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COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT 13+

MATHEMATICS
LEVEL 2: NON-CALCULATOR PAPER

Monday 28 January 2019

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• This examination is 60 minutes long.

• All questions should be attempted.

 

• Write your answers on the dotted lines.

• You must show all your working or you may receive no marks.

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1. People are buying tickets at the railway station.

(i) Pete buys a ticket costing £38.75

Sabina’s ticket costs £6.65 more than Pete’s ticket.

How much does Sabina’s ticket cost?

Answer: £ .................................. (2)

(ii) Greg spends £21.35 on a train ticket and a parking ticket.

The parking ticket costs £4.80

How much does the train ticket cost?

Answer: £ .................................. (2)

(iii) Ayan buys 6 tickets which cost £13.75 each.

How much does Ayan pay in total for the tickets?

Answer: £ .................................. (2)

(iv) Bev spends a total of £114.30 on 9 identical tickets.

What is the cost of 1 ticket?

Answer: £ .................................. (2)

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2. Work out

(i) 9 1 4 3 3 2 2

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(ii) (4 1 2)2 2 12 4 3

Answer: ..................................... (2)

3. (i) (a) Write 84 centimetres as a fraction of 2.1 metres in its lowest terms.

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(b) Calculate 66% of 300 grams.

Answer: ................................... g (2)

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(ii) (a) Write 20 as a percentage.

Answer: ..................................% (2)

(b) Write the following numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest:

66%     13
20     0.656

Answer:  ................., ................., ................. (1)

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4. Use the fact  17 3 271 5 4607  to calculate

(i) 17 3 27.1

Answer: ..................................... (1)

(ii) 4607 4 1.7

Answer: ..................................... (1)

(iii) 34 3 2.71

Answer: ..................................... (2)

5. (i) Write the number 315 as a product of prime factors.

Answer: ............................................................. (2)

(ii) You are told that 525 5 3 3 5 3 5 3 7

Find the largest number that divides exactly into both 315 and 525

Answer: ..................................... (2)

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6. (i) Simon is 3 43 years old.
Josephine is 5 23 years old.

(a) Calculate the sum of their ages, giving your answer as a mixed number.

Answer: ............................ years (3)

Rachel is 1 21 years younger than Josephine.

(b) Calculate Rachel’s age, giving your answer as a mixed number.

Answer: ............................ years (2)

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(ii) Ali drinks exactly 5 of a litre of milk each day.

(a) Calculate how many litres of milk Ali drinks each week, giving your answer as
a mixed number.

Answer: .................................... l (2)

(b) How many days will it take Ali to drink 15 litres of milk?

Answer: ............................. days (2)

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7. If a 5 23  b 5 4  and  c 5 6  find the value of

(i) 2a 1 bc

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(ii) a 3 2 a

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(iii) 2c  b

Answer: ..................................... (2)

ab
(iv)
(c 1 a )

Answer: ..................................... (2)

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8. (a) Solve

(i) 3w 1 2 5 17

Answer: w 5 ............................. (2)

1
(ii) (y 2 2) 5 26
3

Answer: y 5 .............................. (2)

(b) The diagram shows a pair of parallel lines.

Work out the value of z not to

 scale
(5z  7)°

(3z  11)°

Answer: z 5 .............................. (2)

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9. A straight line has the equation  y 5 2x 2 2

(i) (a) Complete the table of values below for the line  y 5 2x 2 2

x 21 1

y 0 4
(2)

(b) Draw and label the line  y 5 2x 2 2  on the centimetre grid opposite. (1)

Another straight line has the equation  2x 1 3y 5 18

(ii) (a) What is the value of y when x 5 0?

Answer: y 5 .............................. (1)

(b) What is the value of x when y 5 0?

Answer: x 5 .............................. (1)

(c) Draw and label the line  2x 1 3y 5 18  on the centimetre grid opposite. (1)

(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle bounded by the x-axis, the line  y 5 2x 2 2  and
the line  2x 1 3y 5 18

Answer: ............................... cm2 (2)

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10. The dimensions of Noah’s Ark were measured in cubits.
A length of 132 cubits is equal to 60 metres.

(i) Plot a point on the grid below to show this information. (1)









OHQJWK
LQPHWUHV






       

OHQJWKLQFXELWV

(ii) Draw a graph to convert lengths up to 140 cubits. (1)

Showing clearly on the graph where you take your readings, answer the following
questions:

(iii) (a) The ark was 50 cubits wide.

What was the width of the ark in metres?

Answer: .................................. m (2)

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 (b) The ark was 300 cubits long.

Use your graph to help work out this length in metres.

Answer: .................................. m (2)

11. Look at the timetable for fast trains and slow trains between Aysworth and Ebberton.
The fast trains do not stop at Bagby or Deverley.

Aysworth 09 23 09 47 09 53 10 23 10 47

Bagby 09 37 – 10 07 10 37 –

Chadlake 09 52 10 08 10 22 10 52 11 08

Deverley 10 18 – 10 48 11 18 –

Ebberton 10 47 10 55 11 17 11 47 11 55

(i) How much quicker is a fast train from Aysworth to Ebberton than a slow train?

Answer: ........................ minutes (2)

Sarah is waiting at Chadlake for the 09 47 train from Aysworth.

Sarah’s watch is 4 minutes fast.

(ii) What time does her watch show when the train arrives if it is 7 minutes late?

Answer: ..................................... (2)

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12. Work out the size of each of the angles marked a, b and c in the diagram below.

46°
c

not to scale

61°
b a

°
Answer:: a 5 ............................ (1)
°
Answer:: b 5 ............................ (2)
°
Answer:: c 5 ............................ (2)

13. Use a straight edge and a pair of compasses to bisect the acute angle AOB.

O
B
(2)

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14. Gavin and Nicola are each rolling an unusual dice.
Each dice has the numbers 2 4 5 6 8 and 9 on its faces.

9
6 8
The number that Gavin rolls is added to the number that Nicola rolls.

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(i) Complete the table below, showing all the possible totals. 2 4

Nicola’s dice
2 4 5 6 8 9
2 4 6 7 8 10
4 6 8 9 12 13

Gavin’s 5 7 9 10 11 14
dice 6 10 11 12 14 15
8 10 12 14 16 17
9 11 14 15 17 18 (1)

(ii) What is the probability that the total is greater than 14?

Answer: ........................ (1)

If the total is odd, then Nicola wins and if the total is even, then Gavin wins.

(iii) What is the probability that Nicola wins?

Answer: ........................ (2)

Nicola suggests that the game would be fair if they did not count those totals when they
both rolled the same number.

(iv) (a) Cross out those totals in the table which would not count. (1)

(b) Would the game now be fair?

Give a reason for your answer.

Answer:  fair / not fair  because ..............................................................

........................................................................................................................... (2)

They decide not to use Nicola’s suggestion.

(v) If they play the game 180 times, how many times would you expect the total of the
two numbers to be a multiple of 7?

Answer: ........................ (2)

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15. The patterns below are formed of equilateral triangles made from dots and
1-centimetre lines.

SDWWHUQ SDWWHUQ SDWWHUQ

(i) Complete pattern 4, which has been started on the grid below.

(1)

(ii) Complete the table below to show the numbers of triangles, lines and dots in the
patterns above.

pattern 1 2 3 4

triangles 2 6 10

1-cm lines 5 13

dots 4
(2)

(iii) Which pattern has 46 triangles?

Answer: pattern ......................... (2)

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 (iv) How many 1-cm lines are there in pattern 8?

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(v) Which pattern has 77 more 1-cm lines than dots?

Answer: pattern ......................... (2)

TURN OVER FOR QUESTION 16

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16. Desmond puts the plug in his bath.
It takes 4 minutes to fill the bath with just the cold tap fully on.

(i) What fraction of the bath is filled after 1 minute with just the cold tap fully on?

Answer: ..................................... (1)

It takes 12 minutes to fill the bath with just the hot tap fully on.

(ii) What fraction of the bath is filled after 1 minute with just the hot tap fully on?

Answer: ..................................... (1)

(iii) (a) What fraction of the bath is filled after 1 minute with both taps fully on?

Answer: ..................................... (2)

(b) How long will it take to fill the bath with both taps fully on?

Answer: ........................ minutes (1)

It takes 9 minutes for the full bath to drain when the plug is removed and both taps are
turned off.

(iv) How long will it take to fill the bath with both taps fully on but with the plug
removed?

Answer: ........................ minutes (2)

(Total marks: 100)

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