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Exam Style Questions

Simultaneous Equations

Equipment needed: Calculator, pen

Guidance

1. Read each question carefully before you begin answering it.

2. Check your answers seem right.
3. Always show your workings

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1. Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + 3y = 41
2x + 3y = 20

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

2. Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + y = 11
3x − y = 9

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)
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3. Solve the simultaneous equations

x + 7y = 64
x + 3y = 28

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

4. Solve the simultaneous equations

4x − 4y = 24
x − 4y = 3

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

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5. Solve the simultaneous equations

2x + 4y = 14
4x − 4y = 4

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

6. David buys 2 scones and 2 coffees in a shop and the cost is £18.
Ellie buys 3 scones and 2 coffees in the same shop and they cost £22.

Form two equations and solve to find the cost of each scone and each coffee.

Scone = £......................... Coffee = £..........................

(4)
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7. Alan and Connor have £6.70 in total.
Alan has £1.70 more than Connor.

Let a be the amount of money Alan has.

Let c be the amount of money Connor has.

Set up a pair of simultaneous equations and solve to find out how much each
person has.

Alan = ......................... Connor = ..........................

(3)

8. Solve the simultaneous equations

6x + y = − 2
6x − 3y = 14

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

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9. Solve the simultaneous equations

2x + 4y = 26
3x − y = 4

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

10. Solve the simultaneous equations

3x + 2y = 16
2x − 3y = 2

Do not use trial and improvement

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)

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11. Solve the simultaneous equations

3x − 2y = 14
x + 2y = 10

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

12. Solve the simultaneous equations

3x + 5y = 1
2x − 3y = 7

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)
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13. Solve the simultaneous equations

3x − y = 23
2x + 3y = 8

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

14. Solve the simultaneous equations

2y − 5x = 9
4y + 3x = 5

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

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15. Solve the simultaneous equations

2x + 9y = 43
3x + 2y = 7

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

16. Solve the simultaneous equations

5x − 3y = 24
2x − 4y = 4

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)
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17. A museum sells adult tickets or child tickets.

Fozia buys 4 adult tickets and 1 child ticket for £120

Sami buys 5 adult tickets and 3 child tickets for £171

Work out the cost of each type of ticket.

Adult ticket £ ..........................

Child ticket £ ..........................

(4)

18. Solve the simultaneous equations

4x + 3y = 7.5
3x − 5y = 10.7

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

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19. Solve the simultaneous equations

2y = 8x + 11
2x + 8y = 27

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

20. Find the coordinates of the point where the straight lines below cross.

y − 3x = 3
x − 2y = 4

(.................... , .....................)
(4)

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21. Solve the simultaneous equations

3a + c = 8
2a − c = 7

a = ......................... c = ..........................
(3)

22. Solve the simultaneous equations

9x − 6y = 114
5x − 9y = 30.75

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)

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23. Solve the simultaneous equations

2y = x + 10
y = 2x − 7

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

24. Solve the simultaneous equations

4x − y = 17
y = x−2

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(3)

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25. Three bananas and two pears cost £2.07
Five bananas and three pears cost £3.33

Find the cost of ten bananas and ten pears.

..........................
(4)

26. Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + 2y = − 34
4x − 3y = − 41

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)
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27. Albie is training for a marathon.
He jogs either route A or route B.

During April, he jogs route A nine times and route B five times.
Route B is 8 miles longer than route A.
In total, he jogs 89 miles in April.

In May, he will start jogging route C.

Route C is 20% longer than route B.

Work out the length of route C.

..........................miles
(6)

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28. Solve the simultaneous equations

6x + 2y = 13c
x + 2y = − 2c

where c is a constant

Give your answers in terms of c.

x = ......................... y = ..........................
(4)

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29. Shown below is a parallelogram.
Each side is measured in centimetres.

Work out the perimeter of the parallelogram.

..........................cm
(6)

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