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1. (a) A furniture salesman earned $36200 last year.

(i) He had to pay 22% of this amount as tax. How much was left after paying tax?

Answer $ .......................................... [2]

(ii) His earnings of $36200 were made up of $25000 basic salary plus 8% of the value of the furniture
that he sold.
Calculate the value of the furniture that he sold.

Answer $ .......................................... [3]

(iii) He bought a bookcase from the shop where he worked.

Its marked price was $1080 but because he worked there, he only paid $756. Calculate the
percentage discount on the marked price that he had been given.

Answer ........................................ % [2]

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(b) George opened an account and invested a sum of money at 4.5% simple interest per year for 3
years. At the end of the 3 years he closed the account, withdrawing a total of $681.
Calculate the amount that George invested.

Answer $ ......................................... [3]

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2. (a) Expand the brackets and simplify ( x – 1)(x 2 + x +1) .

Answer ............................................ [2]

3x 4
(b) Solve the equation − =3
x+2 x−2
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Answer ............................................ [3]
(c) Solve these simultaneous equations.
4 x – 3 y =4
4 y – 3 x=– 6.5

Answer x = ......................................
y = ................................. [4]
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3. The diagram shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 9.3 cm.
The angle of the sector is 260°.
A B
(i) Calculate the length of the major arc AB.
9.3
O

260°

Answer ...................................... cm [2]

(ii) Calculate the area of the major sector AOB.

Answer ..................................... cm2 [2]

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4. In the diagram, AB = 8 cm, AC = 11 cm

and DC = 6.5 cm.

B^
A D=26° and D ^
A C=30° .
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^C¿
(a) Calculate BC [Use cosine rule: AB 2= AC2 +BC 2−2 ( AC )( BC ) cos A B

Answer ..................................... ………

[4]

(b) Calculate obtuse angle A ^

DC

Answer ..................................... ………

[3]

(c) Find the percentage of triangle ABC that has been shaded.

Answer ..................................... ………

[3]

5. (a) Yuvraj and Sachin travel to England.

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Yuvraj exchanges 20 500 rupees and receives £250 .
Sachin exchanges 26 650 rupees into pounds (£) at the same exchange rate.
How many pounds does Sachin receive?

Answer £ .......................................... [2]

(b) Dan goes to a bank to exchange some pounds (£) for euros (€).
He has £400 which he wants to exchange.
The bank only gives euros in multiples of 5 euros.
The exchange rate is £1 = €1.17 .

Find the number of euros he receives and his change from £400 .

Answer Dan receives € .....................

His change is £................ [3]

(c) Kristianne buys a fridge and a freezer in a sale.

The sale offers 15% off everything and she pays a total of $357 .
Before the sale, the freezer cost $250 .

What was the cost of the fridge before the sale?

Answer $ .......................................... [3]