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1 A grocer sells potatoes, mushrooms and carrots.
(a) A customer buys 3 kg of mushrooms at $1.04 per kg and 4 kg of carrots at $1.28 per kg.
Calculate the total cost.
$ ................................................ [2]
(b) In one week, the ratio of the masses of vegetables sold by the grocer is
potatoes : mushrooms : carrots = 11 : 8 : 6.
(i) Work out the mass of mushrooms sold as a percentage of the total mass.
............................................. % [2]
(ii) The total mass of potatoes, mushrooms and carrots sold is 1500 kg.
Find the mass of carrots the grocer sells this week.
............................................ kg [2]
(iii) The profit the grocer makes selling 1 kg of carrots is $0.75 .
Find the total profit the grocer makes selling carrots this week.
$ ................................................ [1]
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(iv) On the last day of the week, the grocer reduces the price of 1 kg of potatoes by 8% to $1.15 .
Calculate the original price of 1 kg of potatoes.
$ ................................................ [2]
(c) The grocer buys 620 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 20 kg.
He packs them into bags each containing 5 kg of onions, correct to the nearest 1 kg.
Calculate the upper bound for the number of bags of onions that he packs.
................................................. [3]
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X
D
A
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C
A, B, C and D are points on a circle.
ADX and BCX are straight lines.
Angle BAD = x° and angle DCX = y°.
(a) Explain why x = y.
Give a geometrical reason for each statement you make.
[2]
(b) Show that triangle ABX is similar to triangle CDX.
[2]
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(c) AD = 15 cm, DX = 9 cm and CX = 12 cm.
(i) Find BC.
BC = ........................................... cm [3]
(ii) Complete the statement.
The ratio area of triangle ABX : area of triangle CDX = .............. : 1. [1]
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3 (a) The table shows information about the marks gained by each of 10 students in a test.
Mark 15 16 17 18 19 20
Frequency 4 1 2 1 0 2
(i) Calculate the range.
................................................. [1]
(ii) Calculate the mean.
................................................. [3]
(iii) Find the median.
................................................. [1]
(iv) Write down the mode.
................................................. [1]
(b) Paulo’s mean mark for 7 homework tasks is 17.
After completing the 8th task, his mean mark is 17.5 .
Calculate Paulo’s mark for the 8th task.
................................................. [3]
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(c) The table shows the percentage scored by each of 100 students in their final exam.
Percentage ( p) 0 1 p G 30 30 1 p G 50 50 1 p G 60 60 1 p G 70 70 1 p G 100
Frequency 12 18 35 20 15
On the grid, draw a histogram to show this information.
Frequency
density 2
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 p
Percentage
[4]
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4 (a)
F
9 cm
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D C
12 cm
M
E 12 cm B
The diagram shows a pyramid with a square base BCDE.
The diagonals CE and BD intersect at M, and the vertex F is directly above M.
BE = 12 cm and FM = 9 cm.
(i) Calculate the volume of the pyramid.
1
[The volume, V, of a pyramid with base area A and height h is V = Ah .]
3
......................................... cm 3 [2]
(ii) Calculate the total surface area of the pyramid.
......................................... cm 2 [5]
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(b)
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3r
The diagram shows a toy made from a cone and a hemisphere.
The base radius of the cone and the radius of the hemisphere are both r cm.
The slant height of the cone is 3r cm.
The total surface area of the toy is 304 cm 2 .
Calculate the value of r.
[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is A = rrl .]
[The curved surface area, A, of a sphere with radius r is A = 4rr 2 .]
r = ................................................ [4]
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5 (a) (i) Factorise.
x 2 - x - 12
................................................. [2]
(ii) Simplify.
x 2 - 16
2
x - x - 12
................................................. [2]
(b) Simplify.
`2x - 3j - `x + 1j
2 2
................................................. [3]
(c) Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.
2x + 4 x
-
x+1 x-3
................................................. [4]
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(d) Expand and simplify.
(x - 3) (x - 5) (2x + 1)
................................................. [3]
(e) Solve the simultaneous equations.
You must show all your working.
x - 3y = 13
2x 2 - 9y = 116
x = .................... y = ....................
x = .................... y = .................... [6]
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A
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17.2 cm
54° 68°
B M C
12.8 cm
The diagram shows triangle ABC with AB = 17.2 cm.
Angle ABC = 54° and angle ACB = 68°.
(a) Calculate AC.
AC = ........................................... cm [3]
(b) M lies on BC and MC = 12.8 cm.
Calculate AM.
AM = ........................................... cm [3]
(c) Calculate the shortest distance from A to BC.
.............................................cm [3]
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