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1 Work out angles a, b and c in the diagram.

NOT TO
SCALE

85°

32° a b c

a= ° [1]

b= ° [1]

c= ° [1]

2 Mia, Lily, Mike, Jamila and Oliver each record the time they take to do their homework.
Mia takes t minutes.
The table gives information about the time the four other students take.

Complete the table.

Expression for
Description
time (minutes)

Lily takes 20 minutes longer than Mia. t + 20

Mike takes twice as long as Mia.

Jamila takes 10 minutes less than Mia.

t
Oliver takes .
2

[3]

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6 The graph shows three straight lines A, B and C.

y
10

8
B
7

4 A
C
3

x
–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

(a) Put a ring around the equation of line A.

x+5=0 x=5 y=5 y = 5x [1]

(b) Write down the equation of line B.

[1]

(c) Tick (🗸) to show whether each of these facts about line C is true or false.

True False

The point (2, 4) lies on line C.

The y-coordinate is always

two more than the x-coordinate.

The equation is y = 2x.

[1]
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7 The diagram shows a row of 7 triangles made from matches.

The number of matches needed to make a row of t triangles is given by the

expression 2t + 1

Work out the number of matches needed for a row of 36 triangles.

[1]

2
8 (a) Change to a decimal.
5

[1]

(b) Write an integer in each box to make the statement true.

2
  1
5 2

[1]

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18 Write the missing numbers in the boxes.

[2]

19 A quadrilateral is shown on the grid.

10

x
–4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10
–2

–4

–6

Enlarge the quadrilateral by scale factor 3, centre (10, 4).

[2]

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20 Draw lines to match the equal values.

5–1 0.125

5–2 0.2

2–3 0.25

3–2 4%

 1 2 1
  [2]
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21 Aiko needs 20 litres of paint.

She mixes her paint using paint powder and water.
She uses these mixing instructions.

To make 200 ml of paint

mix 40 g of paint powder
with 120 ml of water

The paint powder comes in packets of 0.6 kg.

Work out how many packets of paint powder Aiko needs.

[3]

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4 Rectangles A and B are identical.

Each has a perimeter of 40 cm.
They are put together to make a new rectangle.

NOT TO
A B
SCALE

The perimeter of the new rectangle is 68 cm.

Work out the length and width of rectangle A.

length = cm

width = cm [2]

5 A country has a total area of 40.8 million hectares.

28.4 million hectares is covered with forest.

Work out the percentage of the total area that is covered with forest.
Give your answer to one decimal place.

% [2]

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11 A biased spinner has 6 sides.

6 1

5 2

4 3

The table shows the probabilities for some of the outcomes.

Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6

Probability 0.3 0.15 0.28

The remaining three outcomes are equally likely.

Work out the probability that the spinner lands on 5

[2]

12 An adult lion is 1.21 metres tall.

A baby lion is 55 centimetres tall.

Write the ratio of the height of the adult lion to the height of the baby lion.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

: [2]

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13 (a) Calculate the value of (x + 5)(x− 4) when x = –3

[1]

(b) (x + 5)(x − 4) = 286

Use trial and improvement to find the positive solution of this equation.
Show your trials in the table.
You may not need all the rows.

One value has been done for you.

x (x + 5)(x − 4)
10 90

x= [2]

(c) Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x − 4)

[2]

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17 The n th term of a sequence is 2n2 + 3

Work out the first three terms of this sequence.

, , [1]

18 The diagram shows a right-angled triangle with base x cm and height (x – 2) cm.

NOT TO
SCALE

(x – 2) cm

x cm

Write down an expression for the area of the triangle.

cm2 [1]

19 Rajiv buys a book for $2.50

He sells the book for $4.29

Calculate his percentage profit.

% [2]

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20 (a) A point lies on the line 3x + 2y = 12

The x-coordinate of the point is 1

Work out the y-coordinate.

[2]

(b) Work out the coordinates of the point where the line 3x + 2y = 12 crosses the x-axis.

( , ) [1]

(c) Draw the graph of 3x + 2y = 12

x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

–1

–2
[1]

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23 The diagram shows a garden ABCD.

A B

2.5m

NOT TO
9m
SCALE

3m

D C
6m

The shaded area is covered with grass.

The area covered with grass is formed from two semicircles and a rectangle.

Calculate the area covered with grass.

m2 [3]

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