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1 Ordering integers and decimals 27 Time Calculations
2 Rounding 28 Coordinates
3 Indices 29 Pictograms
4 Metric Unit Conversions 30 Probability
5 Place Value 31 Use of a Calculator
6 Term-to-term sequences 32 Fraction Operations
7 Primes, Squares, Factors, Multiples 33 Two-Way Tables
8 Expanding Single Brackets 34 Currency Conversions
9 Fraction of an Amount 35 Cube Numbers
10 Fractions, Decimals, Percentages 36 Faces, Edges, Vertices, Plans/Elevations
11 Order of Operations (BIDMAS) Factorising, Solving Equations and
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12 Simplifying Algebraic Terms Inequalities, Inequality Diagrams

13 Area/Perimeter of Rectangles 38 Angle Facts

14 The Probability Scale 39 Decrease by a Percentage

15 Percentage of an Amount 40 Area of Triangle/Parallelogram

16 Money Calculations 41 Ordering Fractions

17 Measuring Lines and Angles 42 Area/Circumference of Circles

18 Write as a Fraction/Ratio/Percentage 43 Index Laws (Multiplication/Division)

19 Negative Numbers 44 Parts of a Circle

20 Relating Ratio to Fractions 45 Conversion Graphs

21 Number Machines 46 Interpreting Charts

22 Averages from a List 47 Stem and Leaf Diagrams

23 Drawing Bar Charts 48 Drawing Pie Charts

24 Solving one step Equations 49 Maps/Scales and Bearings
25 Listing Outcomes/Combinations 50 Frequency Trees
26 Symmetry 51 Units Conversions

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 52 Algebraic Language 82 Relative Frequency

53 Writing Expressions 83 Mixed Number Operations

84 Interpreting Pie Charts
54 Angles in Triangles
85 Inverse Proportion
55 Substitution
86 Simple/Compound Interest
56 Angle Bisectors
87 Angles in Regular Polygons
57 Area of Trapezium/Scale Drawing
88 Reciprocals/Error Intervals
58 Straight Line Graphs
89 Frequency Polygons
59 Sequences (nth term) 90 Averages from Grouped Tables
60 Prime Factorisation 91 Quadratic Graphs
61 Constructing Triangles
92 Volume of Prisms
62 Estimation
93 More Angles in Regular Polygons
63 Distance Time Graphs
94 Column Vectors
Fibonacci, Geometric, Quadratic
64 95 Standard Form
Sequences
96 Quadratics (Expand, Factorise, Solve)
65 Angles in Quadrilaterals
97 Similar Shapes
66 Percentage Change/Profit
98 Changing the Subject
67 Density/Pressure
99 Forming and Solving Equations
68 Converting Units of Area
100 Equations with Unknowns on both sides
69 Equations with Fractions
101 Probability Tree Diagrams
70 Recipes 102 Gradients and Intercepts
71 Application of Ratio 103 Angles in Parallel Lines
72 Best Buys 104 Venn Diagrams

73 Diagram Sequences 105 Exact Trig Values

74 Speed, Distance, Time 106 Loci (includes perpendicular bisector)

107 Sector Area/Arc Length
75 Averages from Tables
108 Index Laws (bracket raised to a power)
76 Scatter Diagrams
109 Volume of Cone/Sphere
77 Transformations
110 Trigonometry (Missing Side)
78 More Transformations
111 Trigonometry (Missing Angle)
79 Comparing Distributions
112 Pythagoras
80 Angles in Irregular Polygons 113 Simultaneous Equations
81 HCF/LCM 114 Types of Graphs

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1 (a) Write the following numbers in order of size.

Start with the smallest number.

-4 6 0 -1 5 -3

(1)
(b) Write the following numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.

0.43 0.34 0.4 0.334

(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 2 marks)

2 (a) Write 927 to the nearest 10

(1)
(b) Write 17.512 to the nearest integer

(1)
(Total for Question 2 is 2 marks)

3 Work out the value of 24

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

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4 (a) Change 7 kilograms into grams

grams
(b) Change 450 cm into metres. (1)

metres
(1)
(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)

5 Write down the value of the number 7 in the number 5721

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

6 Here are the first 4 terms of a sequence.

11 8 5 2

(a) (i) Write down the next term in the sequence.

(ii) Explain how you got your answer. (1)

(1)

(b) Work out the 10th term of the sequence.

(1)
(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 Here is a list of numbers

5 6 8 9 20 24

(a) From the list of numbers write down a prime number

(b) From the list of numbers write down a square number (1)

(c) From the list of numbers write down a multiple of 10 (1)

(d) From the list of numbers write down a factor of 12 (1)

(1)
(e) From the list of numbers write down the largest odd number.

(1)
(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

8 Expand 6(y – 2)

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

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9 Work out of 80
4

(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)

10 Complete the following table.

Fraction Decimal Percentage

1
0.5 50%
2

3
10

7%

(Total for Question 10 is 4 marks)

11 (a) Work out 3 + 5 × 2

(b) Work out 10 – 5 + 3 (1)

(1)
(Total for Question 11 is 2 marks)

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12 (a) Simplify a×b×8

(1)
(b) Simplify 5×p×4×p

(1)
(c) Simplify 10x – y – 2x + 4y

(2)
(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)
13 A rectangle is drawn on grid below.
The area of each square is 1 cm2

(a) Work out the perimeter of the shape.

cm
(b) Work out the area of the shape. (1)

cm2
(1)
(Total for Question 13 is 2 marks)

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14 A fair spinner made from a square is shown below.

A B
B B

(a) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that the spinner
lands on a letter B

0 1 1
2 (1)

(b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that the spinner
lands on a letter C

0 1 1
2 (1)

(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

15 Work out 35% of 140

(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)

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16 The prices of different items in a school shop are shown below.

Ruler 12p

Pen 8p

Pencil 6p

(a) Work out the cost of 32 rulers.

£
(2)
(b) Work out how many pens can be bought with £2.16

pens
(2)
Annie buys 10 rulers and 4 pencils.
She pays with a £2 coin.

(c) Work out how much change Annie gets.

£
(3)
(Total for Question 16 is 7 marks)

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17 ABCDE is a pentagon.
C y°
D

x°
A E

(a) Measure the length of the line BC.

Give your answer in cm.

cm
(1)
(b) Measure the size of the angle marked x.

(c) Write down the line that is parallel to line AE. (1)

(d) Write down the line that is perpendicular to line AE. (1)

Angle CDE = y° is marked on the diagram. (1)

(e) Write down the mathematical name for this type of angle

(1)
(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

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18 The table below shows the favourite subjects of 25 students.

Subject Frequency

Maths 10

English 6

Science 1

History 8

(a) Write down the fraction of the students whose favourite subject is maths.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

(2)
(b) Write down the ratio of students whose favourite subject is maths to those whose
favourite subject is history.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

(2)
(c) Work out the percentage of students whose favourite subject is English.

%
(2)
(Total for Question 18 is 6 marks)

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19 The table below shows the temperatures of some cities on a day in December.

City Temperature

London 3 °C

Glasgow –5 °C

Newcastle –3 °C

Nottingham 2 °C

(a) Write down the city with the lowest temperature.

(1)
(b) Work out the range of the temperatures of the cities.

°C
(2)
The following day the temperature in Glasgow increased by 4° C
(c) Write down the temperature in Glasgow the following day.

°C
(1)
(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

20 A company produces drinking bottles.

The ratio of recycled material to non-recycled material in each bottle is 5 : 3
Write down the fraction of each bottle that is made from recycled material.

(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)

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21 The diagram shows a number machine.

Input +5 ÷4 Output

(a) Find the output when the input is 19.

(1)
(b) Find the input when the output is 1.

(2)
(Total for Question 21 is 3 marks)

22 Here is a list of numbers

11 3 16 2 7 3

(a) Write down the mode of the numbers.

(1)
(b) Work out the median of the numbers.

(c) Work out the mean of the numbers. (2)

(2)
(Total for Question 22 is 5 marks)

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23 30 students were asked how they travel to school.

The table shows the results.

Transport Method Frequency

Car 16
Bike 4
Bus 7
Walk 3

On the grid below, draw a bar chart for this information.

(Total for Question 23 is 3 marks)

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24 (a) Solve x – 4 = 12

x=
(1)
(b) Solve 3y = 27

y=
(c) Solve h = 10 (1)
2

h=
(1)
(Total for Question 24 is 3 marks)

25 Juliet is having her photo taken.

She must choose the size of her photo and the colour.

Photo Information

Photo Size Colour

Small Full Colour

Medium Black and White
Large

Write down all the possible combinations Juliet can choose.

(Total for Question 25 is 2 marks)

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26 Here is a regular polygon

(a) Write down the name of this regular polygon.

(1)
(b) Write down the order of rotational symmetry for this regular polygon

(c) Draw all the lines of symmetry onto the regular polygon above. (1)

(1)
(Total for Question 26 is 3 marks)
27 A film starts at 4:12pm and lasts for 1h 49 minutes.

Work out the time that the film finishes.

pm
(Total for Question 27 is 2 marks)

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28 L
5

3
A
2

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1
B
-2

-3
C
-4

-5
(a) Write down the coordinates of point A.

( , )
Point D is such that ABCD forms a kite. (1)

(b) Write down the coordinates of point D.

( , )
(c) Write down the coordinates of the midpoint of the line AC. (2)

( , )
(d) Write down the equation of the line L. (2)

(1)
(Total for Question 28 is 6 marks)

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29 The pictogram shows the number of books sold in a shop on different days.

Key:
Monday

Tuesday
represents 20 books

Wednesday

(a) Write down the number of books sold on Monday

(1)
15 more books were sold on Tuesday than on Monday.
The total number of books sold on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 150

(b) Use this information to complete the pictogram.

(3)

(Total for Question 29 is 4 marks)

30 A bag contains 50 counters that are only red, blue or green.

There are 28 red counters.
There are twice as many red counters as blue counters.

A counter is selected at random.

Work out the probability that the counter selected is green.

(Total for Question 30 is 3 marks)

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31 Use your calculator to work out
17 – 2

(a) Write down all the figures on your calculator display.

(2)
(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to 3 significant figures.

(1)
(Total for Question 31 is 3 marks)
3 9
32 (a) Work out ÷
5 10
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

(2)
(b) Work out 2 – 2
3 9
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

(2)
(Total for Question 32 is 4 marks)

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33 Two companies run bus services in a town.

The council wants to know which company is performing better so they tracked the arrival time of
40 buses from each company.

12 of company A’s buses and 7 of company B’s buses were late.

31 of company B’s buses were on time.
5 buses were early.

Complete the two-way table.

Early On-time Late Total

Company A

Company B

Total

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

34 £1 = 1.16 Euros

Paul changes £400 into Euros for his holiday to Spain.

Whilst on holiday he spends 319 Euros.
After his holiday he converts his remaining Euros back into pounds.

Work out how much money Paul has after his holiday, in pounds.

£
(Total for Question 34 is 3 marks)

35 Write down a cube number between 100 and 200.

(Total for Question 35 is 1 mark)

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36 Here is a square based pyramid.

6 cm
6 cm

(a) Write down the number of faces the square-based pyramid has.

(b) Write down the number of edges the square-based pyramid has. (1)

(c) Write down the number of vertices the square-based pyramid has. (1)

(1)
(d) On the centimetre grid below, draw the plan of the square-based pyramid.

(2)

(Total for Question 36 is 5 marks)

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37 (a) Factorise t2 + 6t

(1)
(b) Solve 5(x – 3) = 15

x=
(2)
(c) Solve 2x < 8

(1)

(d) Represent your answer to part (c) on the number line below.

x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

(2)

(e) -4 ≤ p < 2
p is an integer

Write down all the possible values for p

(2)
(Total for Question 37 is 8 marks)

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38

110°

x°

(a) Find the value of x.

°
x=
(2)
(b) Give a reason for your answer to part (a).

(1)
(Total for Question 38 is 3 marks)

39 An ice cream shop has the following offer.

80p per scoop.

Buy 3 scoops and get 15% off.

Work out the cost of an ice cream with 3 scoops.

£
(Total for Question 39 is 3 marks)

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40 The triangle and parallelogram shown below have the same area.

10 cm
h cm

12 cm 15 cm

The parallelogram has a height h cm.

Work out the value of h.

h= cm
(Total for Question 40 is 3 marks)

41 Write the following fractions in order of size.

Start with the smallest.

7 3 11 3
10 5 20 4

(Total for Question 41 is 2 marks)

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42 Here is a circle with diameter AB.

AB = 10 cm.

(a) Calculate the area of the circle.

Give your answer in terms of π

cm2
(b) Calculate the circumference of the circle. (2)
Give your answer in terms of π

cm
(2)
(Total for Question 42 is 4 marks)

43 (a) Simplify p6 × p3

q20 (1)
(b) Simplify
q5

(1)
(Total for Question 43 is 2 marks)

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44 The diagrams below show different parts of a circle.

A B C

D E F

Each of the parts of a circle from the diagrams above is also in the table below.

Complete the table.

Part of a Circle Letter of Diagram

Diameter E

Tangent

Radius

Segment

Chord

Sector

(Total for Question 44 is 4 marks)

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45 You can use this graph to change between miles and kilometres.

100

90

80

70

Kilometres 60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Miles

(a) Change 45 miles into kilometres

kilometres
(1)
Jim is trying to cycle his bike 300 miles for charity.
So far he has cycled 250 kilometres.
(b) Calculate how many more miles Jim needs to ride to complete the total of 300 miles.

miles
(3)
(Total for Question 45 is 4 marks)

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46 Rachel tracks how many followers she has on different social media networks.

The composite bar chart shows information about her followers for three different years.

3000

2500

2000 Key
Followers Twitter
1500
Instagram
1000 TikTok

500

0
2020 2021 2022
Year
(a) Write down how many Twitter followers Rachel had in 2022.

(1)
(b) Work out how many more Instagram followers Rachel had in 2022 compared to 2021.

(2)

Rachel says: “My number of followers increased each year on all social media networks”.

(c) Is Rachel correct? Give a reason for your answer.

(1)
(Total for Question 46 is 4 marks)

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47 Here are the percentage test scores of 20 students in a school.

81 63 66 60 70 77 77 70 66 82

92 88 59 84 80 71 64 61 73 73

(a) Show this information in a stem and leaf diagram.

(3)

One of the 20 students is chosen at random.

(b) Write down the probability that this student has scored more than 70% on their test.

(1)
(Total for Question 47 is 4 marks)

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48 The table below shows information about the positions of members of a football squad.

Position Frequency
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 7
Midfielder 9
Forward 5

Draw an accurate pie chart for this information.

(Total for Question 48 is 3 marks)

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49 Here is a map of an island.

Town A
Town B

Diagram accurately drawn

Scale: 1cm represent 4 km

A straight road joins Town A and Town B.

(a) Work out the real distance between the two towns.

km
(2)
(b) Find the bearing of Town B from Town A.

(1)
(Total for Question 49 is 3 marks)

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50 200 people went to watch a film.

95 of the people were adults and the rest were children.

54 of the adults had popcorn.
52 people had no popcorn.

(a) Use this information to complete the frequency tree.

Popcorn

Adults

No Popcorn

200

Popcorn
Children

No Popcorn

(3)

One of the 200 people is chosen at random.

(b) Write down the probability that this person is an adult who had popcorn.

(1)
(Total for Question 50 is 4 marks)

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51 1 gallon = 4.55 litres

1 litre = 1.75 pints

Fiona has the two containers shown below.

Container A Container B

Capacity Capacity
2.5 gallons 20 pints

Which container has the greatest capacity?

You must show all your working.

(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)

52
2(x + 3) = 2x + 6 4x + 3 = 9 F = ma

x2 + 4x – 5 = 0 x–3<7 7c – p

From the boxes above write down

(a) A formula

(1)
(b) An identity

(c) An inequality (1)

(d) An expression (1)

(1)
(Total for Question 52 is 4 marks)
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53 A can of drink has 330 ml

A bottle of drink has 500 ml

Sandra buys p cans of drink and q bottles of drink.

Write down an expression, in terms of p and q, for the total amount of millilitres of drink Sandra has.

(Total for Question 53 is 2 marks)

54
B

110°
A C
D

ABC is a triangle.
AB = BC
Angle BDC = 110°
Work out the size of angle DBC.

(Total for Question 54 is 4 marks)

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55 P = 3m + 30

(a) Work out the value of P when m = 5

(b) Work out the value of m when P = 18 (2)

(2)
(Total for Question 55 is 4 marks)

56 Use a ruler and compasses to construct the line BP that bisects the angle ABC.
You must show all construction lines.

B C

(Total for Question 56 is 2 marks)

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57 Here is a trapezium ABCD

A 30 m E 20 m B

30 m

C 20 m D
AE = 30 m
EB = 20 m
CD = 20 m
DE = 30 m

(a) Work out the area of trapezium ABCD.

Give your answers in square metres.

m2
(2)
(b) On the centimetre grid below, draw a scale drawing of trapezium ABCD.
Use a scale of 1 cm to 5 m.

(3)

(Total for Question 57 is 5 marks)

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58 (a) On the grid below, draw the graph of y = 3x + 2 for values of x from -2 to 3

y
12

11

10

x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6 (3)

(b) Does the point with coordinates (25, 77) lie on the line y = 3x + 2 ?
You must show how you get your answer.

(1)
(Total for Question 58 is 4 marks)

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59 Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence.

8 11 14 17

(a) Write down an expression in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.

(2)
(b) Is 98 a number in this sequence?
Give a reason for your answer.

(1)
The nth term of another sequence is given by the expression 30 – 2n

(b) Find the 8th term of this sequence.

(2)
(Total for Question 59 is 5 marks)

60 Write 700 as a product of its prime factors.

(Total for Question 60 is 2 marks)

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61 Use a ruler and compasses to construct an equilateral triangle with a side length of 7 cm.

(Total for Question 61 is 2 marks)

62 Work out an estimate for 699 × 32

19.79

(Total for Question 62 is 3 marks)

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63 Sovra drove from her home to the dentist.

She stayed at the dentist for her appointment and then drove home.

20

15
Distance from
home (miles)
10

0
10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12pm

Time of day

(a) How far does Sovra live from the dentist?

miles
(b) How many minutes was Sovra’s appointment? (1)

minutes
(1)
(c) What was Sovra’s average speed on the journey home?

mph
(2)
(Total for Question 63 is 4 marks)

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64 Here are the first three terms of a Fibonacci sequence.

2 3 5

(a) Find the 4th term of the sequence.

(1)
Here are the first three terms of a geometric sequence.

1 3 9

(b) Find the 4th term of the sequence.

(1)
Here are the first four terms of a quadratic sequence.

2 5 10 17

(c) Find the 5th term of the sequence.

(2)
(Total for Question 64 is 4 marks)

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65 B

A 95° C

45°

ABCD is a kite. D
AB is parallel to EC.
Angle BAE = 95°
Angle EDC = 45°
Work out the size of angle BCE.

(Total for Question 65 is 4 marks)

66 Chloe buys a phone for £120.

She sells it for £138.

Work out Chloe’s percentage profit.

%
(Total for Question 66 is 2 marks)

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67 The diagram show a solid cube placed on a horizontal floor.

2m
The cube has a mass of 60 kg.

(a) Work out the density of the cube.

kg/m3
(3)

The force exerted by the cube on the floor is equal to 600 newtons.
force
pressure =
area
(b) Calculate the pressure on the floor due to the cube in newtons/m2

newtons/m2
(3)
(Total for Question 67 is 6 marks)

68 Write 8.1 m2 in cm2

cm2
(Total for Question 68 is 1 mark)

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69 (a) Solve +3=8
2

x=
y–4 (2)
(b) Solve = 10
5

y=
(2)
(Total for Question 69 is 4 marks)

70 Some of the ingredients needed to make 12 pancakes are shown below.

For 12 pancakes

Flour 300 g
Milk 400 ml
Eggs 2

Work out how much of each ingredient is needed to make 30 pancakes.

g of flour

ml of milk

eggs
(Total for Question 70 is 3 marks)

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71 A bag contains only red, green and blue counters.

number of number of number of

: : = 3 : 5 : 4
red counters green counters blue counters

The bag contains 36 blue counters.

Work out how many counters are in the bag in total.

(Total for Question 71 is 3 marks)

72 A shop sells two jars of jam.

Small Large

£0.65 £1.20

250 g of jam 450 g of jam

Which size of jam represents the best value for money?

Show clearly how you got your answer.

(Total for Question 72 is 3 marks)

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73 Here is a sequence of patterns made from square tiles and triangular tiles.

pattern number 1 pattern number 2 pattern number 3

(a) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the number of triangular tiles in pattern n.

(2)
Rich makes one of the patterns from the sequence.
He uses 88 total tiles.

(b) Work out how many square tiles Rich used.

square tiles
(3)
(Total for Question 73 is 5 marks)
74 Peter and Wendy both run a 400 metre race.
Peter runs at an average speed of 8 m/s and Wendy runs at an average speed of 6.25 m/s
Peter wins the race.

After Peter finishes, how many more seconds will pass before Wendy finishes?

seconds
(Total for Question 74 is 3 marks)

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75 The table shows information about the number of goals scored by a football team in 19 matches.

Goals Frequency
0 2
1 6
2 4
3 4
4 3

(a) Write down the modal number of goals scored for the 19 matches.

goals
(1)
(b) Work out the median number of goals scored for the 19 matches.

goals
(1)
(c) Work out the mean number of goals scored for the 19 matches.

goals
(3)
(Total for Question 75 is 5 marks)

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76 The scatter graph shows reaction times in milliseconds and the ages of 15 people.

750

700

650

600
Reaction time
(milliseconds) 550

500

450

400

350

300
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Age (years)

(a) One of the points plotted on the scatter graph is considered an outlier.
Write down the coordinates of this point.

( , )
(1)
(b) For all the other points write down the type of correlation.

(1)
A person aged 55 has their reaction time measured.

(c) Use the graph to estimate their reaction time.

milliseconds
(2)
(Total for Question 76 is 4 marks)

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77
y
5

3
A B
2

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle A onto triangle B

(2)

(b) Rotate triangle A, 90° anticlockwise about the point (1,0)

Label the new triangle C.
(2)

(Total for Question 77 is 4 marks)

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78
y
5

B 1

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1
A
-2

-3

-4

-5

(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps rectangle A onto rectangle B

(3)

(b) Reflect rectangle A in the line y = 1

Label the new rectangle C.
(2)

(Total for Question 78 is 5 marks)

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79 The table shows information about the heights of students in Year 7 and Year 11.

Mean Range

Year 7 144 cm 25 cm

Year 11 173 cm 40 cm

Compare the distribution of the heights of Year 7 students with the distribution of the heights of
Year 11 students.

(Total for Question 79 is 2 marks)

80 ABCDEF is hexagon. B
C
A 95°
145°

120°
D
100°
F
110°

E
Work out the size of angle ABC.

(Total for Question 80 is 4 marks)

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81 (a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 75 and 210

(2)
(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 75 and 210

(2)
(Total for Question 81 is 4 marks)

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82 Harry practices his penalty kick on three different days and records how many he scores and misses.

The table below shows how many times he scored and missed on each day.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Score 19 35 27
Miss 11 25 18

Harry’s coach wants to estimate the probability that he will score a penalty.

(a) Which day’s results will give the best estimate for the probability that Harry will score a penalty?
Give a reason for your answer.

(1)

Ella knows that the probability that she will score a penalty is 0.7
During one week Ella takes 200 penalties.

(b) Work out an estimate for the number of penalties that Ella scored.

(2)
(Total for Question 82 is 3 marks)
1 3 4
83 Show that 4 ÷1 =2
2 4 7

(Total for Question 83 is 3 marks)

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84 Craig is revising for his science exams.

The pie chart below shows how much time he spends revising each of the subjects.

Biology

Chemistry
160°

Physics

Craig spends 96 minutes revising for Chemistry.

Work out how many minutes Craig spends revising for Physics.

minutes
(Total for Question 84 is 3 marks)

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85 A floor with an area of 10 m2 can be tiled by 3 workers in 8 hours.

Work out how long it would take 4 workers to tile a floor that is 25 m2
Assume that all workers can tile at the same rate.

hours
(Total for Question 85 is 3 marks)

86 Conor invests £500 in a bank for 3 years at 4% interest.

(a) Work out how much money Conor would have in his account after 3 years using simple interest.

£
(2)

(b) Work out how much money Conor would have in his account after 3 years using compound
interest

£
(2)
(Total for Question 86 is 4 marks)

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87 ABCDE is a regular pentagon and ABFG is a square.

E G F
C

x°

A B

Angle EAG = x°

Work out the value of x

x=
(Total for Question 87 is 3 marks)
88 (a) Find the reciprocal of 1.25
Give your answer as a decimal.

(1)
(b) A number, n, is rounded to 1 decimal place.
The result is 6.4

Complete the error interval for n.

≤n<
(2)
(Total for Question 88 is 3 marks)

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89 The table shows information about the time, t minutes, that 100 people took to complete a race.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

60 < t ≤ 70 3
70 < t ≤ 80 12
80 < t ≤ 90 15
90 < t ≤ 100 44
100 < t ≤ 110 26

On the grid, draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

45

40

35

30

Frequency 25

20

15

10

0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120

Time (t minutes)

(Total for Question 89 is 2 marks)

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90 The table shows information about the time, t minutes, that 60 students spent revising.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

10 < t ≤ 20 28
20 < t ≤ 30 13
30 < t ≤ 40 13
40 < t ≤ 50 6

(a) Write down the modal class.

(1)
(b) Write down the interval containing the median.

(1)
(c) Work out an estimate for the mean time spent revising.

minutes
(3)
(Total for Question 90 is 5 marks)

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91 (a) Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 3x – 1

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

y 3 -3 -1

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 – 3x – 1 for values of x from -2 to 4

x
-2 -1 O 1 2 3 4
-1

-2

-3

-4 (2)

(c) Use the graph to estimate the solutions to x2 – 3x – 1 = 0

(2)
(Total for Question 91 is 6 marks)

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92

5 cm
14 cm

5 cm

8 cm
20 cm

Work out the volume of the prism.

cm3
(Total for Question 92 is 4 marks)

93 The interior angle of a regular polygon is 168°

(a) Work out the exterior angle for the regular polygon

(1)
(b) Work out how many sides the regular polygon has.

(2)
(Total for Question 93 is 3 marks)

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94 Here are two column vectors -6 ⎫ 2

a=⎧ b =⎧ ⎫
⎩ 5⎭ ⎩ -2 ⎭
(a) Work out 2a – b as a column vector.

⎧ ⎫
⎩ ⎭
(2)
(b) On the grid below draw and label the vector a

(1)

(c) On the grid below draw and label the vector 2b

(1)
(Total for Question 94 is 4 marks)

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95 (a) Write 7.11 × 10–3 as an ordinary number.

(1)

(b) Work out (8 × 1010) × (3 × 103)

Give your answer in standard form.

(2)
(Total for Question 95 is 3 marks)

96 (a) Expand and simplify (x + 3)(x + 2)

(2)
(b) Factorise x2 – 11x + 24

(2)
(c) Solve x2 + 2x – 8 = 0

(3)
(Total for Question 96 is 7 marks)

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97 Below are two similar octagons.

x cm

8 cm

150° y°
10 cm 15 cm

(a) Work out the value of x.

x=
(2)
(b) Work out the value of y.

y=
(1)
(Total for Question 97 is 3 marks)

98 Make b the subject of the formula r = 9b – p

(Total for Question 98 is 2 marks)

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99 Here is a rectangle with a perimeter of 70 cm

3x – 1

x+4

(a) Show that 8x + 6 = 70

(2)
(b) Find the value of x

x=
(2)
(Total for Question 99 is 4 marks)
100 Solve 7x + 10 = 3x – 14

x=
(Total for Question 100 is 3 marks)

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101 Katarina competes in both the 200 metre sprint and the long jump at her school sports day.

The probability that she will win the 200 metre sprint is 0.9

The probability that she will win the long jump is 0.8

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

200 metre Long jump

sprint

Win

Win
0.9
Does not
win

Win

Does not
win

Does not
win
(2)

(b) Work out the probability that Katarina wins exactly one of the events.

(3)
(Total for Question 101 is 5 marks)

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102 Below is a graph of the line L.

y

4 L

x
-2 -1 O 1 2
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

-8

-9

(a) Write down the coordinates y-intercept of the line L.

( , )
(1)
(b) Work out the gradient of the line L.

(2)
(Total for Question 102 is 3 marks)

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103 C
B
54°
A

F
y
x E
D 131°

ABC and DEF are parallel lines.

(a) Write down the value of x.

(1)
(b) Write down the value of y.

(1)

(c) Give a reason to your answer

for part (b).

(1)
(Total for Question 103 is 3 marks)

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104 E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}

A = {multiples of 3}
B = {factors of 12}

(a) Complete the Venn diagram for this information.

E
A B

(3)

A number is chosen at random from the universal set, E

(b) Find the probability that this number is in the set A ∪ B

(2)
(Total for Question 104 is 5 marks)

105 (a) Write down the exact value of cos60°

(1)
(b) Write down the exact value of sin45°

(1)
(Total for Question 105 is 2 marks)

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106 ABCD is a map of a rectangular field.

A B

C D

1 cm represents 50 metres.

A tower needs to be placed in the field so that it is

Closer to point C that to point D.

Within 350 metres of point B.

Shade the region of possible positions for the tower.

(Total for Question 106 is 3 marks)

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107 The diagram shows a sector of a circle of radius 8 cm.

A 8 cm O

Angle AOB = 90°

(a) Work out the area of the sector.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

cm2
(b) Work out the perimeter of the sector. (2)
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

cm
(3)
(Total for Question 107 is 5 marks)

108 Simplify (2y4)3

(Total for Question 108 is 2 marks)

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109 Below are a solid cone and a solid sphere.

h cm
5 cm

8 cm

1 l h 4 r
Volume of a cone = 3 πr2h Volume of a Sphere = 3 πr3
r

Volume of the cone = 30% of the volume of the sphere.

Work out h, the height of the cone.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

cm
(Total for Question 109 is 5 marks)

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110 B
81°
11 cm

A C
Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle.
Angle ABC = 81°
AB = 11 cm

Work out the length of AC.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

cm
(Total for Question 110 is 2 marks)

111 B C

8 cm
13 cm

Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle.

AB = 8 cm
AC = 13 cm

Work out the size of angle CAB.

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

(Total for Question 111 is 2 marks)

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112 ABCD is a kite.

A

78 cm 78 cm

D B
1.3 m

AB = AD = 78 cm
AC = 1.3 m
Angle ADC = Angle ABC = 90°

Work out the perimeter of the kite.

Give your answer in centimetres.

cm
(Total for Question 112 is 4 marks)

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113 Solve the simultaneous equations

5x + 4y = 41
3x – 2y = 29

x=

y=

(Total for Question 113 is 3 marks)

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114 Here are some graphs

y y

x x

Graph A Graph B

y y

x x

Graph C Graph D

In the table below, match each equation with the letter of its graph

Equation Graph

y=x

y = x2

y = x3

1
y= x

(Total for Question 114 is 3 marks)

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