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1 (a) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form 2- .
^x - 4h x-4

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

(b) Solve the simultaneous equations.

2x - 3y = 14
6x + 4y = 3

Answer x = ..............................................

y = .............................................. [3]
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(c) Solve x ^x - 4h = 6 + x .

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

y -9
2
(d) Simplify .
2y - y - 15
2

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

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Q2(a) Zara owns a hairdressing salon.

She buys a pack of 60 bottles of shampoo from a warehouse for $240.
She plans to sell the bottles of shampoo to her customers for $5.50 each.

(i) Calculate the percentage profit Zara makes on each bottle she sells for $5.50 .

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

(ii) Zara sells 45 bottles at the full price then sells the rest with a 20% discount.

Calculate the total profit she makes selling all 60 bottles.

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

(iii) When the warehouse sells a pack of shampoo for $240 it makes a profit of 15%.

Calculate the price paid for the pack of shampoo by the warehouse.

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

(iv) Zara borrows $2500 from a bank to make improvements to her salon.
She is charged 4.5% per year simple interest.
She pays the money back after 3 years.

Calculate the total amount Zara must pay to the bank.

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

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(b) The exchange rate between dollars ($) and pounds (£) is $1 = £0.64 .
The exchange rate between dollars ($) and euros (€) is $1 = €0.78 .

(i) Luke changes $250 into pounds.

Calculate how many pounds he receives.

Answer £ .................................................. [1]

(ii) Complete the statement to show the exchange rate between pounds and euros.

Exchange rate

£1 = € ..................

[2]
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x3
Q3 The variables x and y are connected by the equation y = - 3x + 1 .
2
Some corresponding values of x and y are given in the table below.

x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
y 3 3.5 1 −1.5 −1

(a) Complete the table. [2]

(b) On the grid below, plot the points from the table and join them with a smooth curve.

y
6

–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 x

–2

–4
[2]
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x3
(c) Use your graph to solve the equation - 3x + 1 = 0 .
2

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

(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve at the point (−2, 3).

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

(e) The line AB intersects the curve at point P.

The coordinates of point A are (0, 5).
The coordinates of point B are (2, −3).

(i) Find the equation of line AB.

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

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Q4 Imran drives a distance of 180 km on a business trip.

He drives the first 100 km at an average speed of x km / h.
He drives at an average speed 5 km / h slower than this for the remainder of the journey.

(a) Find, in terms of x, an expression for the time taken, in hours, for the first 100 km.

Answer ......................................... hours [1]

(b) Given that the journey takes a total of 2 hours 30 minutes, form an equation in x and
show that it simplifies to x 2 - 77x + 200 = 0 .

[4]

(c) Solve the equation x 2 - 77x + 200 = 0 , giving each answer correct to 2 decimal places.

[4]
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(d)
Which of the solutions in part (c) represents the speed for the first 100 km of Imran’s trip?
Give a reason for rejecting the other solution.

Answer ………… km / h because ....................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(e) Find the difference between the times taken for theAnswer
first and second parts of the journey.
Give your answer in minutes, correct to the nearest minute.

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

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6c 2 - d
Q5(a) f=
4
(i) Find f when c = 8 and d =-4.

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

(ii) Express c in terms of d and f.

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

(b) Solve 17 - 5x G 2x + 3 .

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

(c) Factorise 9 - 25x 2 .

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

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(d) Factorise completely 8px + 6qy - 3qx - 16py .

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

(e) Solve 5x 2 + 6x - 13 = 0 .

Give your answers correct to two decimal places.

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

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Q6(a) Mariam works in a shop.

She earns $5.20 per hour.
She also earns a bonus of 15% of the value of the items she sells in a week.

(i) In one week she works for 32 hours and sells items with a value of £2450.

Calculate Mariam’s total earnings for the week.

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

(ii) In another week, Mariam worked for 28 hours and earned a total of $409.60 .

Calculate the value of the items she sold that week.

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

(b) (i) Jack opens a bank account paying simple interest.

He pays in $800 and leaves it in the account for 4 years.
At the end of 4 years he closes the account and receives $920.

Calculate the percentage rate of simple interest paid per year.

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

(ii) Jack uses some of the $920 to pay for a holiday and a computer.
He saves the remainder.
The money is divided between the holiday, computer and savings in the ratio 4 : 5 : 7 .

Calculate the amount he saves.

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1 2
9 [Volume of a cone = r hr ]
3
[Curved surface area of a cone = πrl]

15

The diagram shows a solid cone of height 15 cm and base radius 6 cm.

(a) Show that the slant height of the cone is 16.2 cm, correct to one decimal place.

[1]

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the cone.

Answer ............................................ cm2 [3]

(c) Calculate the volume of the cone.

Answer ............................................ cm3 [2]

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(d) The cone is made from wood.

The mass of 1 m3 of the wood is 560 kg.

Calculate the mass of the cone in grams.

Answer

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

(e) (i) Another cone is made of the same material and is geometrically similar to the first.
The mass of the second cone is double the mass of the first.

Calculate the height of the second cone.

Answer

.............................................. cm [2]
(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the second cone.

Answer

............................................ cm2 [2]

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7 (a) (i) Complete the table and hence draw the graph of y = x 2 - 2x - 8 .

x –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 7 0 –5 –8 –9 –8 –5 0 7

y
20

15

10

–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x

–5

–10

[3]

(ii) Use your graph to solve x 2 - 2x - 8 = 2 .

Answer x = ............... or ................ [2]

(iii) By drawing a tangent, estimate the gradient of the curve at (3, –5) .

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

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(b) Solve algebraically x 2 + x - 9 = 0 , giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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

(c) The x-coordinates of the intersection of the line L and the curve y = x 2 - 2x - 8 are the
solutions of the equation x 2 + x - 9 = 0 .

Find the equation of the line L.

Answer ..........................................

[2]
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8 f(x) = 2x – 7

(a) Calculate f(3) .

Answer f(3) = ................................ [1]

(b) Find f - 1 (x) .

Answer f - 1 (x) = ........................... [2]

(c) Find the value of g given that f(3g) = g + 4 .

Answer g = .................................... [3]

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10 (a) Solve
4x
(i) =1,
3

Answer x = ..................................... [1]

(ii) 4y - 3 (2y + 1) = 5 .

Answer y = .................................... [2]

15w - 30w
2
(b) Simplify .
5w 2 - 20

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

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11 (a) One day, two brothers, Zac and Tom, leave their home at different times.
They meet at the library before going to the swimming pool.
The travel graph represents Zac’s journey to the swimming pool.

Swimming
pool
5

Library

3
Distance
from home
(km)
2

0
12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00
Time of day

(i) How much time does Zac spend at the library?

Answer ............................. minutes [1]

(ii) Tom leaves their home at 12 30 and cycles to the library at 14 km/h.
Calculate the time Tom arrives at the library.

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

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(iii) How far is the swimming pool from the library?

Answer .................................... km [1]

(iv) (a) Zac stays at the swimming pool for an hour and a quarter.
He then walks home at a constant speed, arriving at 15 39 .

Complete his travel graph. [2]

(b) Calculate Zac’s speed, in kilometres per hour, as he walks home.

Answer .................................. km/h [1]

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h
12 (a) T = 2π
g
(i) Find T when h = 125 and g = 981.

Answer T = ....................................... [1]

(ii) Make h the subject of the formula.

Answer h = ....................................... [3]

(b) Solve the equation 45 – ( p + 3) = 2p.

Answer p = ....................................... [2]

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(c) 2x - 3 5 - x
Solve the equation + = 0.
4 3

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

(d) Solve the equation 3y2 + 11y + 4 = 0 .

Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Answer y = ................ or ................ [3]

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13 (a) Afurnituresalesmanearned$36200lastyear.

(i) Hehadtopay22%ofthisamountastax.

   Howmuchwasleftafterpayingtax?

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

(ii) Hisearningsof$36200weremadeupof$25000basicsalaryplus8%ofthevalueofthe
furniturethathesold.

Calculatethevalueofthefurniturethathesold.

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

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(iii) Heboughtabookcasefromtheshopwhereheworked.
Itsmarkedpricewas$1080butbecauseheworkedthere,heonlypaid$756.

Calculatethepercentagediscountonthemarkedpricethathehadbeengiven.

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

(b) George opened an account and invested a sum of money at 4.5% simple interest per year
for3years.Attheendofthe3yearsheclosedtheaccount,withdrawingatotalof$681.

CalculatetheamountthatGeorgeinvested.

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

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14 The diagram is a speed-time graph of a train’s journey between two stations.

30

25

20

Speed (m/s) 15

10

0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Time (seconds)

(a) What was the maximum speed of the train?

Answer ......................................m/s [1]

(b) Circle the statement that describes the train’s motion 350 seconds after it left the first station.

Accelerating Decelerating Constant speed Stopped at a station [1]

(c) Calculate the acceleration of the train during the first 150 seconds of its journey.

Answer .................................... m/s2 [1]

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(d) What was the speed of the train 20 seconds before it completed its journey?

Answer ......................................m/s [1]

(e) How far did the train travel during the first 200 seconds?

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

(f) Calculate the average speed of the train in kilometres per hour during the first 200 seconds.

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