1617 IGCSE TOP 62 Questions-Answers

1617-IGCSE Math Top 62 questions answers
Updated on: 31-07-2016
IGCSE TOP 62 Questions-solutions

1.
Answer the whole of this question on one sheet of graph paper.
a)
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, draw an x-axis for 7 x 12 and a
y-axis for 7 y 11 .
Copy the letter MATH accurately from the diagram above onto the same position on your graph
paper.
b)
c)
Draw accurately the image of your letters under the following transformations.
i)
Rotate your letter M by 90 anti-clockwise about the origin.
ii)
Reflect your letter A in the x-axis.
iii)
Enlarge your letter H, scale factor
iv)
10
Translate your letter T by the vector
i)
Write the transformation matrix M which represents rotation by 90 anti-clockwise about
1
, centre 7.5,8
2
the origin.
ii)
Find the inverse matrix M 1 and describe in words the transformation which it
represents.
c)
i)
0 1
M
1 0
ii)
0
M 1 M 1
1
Rotation 90 clockwise about the origin
2.
Roula asked 200 people how much juice they consume every week. The table shows her results.
a)
Amount of juice (x litres)
Number of people
0 x 0.5
0.5 x 1
28
1 x 1.5
40
1.5 x 2
36
2 x 2.5
55
2.5 x 3
24
3 x 3.5
3.5 x 4
Write the modal class.
The modal class is 2 x 2.5

b)
Estimate the mean.
f x
Amount of juice
No. of people(freq) x midpoint
0 0.5
0.25
1.75
0.5 1
28
0.75
21
1 1.5
40
1.25
50
1.5 2
36
1.75
63
2 2.5
55
2.25
123.75
2.5 3
24
2.75
66
3 3.5
3.25
19.5
3.5 4
3.75
15
f 200
Mean x
fx 360 1.8 l/person

f 200
fx 360
c)
Using a scale of 4 cm to 1 litre of juice on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to 10 people on the
vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph.
Class limits
c.f
0.5
35
1.5
75
111
2.5
166
190
3.5
196
200
d)
Use your cumulative frequency graph to find

i)
the interquartile range
LQ 1.2
UQ 2.4
IQR 2.4 1.2 1.2
ii)
the 60th percentile
60 th percentile cf=
60
200 120
100
at 2.1
iii)
the number of people who drink at least 3.2 litres of juice
There are 192 people drinking 3.2 l

Number of people who drink at least 3.2 l is 200 192 = 8
e)
A nutrition recommends that a person drinks at least 1.8 litres of juice each week. What
percentage of these 200 people do not drink enough juice?
at 1.8 95 people
95
100% 47.5%
200
f)
If two people are selected at random, what is the probability that both of them do not drink
enough juice?
95 94
893
0.224
200 199 3980
3.
The number of football players in France is 60,000. The number of football players in Ireland is 52,000.
a)
Calculate the ratio of the football players in the two countries in its simplest form.
France : Ireland 60,000 : 52,000 15 : 13

b)
In Ireland, 38% of the football players are above the age of twenty five. Calculate how many
football players in Ireland are above the age of twenty five.
38
52,000 19,760
100
c)
In France, 16,800 football players are below the age of twenty. Calculate the percentage of
football players in France below the age of twenty.
16 ,800
100% 28%
60,000
d)
The number of football players in Ireland is 160% greater than it was fifty years ago. Calculate
the number of football players in Ireland fifty years ago.
160
x 52,000
100
260
x 52,000
100
x 20 ,000
e)
In France, the ratio of men playing football :women playing football is 18:12. Calculate the
number of women, playing football in France.
18a 12a 60 ,000

30a 60 ,000
a 2,000
Number of women 12 2000 24 ,000
4.
10
53 B
34.2 cm
89
25.7 cm
X
20.1 cm
D
i)
Calculate the area of DXC to three significant figures.
DX 25.7 34.2 20.1

DX 26.7 cm
Area of DXC
ii)
1
26.7 20.1 sin89 268cm 2
2
Find the measure of ACD . Justify your answer.
mACD 53 inscribed angles intercepting the same arc are equal

iii)
Find the length of AB.
AB 2 25.7 34.2 2 25.7 34.2 cos 89

2
AB 42.420cm
A
5.
a
OBCA is a parallelogram and O is the origin. OB b and OA a . E is on AB so that BE : EA 2 :1

Express the following vectors in terms of a and b.
i)
BA OA OB a b
ii)
BE
2
2
BA a b
3
3
6.
2CA 1CB 1
1
2b a
a 2b
3
3
3
iii)
CE
iv)
the position vector of E
OE
1
2a b
3
Given: f : x x 2 5x 6
g : x 2x 1
k:x
a)
2x 1
, x2
x2
Solve f x 0
x 2 5 x 6 0 x 3 x 2 0 x 3 or x 2
b)
Find g 1 x
y 2x 1 x
g 1 x
c)
y1
exchange x for y and y for x
2
x1
2
Find gf 3
gf 3 g 30 61
d)
Find fg x
fg x f 2 x 1 2 x 1 5 2 x 1 6 4 x 2 6 x 2
2
e)
Find k 1 x
2x 1
xy 2 y 2 x 1
x2
1 2y
1 2x
x
k 1 x
y2
x2
y
f)
Find kg x
kg x k 2 x 1
2 2 x 1 1 4 x 3
2x 1 2
2x 1
11
12
7.
x
f x
a)
15
9.75
16.5
11.25
0
0
11.25
16.5
9.75
15
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to represent 4 units on the y-axis,
draw axes for 4 x 4 and 17 y 17 . Draw the curve y f x
On graph paper
b)
Using your graph find the roots of f x
f x 0
c)
at x 3.5 or x 3.5
On the same grid, draw h x x 2 for 4 x 4
On graph paper
d)
Write down the value of

i)
h 2 4
ii)
fh 2 f 4 15
iii)
h1 4
x24
h1 4 2
x2
iv)
the positive solution of f x h x
f x h x at x 3.7
e)
By drawing a suitable tangent estimate the gradient of the curve at x 3
On graph paper
A 2.75,13
Gradient
B 3,9.75
9.75 13
13
3 2.75
13
8.
a)
14
What is the area of an equilateral triangle with side length 6 cm?
A
b)
3
36 9 3cm 2
4
The circumference of a circle is 6 cm. Calculate the radius of this circle.
3
2 r 6 r cm

c)
Figure 1
Figure 2
The figures represent the nets of 2 solids. Each straight line is 6 cm long. Each circle has a
circumference of 6 cm. the arc length in figure 2 is 6 cm.
i)
Name the solid whose net is figure 1. Calculate its volume.
Cylinder
2
3
54
V 6 cm 3

ii)
Name the solid whose net is figure 2. Calculate its height.
Cone
h 36
d)
6 cm
Find the surface area of a regular tetrahedron with side = 6 cm.
Total surface area is 4 9 3 36 3cm 2
9.
15
Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

a)
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, draw an x-axis for 7 x 9 and a y-axis
for 0 y 13 . Mark the points A 6, 2 , B 3,12 , C 9, 7 and D 4,1 . Draw quadrilateral
ABCD.
b)
c)
Construct the locus of points

i)
7 cm from A and inside quadrilateral ABCD
ii)
equidistant from B and from C
iii)
equidistant from AB and from AD.
Shade the region inside quadrilateral ABCD which is less than 7 cm from A and nearer to AB
than to AD. Label this region R.
d)
Shade the region inside quadrilateral ABCD which is nearer to B than to C and nearer to AD than
to AB and more than 7 cm from A. Label this region S.
10.
a)
f x 3x 4 and g x 1 x 2
i)
Find the value of x such that f x 6 2 x
f x 6 2x
3x 4 6 2x
5 x 10 x 2
ii)
Find the inverse of f x
x 3y 4
x4
y
3
iii)
f 1 x
x4
3
Find the value of gf 2 fg 2
gf 2 fg 2 g 2 f 3
3 13 10
iv)
Find fg x , giving your answer in simplest form.
fg x f 1 x 2 3 1 x 2 4
3 3 x 2 4 1 3 x 2
b)
If k x x x ,
i)
find k 2
k x xx
k 2 2
ii)
1
4
find the value of k 6.5 , giving your answer to 6 significant figures
k 6.5 6.5
iii)
6.5
192,281
give a reason to why k 0.25 is not a real number
k 0.25 0.25
0.5
1
0.25
Not allowed because the index is even and the radicand is negative
16
11.
17
A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement, s meters, from the fixed point O after t
seconds is given by s t 3 7t 2 24t 6 ,
a)
Calculate the value of s when t 3
s 3 3 3 7 3 24 3 6 42m
2
b)
Find the distance traveled in the 3rd second
s 2 2 3 7 2 24 2 6 34m
2
The distance travelled in the third second is 42 34 8m

c)
Calculate
the value of t when the acceleration is 10 m/s2
i)
v t 3t 2 14t 24 m / s
a t 6t 14 m / s 2
6t 14 10 t 4s
ii)
Is there any time t when the particle is at rest? Justify.
v 0 3t 2 14t 24 0
14 2 4 3 24 92 0
t does not exist
12.
The number of students who sat for the IGCSE Math exam during one week in the ISC is shown in the
table below.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
52
35
60
45
40
65
On graph paper, represent this information as a bar chart taking 2 cm for the width of each bar and 2 cm
to represent 10 students.
13.
The cross section of a swimming pool is a trapezoid ABCD with parallel sides 0.8 m and 1.1 m and
vertical height of 0.7 m. the swimming pool is 500 m long.
a)
Calculate the volume of water in the swimming pool when it is full.
1
1.1 0.8 0.7 0.665m 2
2
V 0.665 500 332.5m 3

b)
One cubic meter of water has a mass of 1.8 tonnes. Calculate the mass of water in the pool,
giving your answer in kg and in standard form.
Mass 332.5m 3 1.8tonnes / m 3

598.5tonnes
5.985 10 2 tonnes 5.985 10 5 kg
18
c)
19
When the pool is empty, a cylindrical pipe, radius 0.25 m and length 500 m is laid at the bottom
of the swimming pool. Calculate the volume of the pipe.
Vcy 0.25 500 31.25 cm 3

2
d)
The pool is then refilled with water. Calculate the volume of water put back into the pool as a
percentage of the original amount of water removed.
Percentage of volume of water put back is:

332.5 31.25 100
70.5% [to 3 significant figures]

332.5
100
e)
If water flows through the pipe at 0.8 m/s, how many liters will flow through the pipe in 1 hour?
[1 m3 = 1000 l]
Discharge area speed

0.25 m 2 0.8m / s 0.05 m 3 / s
2
volume
volume time discharge
time
0.05 3 10 3 l
volume 3600 sec
m
sec
1m 3
180 ,000 l
565 ,486.678l
Discharge
14.
A table of values for y
a)
4
x2
is given below. (The values for y are correct to 1 decimal place).
0.8
0.8
0.3
0.4
1.0
4.0
6.3
6.3
4.0
1.0
0.4
0.3
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the y-axis,
draw the graph of y
b)
4
x2
on graph
Draw the line y 1.25x 4.5 on your graph.
On graph
c)
Using your graph solve for
4
x2
1.25 x 4.5
4
1.25 x 4.5
x2
at x 3.3, x 1.1, x 0.8
d)
By drawing a suitable tangent to your curve, estimate the gradient of the curve at x 2 .
A 2,1 & B 1.5 ,1.5

Gradient
1.5 1
1
1.5 2
20
21
M
5 cm
15.
S
R
8 cm
14 cm
MP is a diameter which intersects RN at S.

a)
Calculate the length of

i)
RS
14
ii)
8 RS 13 RS 11.5cm
PS to 3 significant figures
PS 19.5 2 14 2 13.6cm
iii)
MP to 3 significant figures
MS PS NS RS
MP 13.6 13.6 5 11.5
MP 17.8cm
b)
Calculate the area, in cm2 of triangle QSP.
1
14 13.6 95.2cm 2
2
16.
22
NOT TO SCALE
B
81
A
72
22
D
Using the figure above, find he measure of
i)
angle CDE,
72
ii)
angle CDB,
67
iii)
angle BCE.
17.
a)
Find the volume of a cylindrical tank whose radius is 50 cm and the height is 120 cm.
Vcy 50 120
2
3 10 5 cm 3
b)
If the water flows through a pipe of cross sectional area 1.2 cm2 at a rate of 12 cm/s, find the
time needed by the pipe to fill the tank giving your answer correct to the nearest minute.
Discharge 1.2cm 2
12cm / s 14.4cm
/s
volume
3 10 5 cm 3
1min
time
sec
347 min 1090 min
3
discharge
60 sec
14.4cm
c)
If the water in the tank is put in another cylindrical tank of cross sectional area 70 m2, calculate
the depth of water in the new cylindrical tank.
3 10 5 cm 3 10 3 mm 3
1m 2
30
mm
7
70m 2
1cm 3
10 6 mm 2
13mm
18.
The real area of the land occupied by a tower is 96,000 m2. However, the area on a scale model is
6,000 cm2. Given that the height of the tower is 30 m.
a)
Find, in cm, the height of the model tower.
Areal
96 ,000m 2 10 4 cm 2
4
16
10
Amod el 6 ,000cm 2
1m 2
K 2 16 10 4 K 400
H R 30m
400 H M 0.075m
HM HM
H M 7.5cm
The volume of a room in the model is 36 cm3.
b)
Calculate the volume in m3 of the real room.
VR
VR
3
400
3
VM 36cm
VR 2,304 ,000 ,000cm 3
VR 2,304m 3
19.
3
M
1
1
N
b
27
P
11
Given that MN P
a)
Find the value of a, b and c.
6 1
3 b
3 6b
1 3b
a 27
2 11
3a 12 27
a 6 11
3 6b 27 b 4
3a 12 3 a 5
1 3b 11 b 4
a 6 c c 11
c
3
23
b)
Find P 3N
27
P 3N
11
12
24
17
23
c)
Find MN
3
1
11
4
MN 330
MN
1 30
1 30
1 110
9 110
1 0
Given that M 4 k
0 1
d)
Find the value of k.
6 3
6 3
6 3
6
3
M4
1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
0 15
0 225
0
15
15 0
15 0
225
0
k 225
20.
For the shape above, write down

a)
the number of lines of symmetry
6
b)
the order of rotational symmetry.
24
21.
3
6
1
Given that a , b and c . Calculate the values of the scalar k for which a kb is
8
2
9
parallel to c.
3 6k
1
2 9k 8
24 48k 9k 2
39k 26
a kb
22.
2
3
The speed-time graph of a particle is given below.
a)
Calculate the acceleration during the last 15 seconds.
a
b)
18
1.2m / s 2
15
Calculate the distance traveled in the first 30 seconds.
1
30 20 18 450m
2
25
c)
26
Calculate the average speed for the entire 45 seconds.
1
18 15 585m
2
585m
Average speed
13m / s
45s
dT 450m
d)
For how long the acceleration of the particle was 0 m/s?
20 seconds
23.
For the curve (C) with equation y x 4 8x 2 3

a)
Find the coordinates of each of the stationary points and determine their nature.
dy
4 x 3 16 x
dx
4 x 3 16 x 0
4 x x2 4 0
x 0 , x 2
A 0 ,3 is a maximum
B 2, 13 is a minimum
C 2, 13 is a minimum
The point M, on the curve (C), has x-coordinate 1.
b)
Find the equation of the tangent to C at M.
M 1, 4
dy
12
dx
y 4 12 x 1
at x 1
12 x y 8 0
x
y
0 0 0
24.
27
ABCD is a parallelogram. AB 6 cm, BC 4 cm and h 3.5 cm. PQ is an arc of a circle centered at B

A
and radius 2 cm.

a)
If AC 5.2 cm, find the measure of angle ABC.
5.2
4 6 2 4 6 cos ABC
2
cos ABC
b)
13
ABC 58.668
25
Calculate the area, in cm2, of the shaded region.
Area of parallelogram ABCD = 6 3.5 21cm 2

Area of sector of PBQ =
58.668
2
2 2.048cm 2
360
Area of the shaded region = 21 2.048 18.952cm 2

c)
Calculate the perimeter, in cm, of the shaded region.
Perimeter 4 4 6 2
25.
58.668
4 18.048cm
360
AD is a diameter of the circle. Find the values of w, x, y and z and give a reason for each answer.
A
B
24
w
C
x
y
E
70
D
x 24 inscribed angles intercepting same arc

w=20 inscribed angle in a semi-circle is right : w 90 70
y 20 inscribed angles intercepting same arc
z 44 z mBAD( same arc ) parallel lines implies alternate
interior angles are congruent
26.
28
C
The figure above shows three sets A, B and C such that: n 134
n A B C 10
n A B C 6
n A C B x
n C A B 2 x
n A C B 3x
n A B C 5x
n A 40 and n C 50
a)
Complete the diagram by writing the number of elements in each of the regions on the diagram.
5x
30 3x 2 x
6
10
x
3x
40 4 x
C
b)
Calculate the value of x.
x 12
27.
The probability that Ali forgets to take his medicine today is

he will forget tomorrow is
29
2
. If he forgets today, the probability that
5
3
. If he does not forget today, the probability that he will forget tomorrow is
4
2
.
3
a)
Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the above information.
2
Today forgets
5
Today Does not forget

3
5

b)
3
tomorrow forgets
4
1
tomorrow does not forget
4
2
tomorrow forgets
3
1
tomorrow does not forget
3
Calculate the probability that Ali forgets to take his medicine on both days.
2 3 6
3

5 4 20 10
c)
Calculate the probability that he will take his medicine tomorrow.
2 1 3 1 1 1 3

5 4 5 3 10 5 10
28.
a)
30
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit draw on your graph paper triangle A with coordinates
4,1 , 2,3 and 3,3
taking 4 x 5 and 5 y 4 .
On graph
1
.
2
b)
Draw triangle B, the enlargement of triangle A, centre 0, 0 , scale factor
c)
Draw triangle C, the rotation of triangle A, through 90 clockwise about the origin. On graph
d)
Draw triangle D, the reflection of triangle A in the line x 1
e)
2
Draw triangle E, the translation of triangle A by the vector . On graph
4
f)
i)
0
A transformation is represented by the matrix
1
under this transformation. Label it F. On graph
On graph
On graph
1
. Draw the image of triangle A
0
ii)
31
Describe fully the single transformation which maps A onto F.
Reflection in y x
g)
i)
Describe fully the single transformation which maps F onto C.
Reflection in x 0
ii)
Find the matrix for this transformation.
1 0
0 1
29.
a)
In a basketball game, the probability that Ola gets the ball in the basket is
1
. She throws the ball
5
three times. Find the probability that she scores

i)
three times
3
1
1
P
125
5
ii)
at least once
3
61
4
P at least once 1
125
5
iii)
only two times.

2
1 4 12
3
5 5 125
b)
If Elie throws a ball, the probability that he scores is

the probability that he first scores with his
i)
fifth throw
4
2 1 16
P
3 3 243
ii)
nth throw.
2

3
n 1
1

3
1
. He throws the ball until he scores. Find
3
30.
32
The results of an Arabic test in ISC are shown in the following histogram.
Frequency
density
Mark (x)
The number of students in the modal class is 125.
a)
How many students score marks in the range 0 x 50 ?
b)
How many students score marks in the range 50 x 75 ?
c)
Estimate the mean mark of this Arabic test.
fd
x midpoint
fx
0 50
50
150
25
3750
50 75
25
100
62.5
6250
75 100
25
125
87.5
10,937.5
Mean
d)
fx 20 ,937.5 55.833
375
f
If 2 students are selected randomly, what is the probability that they both scored above 75?
125 124 15500

62
375 374 140250 561
31.
33
Ziad works during summer holidays. In one week, he spends x hours painting the rooms of his home and
y hours arranging his toys. The time he spends arranging his toys is at least equal to the time he spends
painting the room. He spends no more than 14 hours working. He spends at least 2 hours painting.
a)
Write down two inequalities in x and / or y to illustrate the above information.
x : number of hours painting the rooms

y : number of hours arranging the toys
x 0 and y 0
y x
x y 14
x2
Objective function S 3 x 1.5 y
corner points : A 2,12 S $24
B 7 ,7 S $31.5
C 2,2 S $9
b)
34
Draw x and y axes from 0 to 14 using a scale of 1 cm to represent one unit on each axes to show
the graph of the three inequalities. Shade the unwanted region.
c)
Ziad receives $3 each hour painting and $1.5 each hour for arranging his toys. What are the least
and largest amount he could receive?
Least amount is $9
Largest amount is $31.5
32.
35
The diameter of an open cylindrical container is 30 cm. water is poured into it until the depth of the
water is 20 cm.
a)
Find the volume of the water in the container to 3 significant figures.
Vcy 15
20
4500 cm 3
1.41 10 4 cm 3
200 metal spheres of radius x cm are now placed in the container and are all completely covered by the
water. No water overflows from the container.
b)
Calculate the radius, in cm, to 2 significant figures of each sphere, if the new level of water is
21.8 cm.
2
4
200 x 3 15 1.8
3
x 1.2cm
33.
The two leg journey of a train A starts at 10:00 from Beirut. The first leg is covered in 40 minutes at a
speed of 45 km/hr and the remaining 60 km to Tripoli in a further 1
1
hours at a slower constant speed.
2
Train B left Tripoli at 10:25 at a constant speed and arrived at Beirut at the same time as Train A arrived
at Tripoli.
a)
Illustrate the above information on a distance-time graph using 1 cm for 10 minutes on the time
axis and 1 cm for 10 km on the distance axis.
b)
Find the distance between Tripoli and Beirut.
45km
1hr
40 min
30km
1hr
60 min
D 60 30 90km
d
c)
Calculate the speed of train B.
Speed
d)
90km 60 min
51.4km / hr
105 min 1hr
Using your graph, find the time at which the two trains passed each other.
See the graph
36
34.
37
A rectangular sheet of metal measures 12 cm by 8 cm. squares of side x cm are cut from each corner of
the sheet and the remainder is folded to make an open tray.
a)
State the range of possible values of x
0 x4
b)
Find the volume, V cm3, of the tray
V x 12 2 x 8 2 x
4 x x 10 x 24
x 96 40 x 4 x 2
2
c)
Find the value of x for which V is maximum and find the maximum value of V.
V 4 x 3 40 x 2 96 x
dV
12 x 2 80 x 96
dx
12 x 2 80 x 96 0
3 x 2 20 x 24 0
x
20 112
20 112
5.097 or x
1.569
6
6
V 0 0cm 3
V 1.569 67.604cm 3
V 5.097 20.196cm 3
V 4 0cm 3
The maximum volume is 67.604 cm 3 when x 1.569cm
35.
38
The time taken by 120 students to read a term paper is shown in the table below.
Time, t minutes
Frequency
a)
30 t 35
35 t 40
40 t 50
50 t 60
60 t 75
32
24
Find a
6 9 32 a 24 120 a 49
b)
Draw a histogram to represent this information.
fd : 1.2,1.8,3.2,4.9,1.6
c)
State the modal class
Modal class: 50 t 60
d)
Estimate the mean time taken to read the term paper to the nearest minute.
6 32.5 9 37.5 45 32 49 55 67.5 24

120
52 min/ pupil
Mean
36.
The figure above shows a rectangular prism. The rectangular prism is such that the length of CE is 70
cm, the height HE is 49 cm and the area of the face BCGF is 1,764 cm2. Calculate,
a)
the length, in cm, of CG,
1764cm 2
CG DH
36cm
49cm
b)
the length, in cm, of GH,
CH 2 70 49 CH 49.99cm
2
GH 2 49.99 36 GH 34.684cm
2
c)
the volume, in cm3, of the rectangular prism,
Volume 36 34.684 49 61,182.576cm 3

d)
the angle that CE makes with the face CDHG.
tan ECH
49
ECH 44.4 [to 3 significant figures]
49.99
39
Coffee Vanilla
flavour flavour
75
45
37.
Lemonade
flavour
140
100 Mango flavour
A shop sells four categories of flavours of ice-cream. The four kinds are represented by the pie chart.
Knowing that the number of vanilla ice-cream cones sold was 135 and the corresponding angle is 45,
calculate
a)
The total number of ice-creams sold
360
135 1080cones
45
b)
the number of mango flavour cones sold.
140
135 420cones
45
65% of the lemonade ice-cream cones were sold with a topping.
c)
Calculate the number of lemonade ice-creams without topping.
65 100
135 195cones sold with topping
100 45
35 100
135 105cones sold with no topping
100 45
40
38.
i)
41
Find the volume of water in a tank whose shape is a rectangular prism with dimensions 120 cm
by 90 cm by 70 cm, giving your answer in standard form.
Volume 120 90 70 cm 3 7.56 10 5 cm 3

ii)
The tank is initially empty and water flows into it from a circular pipe. The radius of the pipe is
0.8 cm. and the water flows along the pipe at a rate of 25 cm/s. find the time taken to fill the
tank. Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.
Discharge 0.8 cm 2 25cm / s

2
50.265cm 3 / s
volume
7.56 10 5 cm 3
t
4hr11min
discharge 50.265cm 3 / s
39.
a)
Copy the diagram above

i)
In your first diagram, shade the region which represents A B
ii)
In your second diagram, shade the region which represents A B
b)
42
Describe, in set notation, the shaded region in the diagram.
P Q
40.
W
60
L
40
35
45
employees in a company
W women who have children
L employees who have more than one child
The Venn diagram shows the number of employees in each subset, in a company of 180 employees.
a)
How many women have only one child?
60
b)
An employee is selected at random. What is the probability that this employee has more than one
child?
75
5
180 12
c)
If all women in set have children and a women is selected at random. What is the probability
that she has more than one child?
40 2
100 5
d)
An employee who has more than one child is selected at random. What is the probability that this
employee is a woman?
40 8
75 15
41.
A student is taking driving test. Each time he tries the probability that he succeeds is 0.7. Each time he
fails he tries again.
a)
Find the probability that, to succeed, it takes

i)
exactly 3 tries,
0.3 0.3 0.7 0.063

ii)
one, or two or three tries,
0.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.973

2
iii)
exactly five tries.
0.3 0.7 5.67 10 3

4
b)
Write down a formula for the probability that he has succeeded after n tries.
0.3 0.7
n 1
42.
The nth term of a sequence is given by an 3n 2 .

a)
Find a25
n 25 3n 2 73
b)
Find n if an 37
3n 2 37 n 13
c)
43
Find which term of the sequence is the first to have a value greater than 120.
3n 2 120
n 40.66......
n 41
d)
What is the product of the nth term and the n 1 th term?
3n 2 3 n 1 2 3n 2 3n 1 9n2 3n 2
43.
S
2 cm
5 cm
R
4 cm
X
Q
8 cm
P
a)
Calculate the length of PX and the length of QX
RS SX RX
PQ QX PX
5
2
4
8 QX PX
2
5
QX 3.2cm
QX 8
4
5
PX 6.4cm
PX 8
b)
It is also given that the area of triangle RSX is 3.80 cm2. Calculate the area of triangle PQX to
two significant figures.
3.80
25
Area of PQX 64
Area of PQX=9.7cm 2
c)
Find SRX to the nearest degree.
4 25 16 40 cos SRX
SRX 22
44
44.
45
The ink used per 10,000 words in a main page of a newspaper is 10.4 liters. However, the ink
used per 10,000 words in any other page of the newspaper is 8.2 liters.
a)
How much ink is used on a newspaper of 25,000 words on a main page?
10.4l
25,000w 26l
10,000w
b)
On other pages, how many words can be printed with 12.3 liters of ink?
10,000l
12.3w 15,000words
8.2l
c)
A newspaper consists of 12,800 words on a main page and 23,700 on other pages. How much ink
is used?
10.4l
8.2l
12,800w
23,700 32.746l
10,000w
10,000w
45.
Students are given marks 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 in a drop quiz in history. The table shows the number of students
getting each mark.
a)
Mark
Frequency
10
12
The average of the students is 2.125. find the value of b.
10 24 27 4b
2.125
34 b
b6
b)
Find the interquartile range of these marks.
LQ 1
M2
UQ 3
IQR 3 1 2
46.
The heights (h centimeters) of plants in a garden are shown in the histogram below. All the plants are
less than 60 cm high. One bar has not been drawn on the histogram.
Frequency
density
Height (h cm)
a)
b)
There are 21 plants in the interval 25 h 30 . How many plants are there in the intervals
i)
20 h 25
ii)
10 x 20 ?
There are 42 plants in the interval 30 h 60 . This can be shown by a single bar on the
histogram. Calculate the height of this bar.
46
c)
47
Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the plants.
Mean
5 10 15 30 22.5 25 27.5 21 45 42
10 30 25 21 42
3530
27.578cm / plant
128
C
47.
NOT TO SCALE
D
12.6 cm
42
E
80
a)
A
8.2 cm
B
Calculate the length of AC
AC 2 12.6 8.2 2 8.2 12.6 cos 80

2
AC 13.788cm
b)
Find angle ADC. Justify your answer.
mADC 100 Opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary

c)
Calculate the length of AD.
13.788
AD
sin100 sin 38
AD 8.620cm
Point E belongs to the circle such that EA = EC
d)
Calculate the area of triangle ACE.
AEC 80
13.788
AE
sin80 sin50
AE 10.725cm
1
2
AAEC 10.725 sin80
2
56.639cm 2
48.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the marks of students in an English exam.
Write down
a)
the median mark,
M 14
b)
the interquartile range,
LQ 6
UQ 28
IQR 28 6 22
c)
the lowest possible mark scored by the top 30 students,
35
d)
the number of students scoring more than 20 marks.
200 124 76students
48
49.
a)
49
Draw x and y-axes from 8 to 11 using a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit. Draw triangle ABC with
A 2, 2 , B 5, 2 and C 5, 4 On graph
b)
8
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a translation of . Label it A1B1C1 . On graph
4
c)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a reflection in the line y 2 . Label it A2 B2C2 .
On graph
d)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under an enlargement, scale factor 2, center 6, 0 . Label it
A3 B3C3 . On graph
e)
0
1
The matrix
represents a transformation.
0 1
i)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under this transformation. Label it A4 B4C4 .On graph
ii)
Describe fully this single transformation.
Rotation 180 about the origin

f)
i)
Draw the image of triangle ABC under a shear, factor 1.5, with the x-axis invariant.
Label it A5 B5C5 . On graph
ii)
Find the 2 by 2 matrix which represents this transformation.
1.5
50
50.
720 animals live in three zoos A, B and C. 90 animals live in zoo A.

a)
Find the percentage of animals living in zoo A.
90
100% 12.5%
720
The number of animals living in each zoo is represented by a pie chart. The angle of the sector
representing the number of animals living in zoo C is 19.
b)
Calculate the number of animals living in zoo C.
720
19 38
360
51.
a)
The function f x is given by f x 7 x 3 . Find in its simplest form,

i)
f 1 f x
i)
f 1 x
ii)
ff x
x3
7
f 1 f x f 1 7 x 3
ii)
b)
ff x f 7 x 3 7 7 x 3 3 49 x 24
If f x
i)
7x3 3
x
7
x7
, x0
2x
1
Calculate f
4
1
7 29
1 4
f
2
2
4
4
ii)
Solve f x
1
4
x 7 1
4 x 28 2 x x 14
2x
4
51
52
F
52.
AB and AE are tangent to circle O, mCOB 70

a)
Calculate the measures of angles

i)
CBF,
35
ii)
DCE,
35
iii)
BDE,
55
iv)
DEC
55
b)
If AB 10 cm, find the length of AE AE AB 10cm
53.
53
Given that the radius of the outer circle is 10 cm and the radius of the inner circle is 5 cm and ABC is
A
an equilateral triangle.
a)
Calculate BM
BM 10 2 5 2 5 3cm
b)
Calculate the shaded region.
Area of ABC
1
10 3 15 75 3cm 2
2
Area of the circle is r 2 25 cm 2
The shaded area 75 3 25 cm 2
54.
A cyclist goes from A to B on a bearing of 110 and then from B to C. If BC 200 m, AC 220 m and
angle ABC 68 .
a)
Calculate the bearing of C from B.
A 110
42 180 222
b)
Calculate the bearing of C from A, to the nearest degree.
sin BAC sin68
200
220
BAC 57
The bearing of C from A is 110 57 167
55.
Given ABC, AB 12 cm, BC 8 cm and ABC 92 . Calculate

a)
the length of AC
AC AB BC 2 BA BC cos 92
2
2
12 8 2 12 8 cos 92
2
AC 14.65cm
b)
the measure of A
sin A sin92
A 33
8
14.65
68 B
c)
the measure of ABC
Area of ABC
56.
57.
1
12 8 sin92 47.97 m 2
2
a)
Construct triangle ABC such that BC = 7.5 cm, AC = 5 cm, mACB 40
b)
Construct the perpendicular bisector of AC
c)
Construct the bisector of angle ACB
d)
Shade the region inside the triangle nearer to C than to A and nearer to CA than to BC
e)
Shade the region that is at a distance less than 3 cm from B and inside triangle ABC.
a)
The coordinates of point D are 2,1 . It is translated onto the point F 5, 4

i)
Write down the vector which translates D onto F
3
D F :T
5
ii)
Write down the vector which translates F onto D
3
F D :T
5
b)
0
The matrix
1
i)
1
represents a single transformation.
0
Describe fully this transformation.
Rotation 90 anti-clockwise about the origin
54
ii)
55
Find the coordinates of the image of the point 3,5 after this transformation.
5, 3
c)
Find the matrix which represents a reflection in the line y x .
Reflection in y x
x , y y , x
0
1
58.
a)
Draw x and y axes using a scale of 1 cm to one unit on each axis taking 8 x 12 and
1 y 16
graph
b)
Draw and label triangle T with vertices 6, 4 , 8,10 and 10, 6 graph
c)
Triangle T is reflected in the line y x

Draw the image of triangle T. Label this image K.
ii)
Write down the matrix which represents this reflection.
1
d)
1
2
A transformation is represented by the matrix
0
i)
Draw the image of triangle T under this transformation. Label this image L.
ii)
Describe fully this transformation.
Enlargement about the origin scale factor

e)
graph
i)
1
2
Triangle T is stretched with the y-axis invariant and a stretch factor of

triangle T. Label this image Q.
6 8 10 6
4
10
6
8
5
10
graph
1
. Draw the images of
2
f)
56
Draw and label triangle M with vertices 1,9 , 5,11 and 1,13 . Describe fully the
transformation that maps triangle T onto triangle M.
Rotation 90 degrees anticlockwise about (1, 4)

g)
1
Draw the image of triangle M under a translation and label it X.
7
graph
59.
57
The points C and D have position vectors a and b respectively relative to the point O as origin. The
point T is the midpoint of OC. The point X is on OD such that X divides OD in the ratio 3:1 and the
point Y is on CX such that Y divides CX in the ratio 4:1.
a)
Express OT , OX and OY in terms of a, b or a and b.
1
1
OC a
2
2
3
3
OX OD b
4
4
OT
OY
b)
1
a 2b
5
DY OY OD
c)
4OX OC 3b a
5
5
Show that DY
3b a
b
5
3b a 5b 1
2b a
5
5
Deduce D, Y and T are collinear
DT OT OD b
DT
d)
1
1
a 2b a
2
2
5
DY D,T ,Y are collinear
2
Calculate the ratio DY : YT
DT 5
DT DY 5 2

DY 2
DY
2
YT 3
DY : YT 2 : 3
DY 2
58
Q
60.
OA a , OB 2OA , OC 2b and 2OQ 3OC

a)
Find, in terms of a and b, AQ and BC
AQ OQ OA
3
3
OC OA 2b a 3b a
2
2
BC OC OB 2b 2a
b)
If AT AQ ( is a constant)
Use BAT to find an expression for BT in terms of , a and b.
1
BT BA AT OB AQ
2
a 3b a 1 a 3b
c)
If BT mBC (m is a constant)
Find BT in terms of m, a and b and then find the values of and m.
BT 2ma 2mb
1 2m 2m 1
3 2m 2m 3 0
1
3
, m
2
4
61.
OA a , OB b . M is the midpoint of AB. BN

a)
1
b
3
OM
OM
c)
ON
ON
b)
2
BO . Find in terms of a and b
3
1
a b
2
MN
MN MO ON
1
1
1
1
a b b a b
2
3
2
6
62.
59
By shading the unwanted regions, find and label the region R which satisfies the following inequalities.
x y 4
y 2
y0
x0
(2, 2)

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Answer the whole of this question on one sheet of graph paper.

Rotate your letter M by 90 anti-clockwise about the origin.

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Use your cumulative frequency graph to find

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the 60th percentile

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DX 25.7 34.2 20.1

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mACD 53 inscribed angles intercepting the same arc are equal

Find the length of AB.

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Write down the value of

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Name the solid whose net is figure 2. Calculate its height.

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Total surface area is 4 9 3 36 3cm 2