Mangrove School

Mathematics-B Paper-1
27th, March, 2021 MOCK Reference
Time: 2 Hours MOCK Reference
M-13/20

M-3/20
Marks Out of 09

100

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1. In 1924 the 100-meter world record for men was 10.40 seconds. In 2010 is was 9.58 seconds.
Calculate, to 3 significant figures, the percentage decrease in this world record between 1924 and 2010.

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2. Factories completely 3 x − 12 y
2 2

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2 dy
3. y = 4 x3 − Find
x dx

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4. Find the highest common Factor (HCF) of 72, 120 and 264. Show your working clearly.

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5. John is going to draw a bar chart for the number of red apples and the number of green apples on the trees in his garden.
The height of the bar in the bar chart for the 28 green apples is 7 cm. There are 50 red apples on the trees in John’s garden.
Calculate the height of the bar in the bar chart for the red apples.

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6. Find the least integer value of n such that 3n + 40  29

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 4 -3 
7. Find the determinant of the matrix  
5 6 

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8. a) Write 356000 000 in standard form.

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b) The mass of Mercury is 3.302 10 kg. The mass of Saturn is 5.685 10 kg.
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Given that the mass of Saturn = k  the mass of Mercury, Calculate, to 3 significant figures, the value of k.

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12 + 300
9. Without using a calculator, find the value of Show your working clearly.
27

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10. A bag of sweets contains only 5 green sweets and 3 yellow sweets. Kate takes at random a sweet from the bag and eats it.
Kate then takes a second sweet form the bag and eats it.
Calculate the probability that Kate eats at least one green sweet.

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 36 xy 2
11. Simplify fully
12 x 5 y 7

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3 0 2  4 3 
   
12. A =  2 -1 3  B = 2 1 
 0 1 -2   0 -2 
   
Calculate the matrix product AB.

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13. The circumference of the circular base of a right circular cone is 24 cm. The height of the cone is 40 cm.
Calculate the volume, in cm3 to 3 significant figures, of the cone.

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a 4 p + 2 p +1 + 1
14. a = 2 + 1
p
b = 2 − 1 Show that can be written as
p
. Show your working clearly.
b 4 p −1

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15.  = {1, 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7,8,9} A = {2, 4, 6,8} B = {1,3,5, 7,9} C = {2,3,5, 7}
a) List the elements of the set
i) B  C

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ii) A  C

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iii) ( A  B )

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b) Explain why A  B  C = 

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16. The diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD.
AD = BC = ( x − 4)cm DC = AB = (2 x + 3)cm AC = 5 x 2 + 4 x + 25cm
Using algebra, show that ABCD is a rectangle.

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17. The 32 students is a class were each asked if they have a cat (C) or a dog (D) as a pet. Their answers showed that
8 students have both a cat and a dog. 12 Students have only a cat. 11 students have a dog.
a) Using this information, complete the Venn diagram to show the number of elements in each subset.

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A student in the class is chosen at random.
b) Find the probability that this student does not have a dog as a pet.

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18. B is inversely proportional to h3 B = 24 when h = 4 . Find the value of h when B = 3.

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19. Solve the simultaneous equations x + 2 y = −4, 7 x − y = 11 . Show clear algebraic working.

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20. The table gives information about the results of a survey of the ages, x years, of 125 members of a dance school.
Age (x years) 2 x7 7  x  13 13  x  20 20  x  40
Frequency 30 40 30 25
Calculate an estimate for the mean age, to the nearest year, of these members of the dance school.

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 3x − 3   x + 2
21. a =   b= 
6   −0.5 
A = kb, where k is a scalar. Find the value of x.

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22. D and E are two similar cuboids.
D has surface area 240 cm2 and volume 600 cm3 E has surface area 1500 cm2
Calculate the volume of E.

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23. A, B and C are there numbers such that A : B : C = (2 x + 1) : 5 : ( x − 1) and A + B + C = 20 x + 65
Given that B = 40 , find the value of x.

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24. The diagram shows a regular pentagon ABCDE, an isosceles triangle BCQ and five sides of a regular polygon.
BCQ = 420 PA, AB and BQ are three sides of a regular polygon that has n sides. Find the value of n.

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25. The diagram shows triangle ABC and triangle DEF. The area of triangle ABC is equal to the area of triangle DEF.
Calculate the value of x.

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26. The diagram shows the trapezium ABCD in which AB = DC.
a) Showing all your construction lines, construct i) The perpendicular bisector of CD,
ii) The locus of all points insides the trapezium that the are equidistant from BA an BC.
The region R consists of all the points inside the trapezium that are closer to BC than to BA, closer to C than to D and less
than 6 cm from D.
b) Show, by shading, the region R. Label the region R.

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27. The diagram shows a building in which the owner is proposing to install a zip line.
The building is in the shape of a cuboid, ABCDEFGH.
AB = 2CF , BC = 60m
The volume of the cuboid is 27000 m3
The zip line will run diagonally in a straight-line from A to F.
To be safe, the zip line must be no longer than 70 m in length and the size
of angle FAC must not be greater than 140.
Show that the owner can safely install a zip line.

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28. ( x + 2) is a factor of 6 x − x + kx − 10, where k is a constant.
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a) Show that k = −31 b) Hence, factories completely 6 x 3 − x 2 − 31x − 10.

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