Question 1
Without using a calculator and showing all your working, evaluate
Give your answer in its simplest form.
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Without using a calculator and showing all your working, evaluate
Give your answer in its simplest form.
(2)
The nth term of a sequence is given by
Determine whether 222 is a term of this sequence.
Show your working clearly.
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Express 450 millilitres as a fraction of 3 litres.
Give your answer in its simplest form.
(2)
All the people at a meeting were asked where they had been for their last holiday. All the people gave one answer.
Elton recorded the continent of each person’s answer.
Elton drew an accurate pie chart for his results.
Elton’s results showed that 40 people had been to Europe for their last holiday. The angle in the pie chart for Europe is 64°
Calculate the number of people at the meeting.
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The bearing of P from Q is 063°
Calculate the bearing of Q from P
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The diagram shows triangle ABC and triangle ADE.
The point D lies on AB and the point E lies on AC such that DE is parallel to BC.
AD = 16 cm DB = 5 cm DE = 12 cm
Calculate the length, in cm, of BC.
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A = 23 32
54
B = 22 33
5n
Given that the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of A and B is 3 375 000
find the value of the integer n.
Show your working clearly.
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A, B, C and D are four points on a circle.
The chord AC intersects the chord BD at P
AP = 10 cm BP = 9 cm PD = 7 cm
Calculate the length, in cm, of PC
(2)
Given that the determinant of matrix M is 0.5
find the value of x.
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In the diagram, AB, BD and DE are three sides of a regular polygon with n sides.
The point C is such that ABC and EDC are straight lines and BCD = 150°
Calculate the value of n.
(3)
At the end of a college course, Pierre has to take five examinations.
Each examination is marked out of 100
Pierre has to get an overall mean mark of 80% or more for the five examinations in order to pass the course.
After taking the first four examinations, Pierre’s mean mark for these four examinations is 78%
Calculate the lowest mark Pierre can get in his fifth examination so that he passes the course.
(3)
In the diagram, A, B and C are points on a circle.
DAE is the tangent to the circle at A.
Calculate the size, in degrees, of ACB.
Give reasons for each stage of your working.
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a = 15 to the nearest 5
b = 8.5 to one decimal place
c = 5 to one significant figure
Calculate the lower bound of P
Show your working clearly.
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Given that, for all values of x,
find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.
Show your working clearly.
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The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC in which ABC = 90°
D is the point on BC such that
BD = 5 cm DC = 8 cm AD = 18 cm
Calculate the size, in degrees to one decimal place, of CAD
(4)
The diagram shows triangle ABC and triangle EDC.
AB is parallel to DE.
AC = 16 cm and CE = 12 cm.
Given that the area of triangle ABC is 31.5 cm2 greater than the area of triangle EDC,
work out the area of triangle EDC.
(4)
The table shows information about the lengths of time, in minutes, that 70 people waited for a train.
| Length of time (m minutes) | Frequency |
| 0 | 25 |
| 10 | 16 |
| 20 | 14 |
| 30 | 11 |
| 40 | 4 |
Calculate an estimate, to one decimal place, of the mean number of minutes waited.
(3)
The students who go to Crown Academy either live in village A or in village B such that
number of students from village A: number of students from village B = 5: 7
15% of the students from village A travel by bus to Crown Academy.
of the students from village B travel by bus to Crown Academy.
Of the students from village A and village B who do not travel by bus to Crown Academy,
Find what fraction of the students walk to Crown Academy.
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Find the two values of x such that
Show your working clearly.
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ℰ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
A = {2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10}
B = {3, 4, 6, 9, 12}
List the members of
Write down all the subsets of C.
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Expand and simplify 5a(2a − 3) − 4a(3a + 1)
(2)
The diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD such that
AB = 8.2 m BC = 5.2 m AD = 6.7 m
CAD = 48°
ACD = 59°
Find the area, in m2 to 3 significant figures, of quadrilateral ABCD.
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use the factor theorem to show that k = 23
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Solve the equation 3x3 − 20x2 + 23x + 10 = 0
Show clear algebraic working.
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