Pre-IGCSE Level 1 (Grade 7)

Past Paper 3

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions in the space provided.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• YOU SHOULD SHOW ALL YOUR WORKING OUT.
• You may make use of a non-programmable Scientific calculator.
• Round off to 2 d.p. (decimal places) where applicable, unless stated otherwise.

1. Work out the value of y. [3]

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2. Gabriella has 3 bottles of water. Each bottle contains 500ml of water. Work out the total quantity of water. Give
your answer in liters. [3]

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3. Draw a ring around the two numbers that are exactly divisible by 9. [2]

4. Jamila has a recipe for biscuits. [3]

 Jamila makes 36 biscuits. Work out how much butter she needs.

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5. Here is a number fact. [2]

Use this to work out:

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6. Jani has a metal pipe 90 cm in length. She wants to cut the pipe into three pieces in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 Work out
the length of each piece of pipe. [3]

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7. There are 30 days in November. It rains on of them. Work out the number of days when it does not rain. [3]
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8. A shop sells two different bags of rice. [4]

Tick (√) to show which bag gives you more free rice. You must show your working.

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9. Write down all the prime numbers between 60 and 70. [2]

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10. Choose either × or ÷ to make each calculation correct. [4]
11. Calculate the value of: [2]

Show all your working out.

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12. Chen starts with a number. [2]
He squares his number.
His answer is 144.
Write down the two possible values of the number Chen starts with.

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13. Work out. [3]

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14. Here are three equations. [3]

Work out the values of m, n and p.

15. Find the value of in the equation below: [2]

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16. A café has three different colours of plates in the ratio: [3]

grey : white : black = 3 : 8 : 5

The café has 304 plates altogether.

Work out how many grey plates the café has.

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17. The first five terms of a sequence are:

 (a) Complete the table below using the sequence above. [2]

Position 1 2 3 4 5
Number
Term

(b) Write down the term-to-term rule of the sequence above. [1]

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(c) Find the position-to-term rule for the sequence above. [2]

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(d) Write down the nth term for the sequence above. [1]

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18. Here is a pattern using square numbers. [3]

Use the pattern to complete these statements.
19. The diagram shows the square and the cube of a number. Complete each diagram. [4]

20. Hassan swims in a swimming pool. The pool is 25 m long. He swims 60 lengths. [3]
Work out how many kilometers he swims.

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21. (a) Write 28 as a product of its prime factors. Use a factor tree to help you. [3]

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(b) Write 210 as a product of its prime factors. Use a factor tree to help you. [3]

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 (c) Using your answers to parts (a) and (b) find the highest common factor of 28 and 210. [2]

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(d) Find the lowest common multiple of 28 and 210. [2]

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22. Work out. [3]

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23. Find the value of when [3]

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24. Work out:
(a) 4.3 ÷ 0.5 [3]

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 (b) 5.4 ÷ 0.03 [3]

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25. Work out: [3]

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26. The price of a train ticket is $14.50. The price rises by 8%. Work out the new price of the ticket. [3]

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27. Use the laws of arithmetic to write numbers in the boxes to make these calculations correct. [3]
28. Here are two books. [4]

Lily reads 32% of Book A.

Safia reads 40% of Book B.
Tick (√) to show who reads the most pages. You must show how you achieved your answer.

29. Expand and simplify the following expressions:

(a) 3(5x + 6) − 4(3x) [2]

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(b) 𝑎(𝑎 + 3) − 2(−𝑎2 + 3) [3]

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