1. A box contains balls of four different colours.
Here are some of the probabilities of picking a ball of each colour.
Colour Red Blue Green Purple
Probability 0.4 0.2 0.15
(a) Find the probability of picking a ball that is red or blue.
(b) Complete the table.
2. Solve: 12/x = 2
3. Find 2x–3/x + 4 where x=2.
4. A rectangle has an area of 8 cm2. The sides of the rectangle are enlarged by a scale
factor of 3 Find the area of the enlarged rectangle.
5. Work out. (2 2/5) (4 - 3/9) Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
6. Write a number in the box to make the statement correct. √71 = √__.426…
7. Work out.
i) 4 2/5 2 2/3 1/3
ii) 2 4/5 + 2 2/5
iii) (1/2 x 1/2) (2 1/4 – 1 1/3)
Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
8. Simplify.
i) 4p–12pq/4p
ii) 3xy^2+x^2/4xy^3
9. Solve the simultaneous equations.
i) 4x 5 y 17
2x 4 y 13
ii) 3x+2y=11
5x+y=13
10. (a) A biologist writes the number 430 000 000 in standard form.
Draw a ring around the correct answer.
4.3 × 10⁷ 43 × 10⁷ 4.3 × 10⁸ 4.3 × 10⁹
(b) The biologist measures the diameter of a cell as 0.000 082 m.
Write this number in standard form.
11. Sally cycles 6.2 laps around a circular track.
She cycles a total distance of 9.92 km.
Find the length of one lap.
12. Amir says,
"All fractions with an even numerator are terminating decimals,
for example, 2/5 = 0.4."
Find an example to show that Amir is wrong.
13. The function y=(x+2)^2 can be represented by this function machine:
Input (x) → add 2 → square → Output (y)
(a) Find the output if the input is –4.
(b) Find the two inputs that give an output of 25.
14. (a) Solve:
5x+2<3x+125x + 2 < 3x + 125x+2<3x+12
(b) Show your solution on the number line.
15. The line segment joining (m,n) (m, n) (m,n) to (p,q) (p, q) (p,q) has a midpoint of (–1,4)
(–1, 4) (–1,4).
Suggest possible coordinates for (m,n) (m, n) (m,n) and (p,q) (p, q) (p,q).
16. The nth term of sequence A is 4n–14n – 14n–1
The nth term of sequence B is 6n+26n + 26n+2
(a) Show that 67 is a term in sequence A.
(b) Show that 67 is not a term in sequence B.
(c) Find the smallest term that is in both sequences and appears in the same position in
each sequence.
17. Work out the third term of the sequence with nth term 3(n + 2).
18. Put a ring around the value that is closest to 3√70.
3.2 4.1 5.6 8.4 23.3
19. Factorise.
(a) 2a^2 + 5a
(b) 6 – 18x + 24y
20. Work out.
i) 7^0 = ?
ii) 4^-2 = ?
iii) ? = 1/64
iv) ? = 144
21. (a) Work out 247.33 ÷ 0.0001 .
(b) Give your answer to part (a) to 2 significant figures.
22. Expand and simplify. Show full solution, don’t just write answers.
i) (2x-3)(2x+4)
ii) (x-y)(a+b)
iii) (x^2+4y)(x+2y)
iv) (5+x)(x-5)
v) (x+5)(x-3)
23. Ibrahim has some building blocks that are all cubes of the same size. He uses three of
the blocks to make a pile with a height of 43.5 cm. Then he makes a row with five of the
blocks with no gaps. 43.5 cm? Work out the length of the row of five blocks.
24. The diagram shows the position of two schools, M and P. The scale used in the diagram
is 1 cm is equal to 1 km.
P
M
(a) What is the bearing of school P from school M?
(b) School Q is on a bearing of 120° from school P.
School Q is 4 km away from school P.
Put a cross (X) on the diagram to show the position of school Q.
Label it Q.
(c) Cheng lives exactly 3 km away from school M. Draw on the diagram the locus of
points showing where Cheng lives.
25. Complete the table of values for y = x^3 + 2
x –4 –1 0 1 6
y ? 1 ? ? ?
26. In a game a player either wins, draws or loses. Gabriella plays the game. The probability
that Gabriella wins is 0.55 and the probability that she draws is 0.15 Find the probability
that Gabriella draws or loses her next game.
27. Here are the first four terms in a sequence.
1, 8, 27, 64
(a) Find the next two term in this sequence.
(b) Find the nth term of this sequence.
28. Find the exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
29. Find the interior angle of a regular pentagon.
30. The back to back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the scores for two different teams in
their last 25 basketball matches.
Team X Team Y
8 5 011236999
4 1 613556899
998754 7 1147
988865100 8 23
87532 9 4
0 0 10 7
Tick a box to show which team generally had higher scores.
Team X
Team Y
Explain your answer.
31. When n = –1 three of these expressions have the same value.
2 – n^2 1 – 2n n^2 4n + 5 n/2 + 1/2
Draw a ring around each of the three expressions.
32. The equation of a line is 5x + 2y = 6 Find the gradient and the y-intercept of this line.
33. Naomi thinks of a number n. She changes her number using this rule
• multiply by 3
• then square
• then add 4
Which is the correct option after using this rule?
34. A straight line joins the points A(2, 1) and B(8, 10). The point C(6, 𝑦) lies on the line AB.
9n+4 3n^2+4 9n^2+4 3(n+4)^2
Find the 𝑦-coordinate of C.
35. Here are some equations involving indices.
(2^3)^2 ÷ 2^–2 = 2^x
4^–2 × 4 × 4^y = 4^12
6^z × 6^z = 6^–16
Find the values of x, y and z.
36. A plant is 6.2 cm tall. The height of the plant increases by 11% each week. Find how tall
the plant will be after two weeks.
37. Ali says, “I think of a number n, I multiply by 4, Then I square, Then I add 6” Write down
an algebraic expression for Ali’s rule.
38. Calculate. 0.08(3.78 0.0208)^2/5
39. Safia drives for 8 hours from A to B. Angelique drives at half the speed of Safia. Find how
many hours Angelique takes to drive from A to B.
40. The table gives information about the masses of 20 watermelons.
Mass, m (kg) Frequency, f Midpoint, x f x
2≤m4 2 3 6
4≤m 6 4 5 20
6≤m8 9 7 63
8 ≤ m 10 5 ? ?
Total 20 Total
