1. Solve the equation using the technique of middle term breaking.

𝑥 ! − 2𝑥 − 35 = 0

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

2. Solve the equation using the technique of completing the square.

𝑥 ! + 10𝑥 + 21 = 0

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

3. Solve the equation by using the quadratic formula.

𝑥 ! − 11𝑥 − 42 = 0

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

4. Express the following in the form 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑏)! + 𝑐

2𝑥 ! + 7𝑥

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

5. 𝑃 is the point (1, −3) and 𝑄 is the point (7, 2).

a. Find the coordinates of the midpoint of 𝑃𝑄.

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

b. Find the gradient of the line 𝑃𝑄.

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

c. The line, 𝐿, with equation 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 𝑘, passes through the point 𝑄.

Find the value of 𝑘.

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

6. 𝐴 is the point (0, 3), 𝐵 is the point (1, 5) and 𝐶 is the point (𝑝, −1).

a. Find the equation of the line 𝐴𝐵.

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

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b. The gradient of the line 𝐵𝐶 is − #.
Find the value of 𝑝.

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

7. Write the following numbers in standard form.
a. 350 000 000

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

b. 0.00000000325

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

8. A swarm of locusts contains 40 billion locusts. [1 billion = 1 × 10$ ]

a. Write down, in standard form, the number of locusts in this swarm.

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

Each locust eats 2 grams of food every day.

b. Find the amount of food eaten by this swarm in one week.
Give your answer in kilograms in standard form.

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

9. The diagram shows a cuboid which has dimensions
17 cm by 6 cm by 9 cm.

𝑃, 𝑄 and 𝑅 are vertices of the cuboid as shown in

the diagram

a. Find the length of 𝑃𝑄.

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

b. Find the length of 𝑄𝑅.

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

c. Find the length of 𝑅𝑃.

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

d. Using the cosine rule, find the size of ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅.

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

e. Using the sine rule, find the size of ∠𝑃𝑄𝑅.

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

f. Using any method of your choice, find the size of ∠𝑃𝑅𝑄.

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

g. Find the area of Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅.

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

h. 𝑇 is a point on 𝑄𝑅 such that 𝑃𝑇 is the shortest distance from 𝑃 to 𝑄𝑅. Find the length of 𝑃𝑇.

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

10. The Gotham National Bank has three savings plans.
Plan A: Simple interest at a rate of 7.65% per annum.
Plan B: Compound interest at a rate of 7.20% per annum compounded yearly.
Plan C: Compound interest at a rate of 7.08% per annum compounded quarterly.

Mr. Wayne wants to deposit $18000 for 12 years.

a. Find the interest that Mr. Wayne might get if he uses Plan A.

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

b. Find the interest that Mr. Wayne might get if he uses Plan B.

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

c. Find the interest that Mr. Wayne might get if he uses Plan C.

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

11. The table shows information about the annual coffee production of some countries in 2010.

a. In 2010, Brazil produced 48 million bags of coffee. Complete the table with the coffee production for
Brazil, using standard form. [1]

b. Find the total number of bags produced by Vietnam and Indonesia together.

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

c. How many more bags of coffee were produced in Vietnam than in Colombia?

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

d. The mass of a bag of coffee is 60 kg. Work out the number of kilograms of coffee produced in
Indonesia. Give your answer in standard form.

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

12. A road tanker holds 24 tonnes of oil.

a. In cold weather it can pump out 𝑥 tonnes of oil per minute. Write down an expression, in terms of 𝑥,
for the number of minutes it takes to empty the tanker in cold weather.

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

b. In hot weather it can pump out (𝑥 + 0.5) tonnes of oil per minute. Write down an expression, in
terms of 𝑥, for the number of minutes it takes to empty the tanker in hot weather.

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

c. It takes 2 minutes longer to empty the tanker in cold weather than in hot weather.
Write down an equation in 𝑥, and show that it simplifies to 2𝑥 ! + 𝑥 − 12 = 0

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

d. Solve the equation 2𝑥 ! + 𝑥 − 12 = 0, giving both your answers correct to 3 decimal places.

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

e. Find the time taken in minutes to empty the tanker in cold weather.

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

13. Simplify the expression giving your answer in its simplest form

(𝑎𝑏)" × 𝑎! 𝑏 × 𝑎#$ 𝑏 %
𝑎 × 𝑏 ! × (𝑎𝑏)#"

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

14. It is given that 5𝑥 > 69 − 2𝑥 and 27 − 2𝑥 ≥ 4

a. Solve 12𝑥 > −69 − 2𝑥 giving your answer to 2 decimal places.

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

b. Solve 27 − 2𝑥 ≥ 4 giving your answer as a mixed fraction.

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

c. Illustrate your solutions to parts (a) and (b) on a number line.

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

d. Using your solution to part (c), find all the possible values of 𝑥 if it is given that 𝑥 is a prime number.

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

15. Three points, 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶, lie on a horizontal field.
Angle 𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 75° and the bearing of 𝐶 from 𝐴 is 217°.
𝐴𝐵 = 72 m and 𝐴𝐶 = 60 m.

a. Calculate

(i) the bearing of 𝐵 from 𝐴,

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

(ii) 𝐵𝐶,

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

 (iii) angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶,

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

(iv) the bearing of 𝐶 from 𝐵.

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

b. A girl standing at 𝐵 is flying a kite. The kite, 𝐾, is vertically above 𝐴. The string, 𝐵𝐾, attached to the
kite is at 24° to the horizontal. Calculate the angle of elevation of the kite when viewed from 𝐶.

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

16. It is given that 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! − 3𝑥 − 40.

a. Sketch the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 ! − 3𝑥 − 40. Show the 𝑥 and 𝑦 intercepts.

[4]

b. Use your answer to part (a) to solve 𝑥 ! − 3𝑥 − 40 < 0

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