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Available Marks: 38
Instructions:
Start each question on a new page.
Attempt all four questions.
Show all necessary working.
Marks may be deducted for incomplete or poorly arranged work.
Write on one side of the page only. Do not work in columns.
Questions are of approximately equal value.
Question 1 2 3 4 Total
P3
/7 /5 /8 /20
P4
/2 /4 /3 /9 /18
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Question 1 (9 marks) Start a NEW page.
5 102
(a) Evaluate correct to 3 significant figures. 2
2
5
(c) Simplify and express it in the form a b 5 . 2
3 2 5
Expand 2 x 1
3
(d) 2
(e) If one drop is assumed to be 1 millilitre, find how many drops there are in a water trough
with dimensions 12 m by 25 m by 38 m. Express your answer in scientific notation. 2
(i) 2x2 5x 3 . 1
(ii) 8 p3 1 . 1
3c 6 4 c2
(b) Simplify 2 . 3
c 1 c 2c 3
(c) Solve 2 x 1 5 . 2
(d) Solve 3 10 3x 7 . 2
Question 3 (11 marks) Start a NEW page.
7 1
(a) Factorise x x .
3 3
2
2x x
(b) Simplify 2 . 3
x 1
2
x 4x 3
x 2 x
(c) Solve . 3
x 1 x
(a) Alice has more money than Betty. If Alice gave Betty $20, they would both have the
same amount. If Betty gave Alice $22, then Alice would have twice as much as Betty.
y x2 2 x 5
y x 1 3
1 2 x
5
(c) If a 2 , b 3 and c 5 , express
x x x
in terms of a, b and c. 3
18
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