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(+ IGCSE) EXAM QUESTION PRACTICE
GCSE
(Total 3 marks)
1. [2 marks]

19. Express 98 in the form a*b where a and b are integers and a > 1.

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(a)! Calculate!the!value!of!her!investment!at!the!end!of!4!years.!
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! 23 Express 48 + 108 in the form k 6 where k is a surd.
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6.! Show!that! 27 + 147!can!be!expressed!in!the!form!! !,!where!a!and!b!are!integers.!
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 4. [3 marks]

19 Simplify (7 + 2 50 2)

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Give your answer in the form a + b 18 where a and b are integers.
Show your working clearly.

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5. (Total for Question 19 is 3 marks) [3 marks]

20 Show that (6 − 8 ) 2 = 44 − 24 2
Show each stage of your working clearly.

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21 Solve + =2
( x + 2) ( x − 2)
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x. (a) Show that 48 + 108 can be expressed in the form ! !, where a and b are integers.

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(b) Show that 5 − 12 6 − 3 = 36 − 17 3
Show each stage of your working.

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7. [3 marks]

3 + 27
19 Show that can be expressed in the form k where k is an integer.
2
State the value of k.

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4 (Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

20 Simplify fully
4
+
3
x 2− x 256
 8. [4 marks]

17 (a) Show that (3 + 2 2 )(4 − 2 ) = 8 + 5 2

Show your working clearly.

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Diagram NOT
a cm 6.8 cm accurately drawn
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10 + 3 2
(b) Rationalise the denominator and simplify fully
64° 35° 2
Show your working clearly.
Calculate the value of a.
Give your value correct to 3 significant figures.

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9. (Total for Question

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3 is 4 marks)
marks) [2 marks]

12
19. Show that =3 2
8

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 10. [5 marks]

16 (a) Expand (5 + 3 2 ) 2
Give your answer in the form (a + b 2 ), where a and b are integers.
Show your working clearly.

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(b) (5 + 3 2 ) 2 = p + , where p and q are integers.
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Find the value of q.

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(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)

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11. [3 marks]
18 Solve 5x2 + 2x!"!#!$!% (Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)
Give your solutions correct
2
to 3 significant figures.
17 Show
Givenyour (5 − x )clearly.
that working = y − 20 2 where x and y are positive integers, find the value of
x and the value of y.

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12. (Total for Question 17 is 3 marks) [3 marks]

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)
19 (3 + a )(4 + a ) = 17 + k a where a and k are positive integers.
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Find the value of a and the value of k.
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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

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13. [3 marks]

18 A trapezium ABCD has an area of 5 6 cm2.

Diagram NOT
A 4 cm B
accurately drawn

5 6 cm2 3 cm

D k cm C

AB = 4 cm.
BC = 3 cm.
DC = k cm.
Calculate the value of k, giving your answer in the form a b – c
where a, b and c are positive integers.
Show each step in your working.

k = ......................................

(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)

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 14. [5 marks]

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19 (a) Show that 5 − 8 7 + )
2 = 31 − 9 2
Show each stage of your working.

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Given that c is a prime number,
3c − c
(b) rationalise the denominator of
c
Simplify your answer.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

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15. (Total for Question 21 is 5 marks) [3 marks]

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2
22 a + 8a = 54 + b 2
a and b are positive integers.
Find the value of a and the value of b.
Show your working clearly.

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16. (Total for Question 22 is 3 marks) [3 marks]

22 (a + b )2 = 49 + 12 b where a and b are integers, and b is prime. 17

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17. (Total for Question 22 is 3 marks) [3 marks]

(6 − 5 )(6 + 5 )
23 ABC is a triangle.
19 Simplify fully
AB = 12 cm 31
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You must show your working.

AC = 14 cm
The area of triangle ABC is 72 cm2
Find, in degrees, the two possible sizes of angle BAC.
Give your answers correct to the nearest degree.

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(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)

20 Prove algebraically that the difference between the squares of any two consecutive
18. [3 marks]

18 + 10
Express 18 + 10 in the form p + q 2 , where p and q are integers.
Express 2 in the form p + q 2 , where p and q are integers.
2
Show clear working out.
Show clear working out.

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19. [4 marks]
33
Rationalise the denominator and simplify fully 33
Rationalise the denominator and simplify fully 4 + 5
Show clear working out. 4+ 5
Show clear working out.

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20. [4 marks]

39
Express in the form a + b 3 , where a and b are integers
4− 3
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Express working out.form a + b 3 , where a and b are integers
in the
4− 3
Show clear working out.

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21. (4) [4 marks]
7− 5
Simplify , giving your answer in the form a + b 5 , where a and b are integers.
2+ 5
7 − 5
Show clear working out. your answer in the form a + b 5 , where a and b are integers.
Simplify , giving
2+ 5
Show clear working out.

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22. [4 marks]

3
Show that can be written in the form m + n , where m and n are integers.
27 − 18
3
Show that can be written in the form m + n , where m and n are integers.
27 − 18

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23. (4) [4 marks]
16
Show that − 8=6 2
2
16
Show that − 8=6 2
2

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