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2 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 + 21 = 0
4 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3 = 0
6 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 = 0
10 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 10 = 0
12 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 56 = 0
14 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 − 25 = 0
18 Solve by factorising
𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 + 63 = 0
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20 Solve by factorising
2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 1 = 0
pie*35^2
24 A sector has an area of 500cm² and an angle of 58 degrees. Find the radius.
25 Find the radius of this cylinder given that its volume is 100cm³
26 Solve by factorising
2𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 5 = 0
27 Expand
(𝑥 + 9)(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 2)
30 Decrease £55 by 6%
31 A DVD is reduced by 20% in a sale. If the original price was £9.99 what is the new price?
32 A TV costs £300 before tax is added at 17.5%. What is the price of the TV including tax?
33 I invest £500 in a bank account for 6 years with 4% interest. How much do I have in the bank at the
end of the 6 years?
34 A shop is having a “15% off everything” sale. The sale price of a T shirt is £24. What was the
original price of the T shirt?
35 I invest £400 for 3 year at an interest rate of 6.5%. How much interest have I earned?
36 I invest a sum of money for 1 year with an interest rate of 5.2%p.a. If at the end of the year I have
£1250 in the account how much money did I originally invest?
37 Percy earns £40,000 per annum. Given the tax schedule below what is his net annual pay?
£0 - £ 9,440 0%
38
The marks achieved by 30 grandmothers in a football quiz were as follows:
Mark 1 2 3 4 5 Total
frequency 4 7 7 9 3
m×f
Find: a) the mean mark
39 One hundred people were asked to state the number of hours (to the nearest hour) they spent
watching television during the previous week. Complete the table below to find the mean number of
hours per person.
Estimated Mean =
40 The grouped frequency table gives information about the weekly rainfall (d) in millimetres at
Heathrow Airport in 2011.
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