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Y10 Exam

Mathematics A
Core Tier
22 March 2015 – Session 1 Paper Reference
Time: 2 hours MA/10C

You must have: Total Marks

Ruler graduated in centimetres and millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser, and calculator. Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
 Use black ink or ball-point pen.
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name and Mathematics teacher.
 Answer all questions.
 Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
 Calculators may be used.
 You must NOT write anything on the formulae page.
Anything you write on the formulae page will gain NO credit.

Information
 The total mark for this paper is 100.
 The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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 Answer ALL TWENTY FIVE questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided
You must write down all stages in your working.

1. (a) Write these numbers in order of size.

Start with the smallest

1002 909 916 1010 99

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(1)

(b) Which of these numbers is the highest?

3 -2 6 -8 1

_____________________
(1)

(c) Which of these numbers are multiples of 4?

6 8 10 14 26 28

________________________________
(2)

(d) Write down all the factors of 21.

________________________________
(2)

(e) Which of these numbers are prime numbers?

21 25 29 33 35 37

__________________________
(2)

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 2. Ray and Clare are pupils at different schools.
They each did an investigation into their teachers’ favourite colours.

Here is Ray’s bar chart of his teachers’ favourite colours.

(a) Write down two things that are wrong with Ray’s bar chart.

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(2)

Clare drew a bar chart of her teachers’ favourite colours.

Part of her bar chart is shown below.

4 teachers said that Yellow was their favourite colour.

2 teachers said that Green was their favourite colour.

(b) Complete Clare’s bar chart.

(2)

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 (c) Which colour was the mode for the teachers that Clare asked?

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(1)

(d) Work out the number of teachers Clare asked.

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(1)

(e) Write down the fraction of the number of teachers that Clare asked who said Red was
their favourite colour.

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(1)

3. Use your calculator to work out

(2.3+1.8)2 × 1.07

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

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(2)

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 4. The diagram shows a triangle ABC.

(a) Measure the length of BC.

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(1)

(b) Measure the size of angle a.

°
..........................................
(1)

(c) AB=AC

(i) What type of triangle is ABC?

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

(ii) What does this mean about angles B and C?

..........................................................................................................................
(2)

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 5. (a) Simplify

(i) 3g + 5g

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

(ii) 2r × 5p

.................................
(2)
(b) Expand 5(2y – 3)

.................................
(1)

(c) Expand and simplify

2(3x + 4) – 3(4x – 5)

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(2)

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 6. A shaded shape is shown on the grid of centimetre squares.

(a) Work out the perimeter of the shaded shape.

.......................cm
(1)

(b) Work out the area of the shaded shape.

.....................cm2
(1)

(c) Reflect the shaded shape in the mirror line.

(2)

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 7. A school has a photocopier and a printing machine.
The cost of using the photocopier is given by the rule

The cost of one copy is 4 cents.

Geoff makes 96 copies.

(a) Work out the cost of using the photocopier to make 96 copies.

$ .....................................
(2)

The cost of using the printing machine is given by the following rule

The cost of one copy is 3 cents.

The copy fee is 40 cents.

Charlotte makes 96 copies using the printing machine.

(b) Work out the difference in their costs between Geoff and Charlotte.

$ .....................................
(2)

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 8. Tayub said, “When x = 3, then the value of 4 x2 is 144”.

Bryani said, “When x = 3, then the value of 4 x2 is 36”.

(a) Who was right?

Explain why.

(2)
(b) Work out the value of 4 ( x +1)2 when x = 3.

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(1)

9. Four teams, City, Rovers, Town and United play a competition to win a cup.
Only one team can win the cup.

The table below shows the probabilities of City or Rovers or Town winning the cup.

City Rovers Town United

0.38 0.27 0.15 x

Work out the value of x.

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(2)

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 10.

This is part of the design of a pattern found at the theatre of Diana at Alexandria.

It is made up of a regular hexagon, squares and equilateral triangles.

(a) Write down the size of the angle marked x°.

°
.......................
(1)
(b) Work out the size of the angle marked y°.

°
.......................
(2)

1
11. Write down the equation of a different straight line that is parallel to y= x +1
2

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(1)

12. Here is part of a travel graph of Siân’s journey from her house to the shops and back.

(a) Work out Siân’s speed for the first 30 minutes of her journey.
Give your answer in km/h.

......................................... km/h
(2)

Siân spends 15 minutes at the shops.

She then travels back to her house at 60 km/h.

(b) Complete the travel graph.

(2)

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 13. The frequency diagram gives information about the marks gained by a group of
59 students in a test.

(a) Which is the modal class?

..........................
(1)
A student is chosen at random from the whole group.
(b) Find the probability that this student’s mark is less than 30.

..........................
(2)

(c) Calculate an estimate of the total number of marks scored by all the students in
the group.

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(3)

14. Here are nine scores.

3 6 7 1 2 9 7 3 7

(a) Find the mode.

..........................
(1)

(b) Find the median.

..........................
(2)

(c) Work out the range.

..........................
(1)

(d) Work out the mean.

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 (2)

(e) One of the nine scores is chosen at random.

Find the probability that it is a 2.

..........................
(1)

15. In 2014, Shorebridge Chess Club’s total income came from a council grant and
members’ fees.

Council grant £50

Members’ fees 240 at £5 each.

(a) (i) Work out the total income of the club for the year 2014.

£........................

(ii) Find the council grant as a fraction of the club’s total income for the year 2014.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

.........................
(3)
In 2013, the club’s total income was £1000.
The club spent 60% of its total income on a hall.
It spent a further £250 on prizes.

(b) Work out the ratio

The amount spent on the hall : the amount spent on prizes.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(3)

16.

PQ is a straight line.

(a) Work out the size of the angle marked x°.

............................. °
(1)
(b) (i) Work out the size of the angle marked y°.

............................. °
1. Give reasons for your answer.

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

..............................................................................................................................
(3)

17. Solve 7r + 2 = 5(r – 4)

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 r = ...........................
(2)

18. Bhavana asked some people which region their favourite football team came from.
The table shows her results.

Region Frequency
Midlands 22
London 36
Southern England 8
Northern England 24

Complete the accurate pie chart to show these results.

Use the circle given below.

(3)

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 19. Simplify 5p + 2q – 3p – 3q

............................
(2)

20. (a) Express the following numbers as products of their prime factors.
(i) 60,

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(ii) 96.

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 .....................................
(4)
(b) Find the Highest Common Factor of 60 and 96.

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(1)
(c) Work out the Lowest Common Multiple of 60 and 96.

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(2)

21. (a) The universal set, E = {Angela’s furniture}.

A = {Chairs}.
B = {Kitchen furniture}.

Describe fully the set A ∩ B.

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

...................................................................................................................................................
(2)

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 (b) P = {2, 4, 6, 8}.
Q = {Odd numbers less than 10}

(i) List the members of the set P ∪ Q.

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

(ii) Is it true that P ∩ Q = ∅?

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

Explain your answer.

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

.....................................................................................................................................
(3)

1
22. Rearrange y= x +1 to makex the subject.
2

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(2)

23.

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 The diagram shows triangle ABC.
BC = 8.5 cm.
Angle ABC = 90°.
Angle ACB = 38°.

Work out the length of AB.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

.........................cm
(3)

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 24. The diagram represents a triangular garden ABC.
The scale of the diagram is 1 cm represents 1 m.
A tree is to be planted in the garden so that it is

nearer to AB than to AC,

within 5 m of point A.

On the diagram, shade the region where the tree may be planted.

(3)

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 25.
–2 < x ≤ 1 y > –2 y<x+1

x and y are integers.

On the grid, mark with a cross (×), each of the six points which satisfies all these
3 inequalities.

(3)

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