Topic Test: OxfordAQA Name: ________________________

International GCSE Mathematics

Extension Class: ________________________
Number Date: ________________________

Time: 77 minutes

Marks: 69 marks

Comments:

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1 Simplify   

Circle your answer.

56          58          510          516

(Total 1 mark)

Circle the reciprocal of 5

2

(Total 1 mark)

A tiling pattern is made from 48 octagons and 54 squares.

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One quarter of the octagons are blue.
One third of all the shapes are blue.

How many blue squares are there?

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Answer ____________________
(Total 3 marks)

During 2017, Vietnam had

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a population of 95 000 000
one doctor for every 2300 people.

How many doctors did Vietnam have at this time?

Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

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Answer ____________________
(Total 3 marks)

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 Find two sets of values for c and d such that
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16c = 2d

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c = _______ and d = _______

or c = _______ and d = _______

(Total 3 marks)

JKLMN is a straight line.

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Not drawn
accurately

JN = 48 cm
JM = 34 cm
JL = LN
KL = 2LM

Work out the length of JK.

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Answer ____________________ cm
(Total 3 marks)

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 (a) Write 0.000 72 in standard form.
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Answer _________________________________________
(1)

(b) Divide 80 million by 20 000

Write your answer in standard form.

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Answer _________________________________________
(3)
(Total 4 marks)

A home gym can take a maximum load of 145 kg of weight plates.

8 Each weight plate is 10 kg to the nearest kilogram.

Work out the greatest number of weight plates that can be safely loaded on the gym.
You must show your working.

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Answer _________________________________________
(Total 4 marks)

9 (a) Show clearly that

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(b) ABC is a triangle.
AD is perpendicular to BC.

AB = cm, BD = cm, DC = cm

Not drawn
accurately

Work out the area of triangle ABC.

Give your answer in the form where a is an integer.

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Answer ___________________________________ cm2

(5)
(Total 6 marks)

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10 n = p3q where p and q are prime numbers.

n is a multiple of 10

Work out the two possible values of n.

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Answer ____________________ and ____________________

(Total 3 marks)

The table shows some information about three countries.

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Country Population Area (km2)

Finland 5.52 × 106 3.38 × 105

Norway 5.29 × 106 3.24 × 105

Sweden 1.01 × 107 4.50 × 105

(a)  Write the area of Finland as an ordinary number.

Answer ____________________ km2

(1)

(b)  Work out the total population of the three countries.

Give your answer in standard form.

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Answer ____________________
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 (c) Population density = population ÷ area

Work out the population density of Sweden.

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Answer ____________________ people per km2

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

12 Write this ratio in its simplest form

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Answer___________ : ___________ : ___________

(Total 3 marks)

13 Work out the value of

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Answer _________________________________________
(Total 2 marks)

504 can be written as   23 × 32 × 7

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(a)  Work out the smallest integer value of k for which 504 k is a square number.

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Answer ____________________
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 (b)  n is an integer.
The highest common factor of n and 504 is 42
The lowest common multiple of n and 504 is 6552

Work out the value of n.

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Answer ____________________
(3)
(Total 5 marks)

(a)  The price of a box of cereal is reduced by 35% to $1.04

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Work out the original price.

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Answer $ ____________________
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 (b)  The mass of the box of cereal is 805 grams.
The mass of the empty box is 55 grams.
Both masses are correct to the nearest 5 grams.

Work out the maximum possible mass of cereal in the box.

You must show your working.

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Answer ____________________ grams

(3)
(Total 6 marks)

A shelf supports 80 kg, to the nearest kilogram.

16 Bottles weigh 1.4 kg each, to the nearest tenth of a kilogram.

Work out the greatest number of bottles that can definitely be supported by the shelf.

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(Total 4 marks)

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(a) Simplify

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 (b) Solve y⁻³ = 125

y = ______________________________________
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

18 Rationalise the denominator of  

Give your answer in its simplest form.

You must show your working.

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Answer ____________________
(Total 3 marks)

19 Show that  

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20 Write     in the form  

where a, b and c are integers greater than 1

You must show your working.

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Answer ____________________
(Total 4 marks)

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Mark schemes
510
1 B1
[1]

2
B1
[1]

48 ÷ 4 or 12
3 M1

(48 + 54) ÷ 3 or 102 ÷ 3 or 34

oe
M1

22
A1
[3]

95 000 000 ÷ 2300

4 M1

[41 304, 41305]

may be implied by correct answer
A1

41 000
ft any number >2sf rounded correctly to 2sf
B1ft
[3]

Correct evaluation of a relevant power of 2 or 16

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eg 16 = (±) 4 or 162 = 256 or 24 = 16 or

or 4 c = d
16 = (±)2 or 161 = 16 or 160 = 1
M1

One correct pair of answers

A correct answer is such that d = 4c
A1

A second correct pair of answers

eg c = 0, d = 0
c = 1, d = 4 or c = – 1, d = – 4
c = 2, d = 8 or c = ,d= etc …

A1
[3]

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 (LN =) 48 ÷ 2 or (LN =) 24
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or

(JL =) 48 ÷ 2 or (JL =) 24
may be seen on diagram
M1

(KL =) 2 × (their 24 − (48 − 34))

or (KL =) 2 × (24 − 14)

or (KL =) 2 × (34 − their 24)

or (KL =) 2 × 10

or (KL =) 20
may be seen on diagram
M1dep

4
A1
[3]

(a) 7.2 × 10–4

7 B1

(b) 80 000 000

B1

Their 80 000 000 ÷ 20 000 correctly evaluated

M1

Their answer correctly converted to standard form (4 × 103 if correct)

ft if B0 awarded
A1 ft

Alternative method

8 × 107 or 2 × 104
oe eg 80 × 106
M1

oe using index form

A1

4 × 103
ft if M1A0 awarded
A1ft
[4]

9.5 or 10.5 seen

8 B1
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 145 ÷ [10.49, 10.5]
Condone use of 144.5
M1

13.(8095…)
Must be using 145 and 10.5
A1

13
M1 must have been scored
Truncates their answer to nearest integer
B1 ft

Alternative method

9.5 or 10.5 seen

B1

[10.49, 10.5] × integer [10, 13]

and [10.49, 10.5] × integer [14, 20]

Both must be correctly evaluated
M1

10.5 × 13 = 136.5

and 10.5 × 14 = 147

A1

13
M1 must have been scored
B1
[4]

(a) 3 × 3 = 9 and √3 × √3 = 3
9
or 3 × 3 = 3
√3 × √3 is essential seen or implied
Accept (31.5)2 = 33 = 27 oe
B1

(b) (3√3)2 − (3√2)2 (= 27 − 18)

or (3√2)2 + AD2 = (3√3)2

Invisible brackets must be recovered for M1
M1

√9 or 3
A1

3√2 + √2 (= 4√2)
Dep on M1, not on A1 as well
M1Dep

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0.5 × their base × their 3
M1Dep

6√2
A1

Alternative Method 1

(3√3)2 − (3√2)2 (= 27 − 18)

Invisible brackets must be recovered for M1
M1

√9 or 3
A1

Area ABD = 0.5 × their 3 × 3√2 and area ADC = 0.5 × their 3 × √2
Dep on M1, not on A1 as well
M1Dep

Area ABD = 0.5 × their 3 × 3√2 + area ADC = 0.5 × their 3 × √2

Sum of two correct areas for their AD
M1Dep

6√2
A1

Alternative Method 2

(3√3)2 − (3√2)2 (= 27 − 18)

Invisible brackets must be recovered for M1
M1

√9 or 3
A1

3√2 + √2 (= 4√2)
Dep on M1, not on A1 as well
M1Dep

Sin ABD = their 3 ÷ 3√3 and Area = 0.5 × 3√3 × Their 4√2 × their
M1Dep

6√2
A1
[6]

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 Chooses two primes p and q and correctly evaluates p3q
10
e.g. 33 × 5 = 135

or

correctly divides a multiple of 10 by a prime number or by the cube of a prime number

e.g. 50 ÷ 2 = 25 or 500 ÷ 53 = 4

or

23 × 5 or 53 × 2

or p = 2 and q = 5

or p = 5 and q = 2
M1

23 × 5 and 53 × 2

or 40 or 250
A1

40 and 250
A1

Additional Guidance
e.g. 10, 20, 30, 40 with no other correct working
M0
[3]

(a)  338 000

11 B1

(b)  2.091 × 107 or 2.09 × 107

or 2.1 × 107
B1 correct value not in standard form
e.g. 20 910 000 or 20.9 × 106
or 2091 × 104 or 21 000 000
SC1 1.112 × 106 or 1.11 × 106 or 1.1 x 106
B2

Additional Guidance

Condone different spacing or commas e.g. 209,10,000 or 21000000

B1

e.g. 2.091.107
B1

B2 response in working with 2 × 107 on answer line

B2

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 B1 response in working with 2 × 107 on answer line
B1

2 × 107 only
B0

B1 response in working with 2 000 000 on answer line

B1

2 000 000 only

B0

B2 response in working with B1 response on answer line

B1

(c)  (1.01 × 107) ÷ (4.50 × 105)

oe e.g. 0.22(4…) × 102
may be implied by digits 22(4…) but not by answer of
0.22(4…)
M1

or 2.2(4…) × 10(1)
SC1 16.(3…)
A1

Additional Guidance

Bracket error i.e. 1.01 × 107 ÷ 4.50 × 105 = 2.2(4…) × 1011

M1A0
[5]

12 1:2:5
B2 For any ratio that is one step away from the answer
e.g. √12 : 2√12 : 5√12
√1 : √4 : √25
2 : 4 : 10

B1 For at least two of the three terms in their simplest form

i.e. two of 2√3 : 4√3 : 10√3

B1 For any correct equivalent ratio

e.g. √2 : √8 : √50
√3 : √12 : √75
B3
[3]

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13 (3√64)2 or (3√642) or 42 or
M1

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A1
[2]

(a)  24 × 32 × 72 or 7056 or 842 or 2 × 7

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2p × 3q × 7r with p, q and r all even and p ≥ 4 and r & q
≥2
M1

14
SC1 3.5
A1

(b)  Alternative method 1

6552 ÷ 504 or 13

or 6552 × 42 or 275184

oe
M1

42 × their 13

or their 275184 ÷ 504

M1dep

546
A1

Alternative method 2

Venn diagram with 42 or 2 × 3 × 7 or 13 correct

M1

42 × their 13
M1dep

546
A1

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 Additional Guidance

[5]

(a)  1 − 0.35 or 0.65 or 100(%) − 35(%) or 65(%)

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oe
may be implied by ÷ 65 × 100
M1

1.04 ÷ their 0.65

oe
M1dep

1.6(0)
A1

(b)  52.5 or 57.5 or or 802.5 or 807.5 or

B1

(805, 810] − [50, 55)

M1
805 − 55 + 2 × 2.5 is B1M1

755
must see correct method
A1
[6]

79.5 or 80.5 or
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1.35 or 1.45 seen
B1

min shelf [75, 80) ÷ max bottle (1.4, 1.5)

M1

79.5 ÷ 1.45
Condone 1.4499 or better
A1

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 54
ft answer rounded down if M1A0 awarded
A1ft
[4]

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(a) x7

B2
(b) 0.2 or or 5−1

B2
[4]

18
M1

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 M1dep

15 − 5 or 5(3 − )
full method must be shown
A1

Additional Guidance

15 − 5 seen followed by incorrect factorising

M2A1
[3]

19
B1 for

B2
[2]

Alternative method 1
20

attempt to rationalise first fraction

M1

M1dep

oe rationalises second fraction

M1

with full method shown

A1

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Alternative method 2

common denominator
M1

A1

attempt to rationalise
M1dep

with full method shown

A1
[4]

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