PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Mock Test
Centre Number: _________________ Date: ______________

Name: ___________________________________ Roll No: ___________

Subject: Mathematics Paper 2 Std: X
Maximum Mark: 70 Duration : 1 hour and 30 minutes

Instructions : For Examiner’s Use

1. Write your Centre number, Date, Name, Std. and Roll Q.No Marks Out Of
number at the top of this page. 1.
2. Answer all questions.
3. Write in dark blue or black pen.
2.
4. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
5. Do not use staples, paperclips, and glue or correction fluid.
6. Do not write on any bar codes. 3.
7. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of
each question or part question. 4.
8. Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Subject specific Instructions: 5.
1. If working is needed for any question it must be shown
below that question. 6.
2. Electronic calculators should be used.
3. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the 7.
question, and if the answer is not exact, give the
answer to three significant figures. Give answers in 8.
degrees to one decimal place.
4. For π, use either your calculator value or 3.142. 9.
5. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work
securely together. 10.
6. The total of the marks for this paper is 70.
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Invigilator’s Name:________________________________
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Signature:_______________________________________ Total

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1. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations. For
Teacher
's
4 x  y  1
Use
7 x  y  4

x =……….
y =………. [2]
(b) Solve
4 y  2  18

y………….. [1]
(c) Factorise :64p – 81q
2 2

………………………. [1]
2.

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 TRIGONOMETRY

(a) From the above word, write down the letters which have

(i) exactly two lines of symmetry,

................................... [1]
(ii) rotational symmetry of order 2.

.
................................. [1]
(b) The diagram shows a quadrilateral.

Find the value of x.

x =…………….. [1]
(c) Calculate the volume of sphere with radius 5 cm.

V =……………..cm3 [1]

3. For the sequence

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 1 1 1
5 , 7, 8 , 10, 11 ,...
2 2 2

(i) find an expression for the nth term,

………….. [2]

(ii) Work out the 100th term.

……………… [1]

4. (a) Given function f ( x)  x 2 and g ( x)  x  2

(i) Solve the equation f ( x)  g ( x)

[2]
(ii) Solve for 4 g ( x)  g ( x)  3
.

[2]

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 (b) Shade the following venn diagrams.
(i) M  N '

[1]

(ii)  A  B   C '

[1]

5. (a) A parallelogram has a base of 8 cm and a perpendicular height

of 6 cm. Calculate the area of the parallelogram.

……… cm2 [1]

(b) A ship sails from A to B on bearing of 080°.
On what bearing must it sail if it is to return from B to A?

[1]
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 (c) The scale of a map is 1 : 250000.
The actual distance between two cities is 100 km.
Calculate this distance on the map. Give your answer in
centimeters.

[2]
(d)

O is the origin and OPQRST is a regular hexagon.

Find PT in terms of p and t.

PT =……………. [1]

(e) 7 9 20 3 9
If a number is removed from this list and the median and range
do not change.
Write down this number

[1]

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6. (a) In a survey of 60 cars, the type of fuel that they use is recorded
in the table below.Each car only uses one type of fuel.

Petrol Diesel Liquid hydrogen Electricity

40 12 2 6
(i) Write down the mode

[1]
(ii) Olav draw a pie chart to illustrate these figures.
Calculate the angle of the sector for Diesel.

[2]
(iii) Calculate the probability that a car chosen at random uses
Electricity.
Write your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

………. [2]

(b) The probability that Stephanie wins her next tennis match is 0.85
.Find the probability that Stephanie does not win her next tennis
match.

……… [1]
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7. (a) Solve 5y + 8 < y < 3y + 12 for integer values of y.

[2]
(b) The function f ( x)  x  x  5 has a gradient of 8 at a point P
3 2

on the curve. Calculate the possible co-ordinates of point P.

[4]
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8. (a) The circle, centre O, passes through the points A, B and C.

In the triangle ABC, AB = 8 cm, BC = 9 cm and CA = 6 cm.

Calculate angle BAC and show that it rounds to 78.6  ,
correct to 1 decimal place.

[2]

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 (b)

The pentagon OABCD is shown on the grid above.

(i) Write OD column vectors

[1]
(ii) Describe fully the single transformation which maps the side BC
onto the side OD.
.

[2]

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9. (a) The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
Find the value of z.

z =………... [2]
(b)

The diagram shows two shapes that are mathematically similar

The smaller shape has area 52.5cm2 and the larger shape has area
134.4cm2.Calculate the value of m.

[3]

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10. (a) For the following data, calculate the upper and lower quartiles.

13 10 7 19 15 13 8

[3]
(b) Solve the equation 4 x  6 10  8 10
3 4

Give your answer in standard form.

............................. [3]

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11. (a) A cube has a surface area of 2.16 m2
Work out the volume of the cube.
Give your answer in cm3.

Volume =....................................... cm3 [3]

(b) The diagram shows triangle PQR with PQ = 12 cm and

PR = 17 cm
The area of triangle PQR is 97 cm and angle QPR is acute.

Calculate angle QPR.

…………….. [2]

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12. (a) $ 1500 is invested at 5% p.a compound interest. What will the
investment be worth after 5 years?

…………….. [1]
(b) Express
(i) 5 km in metres

…………….. [1]
(ii) 2000 000 cm2 in m2

…………….. [1]

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 (c) The owner of a small café records the average air temperature
and the number of hot drinks he sells each day for a week.

On the grid, draw a scatter diagram to show this information.

[2]

13. (a) Express 4 mm: 50 cm as a ratio scale.

…………….. [1]
(b) A person travelling at 30 km/h takes 24 minutes to get from
home to work place.
How long would it take him if he travelled at 36 km/h?

…………….. [1]

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 (c) l is inversely proportional to d3. When d = 2, l = 100.
Find the value of l when d = 5.
.

l =………….. [2]

14. (a) Make x the subject of the formula. y  3 x  1

x =............................................. [3]
(b) Find the inverse of the function q  x   3  2 x  5

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