1. (a) Work out each of the following.
5·1 × 10
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70 500 ÷ 100
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40% of 150
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Write the following statement using digits and symbols.
Five minus three is not equal to eight.
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Part of a square, ABCD, is drawn accurately on the 1 cm grid above.
On the diagram, mark the position of D.
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Write down the coordinates of D.
D (………........ …….,………........ …….)
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Work out the perimeter of the square ABCD.
You must state the units of your answer.
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A small box of chocolates contains c chocolates.
A large box of chocolates contains 15 more chocolates than a small box.
Find an expression for the total number of chocolates in 3 small boxes and 1 large box.
You must simplify your answer.
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4. (a) Draw the reflection of the shape below in the line of symmetry.
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Add two more lines to complete the shape below so that it is a quadrilateral with rotational
symmetry of order 2.
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5. (a) In summer, the average temperature at the South Pole is –28°C. In winter, the average temperature drops to –60°C.
By how many degrees does the average temperature drop from summer to
winter?
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The average winter temperature at the North Pole is 20°C warmer than the average winter temperature at the South Pole.
What is the average winter temperature at the North Pole?
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(b) (i) When two numbers are multiplied, the result is –12. When the same two numbers are added, the result is 1.
What are the two numbers?
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When three numbers are multiplied together, the result is 30. When the same three numbers are added together, the result is 0.
What are the three numbers?
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Steven goes on a bike ride.
He rides 4500 metres and it takes him 15 minutes.
Steven continues to ride at the same average speed.
How many metres does Steven ride in one hour?
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Write down Steven’s average speed.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
Average speed........ km/h
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7. (a) Eve is thinking about joining Dandale Karate Club as a beginner. The pictogram shows the costs Eve would need to pay to become a club member.
How much would it cost Eve to become a club member?
To become a club member costs £........
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Rhiannon is a club member. She pays £5 for each lesson. A grading test costs £12.50.
Rhiannon passes her first grading test after 16 lessons.
How much has Rhiannon paid in total for her lessons and grading test?
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In the last 10 years, Dandale Karate Club has had 600 club members. Only 6 of these have passed the grading test for black belt.
What percentage of the club members have passed the grading test for black belt in the
last 10 years?
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Simon, Anil and Josh are all members of Dandale Karate Club.
Simon is the oldest club member and Anil is the youngest club member. Simon is 12 times as old as Anil.
Complete the ratio.
Simon’s age: Anil’s age
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Simon is 60 years old. Josh is 3 times as old as Anil.
How old is Josh?
Josh is........ years old.
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David is laying a small circle of paving stones in his garden.
The diagram shows the shape of each paving stone.
How many paving stones will David need to make a circle?
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David wants his circle to be at least 1 metre in diameter.
Will David’s circle be the size he wants?
Yes No
Explain how you decide.
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David is going to fill the space around the paving stones with gravel. He works out that he needs 18 small bags of gravel.
Green Garden Centre Offer of the week Any small bag of gravel £7.19 Buy 3 bags for the price of 2
Estimate how much David will have to pay in total for his gravel from Green Garden Centre.
You must show all your working.
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Is your answer to part (i) an over-estimate or an under-estimate of the cost of David’s gravel?
Over-estimate Under-estimate
Give a reason for your decision.
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The table shows the hourly pay for staff at Dibdales in 2016 and 2017.
Each member of staff works for 30 hours per week and then overtime if needed.
The total weekly pay of staff at Dibdales is worked out using:
• Paid hours = 30 + (2 × number of overtime hours)
• Total weekly pay = hourly pay × Paid hours
Paul, Janet and Sara all work at Dibdales.
Paul’s hourly pay was £8.00 in 2016. Paul does not work overtime.
How much more did Paul earn for a week in 2017 than he did for a week in 2016?
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Janet was 19 in 2016.
How much did Janet earn for a week in 2017 when she worked 5 hours overtime?
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One week during this 2-year period, Sara worked 5 hours overtime. She earned £160.
In which year was this and in which age group was Sara at the time?
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10. (a) There are 10 marbles in a bag. The table shows the number of marbles of each colour.
| Red | Green | Blue | Pink |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Meena takes a marble from the bag without looking.
Complete this statement with a colour. The probability that Meena takes a........ marble is 
.
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Write down the probability that Meena takes a yellow marble.
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Work out the probability that Meena does not take a red or green marble.
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Netta has a tub containing 12 white tennis balls and 8 green tennis balls. She puts some more green tennis balls into the same tub. She then chooses a tennis ball at random from the tub. The probability that Netta picks a white tennis ball is 
.
How many more green tennis balls did Netta put in the tub?
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A farmer grows three types of cucumber: Carmen, Green Knight and Marketmore.
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The farmer picks a sample of 5 Marketmore cucumbers and measures their length.
The lengths of the first 4 cucumbers, in cm, are
15 12 13 13
The mean length of the 5 cucumbers is 13 cm.
What is the length of the 5th Marketmore cucumber?
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Explain why Sangita is wrong.
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On the grid, draw the image of shape A after a rotation of 90° clockwise about (0, 0).
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Triangle C is the image of triangle B after an enlargement with scale factor 2.
On the grid, mark the position of the centre of this enlargement and label it P.
17 17
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Sharon is making food for a family picnic.
She has 1800 grams of plain flour and plenty of all the other ingredients she needs.
She makes pieces of shortbread using this recipe.
She uses 750 grams of her plain flour to make her shortbread mixture.
How many pieces of shortbread does Sharon make?
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Sharon uses the plain flour she has left to make as many apple cakes as possible. To make one apple cake, she needs 200 grams of plain flour.
How many apple cakes does Sharon make?
You must show all your working.
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15. (a) Alan keeps fit by walking and weight training. The times he spends walking and weight training are in the ratio 4: 3.
One month Alan walks for 18 hours.
Work out the number of hours Alan spends weight training during this month.
Weight training........ hours
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Rashmi is training for a triathlon. The number of hours she spends swimming, cycling and running are in the ratio
7: 3: 2
One month Rashmi trains for 48 hours.
How many more hours does she spend swimming than she does running during this
month?
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Find the area of one of the faces of the cube.
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The cube has a mass of 0·8 kg.
A mass of 1 kg has a weight of approximately 10 newtons.
Calculate the approximate weight of the cube.
Approximate weight........ N
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Use the given formula and your answers to (a) and (b) to find the pressure made by the cube on the ground.
Give your answer as a decimal.
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The diagram shows two triangles ABC and BDC. These triangles are both congruent and isosceles. Find the size of BAC
.
BAC
........ °
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The diagram shows part of a garden gate made from straight metal bars.
Show that the top bar is parallel to the bottom bar.
Label the diagram with any angles you use. Give a reason for each step.
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(b) (i) Work out the value of (2 × 104) × (4 × 103).
Give your answer in standard form.
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Light travels at 3 × 105 kilometres per second. The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 40 000 km.
Show that, in theory, a beam of light could circle the Earth at the equator more than
7 times in 1 second.
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The graph shows the cost of delivery for goods bought at a furniture shop.
Ceri buys a sofa from this shop and has it delivered. Ceri lives 4 miles from the shop.
How much does Ceri pay for the delivery?
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(b) (i) Tick the correct statement about the distance and cost.
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Find the gradient of the line and state what it represents in this context.
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The scatter diagram shows the height and mass of 10 dogs.
These dogs are all West Highland Terriers.
Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram.
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Estimate the mass of a West Highland Terrier that has a height of 26·7 cm.
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Another dog has a mass of 8·2 kg and a height of 35 cm.
Is this dog likely to be a West Highland Terrier?
Yes No
Explain your answer.
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The diagram shows two similar, right-angled triangles, PQR and ABC.
Find the value of x.
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It takes
• 2 park keepers 1 hour to weed 2 flowerbeds • 3 park keepers 2 hours to prune 6 trees.
At 9 a.m. one morning, 5 park keepers start work as follows.
| Number of park keepers | Activity |
| 2 | Weed: 2 flowerbeds |
| 3 | Prune: 13 trees |
When one activity has been completed all the park keepers work on the other activity. You may assume that all the park keepers work at the same rate and are equally skilled.
How long does it take for the park keepers to complete the pruning and weeding?
You must show all your working.
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23. (a) Factorise x2 + 2x – 15.
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Write down the solutions of the equation x2 + 2x – 15 = 0.
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Use the diagram to solve the simultaneous equations
y – x = 3,
x + 2 y = 1.
Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.
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A theme park sells entrance tickets.
2 adult tickets and 3 child tickets would cost a total of £72. 3 adult tickets and 1 child ticket would cost a total of £66.
A family ticket costs £45 and allows entry for 2 adults and 2 children.
How much cheaper is it to buy a family ticket than it would be to buy 2 adult and 2 child
tickets?
It is £........ cheaper to buy a family ticket.
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