]

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4 Maria walks 10 kilometres to a waterfall at an average speed of x kilometres per hour.

(a) Write down, in terms of x, the time taken in hours. [1]

(b) Maria returns from the waterfall but this time she walks the 10 kilometres at an average speed of
(x + 1) kilometres per hour. The time of the return journey is 30 minutes less than the time of the first
journey.
Write down an equation in x and show that it simplifies to x2 + x – 20 = 0. [4]

(c) Solve the equation x2 + x – 20 = 0. [2]

(d) Find the time Maria takes to walk to the waterfall. [2]

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11

2y – 1
y N O T TO
SC A L E

(a)

y+2

The diagram shows a right-angled triangle.

The lengths of the sides are given in terms of y.

(i) Show that 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0. [3]

(ii) Solve the equation 2y2 – 8y – 3 = 0, giving your answers to 2 decimal places. [4]
(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle. [2]

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(b)

P Q

) cm

yc
+2
(y

m
X N O T TO
SC A L E
) cm

(y
1
y–

+1
(2

)c
m
R S

In the diagram PQ is parallel to RS.

PS and QR intersect at X.

PX = y cm, QX = (y + 2) cm, RX = (2y – 1) cm and SX = (y + 1) cm.

(i) Show that y2 – 4y – 2 = 0. [3]

(ii) Solve the equation y2 – 4y – 2 = 0.

Show all your working and give your answers correct to two decimal places. [4]

(iii) Write down the length of RX. [1]

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13 (a)

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(x + 1) cm

A (x + 6) cm D (x + 2) cm C

In triangle ABC, the line BD is perpendicular to AC.

AD = (x + 6) cm, DC = (x + 2) cm and the height BD = (x + 1) cm.

The area of triangle ABC is 40 cm2.

(i) Show that x2 + 5x – 36 = 0.

Answer (a)(i)

[3]

(ii) Solve the equation x2 + 5x – 36 = 0.

Answer(a)(ii) x = or x = [2]

(iii) Calculate the length of BC.

Answer(a)(iii) BC = cm [2]

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2 3
22 Write + as a single fraction.
x−2 x+2

Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer [3]

23

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20 cm
10 cm

9 cm d cm

The diagrams show two mathematically similar containers.

The larger container has a base with diameter 9 cm and a height 20 cm.
The smaller container has a base with diameter d cm and a height 10 cm.

(a) Find the value of d.

Answer(a) d = [1]

(b) The larger container has a capacity of 1600 ml.

Calculate the capacity of the smaller container.

Answer(b) ml [2]

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NOT TO
SC A LE
20 cm
10 cm

9 cm d cm

The diagrams show two mathematically similar containers.

The larger container has a base with diameter 9 cm and a height 20 cm.
The smaller container has a base with diameter d cm and a height 10 cm.

(a) Find the value of d.

Answer(a) d = [1]

(b) The larger container has a capacity of 1600 ml.

Calculate the capacity of the smaller container.

Answer(b) ml [2]

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Examiner’s
use
22 8 cm 4 cm

NOT TO
SCALE
l cm

11 cm

The two cones are similar.

(a) Write down the value of l.

Answer (a)!l # ................................... [1]

(b) When full, the larger cone contains 172 cm!3 of water.
How much water does the smaller cone contain when it is full?

Answer (b) ................................. cm!3![2]

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13
A
The area of triangle APQ is 99 cm2 and the area of triangle
ABC is 11 cm2. BC is parallel to PQ and the length of PQ is
NOT TO
12 cm.
SCALE
Calculate the length of BC.

B C

P Q

Answer BC = cm [3]

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