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Question 1
a) you could key the following:
(3.7 x 2.9) ÷ 5.3 + 1.4 = 3.424528302
Or do parts separately
3.7 x 2.9 = 10.73
Question 2
Journey time was 1 hour 15 minutes, this is the same as 1.25 hours
speed = distance/time
so multiplying both sides by time we have
time x speed = distance
Question 3
a) to find midpoint of two points (a, b) and (c, d) we simply find the average of the x coordinates and
the average of the y coordinates to get ( , )
in this case the midpoint of (3, 2) and (11, 10) would be (
, )=(, )= (7, 6)
b) the points ABCD will form the four corners of a square. This is because the diagonals are
perpendicular to each other and both diagonals are the same length.
C will have the same x coordinate as A and the same y coordinate as B ie (3, 10)
D will have the same x coordinate as B and the same y coordinate as A ie (11, 2) or vice versa
C (3, 10)
D (11, 2)
Question 4
a) probability of a circle or a triangle is 0.3 + 0.1 = 0.4
probabilities always add up to 1
1 – 0.4 = 0.6
Question 5
We must first change 50 euros to £ and then we can change to Sri Lankan rupees
Euro £
1 0.72
50 50 x 0.72 = £36
Question 6
. .
a) V =
= 3.9
b) 35 = x h x 2.52
multiply both sides by 3
105 = 2 x h x 2.52
105 = 12.5 x h
12.5 x h = 105
divide both sides by 12.5
h = 8.4
y2 =
square root both sides
y =
Question 7
a) the red tramlines help us to know that we have enlarged the shape correctly and it is in the
correct position
point (5,6)
this point is 2 across and 2 up from the centre of enlargement so the new point will be 6 across and
6 up from the centre of enlargement at point (9,10)
point (4,8)
this point is 1 across and 4 up from the centre of enlargement so the new point will be 3 across and
12 up from the centre of enlargement at point (6,16)
b) a vector translation just picks the shape up and moves it to a new position. In this case 4 units to
the right and 8 units down.
Question 8
map Reality
1 50,000
19.6 cm 19.6 x 50,000 = 980,000 cm
Question 9
The three lines are:
x = 1 (everywhere along this line the x coordinate is 1)
y = 2 (everywhere along this line the y coordinate is 2)
x + y = 8 (see working below)
all lines can be put as y = mx + c where m is the gradient and c is the y intercept
the gradient is the measure of the steepness and is got from difference in y coordinates divided by
difference in x coordinates. Two points on this line are (0, 8) and (8, 0) so gradient = = -1
the y intercept is where the line crosses the y axis. This is 8.
y = -x + 8
add x to both sides
x+y=8
x 1, y 2 and x + y 8
Question 10
If we join the line from C to O we have a radius to the circle.
The line CP is a tangent and meets the radius at C. This means that the angle PCO is a right angle
(90⁰)
Angle COB will be 42⁰. This is because angles at the centre are twice the angle at the circumference.
We now have a triangle COP and we know two of the angles, 90⁰ and 42⁰.
90 + 42 = 132
Angles in a triangle add up to 180⁰
180 – 132 = 48⁰
Question 11
a)his loss is 1350 – 1269 = $81
x 100 = 6%
b) The selling price of $9519 represents 114% (100% plus the 14% profit)
we want to know what 100% was
x 100 = $8350
Question 12
a) any line can be expressed in the form y = mx + c where m is the gradient and c is the intercept
the gradient is a measure of its slope and is obtained from the difference in the y coordinates
divided by the difference in the x coordinates
gradient (m) = = -2
intercept is where the line crosses the y axis (when y = 5) c = 5
y = -2x + 5
y = -2x + 6
Question 13
The interior angle is on a straight line with the exterior angle so the two angles will add up to 180⁰
If we let the exterior angle be x, then the interior angle will be 11x (from question)
x + 11x = 180⁰
12x = 180⁰
divide both sides by 12
x = 15⁰
n = 24 sides
Question 14
a)
3
Red
8
3 White
8
4 2 Blue
9 Red 8
4 Red
8
3
2
9 White
8
White
2 Blue
8
2
9 Blue 4 Red
8
3
White
8
1 Blue
8
The first bead is not replaced. This means that there are only 8 beads to choose from the second
time.
b) probability (one red and one blue) = Pr (red then blue) + Pr (blue then red)
( x ) + ( x ) = + = = = =
Question 15
a) we can either key straight into our calculator using the x10x to get
3.6 x 1015
m + n = 11
!
ii)" = (7 ÷ 5) x (10m ÷ 10n) = 1.4 x 10m-n = 1.4 x 1027
comparing the powers of 10 we have
m – n = 27
m = 19, n = -8
To check:
X = 7 x 1019 , y = 5 x 10-8
!
Xy = 3.5 x 1012 and " = 1.4 x 1027
Question 16
a) P is inversely proportional to V means
P#
we can replace the # with = as long as we introduce a constant k
$
P=
So P =
b) when P = 3V
3V =
multiply both sides by V
3V2 = 432
divide both sides by 3
V2 = 144
square root both sides
V = 12
Question 17
a)
Note 1: 36 ÷ 1.5 = 24
Note 2: 57 ÷ 1.5 = 38
Note 3: 24 ÷ 2 = 12
Note 4: the frequency density for the second category helps us to work out the scale on the
histogram. This then means that the frequency density for the first category can be read off the
histogram as 18.
Note 5: frequency ÷ 1 = 18, so frequency = 18
b)
Question 18
As we are asked to give the answer to 3 significant figures we know that factorising is unlikely to
help here. We need to use the quadratic formula (as given in formulae sheet)
(√
&'
where a= 3, b= 8 and c= 2
(*+, +
,
&'
(√
&'
(√
&'
√
√
&'
or & '
Question 19
a) if we join A to D and B to C we have two triangles ADE and BCE
Angles in the same segment are equal means that angle ADE = angle CBE
Angles in the same segment are equal means that angle BAD = angle BCE
If two angles in a triangle are the same as two angles in another triangle then this means that the
third angles must also be the same as each other and we have two similar triangles
D
B
5 cm
4 cm
E E
C
16 cm
A
We have two corresponding sides BE and DE and we are wanting to find a side on the bigger triangle
so our scale factor will be
AE = CE x
= 16 x
= 20 cm
b) i)if AE is 20 cm and EB is 4 cm then the diameter of the circle (AB) is 24 cm. This means that the
radius will be half of 24.
Radius = 12 cm
ii)if we now construct a triangle ODE where O is the centre of the circle we can see we have 3 sides
so can work out any of the angles using the Cosine Rule. OD is the radius so is 12 cm, DE we already
have, OE is 12 – 4 = 8 cm
D
12 cm
5 cm
x
O
8 cm E
2 2 2
If we start with a = b + c – 2bccosA where a is the side opposite the angle we want (angle
labelled as x)
add 2bccosA to both sides
a2 + 2bccosA = b2 + c2
subtract a2 from both sides
2bccosA = b2 + c2 – a2
divide both sides by 2bc
cos A =
Take inverse cos of both sides (cos-1)
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A = cos-1( )
now substituting A = x, a = 12, b = 5, c= 8
Question 20
We have two equations and both are equal to y so we can put the two equations equal to each other
(thus eliminating the y)
x2 = 7x – 10
subtract 7x from both sides
x2 - 7x = -10
add 10 to both sides
x2 – 7x + 10 = 0
we have a quadratic to solve
we can factorise if we can find two numbers that multiply to give 10 and add to give -7
the two numbers are -2 and -5
(x – 2)(x – 5) = 0
If two numbers or brackets multiply to make 0 then either one of the brackets must equal 0
If x – 2 = 0 then x = 2
If x = 5 = 0 then x = 5
We have y = x2
so when x = 2, y = 4 or when x = 5, y = 25
we need to check both these answers by putting them into the second equation
y = (7 x 2) – 10 = 14 – 10 = 4 or y = (7 x 5) – 10 = 35 – 10 = 25
x = 2, y = 4 or x = 5, y = 25
Question 21
/////0 = ////0
a) i) -. /////0 = b + a = a + b
-1 + 1.
/////0 = ////0
ii) 12 /////0 = -b + 3a = 3a – b
1- + -2
-3 = ////0
iii) /////0 -1 + ////0
13 = b +
/////0
12 = b +
(3a – b) = b +
a -
b =
a +
b
b) i)if one vector is a multiple of another vector then we know that the two lines are parallel. If the
two vectors have a point in common, in this case P then not only are the lines parallel but they are
the same line.
PRT are on the same straight line
ii) /////0 /////0 = a + b
-3 = a + b and -.
So /////0
-3 =
/////0
-. and k =
Question 22
In order to add fractions we need a common denominator, but before we do that we can probably
simplify the fraction. We need to factorise the top and usually something will cancel with the
bottom.
find two numbers that multiply to give -6 but add to give 1: the two numbers are +3 and -2
x2 + x – 6 = (x + 3)(x – 2)
+!,+!,
so we have 1 + +!
,+!,
now we can see that the factor (x – 2) will cancel with the top and the bottom to give
+!,
1 + +!
,
+!
,
Using a common denominator of (x + 4) we can put 1 as +!
,
+!
, +!, !
! !
+ = =
+!
, +!
, !
!
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