Paper 2 and Paper 3 Preparation Paper

Ensure you have: Pencil, pen, ruler, protractor, pair of compasses and eraser

You will need a calculator

Guidance

1. Read each question carefully before you begin answering it.

2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings

Revision for this test

Question Topic Video number

1 Scatter Graphs 165, 166

2 Standard Form 300, 301, 302, 303

3 Use of a Calculator 352

4 Constructions 72, 78, 79, 80, 70

5 Loci 75, 76, 77

6 Volume of a Cylinder 357

7 Volume of a Prism 356

8 Pie Charts 163, 164

9 LCM 218

10 Changing the Subject 7, 8

11 Drawing Linear Graphs 186

12 Simultaneous Equations 295

13 Currency 214a

14 Percentages 233, 235

15 Compound Interest 236

16 Angles: Parallel Lines 25

17 Bearings 26, 27

18 Angles: Polygons 32

19 Circumference 60

20 Reverse Percentages 240

21 Pythagoras 257, 259

22 Quadratic Graphs 264

23 Area of a Circle 40

24 Arc Length 58

25 Area of a Sector 48

26 Trigonometry 329, 330, 331

27 Density 384

28 Estimated Mean 55

29 Tree Diagrams 252

30 Venn Diagrams 380

Question Topic Video number

31 Histograms 157, 158, 159

32 Similar Shapes (Area/Volume) 293a, 293b

33 Limits of Accuracy 183, 184

34 Solving Quadratics 266

35 Quadratic Formula 267

36 nth Term 288

37 Quadratic nth term 388

38 Equations 110, 113, 114, 115

39 Graphical Inequalities 182

40 Equation of a Circle 12

41 Rates of Change 309a, 309b

42 Iteration 373

43 Equation of a Tangent 372

44 Sine Rule/Cosine Rule 333

45 1/2abSinC 337

46 Vectors 353

47 Conditional Probability 247

48 Simultaneous Equations (Non-linear) 298

49 Area Under a Graph 389

50 Best Buys 210

51 Conversion Graphs 151, 152

52 Area of a Trapezium 48

53 Stem and Leaf 169, 170

54 Two way Tables 319

55 Frequency Polygons 155, 156

56 Laws of Indices 174

57 Substitution 20

58 Error Intervals 377

59 Expanding 3 Brackets 15

60 Enlargements 104, 106, 107, 108

Question Topic Video number

61 Circle Theorems 64, 65, 66

62 Cumulative Frequency 153, 154

63 Capture Recapture 391

64 Factorising 117

65 Inequalities 177, 178, 179

66 Algebraic Fractions 21, 22, 23, 24

67 Reciprocal Graph 346

68 Exponential Graph 345

69 Recurring Decimals to Fractions 96

70 Pressure 385

71 Circle Theorems Proofs 66

72 Parallel Graphs 196

73 3D Pythagoras and Trigonometry 259, 332

74 Congruent Triangles 67

75 Adding Fractions 133

76 Ratio (solving problems) 271

77 Indices (fractional) 173

78 Rotations 275

79 Area Under a Graph 389

80 Speed, Distance, Time 299

81 Box Plots 149

82 Factorisation 117

83 Quadratic Inequalities 378

84 Trigonometric Graphs 338, 339

85 Transformations of graphs 323

86 Linear Graphs - Parallel/Perpendicular Lines 196, 197

87 Algebraic Proof 365

88 Conditional Probability 247

89 Ratio 269, 270, 271

90 Geometric Proof 366

 Question Topic Video number

91 Invariant Points 392

1. A shop sells umbrellas.

The scatter graph shows information about the number of umbrellas sold each
week and the rainfall that week, in millimetres.

(a) Describe the relationship between the rainfall and umbrellas sold.

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

................................................................................................................................
(1)

(b) What is the greatest amount of rainfall in one week?

.........................
(1)
 In another week, there was 6mm of rain.

(c) Estimate the number of umbrellas sold.

.........................
(2)

(d) Explain why it may not be appropriate to use your line of best fit to estimate
the number of umbrellas sold in a week with 25mm of rainfall.

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

................................................................................................................................
(1)

2. (a) Write 5930000000 in standard form.

..........................................
(1)
(b) Write 8.024 x 10−4 as an ordinary number.

..........................................
(1)

(c) c = 2 x 106 and y = 6 x 105

Work out the value of w.

Give your answer in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.

..........................................
(3)
3. Use your calculator to find

(a) Give all the figures in your calculator display.

.............................................................
(1)
(b) Write your answer to 3 significant figures.

.........................
(1)

4. Using ruler and compasses, construct the bisector of angle ABC.

(2)
5. The diagram shows two lighthouses.
A boat is within than 8 miles of lighthouse A.
The same boat is within 6 miles of lighthouse B.
Shade the possible area in which the boat could be.

(2)
6.

A cylinder has diameter 12cm and height 14cm.

A cube has side length y cm.
The cylinder and cube has the same volume.

Find y.

......................... cm
(4)
7. Shown below is a triangular prism.

Find the volume of the triangular prism.

.........................cm³
(3)
8. The table gives information about the number of students in years 7 to 10.

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.

(4)
9. Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 60 and 72.

.....................................
(2)

10. Make v the subject of the formula.

v = .........................
(3)
11. On the grid, draw x + 2y = 6 for values of x from −2 to 2.

(4)
12. Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + 2y = −34
4x − 3y = −41

Do not use trial and improvement

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)

13. James has received two job offers.

A job in Milan which pays €55,000 a year.

A job in Boston which pays $64,000 a year.

The exchange rates were £1 = $1.42 and £1 = €1.25.

Which job offer has the highest salary?

Show working to explain your answer.

(3)
14. Terry goes to the Post Office to exchange money.

Terry changes $651 and €161.20 into pounds sterling.

The Post Office deducts their commission and gives Terry £528.

What is the percentage commission?

.........................%
(4)

15. Martyn has some money to invest and sees this advert.

Will Martyn double his money in 15 years by investing his money with “Bank of
Maths?”
You must show your workings.

(4)
16. In the diagram, AB is parallel to CD.

Work out the size of angle x.

You must show your workings.

.........................°
(4)
17. The diagram shows the position of two airplanes, P and Q.

The bearing of Q from P is 070⁰.

Calculate the bearing of P from Q.

...............................⁰
(2)

18. The sum of the interior angles in a polygon is 7380⁰.

Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.

.........................
(2)
19. James has a bicycle.
Each wheel has diameter 45cm.

James cycles his bicycle in a straight line in the playground.

The front wheel makes 15 complete revolutions.

How far does the bicycle travel?

Give your answer in metres.

.........................m
(4)

20. In a sale the price of a sofa is reduced by 70%.

The sale price is £255

Work out the price before the sale.

£.........................
(3)
21. Below are two triangles, ABC and BCD.

Find x

.........................cm
(4)
22. (a) Complete the table of values for y = x² + 2x + 1

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x² + 2x + 1 for the values of x from -3 to 3.

(2)
23. A logo is designed that has four pink circles within a white square.

The square has side length 16cm.

Find the area of the logo that is white.

.........................cm²
(5)

24.

Calculate the perimeter of the sector.

.........................cm
(3)
25. Shown is a sector of a circle with radius 9.2cm.

The area of the sector is 38.4cm²

Find the size of angle θ

Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

.........................⁰
(3)

26. The diagram shows two right-angled triangles.

Calculate the value of x.

.........................cm
(5)
27. The diagram shows a solid triangular prism.

The prism is made from wood and has a mass of 643.8g

The density of wood is 1.85g/cm³

Calculate the length of the prism.

………………..cm
(4)

28. Timothy weighs the mass of some oranges, in grams.

The table shows some information about his results.

Work out an estimate for the mean mass of an orange.

..........................grams
(4)
29. In a small village, one bus arrives a day.

The probability of rain in the village is 0.3.

If it rains, the probability of a bus being late is 0.4.

If it does not rain, the probability of a bus being late is 0.15.

(a) Complete the tree diagram

(2)

(b) Work out the number of days the bus should be late over a period of 80 days.

..........................
(3)
30. A group of friends have been surveyed.

38% have been to Canada.

80% have been to France.
11% have been to neither Canada or France.

(a) Find the percentage of the group that have been to Canada and France.

……………………….%
(4)

One of the group, who has visited Canada is picked at random.

(b) Find the probability that they have been to France.

……………………….
(2)
31. The histograms shows information about the time taken by 140 students to
complete a puzzle.

(a) Complete this frequency table.

(2)
(b) Calculate an estimate of the median.

.........................
(3)
32. Mrs Hampton is potting plants.
She is using two mathematically similar pots, the smaller is 10cm tall and the
larger 14cm tall.

She has two bags of soil, each containing 30 litres of soil.

With the first bag, Mrs Hampton fills 20 small pots using all of the soil in the bag.

How many large pots can be filled completely using the second bag of soil?

.........................
(5)

33. Declan ran a distance of 200m in a time of 26.2 seconds.

The distance of 200m was measured to the nearest 10 metres.

The time of 26.2 was measured to the nearest tenth of a second.

Work out the upper bound for Declan’s average speed.

.........................m/s
(2)
34. (a) Solve y² + 9y + 2 = 8y + 58

.....................................
(2)

(b) Solve 5x² + 19x − 4 = 0

.....................................
(2)

35. Solve the equation x² − 2x − 9 = 0

Give your answers to two decimal places.

x = ..................... or x = .....................
(3)
36. The nth term of a sequence is 4n - 7

(a) Write down the first three terms of the sequence.

1st term ..............., 2nd term ..............., 3rd term ...............

(2)

(b) What is the difference between the 150th and 151st terms?

....................
(1)

The last term of this sequence is 393.

(c) How many terms are there in this sequence?

....................
(2)
37. Here are the first 5 terms of a quadratic sequence

9 17 29 45 65

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this quadratic sequence.

............................
(3)

38. Shown below is an isosceles triangle. Each side is measured in centimetres.

Find the perimeter of the triangle

............................
(4)
39.

The region labelled R satisfies three inequalities.

State the three inequalities

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

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

.......................................
(3)
40. Draw the circle with equation x² + y² = 16

(2)
41. Jack is filling a container with water.

The graph shows the depth of the water, in centimetres, t seconds after the start
of filling the container.

(a) Calculate an estimate for the gradient of the graph when t = 15 seconds.

………………..
(3)

(b) Describe fully what your answer to (a) represents

……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………
(2)

(c) Explain why your answer to (a) is only an estimate

……………………………………………………………………………………………
(1)
42.
43. Here is a circle, centre O, and the tangent to the circle at the point (6, 8).

Find the equation of the tangent at the point P.

............................
(4)
44. (a)

In triangle ABC the length of AC is 15cm.

Angle ABC = 112°
Angle BAC = 33°

Work out the length of BC.

.........................cm
(3)
(b)

Calculate the length of BC.

.........................cm
(3)
45.

Calculate the area of the triangle.

.........................cm²
(2)
46. DFG is a straight line.

(a) Write down the vector in terms of a and b

.........................
(1)
(b) DF : FG = 2:3

Work out the vector in terms of a and b

Give your answer in its simplest form.

.........................
(2)
47. There are 8 sweets in a bag.
Three sweets are red, three sweets are blue and two sweets are green.

Three sweets are selected at random without replacement.

Calculate the probability that the sweets are not all the same colour.

.........................
(4)

48. Solve the simultaneous equations

2x + y = 5
2x² + y² = 11
49. A remote control car drives in a straight line.
It starts from rest and travels with constant acceleration for 20 seconds reaching
a velocity of 12m/s.
It then travels at a constant speed for 20 seconds.
It then slows down with constant deceleration of 4m/s2.

(a) Draw a velocity time graph

(b) Using your velocity-time graph, work out the total distance travelled.

……………..m
(2)
50. A supermarket sells Baked Beans in two different size cans.

Which size can is the best value for money?

You must show all your working.

(4)
51.
(a) Use the fact 5 miles = 8 kilometres to draw a conversion graph on the grid.

(2)

Use your graph to convert

(b) 8 miles to kilometres

.........................km
(1)

(c) 6 kilometres to miles

.........................miles
(1)
52.

The area of the trapezium is 34cm².

Work out the value of x.

....................cm
(2)
53. The number of passengers on 10 buses was recorded.
The stem and leaf diagram shows this information.

(a) Work out the median.

......................
(1)
A bus is selected at random.

(b) What is the probability the bus has more than 20 passengers?

......................
(1)
The next bus has 32 passengers.

(c) Tick the box to show how this will effect the range.

(1)
54. 100 people study one language at a college.

Some people study French.

Some people study Spanish.
The rest of the people study German.

54 of the people are male.

20 of the 29 people who study Spanish are female.
31 people study German.
15 females study French.

Work out the number of males who study German.

.........................
(4)
55. The frequency polygon shows the weights of 120 red apples.

The table shows the weights of 120 green apples.

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information on the diagram above.
(2)

(b) Compare the two distributions.

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

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

(2)
56. Simplify

.............................
(2)

57. v = u + at

Work out a when v = 62, u = 250 and t = 8

.........................
(3)

58. Nigel measures the time, t seconds, to complete a race as 15.4 seconds correct
to the nearest tenth of a second.

Write down the error interval for t.

.........................
(2)
59. Expand and simplify (x − 6)(x + 1)(x − 2)

.................................................
(4)

60.

Enlarge the triangle by scale factor −½, using centre of enlargement (2, 0)

(3)
61.

Shown is a circle with centre O.

ABC is a straight line.
Angle CBD is 146°

Find the size of angle AOD.

.........................°
(3)
62. The cumulative frequency diagram shows the distribution of speeds for 60 cars
on a road.

(a) Estimate the median speed.

.........................
(1)

(b) Estimate the interquartile range of the speeds.

.........................
(2)

The speed limit on the road is 85 km/h.

(c) How many cars exceeded the speed limit?

.........................
(2)
63. A group of scientists want to estimate the number of eels in a lake.
They catch and ring 40 eels.
They return the 40 eels to the lake.
They then catch 180 eels and 23 are ringed.

Estimate the number of eels in the lake.

..........................
(2)

64. Factorise fully

..................................
(2)

65. (a) x is an integer.

Write down all the solutions of the inequality 30 < 7x + 1 < 135

......................................................
(3)

(b) Write down the inequality shown by the diagram.

.........................
(2)
66. Solve

..............................
(5)

67. Match each graph to the correct equation

is graph A

is graph ……..

is graph ……..

is graph ………
(2)
68.

The sketch shows a curve with equation

y = abx where a and b are constants and b > 0

The curve passes through the points (1, 14) and (4, 112)

Calculate the value of a and b

a = ....................

b = ....................

(3)
69. Write the numbers below in order.
Start with the smallest.

.....................................................
(3)

70.

.........................
(3)
71.

Prove that the angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference.

72.

(a) Find the equation of L.

..............................
(3)
The point P has coordinates (−2, 9).

(b) Find an equation of the line that is parallel to L and passes through P.

..............................
(2)
73. Shown below is a square based pyramid.
The apex E is directly over the centre of the base.

AD = 20cm
CE = 26cm

(a) Work out the length of AC

.........................cm
(2)

(b) Calculate angle CAE

......................... °
(2)

(c) Work out the height of the pyramid

.........................cm
(2)

(d) Calculate the volume of the pyramid

.........................cm³
(2)
74. ABCD is a square, X is a point in the diagonal BD and the
perpendicular from B to AX meets AC in Y.

D C
X

Y
A B

Prove that triangles AXD and AYB are congruent.

(4)
75. Hannah is baking two cakes.

One cake needs 1⅓ cups of milk.

Hannah has 1¼ cups of milk.

How much more milk does Hannah need?

.........................cups
(3)

76. In a box

the number of blue counters and the number green counters are in the ratio 7:4
the number of green counters and the number of red counters are in the ratio 3:1

The total number of counters in the bag is 444.

How many green counters are in the bag?

77. Write 32 in the form 4n

..........................
(2)

78.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B.

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

................................................................................................................................
(2)
79. A remote control car drives in a straight line.
It starts from rest and travels with constant acceleration for 20 seconds reaching
a velocity of 12m/s.
It then travels at a constant speed for 10 seconds.
It then slows down with constant deceleration of 2m/s2.

(a) Draw a velocity time graph

(b) Using your velocity-time graph, work out the total distance travelled.

……………..m
(2)

80. The speed limit on a road is 50 mph.

A car drives 19 miles in 22 minutes.

Is the car breaking the speed limit?

You must show your workings.

(3)
81. The table gives information about the weights of 50 male rugby players.

(a) Draw a box plot to show this information.

(3)

The weights of 50 female rugby players are also recorded.

The lightest female rugby player is 51kg.

The lower quartile is 60kg.
The median is 71kg.
The range and interquartile range for the female rugby players is the same as
the male rugby players.

(b) Draw a box plot to show this information.

(3)
82
(a) Factorise y² − 13y + 36

.....................................
(2)
(b) Factorise 2w² − 9w + 4

.....................................
(2)

83. Solve the inequality x² − 9x + 14 ≤ 0

............................
(3)

84. Here is the graph of y = cos x

(a) Write down the coordinates of the point A.

(.......... , ..........)
(1)
(b) Write down the coordinates of the point B.

(.......... , ..........)
(1)
85. Here is the graph of y = f(x)
The point P(4, 1) is a point on the graph.

What are the coordinates of the new position of P when the graph y = f(x) is
transformed to the graph of

(a) y = −f(x)

(............... , ...............)
(1)

(b) y = f(x) + 4

(............... , ...............)
(1)

(c) y = f(−x)

(............... , ...............)
(1)

(d) y = f(x + 5)

(............... , ...............)
(1)
86.

The straight line L has equation y = −½ x + 2

(a) Write down the equation of a line parallel to L

..............................
(1)

(b) Find an equation of the line that goes through the point (1, 6) and is
perpendicular to L

..............................
(3)
87. Prove (2n + 9)² − (2n + 5)² is always a multiple of 4

(4)

88. Martina has some coins.

Martina has to pay 60p for a car park ticket.

She selects 3 coins at random, without replacement, from her pocket.

Work out the probability that she has chosen the exact price of the ticket.

.........................
(4)
89. A is the point with coordinates (3, 20)
B is the point with coordinates (15, 2)
N is a point of the line AB such that AN : NB = 2 : 1

Find the coordinates of the point N.

90. In the diagram below, the lines ED and GH are parallel.

Prove that x + z = y

(3)
91. Here is shape ABCDEF

Describe fully a single transformation so that only vertex F is invariant.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………

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