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2018 Non Common Entrance

Mathematics

Time Allowed: 60 minutes

Instructions
 Calculators are NOT permitted
 Write ALL your working and answers on this paper. Show enough
working on each question to make it clear how you reached your
answer.
 Do not spend too long working on any particular question. Do not
worry if you do not manage to complete every question.
 You may work in pen or pencil.

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Question 1

(a) A sandwich costs £2.46. A drink costs £1.29.

Answer …………………………….

(b) A box of chocolates contains 37 individual chocolates.

Answer …………………………….

(c) One litre of orange juice costs £1.45.

Answer …………………………….

(d) There are 1.09 yards in one metre. How many yards are there in 0.27 metres?

Answer …………………………….

(e) The total mass of 7 identical computers is 259 kg. What is the mass of one computer?

Answer …………………………….

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Question 2 Work out the following, obeying the correct order of operations.

(a) 1 + 0

Answer …………………………….

(b) 0 × 2

Answer …………………………….

(c) 3 – 3 × 0

Answer …………………………….

(d) 2 + 0 ÷ 2

Answer …………………………….

(e) 1 × 3 + 3 × 2

Answer …………………………….

(f) 5  5 ÷ 5 + 5

Answer …………………………….

(g) 3  (3  3 × 3)

Answer …………………………….

(h) 12 ÷ 4 ÷ 3 × 2

Answer …………………………….

(i) 1 ÷ 2  4 ÷ 6

Answer …………………………….
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Question 3 Where possible, fully simplify the following algebraic expressions

(a) x ÷ x

Answer …………………………….

(b) x  x

Answer …………………………….

(c) x + 2x – 3 – 4x + 9

Answer …………………………….

(d) 5x × x × 2x

Answer …………………………….

Question 4 Write down, in ascending order, the factors of the following numbers.

(a) 36

Answer ……………………………………………

(b) 150

Answer ……………………………………………

Question 5 Write down the prime factorisation of the following numbers

(a) 36

Answer ……………………………………………

(b) 150

Answer ……………………………………………

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Question 6 Calculate the following:

1 4
(a) 
7 3

Answer …………………………….

1 4
(b) 
7 3

Answer …………………………….

1 4
(c) 
7 3

Answer …………………………….

63 35
(d) 
21 99

Answer …………………………….

Question 7

A chocolate bar is shared amongst two friends.

Answer …………………………….
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Question 8 Solve the following equations, leaving your answers as improper fractions where necessary.

(a) 5x – 11 = 34

Answer ………………………

x 1
(b) 3
2 2

Answer ………………………

2x  3
(c) 3  8
7

Answer ………………………

(d) 6x – 9 = 15 – 7x

Answer ………………………

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(e) 5(x – 6) = 25

Answer ………………………

1 1
(f) 3x – 9 = x
4 2

Answer ………………………

Question 9

If a = 6, b = 2 and c = 5, find the value of the following expressions

(a) abc

Answer ………………………

(b) bc2

Answer ………………………

(c) 3a – 2b – 4c

Answer ………………………

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Question 10

You should solve the following questions by defining an unknown, forming an equation and solving it using an
algebraic method.

(a) Five times a number is eight less than three times the number.
Find the number.

The number is ………………

(b) John thought of a number. He subtracted ten and then divided by three.
The result was the same as when multiplying the original number by two.
What number did John think of?

John’s number was ………………

(c) The width of a rectangle is four times its height.

The rectangles dimensions are …………………………………….