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1 The table shows the numbers of tigers reported to be living in the wild in the year 2014 in some countries.

Country Number

India 2226

Indonesia 371

Nepal 198

Bangladesh 106

(a) Using the table,

(i) find the number of tigers in Nepal as a percentage of the number of tigers in Bangladesh,

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

(ii) find the ratio tigers in Bangladesh : tigers in Indonesia : tigers in India, giving your answer in
its simplest form.

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

(b) Five years later, the number of tigers reported in India was 2967.

Find the percentage increase in the population of tigers in India.

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

(c) The number of tigers in India in the year 2014 is approximately 30.48% greater than in the year 2010.

Find the number of tigers in India in the year 2010.

Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

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

[Total: 8]
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2 The people who work for a company are in the following age groups.

Group A Group B Group C

Under 30 years 30 to 50 years Over 50 years

The ratio of the number in group A to the number in group B is 7 : 10.

The ratio of the number in group B to the number in group C is 4 : 3.

(a) Find the ratio of the number in group A to the number in group C.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

(b) There are 45 people in group C.

Find the total number of people who work for the company.

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

[Total: 6]
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3 The scale on a map is 1 : 50 000.

The area of a field on the map is 1.2 square centimetres.

Calculate the actual area of the field in square kilometres.

Answer ................................................... km2 [2]

[Total: 2]

4 Tins of paint are filled at the rate of 2 m3 per minute.

How many 750 ml tins of paint can be filled in 1 hour?

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

[Total: 3]

5 Helga knits some squares.

Each square is either white, pink or blue.
The number of squares are in the ratio white : pink : blue = 5 : 3 : 2.
30 squares are blue.

Show that Helga knits 150 squares.

[2]

[Total: 2]
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6 The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7.

Find the size of the largest angle in this triangle.

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

[Total: 3]

7 A shop sells sun cream in bottles A, B and C.

Work out which bottle is the best value.

You must show all your working.

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

[Total: 3]
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8 Mr Zhang’s holiday expenses are in the ratio

hotel : car hire : food = 8 : 5 : 6.
The cost of the hotel is $2400.

Show that the total of the holiday expenses is $5700.

[2]

[Total: 2]

9 Ahmed employs three people, Budi, Citra and Dian.

Budi earns $17 000, Citra earns $13 600 and Dian earns $6800.

Find the ratio of their earnings in its simplest form.

Budi : Citra : Dian = .................... : .................... : .................... [2]

[Total: 2]

10 Alex, Bobbie and Chris share strawberries in the ratio Alex : Bobbie : Chris = 3 : 2 : 2.
Chris receives 12 strawberries.

Calculate the total number of strawberries shared.

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

[Total: 2]
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11 Carlos invests $4540 at a rate of r% per year compound interest.

At the end of 10 years he has earned $1328.54 in interest.

Calculate the value of r.

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

[Total: 3]

12 Feri invests some money.

The rate of interest for the first year is 2.5%.
At the end of the second year the overall percentage increase of Feri’s investment is 6.6%.

Find the rate of interest for the second year.

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

[Total: 2]

13 In a sale, a shop reduces all prices by 12%.

(a) Dina buys a book which has an original price of $6.50 .

Calculate how much Dina pays for the book.

$ ................................................... [2]
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(b) Elu pays $11 for a toy.

Calculate the original price of the toy.

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

[Total: 4]

14 Information about the mass, m kg, of each of 150 children is recorded in the frequency table.

Mass (m kg)

Frequency 12 38 32 50 18

(a) Use the frequency table to complete this cumulative frequency table.

Mass (m kg)

Cumulative
frequency

[2]

(b) Calculate the percentage of children with a mass greater than 10 kg.

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

[Total: 4]
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15 Arno buys a student ticket for $43.68 .

This is a saving of 16% on the full price of a ticket.

Calculate the full price of a ticket.

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

[Total: 2]

16 Meera invests $700 in an account paying compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 17 years the value of her investment is $1030.35 .

Find the value of r.

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

[Total: 3]

17 One year, a company’s sales increased by 15%.

The following year the company’s sales increased by 18%.

Calculate the overall percentage increase in sales.

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

[Total: 3]
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18 In a sale, the price of a frame is reduced by 18%.

Parthi pays $166.05 for 5 frames in the sale.

Calculate the original price of one frame.

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

[Total: 2]

19 Sand costs $98.90 per tonne.

This cost includes a tax of 15%.

Calculate the amount of tax paid per tonne of sand.

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

[Total: 3]
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20 Paddy and Anna each invest $2000 for 5 years.

Paddy earns simple interest at a rate of 1.25% per year.
Anna earns compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 5 years, Paddy’s investment is worth the same as Anna’s investment.

Calculate the value of r.

r = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]

21 Arjun earned $36 515 in 2019.

This was an increase of 9% on his earnings in 2018.

Work out his earnings in 2018.

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

[Total: 2]
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22 Edna invests $500 at a rate of r % per year compound interest.

At the end of 6 years, the value of Edna’s investment is $559.78 .

Find the value of r.

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

[Total: 3]

23 In a sale the original prices are reduced by 15%.

(a) Calculate the sale price of a book that has an original price of $12.

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

(b) Calculate the original price of a jacket that has a sale price of $38.25 .

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

[Total: 4]
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24 Shona buys a chair in a sale for $435.60 .

This is a reduction of 12% on the original price.

Calculate the original price of the chair.

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

[Total: 3]

25 Eric invests an amount in a bank that pays compound interest at a rate of 2.16% per year.
At the end of 5 years, the value of his investment is $6999.31 .

Calculate the amount Eric invests.

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

[Total: 3]

26 In a sale, Marianne buys a new camera for $483.

This is a reduction of 8% on the original price.

Calculate the original price of the camera.

$ ................................................... [3]
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[Total: 3]

27 Since a school was opened, the number of students has increased by 60%.
There are now 240 students.

Calculate the number of students when the school was opened.

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

[Total: 3]

28 After rain, water flows over a waterfall at a rate of 74 240 litres per second.
This is an increase of 45% on the rate before the rain.

Calculate the rate before the rain.

.............................. litres/second [3]

[Total: 3]

29 A company makes biscuits at a cost of $1.35 per packet.

These biscuits are sold for $1.89 per packet.

(a) Calculate the percentage profit the company makes on each packet.

................................................... % [3]
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(b) The selling price of $1.89 has increased by 8% from last year.

Calculate the selling price last year.

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

[Total: 6]

30 Rowena sells a dress for $42.60 after making a profit of 20% on the cost price.

Calculate the cost price.

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

[Total: 3]

31 In 2017, the membership fee for a sports club was $79.50 .

This was an increase of 6% on the fee in 2016.

Calculate the fee in 2016.

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

[Total: 3]

32 A shop sells dress fabric for $2.97 per metre.

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(a) A customer buys 9 metres of this fabric.

Calculate the change he receives from $50.

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

(b) The selling price of $2.97 per metre is an increase of 8% on the cost price.

Calculate the cost price.

$ ................................................... per metre [3]

[Total: 5]

33 Jasjeet and her brother collect stamps.

When Jasjeet gives her brother 1% of her stamps, she has 2475 stamps left.

Calculate how many stamps Jasjeet had originally.

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

[Total: 3]
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34 (a) Jan buys tins of paint for $17.16 each.

He sells the paint at a profit of 25%.

For how much does Jan sell each tin of paint?

Answer(a) $ ......................................... [2]

34 (b) The cost of $17.16 for each tin of paint is 4% more than the cost in the previous year.

Work out the cost of each tin of paint in the previous year.

Answer(b) $ ......................................... [3]

[Total: 5]

35 Anita buys a computer for $391 in a sale.

The sale price is 15% less than the original price.

Calculate the original price of the computer.

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

[Total: 3]
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36 The price of a computer is $520.

This price is reduced by 15% in a sale.

Work out the sale price.

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

[Total: 2]

37 Lin invests $16 000 at a rate of r % per year simple interest.

At the end of 5 years, she has a total amount of $17 920.

Find the value of r.

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

[Total: 3]

38 A radioactive substance decays at an exponential rate of 2% per day.

The initial mass is 80 g.

(a) Find the mass at the end of 5 days.

................................................... g [2]
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(b) Find how many more whole days, after day 5, it takes for the mass to reduce to less than 67 g.

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

[Total: 5]
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39 At the start of June, a hive has a population of 2000 bees.

Three months after the start of June the hive has a population of 2662 bees.

The population of this hive can be calculated using the formula

where P is the population of the hive x months after the start of June.

By finding the value of a and the value of b, calculate the population of the hive 7 months after the start of
June.
Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

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

[Total: 5]
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40 The profit a company makes decreases exponentially at a rate of 0.9% per year.
In 2014, the profit was $9500.

Calculate the profit in 2019.

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

[Total: 2]