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1 Divide $200 in the ratio 7 : 3.

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

[Total: 2]

2 Alex, Bobbie and Chris share strawberries in the ratio Alex : Bobbie : Chris = 3 : 2 : 2.
Chris receives 12 strawberries.

Calculate the total number of strawberries shared.

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

[Total: 2]

3 Indrani and Jagad share some money in the ratio Indrani : Jagad = 7 : 9.

Calculate the percentage of the money that Indrani receives.

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

[Total: 2]
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4 Alex is building a house.

The materials cost times the cost of the land.

The wages cost times the cost of the land.

(a) Show that the ratio of costs, in its simplest form, is land : materials : wages = 4 : 6 : 5.

[2]

(b) The wages cost $47 500.

Show that the total cost of land, materials and wages is $142 500.

[2]

(c) Work out the cost of

(i) the land,

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

(ii) the materials.

$ ................................................... [1]
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(d) Alex borrows $28 000 for 6 years at a rate of 5.5% per year compound interest.

Calculate the amount he repays at the end of the 6 years.

Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

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

(e) When Alex sells the house, he makes a profit of 27% on the $142 500.

Calculate the selling price of the house.

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

[Total: 12]
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NOT TO
Bag A Bag B Bag C SCALE
850 g 950 g 1250 g
55 cents 60 cents 80 cents

Work out which bag of flour is the best value.

Show all your working.

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

[Total: 3]

6 A bag contains yellow balls, pink balls and green balls only.

The ratio yellow balls : pink balls : green balls = 7 : 3 : 5.

There are 42 yellow balls in the bag.

Work out the total number of balls in the bag.

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

[Total: 2]
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7 A box contains 22 coloured pencils.

6 pencils are pink, 9 pencils are blue and 7 pencils are yellow.

Write down the ratio pink pencils : not pink pencils.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

[Total: 2]

8 Lin invests $16 000 at a rate of r % per year simple interest.

At the end of 5 years, she has a total amount of $17 920.

Find the value of r.

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

[Total: 3]

9 The price of a coat is $126.

In a sale, this price is reduced by 18%.

Find the sale price of the coat.

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

[Total: 2]
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10 Clara invests $8500 for 4 years at a rate of 1.7% per year simple interest.

Calculate the total interest earned during the 4 years.

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

[Total: 2]

11 Feri invests some money.

The rate of interest for the first year is 2.5%.
At the end of the second year the overall percentage increase of Feri’s investment is 6.6%.

Find the rate of interest for the second year.

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

[Total: 2]

12 Kirsty changes $380.80 into pounds (£) when £1 = $1.19 .

Calculate the amount Kirsty receives.

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

[Total: 2]
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13 Figs cost 43 cents each.

Lyra has $5 to buy some figs.

Calculate the largest number of figs Lyra can buy and the amount of change, in cents, she receives.

.............................. figs and .............................. cents change [3]

[Total: 3]

14 Ahmed buys materials from China costing 7560 yuan.

Work out the cost of the materials in dollars when the exchange rate is $1 = 7.06 yuan.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

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

[Total: 2]

15 The cost of a flight is $920.

The exchange rate is $1 = 6.87 Chinese yuan.

Find the cost of the flight in yuan.

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

[Total: 1]
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16

Write down the three inequalities that define the region R.

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

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

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

[Total: 4]
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By shading the unwanted regions of the grid, find and label the region R that satisfies the following four
inequalities.

[3]

[Total: 3]

18 22, 17, 12, 7, 2, ...

(a) Find the next term of the sequence.

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

(b) Find the nth term of the sequence.

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

[Total: 3]
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19 The nth term of a sequence is .

Find the first three terms of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

20 A sequence of diagrams is made by joining regular polygons.

(a) Complete the table.

Diagram number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of lines 8 15

[3]

(b) Write down the term to term rule for the number of lines in the sequence.

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

(c) Work out the number of lines in Diagram 9.

................................................... [1]
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(d) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of lines in Diagram n.

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

(e) Diagram k has 113 lines.

Find the value of k.

k = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 9]

21 These are the first four terms of a sequence.

15 7 −1 −9

Find the nth term of this sequence.

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

[Total: 2]

22 7, 13, 19, 25, ...

Find the next term in this sequence.

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

[Total: 1]
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23 y is inversely proportional to and x is directly proportional to w2.

When w = 12, y = 12.

Find y in terms of w.

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

[Total: 3]

24 y is inversely proportional to the cube of .

y = 9.45 when x = 3.

Find y when x = 4.

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

[Total: 3]
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25 y is directly proportional to the square root of .

When x = 28, y = 20.

Find y when x = 39.

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

[Total: 3]

26 y is directly proportional to the cube root of (x + 3).

When x = 5, y = .

Find y when x = 24.

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

[Total: 3]
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27 The diagram shows a point P and a line L.

(a) Write down the co-ordinates of point P.

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

(b) Find the gradient of line L.

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

(c) Write down the equation of line L in the form y = mx + c.

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

[Total: 5]
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(a) Find the gradient of line L.

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

(b) Find the equation of line L in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]
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29 The coordinates of P are (−3, 8) and the coordinates of Q are (9, −2).

(a) Calculate the length PQ.

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

(b) Find the equation of the line parallel to PQ that passes through the point (6, −1).

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

(c) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of PQ.

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

[Total: 10]

30 A is the point (2, 3) and B is the point (7, −5).

Find the co-ordinates of the midpoint of AB.

( .............................. , .............................. ) [2]

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[Total: 2]

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(a) Find the column vector .

= [1]

(b) Find .

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

(c) B is the mid-point of the line AC.

Find the co-ordinates of C.

( .............................. , .............................. ) [2]

(d) Find the equation of the straight line that passes through A and B.

................................................... [3]
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(e) The straight line that passes through A and B cuts the y-axis at D.

Write down the co-ordinates of D.

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

[Total: 9]

32 y
5
4
l
3
2
1

–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
–1
–2
–3

(a) Find the gradient of line l.

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

(b) Find the equation of line l in the form y = mx + c.

y = ................................................... [2]
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(c) Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to line l and passes through the point (12, −7).
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.

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

[Total: 7]

33 The diagram shows a line L and two points, A and B, on a grid.

y
6
L
5
A
4

1
B
0 x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
–1

–2

(a) Write down the coordinates of point A.

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

(b) (i) Find the gradient of line L.

................................................... [1]
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(ii) Write down the equation of line L in the form y = mx + c.

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

(c) (i) Draw a line that is perpendicular to line L and passes through the point A. [1]
(ii) This line crosses the x-axis at point C.

Mark point C on the grid and write down the coordinates of point C.

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

[Total: 6]

34 Write down the equation of a line parallel to .

y = ................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

35 Write down the equation of a line that is parallel to the line y = 3x + 5.

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

[Total: 1]

36 A rhombus ABCD has a diagonal AC where A is the point (−3, 10) and C is the point (4, −4).

(a) Calculate the length AC.

................................................... [3]
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(b) Show that the equation of the line AC is .

[2]

(c) Find the equation of the line BD.

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

[Total: 9]
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37 y
6
A
5
4
3
2
1

–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 x
–1
–2
–3
B
–4
–5
–6
–7
–8

A is the point (−6, 5) and B is the point (−2, −3).

(a) Find the equation of the straight line, l, that passes through point A and point B.
Give your answer in the form y = mx + c.

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

(b) Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to l and passes through the origin.

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

[Total: 4]