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1. Given that 440  23  5  11 and 275  52  11.

(a) Find the highest common factor of 440 and 275.
(b) Find the smallest positive integer k such that 440k is a perfect square.

Answer: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

2. If p decreases by 10% and then increases by 20% to become q, find the value of
p
in simplest form.
q

Answer: [2]

3. y is inversely proportional to x 2 .
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The difference in values of y when x = 1 and x = 10 is 9 .
10
Find the formula connecting y and x.

Answer: [2]

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4. (a) Given that y  81  1, evaluate y.
2 x3
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(b) Simplify x 2
.
2  31 x

Answer: (a) [1]

(b) [2]

5. Solve the following.

4 3
(a)  5
x 2x
(b) ( x  2)( x  2)  3(2  x)

Answer: (a) [1]

(b) [2]

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6. (a) Find the ratio

1 exterior angle of a regular octagon : 1 exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
Leave your answer in the simplest form.
(b) The sum of interior angles of an n-sided polygon is 3060, find the value of n.

Answer: (a) : [1]

(b) n = [2]

6x  13
7. Write down all the integers which satisfy  x  4x  5  .
2

Answer: [3]

8. The distance between 2 planets is 4340 megakilometres.

(a) Write down the distance in standard form.
(b) Given that the speed of light is 3 10 8 m/s, find the time taken to the nearest
minute for light to travel this distance.

Answer: (a) km[ 1 ]

(b) mins[ 2 ]

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9. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the distribution of time taken

(in seconds) by 20 cars to reach a speed of 100 km/h.
3 5 6 7 7
4 0 1 2 2 2 4 5 9
5 1 3 5 6 6 8
6 0 1

Key 3 | 5 means 3.5

(a) Find the mode.

(b) Find the median.
(c) 30% of the cars clocked less than or equal to t seconds. Find the value of t.

Answer: (a) s[1]

(b) s[1]

(c) [1]

10. A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 125000.

(a) Find the distance on the map if the actual distance is 22.5 kilometres.
(b) An area on the map is 100 cm2.
Find the actual area, giving your answer in km 2.

Answer: (a) cm [ 1 ]

(b) km2 [ 2 ]

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11. P is the point (5, 12) and Q is the point (q, 12) where q is positive.
OPQ is an isosceles triangle with OP = PQ where O is the origin.

(a) Write down PQ as a column vector in terms of q.
(b) Find the value of q.
(c) A point R (5, r) is such that OR = OP, find the possible values of r.

 
 
Answer: (a)   [1]
 
 

(b) q = [1]

(c) [1]

12. (a) There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet. Two letters are chosen at random
without replacement.
Find the probability that at least one of them is a vowel.

(b) A two digit number is written down at random. Find the probability that
(i) the number is less than 45,
(ii) the number contains at least one digit 8.

Answer: (a) [2]

(b)(i) [1]

(ii) [1]

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13. Given that P  [2a  (n  1)d ].
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(a) Express d as the subject of the formula.
(b) Find the value of P for a = 1, n = 20 and d = 2.
Hence explain how this value is related to the number sequence
1, 3, 5, 7,………39.

Answer: (a) [2]

(b) P = [1]

(b)

[1]

14. Factorise
(a) 10 x 2  15x  3 y  2 xy
(b) 4 p 2  4 pq  q 2  9

Answer: (a) [2]

(b) [2]

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15. In the diagram, PQ is parallel to RS and QPS  SQR.

(a) Explain why triangles PQS and QSR are similar.
(b) Given that PQ = 9 cm and RS = 25 cm, calculate QS.
R
Q
25 cm
9 cm

P S

Answer: (a)

[2]

(b) cm [ 2 ]

16. (a) On the Venn Diagram in the answer space, shade the set A B.
(b) A universal set  and its subsets A, B and C are given by
 = {x : x is an integer and 1  x < 10}
A = {x : x is a factor of 18}
B = {x : x is a prime number}
C = {3, 6, 9}
(i) List the elements of A.
(ii) Find n(A  B).
(iii) Describe clearly the set C in words.

Answer: (a) 
B

[1]

(b) (i) [1]

(ii) [1]

(iii) [1]

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17. (a) Sketch the graph y  8  2 x  x 2 on the axes provided.

(b) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry.
(c) If the graph is reflected in the y – axis, write down the equation of the new
graph.

Answer: (a)
y

2 0 x

[2]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

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18. B C

A D

O q E

 
The diagram shows a regular hexagon, OABCDE where OA = p and OE = q.
M is a point on AE such that 3MA = 2EA.
(a) Express, as simply as possible, in terms of p and/or q,

(i) EA ,

(ii) OD ,

(iii) OM .
(b) Hence, what can you deduce about O, M and D?

Answer: (a)(i) [1]

(ii) [1]

(iii) [2]

(b)

[1]
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19. In the diagram, ABCD and XY are straight lines parallel to each other.
YB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm, BCX = 20 and XAB = YBC = 90.

X Y

20
A B 8 cm C D

(a) Calculate AB.

(b) Find the area of XYC.
(c) Write down the value of cos YCD.

Answer: (a) cm [ 2 ]

(b) cm2 [ 2 ]

(c) [1]

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20. The two solids shown are geometrically similar and

made of the same material.
The ratio of the areas of the bases is 16 : 25.

(a) The curved surface area of solid A is 360 cm2.

Calculate the curved surface area of solid B.

(b) Find the ratio of the circumferences of the top of A to B. A B

(c) The cost of material used to make solid B is $18.75.

Find the cost of material used to make solid A.

(d) Both solids A and B are melted to form a number of geometrically similar solids.
Each of these solids, C is such that the ratio of the areas of the bases of
A : B : C is 16 : 25 : 9, find the number of such solids that can be formed.

Answer: (a) cm2[ 1 ]

(b) [1]

(c) $ [2]

(d) [2]

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21. The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a particle during a 25 second journey.

Speed (m/s)

20

0 Time (s)
5 9 25

(a) Find the total distance travelled before it starts to decelerate.

(b) Find the times when the speed is 15 m/s.
(c) On the grid in the answer space, sketch the distance-time graph for the same
journey.

Answer: (a) m[1]

(b) s [2]
(c)
Distance (m)

Time (s) [2]

0 5 9 25

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22. The diagram is a scale drawing of a map. The scale is 1 cm to 100 m.

A is due North of B.

(a) Find the bearing of C from A.

(b) M is due East of A and on a bearing of 050 from C.
Find and label M. [1]
(c) A point P inside the quadrilateral ABCM is such that it is equidistant from B
and C and equidistant from AB and BC.
Find and label P. [3]

Answer: (a) [1]

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