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1 (a) The cost of 1 kg of tomatoes is $x and the cost of 1 kg of onions is $y. For
Examiner's
Use
Ian pays a total of $10.70 for 10 kg of tomatoes and 4 kg of onions.

Jao pays a total of $10.10 for 8 kg of tomatoes and 6 kg of onions.

Write down simultaneous equations and solve them to find x and y.

Answer(a) x =

y= [6]

(b) Solve 2x2– 5x – 8 = 0 .

Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

Show all your working.

Answer(b) x = or x = [4]

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2 (a) Rice costs $x per kilogram. For

Potatoes cost $(x + 1) per kilogram. Examiner's
Use
The total cost of 12 kg of rice and 7 kg of potatoes is $31.70 .

Find the cost of 1 kg of rice.

Answer(a) $ [3]

(b) The cost of a small bottle of juice is $y.

The cost of a large bottle of juice is $(y + 1).
When Catriona spends $36 on small bottles only, she receives 25 more bottles than when she
spends $36 on large bottles only.

(i) Show that 25y2 + 25y O 36 = 0 .

Answer(b)(i)

[3]

(ii) Factorise 25y2 + 25y O 36 .

Answer(b)(ii) [2]

(iii) Solve the equation 25y2 + 25y O 36 = 0 .

Answer(b)(iii) y = or y = [1]

(iv) Find the total cost of 1 small bottle of juice and 1 large bottle of juice.

Answer(b)(iv) $ [1]

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3 (a) For
Examiner′s
A Use

NOT TO
SCALE
(2x + 3) cm
(x + 2) cm

B C

In triangle ABC, AB = (x + 2) cm and AC = (2x + 3) cm.

9
sin ACB =
16
Find the length of BC.

Answer(a) BC = ......................................... cm [6]

(b) A bag contains 7 white beads and 5 red beads.

(i) The mass of a red bead is 2.5 grams more than the mass of a white bead.
The total mass of all the 12 beads is 114.5 grams.

Find the mass of a white bead and the mass of a red bead.

Answer(b)(i) White ............................................ g

Red ............................................ g [5]

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For
(ii) Two beads are taken out of the bag at random, without replacement. Examiner′s
Use
Find the probability that

(a) they are both white,

Answer(b)(ii)(a) ............................................... [2]

(b) one is white and one is red.

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

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4 Paul buys a number of large sacks of fertiliser costing $x each. For

Examiner′s
Use
He spends $27.

(a) Write down, in terms of x, an expression for the number of large sacks which Paul buys.

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

(b) Rula buys a number of small sacks of fertiliser.

Each small sack costs $2 less than a large sack.
Rula spends $25.

Write down, in terms of x, an expression for the number of small sacks which Rula buys.

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

(c) Rula buys 4 more sacks than Paul.

Write down an equation in x and show that it simplifies to 2x2 – 3x – 27 = 0.

Answer(c)

[4]

(d) Solve 2x2 – 3x – 27 = 0.

Answer(d) x = ......................... or x = ......................... [3]

(e) Calculate the number of sacks which Paul buys.

Answer(e) ............................................... [1]

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5) 12 =1 For
Examiner′s
Use
12 + 22 =5

12 + 22 + 32 = 14

12 + 22 + 32 + 42 = 30

n
12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + ..................... + n2 = an3 + bn2 +
6
Work out the values of a and b.

Answer(b) a = ...............................................

b = ............................................... [6]
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6 The distance a train travels on a journey is 600 km.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the average speed of the train when

(i) the journey takes x hours,

Answer(a)(i) ....................................... km/h [1]

(ii) the journey takes (x + 1) hours.

Answer(a)(ii) ....................................... km/h [1]

(b) The difference between the average speeds in part(a)(i) and part(a)(ii) is 20 km/h.

(i) Show that x 2 + x – 30 = 0 .

Answer(b)(i)

[3]

(ii) Find the average speed of the train for the journey in part(a)(ii).
Show all your working.

Answer(b)(ii) ....................................... km/h [4]

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7 (a) Jamil, Kiera and Luther collect badges.

Jamil has x badges.
Kiera has 12 badges more than Jamil.
Luther has 3 times as many badges as Kiera.
Altogether they have 123 badges.

Form an equation and solve it to find the value of x.

Answer(a) x = ................................................. [3]

(b) Find the integer values of t which satisfy the inequalities.

4t + 7 < 39  7t + 2

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

(c) Solve the following equations.

21 - x
(i) =4
x+3

Answer(c)(i) x = ................................................. [3]

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(ii) 3x2 + 7x – 5 = 0

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

Answer(c)(ii) x = ......................... or x = ......................... [4]

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8 On the first part of a journey, Alan drove a distance of x km and his car used 6 litres of fuel.
600
The rate of fuel used by his car was litres per 100 km.
x
(a) Alan then drove another (x + 20) km and his car used another 6 litres of fuel.

(i) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the rate of fuel used by his car on this part
of the journey.
Give your answer in litres per 100 km.

Answer(a)(i) .............................. litres per 100 km [1]

(ii) On this part of the journey the rate of fuel used by the car decreased by 1.5 litres per 100 km.

Show that x2 + 20x – 8000 = 0.

Answer(a)(ii)

[4]

(b) Solve the equation x2 + 20x – 8000 = 0.

Answer(b) x = ............................... or x = ............................... [3]

(c) Find the rate of fuel used by Alan’s car for the complete journey.
Give your answer in litres per 100 km.

Answer(c) .............................. litres per 100 km [2]

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9 (d) n is an integer.

(i) Explain why 2n – 1 is an odd number.

Answer(d)(i) ................................................................................................................................

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

(ii) Write down, in terms of n, the next odd number after 2n – 1.

Answer(d)(ii) ................................................ [1]

(iii) Show that the difference between the squares of two consecutive odd numbers is a multiple of 8.

Answer(d)(iii)

[3]
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10 (a) The total surface area of a cone is given by the formula A = πrl + πr2.

(i) Find A when r = 6.2 cm and l = 10.8 cm.

Answer(a)(i) .......................................... cm2 [2]

(ii) Rearrange the formula to make l the subject.

Answer(a)(ii) l = ................................................. [2]

(b) (i) Irina walks 10 km at 4 km/h and then a further 8 km at 5 km/h.

Calculate Irina’s average speed for the whole journey.

Answer(b)(i) ........................................ km/h [3]

(ii) Dariella walks x km at 5 km/h and then runs (x + 4) km at 10 km/h.

The average speed of this journey is 7 km/h.

Find the value of x.

Show all your working.

Answer(b)(ii) x = ................................................. [5]

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11 (a)

x cm NOT TO
SCALE

The perimeter of the rectangle is 80 cm.

The area of the rectangle is A cm2.

(i) Show that x 2 - 40x + A = 0 .

[3]

(ii) When A = 300, solve, by factorising, the equation x 2 - 40x + A = 0 .

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

(iii) When A = 200, solve, by using the quadratic formula, the equation x 2 - 40x + A = 0 .
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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

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(b) A car completes a 200 km journey with an average speed of x km/h.

The car completes the return journey of 200 km with an average speed of (x + 10) km/h.
2000
(i) Show that the difference between the time taken for each of the two journeys is hours.
x (x + 10)

[3]

(ii) Find the difference between the time taken for each of the two journeys when x = 80.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds.

.................... min .................... s [3]

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12 (a) Work out the value of x in each of the following.

(i) 3x = 243

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

(ii) 16x = 4

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

(iii) 8x = 32

x = ................................................. [2]
1
(iv) 27x =
9

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

(b) Solve by factorisation.

y2 – 7y – 30 = 0

Show your working.

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

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13 Alfonso runs 10 km at an average speed of x km/h.

The next day he runs 12 km at an average speed of (x – 1) km/h.

The time taken for the 10 km run is 30 minutes less than the time taken for the 12 km run.

(a) (i) Write down an equation in x and show that it simplifies to x2 – 5x – 20 = 0.

[4]

(ii) Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation x2 – 5x – 20 = 0.

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

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

(iii) Find the time that Alfonso takes to complete the 12 km run.
Give your answer in hours and minutes correct to the nearest minute.

................ hours ................ minutes [2]

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14 Town A has a rectangular park.

The length of the park is x m.
The width of the park is 25 m shorter than the length.
The area of the park is 2200 m2.

(i) Show that x 2 - 25x - 2200 = 0 .

[1]

(ii) Solve x 2 - 25x - 2200 = 0 .

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

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

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15 (a) Simplify.

(i) (3p2)5

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

(ii) 18x2y6 ' 2xy2

................................................. [2]
-2
c m
5
(iii)
m

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

(b) In this part, all measurements are in metres.

5x – 9

w NOT TO
SCALE

3x + 7

The diagram shows a rectangle.

The area of the rectangle is 310 m2.

Work out the value of w.

w = ................................................ [4]

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16 (a) At a football match, the price of an adult ticket is $x and the price of a child ticket is$^x - 2.50h.
There are 18 500 adults and 2400 children attending the football match.
The total amount paid for the tickets is $320 040.

Find the price of an adult ticket.

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

(b) (i) Factorise y 2 + 5y - 84 .

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

(ii)

NOT TO
y cm SCALE

(y + 5) cm

The area of the rectangle is 84 cm2.

Find the perimeter.

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

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(c) In a shop, the price of a monthly magazine is $m and the price of a weekly magazine is $ ^m - 0.75h .
One day, the shop receives
• $168 from selling monthly magazines
• $207 from selling weekly magazines.
The total number of these magazines sold during this day is 100.

(i) Show that 50m 2 - 225m + 63 = 0 .

[3]

(ii) Find the price of a monthly magazine.

Show all your working.

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

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17 (b)

NOT TO
SCALE
(x – 1) cm
(x – 2) cm

(2x + 3) cm (x + 1) cm

The difference between the areas of the two rectangles is 62 cm2.

(i) Show that x 2 + 2x - 63 = 0 .

[3]

(ii) Factorise x 2 + 2x - 63 .

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

(iii) Solve the equation x 2 + 2x - 63 = 0 to find the difference between the perimeters of the two
rectangles.

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

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