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Y8 Term 1B Revision

Question 1
[OCR GCSE June 2014 3H Q10a]
Multiply out.
5 ( 3 x− y )

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(1 mark)

Question 2
[OCR GCSE(9-1) June 2017 3F Q4a]
Expand and simplify.
5 ( x−2 )−2 ( x−4 )

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(2 marks)

Question 3
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018 1F Q16c, June 2018 1H Q3c]
Solve
5 ( x+ 3 )=3 x−4

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(3 marks)

Question 4
[Edexcel Linked Pair June 2017 Applications 1F Q22, Applications 1H Q4]
Aaron, Bonny and Connor are playing a game with cards.
Aaron has some cards.
Bonny has twice as many cards as Aaron.
Connor has 6 cards more than Bonny.
They have a total of 101 cards.
Work out how many cards Aaron has.

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(4 marks)

Question 5
[Edexcel IGCSE May2016-4H Q15c]
Solve
2 3
y + y =5
3 8

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(3 marks)

Question 6
[Edexcel GCSE Nov2009-2F Q21c]
Solve
x
=10
5

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(1 mark)

Question 7
[Eduqas GCSE Summer 2019 Foundation Paper 1 Q10 b) i)]
The scatter diagram shows the times it took 10 of the runners to complete the other
two runs.One of these 10 runners was injured during the third run and walked most of
the way.
What plot is most likely to represent this runner on the scatter diagram?

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(1 mark)

Question 8
[OCR GCSE(9-1) SAM 2F Q10biii Edited]
The graph shows the number of ice creams sold in a shop each day against the temperature at
midday that day.

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Explain why using the scatter graph to predict the number of ice creams sold when the
temperature at midday was 22° C is more reliable than when the temperature was 28° C

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(2 marks)

Question 9
[OCR GCSE June 2014 2F Q13]
There is an outbreak of chickenpox in a city.
Of the children who have chickenpox:
• one eighth are under 6 years old
• three eighths are from 6 to 9 years old
• 96 are over 9 years old.
How many children in the city altogether have got chickenpox?

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(3 marks)

Question 10
Work out
2 1
4 +1
3 6
Give our answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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Question 11
Write the following mixed number as an improper fraction.
3
2
5

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Question 12
Calculate:
1 5
4 −
2 9
giving your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

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Question 13
Work out
3 1
÷
10 10
Which of the following is a correct first step?
10 10
[ ] 3
×
1
10 1
[ ] ×
3 10
3 10
[ ] ×
10 1
3 10
[ ] ÷
10 1

Question 14
1 1
Calculate: 3 ÷1
2 3
giving your answer as mixed number in its simplest form.

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Question 15
Tarnjeet has 1200 Twitter followers. After a particularly riveting Tweet, his number of follows
3 3
goes up by . The day after his followers goes up from the current number again.
4 4
How many followers does he have now?

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Question 16
6
Dr Goodenough manages to cure of her 110 patients. How many patients is this?
11

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Question 17
1
1+
1 a
[Senior Kangaroo 2015 Q2] The value of the expression 1+ is , where a and b are
1 b
1+
5
integers whose only common factor is 1. What is the value of a+ b?

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Question 18
Evaluate:
2
5 ( )
−2 1−
1
3

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Question 19
Calculate the following, leaving your answer as mixed number:
3 6
58 −25
4 7
(Note: You should not be converting these fractions to improper fractions as part of
your calculation.)

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Question 20
Calculate the following, leaving your answer as mixed number:
5 9
101 +202
7 14
(Note: You should not be converting these fractions to improper fractions as part of
your calculation.)

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Question 21
Solve −8 ( x−3 )+ x−3=−10 x

x=¿ ..........................

Question 22
[Edexcel GCSE Nov2010-1F Q11b]
h=3 f + 4 g
f =2 g=−1
Work out the value of h .

h=¿ ..........................
(2 marks)

Question 23
Use the formula:
v=u+at
Calculate v when:
u=10, a=−3, t=4

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v=¿ ..........................

Question 24
[Edexcel IGCSE May2014(R)-4H Q9]
The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD.
In the diagram, all the angles are in degrees.

Work out the value of x and the value of y .

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(4 marks)

Question 25
[AQA IGCSE FM Jan2013-P2 Q14]
The value of x is 50% more than the value of t .
The value of y is 10% less than the value of w .
x= y
t
Work out
w
Give your answer as a decimal.

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(4 marks)

Question 26
[Edexcel GCSE June2008-1F Q23c]

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Adam, Barry and Charlie each buy some stamps.

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(1 mark)

Question 27
Find a simplified expression for the shaded area of the shape drawn below.

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Question 28
What kind of correlation between x and y is shown on the scatter graph drawn below?

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[ ] Positive correlation

[ ] Negative correlation

[ ] No correlation

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Answers

Question 1
15 x−5 y

Question 2
3 x−2

Question 3
−19
x=
2

Question 4
19 cards

Question 5
y=4.8

Question 6
x=50

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Question 7

Question 8
" range OR data for 28 OR result at 28 OR results at 28"

Question 9
192 children

Question 10
5
5
6
Question 11
13
5
Question 12
17
3
18
Question 13
3 10
×
10 1
Question 14
5
2
8
Question 15
3675 followers
Question 16
60 patients

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Question 17
28

Question 18
−14
15
Question 19
25
32
28
Question 20
5
304
14
Question 21
x=¿ -7
Question 22
h=¿ 2

Question 23
v=¿ -2
Question 24
x=18 , y=60

Question 25
0.6

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Question 26
x +5

Question 27
2
x + 9 x+ 6
Question 28
No correlation

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