N5 Practice Paper C 1

National 5 Maths Practice Paper C
Paper 1
Duration – 1 hour
Total marks – 40
o You may NOT use a calculator

o Attempt all the questions.
o Use blue or black ink.
o Full credit will only be given to solutions which contain appropriate working.
o State the units for your answer where appropriate.
FORMULAE LIST
−𝑏 ± 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐
The roots of are 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 𝑥=
2𝑎
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
Sine rule: = =
sin 𝐴 sin 𝐵 sin 𝐶
𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎2
Cosine rule: 𝑎2 = 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 − 2𝑏𝑐 cos 𝐴 or cos 𝐴 =
2𝑏𝑐
1
Area of a triangle: 𝐴 = 𝑎𝑏 sin 𝐶
2
4
Volume of a Sphere: 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 3
3
1
Volume of a cone: 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ
3
1
Volume of a pyramid: 𝑉 = 𝐴ℎ
3
𝑥−𝑥 2 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 2 /𝑛
Standard deviation: 𝑠= 𝑛−1
= 𝑛−1
, where is the sample size.
1. Evaluate 5.04 + 8.4 ÷ 7. 2
2 3 3
2. Evaluate 1 + 2
4 8
3. Simplify 3 2 −4 −4 3 +1 3
4. = −4
(a) Evaluate −2 1
(b) Given that = , find . 2
5. Solve, by factorising
2
+ − = 0. 3
6. A hotel books taxis from a company called Quick-Cars.
The receptionist notes the waiting time for every taxi ordered over a period
of two weeks. These times, in minutes, are shown below.
12 25 29 37 6 13 26
32 42 7 14 29 35 44
(a) For the given data, calculate:
(i) the median 1
(ii) the lower quartile 1
(iii) the upper quartile 1
(b) Calculate the interquartile range. 1
In another two week period, the hotel books taxis from a company called Fast-Cabs.
The median waiting time for Fast-Cabs is found to be 27.5 minutes and the
interquartile range for Fast-Cabs is found to be 5 minutes.
(c) Use this information to compare the two companies. 2
7. Part of the graph of = sin + is shown in the diagram.
𝑂 𝑥
State the values of and . 2

8. In the diagram below, A is the point −1 − and B is the point 4 3 .
(a) Find the gradient of the line AB. 1
(b) AB cuts the -axis at the point 0 − .

Write down the equation of the line AB. 2
(c) The point 3 lies on AB. Find the value of . 2
2
9. = + −
2
(a) Write in the form + + . 2
(b) State the coordinates of the turning point of . 1

10. Andrew and Daisy each book in at the Sleepwell Lodge.
(a) Andrew stays for 3 nights and has breakfast on 2 mornings.

His bill is £145.
Write down an algebraic equation to illustrate this information. 1
(b) Daisy stays for 5 nights and has breakfast on 3 mornings.

Her bill is £240.
Write down an algebraic equation to illustrate this information. 1
(c) Find the cost of one breakfast 3
2
11. (a) Evaluate 83 2
24
(b) Simplify 2
2
2𝑥 + 2
(c) Simplify 2
𝑥+1 2
[End of question paper]

National 5 Maths Practice Paper C
Paper 2
Duration – 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total marks – 50
o You may use a calculator

o Attempt all the questions.
o Use blue or black ink.
o Full credit will only be given to solutions which contain appropriate working.
o State the units for your answer where appropriate.
1. Bacteria in a test-tube increase at the rate of 4.6% per hour.
At 12 noon, there are 50 000 bacteria.
At 5 pm, how many bacteria will be present?
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. 4
2.
The tangent, MN, touches the circle, centre O, at L.

Angle JLN = 47°
Angle KPL = 31°
Find the size of angle JLK. 3
3. Change the subject of the formula

3
= + to . 3
4. A mug is in the shape of a cylinder with diameter 10 centimetres and
height 14 centimetres.
(a) Calculate the capacity of the mug. 2
(b) 600 millilitres of coffee are poured in.
Calculate the depth of the coffee in the mug. 3
5. The diagram below shows a big wheel at the fairground.
The wheel has 16 chairs equally spaced on its circumference.

The radius of the wheel is 9 metres.
As the wheel rotates in an anticlockwise direction, find the distance a chair

travels in moving from position T to position P in the diagram. 4
6. Find the roots of the equation
2
2 +4 − = 0.
Give your answers correct to one decimal place. 4
7. Two perfume bottles are mathematically similar in shape.
The smaller one is 6 centimetres high and holds 30 millilitres of perfume.

The larger one is 9 centimetres high.
What volume of perfume will the larger one hold? 3
8. Determine the nature of the roots of the equation

2
−2 − = 0. 4
9. A pony shelter is part of a
cylinder as shown in figure 1.
It is 6 metres wide and 2 metres

high.
The cross-section of the shelter

is a segment of a circle with
centre O, as shown in figure 2.
OB is the radius of the circle.
Calculate the length of OB. 4
10. The diagram shows a parallelogram, PQRS.
(a) Calculate the size of angle PQR. Do not use a scale drawing. 3
(b) Calculate the area of the parallelogram. 3

11. (a) Solve the equation
2 n + =0 0 3 0 3
(b) Prove that
sin3 + sin cos2 = sin . 2
12. (a) A driver travels from A to B, a distance of kilometres, at a constant

speed of 75 kilometres per hour.
Find the time taken for this journey in terms of 1
(b) The time taken for the journey from B to A is hours.
Calculate the average speed for the whole journey. 4
[End of question paper]

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National 5 Maths Practice Paper C

o You may NOT use a calculator

(b) Given that = , find . 2

(a) For the given data, calculate:

(i) the median 1

(ii) the lower quartile 1

(iii) the upper quartile 1

(b) Calculate the interquartile range. 1

(c) Use this information to compare the two companies. 2

7. Part of the graph of = sin + is shown in the diagram.

State the values of and . 2

(a) Find the gradient of the line AB. 1

(b) AB cuts the -axis at the point 0 − .

(c) The point 3 lies on AB. Find the value of . 2

(b) State the coordinates of the turning point of . 1

(a) Andrew stays for 3 nights and has breakfast on 2 mornings.

(b) Daisy stays for 5 nights and has breakfast on 3 mornings.

(c) Find the cost of one breakfast 3

[End of question paper]

o You may use a calculator

The tangent, MN, touches the circle, centre O, at L.

Find the size of angle JLK. 3

3. Change the subject of the formula

(a) Calculate the capacity of the mug. 2

(b) 600 millilitres of coffee are poured in.

Calculate the depth of the coffee in the mug. 3

5. The diagram below shows a big wheel at the fairground.

The wheel has 16 chairs equally spaced on its circumference.

As the wheel rotates in an anticlockwise direction, find the distance a chair

Give your answers correct to one decimal place. 4

7. Two perfume bottles are mathematically similar in shape.

The smaller one is 6 centimetres high and holds 30 millilitres of perfume.

What volume of perfume will the larger one hold? 3

8. Determine the nature of the roots of the equation

It is 6 metres wide and 2 metres

The cross-section of the shelter

OB is the radius of the circle.

Calculate the length of OB. 4

10. The diagram shows a parallelogram, PQRS.

(b) Calculate the area of the parallelogram. 3

(b) Prove that

sin3 + sin cos2 = sin . 2

12. (a) A driver travels from A to B, a distance of kilometres, at a constant

(b) The time taken for the journey from B to A is hours.

Calculate the average speed for the whole journey. 4

[End of question paper]

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