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1 Find the two square roots of 225.

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

[Total: 2]

2 A train takes 65 minutes to travel 52 km.

Calculate the average speed of the train in kilometres per hour.

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

[Total: 2]

3 Ahmed and Babar share 240 g of sweets in the ratio 7 : 3.

Calculate the amount Ahmed receives.

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

[Total: 2]

4 The average monthly temperatures (°C) in Silvas, Turkey, are shown in the table below.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Temperature (°C)

(a) Which month is the coldest?

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

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(b) Work out the difference between the temperature in November and the temperature in December.

Answer(b) ................................................... °C [1]

(c) Find the median temperature.

Answer(c) ................................................... °C [2]

(d) Calculate the mean temperature.

Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer(d) ................................................... °C [3]

[Total: 7]

5 22, 17, 12, 7, 2, ...

(a) Find the next term of the sequence.

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

(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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

[Total: 3]
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The sequence of diagrams above is made up of small lines and dots.

(a) Complete the table.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4 Diagram 5 Diagram 6

Number of
4 10 18 28
small lines

Number of
4 8 13 19
dots

[4]

(b) For Diagram n find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small lines.

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

(c) Diagram r has 10 300 small lines.

Find the value of r.

r = ................................................... [2]
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(d) The number of dots in Diagram n is .

Find the value of a and the value of b.

a = ...................................................

b = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 10]

7 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

x = ...................................................

y = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
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8 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

.................................................................

................................................................. [5]

[Total: 5]

9 Gaya spends $48 to buy books that cost $x each.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of books Gaya buys.

................................................... [1]
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(b) Myra spends $60 to buy books that cost $(x + 2) each.
Gaya buys 4 more books than Myra.

Show that .

[4]

(c) Solve by factorisation.

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

(d) Find the number of books Myra buys.

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

[Total: 9]

10 The probability that Andrei cycles to school is r.

(a) Write down, in terms of r, the probability that Andrei does not cycle to school.

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

(b) The probability that Benoit does not cycle to school is .

The probability that both Andrei and Benoit do not cycle to school is 0.4 .
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(i) Complete the equation in terms of r.

( ................................................... ) × ( ................................................... ) = 0.4 [1]

(ii) Show that this equation simplifies to .

[3]

(iii) Solve by factorisation .

r = .............................. or r = .............................. [3]

(iv) Find the probability that Benoit does not cycle to school.

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

[Total: 9]

11 19, 15, 11, 7, ....

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(a) Write down the next two terms of the sequence.

.............................. , .............................. [2]

(b) Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

(c) Find the value of n when the nth term is −65.

n = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]

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(a) Work out .

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

(b) Work out .

................................................... [2]
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(c) Find , giving your answer in its simplest form.

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

(d) Find .

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

(e) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

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

(f) (i) Show that simplifies to .

[3]
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(ii) Use the quadratic formula to solve .

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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

[Total: 17]
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By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, draw and label the region R which satisfies the following three
inequalities.

[5]

[Total: 5]

14 The table shows the first five terms of sequence A and sequence B.

Term 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sequence A 7 13 23 37 55

Sequence B 1 3 9 27 81

(a) Complete the table for the 6th term of each sequence. [2]

(b) Find the nth term of

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(i) sequence A,

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

(ii) sequence B.

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

[Total: 6]

15 Find the integer values of n that satisfy the inequality .

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

[Total: 3]

16 Solve.

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

[Total: 2]

17 A straight line joins the points A (−2, -3) and C (1, 9).
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(a) Find the equation of the line AC in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [3]

(b) Calculate the acute angle between AC and the x-axis.

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

(c) ABCD is a kite, where AC is the longer diagonal of the kite.

B is the point (3.5, 2).

(i) Find the equation of the line BD in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [3]

(ii) The diagonals AC and BD intersect at (−0.5, 3).

Work out the co-ordinates of D.

( .............................. , .............................. ) [2]

[Total: 10]
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The diagram shows the points C(–1, 2) and D(9, 7).

Find the equation of the line perpendicular to CD that passes through the point (1, 3).
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

19 (a) Write down the co-ordinates of point A.

( .................... , .................... ) [1]

(b) On the grid, plot point B (1, –3). [1]

[Total: 2]
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20 Complete the table.

Fraction Decimal Percentage

= 0.75 =

= 0.2 = 20%

= = 8%

[3]

[Total: 3]

21 Change the recurring decimal to a fraction.

You must show all your working.

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

[Total: 2]

22 Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest.

26% 0.24

.................... < .................... < .................... < .................... [2]

[Total: 2]

23 It is estimated that the world’s population is growing at a rate of 1.14% per year.
On January 1st 2014 the population was 7.23 billion.
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(a) Find the expected population on January 1st 2020.

.........................................billion [2]

(b) Find the year when the population is expected to reach 10 billion.

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

[Total: 4]