Paper 3 Preparation Paper

This is a collection of questions broadly covers the specification.

The topics highlighted in green (and bold) are topics from the Unseen
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Guidance

1. Check your answers seem right.

2. Always show your workings
3. Take your time when working through this collection of questions

Revision for this test

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1 Best Buys 210

2 Scatter Graphs 165, 166

3 Standard Form 300, 301, 302, 303

4 Conversion Graphs 151, 152

5 Constructions 72, 78, 79, 80, 70

6 Loci 75, 76, 77

7 Area of a Trapezium 48

8 Volume of a Cylinder 357

9 Volume of a Prism 356

10 Stem and Leaf 169, 170

11 Two way Tables 319

12 Pie Charts 163, 164

13 Frequency Polygons 155, 156

14 LCM/HCF 218, 219

15 Laws of Indices 174

16 Product Rule for Counting 383

17 Substitution 20

18 Changing the Subject 7, 8

19 Drawing Linear Graphs 186

20 Simultaneous Equations 295

21 Currency 214a

22 Percentages 233, 235

23 Ratio 270, 271

24 Compound Interest 236

25 Error Intervals 377

26 Angles: Parallel Lines 25

27 Bearings 26, 27

28 Angles: Polygons 32

29 Circumference 60

30 Fractional and Negative Indices 173, 175

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31 Reverse Percentages 240

32 Expanding 3 Brackets 15

33 Pythagoras 257, 259

34 Quadratic Graphs 264

35 Area of a Circle 40

36 Arc Length 58

37 Area of a Sector 48

38 Trigonometry 329, 330, 331

39 Translations 325

40 Rotations 275

41 Enlargements 104, 106, 107, 108

42 Reflections 272

43 Circle Theorems 64, 65, 66

44 Travel Graphs 171

45 Speed, Distance, Time 299

46 Density 384

47 Cumulative Frequency 153, 154

48 Estimated Mean 55

49 Tree Diagrams 252

50 Capture Recapture 391

51 Venn Diagrams 380

52 Histograms 157, 158, 159

53 Similar Shapes (Area/Volume) 293a, 293b

54 Limits of Accuracy 183, 184

55 Factorising 117

56 Factorising Quadratics 118, 119, 120

57 Solving Quadratics 266

58 Quadratic Formula 267

59 nth Term 288

60 Quadratic nth term 388

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61 Equations 110, 113, 114, 115

62 Inequalities 177, 178, 179

63 Graphical Inequalities 182

64 Quadratic inequalities 378

65 Equation of a Circle 12

66 Rates of Change 309a, 309b

67 Algebraic Fractions 21, 22, 23, 24

68 Functions 369, 370

69 Trigonometric Graphs 338, 339

70 Transformations of Graphs 323

71 Completing the Square 10, 371

72 Iteration 373

73 Reciprocal Graph 346

74 Exponential Graph 345

75 Recurring Decimals to Fractions 96

76 Surds 305 to 308

77 Equation of a Tangent 372

78 Sine Rule/Cosine Rule 333

79 Pressure 385

80 Circle Theorems Proofs 66

81 Proportion 254, 255

82 Parallel and Perpendicular Graphs 196, 197

83 Vectors 353

84 3D Pythagoras 259, 332

85 Volume of Cone/Pyramid/Sphere 359, 360, 361

86 Conditional Probability 247

87 Congruent Triangles 67

88 Algebraic Proof 365

89 Exact Trig Values 341

90 Ratio - Problem Solving 270, 271

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91 Geometric Proof 366

92 Area Under a Graph 389

93 Invariant Points 392

94 Simultaneous Equations (non-linear) 298

1. Two shops sell the same type of perfume.

A 100ml bottle of perfume normally costs £40.

Rebecca says that both offers give the same value for money.
Is she correct? Show your working.

(5)

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2. The table below shows information about the monthly rent of an apartment and the
distance of the apartment from a city centre, in miles.

(a) Plot the data on the scatter graph below.

Clearly label your axes.
(3)

(b) Describe the relationship between the distance from the city centre and
the monthly rent.

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

................................................................................................................................
(1)
An apartment is 2.2 miles from the city centre.

(c) Find an estimate for the monthly rent

£.........................
(2)

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3. The population of England is 5.301 x 107
The number of people who live in London is 8.308 x 106

What percentage of the population of England live in London?

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

4.

(a) Change £30 into Euros.

.........................Euros
(2)
(b) Change 200 Euros into Pounds (£)

£.........................
(2)

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5. Use a ruler and compasses to construct the perpendicular to the line segment AB
that passes through the point P.

You must show all construction lines.

(2)

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6.

A yacht leaves the port, P, on a course that is an equal distance from PB and PL.

Using ruler and compasses only, construct the course on the diagram.
You must show your construction arcs.

(2)

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7. A shape has been made from joining a rectangle, trapezium and triangle.

The height of the shape is 3.5cm.

The ratio of the height of the rectangle to the height of the trapezium to the
height of the triangle is 2:3:2.
Calculate the area of the shape.

.........................cm²
(3)

8.

Shown above is a prism that is 1m long.

ABCDE is the cross-section of the prism.
ABCE is a rectangle and CDE is a semi-circle.
Calculate the volume of the prism.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

......................... cm³
(4)
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9. The swimming pool in a leisure centre is shown below.

The length of the swimming pool is 25m and the width is 12m.
The depth of the shallow end is 1m and the depth of the deep end is 2.4m.
Given 1m³ = 1000 litres
Work out how much water, in litres, the swimming pool holds.

......................... litres
(4)

10. The mass of books on a shelf are recorded in a stem and leaf diagram.

(a) Write down the median.

......................
(1)

(b) Work out the total mass of books on the shelf.

......................
(2)
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 A book weighing 1.8kg is added to the shelf.

Peter says the median will remain the same.

(c) Is Peter correct? Explain your answer.

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

11. A teacher surveys 64 children on how they travelled to school.

20 of the students were in Year 7.

The teacher surveyed 30% more students in Year 9 than in Year 7.
The rest of the students surveyed were in Year 11.
75% of the students in Year 7 walked to school.
8 more students in Year 9 walked to school than did not walk.
Out of students surveyed, more Year 11 students walked to school than Year 9
students.

One of these students is picked at random

Write down the probability that the student chosen will walk to school.

......................
(4)
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12. Barry won £420 in a competition.

The pie chart shows how he shared the money with his brother, Nick, and sister,
Helen.

With the money Barry kept for himself, he spent some and invested some, in the
ratio 5:2.

How much money did Barry invest?

......................
(4)

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13. The frequency polygon shows the length of 330 river eels.

The table shows the lengths of 330 sea eels.

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information on the diagram above.
(2)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of a sea eel.

.........................cm
(3)

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14. Trains to Portadown leave a train station every 28 minutes.
Trains to Portrush leave a train station every 16 minutes

A train to Portadown and a train to Portrush both leave the train station at 8am.

When will a train to Portadown and a train to Portrush both leave the train station
at the same time?

.........................
(3)

15. Simplify

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

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16. Bethan owns 10 shops and 5 restaurants. She is going to visit three of her
businesses and writes her list in order. The order will be:

shop, restaurant, shop

or
restaurant, shop, restaurant

How many different lists can Bethan write?

.............................
(3)

17. v = u + at

(a) Work out v when u = 23, a = 4 and t = 3

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

(b) Work out u when v = 30, a = 2 and t = 8

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

(c) Work out t when v = 40, u = 12 and a = 4

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

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18. Make m the subject of

w(m + n) = x(m − n)

.........................
(3)

19. On the grid, draw the graph of 3x − 2y = 6

(4)

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20. Four chairs and two tables cost £218.
Six chairs and seven tables cost £587.

Find the total cost of buying twenty chairs and five tables.

£.........................
(4)

21. Here is a conversion graph to convert between GB pounds and Polish złoty.

Jack has £400 and 1200 złoty.

His hotel bill is 2000 złoty

He pays the bill with 1200 złoty and some of the pounds.

Work out how much money Jack has left.

£.........................
(4)
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22. Nancy goes to the Post Office to exchange money.

Exchange Rates
£1 : $1.31
£1 : €1.14
*Commission Charged

Nancy changes $759.80 and €342 into pounds sterling.

The Post Office deducts their commission and gives Nancy £827.20
What is the percentage commission?

…………………….%
(4)

23. The ratio of the red cards to black cards in a deck is 3:10
2 more red cards are added to the deck.
The ratio of red cards to black cards is now 1:3

Work out the number of black cards in the deck.

…………………….
(3)

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24. The population of a country is increasing by 5% a year.

How many years will it take the population of the country to double?

…………………….
(3)

25. The length of each side of a regular hexagon is 4.7cm to 1 decimal place.

Write the error interval for the perimeter, P

…………………….
(3)

26. CE and FI are parallel lines.

Angle EDH = 50°
Angle DGF = 100°

Show, giving reasons, that triangle DGH is isosceles.

(4)
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27. The diagram shows the position of two towns, A and B.

A rugby club, R, has bearing of 110⁰ from town A.

The rugby club, R, has bearing 245⁰ from town B.

In the space above, show the position of the rugby club R.

Mark the position with a cross (x) and label it R.
(3)

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28. Shown below is an interior angle from a regular polygon.

Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.

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

29. A circular wheel has a diameter of 30cm.

The wheel rolls a distance of 60m.

Calculate the number of complete revolutions completed.

.........................
(4)

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30. Write the numbers below in the form 2n

(a) 4

..........................
(1)

(b) 8

..........................
(1)

(c) 32

..........................
(1)

(d) ½

..........................
(1)

(e) ¼

..........................
(1)

(f) √2

..........................
(1)

(g) √8

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

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31. There are 1500 people at an ice hockey match.
The announcer says that this is exactly 30% more people than the previous match.

Explain why the announcer is wrong.

(3)

32. Expand and simplify (x − 6)(x + 1)(x − 2)

……………………………………….…
(3)

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33. ABC and BCD are right angle triangles.

Find the length of AB

..........................cm
(4)

34. Draw the graph of y = (x − 1)(x − 2)

(3)
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35. A rectangular lawn is 100m long and 45m wide.
There are 3 circular ponds, with diameters of 20m, 10m and 5m respectively.

Mrs Jones wants to cover the lawn with grass seed.

Each packet of grass seed covers 50m² and costs £1.49

How much will it cost Mrs Jones to cover the lawn with grass seed?

£..........................
(5)

36. The perimeter of this sector is 36cm

Find the size of the angle, θ

.........................
(3)

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37. The areas of these two sectors are equal.

Find the length of x

.........................cm
(4)

38. Two right-angled triangles are shown below.

PQ is 10cm.
QR is 3cm.
Angle QRS is 65⁰

Calculate the size of angle PQS

.........................
(5)
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(2)

40.

(2)

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(2)

42.

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43.

(a) Find the size of angle x.

.........................°
(1)

(b) Find the size of angle y.

.........................°
(1)

(c) Find the size of angle z.

.........................°
(1)

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44. Teddy leaves home at 13:00
He drives at an average speed of 60km/h for 2½ hours
Teddy stops for 30 minutes.
He then drives home at an average speed of 50km/h

(a) Show this information on a distance-time graph.

(4)

(b) A film starts at 18:45

Does Teddy get home in time for the start?

Explain your answer.

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

................................................................................................................................
(1)

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45. Michael drives 143 miles from town A to town B in 2 hours 36 minutes.
He then drives from town B to town C at the same speed and it takes 21 minutes.

How far did Michael drive in total?

.........................miles
(4)

46. Material A has a density of 5.8g/cm³.

Material B has a density of 4.1g/cm³.

377g of Material A and 1.64kg of Material B form Material C.

Work out the density of Material C.

………………..g/cm³
(4)

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47. The cumulative frequency diagram shows the distribution of speeds for 60 cars
on a road.

(a) Estimate the median speed.

.........................
(1)

(b) Estimate the interquartile range of the speeds.

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

The speed limit on the road is 85 km/h.

(c) How many cars exceeded the speed limit?

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

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48. The table shows the heights of the child at a school.

Work out an estimate for the mean height.

.........................cm
(4)

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49. A college course consists of 8 weeks of teaching with a final exam at the end of
the course
If a student fails the final exam, they have one opportunity to retake the exam.

The probability of a student passing the final exam is ⅞

The probability of a student passing the retake is ⅔

(a) Complete the tree diagram.

(1)

If a student passes the final exam or retake, they receive a certificate.

(b) Work out the probability that a student receives a certificate.

.........................
(3)

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50. Darren wants to estimate how many grasshoppers live in a field.
He catches and marks 24 grasshoppers.
He then releases the grasshoppers.

The next day, Darren returns to the same field and captures 51 grasshoppers.
7 of these have been marked.

Work out an estimate for the total number of grasshoppers in the field.

.........................
(3)

51. The Venn diagram shows information about the cars in a car park.

ξ = 150 cars in the car park

R = red cars
J = cars manufactured in Japan

A car is chosen at random.

Work out the probability that it is red.

............................
(4)
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52. The histogram shows information about how far 150 children swam, when trying
to get their swimming certificates.

(a) Complete this frequency table.

(2)

(b) 10% of the swimmers swam further than y metres.

Calculate an estimate of y.

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

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53. Two solid clay models of the Statue of Liberty are mathematically similar.

The smaller model has a height of 15cm.

The larger model has a height of 20cm.

The smaller model has a mass of 108g.

Work out the mass of the larger model.

.........................g
(3)

54.

Given a = 15 correct to 2 significant figures

and w = 700 correct to 2 significant figures
Calculate the upper bound for T

.........................
(3)

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55. Factorise fully 32y³ + 24y²

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

56. (a) Factorise x² − x − 72

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

(b) Factorise 4x² + 12x − 7

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

57. Solve

.........................
(3)
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58. Solve x² − 6x − 20 = 0

Give your answers to 1 decimal place.

.........................
(3)

59. Here are the nth terms of 4 sequences.

Sequence 1 nth term 3n + 1

Sequence 2 nth term 5n + 10
Sequence 3 nth term 10n
Sequence 4 nth term 5n - 1

For each sequence state whether the numbers in the sequence are

A Always multiples of 5
S Sometimes multiples of 5
N Never multiples of 5

Sequence 1 ....................

Sequence 2 ....................

Sequence 3 ....................

Sequence 4 ....................
(4)
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60. Here are the first 5 terms of a quadratic sequence

4 10 18 28 40

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this quadratic sequence.

............................
(3)

61. Shown is a pentagon, with the size of each angle shown.

Find the size of the largest angle.

......................⁰
(4)
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62. (a) Solve the inequality 4x + 6 ≥ 2

.........................
(2)
(b) Write down the inequality shown by the diagram.

.........................
(1)

(c) Write down all the integers that satisfy both inequalities shown in part (a)
and (b).

......................................................
(1)

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63.

On the grid, label the region that satisfies all three of these inequalities

−1 < x < 2 y≤8 y ≥ 4x − 4

(4)

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64. Solve the inequality x² − 6x + 8 ≥ 0

(3)

65. The circle below has centre (0, 0).

The point (−15, 8) is a point on the circle.

Find the equation of the circle.

........................................
(3)

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66.

(a) Work out the speed at t = 5 seconds

………………….m/s
(3)

(b) Work out the average speed between 15 and 30 seconds

………………….m/s
(3)

67. Solve

........................................
(5)

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68. The functions , and are given by the following:

(a) Find

........................
(2)
(b) Find

........................
(2)
(c) Find

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

69. Sketch the graph of y = sin(x)

(2)

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70.

Shown is the curve with equation y = f(x)

The coordinates of the minimum point of the curve are (5, 2).

Write down the coordinates of the minimum point of the curve with equation

(a) y = f(x) − 4

(............... , ...............)
(1)

(b) y = f(x − 2)

(............... , ...............)
(1)

(c) y = f(−x)

(............... , ...............)
(1)

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71. Write x² + 12x − 1 in the form (x + a)² + b, where a and b are constants.

..............................
(3)

72. (a) Show that the equation 3x − x³ = −11 has a solution between x = 2 and x = 3

(2)

(b) Show that the equation 3x − x³ = −11 can be rearranged to give

(2)

(c) Starting with , use the iteration formula

three times to find an estimate for the solution of 3x − x³ = −11

(3)
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73. Complete the table of values for

(2)

(b) On the grid, draw the graph of for 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 10

(2)

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74.

The sketch shows a curve with equation

y = abx where a and b are constants and b > 0

The curve passes through the points (2, 90) and (4, 810)

Calculate the value of a and b

a = ....................

b = ....................

(3)

75. Use algebra to prove

(3)
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76. A shed has dimensions, in metres, of

Find the volume of the shed.

Give your answer in the form a√15, where a is an integer.

.........................m³
(3)

77. Here is a circle, centre O, and the tangent to the circle at the point (2, −4).

Find the equation of the tangent at the point P.

............................
(3)

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78.

ACD is a triangle and B is a point on AC.

AB = 8cm and BC is 6cm.
Angle BCD = 48° and angle BDC = 50°.

(a) Find the length of BD.

.........................cm
(3)

(b) Find the length of AD.

.........................cm
(3)

(c) Find the area of triangle ABD.

.........................cm²
(3)
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79. A cylinder is placed on a table.
The cylinder has a weight of 400N and has a diameter of 10cm.

Work out the pressure on the table in newtons/cm²

…………………….N/cm²
(3)

80.

Prove that the angle in a semi-circle is always 90°

(3)

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81. The mass of a paperweight is m grams.
The length of the paperweight is L centimetres.
m is directly proportional to the cube of L.

m = 4968 when L = 12

(a) Work out an equation connecting m and L

.........................
(3)

(b) Work out the mass of a paperweight with a length of 4 centimetres

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

82. A straight line passes through the points A(1, 4) and B(5, 16).

(a) Find the equation of the line parallel to AB that passes through (1, 7)

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

(b) Find the equation of the line perpendicular to AB that passes through the midpoint
of AB

.........................
(3)
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83.

ABC is a triangle.
M lies on BC such that BM = ⅘ BC

Express these vectors in terms of x and y

(a)

.........................
(1)

(b)

.........................
(1)
(c)

.........................
(1)

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84. Shown below is a rectangular based pyramid.
The apex E is directly over the centre of the base.

AD = 8cm
CD - 5cm
CE = 10cm

(a) Calculate the height of the pyramid

.........................cm
(4)

(b) Calculate angle between the face ABE and the base ABCD

......................... °
(3)

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85. This sphere and cone have the same volume.

Find an expression for h in terms of y.

h = .........................
(5)

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86. There are 50 students in Year 11.
Each student studies one language.

Two of these students are selected at random.

Calculate the probability that the two chosen students study the same language.

.........................
(4)

87. In the diagram, the lines CE and DF intersect at G.

CD and FE are parallel and CD = FE.

Prove that triangles CDG and EFG are congruent.

(3)
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88. The first five terms of a linear sequence are 5, 11, 17, 23, 29 …

(a) Find the nth term of the sequence

…………………..
(2)

A new sequence is generated by squaring each term of the linear sequence and
then adding 5.

(b) Prove that all terms in the new sequence are divisible by 6.

(4)

89. Below is a right angled triangle.

Show that angle x = 30°

Include all your working.

(2)

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90. On 1st March 2001, the ratio of Freddie’s age to his mother’s age was 1:11
On 1st March 2018, the ratio of Freddie’s age to his mother’s age was 2:5

Write the ratio of Freddie’s age to his mother’s age on 1st March 2030

…………………..
(4)

91.

O is the centre of the circle.

DOF and EOG are diameters of the circle shown.
Prove triangles DEG and DFG are congruent.

(3)

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92. Here is a speed-time graph for a remote-controlled car

(a) Work out an estimate for the distance travelled over the first 12 seconds
of the journey.
Use 4 strips of equal width.

.........................m
(4)

(b) Is your answer to (a) an overestimate or an underestimate of the actual

distance travelled?
Explain your answer

……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………
(1)

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93. Shown is triangle ABC

( −4 )
2
ABC is rotated 180° about (−1, 2) and then translated by the vector

Write down the coordinate of the invariant point.

.........................
(3)

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94. Solve the equations

y = x² − 5
y = 2x − 2

.....................................................
(5)

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