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1 Dhanu has a model railway.

(a) He has a train that consists of a locomotive and 4 coaches.

The mass of the locomotive is 87 g and the mass of each coach is 52 g.

(i) Work out the total mass of the train.

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

(ii) Work out the mass of the locomotive as a percentage of the total mass of the train.

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

(b) The train is 61 cm long and travels at a speed of 18 cm/s.

It takes 4 seconds for the whole of the train to cross a bridge.

Calculate the length of the bridge.

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

(c) A new locomotive costs $64.

Calculate the cost of the locomotive in rupees when the exchange rate is 1 rupee = $0.0154 .
Give your answer correct to the nearest 10 rupees.

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

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(d) The cost of a railway magazine increases by 12.5% to $2.70 .

Calculate the cost of the magazine before this increase.

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

(e) Dhanu plays with his model railway from 06 50 to 11 15.

He then rides his bicycle for 3 hours.

Find the ratio time playing with model railway : time riding bicycle.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

(f) The value of Dhanu’s model railway is $550.

This value increases exponentially at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 5 years the value will be $736.

Calculate the value of r.

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

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2
Painter Plumber Electrician
$35 per hour Fixed charge $40 $48 per hour
for the first 2 hours
plus
then
$26.50 per hour $32 per hour

These are the rates charged by a painter, a plumber and an electrician who do some work for Mr Sharma.

(a) The painter works for 7 hours.

Calculate the amount Mr Sharma pays the painter.

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

(b) Mr Sharma pays the plumber $252.

Calculate how many hours the plumber works.

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

(c) Mr Sharma pays the electrician $224.

Calculate how many hours the electrician works.

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

(d) Write down the ratio of the amount Mr Sharma pays to the painter, the plumber and the electrician.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

painter : plumber : electrician = .................. : .................. : .................. [2]

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3 (a) In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.

(i) She paid tax of 24% on these earnings.

Work out the amount she paid in tax in 2018.

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

(ii) In 2019, Gretal’s earnings increased by 7%.

Work out her earnings in 2019.

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

(b) Gretal invests $5000 at a rate of 2% per year compound interest.

Calculate the value of her investment at the end of 3 years.

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

(c) One month, Gretal spent a total of $360 on presents.

1
She spent 5 of this total on presents for her parents.
2
She spent 3 of the remaining money on presents for her friends.
She spent the rest of the money on presents for her sisters.

Calculate the percentage of the $360 that she spent on presents for her sisters.

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

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(d) Arjun earned $36 515 in 2019.

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

Work out his earnings in 2018.

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

(e) Arjun and Gretal each pay rent.

In 2018, the ratio of the amount each paid in rent was Arjun : Gretal = 5 : 7.
In 2019, the ratio of the amount each paid in rent was Arjun : Gretal = 9 : 13.

Arjun paid the same amount of rent in both 2018 and 2019.
Gretal paid $290 more rent in 2019 than she did in 2018.

Work out the amount Arjun paid in rent in 2019.

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

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4 (a)
Campsite fees
(per day)

Tent ............. $15.00

Caravan ....... $25.00

The sign shows the fees charged at a campsite.

Today there are 54 tents and 18 caravans on the site.

Calculate the fees charged today.

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

(b) In September the total income at the campsite was $37 054.
This was a decrease of 4.5% on the total income in August.

Calculate the total income in August.

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

(c) The visitors to the campsite today are in the ratio

men : women = 5 : 4 and women : children = 3 : 7.

(i) Calculate the ratio men : women : children in its simplest form.

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

(ii) Today there are 224 children at the campsite.

Calculate the total number of men and women.

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

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(d) The space allowed for each tent is a rectangle measuring 8 m by 6 m, each correct to the nearest
metre.

Calculate the upper bound for the area of the space allowed for each tent.

............................................ m2 [2]

(e) The value of the campsite has increased exponentially by 1.5% every year since it opened 30 years
ago.

Calculate the value of the campsite now as a percentage of its value 30 years ago.

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

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5 (a) A 2.5-litre tin of paint costs $13.50 .

In a sale, the cost is reduced by 14%.

(i) Work out the sale price of this tin of paint.

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

(ii) Work out the cost of buying 42.5 litres of paint at this sale price.

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

(b) Henri buys some paint in the ratio red paint : white paint : green paint = 2 : 8 : 5.

(i) Find the percentage of this paint that is white.

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

(ii) Henri buys a total of 22.5 litres of paint.

Find the number of litres of green paint he buys.

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

(c) Maria paints a rectangular wall.

The length of the wall is 20.5 m and the height is 2.4 m, both correct to 1 decimal place.

One litre of paint covers an area of exactly 10 m2.

Calculate the smallest number of 2.5-litre tins of paint she will need to be sure all the wall is
painted.
Show all your working.

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

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6 (a) (i) Yasmin and Zak share an amount of money in the ratio 21 : 19.
Yasmin receives $6 more than Zak.

Calculate the total amount of money shared by Yasmin and Zak.

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

(ii) In a sale, all prices are reduced by 15%.

(a) Yasmin buys a blouse with an original price of $40.

Calculate the sale price of the blouse.

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

(b) Zak buys a shirt with a sale price of $29.75 .

Calculate the original price of the shirt.

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

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(b) Xavier’s salary increases by 2% each year.

In 2010, his salary was $40 100.

(i) Calculate his salary in 2015.

Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

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

(ii) In which year is Xavier’s salary first greater than $47 500?

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

(c) In January 2020, the population of a town was 5% more than its population in January 2018.
In January 2021, the population of this town was 2% less than its population in January 2020.

Calculate the overall percentage increase in the population from January 2018 to January 2021.

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

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7 Karel travelled from London to Johannesburg and then from Johannesburg to Windhoek.

(a) The flight from London to Johannesburg took 11 hours 10 minutes.

The average speed was 813 km/h.

Calculate the distance travelled from London to Johannesburg.

Give your answer correct to the nearest 10 km.

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

(b) The total time for Karel’s journey from London to Windhoek was 15 hours 42 minutes.
The total distance travelled from London to Windhoek was 10 260 km.

(i) Calculate the average speed for this journey.

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

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(ii) The cost of Karel’s journey from London to Windhoek was $470.

(a) Calculate the distance travelled per dollar.

........................... km per dollar [1]

(b) Calculate the cost per 100 km of this journey.

Give your answer correct to the nearest cent.

$ .............................. per 100 km [2]

(c) Karel changed $300 into 3891 Namibian dollars.

Complete the statement.

$1 = ............................ Namibian dollars [1]

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8 (a) Beth invests $2000 at a rate of 2% per year compound interest.

(i) Calculate the value of this investment at the end of 5 years.

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

(ii) Calculate the overall percentage increase in the value of Beth’s investment at the end of
5 years.

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

(iii) Calculate the minimum number of complete years it takes for the value of Beth’s investment
to increase from $2000 to more than $2500.

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

(b) The population of a village decreases exponentially at a rate of 4% each year.

The population is now 255.

Calculate the population 16 years ago.

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

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9 (a) The Earth has a surface area of approximately 510 100 000 km2.

(i) Write this surface area in standard form.

.......................................... km2 [1]

(ii) Water covers 70.8% of the Earth’s surface.

Work out the area of the Earth’s surface covered by water.

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

(b) The table shows the surface area of some countries and their estimated population in 2017.

Country Surface area (km2) Estimated population in 2017

Brunei 5.77 × 103 433 100
China 9.60 × 106 1 388 000 000
France 6.41 × 105 67 000 000
Maldives 3.00 × 102 374 600

(i) Find the total surface area of Brunei and the Maldives.

.......................................... km2 [1]

(ii) The ratio surface area of the Maldives : surface area of China
can be written in the form 1 : n.

Find the value of n.

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

(iii) Find the surface area of France as a percentage of the surface area of China.

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

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(iv) Find the population density of the Maldives.

[Population density = population ÷ surface area]

............................... people/km2 [2]

(c) The population of the Earth in 2017 was estimated to be 7.53 × 109.

The population of the Earth in 2000 was estimated to be 6.02 × 109.

(i) Work out the percentage increase in the Earth’s estimated population from 2000 to 2017.

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

(ii) Assume that the population of the Earth increased exponentially by y% each year for these
17 years.

Find the value of y.

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

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10 Bob, Chao and Mei take part in a run for charity.

(a) Their times to complete the run are in the ratio Bob : Chao : Mei = 4 : 5 : 7.

(i) Find Chao’s time as a percentage of Mei’s time.

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

(ii) Bob’s time for the run is 55 minutes 40 seconds.

Find Mei’s time for the run.

Give your answer in minutes and seconds.

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

(b) Chao collects $47.50 for charity.

(i) Bob collects 28% more than Chao.

Find the amount Bob collects.

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

(ii) Chao collects 60% less than Mei.

Find how much more money Mei collects than Chao.

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

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(c) When running, Chao has a stride length of 70 cm, correct to the nearest 5 cm.
Chao runs a distance of 11.2 km, correct to the nearest 0.1 km.

Work out the minimum number of strides that Chao could take to complete this distance.

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

(d) In 2015, a charity raised a total of $1.6 million.

After 2015, this amount increased exponentially by 2.4% each year for the next 5 years.

Work out the amount raised by the charity in 2020.

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

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11 Find the nth term of each sequence.

(i) 4 2 0 -2 -4 …

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

(ii) 1 7 17 31 49 …

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

12 The table shows four sequences A, B, C and D.

Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term
A 1 8 27 64
B 5 11 17 23
C 0.25 0.5 1 2 4
D 4.75 10.5 16 21

Complete the table.

[9]

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13 (a) These are the first four terms of a sequence.

11 7 3 -1

(i) Write down the next term.

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

(ii) Write down the term to term rule for this sequence.

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

(iii) Find the nth term of this sequence.

................................................. [2]
2n
(b) The nth term of a different sequence is .
n+1
(i) Find the difference between the 5th term and the 6th term of this sequence.
Give your answer as a fraction.

................................................. [2]
3
(ii) Is a term in this sequence?
4
Show how you decide.

[3]

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14

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

These are the first four diagrams of a sequence.

The diagrams are made from white dots and black dots.

(a) Complete the table for Diagram 5 and Diagram 6.

Diagram 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of white dots 1 4 9 16

Number of black dots 0 1 3 6

Total number of dots 1 5 12 22

[2]

(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the number of white dots in Diagram n.

................................................. [1]
1
(c) The expression for the total number of dots in Diagram n is (3n 2 - n) .
2
(i) Find the total number of dots in Diagram 8.

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

(ii) Find an expression for the number of black dots in Diagram n.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

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(d) T is the total number of dots used to make all of the first n diagrams.

T = an 3 + bn 2

Find the value of a and the value of b.

You must show all your working.

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

b = ................................................ [5]

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15
Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term

A 13 9 5 1

B 0 7 26 63

7 8 9 10
C
8 16 32 64

(a) Complete the table for the three sequences.

[10]
p
(b) One term in Sequence C is .
q
Write down the next term in Sequence C in terms of p and q.

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

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16 The table shows the first four terms in sequences A, B, and C.

Sequence 1st term 2nd term 3rd term 4th term 5th term nth term

A 4 9 14 19

B 3 10 29 66

C 1 4 16 64

Complete the table.

[9]

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17 (a) (i) Divide $24 in the ratio 7 : 5.

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

(ii) Write $24.60 as a fraction of $2870.

Give your answer in its lowest terms.

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

(iii) Write $1.92 as a percentage of $1.60 .

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

(b) In a sale the original prices are reduced by 15%.

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

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

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

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

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(c) (i) Dean invests $500 for 10 years at a rate of 1.7% per year simple interest.

Calculate the total interest earned during the 10 years.

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

(ii) Ollie invests $200 at a rate of 0.0035% per day compound interest.

Calculate the value of Ollie’s investment at the end of 1 year.

[1 year = 365 days.]

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

(iii) 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]

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18 (a) The exchange rate is 1 euro = $1.142 .

(i) Johann changes $500 into euros.

Calculate the number of euros Johann receives.

Give your answer correct to the nearest euro.

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

(ii) Johann buys a computer for $329.

The same computer costs 275 euros.

Calculate the difference in cost in dollars.

$ ................................................. [2]
3
(b) Lucy spends of the money she has saved this month on a book that costs $5.25 .
8
Calculate how much money Lucy has saved this month.

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

(c) Kamal invests $6130 at a rate of r% per year compound interest.

The value of his investment at the end of 5 years is $6669.

Calculate the value of r.

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

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19 (a) Malena has 450 fruit trees.

The fruit trees are in the ratio apple : pear : plum = 8 : 7 : 3.

(i) Show that Malena has 200 apple trees.

[2]

(ii) Find the number of plum trees.

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

(iii) Malena wants to increase the number of pear trees by 32%.

Calculate the number of extra pear trees she needs.

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

(iv) Each apple tree produces 48.5 kg of apples.

The apples have an average mass of 165 g each.

Calculate the total number of apples produced by the 200 trees.

Give your answer correct to the nearest 1000 apples.

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

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(b) Malena’s land is valued at three million and seventy-five thousand dollars.

(i) Write this number in figures.

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

(ii) Write your answer to part (b)(i) in standard form.

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

(c) In 2020, each plum tree produced 37.7 kg of plums.

This was 16% more than in 2019.

Calculate the mass of plums produced by each plum tree in 2019.

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

(d) Malena invests $1800 at a rate of 2.1% per year compound interest.

Calculate the value of her investment at the end of 15 years.

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

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