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B NOT TO
x°
SCALE
w°

75° C

z°
E y°
20° 25°
F D G

The points A, B, C, D and E lie on a circle.

FG is a tangent to the circle at D.EB is parallel to DC.
Find the value of each of w, x, y and z.

w = ................................................

x = ................................................

y = ................................................

z = ................................................ [5]

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D

NOT TO

A E 32° C
x° SCALE

A, B, C and D are points on a circle.

AB is parallel to DC and angle ACD =32°.
Chords AC and DB intersect at E.
Find the value of x
x = ................................................ [2]
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3 Indira records the time taken for workers in her company to travel to work.

The table and the histogram each show part of this information.

Time (t minutes) 0 < t ≤ 10 10 < t ≤ 25 25 < t ≤ 40 40 < t ≤ 60 60 < t ≤ 80

Frequency 57 38 12

(a) Complete the table and the histogram.

[5]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

.......................................... min [4]

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(c) Rashid says:

‘The longest time that any of these workers take to travel to work is 80 minutes.’

Give a reason why Rashid may be wrong.

.....................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................... [1]

(d) Indira picks three workers at random from those who take longer than 25 minutes to travel
to work.

Calculate the probability that one worker takes 60 minutes or less and the other two each
take more than 60 minutes.

................................................. [4]

4 (a) An orchard has 1250 trees.

The trees are in the ratio apple : pear : cherry = 12 : 9 : 4.

(i) Calculate the number of apple trees.

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

(ii) Last year in the orchard, the mean mass of fruit produced was 64 kg per tree.

Calculate the total mass of fruit produced last year.

Give your answer in tonnes. [1 tonne = 1000 kg]

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

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(iii) Last year, the mean mass of pears produced was 54 kg per tree.
This was a decrease of 10% on the mean mass of pears produced per tree from the year
before.
Calculate the mean mass of pears produced by each pear tree the year before.

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

(iv) The orchard loses of its total number of trees in a storm.

Calculate the number of trees that remain.

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

(b) Paulo buys some pears from a market.

Pears cost $0.54 each or 0.51 euros each.

(i) Paulo pays in dollars for 12 pears.

Calculate the change he receives from $10.

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

(ii) The exchange rate is $1 = 0.826 euros.

Calculate how much more Paulo pays for each pear when he pays in euros.
Give your answer in dollars, correct to the nearest cent.

$ ................................................ [3]
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5 A map has a scale of 1 : 200 000.

Find the area, in square kilometres, of a lake that has an area of 12 4. cm2 on the map.

......................................... km2 [2]

6 (a) The diagram shows the speed–time graph for part of a journey for two vehicles, a car and a bus.

24 Car

Speed v Bus
(m/s) NOT TO
10 SCALE

0
0 18 40

Time (seconds)

(i) Calculate the acceleration of the car during the first 18 seconds.

......................................... m/s2 [1]

(ii) In the first 40 seconds the car travelled 134 m more than the bus.

Calculate the constant speed, v, of the bus.

v = ........................................... m/s [4]

(b) A train takes 10 minutes 30 seconds to travel 16 240 m.

Calculate the average speed of the train.

Give your answer in kilometres per hour.
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......................................... km/h [3]

7 y is inversely proportional to the cube root of (x + 5).
When x = 3, y = 12.

Find y when x = 22.

y = ................................................ [3]

8 (a) In a shop the cost of a fiction book is $x and the cost of a reference book is $(x +2).
The cost of 11 fiction books is the same as the cost of 10 reference books.
Find the value of x.

x = ................................................. [2]

(b) In another shop, the cost of a fiction book is $y and the cost of a reference book is $(y +2).
Maria spends $95 on fiction books and $147 on reference books.
She buys a total of 12 books.

(i) Show that 6 y 2−109 y−95=0.

[4]
(ii) Factorise 6 y 2−109 y−95.

................................................. [2]
(iii) Find the value of y.
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y = ................................................ [1]
x
9 f ( x )=x −4 g ( x )=2 x+5 h ( x )=3

(a) Find

(i) f(-3)

................................................. [1]

(ii) g-1(x)

g-1(x) = ................................................ [2]

(iii) f(x)  g(x)  f(x).

................................................. [4]

(b) Find x when h(x) = gf((2)).

x = ................................................ [2]