1. Given that 5  5  5  5  5  5 = x n , where x and n are integers. State the values of x and n.

x = ……….…………………… [1]

n = ……….…………………… [1]

2. (a) Write 400 as product of prime factors, in index notation.

……….…………………… [2]

(b) Calculate (−9)3

……….…………………… [1]

3. Write the following expressions in index notation

(a) pq 2  pq 2  pq 2  pq 2

……….…………………… [2]

2 1 2
(b)  
n n n

……….…………………… [2]

(c) (7 w )
3 2x 5

……….…………………… [2]
4. Simplify
2
(a) ( 216x6 ) 3

……….…………………… [2]

3
−
(b)  81  4
 8
y 

……….…………………… [3]

5. Simplify.
p 7 q 6  p −2 q 2

……….………………… [2]

6. Find the value of x .

a x  a2
= a −7
a2 x

……….………………… [2]
7. (a) State how many significant figures there are in each of the following values.
(i) 980000
……….…………………… [1]

(ii) 140.0
……….…………………… [1]

(iii) 0.000320
……….…………………… [1]

(b) Write 12.3998 correct to

(i) 2 significant figures.
……….…………………… [1]

(ii) 5 significant figures.

……….…………………… [1]

8. (a) Work out, giving your answer in standard form,

(i) (8 10−4 )  (5 10−7 )

……….…………………… [1]

(ii) (2.3  105 ) − (2.3 106 )

……….…………………… [2]

(b) The mass of 80 coins is 184g. Find the mass of one coin, in mg, and give your answer in
standard form

……….…………………… [2]
9. A group of students are planning for a school trip to visit an art museum. The art museum is
located 301 km from their school, correct to the nearest km. They plan to stop for a night at
Jack Hill which located 289 km away from their school, correct to nearest km.

Workout the lower bound and upper bound for the distance between Jack Hill to the art museum
in km.

Lower bound = …………………………… km

Upper bound = ……………………………. km [3]

10. (a) The average lifespan of bacterium is 12 hours, correct to nearest hour.
Complete this statement about the average lifespan of bacterium, L.

……….………  L  ..…….……… [2]

(b) A beaker containing 600 ml of water is heated by a burner, correct to the nearest 50 ml.
At boiling point, the water evaporates at a rate of 17 ml per minute, correct to the nearest
ml.

Calculate the lower bound and upper bound for the number of minutes, T, it takes to
evaporate all the water in the beaker, correct to 2 decimal places.

……………..…  T  …………….. [4]

11. A survey to 100 students is carried out to see how much time, t minutes, they spent to read in
a day.
The frequency table shows the results.

Time (t min) 0  t  10 10  t  20 20  t  40 40  t  60 60  t  70
Frequency 9 15 54 17 5

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time (t min) t  10 t  20 t  40 t  60 t  70
Cumulative
9 24 100
Frequency

[1]
 (b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.

100

90

80

70

60

50
Cumulative
Frequency
40

30

20

10

0
10 20 30 40 60 70 Time
50
(minutes)
[3]
(c) By using a cumulative frequency diagram, find an estimate of

(i) The interquartile range

……….………………. min [2]

(ii) The number of students who took more than 50 minutes to read.

……….…………………… [2]
(d) An incomplete table and histogram about time spend, t min, to read in a day by 154
adults is recorded.
Time
0t 5 5  t  15 15  t  30 30  t  50 50  t  60
(t min)
Frequency 10 30 24
(i) Complete the table and histogram to show the information in the table above.

Frequency
Density

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 Time
(minutes)

[3]

(ii) Work out the percentage of this group who spend time to read from 0 to 30.

……….………………… % [2]
12. (a) y is directly proportional to the cube root of (x + 3).
4
When x = 61, y = .
5
Find y when x = 213

y = …….…………………… [3]

(b) p varies directly with square of q and cube of r.

Given that p = 98, q = 7 and r = 2.

(i) Express p in terms of q and r

……….…………………… [2]

(ii) Calculate value of p when q = 3 and r = 6.

……….…………………… [1]

(iii) Calculate r when p = 343 and q = 2.

……….…………………… [2]
 (c) The distance, D covered by a train is directly proportional to the time taken, t hours.
The train travels 172 km in 4 hours.
What distance will the train cover in 2 hours 30 minutes?

……….…………………… [3]

13. M is inversely proportional to the square of N.

If M = 9 when N = 2 .
Find N when M = 1

……….…………………… [3]

14. The number of hours, h required to dig a certain hole is inversely proportional to the number
of men available x. When 6 men are digging, the hole takes 4 hours. Find the time taken when
8 men are available.

……….…………hours [3]
15. (a) Write each the following relations in the variation form (∝).
(i) Y varies directly as x and inversely as z.

……………………………. [1]

(ii) L varies jointly as d and the square e, and inversely as the cube root of g.

……………………………. [1]

(b) R2
It is given that S ∝ .
T
If S = 10 when R = 8 and T = 3.2, calculate the value of S when R = 10 and T = 0.2.

……….…………………… [3]

16. Given 5 y − 3 x = 15 is equation of a straight line.

State the value of the gradient, m and y-intercept, c.

m = ………………………… [1]
c = ………………………… [1]
 x y
17. The line RS is passes through a point ( 3,10 ) and parallel to a line − = 1 . State the equation
2 4
of the line RS in the form of y = mx + c .

………………………… [3]

18. Show that the line PQ, 2 y = 2 x − 6 is parallel to the line BC, 4 y − 4 x = 14 .

………………………… [2]

19. The equation of line L is 2 x − 4 y − 10 = 0 .

(a) Find the equation of line N that is perpendicular to L and passes through the origin.

……….…………………… [3]
 (b) State the point of intersection of line L and N.

(………. , ……….) [2]

20.

y NOT TO
SCALE

●
●E

● x
O

The diagram shows the straight lines DE and EF.

1
The equation of the straight line DE is y = − x + 4 and point E lies on the y-axis.
2
Point O is the origin.

Find
(a) the coordinates of point E.

(………. , ……….) [1]

(b) gradient of straight line EF.

……….…………………… [2]
21. Malcolm is managing a community food bank during a pandemic. He has limited supplies of
two essential items ; rice and flour. Let x represents the kilogram of rice and y represents the
kilogram of flour available.
The distribution of these 2 items for a family is based on the following information:

I : Each family will get at most 8 kilograms of rice.

II : Each family will get at least 2 kilograms of flour.
III : The distribution must not exceed 15 kilograms for both items.
IV : The weight of rice is less than three times weight of flour.

Write four inequalities that satisfy all the above information.

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

22. An institution of higher learning offers undergraduates course in actuarial science and computer
science. The number of actuarial science student is x and computer science student are y.
The enrolment for these two courses is based on the following information:

I : The total number of students for these two courses are not more than 350.
II : The number of computer science students exceeds the number of actuarial science
students by at most 100.
III : The number of actuarial science student is less than two times computer science student.

(a) Write three inequalities, other than x  0 and y  0 which satisfy all the given
information.

……….……………………
……….……………………
……….…………………… [3]
 (b) On the grid, show the information from part (a) by drawing three straight lines and
shading the unwanted regions.

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0 x
50 100 150 200 250 300 350

[3]