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4 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.
2p - q = 7
3p + 2q = 7

p = ...................................................

q = .................................................. [3]

(b) Solve the equation.

x 2x
+ =1
4 3

x = ................................................ [2]

(c) - 8 1 3x - 2 G 7

(i) Solve the inequality.

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

(ii) Find the integer values of x that satisfy the inequality.

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

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(d) Factorise completely.

16a - 4a 2

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

(e) Write each of the following as a single fraction, in its simplest form.
1 3
(i) '
2a 4b

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

x
(ii) 2-
x-1

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

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4 (a) Solve.

(i) 6 (7 - 2x) = 3x - 8

x = ................................................ [3]
2x 2
(ii) =
x-5 3

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

(b) Factorise completely.

(i) 2x 2 - 288y 2

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

(ii) 5x 2 + 17x - 40

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

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(c) Solve x 3 + 4x 2 - 17x = x 3 - 9 .

You must show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ........................ or x = ........................ [5]

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9 (a) Factorise.

(i) 5am + 10ap - bm - 2bp

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

(ii) 15 (k + g) 2 - 20 (k + g)

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

(iii) 4x 2 - y 4

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

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(b) Expand and simplify.

(x - 3) (x + 1) (3x - 4)

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

(c) (x + a) 2 = x 2 + 22x + b

Find the value of a and the value of b.

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

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

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5 (a) Complete the table of values for y =- x 2 - x + 14 .

x –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

y 8 12 12 8

[3]

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y =- x 2 - x + 14 for - 5 G x G 4 .

y
16

14

12

10

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 x

–2

–4

–6

–8

[4]

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(c) (i) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry of the graph.

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

(ii) Find the coordinates of the highest point on the graph.

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

(d) Use your graph to solve the equation - x 2 - x + 14 =- 2 .

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

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2 (a) y = px 2 + t

(i) Find the value of y when p = 3, x = 2 and t = -13.

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

(ii) Rearrange the formula to write x in terms of p, t and y.

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

(b) (i) Factorise.

15x 2 - 2x - 8

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

(ii) Solve the equation.

15x 2 - 2x - 8 = 0

x = ..................... or x = ........................ [1]

(c) Factorise completely.

x 3 - 16xy 2

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

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(d) Simplify.
2x - 1 - 4ax + 2a
2x 2 - x

................................................. [4]

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5 Solve the simultaneous equations.

(a) x + 2y = 13
x + 5y = 22

x = �������������������������������������������������

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

(b) y = 2-x
y = x 2 + 2x + 2

x = .................... y = ....................

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

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x 1
4 The table shows some values for y = - , x=
Y 0.
2 x

x -2 -1.5 -1 –0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.5 1 1.5 2

y -0.5 -0.08 1.75 -1.75 0.08 0.5

(a) Complete the table. [3]

x 1
(b) Draw the graph of y = - for - 2 G x G - 0.2 and 0.2 G x G 2 .
2 x
y
5

–2 –1 0 1 2 x

–1

–2

–3

–4

–5
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x 1
(c) Use your graph to solve the equation - =- 3.5 .
2 x
x = ................................................ [1]

(d) (i) On the grid, draw the line 5x + 3y = 0 .

[2]

(ii) Write down the x-coordinate of each point where the line 5x + 3y = 0 crosses the graph of
x 1
y= - .
2 x

x = ......................... and x = ......................... [2]

(iii) Make y the subject of the equation 5x + 3y = 0 .

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

(iv) The answers to part (d)(ii) are the solutions to kx 2 = 6 , where k is integer.

Find the value of k, showing all of your working.

k = ................................................ [3]

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5 The table shows some values for y = x 3 - 3x 2 + 3.

x -1 - 0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

y 2.125 3 2.375 1 -1 - 0.125

(a) Complete the table. [3]

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x 3 - 3x 2 + 3 for - 1 G x G 3.

y
3.5

2.5

1.5

0.5

–1 – 0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 x

– 0.5

–1

– 1.5
[4]

(c) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, solve the equation x 3 - 3x 2 + x + 1 = 0 .

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

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6 (a) Solve.

(i) 4 (2x - 3) = 24

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

(ii) 6x + 14 2 6

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

(b) Rearrange the formula V = 2x 3 - 3y 3 to make y the subject.

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

(c) Show that `2n - 5j - 13 is a multiple of 4 for all integer values of n.

2

[3]

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(d) The expression 5 + 12x - 2x 2 can be written in the form q - 2 `x + pj .

2

(i) Find the value of p and the value of q.

p = ................ , q = ................ [3]

(ii) Write down the coordinates of the maximum point of the curve y = 5 + 12x - 2x 2 .

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

(e) The energy of a moving object is directly proportional to the square of its speed.
The speed of the object is increased by 30%.

Calculate the percentage increase in the energy of the object.

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

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