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1- Fill out the following conversions:

a.​ 0.345 tonnes = ________ kg

b.​ 1023 ml = _______ l
c.​ 2.34 kg = ______ g
d.​ 8.03 m = _______ cm
e.​ 0.0234 m = ________ mm
f.​ 2500m2 = ________ hectares
g.​ 4.67km2 = ________ m2
h.​ 3.45 ml = ________ cm3
i.​ One tenth of a tonne is _____ kg
j.​ 50cm is ________ part of 4 m
k.​ One fifth of a liter is ______ ml
l.​ There are _______ m in 4.56 km
m.​ 2.4 l and 345 ml together make up ______ l

2- Evaluate
a.​ 0. 0025​ ​ ​ ​ b. (0.6)3
c.​ 7.86 – 2.97​ ​ ​ ​ d. 400 × 0.08
e.​ 0.2 × 0.45​ ​ ​ ​ f. 24 ÷ 6 + 2 × 9
g.​
1
0.02
​​ ​ ​ ​ h. (7 1
4
−6
2
3 )
i.​ 810000 𝑗. 3 +2 (4-5)
k.​ 52 + 51 + 50​ ​ ​ ​ l. 72 × 74 ÷ 78

3- Answer the following.

a.​ Add 620 grams t0 3.7 kg.
b.​ Write the following numbers in order of the size starting from the smallest.
31​ ​ 3-1​ ​ (-1)3​ ​ 30
c.​ Express 0.527 as a percentage.
d.​ Express 35664.87 correct to 3 significant figures.
e.​ Express 345 square centimetres in square metres.
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f.​ Find in the simplest form, the fraction which is exactly half way between 4
and 1.
g.​ Express 2.45 in minutes.
h.​ Express 108 as a product of its prime factors.
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i.​ Write down the positive square root of 1 9
j.​ A city block measures 450m by 200m. What is the area in hectares?
k.​ A building occupies 4.8 hectares. What is the area in square meters?
l.​ What is the difference between primary and secondary data?
m.​ A price of box of soap powder increased from $2.5 to $2.65. Calculate the percentage increase in
the price.
n.​ A rope is cut into two pieces in the ratio 3:2. The longer piece is 9.6m long. Find the length of the
shorter piece.
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o.​ Express 0.068 as percentage

p.​ A painting was bought for $12 and sold some years later for $138. Calculate the percentage
profit.
q.​ Alex invests Rs 16000 at an annual rate of 5% simple interest. After 9 months he withdraws all
money. How much does he receive?
r.​ Express the ratio 5 kilometer to 600 metres in the simplest form.
s.​ Find the lowest common multiple of 12, 30 and 66.
t.​ Add together 181 centimetres and 14.85 metres. Give your answer in metres.
u.​ John sold a painting for $800. If he made a profit of 25%. Find the price he paid for the painting.

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3𝑥−1
a.​ Find the inverse of f(x) = 4
b.​ Find the inverse of f(x) = 2x-7

c.​ Estimate correct to 1 significant figures, the value of 25.8 × 39.99 – 72.5
d.​ Estimate, correct to one significant figure, the value of
3.56 × 48.98
e.​ Find the approximate value of the expression 9.97
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a.​ Given that p = 2xr + q, express x in terms of p, q and r.
𝑚
b.​ Given that E = 𝑤 +𝑥 , express W in terms of E and x.
c.​ Given that 2a = cy – 3b, express y in terms of a, b and c.
d.​ Given that v =𝑢 − 2𝑔ℎ express g in terms of h, u and v.
e.​ Given that m = 3 and n = -2, evaluate ​
(1) 4m+5n​ (2) 2m3​​ (3) m (1-3n)
2
𝑣 +4
f.​ Given that u = 5
(1) Fine the value of u when v =3
(2) Find the value of v when u = 8
g.​ Given that a=3 and b= -2, find the value of
(1) (a – b)3​ (2) a3 – b3​ (3) ab

6- Expand and simplify

a. (x-3)(2x+7)​ ​ ​ ​ f. (p+7q)2
b. (y2-y+1)(y-3)​ ​ ​ g. (3m-5)(3m+5)
c. 4y – (3 –y) = 1​ ​ ​ h. (3q – r) (q + 2r)
d. 5t(t+3) -3(5t-2)​ ​ ​
e. (5m-4)2
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7- Factorize​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
3 2
a.​ (3x )
b.​ 2(3m-2n) + 3(n-2m)​
c.​ 2k-3(2-k) +4​
d.​ 3x4 × 4x3
2𝑥 𝑥
e.​ 5
- 4
2𝑦 𝑦
f.​ 2
- 5
4𝑚−6 3𝑚+2
g.​ 2
+ 5
1 2
h.​ 2𝑥
- 5𝑥

i. 5x2 ×2x3

8- Simplify
a.​ ax+bx
b.​ 18rc -3rd -6tc+td
c.​ p2-5p+6
d.​ 24m2 - 6
e.​ 16- 81p2
f.​ z2-25y2
g.​ x2 +x -12
h.​ x2- xy -2 y2
i.​ 1-9x2
j.​ 16p – 4p2
k.​ 2x2 + 5x -3

9- Solve the equations

A.​
a. 5 = 2(x-3) 2𝑦 𝑦 1
k. 3
- 4
= 6
b. y (2y-1) = 0
l. (y+3) (2y-7) = 0
c. 4y – (3 –y) = 1
m. 2y2 = 5y
d. 5t + 3 = 8 – 2t
n. y2 = 6y
e. (3y+1) (2y -7) = 0
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4 3𝑡+1
f. 𝑝
=5 o. 2
=4
𝑥 p. x(x-3) = 0
g. 2- 3
=6
q. y(y-3) = 4
h. (x+5)2 = 16
r. x2 +2x- 3 =0
i. (2x-3)2 = 25
s. 3(2x-7) = 6 - 4(2-x)
j. 4z2 = 25

B.​ Solve the following simultaneous equations

a.​ x – y = 11 b.​ 4x+5y = -1
2x +y =13 3x+ 2y = 8

c.​ 3x + 2y = 1 d.​ 9x -5y= 52

4x – y = 16 4x – 3y = 27

e.​ 2a + 3b = 1 f. y = 2x
a – 4b = 17 2x – 3y = 8

C- Solve the following non-linear simultaneous eqautions

a.​

b.​

c.​

d.​
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10- Solve the following

a.​ Ayesha has several candies. She gives 5 to her sister. Half of what is left, she gives to her friend.
She is left with 3 candies for herself. How many did she start off with?
b.​ Sara thinks of a number, adds 20 to it, and then multiplies everything by 5. Her answer is 100.
What was Sara’s original number?
c.​ A number is subtracted from 9. The result is multiplied by 10 and the answer is 40. What is the
number?
d.​ A TV programme list shows that a film begins at 21:55. The film lasts for 100 minutes. At what
time will it end? (Give your answer using 24 hour clock)
e.​ When it is 12 00 in London the time in Singapore is 20 00. What is the time in London when it is
12 30 in Singapore?
f.​ It takes 2 hours 24 minutes for a bus to travel from Oxford to Cambridge. A bus left Oxford at 08
39. At what time did it arrive in Cambridge?
g.​ The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 4:5. What fraction of the boys are girls?
h.​ The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 3:4. If there are 120 more girls than boys. How many
students are in the school?
i.​ The length of a rectangle is 8cm. It is increased by 150%. Calculate the new length.
j.​ These are the prices for a ride in an amusement park.
Adult $ 3.6
Child $2.25
A family of two adults and three children went on the ride. They paid with a $20 note. Calculate
the change they received.
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k.​ A sum of money was divided between three people. Angela received 2
of the money. Ben
1
received 3
of the money. Charles received the remainder.
i.​ Ben received $10. How much did Angela received?
ii.​ What fraction of the money did Charles receive?
l.​ The cost of 1 kilogram of fruit is $ 16.5.
i.​ Find the cost of 3 kilograms of fruits.
ii.​ How many kilograms of fruit can be bought for $412.5?

11- a. What kind of correlation is seen in each of the following scatter diagram?

b.
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Take a look at the scatter diagram below. The line of best fit has been drawn.
Alex has an IQ of 118. Use the scatter diagram to estimate Alex's mark in the general knowledge test.

c. Solve the following inequalities and represent them on a number line:

1) b + 4 < 12​ ​ 2) 3x + 8 > -1​ ​ 3) 2x + 4 ≥ 0​ ​ 4) 5x +1 ≤ 9x - 5
5) 6 ≤ 2(x – 1) < 15​ ​ 6) 12 ≥ 2(3x-1) ≥ 33​ ​ 7) -2 + x < -x ≤ 4x – 10

d. For the following lines, write down the gradient and the intercept:
1
1) y = 3x + 5​ ​ 2) 2y = 4x – 5​ ​ 3) y + 2
𝑥 - 3 = 0​ ​ 4) 2y - 8 = 8

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a.​ For the following rectangles, find the area and give your answer in mm2 and in cm2.
1) l = 53mm and w = 2cm​ 2) l = 4.5cm and w = 7.5mm​ 3) l = 9cm and w = 35mm

b.​ For the following cuboids, find out the volume and give your answer in mm3, cm3 and m3.
1) l = 2m w = 20cm and h = 25cm​ 2) l = 10cm w = 4cm and h = 5cm

c.​ The inside radius of a cylindrical pot is 10cm. It contains 2100 cm3 of water. Estimate correct to
the nearest centimetre, the depth of water in the pot.
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d.​ Find the area of a circle of radius 7 cm. Take π to be 7 .
e.​ Find out the perimeter and area of the given figure.

f.​ PQRS is a trapezium. PQ = 17 cm, QR = 8 cm, SR = 29

cm and SRˆQ = 90°. Calculate the area of PQRS.

g.​ Find the value of x in the isosceles triangle shown below.

h.​ Find the value of x.

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i.​ Which side lengths form a right triangle?

a) 5, 6, 7​ ​ b) 6, 8, 10​ c) 9, 9, 18

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a) Derive a simplified formula for the nth term of this sequence and find the value of term 25. (t25)​
​ ​
33, 37, 41, 45, 49 ………

b) A sequence of patterns is made using dots and lines

a.​ Complete the table for Pattern 4. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

b.​ Find a formula for the number of dots, d, in Pattern p.

1- Calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of each set of numbers.
a)​ {14,14,29,42,46,52,55,63,68,79}
b)​ {42,49,49,49,49,49,54,58,64,78}
c)​ {22,34,34,34,45,61,61,89,96,96}

2- Two banana producers each pick ten bananas at random from their plantations and weigh them to the
nearest gram. The results are shown below:

Producer A​ ​ 155 156 158 151 160 163 156 157 152 151
Producer B ​ ​ 128 123 154 180 156 173 133 167 189 156

a)​ Find the mean, median, mode and range of weights for each of the producers.
b)​ Producers can sell their bananas at the supermarket if they are heavier than 140g on average.
Which producer is more likely to be able to sell their bananas to the market?

3- Joe measured the times in seconds it took 18 students to run 400 m. Here are the times.
​ 67 78 79 98 96 63
​ 75 85 94 92 61 80
​ 82 86 90 95 90 89
a)​ Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show this information.
b)​ Work out the median.
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4- The following data gives the information of the number of children involved in different activities.

Activities Dance Music Art Cricket Football

Number of Children 30 40 25 20 53

Represent the above data using suitable graph.

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a)​ What is the busiest time of day at the store?​
b)​ At what time does business start to slow down?​
​
c)​ How many people are in the store when it opens?
​ ​
d)​ About how many people are in the store at 2:30
pm?​ ​
e)​ What was the greatest number of people in the
store?​

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a)​ Find the gradient of the line passing through the
following points:
1) (1, 3) and (5, 7)​ ​ 2) (5, 16) and (33, 43)​ ​ 3) (2,7) and (6, -7)
b)​ Draw the straight lines represented by the following equations and determine the approximate
solutions to the simultaneous equations:​
1
y = -2x - 1 and y = 2 x – 2
c)​ Find the equation of the straight line given below.

7- Two four sided dice are rolled. The smaller score is subtracted from the larger score. List all possible
outcomes in a sample space diagram. How many possible outcomes are there? What is the probability of
getting a score of 3? Which outcome has the highest probability of occurring? What is the probability of
getting even number?

8- Find the Area and perimeter of the given shape.

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9- The cross-section of a prism is a sector of a circle, radius 8 cm and angle 40°.

The prism is 20 cm long.
Calculate
(i) the area of the cross-section,
(ii) the total surface area of the prism.

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10- A fuel tank is a cylinder of diameter 1.8 m. The tank holds 25 000 litres when full. Given that 1m3 =
1000 litres, calculate the length of the cylinder. Give your answer in metres.

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a)​ When a solid rectangular wooden block of oak floats, 60% of its
height is under water.
(i) What fraction of its height is above water?
b)​ A block of oak has length 60cm, breadth 50 cm and height h
centimetres. It floats with 15cm of its height under water.
(i) Find the value of h.
(ii) In the diagram, the shaded region represents part of the surface area of the block that is in
contact with the water. Calculate the total surface area of the block that is in contact with the
water.

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Diagram shows a vessel in the shape of a prism. The cross-section OAB is a
sector of a circle of radius 8 cm and AOˆB = 90°.
a)​ Calculate the perimeter of the sector OAB.
b)​ The vessel, which stands on a horizontal table, contains 800cm3 of
water, shown shaded in the diagram. Calculate the depth of the water
in the vessel.

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The diagram shows an L-shaped piece of card. The measurements are in
centimetres and all the angles are right-angles.
a)​ Calculate the perimeter of this card.
b)​ Square pieces, each of side 2 cm, are cut from this card. Find the
greatest number of squares that can be obtained.
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A cylindrical, open container has a diameter of 21 cm and height of 8 cm.
(a) Calculate the volume of container.
(b) Find the curved surface area of the cylinder.
(c)(i) Calculate the total external surface area of this container.
(ii) A manufacturer receives an order for 30 000 containers. He needs an
extra 150 cm2 of material for each container to cover wastage. Calculate the
area of material needed to make these containers. Give your answer in
square metres.

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Ryan is putting a clothesline in his rectangular backyard. He wants to put
it between two trees on the edge of his property. He has measured his
property, and made the sketch shown below, where all the lengths listed
are in meters.
What is the smallest length of rope that Ryan could buy which would
stretch from one tree to the other?

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A monument in the shape of a right triangle sits on a rectangular

pedestal that is 5meters high by 11meters long. The longest side of the
triangular monument measures 61 meters.

How high off the ground is the top of the monument?

17- In 2001 the price of one litre of petrol was 72 cents.

a) 65% of this price is “tax” and the remainder is “other costs”. Find, in its
simplest form, the ratio of tax to other costs. Give your answer in the
form m:n where m and n are integers.
b) Maureen bought as many complete litres of petrol as she could with a $20 note ($1= 100 cents).
i.​ Calculate how many litres she bought.
ii.​ Calculate how much change she received.
c) In 2002 the price of one litre of petrol was 81 cents. Calculate the percentage increase from 2001 to
2002.
d) The price of petrol in 2001 was 10% less than the price in 2000. Calculate the price of one litre of
petrol in 2000.

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a.​ The price of the television is $350. In a sale, its price is reduced by 30%. Calculate the sale price
of the television.
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b.​ The exchange rate between dollars and euros is $1 = €0.80. Ben changes $275 into euros.
Calculate the number of euros Ben receives.
c.​ Aisha buys a new car. She buys the car using the credit terms. How much more than the cash
price will she pay overall for the car?

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a)​ Sofia earns $7.60 for each hour she works. She starts work at 7.45 a.m. and finishes at 4.30 p.m.
She stops work for half an hour for lunch. How much does she earn for the day?
b)​ Marlon earns $1500 each month. He pays rent of $525 each month. Find the amount he pays in
rent as a percentage of his earnings?

20- In a sale, a shop keeper reduced the marked price of his goods by 20%.
a)​ The marked price of a book was $20. Calculate its price in the sale.
b)​ The price of the camera in the sale was $60. Calculate its marked price.

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(a) In 2016, the price of a television is $1995.
(i) Afzal pays the $1995 with a deposit of $399 and 12 equal monthly payments.
Calculate Afzal’s monthly payment.
(ii) What percentage of $1995 is $399?
(iii) The price of the television in 2016 is 5% more than the price in 2015. Calculate the price in 2015.

(b) Afzal watched a programme that lasted 2 hours 53 minutes. It ended at 01 15. At what time did it
start?

23-Kamal earned a total of $32 500 in 2017. He paid 9% of this amount into his pension. He paid 22% tax
on the remainder of his earnings.

a)​ Calculate the amount left after paying his pension and his tax.
b)​ Kamal invested $1200 in a savings account paying 2% per year simple interest. He left the money
in the account for 5 years. Calculate the amount of money in the account at the end of 5 years.

24- A furniture salesman earned $36 200 last year.

(i) He had to pay 22% of this amount as tax.
How much was left after paying tax?
(ii) His earnings of $36 200 were made up of $25 000 basic salary plus 8% of the value of the
furniture that he sold.
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Calculate the value of the furniture that he sold.

25- Yuvraj and Sachin travel to England.

Yuvraj exchanges 20 500 rupees and receives £250 .
Sachin exchanges 26 650 rupees into pounds (£) at the same exchange rate.
How many pounds does Sachin receive?