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 Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Work out 7.18 ✕ 3.6

1.2

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

2 E = {odd numbers less than 16}

A = {1, 3, 7, 9, 15}
B = {prime numbers}

A B

(3)
(a) Complete the Venn diagram for this information.

A number is chosen at random from the universal set

(b) Find the probability that the number is in the set A∪ B

(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 5 marks)
3 Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 102 and 153

(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

4 There are only pink cubes, grey cubes and white cubes in a box.
The table shows the probability of taking at random each colour of cube from the box.

Colour pink grey white

Probability x y y

x:y=2:1
Work out the value of y.

y=
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)
5 It takes 5 workers 15 days to build a house extension.
(a) How long would it take 3 workers to build the same extension?

days
(2)
(b) State one assumption you made in working out your answer to part (a).

(1)
(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

6 A rectangle has an area of 10 m2

2
2 m 10 m2
3

Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

m
(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)
7 (a) Complete the table of values for y = 5 – 2x

𝑥 -1 0 1 2 3

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = 5 – 2x for values of 𝑥 from -1 to 3

y
7

x
-1 O 1 2 3
-1

-2

(2)
(c) Give the equation of a line parallel to y = 5 – 2x

(1)
(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)
8 The diameter of Jupiter is approximately 1.43 × 105 km
The diameter of Mercury is approximately 5 × 103 km

Find the ratio of the diameter of Jupiter to the diameter of Mercury.

Give your answer in the form n : 1

(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)

9
H B F
64º

G A

x
C

D
ABCDE is a regular pentagon
HBF is a straight line and is parallel to GA

Work out the size of angle x

You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

10 The frequency table gives information about the length of 50 parsnips.

length (l cm) Frequency

0<l≤5 2
5 < l ≤ 10 5
10 < l ≤ 15 15
15 < l ≤ 20 20
20 < l ≤ 25 8

(a) Find the class interval that contains the median.

(1)
(b) On the grid, draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

40

30
Frequency

20

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Length (l cm)
(2)

Polly the Shark

She live s in the middle of the oce an! (Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11 (a) Simplify (g -4)3

(1)

(b) Simplify 17x3y -2 × 3xy -2

(2)
23 × 2 -6
(c) Work out the value of
2 -2

2
–
3
(2)
64
(d) Work out the value of
27

(2)
(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks)
12 The probability tree diagram shows the probabilities that Megan will be late for work on
Monday and on Tuesday.

Monday Tuesday

late
0.2

late
0.3
0.8
not late

0.2 late
0.7
not late

0.8 not late

Calculate the probability that Megan will be late on both days.

(Total for Question 12 is 2 marks)

13 The frequency table gives information about the cost, in pounds (£), of 36 different products in
an online store.
Cost (£c) Frequency
0<c≤5 2
5 < c ≤ 10 6
10 < c ≤ 15 10
15 < c ≤ 20 12
20 < c ≤ 25 5
25 < c ≤ 30 1

(a) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for this information.

40

30
Cumulative
frequency
20

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Cost (£c)
(3)
(b) Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.

£
(2)
(Total for Question 13 is 5 marks)
 ..
14 Write 0.135 as a fraction in its simplest form.
You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

15 3 flapjacks and 5 brownies have a total cost of £16.35

4 flapjacks and 1 brownie have a total cost of £7.35
Work out the difference between the cost of a flapjack and the cost of a brownie.

£
(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)
16
B
8 cm
60º

2 cm C
30º

45º
D
Work out the exact length of AD.

cm
(Total for Question 16 is 5 marks)
17 y is directly proportional to x2
When y = 8, x = 2

x is directly proportional to z
When x = 5, z = 10

Find a formula for y in terms of z.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

18 Show that 2 – x+1 ÷ x – x2 simplifies to ax x+ b where a and b are integers.
x–5 x – 6x + 5
2

(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

19 The graph of the curve with equation y = f(x) is given by the equation

y = 3x2 – 6x – 5

(a) Find the coordinates of the turning point of the curve

You must show all your working.

( , )
(4)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, state the coordinates of the turning point of the curve y = f(x + 2)

( , )
(2)
(Total for Question 19 is 6 marks)
20 Here are two similar cones.

L H
l h

R
r

r:l=1:3
r:H=1:4

Find h : L

Give your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS