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1 Anita buys a computer for $391 in a sale.


The sale price is 15% less than the original price.

Calculate the original price of the computer.

Answer $ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

The diagram shows a cone with radius 1.75 cm and height 6 cm.

(a) Calculate the total surface area of the cone.


[The curved surface area, A, of a cone with radius r and slant height l is .]

................................................... cm2 [5]


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(b)

The cone contains salt to a depth of 4.5 cm.


The top layer of the salt forms a circle that is parallel to the base of the cone.

(i) Show that the volume of the salt inside the cone is 18.9 cm3, correct to 1 decimal place.
[The volume, V, of a cone with radius r and height h is .]

[4]
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(ii) The salt is removed from the cone at a constant rate of 200 mm3 per second.

Calculate the time taken for the cone to be completely emptied.


Give your answer in seconds, correct to the nearest second.

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

[Total: 12]

3 Find the highest common factor (HCF) of and .

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

[Total: 2]

(a) Find 3a – 2b.

[2]

(b) Find .

................................................... [2]
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(c)

Write down two simultaneous equations and solve them to find the value of m and the value of n.
Show all your working.

m = ...................................................

n = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 9]

5 20 students each record the mass, p grams, of their pencil case.


The table below shows the results.

Mass
(p grams)
Frequency 2 5 4 6 3
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(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

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

(b) Use the frequency table above to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Mass
(p grams)
Cumulative
20
frequency

[2]

(c) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student has a pencil case with a mass greater than 150 g.

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

[Total: 7]
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The diagram shows a pyramid with a square base ABCD.


The diagonals AC and BD intersect at M.
The vertex V is vertically above M.
AB = 11 cm and AV = 18.6 cm.

Calculate the angle that AV makes with the base.

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

[Total: 4]
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7
25°
5 cm

NOT TO
SCALE

15 cm

The diagram shows a wooden prism of height 5 cm.


The cross section of the prism is a sector of a circle with sector angle 25°.
The radius of the sector is 15 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the prism.

Answer .............................. cm2 [5]

[Total: 5]

8 Darpan runs a distance of 12 km and then cycles a distance of 26 km.


His running speed is x km/h and his cycling speed is 10 km/h faster than his running speed.
He takes a total time of 2 hours 48 minutes.
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(a) An expression for the time, in hours, Darpan takes to run the 12 km is .

Write an equation, in terms of x, for the total time he takes in hours.

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

(b) Show that this equation simplifies to .

[4]

(c) Use the quadratic formula to solve .


You must show all your working.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [4]

(d) Calculate the number of minutes Darpan takes to run the 12 km.

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

[Total: 13]

9 The coordinates of P are (−3, 8) and the coordinates of Q are (9, −2).
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(a) Calculate the length PQ.

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

(b) Find the equation of the line parallel to PQ that passes through the point (6, −1).

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

(c) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of PQ.

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

[Total: 10]

10 A shop sells three different sized boxes of rice.


The boxes all have the same cost per kilogram.
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NOT TO
SCALE

Box A Box B Box C

80 rupees $3.50
750 g 1.35 kg

(a) Work out the cost in rupees of box B.

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

(b) $1 = 64 rupees.

Calculate the mass of box C.


Give your answer in kilograms.

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

[Total: 5]

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