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17 Simplify.

Answer ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

18 Simplify x8 ÷ x2.

Answer ................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

19 Simplify

Answer ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

20 Simplify.

................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]
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21 Write as a single fraction, in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

22 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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23 Simplify.

Answer ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

24 Find the value of

(a) ,

................................................... [1]

(b) ,

................................................... [1]

(c) .

................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]

25 Find the value of

(a) ,

................................................... [1]

(b) ,

................................................... [1]
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(c) .

................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]

26 Expand and simplify.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

27 Factorise completely.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

28 Factorise completely.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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29 Expand and simplify .

........................................................................ [3]

[Total: 3]

30 Expand and simplify.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

31 Expand and simplify.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

32 Factorise completely.
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(a)

................................................... [2]

(b)

................................................... [2]

(c)

................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]

33 Write 54 as a product of its prime factors.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

34 Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 48 and 60.

................................................... [2]
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[Total: 2]

35
234 = 2 × 32× 13 1872 = 24× 32× 13 234 × 1872 = 438 048

Use this information to write 438 048 as a product of its prime factors.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

36 Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 8 and 14.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

37 Using the integers from 60 to 75 only, find

(a) a multiple of 17,

................................................... [1]

(b) the prime numbers.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 3]
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38

A road has 349 houses on it numbered from 1 to 349.

(a) Put a ring around the numbers in this list that are on the West side.

25 87 126 178 252 329

[1]

(b) On the East side, how many houses are there between the house numbered 168 and the house
numbered 184?

................................................... [1]

(c) How many houses on the road have a house number that is a multiple of 39?

................................................... [2]
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(d) Tomaz delivers a leaflet to every house on the West side of the road.
He starts at house number 1 and then delivers to each house in order.

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the house number of the nth house he delivers to.

................................................... [2]

(ii) Work out the house number of the 40th house he delivers to.

................................................... [1]

(iii) Work out how many houses are on the West side of the road.

................................................... [2]

(e) Alicia delivers a leaflet to every house on the East side of the road.
She starts at house number 348 and then delivers to each house in order.

(i) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the house number of the nth house she delivers to.

................................................... [2]

(ii) What is the largest value of n that can be used in your expression?
Give a reason for your answer.

The largest value of n is .................. because ........................................................................

................................................................................................................................................ [2]

[Total: 13]

39 Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 15 and 27.

................................................... [2]
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[Total: 2]

40
Without using a calculator, work out .
Give your answer as a fraction and show each step of your working.

Answer ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]