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Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.
Q1.
Work out of 85
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(Total for question 1 is 1 mark)
Q2.
Write 5.5454 correct to 2 decimal places.
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(Total for question 2 is 1 mark)
Q3.
Simplify y + 3y – 2y
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(Total for question 3 is 1 mark)
Q4.
Write 60% as a fraction.
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(Total for question 4 is 1 mark)
Q5.
Work out
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(Total for question 5 is 1 mark)
Q6.
From this list of numbers
7 12 3 5 17 2 21
(a) Write down the Square root of 49
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(1)
(b) Write down a factor of 15
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(1)
(c) Find the number that is exactly half way between –4 and 10
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(2)
(Total for question 6 is 4 marks)
Q7.
(a) Write 35 out of 65 as a fraction.
Give your fraction in its simplest form.
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(2)
(b) Work out £1.25 as a percentage of £8
........................................................... %
(2)
(Total for question 7 is 4 marks)
Q8.
ABCD is a quadrilateral.
Find the size of the missing angle, x.
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(Total for question 8 is 2 marks)
Q9.
.
(a) Work out
.
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.
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(2)
(b) Give your answer to part (a) correct to 2 decimal places.
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(1)
(Total for question 9 is 3 marks)
Q10.
An electronic game can show red or blue or green or yellow.
The table shows the probabilities that the colour shown will be red or will be green or will be yellow.
Arthur plays the game.
(a) Work out the probability that the colour shown will be blue.
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(2)
Janice is going to play the game 50 times.
(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times the colour shown will be yellow.
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(2)
(Total for question 10 is 4 marks)
Q11.
Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.
5 9 13 17
(a) What is the next term of this sequence?
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(1)
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.
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(2)
(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)
Q12.
(a) Write 196 minutes in hours and minutes.
..................................... hours .......................... minutes
(2)
A train travels x miles in 2 hours.
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the average speed of the train.
............................................ miles per hour
(1)
(Total for question 12 is 3 marks)
Q13.
The scale diagram shows the positions of two airports, A and B.
Scale: 1 cm represents 10 km
(a) Measure and write down the bearing of airport B from airport A.
...........................................................°
(1)
(b) What is the real distance from airport A to airport B?
........................................................... km
(1)
(Total for question 13 is 2 marks)
Q14.
(a) Expand 3(𝑥 + 4)
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(1)
(b) Expand 𝑥(𝑥 + 2𝑥)
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(1)
(c) Factorise fully 3𝑥 − 6𝑥
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(2)
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
Q15.
Write the ratio 4.5 : 2.25 in the form n : 1
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(Total for question 15 is 1 mark)
Q16.
𝑊 = 5𝑝 + 𝑡
Work out the value of W when p = 6.2 and t = –4
W = .......................................................
(Total for question 16 is 2 marks)
Q17
The table shows information about the heights of 50 trees.
Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.
(Total for question 17 is 2 marks)
18.
Azmol, Ryan and Kim each played a game.
Azmol's score was four times Ryan's score.
Kim's score was half of Azmol's score.
Write down the ratio of Azmol's score to Ryan's score to Kim's score.
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(Total for question 18 is 2 marks)
Q19.
The normal price of a sofa is reduced by 20% in a sale.
The sale price of the sofa is £280
Work out the normal price of the sofa.
£..............................................
(Total for Question 19 is 3 marks)
Q20
The diagram shows a floor in the shape of a trapezium.
John is going to paint the floor.
Each 5 litre tin of paint costs £16.99
1 litre of paint covers an area of 2 m2
John has £160 to spend on paint.
Has John got enough money to buy all the paint he needs?
You must show how you get your answer.
(Total for question 20 is 5 marks)
Q21.
a) Expand and simplify 5(𝑝 + 3) − 2(1 − 2𝑝)
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(2)
b) 𝑞 = +𝑠
Make p the subject of this formula.
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(2)
(Total for question 21 is 4 marks)
Q22 Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 45 and 54
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(3)
(Total for Question 22 is 3 marks)
Q23.
Here are two rectangles.
All measurements are in centimetres.
The area of rectangle A is equal to the area of rectangle B.
Work out the perimeter of rectangle B.
........................................................... cm
(Total for question 23 is 5 marks)
Q24.
ABC and DEF are parallel straight lines.
ABE is an isosceles triangle with AB = BE.
Angle CBE = 142°
Work out the size of angle x.
Give a reason for each stage in your working.
........................................................... °
(Total for question 24 is 5 marks)
Q25.
A force of 70 newtons acts on an area of 20 cm2
The force is increased by 10 newtons. The area is increased by 10 cm2
Helen says,
"The pressure decreases by less than 20%"
Is Helen correct?
You must show how you get your answer.
(Total for question 25 is 3 marks)
Q26.
There are 1.2 grams of protein in 100 g of bananas.
There are 3.5 grams of protein in 100 g of yogurt.
Priti has 60 g of banana and 150 g of yogurt for breakfast.
Work out the total amount of protein in this breakfast.
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(Total for question 26 is 4 marks)
Q27.
Find the area of the triangle.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
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(Total for question 27 is 3 marks)
Q28.
* There are two trays of plants in a greenhouse.
The first tray of plants was given fertiliser.
The second tray of plants was not given fertiliser.
On Monday the heights of the plants were measured in centimetres.
The boxes show some information about the heights of the plants.
Compare the distribution of the heights of the plants given fertiliser to the distribution of the heights of the
plants not given fertiliser.
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(Total for Question 28 is 4 marks)
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