1) June 2010 V1

10 A company has a vehicle parking area of 1200 m2 with space for x cars and y trucks.

Each car requires 20 m2 of space and each truck requires 100 m2 of space.

(a) Show that x + 5y Y 60.

Answer(a)

[1]

(b) There must also be space for

(i) at least 40 vehicles,

(ii) at least 2 trucks.

Write down two more inequalities to show this information.

Answer(b)(i) [1]

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

(c) One line has been drawn for you.

On the grid, show the three inequalities by drawing the other two lines and shading the
unwanted regions.

y
40

30

20

10

x
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 (d) Use your graph to find the largest possible number of trucks.

Answer(d) [1]

(e) The company charges $5 for parking each car and $10 for parking each truck.
Find the number of cars and the number of trucks which give the company the greatest possible
income.

Calculate this income.

Answer(e) Number of cars =

Number of trucks =

Greatest possible income = $ [3]

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2) June 2011 V1

9 Peter wants to plant x plum trees and y apple trees.

He wants at least 3 plum trees and at least 2 apple trees.

(a) Write down one inequality in x and one inequality in y to represent these conditions.

Answer(a) , [2]

(b) There is space on his land for no more than 9 trees.

Write down an inequality in x and y to represent this condition.

Answer(b) [1]

(c) Plum trees cost $6 and apple trees cost $14.

Peter wants to spend no more than $84.

Write down an inequality in x and y , and show that it simplifies to 3x + 7y Y 42.

Answer(c)

[1]

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 (d) On the grid, draw four lines to show the four inequalities and shade the unwanted regions.

y
12

11

10

x
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

[7]

(e) Calculate the smallest cost when Peter buys a total of 9 trees.

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3) November 2011 V1

8 Mr Chang hires x large coaches and y small coaches to take 300 students on a school trip.
Large coaches can carry 50 students and small coaches 30 students.
There is a maximum of 5 large coaches.

(a) Explain clearly how the following two inequalities satisfy these conditions.

(i) x Y 5

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) 5x + 3y [ 30

Answer(a)(ii)

[2]

Mr Chang also knows that x + y Y 10.

(b) On the grid, show the information above by drawing three straight lines and shading the
unwanted regions.

10

x
0
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 (c) A large coach costs $450 to hire and a small coach costs $350.

(i) Find the number of large coaches and the number of small coaches that would give the
minimum hire cost for this school trip.

Answer(c)(i) Large coaches

Small coaches [2]

(ii) Calculate this minimum cost.

Answer(c)(ii) $ [1]

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4) November 2011 V3
10 Hassan stores books in large boxes and small boxes.
Each large box holds 20 books and each small box holds 10 books.
He has x large boxes and y small boxes.

(a) Hassan must store at least 200 books.

Show that 2x + y [ 20.

Answer(a)

[1]

(b) Hassan must not use more than 15 boxes.

He must use at least 3 small boxes.
The number of small boxes must be less than or equal to the number of large boxes.

Write down three inequalities to show this information.

Answer(b)

[3]

(c) On the grid, show the information in part (a) and part (b) by drawing four straight lines and
shading the unwanted regions.
y
20

18

16

14

12

10

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 (d) A large box costs $5 and a small box costs $2.

(i) Find the least possible total cost of the boxes.

Answer(d)(i) $ [1]

(ii) Find the number of large boxes and the number of small boxes which give this least
possible cost.

Answer(d)(ii) Number of large boxes =

Number of small boxes = [2]

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5) June 2012 V2

3 Pablo plants x lemon trees and y orange trees.

(a) (i) He plants at least 4 lemon trees.

Write down an inequality in x to show this information.

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) Pablo plants at least 9 orange trees.

Write down an inequality in y to show this information.

Answer(a)(ii) [1]

(iii) The greatest possible number of trees he can plant is 20.

Write down an inequality in x and y to show this information.

Answer(a)(iii) [1]

(b) Lemon trees cost $5 each and orange trees cost $10 each.

The maximum Pablo can spend is $170.

Write down an inequality in x and y and show that it simplifies to x + 2y Y 34.

Answer (b)

[1]

(c) (i) On the grid opposite, draw four lines to show the four inequalities and shade the unwanted
region.

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24

22

20

18

16

14

12

10

x
0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34

[7]

(ii) Calculate the smallest cost when Pablo buys a total of 20 trees.

Answer(c)(ii) $ [2]

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6) November 2012 V2
7 Jay makes wooden boxes in two sizes. He makes x small boxes and y large boxes.
He makes at least 5 small boxes.
The greatest number of large boxes he can make is 8.
The greatest total number of boxes is 14.
The number of large boxes is at least half the number of small boxes.
(a) (i) Write down four inequalities in x and y to show this information.
Answer(a)(i)

[4]
(ii) Draw four lines on the grid and write the letter R in the region which represents these
inequalities.
y
15

14

13

12

11

10

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 (b) The price of the small box is $20 and the price of the large box is $45.

(i) What is the greatest amount of money he receives when he sells all the boxes he has made?

Answer(b)(i) $ [2]

(ii) For this amount of money, how many boxes of each size did he make?

Answer(b)(ii) small boxes and large boxes [1]

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7) June 2013 V3

3 (a) Luk wants to buy x goats and y sheep.

(i) He wants to buy at least 5 goats.

Write down an inequality in x to represent this condition.

Answer(a)(i) ............................................... [1]

(ii) He wants to buy at least 11 sheep.

Write down an inequality in y to represent this condition.

Answer(a)(ii) ............................................... [1]

(iii) He wants to buy at least 20 animals.

Write down an inequality in x and y to represent this condition.

Answer(a)(iii) ............................................... [1]

(b) Goats cost $4 and sheep cost $8.

The maximum Luk can spend is $160.

Write down an inequality in x and y and show that it simplifies to x + 2y Y 40 .

Answer(b)

[1]

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 (c) (i) On the grid below, draw four lines to show the four inequalities and shade the unwanted
regions.

y
40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0 x
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
[7]

(ii) Work out the maximum number of animals that Luk can buy.

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8) November 2013 V1

9
y
L2
5

3
R
2 L1

x
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 L3

(a) Find the equations of the lines L1, L2 and L3.

Answer(a) L1 ...............................................

L2 ...............................................

L3 ............................................... [5]

(b) Write down the three inequalities that define the shaded region, R.

Answer(b) ................................................

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

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

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 (c) A gardener buys x bushes and y trees.
The cost of a bush is $30 and the cost of a tree is $200.
The shaded region R shows the only possible numbers of bushes and trees the gardener can buy.

(i) Find the number of bushes and the number of trees when the total cost is $720.

Answer(c)(i) ...................................... bushes

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

(ii) Find the number of bushes and the number of trees which give the greatest possible total cost.
Write down this greatest possible total cost.

Answer(c)(ii) .......................................... bushes

.......................................... trees

Greatest possible total cost = $ ............................................... [3]

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9) November 2013 V3

(c) Complete this table of values for V = 4x 3 – 32x 2 + 63 x.

x 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

V 0 35 36 30 9 0
[2]

(d) On the grid opposite, draw the graph of V = 4x3 – 32x2 + 63x for 0 Y x Y 3.5 .
Three of the points have been plotted for you.

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40

35

30

25

20

15

10

x
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
[3]

(e) The volume of the box is at least 30 cm3.

Write down, as an inequality, the possible values of x.

Answer(e) ............................................... [2]

(f) (i) Write down the maximum volume of the box.

Answer(f)(i) ........................................ cm3 [1]

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10) June 2015 V2

8 Sima sells x biscuits and y cakes.

(a) (i) She sells at least 100 biscuits.

Write down an inequality in x.

Answer(a)(i) ................................................ [1]

(ii) She sells at least 120 cakes.

Write down an inequality in y.

Answer(a)(ii) ................................................ [1]

(iii) She sells a maximum of 300 biscuits and cakes altogether.

Write down an inequality in x and y .

Answer(a)(iii) ................................................ [1]

(iv) Sima makes a profit of 40 cents on each biscuit and 80 cents on each cake.
Her total profit is at least $160.

Show that x + 2y ! 400.

Answer(a)(iv)

[1]

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 (b) On the grid, draw four lines to show the four inequalities and shade the unwanted regions.

y
400

300

200

100

x
0
100 200 300 400 500
[6]

(c) Calculate Sima’s maximum profit.

Give your answer in dollars.

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

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11) November 2015 V1

4 Ali buys x rose bushes and y lavender bushes.

He buys:
• at least 5 rose bushes
• at most 8 lavender bushes
• at most 15 bushes in total
• more lavender bushes than rose bushes.

(a) (i) Write down four inequalities, in terms of x and/or y, to show this information.

Answer(a)(i) ................................................

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

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

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

(ii) On the grid, show the information in part (a)(i) by drawing four straight lines.
Label the region R where all four inequalities are true.

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15

14

13

12

11

10

x
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
[5]
(b) Rose bushes cost $6 each and lavender bushes cost $4.50 each.

What is the greatest amount of money Ali could spend?

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12) March 2015 V2
10 The school cook buys potatoes in small sacks, each of mass 4 kg, and large sacks, each of mass 10 kg.
He buys x small sacks and y large sacks.
Today, he buys less than 80 kg of potatoes.

(a) Show that 2x + 5y < 40.

Answer(a)

[1]

(b) He buys more large sacks than small sacks.

He buys no more than 6 large sacks.

Write down two inequalities to show this information.

Answer(b) ................................................

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

(c) On the grid, show the information in part (a) and part (b) by drawing three straight lines and shading
the unwanted regions.

y
9

x
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[5]
(d) Find the greatest mass of potatoes the cook can buy today.

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13) June 2018 V3
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9 (a) Find the equation of the straight line that is perpendicular to the line y = x + 1 and passes through
2
the point (1, 3).

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

(b)
y

8
7
6
5
4
R
3
2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(i) Find the three inequalities that define the region R.

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

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

(ii) Find the point (x, y), with integer co-ordinates, inside the region R such that 3x + 5y = 35 .

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