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Math
Standard 1
Name :
Date :

Question: 1

find the value of x.

Question: 2

Find x, if

Question: 3
0 0
(2 + 4 ) × 32 = _____

Choose the correct answer:

(a) 9

(b)

(c) 18
(d) 0

Question: 4
Fill in the blank:

The standard form of 0.000000789 is ______.

Question: 5
Express the number appearing in the following statement in standard form:

The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 149600000000 m.

Question: 6
Karthik bought a car for Rs 5,00,000. After two months, the price went up to Rs 5,50,000. Find the percentage
increase/decrease.

Question: 7
The population of a town was 24,000. In the first year, the population decreased by 10% as people died due to an
epidemic. In the second year, the population increased by 10% and in the third year it again decreased by 5%.
What is the population of the town now i.e., after 3 years?

Question: 8
A shopkeeper gave two successive discounts of 10% and 20% on an article marked at Rs 5000. Find its selling
price.

Question: 9
The price marked on a book is Rs 450. The shopkeeper gives 20% discount on it in a book exhibition. What is the
selling price?

Question: 10
Susila purchased a microwave oven for Rs. 16,660 which includes 15% discount on marked price and then 12%
sales tax on the reduced price. Find the marked price of the oven.

Question: 11
The cost of a pair of shoes was Rs 1,400. The sales tax charged was 10%. Find the bill amount.

Question: 12
The price of a washing machine, inclusive of tax is Rs 13,530. If the tax is 10%, find the sale price of the washing
machine.

Question: 13
Ram purchased a TV for Rs. 13,875 which includes the sales tax. If the sales tax is charged at the rate of 11%,
then calculate the list price of the TV.

Question: 14
The population of a town is increasing at the rate of 5% per annum. What will be the population of the town on this
basis after two years, if the present population is 16,000?

Question: 15
Find the difference between compound and simple interest for three years for Rs 16,000 at the rate of 10% per
annum.

Question: 16
If a car travels 67.5 km using 4.5 litres of petrol, how many km will it travel using 26.4 litres of petrol?

Question: 17
An aeroplane flies 1600 km in 2 hours. At the same rate, how long will it take to fly 6400 km?

Question: 18
Find the rate of interest when principal is Rs 1,050, simple interest is Rs 168 and time is 2 years.
Question: 19
Round off (a) 388 702 to the nearest ten thousand, (b) 0.0010005 to 3 significant figures, (c) 85.22843 to 2
decimal places.

Question: 20
Round off 10.000582 correct to

(a) 3 decimal places,

(b) 3 significant figures.

Question: 21
The area of a model of a house is 400 cm2. The actual area of the house is 36 m2.

Calculate

(a) the scale of the model in the form 1 : n,

(b) the length of the actual house, in metres, if the length of the model is 40 cm.
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SECTION - A
1. The recipe for fried potato fritters requires a mixture of mashed potatoes and
chicken meat in the ratio 9 : 2. One kilogram of mixture yields 24 pieces of
fritters. Calculate the mass of chicken meat needed for 198 pieces of fritters.

2. Given , find the value of

3. Express the following ratios in its simplest form (a) 0.5 km : 200 m,

(b) 35 minutes : 1.5 hours, (c) (d) 0.55 cm to 3 mm

SECTION – B
1
4. If A : B = 2 : 1 3
and B : C = 2 : 1.6 , find the following ratios in its simplest

form: (a) A : B (b) A : C

5. A sum of money is shared between Farah, Gia and Harry in the ratio 3 : 8 : 7.
Harry has $16 more than Farah. How much money does Gia have?

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6. Using the exchange rates $1 = 0.70 Euros and $1 = 90 Yen change

(a) $100 to Euros, (b) 100 Yen to dollars

7. Jason spends a part of his monthly salary on food, transport and computer
games in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 2.
(a) If he spends $250 on computer games, what is his total expenditure per
month?
(b) If he saves $550 per month, what is the ratio of his savings to his
expenditure? Leave your answer in the simplest form.

SECTION – C
8. In a survey of some men and 36 women, it was found out that:
● The ratio of the number of men to women was 19 : 9
● only a quarter of the women surveyed visit the dentist every 6 months

(a) Find the total number of people who took the survey.
(b) How many women surveyed failed to visit the dentist every 6 months?

9. In a secondary school, there are 50 teachers and 1000 students.

(a) Express the number of teachers as a ratio to the number of students in its
simplest form.

(b) A group of teachers joined the school and the ratio of the number of teachers
to students becomes 3 : 50.
Find the number of teachers who joined the school.

10. Emma is going to Singapore and wants to exchange £250.

(a) How many Singapore dollars should she get?

(b) Emma returns from Singapore with 85 Singapore dollars. How much is this
worth in euros?

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8
Section-A

1) Express the decimal 0.93 as a percentage.

!
2) Express the mixed number 4 " as a percentage.

3) Find the value of 47 % of $938.

4) The number 730 is decreased by 80 %. What is the decreased value?

Section-B
5) Mr Tan left a sum of money to be shared among his wife, his son and his
daughter. His wife received 20 %, his son received 10% and his daughter
received the remaining. If his son received $336000 less than his daughter, find
the original sum of money.

6) The marked price of a watch is $1236 . It is sold at a discount of 45%. Find its
selling price.

7) Alex bought a new camera for $ 535 (inclusive of % GST). Find the price of the
camera exclusive of GST.

Section-C

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8) In a box 60% of beads are blue. If there are 159 blue beads, find the total number
of beads.

9) A shopkeeper sells a television for $300.

(a) If the cost price of the television is $240, calculate his percentage profit.
(b) If the shopkeeper sold the television at 15% discount, what would be his
percentage profit?

10) Alena applies for a student scholarship and receives a grant of $10 000 in her 1st
year. Assuming that her grant increases by 7% each year, what will be her grant
after the 4th increase?

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8
Section-A

1) Express the decimal 0.93 as a percentage.

!
2) Express the mixed number 4 " as a percentage.

3) Find the value of 47 % of $938.

4) The number 730 is decreased by 80 %. What is the decreased value?

Section-B
5) Mr Tan left a sum of money to be shared among his wife, his son and his
daughter. His wife received 20 %, his son received 10% and his daughter
received the remaining. If his son received $336000 less than his daughter, find
the original sum of money.

6) The marked price of a watch is $1236 . It is sold at a discount of 45%. Find its
selling price.

7) Alex bought a new camera for $ 535 (inclusive of % GST). Find the price of the
camera exclusive of GST.

Section-C

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8) In a box 60% of beads are blue. If there are 159 blue beads, find the total number
of beads.

9) A shopkeeper sells a television for $300.

(a) If the cost price of the television is $240, calculate his percentage profit.
(b) If the shopkeeper sold the television at 15% discount, what would be his
percentage profit?

10) Alena applies for a student scholarship and receives a grant of $10 000 in her 1st
year. Assuming that her grant increases by 7% each year, what will be her grant
after the 4th increase?

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Edexcel GCSE
Mathematics (Linear) – 1MA0

UPPER AND LOWER

BOUNDS
Materials required for examination Items included with question papers
Ruler graduated in centimetres and Nil
millimetres, protractor, compasses,
pen, HB pencil, eraser.
Tracing paper may be used.

Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
Calculators may be used.

Information
The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to
spend on each question.
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication
will be assessed – you should take particular care on these questions with your spelling, punctuation
and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression.

Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Keep an eye on the time.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
1. The weight of a bag of potatoes is 25 kg, correct to the nearest kg. (a)
Write down the smallest possible weight of the bag of potatoes.
 ............................... kg
(1)
(b) Write down the largest possible weight of the bag of potatoes.

............................... kg
(1)
(Total 2 marks)

2. The length of a line is 63 centimetres, correct to the nearest centimetre.

(a) Write down the least possible length of the line.

........................................ centimetres
(1)
(b) Write down the greatest possible length of the line.

........................................ centimetres
(1)
(Total 2 marks)
3. A field is in the shape of a rectangle.

The length of the field is 340 m, to the nearest metre.

The width of the field is 117 m, to the nearest metre.

Calculate the upper bound for the perimeter of the field.

 .............................................. m
(Total 2 marks)

4. The length of a rectangle is 30 cm, correct to 2 significant figures.

The width of a rectangle is 18 cm, correct to 2 significant figures.

(a) Write down the upper bound of the width.

(1)

................................................................. cm

(b) Calculate the upper bound for the area of the rectangle.
(2)

................................................................. cm
(Total 3 marks)
5.
The length of the rectangle is 35 cm correct to the nearest cm.
The width of the rectangle is 26 cm correct to the nearest cm.

Calculate the upper bound for the area of the rectangle.

Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

.................................................................cm2
(Total 3 marks)
6. A field is in the shape of a rectangle.
The width of the field is 28 metres, measured to the nearest

metre. (a) Work out the upper bound of the width of the field.

......................... metres
(1)

The length of the field is 145 metres, measured to the nearest 5

metres. (b) Work out the upper bound for the perimeter of the field.

......................... metres
(3)
(Total 4 marks)

7. Steve measured the length and the width of a rectangle.

He measured the length to be 645 mm correct to the nearest 5
mm. He measured the width to be 400 mm correct to the nearest 5
mm.

Calculate the lower bound for the area of this rectangle.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
 ............................ mm2
(Total 3 marks)
8. The average fuel consumption (c) of a car, in kilometres per litre, is given by the
formula

c = fd

where d is the distance travelled, in kilometres, and f is the fuel used, in litres.

d = 163 correct to 3 significant figures.

f = 45.3 correct to 3 significant figures.

By considering bounds, work out the value of c to a suitable degree of accuracy.

You must show all of your working and give a reason for your final answer.
 c = ............................
(Total 5 marks)
9. The voltage V of an electronic circuit is given by the formula

V=IR

where I is the current in amps

and R is the resistance in ohms.

Given that V = 218 correct to 3 significant figures,

R = 12.6 correct to 3 significant figures,

calculate the lower bound of I.

 ............................................
(Total 3 marks)
m =
*10.
t
s

s = 3.47 correct to 2 decimal places.

t = 8.132 correct to 3 decimal places.
By considering bounds, work out the value of m to a suitable degree of
accuracy.

You must show all your working and give a reason for your final answer. (Total
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8
CT2-Revision 2

1. A plant is 6.2 cm tall. The height of the plant increases by 11% each
week. Find how tall the plant will be after two weeks.

Answer: cm [2]

2. A scientist measures the width of a human hair as 0.000 046m.Write this

number in
standard form.

Answer: m [1]
3. Evaluate
I :
f (73 × 52 ) 4√81

Answer: [2]

4. The rate of exchange beween the Australian dollar (AUD), Korean won(KRW)
and Singapore dollar (SGD) are AUD = SGD 1.0158 and KRW 1000 = SGD
1.1930 Convert
i) AUD 745
ii) KRW 55500
Into Singapore dollars, giving your answers correct to the nearest cent.

Answer: [2]
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5. A field is in the shape of a rectangle. It has length 21.7 m and width 56.3 m
correct to 1 decimal place.

a) Write down the lower bound and upper bound of the length and width of the field.

Lower bound Upperbound

Length
Breadth

[2]
b) Work out the maximum perimeter of the field.

Answer: [1]

6) A piece of furniture costs $950 before GST. Assuming that GST is 8%, calculate the
total amount of money Dev has to pay for the piece of furniture.

Answer: [2]
7) Weiming invests $5000 in a savings scheme that pays simple interest of 4% per
annum. Calculate the time taken for his investment to grow to 8000.

Answer: [2]

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8) The table shows the price of two laptops.

Laptop A $ 650

Laptop B $ 760

The price of Laptop A increases by 12%.

The price of Laptop B decreases by 5%
Which laptop is more expensive after these changes.
Show your working and find by how much more

Answer: [3]

9) A car is sold for $ 2280 at a loss of 20% on the cost price. Find the cost price.

Answer: [2]

10) i) A map has a scale of 1:4000 On the map, the distance between two houses is 9cm. What
is the actual distance between the houses? Give your answer in meters

Answer: [3]

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ii) The scale of a map is 1:100. What is the area in 6 cm2 on the map represent?

Answer:____________________[1]
11) Bag A contains 56 counters. The counters in Bag A are shared between Angelique
and Hassan in the ratio 3: 5.
Bag B also contains some counters, The counters in Bag B are shared between Angelique
and Hassan in the ratio 4: 3.
In total Angelique receives 45 counters.
Find the number of counters in total in Bag B.

Answer: _______________[2]

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