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OXFORD

16+ ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

For entry in
September 2015

Mathematics
Time: 1 hour

Candidates Name: …………………………………………

 75 Marks
 Time allowed 1 Hour
 Calculators are allowed
 Write all answers, including your workings, in this
booklet
You may use the following formulae:

Volume of prism = area of cross section  length

Volume of sphere = 4
3
r 3

Surface area of sphere = 4r 2

Volume of cone = 13 r 2 h

Curved surface area of cone =  rl

In any triangle ABC

C
a b c
Sine Rule = =
sin A sin B sin C b a

A B
c
Cosine Rule a 2 = b 2 + c 2 – 2bc cos A

1
Area of triangle = 2
absin C

The Quadratic Equation

6(3x – 2) – 4(2x – 3)

…………………………
(2)

(b) Factorise fully

30x3y2 + 12x2y

…………………………
(1)

( c ) Factorise 14 48

…………………………
(2)

( c ) Factorise 12 16 3

…………………………
(2)

(Total 7 marks)
2.

Make x the subject of the formula

……………………

(Total marks 3)
3. a) –2 < x  1

x is an integer.

Write down all the possible values of x.

.................................................
(2)

(b) –2 < x  1 y > –2 y<x+1

x and y are integers.

On the grid, mark with a cross ( ), each of the six points which satisfies all these
3 inequalities.
y

x
O
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
–1

–2

–3

–4

(3)
(Total 5 marks)
4.

Keisha had 10 000 USD to invest. She invested m USD at the Midland Bank, which gave her 8%
annual interest. She invested f USD at the First National Bank, which gave 6% annual interest.
She received a total of 640 USD in interest at the end of the year.

(a) Write two equations that represent this information.

(b) Find the amount of money Keisha invested at each bank.

(Total 8 marks)
5.

50º

C D

20º
E x F

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

BCEF is a trapezium.
EC is parallel to FDB.
CD is parallel to EF.
Angle CBD = 50°. Angle DEF = 20°. Angle EFD = 90°.

EF = 15cm.

(a) Find,

(i) the length of DF,

…………….

(ii) the area of triangle DEF.

……………. (3)

(b) Work out the percentage of the trapezium BCEF that is not shaded.

……………. %
(4)
(Total 7 marks)
6.

y
6 C

B
D

1 A

O x

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

ABCD is a rectangle.
A is the point (0, 1).
C is the point (0, 6).

The equation of the straight line through A and B is y = 2x + 1

(a) Find the equation of the straight line through D and C.

..........................
(2)

(b) Find the equation of the straight line through B and C.

..........................
(2)

(Total 4 marks)
7. (a) What is

(3)

(b) Expand and simplify (7 + √5)(3 – √5).

7 5
(c) Express in the form a + b √5, where a and b are integers.
3 5
(3)

…………….………
(3)
(Total 9 marks)
8.
In the diagram below ABEF, ABCD and CDFE are all rectangles. AD = 12 cm, DC = 20 cm
and DF = 5 cm.
M is the midpoint of EF and N is the midpoint of CD.

B C

cm
F

20
5 cm
A D
12 cm

(a) Calculate (i) the length of AF;

(ii) the length of AM.

(Total 5 marks)
9. a) Simplify fully

b) Simplify fully

∙
∙

(Total 5 marks)
10. Solve the simultaneous equations

y – 3x + 2 = 0

y2 – x – 6x2 = 0

………………………………………………………
[Total 7 marks]
11.

The diagram below shows a path x m wide around a rectangular lawn which measures 10 m by 8 m.

xm

xm
8m LAWN

10 m

(a) Write down an expression in terms of x for the area of the path.

(b) What is the width of the path when its area is 208 m2?

............................... m2

(Total 6 marks)
12.

1. Solve this system of equations.

m = 5n + 2
3m – 7n = 6z
4z – m = n

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

(Total 5 marks)

This question is a Challenge questions, and is intended to be difficult. Please only attempt it if
you have finished questions 1 to 12.

13. Of the numbers 1, 2, 3, . . . , 6000, how many are not multiples of 2, 3 or 5?

………………………………………………………..
[4]

END OF TEST