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1 Natalie buys 4 tomato plants and 3 pepper plants for $9.35 .

Samir buys 2 tomato plants and 11 pepper plants for $16.55 .
Write down a pair of simultaneous equations and solve them to find the cost of one tomato plant and the
cost of one pepper plant.
You must show all your working.

Tomato plant $ ................................................

Pepper plant $ ................................................. [5]

[Total: 5]

2 Solve the simultaneous equations.

x − 3y = 7
2x − 3y = 11

x = ...................................................

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

[Total: 2]
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3 The line intersects the graph of at the points A and B.

Find the coordinates of A and the coordinates of B.

You must show all your working.

A ( .................... , .................... )

B ( .................... , .................... ) [4]

[Total: 4]

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

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

q = ................................................... [2]
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(b) Solve.

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

[Total: 4]

5 Athletic, Rovers and United are three football teams.

Athletic have a point score of x.

Rovers have 12 points more than Athletic’s point score.​
United have 3 points fewer than twice Athletic’s point score.

The total point score of all three teams is 121.

Use this information to write down an equation in terms of x.

Solve your equation to work out the point score for each team.

Athletic ................................................... points

Rovers ................................................... points

United ................................................... points [5]

[Total: 5]

6 The diagrams show the angles in a triangle and two angles on a straight line.
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(a) The triangle is used to write down an equation in terms of x and y.

Give the geometrical reason why this equation is correct.

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

(b) Use the diagram with two angles on a straight line to write down another equation in terms of x and y.

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

(c) Solve these simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

x = ...................................................

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

[Total: 5]
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NOT TO​
SCALE

(y + 1) cm ycm

The volume of the larger cube is 5 cm3 greater than the volume of the smaller cube.

(a) Show that .

[4]

(b) Find the volume of the smaller cube.

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

................................................... cm3 [4]

[Total: 8]
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8 Geeta buys x apples, oranges and bananas.

The total number of pieces of fruit Geeta buys is 30.

(a) Find the number of apples Geeta buys.

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

(b) The cost of one apple is 15 cents.

The cost of one orange is 18 cents.
The total cost of all the fruit is $5.55 .

Find the cost, in cents, of one banana.

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

[Total: 6]
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(x – 1) cm
xcm NOT TO
SCALE

(2x + 1) cm
xcm

The area of the rectangle is 29 cm2 greater than the area of the square.
The difference between the perimeters of the two shapes is k cm.

Find the value of k.

You must show all your working.

k = ................................................... [6]

[Total: 6]

10 Solve.

w = ................................................... [2]
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[Total: 2]

11 (a) Solve the simultaneous equations.

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

q = ................................................... [2]

11 (b) Hence, for and , solve the simultaneous equations.

u = .................... or u = ....................

v = .................... or v = .................... [4]

[Total: 6]

12 Solve.

p = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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13 Solve.

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

[Total: 5]

14 Solve.

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

[Total: 3]
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15 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

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

x = .............................. y = .............................. [5]

[Total: 5]
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16 The graphs of and intersect at the points P and Q.

Find the coordinates of P and the coordinates of Q.

Show all your working.

P ( .................... , .................... )

Q ( .................... ,.................... ) [6]

[Total: 6]
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17 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

.................................................................

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

[Total: 5]
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18 Mrs Kohli buys a jacket, 2 shirts and a hat.

The jacket costs $x.
The shirts each cost $24 less than the jacket and the hat costs $16 less than the jacket.
Mrs Kohli spends exactly $100.

Write down an equation in terms of x.

Solve this equation to find the cost of the jacket.

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

[Total: 3]

19 In this question, all angles are in degrees.

A, B, C and D lie on a circle, centre O, diameter AC.​

XY is a tangent to the circle at D.

(a) Use the information in the diagram to complete these two simultaneous equations.

..............................

.............................. [2]
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(b) Solve your simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

x = ...................................................

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

[Total: 5]

20 Darpan runs a distance of 12 km and then cycles a distance of 26 km.

His running speed is x km/h and his cycling speed is 10 km/h faster than his running speed.
He takes a total time of 2 hours 48 minutes.

(a) An expression for the time, in hours, Darpan takes to run the 12 km is .

Write an equation, in terms of x, for the total time he takes in hours.

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

(b) Show that this equation simplifies to .

[4]
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(c) Use the quadratic formula to solve .

You must show all your working.

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

(d) Calculate the number of minutes Darpan takes to run the 12 km.

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

[Total: 13]
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21 Solve.

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

[Total: 5]

22 Martin, Suki and Pierre make clocks.

In one week
• Martin makes x clocks.
• Suki makes 3 fewer clocks than Martin.
• Pierre makes twice as many clocks as Suki.
(a) Write an expression for the total number of clocks they make in one week.
Give your expression in its simplest form.

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

(b) The total number of clocks they make in one week is 35.
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(i) Work out the value of x.

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

(ii) Work out how many more clocks Pierre makes than Martin.

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

[Total: 8]

23 A tin of soup costs $t and a packet of biscuits costs $p.

(a) 3 tins of soup and 2 packets of biscuits cost $15.50 .

Complete the equation.

3t + 2p = .................... [1]

(b) 5 tins of soup and 4 packets of biscuits cost $28.50 .

Write down another equation in terms of t and p.

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

(c) Solve the two simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

t = ...................................................

p = ................................................... [3]
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[Total: 5]

24 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

x = ...................................................

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

[Total: 4]
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25 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

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

x = .............................. y = .............................. [5]

[Total: 5]

26 Prakash gives 45 flowers to his family.

He gives his grandmother x flowers.

He gives his mother 8 more flowers than his grandmother.​
He gives his cousin 6 fewer flowers than his grandmother.​
He gives his sister twice as many flowers as he gives his cousin.

(a) Use this information to show that .

[3]
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(b) Solve the equation .

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

(c) Find the number of flowers that Prakash gives to his cousin.

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

[Total: 6]

27 Gaya spends $48 to buy books that cost $x each.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of books Gaya buys.

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

(b) Myra spends $60 to buy books that cost $(x + 2) each.
Gaya buys 4 more books than Myra.

Show that .

[4]
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(c) Solve by factorisation.

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

(d) Find the number of books Myra buys.

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

[Total: 9]

28 (a) Write in the form .

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

28 (b) Use your answer to part (a) to solve the equation .

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

[Total: 4]

29 In this question, all angles are in degrees.

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(a) Use the information in the triangle to write down an equation in terms of x.

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

(b) Solve this equation to find the value of x.

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

(c) Work out the size of the smallest angle in the triangle.

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

[Total: 6]

30 (a) Write in the form .

................................................... [2]
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30 (b) On the axes, sketch the graph of , indicating the coordinates of the turning point.

[3]

[Total: 5]

31 Solve the equation.

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

[Total: 3]
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32 Solve the simultaneous equations.

You must show all your working.

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

x = .............................. , y = .............................. [6]

[Total: 6]

33 All the lengths in this question are in centimetres.

The diagram shows a shape ABCDEF made from two rectangles.

The total area of the shape is 342 cm2.
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(a) Show that .

[5]

(b) Solve by factorisation.

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

(c) Work out the perimeter of the shape ABCDEF.

................................................... cm [2]
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(d) Calculate angle DBC.

Angle DBC = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 12]

34 The solutions of the equation are and .

Find the value of b and the value of c.

b = ...................................................

c = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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35 The graphs of and intersect at A and B.

Find the length of AB.

AB = ................................................... [7]

[Total: 7]

36 (a) Write in the form .

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

36 (b) Use your answer to part (a) to solve the equation .

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

[Total: 4]

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(a) Work out .

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

(b) Work out .

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

(c) Find , giving your answer in its simplest form.

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

(d) Find .

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

(e) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]
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(f) (i) Show that simplifies to .

[3]
(ii) Use the quadratic formula to solve .
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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

[Total: 17]

38 Paulo and Jim each buy sacks of rice but from different shops.
Paulo pays $72 for sacks costing $m each.
Jim pays $72 for sacks costing $(m + 0.9) each.

(a) (i) Find an expression, in terms of m, for the number of sacks Paulo buys.

................................................... [1]
(ii)
Find an expression, in terms of m, for the number of sacks Jim buys.

................................................... [1]
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(b) Paulo buys 4 more sacks than Jim.

Write down an equation, in terms of m, and show that it simplifies to .

[4]

(c) (i) Solve .

m = .............................. or m = .............................. [3]

(ii)
Find the number of sacks of rice that Paulo buys.

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

[Total: 10]

39 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC.

The area of this triangle is 30 cm2.

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(a) Show that .

[3]

(b) Use factorisation to solve the equation .

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

(c) Calculate BC.

BC = ................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 9]

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(a) Find 3a – 2b.

[2]
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(b) Find .

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

(c)

Write down two simultaneous equations and solve them to find the value of m and the value of n.
Show all your working.

m = ...................................................

n = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 9]