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Year 12 Baseline Assessment GREEN

Question 1
Simplify

3 y 2 × 4 y 5 ×2 y

Correct answer:

24 y 8

Their answer:

24 y 8

Question 2
5
Simplify ( 2 x 4 )

Correct answer:

32 x20

Their answer:

32 x20

Question 3
1
2
9x
Simplify 2. Give your power as a fraction.
−2 3
( 27 x )
Correct answer:
11
x6

Their answer:
11
6
x

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Question 5
[Edexcel GCSE June2006-5H Q20c Edited]

8 √ ❑ can be expressed in the form m √ ❑ where m is a positive integer.

Express 8 √ ❑ in the form m √ ❑

Correct answer:

16 √ ❑

Their answer:

16 √ ❑

Question 7
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan 2019(R) 1H Q18]

Show that

√❑
❑
can be written in the form n+ √❑, where n is an integer.

Correct answer:

2+ √❑

Their answer:

2+ √❑

Question 8
[Edexcel GCSE June2013-1H Q4b]

Expand

3 x ()

Correct answer:

6 x 2+ 15 x

Their answer:

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6 x 2+ 15 x

Question 9
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018(R) 1H Q14b]

Expand and simplify

( )()

Correct answer:

3 x 2+5 x y−12 y 2

Their answer:

3 x 2+5 x y−12 y 2

Question 10
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018 1H Q11a]

Expand and simplify ( )()( )

Correct answer:

2 x3 −5 x 2−28 x +15

Their answer:

2 x3 −5 x 2−28 x +15

Question 11
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan 2019 1F Q8c, Jan 2019 1H Q1a]

Factorise fully

Correct answer:

2 p ()

Their answer:

2 p ()

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Question 14
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2012-4H Q15]

Solve the inequality

x 2< 16

Correct answer:

and

Their answer:

and

Question 16
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) June 2018 1H Q12 Edited]

Prove that the square of an odd number is always 1 more than a multiple of 4.

Input note: use as your odd number, and leave your answer in the form 4 ( … ) +1

Correct answer:

4 ( n2 +n ) + 1

Their answer:

4 ( n2 +n ) + 1

Question 17
[AQA IGCSE FM June 2018 P1 Q20]

In triangle , A B=6 √❑ cm, angle A BC=45° and angle A C B=60 °

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Work out the value of x.

Give your answer in the form a √ ❑, where a and b are integers.

Correct answer:

x=4 √❑

Their answer:

4 √❑

Question 4
Find the value of x :
−4
1
x3=
256

Correct answer:

or

Their answer:

or

Question 6
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2017-4H Q16c Edited]

Find the value of ( 7−2 √ ❑)

Correct answer:

29

Their answer:

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29

Question 13
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock Set 4 Autumn 2018 1F Q30]

Solve

3()<21

Correct answer:

Their answer:

Question 12
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018 1F Q16di, June 2018 1H Q3di]

Factorise

x 2+ 2 x−24

Correct answer:

( )()

Their answer:

( )()

Question 18
[AQA IGCSE FM Practice paper set 2 P1 Q8b]

The equation of line L is

Line N is perpendicular to line L and passes through ( )

Work out the point of intersection of line N and the x -axis.

Correct answer:

()

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Their answer:

()

Question 20
[OCR GCSE(9-1) June 2017 4H Q19a]

Here are the first four terms of a sequence.

1 4 9 16
2 3 4 5

Find the nth term of this sequence.

Correct answer:
2
n th term = n
❑
Their answer:

n2
❑

Question 15
[Edexcel C1 May 2005 Q3b Edited]
2 2
x −8 x−29 ≡() −45

Hence, or otherwise, show that the roots of x 2−8 x−29=0 are c ± d √ ❑, where c and d are
integers to be found.

Correct answer:

Their answer:

Question 19
[Edexcel GCSE Nov2014-2H Q22b]

Make m the subject of

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m t ❑
− =
v b R

Correct answer:

t v ()
m=
b( )

Their answer:

t v ()
b ()

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