WEEK 6 TASKS

(Higher 7+)

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Remember: The exam is your opportunity to “show what you
know”!
 WEEK 6 TASK 1
Estimated completion time = 90 minutes.
 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 Calculate √6sin 72° − 4cos 39°

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 ABC and PQR are similar triangles.

AB : PQ = 2 : 5

(i) Work out the length of PQ.

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(2)

(ii) Work out the length of BC.

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

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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3 The table shows information about the distances travelled by 50 new cars before a tyre was
changed.

Distance (d km) Number of cars

5000 ⩽ d ˂ 25 000 9
25 000 ⩽ d ˂ 45 000 25
45 000 ⩽ d ˂ 65 000 16

Calculate an estimate for the mean distance.

...................... km

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

4 The diagram shows a cylinder with diameter 10 cm and height 12 cm.

10 cm

12 cm

Calculate the volume of this cylinder.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)

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5 Luke invested £4000 in a savings account for 3 years.
Compound interest was paid at a rate of 1.8% each year.

Alexa also invested £4000 in a savings account for 3 years.

Simple interest was paid at a rate of 1.8% each year.

Luke got more interest than Alexa in total over the 3 years.

How much more?

You must show all your working.

£ .........................

(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 The height, h metres, of a tall building is 184 metres correct to the nearest metre.

Complete the following statement to show the range of possible values of h.

...................... ⩽ h < ......................

(Total for Question 6 is 2 marks)

7 Here is a rectangle ABCD.

Work out the perimeter of the rectangle.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

..................... cm

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x3 + 2

x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

y −6 3

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x3 + 2 for values of x from −3 to 3

(2)
(c) Use your graph to find the value of x when y = 6

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(1)
(Total for Question 8 is 5 marks)

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9 Here is some information about the population and the land area of England, Scotland and
Wales in 2016

Population Land area (km2)

England 5.5 ×107 1.3 ×105
Scotland 5.4 ×106 8.0 ×104
Wales 1.9 ×106 2.1 ×104

(a) Calculate the total population of England, Scotland and Wales in 2016

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(1)

(b) Calculate the average number of people per km2 in England, Scotland and Wales in 2016
Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

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(3)
(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

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10 There are n adults in a club.
54 of the adults are over 30 years of age.

20 of the adults in the club are chosen at random.

8 of these 20 adults are over 30 years of age.

Work out an estimate for the value of n.

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(Total for Question 10 is 2 marks)

8 − 3x
11 Solve = 8 – 2x
4

x =……………………..

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

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12 Mrs Atkins is going to choose two students from her class to take part in a competition.
She can choose from 16 girls and 14 boys.

(a) Work out the number of different ways of choosing one girl and one boy.

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(1)

(b) Work out the number of different ways of choosing two boys.

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(2)

(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)

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13 (a) Show that the equation x4 – 3x – 1 = 0 has a solution between x = 1 and x = 2

(2)

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(b) Show that for x ˃ 0 the equation x4 – 3x – 1 = 0 can be arranged to give x = √3x + 1

(1)

4
(c) Starting with x0 = 1, use the iteration formula xn + 1 = √3xn + 1 once to find
an estimate for a solution of x4 – 3x – 1 = 0

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(1)

(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

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14

ABC and DEF are two arcs of circles, centre O.

OFA and ODC are straight lines.

6πr + 3πt + 10t

(a) Show that the perimeter of the shaded region is given by cm
5

(5)

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 6πr + 3πt + 10t
(b)(i) Find the exact value of when r = 0 and t = 10
5
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(1)
(ii) Explain what your value in part (b)(i) represents.

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(1)

(Total for Question 14 is 7 marks)

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15 c is inversely proportional to d.
c = 0.5 when d = 6

Find a formula for c in terms of d.

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(Total for Question 15 is 3 marks)

16 There are some counters in a box.

Each counter is blue or green or red or yellow.

The total number of blue and green counters is twice the total number of red and yellow counters.
1
The number of green counters is of the number of blue counters.
6

Show that, to the nearest percent, the percentage of blue counters in the box is 57 %

(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)

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Calculate the area of the parallelogram PQRS.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
You must show all your working.

..................... cm²

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 Frank invested an amount of money for 12 years.

The graph shows the value of Frank’s investment over the 12 year period.

(a) (i) Write down the amount of money that Frank invested.

£ .........................
(1)

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Frank said that 12 years after he had made his investment, it was worth more than five times
its original value.

(ii) Was Frank correct?

Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)

(b) (i) Find an estimate for the gradient of the curve at n = 7

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(3)

(ii) Explain what this gradient represents.

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(1)

(Total for Question 18 is 6 marks)

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19

The incomplete histogram shows information about the weights of 100 babies.
All 100 babies have a weight between 1 kg and 5 kg.

6 of the babies have a weight between 1 kg and 2.5 kg.

Complete the histogram.

You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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20 Two bags, A and B, each contain only green marbles and red marbles.

There are 6 green marbles and 4 red marbles in bag A.

There are 8 green marbles and 2 red marbles in bag B.

One marble is going to be taken at random from bag A and placed in bag B.

A marble is then going to be taken at random from bag B.

Work out the probability that this marble will be a green marble.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)

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21 Here is a solid cuboid.

The volume of the cuboid is 119 cm³

The total surface area of the cuboid is 155.5 cm²

Given that x > y, work out the value of x and the value of y.
You must show all your working.

x = .........................

y = .........................

(Total for Question 21 is 5 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS

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 WEEK 6 TASK 2
Estimated completion time = 90 minutes.
 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

297 ´ 9.44
1 Work out an estimate for the value of
0.503

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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
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2 The diagram shows a square ABCD.

D C

22 TheThe diagram
diagram shows
shows a square
a square ABCD.
ABCD.

D C
N

N
A M B

M is the midpoint of AB.

N is the midpoint of AD.
A M B
The area of the shaded triangle AMN is 18 cm2

M is
M the midpoint
is the of of
midpoint AB.
AB.
Work
N isN the out the area
midpoint
is the of triangle
of of
midpoint AD.AD. MCN.
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area of of
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triangle AMNAMN
is is
1818
cmcm
Work
Work outout
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area of of triangle
triangle MCN.
MCN.

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(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)
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(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

3 (a) On the number line below, show the set of values of x x 4

x
0 1 2 4 5
(2)(2)
(b) Solve the inequality 4y − 7 < 15 x
(b) Solve the inequality 4y 15 0 1 2 4 5
(2)

(b) Solve the inequality 4y 15

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(2)
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(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)
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4 There are 140 balloons in a packet.
The balloons are red or yellow or blue or green.
20% of the balloons are red.
2
of the balloons are yellow.
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The ratio of the number of blue balloons to the number of green balloons is 5 : 4
Work out the number of green balloons in the packet.

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(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)
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5 (a) Write down the value of 10−2

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(1)
(b) Write the number 375 000 000 in standard form.

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(1)
(c) Write the following numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

582 × 103 5.82 × 10−2 0.005 82 0.582 × 105

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(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)
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6 The diagram shows some information about junctions A, B and C on a motorway.

Raja drove from A to B at an average speed of 50 mph.

The distance from A to B is 10 miles.
Raja took 30 minutes to drive from A to C.
He drove from A to C at an average speed of 62 mph.
Work out Raja’s average speed as he drove from B to C.

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(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)
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7 Kirsty bought a new TV.
The total cost of the TV was £360, including VAT at 20%
Work out the cost of the TV before the VAT was added.

£......................................................
(Total for Question 7 is 2 marks)
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8 (a) Complete the table of values for y =
x

x 0.2 0.5 1 2 4 5
y 4 0.4

(2)
2
(b) On the grid below, draw the graph of y = for values of x from 0.2 to 5
x

(2)
(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)
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9 A, B and C are three points.
The coordinates of A are (−2, 5)
The coordinates of B are (1, 1)
The coordinates of C are (19, −23)
Does point C lie on the straight line that passes through A and B?
You must show how you get your answer.

(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)

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10 The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the heights of 60 fir trees.

(a) Use the graph to find an estimate for the median height.

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(1)
(b) Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the heights.

...................................................... m
(2)
 (c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the percentage of these fir trees that have a
height greater than 30 metres.

......................................................%
(3)
(Total for Question 10 is 6 marks)
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11 Jo has to make h the subject of the formula d=
2
Here is her working.

2d = 3h
2d 2 = 3h

2d 2
h=
3
What mistake has Jo made in the second line of her working?

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(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)
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12 Write 1.136 as a fraction in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)
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13

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

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(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)
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14 Here is a table of values for m and for r

m 2 6 10 14
r 20 16 12 8

Harry says,
“r is inversely proportional to m because the values of r decrease by 4 and the
values of m increase by 4”
(a) Is Harry correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.

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(1)

y is inversely proportional to x2
(b) Complete this table of values.

x 1 2 5

y 50 2

(4)
(Total for Question 14 is 5 marks)
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15

A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

AE and CE are tangents to the circle.
Angle ABC = 110°
Work out the size of angle AEC.
You must show all your working.

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(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)
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16 Express 45 + in the form a 5 where a is an integer.
5

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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)
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17 Here are the first five terms of an arithmetic sequence.

2 5 8 11 14

Prove algebraically that the sum of the squares of any two consecutive terms of this
sequence is always 1 less than a multiple of 6

(Total for Question 17 is 4 marks)

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18 Here is a speed-time graph for part of a car journey.
This part of the journey took 60 seconds.

The car travelled at a constant speed of V m/s for the first 40 seconds.
It travelled 1 km in the 60 seconds.
Work out the value of V.

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(Total for Question 18 is 3 marks)
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19 Here is a logo, OABCDEF.

OABEF is a sector of a circle, centre O and radius 7 cm.

OBCDE is a sector of a circle, centre O and radius 12 cm.
Angle AOF = 100°
Angle COD = 40°
The perimeter of the logo is P cm.
Find the exact value of P.
Give your answer in the form a + bπ where a and b are integers.

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(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)
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 20 Dan has a grid of nine circles.
20 Dan has a grid of nine circles.
20 Dan has a grid of nine circles.
20 Dan has a grid of nine circles.

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circles are in aa straight
straight line.
line.
(b) Find the probability that these three circles are in a straight
(b) Find the probability that these three circles are in a straight line. line.

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(3)
(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)
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21 f(x) =
x+3
g(x) = 3x + 1

(a) Find f −1(x)

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(2)

Given that a>0

(b) find the set of values of a for which gf(2a) < a

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(5)
(Total for Question 21 is 7 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS

 WEEK 6 TASK 3
Estimated completion time = 90 minutes.
 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 (a) Work out the reciprocal of 0.8

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(1)

7.4 - 2.52
(b) Work out
5.6 + 7.2
Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

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(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)
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2 In a box there are only red beads, green beads, yellow beads and pink beads.
The table shows each of the probabilities that, when a bead is taken at random from the
box, the colour of the bead is red or is green.

Colour red green yellow pink

Probability 0.16 0.2

The number of yellow beads is the same as the number of pink beads.
Vera is going to take at random one bead from the box and put the bead back in the box.
(a) Work out the probability that Vera will take a pink bead.

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(2)

Cathy is going to take a bead from the box.

She will record the colour of the bead and put the bead back in the box.
Cathy will do this 50 times.
(b) Work out an estimate for the number of times she will take a red bead from the box.

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(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)
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3 The scatter graph shows information about the number of cups of tea sold by a cafe
each day and the temperature at noon that day.

On a different day 46 cups of tea were sold and the temperature at noon was 22°C
(a) Show this information on the scatter graph.
(1)
(b) What type of correlation does the scatter graph show?

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(1)

On a Tuesday the temperature at noon is expected to be 10°C

(c) Using the scatter graph, find an estimate for the number of cups of tea the cafe can
expect to sell on this Tuesday.

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(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 4 marks)
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44 ABCD
ABCD
is aisrectangle.
a rectangle.

A x+4 B

3x

D C

AllAll
measurements areare
measurements in centimetres.
in centimetres.
TheThe perimeter
perimeter of of
thethe rectangle
rectangle is 38
is 38 cm.cm.
(a) (a) Work
Work out out
the the length
length of AD.
of AD.

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(4)

Jamal says,
. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . cm
“If I double the value of x then the perimeter of the rectangle will double.” (4)
(b) says,
Jamal Is Jamal correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
“If I double the value of x then the perimeter of the rectangle will double.”
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(b) Is Jamal correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
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(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)
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(Total for Question 4 is 5 marks)

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5 Here are the equations of five straight lines.

y=3 y = 3x + 2 3y = x + 2 x=3 x + 3y = 2

Each of these straight lines is parallel to the x-axis or is parallel to the y-axis or has a
positive gradient or has a negative gradient.
Complete the following table by placing a tick (✓) in the correct column for each equation.

Line parallel to Line parallel to Line with Line with

Equation
the x-axis the y-axis positive gradient negative gradient
y=3

y = 3x + 2

3y = x + 2

x=3

x + 3y = 2

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

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66 ABCD
ABCD
is aisrectangle.
a rectangle.

A 15 cm B

17 cm
E

D C

E isE the point

is the onon
point ADAD
such that
such AEAE
that : ED = 4=: 43 : 3
: ED
Work
Work outout
thethe area
area of of
thethe rectangle.
rectangle.

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(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)
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(Total for Question 6 is 5 marks)

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7 The mass of pint of milk is 303 g.
2
1 pint is 0.568 litres
1000 cm3 = 1 litre
Work out the density of the milk.
Give your answer in g/cm3

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(Total for Question 7 is 3 marks)
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8 Selina invests £2000 in a savings account for 3 years.
The account pays compound interest at a rate of 2.5% per annum.
Calculate the total amount of interest Selina will get by the end of the 3 years.

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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9 The diagram shows the right-angled triangle ABC.

CDB is a straight line.

Calculate the length of DB.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)
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10 A shop sells
17 different types of sandwich
15 different types of drink
26 different types of snack
14 different types of dessert.
A meal deal consists of either
a sandwich, a drink and a snack
or a sandwich, a drink and a dessert.
(a) Show that there are over 10 000 different ways to choose a meal deal.

(3)

The owner of the shop says,

“If I halve the number of snacks available, this will halve the number
of ways to choose a meal deal.”
The owner of the shop is incorrect.
(b) Explain why.

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(1)
(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)
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11 (a) Expand and simplify (x + 2)(3x − 1)(x + 4)

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(3)
23 - 2 y
(b) Solve = y-7
4

y = .......................................................
(3)
(c) Solve 3p2 − 3p − 7 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)
(Total for Question 11 is 9 marks)
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12

(a) Write down the inequalities that define the shaded region.

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Natalie is asked to shade the region y ⩾ x on a coordinate grid.
Here is her answer.

(b) What error has Natalie made?

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(1)
(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)
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13 Solid A and solid B are similar.
The ratio of the volume of solid A to the volume of solid B is 27 : 1000
The surface area of solid A is 810 cm2
Calculate the surface area of solid B.

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
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D C
E

A B
p
ABCD
ABCD is is a parallelogram.
a parallelogram.
AB ®
=p
AB = p
AD = q
®
TheAD = qE lies on AC such that AE : EC = 4 : 1
point
The point E lies on AC such that AE : EC = 4 : 1
Find DE in terms of p and q.
®
Give your
Find DEanswer in its
in terms of psimplest
and q. form.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
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(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 Here is a speed-time graph.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the gradient of the graph at time 50 seconds.

You must show how you get your answer.

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(3)
(b) Describe what your answer to part (a) represents.

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(1)
(Total for Question 15 is 4 marks)
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16 Here is triangle ABC.

Calculate the value of x.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)
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17 A disc is placed on horizontal ground.
The disc exerts a force of F newtons over an area of A cm2
where
F = 576.2 correct to 1 decimal place
A = 72 correct to 2 significant figures.
The disc exerts a pressure of P newtons/cm2 on the ground.
By considering bounds, calculate the value of P to a suitable degree of accuracy.
You must show all your working and give a reason for your answer.

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(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)
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18 Write the expression 4x2 + 12x + 7 in the form (ax + b)2 + c

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(Total for Question 18 is 2 marks)
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19 At the start of day n, the number of cells being used in an experiment is Tn

At the start of the next day, the number of cells being used in the experiment is Tn +1 where
Tn +1 = kTn and k is a positive constant.
Given that
T1 = 250 000
T3 = 490 000
T7 : T4 = m : 1
find the value of m.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)
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20 Donna found out information about the areas, in m2, of some fields.
The table shows some information about her results.

Area (p m2) Frequency

0 < p ⩽ 10 000 4
10 000 < p ⩽ 30 000 16
30 000 < p ⩽ 60 000 15
60 000 < p ⩽ 70 000
70 000 < p ⩽ 110 000

Donna drew a histogram of her results.

The height of the bar for the class interval 70 000 < p ⩽ 110 000 is twice the height of
the bar for the class interval 0 < p ⩽ 10 000
(a) Write down the frequency for the interval 70 000 < p ⩽ 110 000

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(1)

The height of the bar for the class interval 10 000 < p ⩽ 30 000 is 4 cm.
(b) Work out the height of the bar for the class interval 30 000 < p ⩽ 60 000

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(2)
(Total for Question 20 is 3 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS

 WEEK 6 TASK 4
Estimated completion time = 90 minutes.
 Answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

You must write down all the stages in your working.

1 (a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 78 and 130

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(2)
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 96

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(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
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2 Nik owns a stationery shop.
She bought 72 pencils for a total cost of £4.68
Nik sells all 72 pencils for 15p each.
Work out Nik’s percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)
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3 Joel is going to make candles.
He will pour melted wax into moulds.
Each mould is in the shape of a cylinder with diameter 12 cm and height 18 cm.
Joel has 15 kg of solid wax.
He knows that 1 kg of solid wax makes 1170 cm3 of melted wax.
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To make each candle, Joel will pour melted wax into a mould to of the height
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of the mould.
He wants to make as many candles as he can.
How many candles can Joel make when using 15 kg of solid wax?
You must show your working.

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(Total for Question 3 is 5 marks)
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4 In January, Lamai worked 45 hours per week and got paid £12.50 per hour.
In February, the number of hours Lamai worked per week was 20% less than the
number of hours she worked per week in January.
She was paid 32% more per hour in February than in January.
Work out how much more Lamai was paid per week in February than in January.

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(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)
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5 Jess rounds a number, n, to one decimal place.

The result is 15.6
Complete the error interval for n.

............................ ⩽ n < ............................

(Total for Question 5 is 2 marks)
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6 The table gives information about the weights, in kg, of 25 babies.

6 The table gives information about the weights, in kg, of 25 babies.

Weight (w kg) Frequency

2.5 Weight
w 3.0(w kg) 4Frequency

3.0 2.5
w < 3.5
w ⩽ 3.0 8 4

3.5 3.0
w < 4.0
w ⩽ 3.5 11 8

4.0 3.5
w < 4.5
w ⩽ 4.0 2 11
4.0 < w ⩽ 4.5 2
Work out an estimate for the mean weight.
Work out an estimate for the mean weight.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . kg

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)
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7 Point
7 APoint A has coordinates (−4, 2)
Point APoint A is translated to the point with coordinates (−1, −3)
Find, as a column vector, the vector that describes this translation.
Find, as a column vector, the vector that describes this translation.

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(Total for(Total for Question

Question 7 is 2 marks)
7 is 2 marks)
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8 It takes 4 hours to print some letters when 7 printers are used.
4
Work out the time taken to print the letters when 3 printers are used.
Give your answer in hours and minutes.

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(Total for Question 8 is 3 marks)
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9 Here is the graph of y = 4 + 3x − x2 for values of x from −2 to 5

(a) Write down estimates for the coordinates of the turning point on the graph of y = 4 + 3x − x2

(............................ , ............................)
(1)
(b) Use the graph to find estimates of the solutions to the equation 4 + 3x − x2 = −2

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(2)
(Total for Question 9 is 3 marks)
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10 Peter pays £5000 for a factory machine.
The value of the machine depreciates at a rate of x% per annum.
At the end of 6 years the value of the machine is £3493.62
Calculate the value of x.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
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11 PQR and PST are two triangles.

Are triangle PQR and triangle PST similar?

Justify your answer.

(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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12 The box plots give information about the distances a javelin is thrown by 60 male
athletes and by 60 female athletes.

(a) Work out the interquartile range for the distances thrown by the male athletes.

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(2)

Fayha says,
“The box plots show that the male athletes threw the javelin further than the female athletes.”
(b) Is Fayha correct?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(1)
(c) Work out an estimate for the number of the female athletes that threw the javelin a
distance greater than 33 m.

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(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)
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13 Here are the first six terms of a quadratic sequence.

10 19 34 55 82 115

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

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(Total for Question 13 is 3 marks)
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2x 2 + 10x - 48 ax + b
14 Show that can be written in the form where a, b, c and d are integers.
2
x - 64 cx + d

(Total for Question 14 is 3 marks)

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15 ABC is a triangle.

(a) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(2)
(b) Calculate the length of AC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

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(3)
(Total for Question 15 is 5 marks)
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16 (a) Show that the equation 5x = x3 – 9 can be rearranged to give x= 3
9 + 5x

(1)
(b) Starting with x0 = 3,
use the iteration formula xn +1 = 3 9 + 5xn three times to find an estimate for a
solution of 5x = x3 − 9
Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.

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(3)
(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)
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17 Here is a speed-time graph for the first 40 seconds of an aeroplane’s journey.

Work out an estimate for the distance the aeroplane travelled in the first 40 seconds of its journey.
Use 4 strips of equal width.

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(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
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18 The centre of the base of a solid cone is placed at the centre of the flat face of a
hemisphere to make a sculpture.

The diameter of the hemisphere is 6.4 m.

The diameter of the base of the cone is 2.2 m and the slant height of the cone is 8 m.
Callum is going to cover this sculpture with one coat of paint.
He assumes that each tin of paint will cover 8.5 m2
Callum thinks he will need to buy 15 tins of paint.
(a) Will 15 tins of paint be enough?
You must show how you get your answer.

(5)
Callum finds out that each tin of paint will actually cover 7.5 m2
(b) How does this affect your answer to part (a)?

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(1)
(Total for Question 18 is 6 marks)
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19 200 people were asked if they like any of running, cycling or swimming.
Of these people,
8 like running, swimming and cycling
16 like running and swimming but not cycling
33 do not like any of these activities
28 like cycling and swimming
all 40 people who like cycling like at least one other activity
124 like running
One of the people asked is chosen at random.
Given that this person likes swimming, find the probability that this person likes cycling.

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(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)
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20 The diagram shows a triangular prism.

The base, ABCD, of the prism is a rectangle.

Angle DCF and angle ABE are right angles.
M is the point on DA such that DM : MA = 3 : 2
Calculate the size of the angle between EM and the base of the prism.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(Total for Question 20 is 4 marks)
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21 The graph of y = f(x) is shown on the grid below.

(a) On the grid above, sketch the graph of y = − f(x)

(1)

C is the circle with equation x2 + y2 = 9

æ - 2ö
The circle C is translated by the vector ç ÷ to give circle S.
è 0ø
(b) Draw a sketch of circle S.
Label with coordinates the centre of circle S and any points of intersection with the x-axis.

(3)
T is a circle with centre (0, 0)
P is the point on T with coordinates (12, −9)
(c) Find an equation of the tangent to T at the point P.

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(3)
(Total for Question 21 is 7 marks)
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TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS