10 SL Revision

1.

3 4

Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (5a + b) .

(Total 4 marks)

2.

An arithmetic series has five terms. The first term is 2 and the last term is 32. Find the sum of
the series.
(Total 4 marks)

3.

1
x1
Solve the equation 9 = 3

2x

.
(Total 4 marks)

4.

(a)

Factorize x 3x 10.

(b)

Solve the equation x 3x 10 = 0.

(Total 4 marks)

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5.

Find the sum of the arithmetic series

17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.
(Total 4 marks)

6.

A triangle has sides of length 4, 5, 7 units. Find, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the size of the
largest angle.
(Total 4 marks)

7.

O is the centre of the circle which has a radius of 5.4 cm.

The area of the shaded sector OAB is 21.6 cm . Find the length of the minor arc AB.
(Total 4 marks)

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Solve the equation 3 sin2 x = cos2 x, for 0 x 180.

8.

(Total 4 marks)

9.

Given the following frequency distribution, nd

(a)

the median;

(b)

the mean.
Number (x)

Frequency (f )

16

18

20

(Total 4 marks)

10.

For the events A and B, p(A) = 0.6, p(B) = 0.8 and p(A B) = 1.
Find
(a)

p(AB);

(b)

p( A B).
(Total 4 marks)

11.

Find the sum of the infinite geometric series

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2 4 8 16 ...
3 9 27 81
(Total 4 marks)

12.

The table shows the scores of competitors in a competition.

Score

10

20

30

40

50

Number of competitors with this

score

The mean score is 34. Find the value of k.

(Total 4 marks)

13.

At a conference of 100 mathematicians there are 72 men and 28 women. The men have a mean
height of 1.79 m and the women have a mean height of 1.62 m. Find the mean height of the 100
mathematicians.
(Total 4 marks)

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14.
The diagram shows the parabola y = (7 x)(l + x). The points A and C are the xintercepts and the point B is the maximum point.
y

Find the coordinates of A, B and C.

(Total 4 marks)

15.

Two ordinary, 6-sided dice are rolled and the total score is noted.
(a)

Complete the tree diagram by entering probabilities and listing outcomes.

6

O u tc o m e s
...............

not 6

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

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

not 6

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

.......
6
.......
.......

.......

.......
not 6
.......

(b)

Find the probability of getting one or more sixes.

(Total 4 marks)

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16.
A population of bacteria is growing at the rate of 2.3% per minute. How long will it take
for the size of the population to double? Give your answer to the nearest minute.
(Total 4 marks)

17.

Let f (x) =

x , and g (x) = 2x. Solve the equation

(f

g)(x) = 0.25.
(Total 4 marks)

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